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Good morning.

Today’s agenda:

1. Continue with compound sentences

a. Homework sentences

b. ; semicolon

c. transitional words

2. Verb tense – simple future

Clarity English website – verb tense

3. Test#1 Pass-in paragraph – general topic

Quiz tomorrow on compound sentences

Our picture today is of Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

Registration for September began yesterday. The advisors are snowed under with emails. They may need a couple of days to get back to you. If you don’t hear back in a couple of days, email them again.

Compound Sentence Exercises

SOBA

, so

, or

, but

, and

Directions: Add a clause to each simple sentence to create a compound sentence. Use SOBA.

5. The little boy did not want to go to school.

6. She wanted to improve her English.

She wanted to improve her English, so she took and English class.,

7. Arleen could not speak French.

Arleen could not speak French, but she could speak German.

8. Let's go to the swimming pool.

Let's go to the swimming pool or let's go jogging.

9. I was not very hungry.

I was not very hungry, but I ate two sandwiches.

I was not very hungry, so I was not eat before came.

10. Jie wants to speak English in class.

11. Jasmir went to the store to get milk.

12.   I didn’t do my homework.

13.   Mark has never visited Korea.

14.   It’s Maria’s birthday today.

15. You can make a big cake. You can make two small cakes.

He is 14 years old, but he quited the school..

Compound sentences

 SV, SOBA SV.

Another way to make compound sentences.

; semicolon

“Mark has never visited Korea, so he is planning to visit Korea.”

”Mark has never visited Korea; he is planning to visit Korea.”

, so , or , but , and    = ;   does the same job

“I like ice cream, but she likes cake.”

“I like ice cream; she likes cake.”

Semicolons are a big step up in your sentence writing.

Examples:

She wanted to improve her English. She took an English class. TWO SIMPLES

She wanted to improve her English, so she took an English class. COMPOUND

She wanted to improve her English; she took an English class. COMPOUND

Arleen could not speak French. She could speak German. SP

Arleen could not speak French, but she could speak German. CP

Arleen could not speak French; she could speak German. CP

; TRANS,

transitional words and terms

therefore - so

alternatively - or

however - but

also - and

“She wanted to improve her English, so she took an English class.” COMPOUND

“She wanted to improve her English; she took an English class.” COMPOUND

“She wanted to improve her English; so she took an English class.” XXX      , so

“She wanted to improve her English; therefore, she took an English class.” COMPOUND

Higher level of sentence writing – not beginner level, college, university, job, school, professional

Arleen could not speak French. She could speak German. 2 SP

Arleen could not speak French, but she could speak German. CP

Arleen could not speak French; she could speak German. CP

“Arleen could not speak French; however, she could speak German. CP

So far, we have learned four ways to write a sentence.

1. I like ice cream. She likes cake. 2 SP

2. I like ice cream, but she likes cake. CP

3. I like ice cream; she likes cake. CP

4. I like ice cream; however, she likes cake. CP

Try one of your own in the Chat. We can share it.

1. It’s Maria’s birthday today, and I am going to order a cake.

It’s Maria’s birthday today. I am going to order a cake.

It’s Maria’s birthday today; I am going to order a cake.

It’s Maria’s birthday today; therefore, I am going to order a cake.

2. I study hard; however, I don't speak well.

3. I want to buy fruit; however, I forgot to bring money.

4. I really need to go to work; however, I am too sick.

5. I feel sleepy; however, I have to get up early to take the class.

** blue line shows a grammar problem**

Be careful of grammar checkers. They aren’t very good.

6. It was raining today; therefore, I didn’t go out.

7. She talked to me, but I did not listen.

8. I love Filipino food; however, he loves Spanish food.

; however, 

; therefore,

; also,

; moreover,

9. The company is going to launch a new item; however, delivery has not come yet.

10. I have a dog; also, I want to get a cat.

11. You have to put some effort into studying; otherwise, 

you won’t improve your English.

12. I never visit the HMS Belfast Museum in London, so I 

planning to go there.

13. I don't want to go to the mall; therefore, I choose to 

stay home.

14. We can choose to cook at home; alternatively, we can 

eat out.

15. I wish to learn English very well, however, I'm a little 

disappointed

16. Lisa cleaned up her house ; but she forgot to clean 

the bedrooms.

Lisa cleaned up her house, but she forgot to clean 

the bedrooms.

Lisa cleaned up her house; however, she forgot to clean the bedrooms.

17. I need to work to support my family, but there aren’t 

enough jobs at this time.

I need to work to support my family; however, there isn’t enough jobs at this time.

For transitional terms, there are hundreds of them.

so – therefore, consequently, for this reason

My car wouldn’t start, so I was late for work.

My car wouldn’t start; consequently, I was late for work.

or – alternately, on the other hand, otherwise

We can go out, or we can stay home.

We can go out; on the other hand, we can stay home. OVERWRITTEN

but – however, nevertheless, regardless

It is raining, but Maria still goes out for a run.

It is raining; regardless, Maria still goes out for a run.

and – also, as well, in addition

Joe plays piano, and he plays saxophone.

