English Foundations 4/5
Today’s agenda
·
REMINDER Interim recommendations on Friday.
Average right now:
Quizzes
Tests
Spoken
HW
RW
Bonus
Suggestion: Have your quiz and test marks so
you can check.
REMINDER: Registration for Q2
begins next Tuesday.
I will teaching the following courses
in Q2:
P1 9:15-11:30 AM EF1/2, Speaking Listening 1/2
P2 12:00-2:15 PM EF5, Writing Improvement 567
Tuesdays night ~5-6 PM Sentence Struture
Tutorial on Zoom
(not for marks) I will post the
to the Zoom class on my blog in a few weeks.
You are welcome to study with me
if you like.
·
Continue with adverb clauses
Choose vocab for the quiz tomorrow- Quiz#3
·
Finish “Family Relationships” vocabulary
Read “Family”
Thursday
·
Quiz#3- adverb clauses
·
Continue review of verb tenses- simple future
·
Continue with “Family”
·
HW
·
Return Quiz#3
Optional
RW for bonus pt
·
Read “Thanksgiving”
·
Interim recs
-one-on-one
short conferences
-discuss
how to class is going
-midterm
%
-My
recommendation for registration for November
Monday NO SCHOOL
Thanksgiving
We are at the
halfway point in the term.
Interim- midterm,
halfway point in the term
The midterm
recommendation is a snapshot of how you are doing at this moment, based on your
average so far.
Registration for November
courses will begin October 10th. You will be able register via the
South Hill website as usual. You will be emailed a link to follow in order to
register.
In order to
register, you need a recommendation from your teacher, me. On Friday, I will
give you an interim recommendation for which English class you should register
for in November. If you are not going to take a class in Novemebr, then you
don’t need a recommendation from me.
We will have a
short chat in the hallway. We will talk about how things are going and what
your next course should/could be. I will put your recommendation into a
spreadsheet for the advisors.
The interim recommendation
will be based on the quizzes and tests you have done so far this term. Also, I will
give you a spoken mark out of 10 based on how much speaking you do in class.
Plus there are a few points for submitting HW, RW, Bonus.
New BC marking categories:
Emerging – first steps,
beginning, not ready to move up
Developing- partial
understanding, getting better
Proficient- have
skills and abilities
Exceeding-
sophisticated understanding and ability
REMINDER:
Tests are worth double
what quizzes are worth.
Test 1 X/6 = X/12
Test 2 X/6 = X/12
Quiz 1 X/6
Quiz 2 X/6
HW 0,1,2,3 pts
RW Bonus pt
0,1,2,3,4 pts
Spoken X/10
OPTIONS- Stay at
your current level or move up to the next level
EF4 – EF4 OR EF5
EF5- EF5 OR EF6
Midterm recs
The South Hill
English department strongly recommends that students who are marginally
passing (50-60%) not advance to the next level.
People move up to
English classes that they are not prepared for.
This is up to
you. The passmark in BC is 50%.
We want to
encourage student who are doing well in classes to register early for the next
level. Therefore, the minimum average required to receive a recommendation from
me for early registration (starting Tuesday) for the next level is 65%.
This is to allow stronger students first chance at registering. This is also to
dissuade students who are not ready from registering in a class that may be too
high for them.
We want the
strongest students to have an opportunity to register first.
If you’re below 65%,
you will have wait a while to register for the next course.
NOTE: At the end
of the quarter,the passmark is 50%.
The 65% is just
for early registration.
65% is the
reasonable cutoff point for early registraton starting tomorrow.
However, the
final passmark for courses in BC is 50%. That is your final mark on the last
day.
You can move up
to the next level with 50% at the end of the course, but I don’t think that is
strong enough. You have to get better at your English.
We have four weeks
left in our course. You can change your mark significantly depending on the
quizzes and tests yet to come. We have about 3 quizzes and 3-4 tests, plus
other marks yet to come. Plus the in-class spoken mark and the HW and RW pts.
You can bring
your mark up.
Also, you can
bring your mark down.
