Good afternoon.
Today’s Agenda
· Attendance
· Collect
questionnaires from HW
· Go over course
outlines
· Sentence writing work
“What Can I Do Already?”
Finish
for HW if necessary.
· IF TIME Pick up from
yesterday- Small group chatting- icebreaker, introductions
· Begin review of
sentence types
“Overview
of Sentence Types” HANDOUT
simple,
compound, complex, compound-complex- next couple of weeks
· Talk about
plagiarism, academic honesty, AI, LLM
· Distribute new
article,
“Not
Getting Enough Physical Exercise ay Be Harming Your Health”
talk
about reading strategies
· HW Sentence writing work “What Can I Do
Already?”
Read article,
complete notes for “Thought Questions” for Monday
Friday
· “Self-Assessment
Reflection” Week 1
· Vocabulary exercises-
new vocabulary- some challenging, some easier
· Go over sentence
writing work from HW
· Begin paragraph form
and structure
Monday
· Begin new article
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Course Outline
-land acknowledgement
ancestor- DNA, family
in the far past
unceded- cede(v)-agree
to give away
unceded- taken
without permission, “stolen land”
My email: ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
REMINDER: Write your full
name and class in the subject line.
Any questions of concerns
about the course outline?
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Quiz- six sentences- 6pts
Test- paragraph of at
least 150ww- 12pts (150-200ww)
Essay- at least three
paragraphs (3-5 paragraphs) at least 300 words- 18pts
Sentence Assessment Pretest- What can
I do already?
Write a sentence for each. Try different sentences styles. Write
your sentences on your own paper. Do not use any electronic devices.
e.g. job get
Possible example: I
got a new job last month. SIMPLE SENTENCE
Possible example:
She got a high-paying job, and she gets good benefits.
COMPOUND SENTENCE
She got a high-paying job; also, she gets good benefits.
COMPOUND SENTENCE
Possible example: I
will get a better job when I finish at South Hill. COMPLEX SENTENCE- adverb
clause
My friend who got a good job last month just bought a
new car. COMPLEX SENTENCE- adjective clause
I hope that I can get this job. COMPLEX SENTENCE- noun
clause
Possible example:
She got a new job that has a decent wage, but she is
still looking for a second job. COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE-
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
COMPOUND-COMPLEX
1.
quickly but
2.
tried and
3.
tired so
4.
home because
5.
relax when
6.
take if
7.
go or
8.
working since
9.
save for
10. aunt who
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CLASS TIME
TODAY
1.Work on
sentence pretest
2. Begin
reading article and making notes for Monday
Article – read for Monday
Crossword-
challenging vocabulary
Make notes
for Monday’s class work
EF7/Composition11/12
– high level class, academic
-expectation that
students will read texts and prepare for class
-check your notes
from your reading- comments, key points, quotable words
Evidence that you
are prepared for class
I will check for
notes every time.
Focus on reading
for class-
Some people find
reading for school to be challenging. They may not read much in their personal
life. It seems like video is replacing books for information delivery and
entertainment.
Video is a pale
comparison to a book.
Personally, I
strive to be a daily reader.
In high school and
especially post-secondary, you will have to read large amounts of content
daily. In college and university you will be reading and processing large
amounts, dozens and dozens of pages a day.
MY TECHNIQUE – may
be helpful to some of you
This has worked for
me over a dozen of university and college.
For school, I read
a book or a text at least twice. (3-4 times ideally)
FIRST READING – “armchair
reading”
- relaxing in a comfortable chair, cup of
tea
-
quiet place, wear earplugs, helps with concentration
-
Turn off the phone! – hurts your concentration
-
minimize the distractions
*** multitasking is
a lie- You cannot do two
activities that require brainpower at once. i.e. listening to music and
studying at the same time
First reading –
read for basics of the text:
FICTION- setting,
characters, conflict, plot
NON-FICTION- the
main ideas, the argument
The first reading
is a relaxed reading to get the basics.
SECOND READING- “desk
reading”
- school or work desk
- with a pencil or laptop
-making notes
-
make notes as you read, make notes on what you read.
-
something interesting or noteworthy? make a note with page #
-
seems important? make a note with page #
-confused,
difficult? definitely make a note with p#
-interesting
phrase, unusual wording, vocabulary, idea
**- possible
quotable words and phrases
- jot down key words and ideas as you read
them
-find quotable words and phrases
**big part of academic work is quoting from
texts
BONUS: Prepared for
class. Good feeling.
BONUS: Make notes as
you go because you will forget if you don’t.
You can refer to
your notes ten years in the future, and the main ideas will come back to your
mind.
Keep your notes in
a safe place. You can go back and refer to your notes many years later. The
notes will jog your memory of what the content of the book was. You can use
text notes or mind maps. Mind maps are visual representation of information.
Notetaking is a
very powerful tool. It will really help you get through courses and school
feeling organized and prepared.
Our class blog is
just a collection of notes from the daily class.
My school reading
routine is first reading and second reading. Then I feel like I am ready for
class. It takes time, but you get faster and better at it with practice.
ADVICE:
First reading-
armchair and tea.
Second reading-
desk and pencil.
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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?
Introductions
We will do some
introductions. Choose one of your partners to introduce to the class.
