Friday, May 31 Lesson Plan

READING

10-1 Where the hell is Matt?

As a class, watch the first and second video. 

As a class, do Exercise #1, #2, #3.

GRAMMAR

10.3 So/Neither do I
Correct  #1: 4-12; #2: 4-10; #3: 4-10; #4: 2-10.

SPEAKING
10-4 Agreeing (So / Neither Do I)

LISTENING

10.2 Travel Wish List 

STRUCTURE - Unit 9
9-3 Things in General
Correct 2-10.

- Unit 10
10-1 Some, Any, and No (Review Unit 5)
10-2 Questions (Review of Unit 5
10-3 Some, Any, and No - Making new words (Review of Unit 5)

Homework for Friday, May 31

GRAMMAR
10.3 So/Neither do I
Do #1: 4-12;   #2: 4-10;   #3: 4-10;  #4: 2-10.

Information on So/Neither do I

So/Neither do I interactive quiz

STRUCTURE
10-1 Some, Any, and No (Review Unit 5)
10-2 Questions (Review of Unit 5)
10-3 Some, Any, and No - Making new words (Review of Unit 5)
Read the notes for each of the above.

Thursday, May 30 Lesson Plan

Warmer

Modals of Probability (with continuous tenses)

GRAMMAR

10-2 Modal Verbs of Probability in the Past
Correct #1: 5-15; #2: 6-15; #3: 5-10.

SPEAKING

10-2 Explaining Photos (Modal Verbs of Probability: Past and Present)

GRAMMAR

10.3 So/Neither do I
Watch this video.
Lesson

Listening So/Neither do I exercise

STRUCTURE - Unit 9

9-3 Things in General

Correct 2-10.

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More homework for Friday:

10-1 Some, Any, and No (Review Unit 5)

10-2 Questions (Review of Unit 5

10-3 Some, Any, and No - Making new words (Review of Unit 5)

Read the notes for each of the above.

Homework for Thursday, May 30

GRAMMAR

Check your answers to "20 Probability: must, can't, could, may, might". This is homework from yesterday. (We will not correct this as a class.)

10-2 Modal Verbs of Probability in the Past
Do #1: 5-15;  #2: 6-15;    #3: 5-10.

Practice modals verbs of probability in the present, future, and past.
Practice modals verbs of probability in the past.

10-3 So/Neither do I
Read the notes.

LISTENING
10.1 Packaged Tours vs Backpacking
Listen again and check your answers.

Homework for Wednesday,May 29

GRAMMAR
10-1 Modal Verbs of Probability in the Present and Future.
Do #1: 3-15;   #2: paragraphs 2,3;   #3: 3-10;   #4: 3-10.

Look at pictures explained with modals of probability in the present and future.

Practice present and future modals with this quiz.

Work on this pdf page for extra modal practice. We will correct part C on Tuesday.

STRUCTURE

9-3 Things in General
Do 2-10.

LISTENING

10-1 Packaged Tour vs. Backpacking

Complete the exercise.

Tuesday, May 27 Lesson Plan

Warmer

Definite and Indefinite Articles

STRUCTURE Unit 9

9-2 Unique Nouns

Correct 2-12.

9-3 Things in General

Lesson.

VOCABULARY
10-1 Correct the unit exercise

SPEAKING

10-2 Vocabulary

READING
esl-bits Set 2, Matching Travel Books

GRAMMAR
10-1 Modal Verbs of Probability in the Present and Future.
Notes and Exercise

LISTENING

10-1 Packaged Tour vs. Backpacking

Homework for Tuesday, May 28

VOCABULARY

10-1 Do the unit exercise

GRAMMAR
10-1 Modal Verbs of Probability in the Present and Future.
Read the notes.

STRUCTURE Unit 9

9-2 Unique Nouns

Do 2-12.

9-3 Things in General

Read the notes.

Check your answers to last week's Listening 9-1 Best Weather. 

Monday, May 27 Unit 9 Test and Unit 10 Lesson Plan

Unit 9 Test

Homework and Study Suggestions for Monday's Unit 9 Test

GRAMMAR

9-3 First or Second Conditional

Do the exercise.

Check your answers.

