Good morning.
This is the Quarter 1
(Q1), Period 1 (P1) (9:15-11:30) class for these courses:
English Foundations 7
Literary Studies and
Composition 10
Composition 11
We will get started
at 9:15
Today’s Agenda
· Attendance
· Welcome
· Parking
· Wi-Fi for students
· Class blog
· Communication via
email
· Covid protocols
· Dates, times for our
class
· Course overview-
handouts
· Small group chatting-
icebreaker
· IF TIME Sentence
writing work
· IF TIME Student
Questionnaire
My name is Allan
Haley.
You can call me
Allan.
** Attendance **
**Parking**
Scan the QR code on
the white piece of paper. You will need a cell phone.
Put it your licence
plate of your car.
Put in your full
name.
You will be able to
park in the SHEC parking lot until August 31st, 2027.
It has to be renewed annually.
Enter your licence
plate on your car.
Not your DL- Drivers
Licence
Names- confusing,
cultural
First name- given
name, OLD-FASHIONED “your Christian name”
Last name – family
name, surname
Allan Haley
Allan – given name
Haley – family name,
surname
sir- honourific, ma’am,
mister, mrs
surname
legal name – name on
your passport
order of names- cultural-
Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese- reverse of English
Mary Wong- English
Wong, Mei- Chinese
People make this
mistake all the time.
quite confusing
filling out forms,
applications, government forms, job applications- be cautious, take a second look
The website will send
you an email receipt if you tell it to. Keep that email as a record, as proof
that you signed up for parking.
You may want to sign
up again if you don’t a receipt.
The email receipt
will act as proof if there is a problem.
**Wifi*
SHEC students can use
SHEC wifi.
Wifi: VSB-Commons
Wifi password: It’s
on the white piece of paper on the wall. Check it.
*** Class Blog ***
Everything that you
see on this screen, I will put on our class blog.
Blog- website
CLASS BLOG:
haleyshec.blogspot.com
It’s on the course
handout which you get in a few minutes.
I publish these notes
on our blog every day at the end of each class.
You can read/reread the
class notes at your leisure.
You do not have to
write every off the screen as we go.
Nevertheless, making
notes during class is an excellent way to improve retention.
VOCAB retention(noun)
– retain(verb), remember(verb)
Making notes helps
you to retain information.
It’s hard to retain
new vocabulary.
NEW VOCAB? blog
– weblog- keep a written record on the internet, online diary, publish your
thoughts
older version of
Substack -paid
Some people are
bloggers. They write about their interests.
for examples: movies,
travel, family, food, sports, politics, music, etc
blog = web+log
portmanteau- two
words put together
smog = smoke +
fog – dirty air hanging over a city, pollution
Mexico City has a lot
of smog.
brunch= breakfast
+ lunch, 11am, expensive
web- the web, World
Wide Web (WWW, www), internet
log- written record
Some workers have to
keep logs.
log- piece of a cut
down tree
log- written record
keep a log- nurse in a hospital, truck driver- hours and
distance travelled, Uber/Lyft driver- record events as they occur
important notes,
written record
Some people keep a workout log.
Your smartwatch keeps
a log of your steps, heartrate, BP (blood pressure), amount of oxygen in your
blood, sleep log, etc.
The pilot kept a
flight log.
The daycare
attendants keep a log of the kids’ activities.
People who want to
lose weight keep a food log.
We have a blog for
the class.
I will update my blog
every day after class. You can check it and review what we did in class.
You can check the
blog as much as you like. There is no sign-in or no password. There’s no credit
card. It’s all free. It’s all public and accessible.
Our blog is a
tremendous resource that you can use forever.
You can use it this
quarter. You can keep using it after you finish this course. You can use it
forever, until the end of time. I will keep it up forever.
My blog is
searchable. You can search for something specific that you are looking for.
The search bar is in
the upper lefthand corner of the main blog screen. Search for whatever you want
to learn more about.
The search bar may
not appear on your phone. I will appear on a laptop, ipad, or PC.
On a phone, click on
“View web version” on the bottom of the page. It should refresh with a search
bar. The search bar will be very small.
**
ACTION
I will post our notes
so far.
Go to the blog now.
Make sure you can open it.
haleyshec.blogspot.com
Let me know if you
are having trouble opening my blog.
Did it load?
If yes? Good!
If no? Let me know or
ask a classmate.
Good job! Excellent
job!
**Daily Agenda***
Every day I will post
an ‘agenda’.
VOCAB agenda- used
for meetings, business or professional meeting
-list of items to
talk about, schedule, plan for the meeting or class
committee meeting-
business, official
You can tell the
Chair, “I want to put an item on the agenda.”
MEANING There is
something that I want to talk about with the group.
VOCAB chair(noun,
person, verb)- leader of a meeting, keeps the meeting on-track and moving along
-chairman,
chairperson
non-gendered
language- chair, not male or female
He is the chair. She
is the chair of the committee.
Western approach to
naming jobs- non-gendered, not male or female
e.g. councilman -
councillor
Examples of
non-gendered job titles:
policeman – police
officer
fireman – firefighter
stewardess/steward-
flight attendant
flight crew- the
whole group of attendants and pilots
waitress/waiter-
server “I will be your server this
evening.”
postman- letter
carrier “Junko is a letter carrier with Canada Post.”
snowman- snow person?
handyman?
VOCAB handy(ADJ)-
good at fixing things around the house
She is very handy. She
fixed my washing machine.