Joe plays piano; as well, he plays saxophone.

SV , SOBA SV.

SV; SV.

SV; TRANS, SV.

I just emailed you a document called “Transitional Terms” We will start to work with these terms tomorrow.

If you didn’t get the email, that means that your email with the school is incorrect. Please change it with the school. For now, email me, and I will send it to you.

 

Test #1

Paragraph – 150-200w

Email it to me as an attachment by 10:45.

“Why did you move to Canada?”

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Good morning.

Today’s agenda:

1. Review simple sentence quiz

2. Compound sentences

3. Verb tense – simple future

Quiz tomorrow on compound sentences

Our picture today is of Adams Lake, Saskatachewan.

Quiz#1

Write a simple sentence for each vocabulary word.

I returned these to you with comments. Hopefully you can read the comments

1. SV “picture”

I took a picture of my sister at the beach.

I took picture of my kids at the park.

pictures   a picture

2. SSV “work”

Dave and Joan worked at the same restaurant in Gastown.

3. SVV “dishes”

I wash and dry the dishes after supper every night. Sarah has designed and decorated the dishes to celebrate her daughter's birthday.

People must decrease and stop using plastic dishes.

We must stop the use of plastic dishes.

4. SSVV “letter”

My sister and I bought a gift and wrote a letter for our mother on Mother’s Day.

My aunt and I want to write  and send a letter for my brother in Venezuela.

your aunt, your Aunt Linda

Uncle Tommy, Aunt Maureen

my uncle, his aunt

auntie – sounds childish in English

5. imperative “window”

Close the window. Close the window, please.

Remember to fix the broken window tomorrow.

Can you please close the window? not imperative, question

Clean the windows before 1:00 pm.

Clean your bedroom windows before you go play. COMPLEX

6. question “sale”

sale (n)

sell (v)

Is there any good sale for today?

Are there any good sales today? plural

Is there a good sale today? singular

Have you ever bought something on Zara’s sale?

Does Nordstrom have any anniversary sale?

Does Nordstrom have any anniversary sales?

Does Nordstrom have an anniversary sale?

Is your car for sale? You are selling your own car.

Is this car on sale? A dealer is selling cars.

Sentence styles

Simple -

Compound -

Complex – later this week

Compound sentence – two simple sentences put together

connect them with ,FANBOYS or ; semicolon

I like vanilla ice cream. She likes strawberry pie. two simples

We can connect them together to make a compound sentence.

I like vanilla ice cream. She likes strawberry pie.

I like vanilla ice cream, and she likes strawberry pie.

SV , and SV.

FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so – seven coordinating conjunctions

Some of these we don’t use.

for and nor but or yet so 

for nor yet low frequency words We don’t use them often.

for - many uses “This gift is for you.”

- compound sentence

“We will not go to the beach today, for it is raining.” Nobody talks like this. very unauthentic sounding

“We will not go to the beach today because it is raining.” COMPLEX

nor -rarely used, sounds a little fake

“She speaks neither French nor Spanish.” Sounds fake.

“She doesn’t speak French or Spanish.” authentic-sounding

neither … nor -very uncommon English speakers rarely use use this.

yet - “I haven’t finished eating my supper, yet.” Good! simple

- compound “It is cold today, yet we will still go to the beach.” very unusual sounding, not natural sounding

“It is cold today, yet but we will still go to the beach.”

FANBOYS for and nor but or yet so

Sound very fancy and a little old-fashioned.

It is difficult to have easy comfortable conversation on Zoom.

SOBA – most useful ones, high frequency

so or but and

so – reason why

We are all getting hungry, so we will take a break in a few minutes. compound

We are all getting hungry. We will take a break in a few minutes. 2 simples

or – alternative

Sarah can stay home on Friday night , or she can come to my party.

but – shows difference

Sarah will come to my party, but she won’t stay long.

She won’t stay for long. She won’t stay for a long time.

and – connects things together

She will have something to eat and drink, and maybe she will tell us about her vacation to Japan.

, SOBA

First structure of a compound sentence:

SV , SOBA SV.

Practice: Write a few of your own in Chat. We can share them.

1. You can go to Granville Station, or you can take a bus.

not opposite things

You can go to Granville Station, or you can go to Chinatown Station

2. Although the weather is sunny, but the weather is very cold.

although but – do not go together

The weather It is sunny, but the weather is very cold.

3. He works in day shift, so he wakes up very early.

4. I would like to go to Adams Lake, but it’s too far.

5. my family went to the stanly  park yesterday and we had a wonderful time -cap punc

6. My friends and I went to the park yesterday, and we played football.

7. I like chocolate milk, but my brother likes vanilla milk.

8. I exercise because it is healthy. - Not simple

9. The teacher showed us soba noodles, and I want to have a try. two different verb tenses is ok

I want to try some.

have a try – attempt to do something

I watched my son ride his skateboard, and I had a try.

Playing piano is hard, but I’m going to have a try.

