Wednesday, 5 September 2018

Eng 10 Goalsetting

goal- accomplishment, aim, target, achieve, focus, dream, success, destiny

New Year's Resolutions

make changes, do things differently

1. Exercise


Reasonable goals.
Timed goal. Timeline.
Achievable goals. Reasonable.


Songwriter.

Steps
1. Everyday 6am-7am
Play music and write
Night 9-10pm
Play and write
2. Turn off phone.
3. No chores, no snacks,...

Goalsetting






Eng10 Criteria


criteria = requirement, level, quality, characteristic,

VCC - meet certain criteria


“what makes you a good …”

Consider:
Which ones are meaningful / resonates / seems important to you?
Which ones do you feel you already do well?
Which ones do you feel you have to improve upon?

Small group discuss.
Report out.



EF3/4 Describing people

What is she like? - character, personality, traits
What does she look like? - physical appearance

Describing people
* hair colour
* age
* nationality- 
* height 
* eye colour
* mother tongue (first language)
* home town (city)
* birthplace
* home country
* body shape
* gender 
* skin colour
* face shape - round face, heart-shaped face, square face, thin face
* weight


"looks like" appearance

Maria looks like her mother. - similar
Maria looks just like her mother. - exact
She is the spit and image of her mother. idiom - 

"the spit and image"- looks exactly like somebody esle 

You look like twins.

What's he like? - personality
What does he like? - hobbies, pastimes 

Is she fun? - happy, has a good time
Is she funny? -making jokes

Skiing is fun.
Skiing is funny.

I wear contact lenses.
She wears a wig.

She has a tattoo of a koala on her ankle.



EF 3/4 Goalsetting

Goalsetting

goals - target, purpose, achievement, success, 

How can you achieve your goal?

wish, dream

ADVICE
Never give up.
Keep going.
Be positive.
Have a positive attitude.
Have a positive outlook.


How can we achieve those dreams?

New Year's Eve- resolutions

People make New Year's Resolutions.

resolution = a change that you want to make
decide to do something, try your best

POPULAR RESOLUTIONS?
1. Lose weight
2. Get more exercise
3. Get a better job
4. Work harder
5. Work smarter - be more productive

Realistic goals
Achievable goals


Songwriter - 15 years old
late 40s

Goals
One song per month

STEPS
1.Every morning 6-7am
Every night 9-10pm 
play and write
2. No phone, no snacks, no chores


thesaurus - gives you synonyms, different words with the same or similar meaning

antonyms - opposite meanings


cinnamon







Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Eng 10 First Day notes 2

Literary Studies

short stories (2-10pp)
novel
poetry
literary terms

Writing about literature and poetry- paragraphs, essays

narrative essays - tell a story to illustrate a point
persuasive essay - argument, convince
compare/contrast essay - same or different

Eng10 First day notes

English Foundations 7

English 10- 
Composition 10
Literary Studies 10

1:30-3:45
M-F
Portable
September 4 - November 2 (final day)

Al Haley
ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Composition 10
first half (first 4 weeks)
-writing- sentences, paragraphs, essays
Grade 12 essay provincial exam - 
essays (250 w)

Quarter 1 Sept-Nov
Q 2 Nov-Jan
Q 3 Feb- Apr
Q 4 Apr - Jun
Summer



Composition 10
sentences - simple, compound, complex, clauses, 
punctuation , ;

paragraphs
essays


Small business - proofread, edit papers for college and university students

Class Blog:
blog = web + log
web = internet
log = daily written record, diary, journal

Blog = feel free to scroll through previous courses

No password. No paywall.







EF3/4 First day notes

English Foundations 3/4 
11-1:15 M, T, W, Th, F
September 4 - November 2 (last day)
Room 104

Blog - weblog online

web - internet
log - written daily record, journal, diary


haleyshec.blogspot.com

Read it any time you like. There is no password. There is no paywall.

My email: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca



English Foundations 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

English 10 same as EF 7

English 11, 12 - then graduate

Go to post-secondary, college, university


Nova Scotia
Elementary K-6
(Middle School) Junior High School 7-9
High School 10-12

Vancouver
Elementary K-7
High School 8-12


Quarter 1 Sept- Nov EF4
Q2 Nov-Jan EF5
Q3 Feb- Apr EF6
Q4 Apr-Jun Eng10
Summer Eng 11
Sept Eng12

100 hrs
2.25 hrs X 44 =


QR code - goes automatically to a website- class blog


You can rewrite every quiz and test for 1 extra point each.

positive frame of mind- willing to learn
open-minded