This is the
halfway point.
SCENARIO #1
69%
OK for the next level
Proficient
SCENARIO #2
56%
This is good level to work at, stay
Developing
SCENARIO #3
37%
Suggests some challenges that must be overcome.
Emerging
You can figure out roughly your own average right now, except for
spoken. Add up your
quizzes and tests. Guess at your spoken mark.
We will talk on Friday at our one-on-one meetings.
You can take two
courses each quarter.
A good second course
(supplemntary course) would be Writing Improvement 34 or Writing Improvement
567
Sentence styles-
SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX-adverb clauses
Let’s learn some
more of these words for adverb clauses.
time- after,
before, since, until, when, while
condition - if, unless
manner- though/although/even though
cause- because, since
purpose- LATER in order to
*NEW VOCAB! -unless – opposite of ‘if’
We will go to park unless it is rainy.
We will go to park if it is sunny.
Let’s go for a walk if you want to.
Let’s go for a walk if your homework is done.
Let’s go for a walk unless you don’t want to.
Let’s go for a walk unless your homework isn’t done.
I will buy a new bicycle if it is on sale.
I will buy a new bicycle unless it is not on sale.
I will buy a new bicycle unless it is full price.
We will go camping if the weather is nice.
We will go camping unless the weather is bad.
I will jump to the next level unless my marks are not
high enough.
I will jump to the next level if my marks are high
enough.
He stayed up late even though he was tired.
She came to school today even though she has/got a cold.
She came to school today even though she didn’t do any (of
her) homework.
I have to start a new course even though I’m not ready
yet.
ADVICE TO MY KIDS: When you are an adult, you have to face problems
even though you are not ready.
She wrote the knowledge test even though she wasn’t fully
prepared.
He sleep early. XXX
We went to bed early.
Let’s choose eight for the quiz:
time- after, before, since,
until, when, while
condition - if,
unless
manner- though/although/even
though
cause- because,
since
1.
after
2.
before
3.
since
4.
when
5.
while
6.
if
7.
even though
8.
because
Let’s do some practice. Write some complex sentences with
adverb clauses using these words.
EXAMPLES
I am healthy because I do more exercise.
I am healthy because I do more exercise than I used
to.
I am healthy because I do a lot of exercise.
He drinks a cup of tea after dinner. SIMPLE
He drinks a cup of tea after SV dinner. COMPLEX
He drinks a cup of tea after he has dinner. COMPLEX
I have lived in Canada since 2019. SIMPLE
I have been in Canada since 2019. SIMPLE
I’ve been in Canada for four years. SIMPLE
I’ve been living in Canada for four years. SIMPLE
I have lived in Canada since SV 2019. COMPLEX
I have lived in Canada since I arrived/came here in 2019.
COMPLEX
I have not gone back to China since four years ago.
I have not gone back to China since 2019. SIMPLE
I have not gone back to China since Covid19 happened.
COMPLEX
I have not gone back to China for four years. SIMPLE
I have not gone back to China since I visited four years
ago. COMPLEX
I have not seen my family in Iran since I immigrated here
in 2022. COMPLEX
Quiz tomorrow
1.
after
2.
before
3.
since
4.
when
5.
while
6.
if
7.
even though
8.
because
Choose 10 vocab words for the quiz
1.
school(n)
2.
watch(v,n)
3.
lunch(n)
4.
homework(n)
5.
clean(v)
6.
sleep(v)
7.
important(adj)
8.
English(n)
9.
visit(v,n)
10.
improve(v)
Family Relationships- continued from last class
-spouse- husband, wife, partner
-only child FUNNY
Only childen can be a little bit spoiled.
-in-law related by
marriage
-bachelor – an unmarried man, a univeristy degreee, an apartment
with no bedroom (all one room), a bachelor
party
He is a widower. She is a widow.
A godparent is a person who has promised to raise somebody’s
child if that person dies or is unable to.
immediate family- close family, nuclear family
maternity ward in a hospital
maternal grandfather
paternal (ad)- about the father