10. I went to the shopping centre, but it was closed.

11. I have some money, so we can have a party tonight.

12. It's raining, so I can't go to the park.

13. My English is not good, so I need to learn more about English.

14. We like exercise, so we play sports everyday.

15. l like to learn English, but I don't like to go to school. 

16. We will book a hotel or apartment by Airb&b. SIMPLE

17. I went to the shopping center, but it was closed.

18. My classmates and I participate in the online class, but we don't speak a lot in the class.

19. I would like to buy the turtle-neck sweater, but it’s too expensive.

20. My son and I are going to walk and eat lunch together. SSVV simple

21. You can drink, or you can drive, but you can’t do them at the same time.

22. What would you like for breakfast, eggs or noodles? simple

23. English is a special international language, so we need to learn English.

24. I play tennis, and you play basketball. 

25. I can go by bus, but I prefer to walk.

, so

, or

, but

, and

I love dark chocolate but dislike white chocolate. SVV simple

I love dark chocolate, but I dislike white chocolate. SVSV compound

, but    but (no comma)

We have to learn to separate these two types of sentences. It is easy to confuse them.

SVV - simple

SV SV - compound

Compound Sentence Exercises

If you have time, you can try some for homework.

Directions: Add a clause to each simple sentence to create a compound sentence. Use SOBA.

1. My puppy has a new collar.

My puppy has a new collar, and he looks very cute.

My puppy has a new collar, but he doesn’t like it.

2. The photographer took out his camera.

The photographer took out his camera, and he set it up.

The photographer saw a beautiful view from the mountain top, so she took out her camera.

3. I wanted to buy a puppy.

I wanted to buy a puppy, but my sister was/is allergic to dog hair.

People’s allergies seem to change over time.

I was lonely after my girlfriend ran away with the mailman, so I wanted to buy a puppy. Compound complex

I was lonely in Canada, so I wanted to buy a puppy. Compound

4. Dolly likes snowboarding.

Dolly likes snowboarding, and/but Sarah likes couch sitting. (joke)

Dolly likes snowboarding, and/but Sarah likes skiing.

I like skiing, but I can’t snowboard.

I play guitar, but I don’t play erhu.

5. The little boy did not want to go to school.

6. She wanted to improve her English.

7. Arleen could not speak French.

8. Let's go to the swimming pool.

9. I was not very hungry.

10. Jie wants to speak English in class.

11. Jasmir went to the store to get milk.

12.   I didn’t do my homework.

13.   Mark has never visited Korea.

14.   It’s Maria’s birthday today.

15. You can make a big cake. You can make two small cakes.

EF6 July 7

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Today’s agenda:

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2. Email addresses

3. Clarity English website

4. Review simple sentences

5. Verb tense – simple past

6. Quiz

Tomorrow we will begin compound sentences.

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Free Advice #2 – use a capital letter for your name

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AL HALEY

Al Haley – That looks professional

Change it so it looks more professional.

Advice about email addresses – professional, school

1. You should have your own email address.

It is easy to get a gmail address.

https://accounts.google.com/signup/v2/webcreateaccount?flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=SignUp

2. Your username should be recognizable. It should be related to your name.

3. Don’t choose an email username that is foolish.

ilovepuppies@gmail.com

Clarity English – subscriber website, new to me

South Hill has a site license for the summer. We can try it.

I have to add each student individually. If you want to try this website, please email me and I will add your email to the website.

I have not tried this yet. I hope that it will go smoothly. I will add your email today, so please email me if you would like to try it.

You will be able to use the website until August 5, the final of our class.

Looks like the internet or Zoom is slow today.

You may not be able to hear my voice well.

I will keep talking and teaching. We will do our best.

Review  simple sentences

Sentences – three types of sentences

Simple- one independent clause, a group of words that has a subject and a verb and that is a sentence by itself (a complete thought)

SV “If it rains.” not a simple sentence, dependent not a complete thought

“We will stay home if it rains.” complex sentence

SV “It will rain.” a simple sentence, independent, a complete thought

SV

SSV “You and I play soccer.” “Japan and China have had a troubled relationship for the past 70 years.”

SVV “The dog runs and barks.” “Covid 19 is a serious threat to public safety and has effected every country in the world.”

SSVV “Dave and Sarah cycle and swim together.” “The doctor and nurse conferred and discussed the patient’s progress.”

imperative – command sentence

You tell somebody to do something.

You “You come in.” sounds very harsh and aggressive

“Come in.” implied subject

“Be careful.”

“Have a cookie.”

“Go to bed now.”

“Finish your homework. Then you can play with your friends.”

question

It is raining.

Is it raining?

I am going to the party. Are you going to the party?

 

I think the Clarity English website has some more explanation and exercises on simple sentences. If you want to try this website, send me your email address and I will enroll you. The school, South Hill, has a subscription for the summer. It’s a new thing, and I want to see if students like it or find it useful.

 

Verb tense – simple past

simple past – high frequency, used a lot

- an event that happened in the past, finished

-the past – two minutes ago or 600 years ago

“I drank a glass of milk during the break.”