Study the vocabulary, grammar, and structure 9-1 Known or Unknown Nouns plus General Guidelines A/An or The or No Article?.

Friday, May 24 Lesson Plan

Your teacher today is Glenda Koivukoski.

GRAMMAR
9-2 Second Conditional
Correct #1: 4-12;   #2: 4-10;   #3: 4-15;   #4: 4-15.

SPEAKING
9-8 Questions (First and Second Conditionals)

LISTENING
9-2 Weather Lesson
Review this vocabulary.
Do the listening as your teacher instructs you to.

READING
9-1 Incredible Weather
Read as a class and answer the questions.

STRUCTURE
9-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Correct 4-8.
Note: We will work on 9-2 Unique Nouns and 9-3 Things in General next week.

Check the blog late Friday afternoon for more things to do to prepare for Monday's Unit 9 Test.

Homework for Friday, May 24

GRAMMAR
9-2 Second Conditional
Do #1: 4-12; #2: 4-10; #3: 4-15; #4: 4-15
Practice the second conditional with this quiz.
Practice the difference between the first and second conditionals with this quiz.


STRUCTURE
9-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Do 4-8.
Study this good information about articles and do the exercises after you finish.

Note: We will work on 9-2 Unique Nouns next week.


READING
9-1 Incredible Weather
Learn new vocabulary for the reading on Friday.

Thursday, May 23 Lesson Plan

Warmer
time clauses

GRAMMAR
9-1 First Conditional and Time Clauses
Correct #1: 4-12;  #2: 4-10;   #3: 3-15;  #4: 3-10.

SPEAKING
9-3 Speaking Pairs (First Conditional)

STRUCTURE
Definite and Indefinite Articles: a/an, some, the: ILLUSTRATIONS
General Guidelines A/An or The or No Article?
Articles practice - play basketball.
9-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Lesson

GRAMMAR
9-2 Second Conditional
Lesson
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maybe for tomorrow
READING
9-1 Incredible Weather
Vocabulary

Homework for Thursday, May 23

GRAMMAR
9-1 First Conditional and Time Clauses
Do #1: 4-12;  #2: 4-10;   #3: 3-15;   #4: 3-10.
Practice the first conditional with these quizzes:  Ex.1, Ex.2
Practice time clauses with this quiz.   In this quiz, you will see two other present tenses used (present continuous, present perfect).

9-2 Second Conditional
Read the notes.

LISTENING
9-1: The Best Weather
Complete the missing words.

READING (+STRUCTURE)
Fables with animal characters. All of these little stories are about using definite and indefinite articles:
Belling the Cat
The Nurse and the Wolf
Read these and do the exercise.

Wednesday May 22 Lesson Plan

Warmer
Spelling City

VOCABULARY
9-1 Correct the unit exercise.

SPEAKING

9-2 Vocabulary

STRUCTURE Unit 8
Warm-up quiz
8-3 One Independent Clause and One Dependent Clause Sentences
a) Correct the match at the beginning. b) Correct the sentences with the coordinators as given.

GRAMMAR
9-1 First Conditional and Time Clauses
Lesson

STRUCTURE
9-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Lesson

Learn the rules on this page: A/An or The or No Article? This will be included in Unit 9 test.

LISTENING
9-1: The Best Weather

Homework for Wednesday, May 22

VOCABULARY
9-1 Do the unit exercise.

STRUCTURE   Unit 8
8-1 One Independent Clause Sentences

Write a paragraph as instructed. Share this with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

8-3 One Independent Clause and One Dependent Clause Sentences
a) Do the match at the beginning. b) Write sentences with the coordinators as given.

If you did Unit 3-3 Structure (April 11/13), review your notes and be prepared to participate in the class work.

E x t r a -
Try to do this (advanced level) quiz about the three types of sentences in English.
If you get it correct and follow the rules, you will be able to write anything in English, including academic essays. If you cannot do the quiz, do not worry. It is upper level work.

GRAMMAR
9-1 First Conditional and Time Clauses
Read the notes.

STRUCTURE
9-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Read the notes.

In preparation for tomorrow's work, study this page: A/An or The or No Article?

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Extra school information

Watch this CCEL activities video for things to do after school and on weekends.