I am not very handy. I
can’t even change a light bulb.
chair(noun,verb)
Mei is the chair of
the meeting. noun, person
Mei will chair the
meeting today. verb- run, organize, lead, manage the conversation between the
people
helps to keep the
meeting on track, organized
lets everyone know
what to expect, what is coming
host(noun, verb)-
party, celebration, not business
She is a great host.
He hosted a
retirement party.
She hosted a Zoom
meeting.
She is the hostess at
the restaurant. gendered language
He is a maitre
d’. fancy host, French restaurant
IDIOM on track-
organized, no digression, keep on the path
Sue is on track to
finish high school next year.
Sue is in the process
of finishing high school next year. in the middle
The little boy gets
off track with his homework. He is distracted by his phone.
She tries hard to
stay on track with going to the gym three times a week.
We have limited
self-control.
get off track – stop following
their plan
IDIOM His plan went
out the window.
Everyday, we will
have an agenda.
history of the word- man-
human, woman
world- wer-man
world- place of Man
werewolf- half man/half
wolf
**Emails***
I sent you an email a
few days ago.
Did you get it?
I asked people to respond
to the email.
If you received that
email from me, that means we can communicate via email.
If you did not
receive an email from me, that means I do not have your correct email in the
computer system. We will have to fix that.
Check your JUNK
folder.
If you did not get
the email, the office may have your incorrect email address. You can change it
with the office in the next few days. I can’t change your email through my
computer. The office has to do it.
I asked you to
respond to ahaley@vsb.bc.ca with your full name and class in the subject line
of your email. Many of you responded to the email as I requested.
I responded “Thanks. See
you in class. Allan”
Thank you for that. I
want email communication to be seamless between us.
VOCAB seamless(adj)-
smooth, no problems, no confusion
seam – where two
pieces of cloth are sewed, joined, rough area, bumpy
seamless- not rough,
smooth
Registering for this
class was seamless. adjective
Taking the Skytrain
using a credit card is seamless.
Raising teenagers is
rarely seamless.
Immigrating to Canada
was not seamless. It can be a rocky road.
Is learning English
seamless? It is very challenging. It is also rewarding.
IMPORTANT REMINDER
When you send an
email to me or any teacher, please put your full name and class in the subject
line of the email.
Then I will know who
you are and what class you are in.
e.g. Joe Ahmed, EF7,
P1
Sarah Wong, Comp10, P1
***Covid Protocols***
VOCAB protocol-
accepted ways to act or talk
1. Use sanitizer.
Two bottles of
sanitizer at the front
2. Wash your hands
many times a day.
Use moisturizer/hand
lotion.
You can get eczema.
3. Feel free to wear
a mask if you want.
I will not wear a
mask while I am teaching.
We lose the facial
expressions. We lose the lip reading.
4. In general, if
you’re sick, stay home.
lip-reading
Talking on the phone
is difficult/challenging.
EUPHEMISM – a word
that we use instead of the less polite word
challenging-
difficult, hard
BUSINESS TALK The business has experienced some challenges
this quarter.
She is a challenging
person. He is a challenging person to work with.
euphemisms- bathroom,
restroom, washroom
UK toilet, lav,
lavatory
French – salle de ban
**
Breaks – one ten-minute
break
around 10:20-30
**Eating and drinking**
Ok within reason.
** Course Outlines**
DISTRIBUTE Course
Outlines
English Foundations 7
Composition
10/Literary Studies 10
Composition 11
We will go over these
today.
DISTRIBUTE “Prescribed
Learning Outcomes”
**10-minute Break**
*** Course dates and
times***
M-F 9:15-11:30
Tuesday, September
8th- Friday, November 6, 2026
Quarter 2 will being Thursday,
November 12th
Holidays- no school
Monday, September 7th-
Labour Day
Wednesday, September
30th- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Monday, October 12th-
Thanksgiving
Friday, October 23rd-
Professional Development
other days?
**
Absences-
If you miss more a couple
or a few (2-3) classes, it will be a challenge.
The school is
flexible to a point.
Life happens! sickness,
kids, interviews, etc.
Lateness- flexible to
a point, habitual- challenge
VOCAB habit(n) habitual(adj)
Class starts at 9:15
and ends at 11:30.
**
If you miss a quarter
or two, that’s OK. You will still be in our school as a student. If you miss a
year, you might have to do a new assessment.
**
Let’s shift gears and
do something student-centred.
Ice-Breaker Exercise
IDIOM ice-breaker –
warm up technique, social game
e.g. party, don’t
know anybody- basic icebreaker nametag, invite to talk
*shy(adj)- afraid of
being judged by others
*introverted(adj)
introvert(n)- don’t like social contact, tires them out, drains their battery
*extraverted(adj),
extravert(n)- love to be social, love being around people, social interaction
charges their battery
*ambivert- depends on
the situation
ambi- both
e.g ambidextrous(adj)-
ambivalent(adj) –
either choice is ok
Small-group chat
Small groups (5-6
people, lots of energy in the group)
Choose people who do
not speak your language.
Reason #1- easy to
fall into mother language, forced to stick to English
Reason #2- getting
used to different accents among English users
chat- casual talking,
relaxed, pleasant
A. Topics for chatting with your partner(s)
1. Name
2. Home
3. Family
4. Job
5. Hobbies- things you do for fun, like to do,
free time habits
6. Special skills
7. Travel
8. Future plans What’s the dream?
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