“A female empress/emperor ruled China about 800 years ago.” 

“The dinosaurs walked the earth millions of years ago.”

“A cat walked on my garage roof this morning.”

- one action that happened in the past, the action is finished

“Last night, I read my book on psychology.”

Common verb form mistakes:

“The dinosaurs was walk the earth millions of years ago.” XXX

“Last night, I was read my book on psychology.” XXX

“I was eat two cookies.” XXX

“I ate two cookies.”

We have to practice our verb forms.

Examples:

1. I talked with my university professor who taught me English last year. complex sentence

2. Some of the students passed English Foundations Five.

3. I walked and rode a bicycle through the park.

4. I ate a sandwich this morning.

5. I painted the fence yesterday.

6. I sat and watched TV this morning.

7. We had a bad internet connection this morning.

8. I took a shower last night.

9. I had a nice party last night.

10. The boy gave his sister a necklace.

11. I decorated my bamboo tree this morning.

12. I told him that Beijing is the capital city in China.

Clarity English has exercises as well. 

Quiz#1

Write a simple sentence for each vocabulary word.

Write your own sentences without referring to a dictionary or other sources (internet).

Email it to me as an attachment by 10:30.

Remember to write your name and class in the subject line of the email.

1. SV “picture”

2. SSV “work”

3. SVV “dishes”

4. SSVV “letter”

5. imperative “window”

6. question “sale”

EF6 July 6

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Good morning.

Today’s agenda:

1. September term

2. Begin sentence work- simple sentences

Quiz tomorrow

3. Begin verb tenses – simple present

4. Homework Review simple sentences

We will get started at 8:30.

Every class I like to show you a photograph of some beautiful scenic place in Canada.

Today’s picture is of Abraham Lake, Alberta.

***

September quarter:

This likely will be my teaching schedule for September.

I will be teaching English 10 level (ELA10/EF7) in Period 2 and Period 3. 

Quarter 1 -  September Term

Monday – Friday Sept 8 – November 6

Period 2               11:00 am – 1:15 pm English 7  ELA 10

Period 3               1:30 – 3:45 pm English 7 ELA 10

You can choose which period you like if you want to enroll.

This schedule could change depending on the needs of the students and the school.

Nobody knows if we will be back in the classroom or if we will continue with online classes. The school board will let us know later in the summer how September adult education will be structured.

If you would like to take either of these classes, you can register starting July 9th. Email the advisor that you emailed last time you registered.

You can email me if you have questions.

Sentences: necessary to become very good at writing sentences

Sentence types:

1. Simple

2. Compound

3. Complex

4. Compound-complex

Basic knowledge, basic skills that we have to know very well.

1. Simple sentence – one independent clause, 

clause – group of words that has a subject and a verb

Clause – Subject Verb

The dog is asleep. This clause is a simple sentence by itself. It is an independent clause.

independent – does not require help

Because he is tired. This clause is not a sentence by itself. It is a dependent clause

dependent – requires assistance, help

Because he is tired. not a sentence, sentence fragment

The dog is asleep because he is tired. Complex sentence

Some grammar books say “independent clause” or “main clause”.

Some grammar books say “dependent clause” or “subordinate clause”.

Simple sentences – one main clause

variations of simple sentences

SV subject verb “The cat is cute.”

SSV “The cat and the dog are friends.” 

“The Chinese government and Hong Kong pro-democratic protesters are at odds with each other.”

SVV “The little girl is singing and (is) dancing.”

“Covid19 affects the entire/whole world but hurts poor people most.”

SSVV “Ice cream and cake taste great but are not good for you.”

“Canada and the United States are neighboring countries but have significant cultural differences.”

Some variations of a simple sentence:

SV

SSV

SVV

SSVV

Write some of these styles from you own imagination in the Chat. We will share them.

1. Sarah and Jack want to go to the lack lake. SSV

2. My classmates and I go to school by bus，drive cars or ride bikes. SSV

My classmates and I go to school by bus, car or bike.

3. the dog is eating

The dog is eating. SV

4. The cakes at this bakery are expensive but delicious. SV

5. Around ten o'clock my mother and my father call me to go home. SSV

6. My Youngest brother is in high school. SV

7. My friend and I participate to class. SSV

8. They will come and pick up us on the Saturday. SVV

9. My child and me  like to travel/like travelling but dislike doing exercise. SSVV

10. SV I have an English class in the summer.                                   

SSV My husband and I are going to the supermarket this afternoon. 

11. He works at a shopping mall. SV

12. John is playing football. SV

13. The Covid19 suspended my dreams. SV                         A global crisis and a terrifying virus suspended my dreams.  SSV                                                                   

14. I review and practice English lessons every day. SVV

15. My parents sat next to the pool and watched us in the water. SVV

16. My classmate and me I are learning English. SSV

17. I did my homework on time. SV

18. SV- Anne went to the market.

19. I'm speaking English everyday.

20. My son and I decided to go for a walk, but it was raining. SV, but SV – compound sentence

21. Salt and sugar are two very important cooking ingredients.

22. The Taal Volcano was erupt in the Philippines spewing ash into the sky. SV

23. We are learning English but can't talk a lot. SVV

24. My son is running fast. SV

25. My sister and me I are dancing bachata. SSV

26. Mike is reading newspapers and drinking coffee at the same time every morning.

27. we are listening.

like hate prefer continue start + gerund OR infinitive

like + gerung ‘ing’ looks like a verb, it is a noun

I like skiing. skiing – gerund (noun)

like + infinitive “to VVV”

I like to ski.