Notice

Recently, there have been some students' computers, etc., stolen.

Be careful about your belongings. The school is not responsible for anything that is stolen.

Tuesday, May 21 Lesson Plan

SPEAKING

9-1 Introduction

VOCABULARY
9-1 Unit Exercise

STRUCTURE

Unit 8
8-1 One Independent Clause Sentences
8-2 Two Independent Clause Sentences
8-3 One Independent Clause and One Dependent Clause Sentences



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More homework to do tonight:

GRAMMAR
9-1 First Conditional and Time Clauses

Read the notes.

STRUCTURE
9-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Read the notes.

Study Material for Unit 8 Thursday, May16

Answers to "9 Past Simple (I ate) or Present Perfect (I have eaten) (1)"  This is the pdf page I posted a couple of days ago.

Here is another pdf page exercise for you to do: 

"11 Present perfect simple (I have done) or present perfect continuous (I have been doing)" 

Answers to "11 Present perfect simple (I have done) or present perfect continuous (I have been doing)"

Do this excellent quiz: Already and Yet Present Simple or Present Perfect Simple. You need to scroll down until you see "Practice: Expecting a Baby".

One more quiz to practice time expressions in the present perfect.

Thursday, May 16 Lesson Plan

Warmer
Spelling City
Already and Yet Present Simple or Present Perfect Simple

GRAMMAR

8-3: Participial Adjectives

Lesson In-class work

WRITING
Topic, Supporting, and Concluding Sentences

GRAMMAR
8-2 Present Perfect Continuous: Explaining the Present

Correct #1: 3-10;   #2: 3-12;   #3: 3-10.

SPEAKING

8-6 Photos
8-5 Already and Not Yet 

LISTENING
8-2 Logging in Tasmania

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Extra Homework:
Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous = PPS or PPC 

Homework for Thursday, May 16

Speaking Test Questions:
Go to your "Me" page. You will see "Speaking Assignment" (it is after Unit 12).
Click on it. The questions and pictures are there for you to answer and describe.
Record your video (maximum five minutes). You have until Thursday, 9 pm to email it to me.

Note: No video = 0% speaking on Friday's Test.


GRAMMAR

Answers Grammar 8-1: Present Perfect Simple: Explaining the Present (Exercise 2).
This is for you to read the extra information on the answer page.

Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple practice quiz 1, quiz 2, quiz 3

Study this tense chart

8-2 Present Perfect Continuous: Explaining the Present

Do #1: 3-10;   #2: 3-12;   #3: 3-10.

8-3: Participial Adjectives

Read the notes.

Wednesday, May 15 Lesson Plan

Warmer

Present Perfect

GRAMMAR

8-1 PPS Explaining the Present
Correct homework.

SPEAKING
8-2 Speaking Pairs

LISTENING (GRAMMAR)
PPS or PPC?

GRAMMAR
8-2 PPC Explaining the Present
Pr.Perf.Cont. Explaining the Present Teacher's Page

Assessment test - Friday May 17

Exit/Assessment Test Information 

Speaking Video:
If you have not sent me your  practice video, please do so before Wednesday 10:30. Open this page which provides information and an instruction link. Email it to me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com). Note that you must change your privacy settings to unlisted. No one else will see it but me.

Homework for Wednesday, May 15

GRAMMAR

8-1 Present Perfect Simple - Explaining the Present

Complete the chart in exercise one.

Do #1: 5-10;   #2: 8-10;   #3: 5-15 in exercise two.

Work on this exercise: Past Simple or Present Perfect pdf page. Note that it uses Unit 7 and Unit 8 grammar. The most useful parts are numbers 3, 4, and 5. We will correct Part C on Wednesday.

Practice the present perfect with this quiz. Note that it uses some of Unit 7 and Unit 8-2 grammar.

8-2 Present Perfect Continuous - Explaining the Present

Read the notes.

STRUCTURE

8-1 One Independent Clause Sentences

Read the notes

8-2 Two Independent Clause Sentences

Read the notes.

Tuesday May 14

8-1 Explaining the present

8-1 Exercise

Homework for Tuesday, May 14

VOCABULARY

8-1 Do 2-20

GRAMMAR

8-1 Present Perfect Simple: Explaining the Present
Read the notes.

