Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Midterm recommendations- explain
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Make up quiz or test for students who emailed notice
of their absence to me beforehand
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Continue complex sentences- adverb clauses
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“Topic Sentence Explanation EF45”
Example paragraphs
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Continue verb tenses- past progressive
Friday
Next few days- few extra minutes
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Continue vocab exercises- pick away at them when
we have some extra time
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Continue dialogue “Going to a Walk-In Clinic”
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Continue verb tenses – present perfect
Next few weeks-
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Reading texts- literary terms, short stories,
poetry
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EF5 multi-paragraph writing- short essays
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Midterm Recommendations- next week
We are past the
halfway point in the term. We have only four weeks left.
Registration for November
courses will begin Tuesday, October 15th. You will be able to register
via the South Hill website as usual. You will be emailed a link to follow in
order to register.
I will show the
class how to register. I will demonstrate what to do.
In order to
register, you need a recommendation from your teacher, me.
The midterm
recommendation is a snapshot or picture of how you are doing at this moment,
based on your average so far.
On Thursday and
Friday next week, I will give you a midterm recommendation for which English class
you should register for in November. If you are not going to take a class in November,
you can use the midterm rec to register for February when the reg open in January.
On Thursday and
Friday, we will have a short chat at my desk. We will talk about how things are
going so far in this course and what your next course should/could be. I will
put your recommendation into a spreadsheet for the advisors.
By ‘so far’, I
mean we have finished five of nine weeks. “So far’ means ‘up to now’.
If you want a
copy of my comments, email me when we meet, and I will email you the comments
when we finish chatting. Alternatively, you can take a picture of the comments
on your phone.
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 points for rewrites.
The minimum
average for early registration is 65%.
The final pass
mark at the end of course is 50%.
If you are
between 50-64%, we can talk again next week.
New BC Ministry
of Education marking categories:
Emerging – first
steps, beginning, not ready to move up
Developing-
partial understanding, getting better
Proficient- have
skills and abilities
Extending-
sophisticated understanding and ability
REMINDER:
Tests are worth double
what quizzes are worth.
Test X/6 = X/12
Quiz X/6 = X/6
RW Bonus 1 pt each
Spoken1 X/10
Spoken 2 X/15
(last half of the course) Spoken mark is worth 25% in total.
Essays
Presentation
For the final four
weeks, we will keep doing tests and quizzes until the end of the course. Plus,
there will be a second spoken mark for the final few weeks worth X/15. Also, the
EF5s will do an essay or two. Plus, we will do a presentation worth 10 points.
You will have
lots of opportunity to bring your marks up in the last four weeks of class.
You will also
have lots of opportunity to bring your marks down if you stop working.
OPTIONS for
registration- 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 sometimes 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 students 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 Monday, June 10th) 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 level.
NOTE: At the end
of the quarter,the passmark is 50%. That is your final mark on the last day.
The 65% is just
for early registration.
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.
This is approximately
the halfway point.
Did you miss a quiz or test this
quarter?
Did you email me
before the quiz or test to let me know you would be absent?
If you can say
‘Yes’ to both of these questions, you can do a make-up quiz or test next Wednesday,
the last 45m of class.
Email me today if
you want to make up the quiz or test.
You will be able to
replace one quiz and/or test on the second last day of class, Thursday, October
31st.
***
*after
After the movie ended,
they went out for ice cream.
COMPLEX SENT- ADV CL
After the movie, they went out for ice cream. SIMPLE SENT
*since – two meanings- time, reason
time Since I came
to Canada, I found some new
friends. COMPLEX SENT- ADV CL
reason Since I am
shy, I find it hard to make new
friends.
Misha has lived in Vancouver since 2018. SIMPLE SENT
Misha has lived in Vancouver since SV 2018. COMPLEX SENT
Misha has lived in Vancouver since she moved here in 2018. COMPLEX SENT- ADV CL
Misha has lived in Vancouver since she came here as a refugee from ABCland in 2018.
COMPLEX SENT- ADV CL – giving more information
*because -reason why
I haven’t yet learned English because I don’t have a good
reason to learn it.
*although -goes against expectation
Although she was tired, she kept walking.
although = even though = though(casual)
Even though
she was tired, she kept walking.
Though she was tired, she kept walking. (sounds casual,
conversational)
* as____ as - the
same level
as ADJ as
She is as tall as her mother is.
She is as tall as her mother (is).
Today, it is as warm as yesterday (was).
She is as good at tennis as her mother was.
I want to see the doctor as soon as possible. SIMPLE
I want to see as soon as I can. COMPLEX
I want to see the doctor as soon as she is available.
*than- comparison, one more than the other
You are taller than your dad (is).
EF6 is much more challenging than EF5 (is).
Today is warmer than yesterday (was).
She is a better speaker than her sister (is). COMPLEX
She is as good a speaker as her sister (is). COMPLEX
She is a better speaker than her classmates in the class
(are). COMPLEX
She is the best speaker in the class. SIMPLE
She is a better speaker than anyone else in the class (is).
COMPLEX
Butter is friendlier than most dogs you see.
ADJECTIVE FORMS
basic comparative superlative
good better best
tall taller tallest
beautiful more
beautiful most beautiful
MODELS
as BASIC ADJ as
than COMPARATIVE ADJ
*if- maybe yes, maybe no, don’t know yet
If I pass EF5,
I will register in EF6.
I am likely to go
downtown if my friend sends me his location.
am like to do something- high chance of doing it
Are you going to the party? Likely yes. Probably yes.
Not likely. Likely.
Interest rates will likely continue to come down.
*whenever- every time
That doctor can visit you whenever you want.
Whenever coffee tastes weird to me, I know that I’m
getting sick.
I want to see you whenever you have time.
Can we meet whenever you have freetime?
I want to see you wherever and whenever you want.
Whenever the express bus comes late, I need to take
two busses.
My friends get together and jam whenever Joe comes down
to Vancouver from Haida Gwaii.
jam(musician slang) – play music together
gig- show, performance
She had a gig last night in Gastown.
hang- able to play music well I can’t hang with the jazz guys.
noodle- play lots of notes, not sound good He’s a big noodler.
recital- performance for classical music
rehearsal – practice of a performance- music, theatre
My little son cried whenever his mother left the room.
two types of little kids- cat / monkey
gala- big fancy performance
Whenever I go to Seattle, I enjoy it.
*wherever- every place
We can go wherever you want. NOUN CLAUSE- thing