Simple sentence

SV

SSV

SVV

SSVV

Two other styles of simple sentences:

question

imperative

question- reverse the SV

You are happy.

Are you happy? simple interrogative sentence (questions)

Are you free? SV

What time does the bus come? SV

Do you want to stay in Vancouver or move to Calgary? SVV

imperative – command sentence, tell somebody to do something

“You sit.” “Sit.”

We don’t say the subject- the subject it implied. We mean it, but we don’t say it.

“Come in. Sit down.” “You come in. You sit down.”

“You Be careful.”

“Brush your teeth.”

“Have a cookie.”

“Turn off the light, please.”

“You Wash the dishes or sweep the floor.” SVV

Osoyoos is very warm in the summer.

Okanagan Valley – swimming, wineries, cycling

Mostly Canada is a cold country.

Many of my students who come from hot countries have to adjust to the new climate.

Tomorrow: Quiz on simple sentences

**Sample quiz**

Write a simple sentence for each vocabulary word.

Email it to me by email by 10:45.

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

1. SV “dog”

Your new dog is ugly smart.

2. SSV “cat”

You and your cat are lazy.

3. SVV “park”

The kids run and play in the park.

4. SSVV “school”

My sister and I love school but hate homework.

5. imperative “bicycle”

“Put your bicycle away.”

6. question “lake”

Would you like to swim in a lake of chocolate?”

Verb tenses:

We will continue to work through verb tenses over the next few weeks. 

There are 12 verb tenses in English.

Some of these verb tenses we use a lot (high frequency); some of them we rarely if ever bother with (low frequency).

Proposed schedule:

Monday, July 6- simple present

Tuesday, July 7 – simple past

Wednesday, July 8 – simple future

Thursday, July 9 – present perfect

Friday, July 10 – past perfect X

Monday, July 13 – future perfect X

Tuesday, July 14 – present progressive

Wednesday, July 15 – past progressive

Thursday, July 16 – future progressive X

Friday, July 17 – present perfect progressive

Monday, July 20 – past perfect progressive X

Tuesday, July 21 – future perfect progressive X

Simple present – We use it all the time.

habitual action – things we do usually, normally, every day

“I drink coffee” -doesn’t mean right now, means usually

“I wake up early.” “I usually wake up early, but today I got up late.”

“Sarah does yoga every Tuesday night.” habitual , routine activity

- state of being – the way you are, the way something is, manner, personality

“Jon is an angry person.”

“Jon is a kind person.”

“Saina is funloving person. She laughs a lot.”

“Vancouver is beautiful but expensive.”

-fact 

Two plus two equals four.

My sister is a nurse.

You are my brother.

Iran is Iqbal’s home country.

simple present – habitual action, state of being, truth, fact

Is anyone has any sentence they want to share, please put them in the chat. I’ll stay on Zoom until 10:30.

1. Today is a sunny day.

2. She usually listens to classical music.

3. The sun rises in the east.

4. My boss and coworker are arguing and designing a new project. simple sentence SSVV – present progressive

5. I work on my essay hardly.

I work hard on my essay.

6. We are in the same class for learning.

7. Maria is a good singer.

8. He is a great doctor.

9. My mom and I are baking cookies.

10. She cooks very tasty biscuits.

11. Don't touch!

12. I like to play violin every day.

13. Continuing studying is very important.

14. Today is my friend’s wedding day.

Possible confusion between these two terms:

simple sentence - type of sentence

simple present tense – type of verb tense

They aren’t the same thing. This could be confusing because of the word ‘simple’ being used in both.

15. She looks attractive. simple sentence, simple present 

tense

16. I would like to speak and write Portuguese. simple sentence SVV , simple present tense 

‘would’ is modal

*** I will teach you about modals soon

can, could, may, might, etc.

17. I play badminton three times a week.

18. Run!

19. Blue whales are the biggest animals in the world.

Good work!

A message for my past and present students regarding my class schedule for September.

Hello everyone,

This likely will be my teaching schedule for September.

I will be teaching English 10 level (ELA10/EF7) in Period 2 and Period 3. 

Quarter 1 -  September Term

Monday – Friday Sept 8 – November 6

Period 2               11:00 am – 1:15 pm	English 7  ELA 10
Period 3               1:30 – 3:45 pm	English 7 ELA 10

You can choose which period you like if you want to enrol.

This schedule could change depending on the needs of the students and the school.

Nobody knows if we will be back in the classroom or if we will continue with online classes. The school board will let us know later in the summer how September adult education will be structured.