E-mail me your "practice" video to see if it works. Look at Thursday, May 19 blog for information and the link to "How to make a UTube video".

Monday, May 13 Unit 7 Test and Starting Unit 8

Unit 7 Test

Correct the test

VOCABULARY

8-1 Lesson and exercise

GRAMMAR

Overview: Quick Review of Unit 7 + a Look at Unit 8

8-1 Present Perfect Simple: Explaining the Present

Friday, May 10 Lesson Plan

Warmer
Stating Experience


7-2 Present Perfect - Experience smrt
Correct #1: 3-8; #2: 3-6; #3: 3-12; #4: 3-12.

SPEAKING

Have you ever.?


STRUCTURE
7-3 Noncount Nouns smrt
Correct Part 2: 3-6; Part 3: 2-8.

Also format (Structure) Students` Practice Writing

WRITING

Picture Page 10 Describing a picture using determiners with nouns and the correct verb to match.

Singular or plural verb  (7-1);   Noun Quantifiers (7-2), and Noncount nouns (7-3)

Picture Page 12 Describing a picture using determiners with nouns and the correct verb to match.

Singular or plural verb  (7-1);   Noun Quantifiers (7-2), and Noncount nouns (7-3)

Homework for Friday, May 10

GRAMMAR
Practice present perfect vs past simple

Check your answers to yesterday's pdf exercise "10 Past Simple or Present Perfect (2): ago, for, since"

Time expressions information: Past Simple vs. Present Perfect "Experience"

7-2 Present Perfect - Experience smrt

Do #1: 3-8;   #2: 3-6;   #3: 3-12;   #4: 3-12.

STRUCTURE
7-3 Noncount Nouns smrt
Do Part 2: 3-6;  Part 3: 2-8.

Extra:
To learn what nationalities are called in English, check this out.

The next big test is on Friday May 17, 2013

Exit/Assessment Test Information 

As always, the Exit test will have a Speaking part. This means YOU will need to practice making a YouTube video and share it with me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com). Please do this before next Tuesday.

This is to make sure you know how. All you need to do is say hello. Do not forget how to do this for your test video. Last month, a student's practice video was okay, but when she shared her real test video with me, there was no sound!

Open this page which provides information and an instruction link.
Next week, I will give you the questions you must answer.

May 9, 2013 Lesson Plan

Warmer
Practice 2 - Placing Emphasis on Repeated Activity

Homework for Thursday, May 9

GRAMMAR
Practice for, since, ago on these pdf pages. Note that you will have to skip a couple of blank pages.
Practice present perfect simple and continuous duration. You may need to review unit 2 state verbs.

7-2 Present Perfect - Experience   smrt
Read the notes.

READING
Learn this vocabulary for tomorrow's reading "Two Famous Bands" smrt

Try to do this extra reading practice. It is good because it shows how we use the present perfect to talk about changes. Do the quiz at the end.

STRUCTURE
7-3 Noncount Nouns  smrt 
Read the notes.

Wednesday, May 8 Lesson Plan

Warmer
For or Since

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration smrt
Correct the exercise.

SPEAKING
7-3 Speaking Pairs (Present Perfect: Duration)

LISTENING
7-1 Favourite Artist  smrt
STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular or Plural Verb? smrt
Correct the 3rd set of questions for both singular and plural verbs: 2-9.
7-2 Noun Quantifiers smrt
Correct 3-12.
7-3 Noncount Nouns smrt
Lesson

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Homework for Wednesday, May 8

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular or Plural Verb? smrt
Do the 3rd set of questions for both singular and plural verbs: 2-9.

7-2 Noun Quantifiers smrt
Do 3-12.

7-3 Noncount Nouns  smrt

Read the notes.


GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration smrt 
Do the exercise.

Practice the Present Perfect with for and since.

Tuesday, May 7 Lesson Plan

Warmer
Spelling City  smrt

VOCABULARY
7-1 Correct 4-20  smrt

SPEAKING

7-2 Vocabulary  smrt

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular or Plural Verb? smrt
Correct the first set of questions for singular verbs: 3-10

7-2 Noun Quantifiers  smrt

Lesson

Exercise

SPEAKING

7-1 Singular or Plural Verb + More Determiners

Describing a Picture: A Busy Street Go to page 10

SourceA. Shank – 2008 10

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration  smrt
Lesson 

Exercise

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More homework for tomorrow:

GRAMMAR
7-2 Present Perfect - Experience  smrt
Read the notes. 

Homework for Tuesday, May 6

VOCABULARY

7-1 Do 4-20

STRUCTURE

7-1 Singular or Plural Verb?

Do the first set of questions for singular verbs: 3-10

Watch this very basic singular versus plural video

Practice singular vs. plural in this quiz. This may be too difficult at this time. If you can do it, fabulous!

GRAMMAR

7-1 Present Perfect - Duration

Read the notes.

May 6, 2013 Unit 6 Test + Unit 7 Beginning

May 6, 2013 Unit 6 Test
Correct the test.

VOCABULARY
7-1 Exercise

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs
Introduction

**Sat.UPDATE** Study Suggestions and Information about May 6 Unit 6 Test

NEW
May20/13Unit 6 verb pattern CHARTS 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 - all the charts on one page


As usual, study the grammar and vocabulary in Unit 5. The test will have about 15% on writing sentences using verb patterns and vocabulary. Practice writing sentences from the work you did on Friday.

Find all the practice web sites which were posted during the week. Work on them.

LISTENING
6-2: Favourite Sports
Check you answers after you have worked on the exercise.

Friday, May 3 Lesson Plan

Warmer

Spelling City

LISTENING

6-2 Favourite Sports

GRAMMAR

6-3 Verb+ Object + to + Infinitive

Correct  #1: 6-8;   #2: 7-8;  #3: 7-15.

Instructional video. 

6-3 Speaking practice

WRITING

Basic sentence structure

Sentence practice writing

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WRITING

Do you want to advance your learning? 

Watch an amusing video about relative clauses.

Homework for Friday, May 3

GRAMMAR

6-3 Verb+ Object + to + Infinitive

Do #1: 6-8;   #2: 7-8;  #3: 7-15.

Watch this video. Note that this video uses more verbs than in 120, and it is for a higher level. But it should help you to understand the basic idea.

Chart 6-1 Gerunds

Chart 6-2 Verb + to + Infinitive

Chart 6-3 Verb + Object + to + Infinitive

Note these charts are the same as in the smrt pages. 

This is a very simple quiz about object pronouns. (It is not about verb patterns).

Thursday, May 2 Lesson Plan

Warmer - Gerund or Infinitive

GRAMMAR
Non-smrt Verb + to + Infinitive

Check answers.

6-2 Verbs + to + Infinitive smrt
Correct   #1: 4-10;   #2: 3-10;   #3: 3-10;   #4: paragraph.

6-2 Chart

SPEAKING

6-7 Infinitive Discussion (Verb + To + Infinitives)  smrt

WRITING
Direct Object of a Verb

GRAMMAR

6-3 Verb + Object + to + Infinitive  smrt

Lesson

LISTENING
6-2 Favourite Sports smrt










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Verb + Object + to + Infinitive quiz

Homework for Thursday, May 2

GRAMMAR
This is a non-smrt exercise:

Introduction VERB + to + infinitive or VERB + ing
Exercise VERB + to + infinitive or VERB + ing
Do A: 8-12;  B: 2-13.

6-2 Verbs + to + Infinitive smrt
Do #1:4-10;  #2: 3-10;  #3: 3-10;  #4: complete the paragraph.

Practice Infinitive or Gerund 

Practice remember, forget, stop, try

READING
6-1 "The Sedin Twins" smrt
Answer the questions. This is due on Friday, May 3.

Wednesday, May 1 Lesson Plan

SPEAKING
6-6 Tell Me About... (Preposition Object Gerunds)  smrt

GRAMMAR
Introduction VERB + to + infinitive or VERB + ing

Exercise VERB + to + infinitive or VERB + ing

6-2 Verbs + to + Infinitive  smrt
Lesson
Exercises

READING

6-1 "The Sedin Twins"  smrt
Vocabulary  

NHL team names and cities

LISTENING
6-2 Favourite Sports smrt