If you would like to take either of these classes, you can register starting July 9th. Email the advisor that you emailed last time you registered.

You can email me if you have questions.

Best,

Al

English Foundations 6 Zoom link and class notes July 3, 2020

Good morning, everyone.

We will get started at 8:30.

Al

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84479645487?pwd=Y2JNSU5DUEJRTkdwNjR3REQvUWp3dz09

Meeting ID: 844 7964 5487

Password: 8Fcnxb

Good morning.

Today’s agenda:

1. Review homework, 

Comments

2. Correction Codes

Monday

1. Begin sentence work

Simple sentences

We will get started at 8:30.

Homework- personal introduction, seven topics

I responded to everyone whose email I received.

I made comments on your writing. Can you see the comments? Check it and see.

I will give feedback to you on your writing using these comments.

“Correction Codes” I emailed these to you yesterday.

- art – article- a, an, the “Sarah ate apple .” 

“Sarah ate an apple.”

-awk – awkward, not natural-sounding English- the writer is not familiar with English “My mother is help everyone person in the world .” awkward phrasing, sounds like a translation

“My mother is a person who is happy to help anyone that she meets.” authentic, natural-sounding

It is your responsibility to become more familiar with authentic, real, natural-sounding English. You can’t learn English by studying grammar. 

“My home has been living in Vancouver of BC. ”

“I have been living in Vancouver, BC.”

“My home is in Vancouver, BC.”

-cap “i  live in v ancouver.”

“I live in Vancouver.”

proper nouns – cities, days of the week, names of people

-CS comma splice – two sentences divided by only a comma

“I live in Vancouver,  my sister lives in Halifax.”

“I live in Vancouver. My sister lives in Halifax.” two simple sentences

“I live in Vancouver,  and my sister lives in Halifax.” compound sentence

Very common error “I like dogs, she likes cats, we go to the park, we play with our pets .”

-frag, sentence fragment “I like cats. Because they are cute .”

“I like cats. They are cute.” 2 simple sentences

“I like cats because they are cute.” complex sentence (I will teach this late next week.)

because of NOUN

The picnic is cancelled because it is raining. SV adverb clause

The picnic is cancelled because of rain. simple sentence

- prep, prepositions , show place, direction (https://www.talkenglish.com/vocabulary/top-50-prepositions.aspx)

“I live on  Vancouver.” in

“I live on 43 Avenue.” 

“I live at 1234 Fraser Street.” 

prepositions are confusing, idioms, no rules, usage

tough for someone how is learning English

I will teach these later. phrasal verbs – the heart of English

verb + prep

talk to “The teacher talked to the student.”

talk with “Sarah talked with her sister.”

talk about “Sarah talked about her sister.” totally different meaning

talk for “When we went to the hospital, my wife had to talk for me because I was too dizzy.”

talk over – talk louder than them

talk under – 

look up

look at

look up to – respect

look after – take care of

My free advice #1 – Learn phrasal verbs. If you want to get good at English, learn phrasal verbs.

I will teach more about this in a later class.

-pron - he, she, we, us

tricky, changing in our society, debate about pronouns, choosing your personal pronoun “they”

common error “My mother likes his  new laptop.”

“My mother likes her new laptop.”

-punc “I live in Vancouver ” period .

-sp spelling

-agr subject verb agreement #1 error that you will make

“My sister are  a nurse.” is

“She take  the bus to school.” takes

You have to check subject verb agreement for each sentence.

VERY IMPORTANT

-vt verb tense 

12 tenses in English – 7 of them are important

“I work  in a bank when I live   in Egypt.”

“I worked in a bank when I lived in Egypt.”

-vf – “I was live  in Tokyo.” lived

“Dave cooking  supper for his family.” is cooking

** I will review those next week. Please, remind me if I forget.

-wf word form – vocabulary noun, adjective, verb, adverb

happy (adj) happiness (n) happily (adverb) happy (v)

I am happy. She feels happiness. Sarah laughs happily. Let’s happy.

“I like ski .” “I like skiing.”

“The birthday party was funny .” fun

“The movie was funny.” “Your sister is funny. She makes people laugh.”

“Your sister is fun. She knows how to enjoy herself.”

-wo, often translation

“Sarah has a pen blue .” blue pen

sounds like a Spanish of French speaker

-ww chicken / kitchen

If you use spellcheck, you may get the wrong word.

“I bought a itched .” ticket

-RW rewrite Try to rewrite this sentence a different way.

-# singular,plural

“I have three person  in my family.” people

persons – very unusual, not commonly used

“I have three persons in my family.”

These are our most commonly used correction codes.

Last action of today’s class:

What are some sentences from the homework that you would like to talk about? What are some sentences arising from the Correction Code work that would like to talk about?

Write some of your examples in the Chat and we can share them.

1. This is my home and my safe place, that  I feel relax  and happy.

relax (verb), relaxed (adj)

parallel “happy and relaxed” happy (adj) relaxed (adj)

“relax and happy” verb and adj

This is my home and my safe place where  I feel relaxed  and happy. 

This is my home and my safe place that I  feel relaxed  and happy in. awkward

2. My mother and my kids are staying  with me since we emigrated  to Canada.

My mother and my kids are staying  with me since we immigrated  to Canada.

emigrate – leave a country permanently

immigrate – come to a country permanently

My mother and my kids are staying  with me since we immigrated  to Canada. a span of time – suggest perfect tense

My mother and my kids have been staying  with me since we immigrated  to Canada. present perfect progressive/continuous

3. I been  here in Canada for years living with my parents and my three siblings.

I have been  here in Canada for years living with my parents and my three siblings.

Communication skills: I have some communication problems. I would like to talk in English like my native language. What will I have to do to improve my conversational skills?

Language is social. If you want to get better at English, you have to get and use it with other humans. 

- playing sports, volleyball

- join a club, hiking group, photography group

My friends who have gotten good at English have done it through social interaction. An English class like this will not make you an English speaker.

Excuses:

1. It’s too hard.

2. I’m too old.

3. I don’t have any English friends.

4. I’m too shy.

Homework:

Have a good weekend. Force yourself to speak some English. Review the Correction Codes.

On Monday, we will start on simple sentences.

English Foundations 6 July 1 Zoom link and class notes

Here is the link:

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 836 2485 9502

Password: 6G9MXf

See you at 8:30.

Al

Good morning.

Welcome to our class.

This is English Foundations 6

Today’s agenda:

1. Introduction

2. Overview of course

3. Begin sentence work

Simple sentences

4. First pass-in writing

5. Homework- review the work on simple sentences

We will get started at 8:30.

Teacher: Al Haley

I teach English at South Hill Education Centre. I teach all levels from English Foundations 2- English 12.

I will mute everyone’s microphone. Feel free to unmute your mic and speak whenever you want.

Also, you can write in the Chat box.

Everything that I write on this screen, I will put on the blog at the end of class.

haleyshec.blogspot.com

Feel free to use the blog as much as you like, when you like.

This class was originally supposed to be a EF (English Foundations) 5/6 split. It has

been changed to an EF 6. The EF 5 is being taught by a different

teacher.

Because of Covid19, we are unable to meet in our school. We have to meet online. It’s different, but it is the best that we can do. It has pros and cons.

pros- good things, learn at home, relaxed

cons- bad things, miss the social aspect, harder to feel like a group

Hopefully, you will enjoy the class and learn a lot.

We will meet together, Monday to Friday, using Zoom. 

Every day I will post on my blog a link to our Zoom meeting.

For my April-June classes, we met M-F for one hour on Zoom.

Our class is scheduled to run from 8:30-12, but that is too long for a Zoom class.

I will teach from 8:30-9:30. Then we will take a 10-minute break. Then I will teach for another 45 minutes of so. We should be finished each day around 10:30.

Are you an artist?

I will give you some homework to do every class.

It will a little bit, not too much. I know that people are busy with jobs, family, kids, pets, grandparents, chores, and housework.

If you miss a class, that will be a problem for you because you will miss a lot of material. You can read and review what we talked about in our daily online class on my class blog: haleyshec.blogspot.com

To be honest, if you miss a lot of classes, you won’t be able to pass.

We will do all our quizzes and tests using email. My email is ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

You must submit your quizzes and tests on time. I do not like late quizzes and tests.

For example “Email the paragraph to me by 2:30.”

That means 2:30 is the deadline, the time limit.

A couple minutes late is OK, I guess. Anything more than a couple minutes late is a problem.

If there is some reason why you have to pass in your work late, let me know.

When you send me an email please include the following in the Subject heading:

1. Your name, Your class

e.g. Joe Shmoe, EF6

2. The quiz or test or HW

e.g Test#1, Quiz#2

Please write your quizzes and tests in a word processing program. For this class, Microsoft Word would be best if you have it. Microsoft Word is a very popular piece of software. It is part of Microsoft Office. If you are using Windows on your computer, you can use WordPad. If you are using a Mac computer, you can use TextEdit.

These programs are free and come with your operating system. You do not have to buy them.

Attach your quiz or test to the email. Please send quizzes and tests as an attachment to your email.

We will practice this later.

When you send me a quiz or test as an attachment, I will read and make comments on it. Then I will send it back to you. You will be able to read the comments.

We will practice this later.

If you include the test or quiz in the body of the email, I will not be able to give much feedback. I won’t be able to comment or correct grammar and sentences. I will read it and put a mark on it.

If you write with a pen and take a picture, I will not be able to give much feedback. I won’t be able to comment or correct grammar and sentences. I will read it and put a mark on it.

Today, we will try it. I will ask you to do some short writing and sent it to me.

Required Text(s) and workbook(s): everything will be online via 

email and via our BLOG

haleyshec.blogspot.com

You can leave comments on the BLOG if you wish.

If you are not getting my emails, please let me know.

If you are on the waiting list, I have not sent you any emails yet because I don’t have your email yet. It may take a day or two to sort out who is in the class.

Right now, I have 30 people registered in the class. There are many people on the Wait List. I don’t have the Wait List yet. The school should send it to me soon.

Let’s do attendance.

Those are the students who are registered.

There are also students who are on the Wait List. I don’t know how many empty I have yet. I will figure that out today.

If you aee on the Wait List and are here in class today, please email me your name ASAP. ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

ASAP – as soon as possible, now

 

Course Name        ENGLISH FOUNDATIONS 6

Theme: Relationships

Num. of Course Hours        Approx. 80 hours

Dates July 2 – Aug 5 (five weeks)

Required Text(s) and workbook(s): online, blog, email, provided by instructor

Standard Course Description:

This course will help you improve your reading, writing, and spesking skills in preparation for EF6 and English 10.

Writing is the main focus of this course. It is most efficient to teach writing online.

I find chats, talking, conversation to be challenging on Zoom. We will try. It’s not as easy and natural as it is in the classroom.

I think we miss the facial interaction, body language, emotion of talking to another person when we are online.

You will read literature and nonfiction.  

We will learn how to build paragraphs to write about them.  Also, you will learn to build academic essays. We will focus on five-paragraph essays, which are the most common basic essays.

Learning Outcomes:

It is expected that students will be able to

•      make oral presentations and work effectively in groups

•      listen to and understand ideas and information (summarize main ideas and details, distinguish between fact and opinion, make inferences)

This is a big challenge for online students. Listening to a teacher and understanding what is going on is tough, especially for people who are not that comfortable with English.

Am I talking too quickly for you? I feel like I am talking a bit more slowly than usual.

 

•      read a variety of literary prose forms and narrative and lyric poems

I like poetry, and I like to teach poetry. I hope we can get to some in this class.

BREAK – 10m  Back at 9:45

•      read and comprehend informational and persuasive texts

•      use reading strategies

Focus of this class will be sentence writing:

•      write simple compound and complex sentences

We will be going into great detail about sentences:

simple

compound

complex

•      write a variety of informational writing with an introduction, details, and a conclusion (i.e. introduction to writing essays)

•      write a variety of personal, narrative, and creative writings

•      write using effective paragraphing

•      use appropriate verb tenses and forms

•      use a writing process

Major Content Areas:

Sentence, paragraph and essay writing

Short stories

Non-fiction

Poetry

Novel

Assessment (Evaluation/Marking):

ASSIGNMENTS      Points

Approx 5-6 quizzes Around 30%

Approx 6-7 tests (paragraph) Around 50%

A few multi-paragraph writing, essay              Around 20%

Total                                                               Average of all

The instructor may adjust the number and value of assessments according to the needs of the class. 

Expectations and Classroom Policies:

Write all tests, homework and assignments using Word or another word processing program.

You may not use dictionaries during work for marks.

I would like to see your English so that I can help you make it better.

Attendance and Participation:

Consistent attendance and positive participation in class are important factors in student success.  At South Hill Education Centre, we require that all students demonstrate their commitment to their studies by attending regularly and by participating in class activities

I hope that you will be able to attend our classes. If you are busy and you miss the class, you can check the notes on the blog. If you miss more than a few classes, you probably will be unable to pass.

Late/Missed Assignments:

You can arrange with me to make up the occasional missed test or quiz in the next couple of days after you get back. Let me know and we will figure out a time to do the makeup. I won’t go back and allow people to makeup tests from more than a few days.

For example, last term a student missed a test in the second week. They waited until the fifth week to ask to do a makeup. I wouldn’t allow it. It was too far back

A couple of days is ok. Anything longer than that is too late.

* Very important

Academic Honesty:

Academic honesty is expected of all students. Cheating (including plagiarism) is a serious offence with immediate consequences. For more information, please refer to the “Academic Honesty Policy” posted in each classroom or ask for a copy in the office.

Cheating often means plagiarism. 

pla·gia·rism (noun) the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

This usual happens when I student goes online or to a book, copies text, and then submits that text for marks.

For example: What were residential schools?

I expect you to write your own sentences about the topic.

Residential schools were government-sponsored religious schools that were established to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture.

Plagiarized material. You didn’t write that.. These are not your sentences.

That gets a 0. Also, I will write a letter for your VSB file. If you do twice, I won’t want you in my class.

I am here to help. I will help as much as I can. Please, don’t try to trick me with plagiarized text. I  don’t like it. I hope you won’t, but it happens.

Solution to this problem: Write your own sentences. Alternatively, learn how to quote material. “”  I will teach you how to do this.

Final Word:

Have fun and good luck.

I think we’ll have an enjoying time. We will keep learning English. We’ll make it fun.

HOMEWORK:

Write a personal introduction for yourself. Write a sentence for each.

1) Home

2) Family

3) Occupation

4) Hobbies

5) Travel

6) Special skills

7) Future plans

Write a sentence each for those topics.

Use Word to write those.

Please email them to me by 11am today.

ahaley@vsb.bc.ca

Remember to put your name and EF6 in the SUBJECT line.