Homework for Thursday, August 1

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect Simple - Experience
Read the notes.

Answers to yesterday's "for, since, ago" exercise.
Practice present perfect vs past simple.

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs

Part1 Singular verb exercise: Do 6-10
Part1 Plural verb exercise: Do 4-6
Part3 Singular and plural verb exercise: Do 3-12

7-2 Noun Quantifiers
Read the notes.

7-3 Non-count Nouns
Read the notes.



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

Wednesday, July 31 Lesson Plan

Warmer
Present Perfect Simple vs. Present Perfect Continuous

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration
Correct #1: 5-15;   #2: 4-10;   #3: 4-15.

SPEAKING

7-3 Speaking Pairs (Present Perfect: Duration)


STRUCTURE
Watch this very basic singular versus plural video.  The speaker uses different words in the two ways he says each noun.

Notice the two ways he says each noun:

    First, he says the noun + singular verb.
    Second, he says the noun + plural verb.
But English is more complicated!

OVERVIEW of Unit 7 Structure
Board Lesson

7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs
Lesson

7-2 Noun Quantifiers
Lesson

Homework for Wednesday, July 31

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration
Do #1: 5-15;   #2: 4-10;   #3: 4-15.

Practice for, since, ago on these pdf pages. Do not do part B (it is more about 7-2 Experience). Note that you will have to skip a couple of blank pages. Open a new document or write your answers on paper. Answers will be posted tomorrow.

Practice the Present Perfect with for and since. Do the quiz at the bottom.

LISTENING
7.1 Favourite Artist (we listened this morning)

If you had difficulty understanding this, listen again. Use this script.

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs
7-2 Noun Quantifiers
Read the notes.

Tuesday, July 30 Lesson Plan

8:30
Warmer
Spelling City

VOCABULARY
7-1 Exercise
Correct 4-20

SPEAKING
7-2 Art and Music (Vocabulary)

9:45
LISTENING
7-1 Favourite Artist

GRAMMAR

7-1 Present Perfect: Duration

Lesson

11: 20
STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs

Lesson

Homework for Tuesday, July 30, 2013

VOCABULARY
7-1 Exercise Do 4-20

GRAMMAR

7-1 Present Perfect: Duration

Read the notes.

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs

Read the notes.
Introduction This site may help you understand some of the more difficult things about singular and plural verbs.
Before we study this in class, see how much you know about singular vs. plural in this quiz. This may be too difficult at this time. If you can do it, fabulous!

Monday, July 29, 2013 Unit 6 Test and Beginning of Unit 7

Unit 6 Test

VOCABULARY
7-1 Exercise

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs
Introduction

Monday, July 29

pre-test practice Unit 6 verb pattern sentence writing

Weekend Study Material for Monday's Unit 6 Test

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

Study the grammar, structure, and vocabulary in Unit 6. 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.
Here is another one:

remember, forget, try, stop

Structure 6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs

I said I would post the answers. But the answers are your words. So, of course, I cannot. We will correct them next week.

Friday, July 26 Lesson Plan

8:30
Check email for corrected Unit 5 Test.
Talk to some of the students.

GRAMMAR
6-3: Verbs + Object + To + Infinitive
Correct #1: 7-8; #2: 5-8; #3: 8-15.

Unit 6 verb patterns on one page

SPEAKING
Questions using 6-3 verb pattern: Verbs + Object + To + Infinitive

WRITING

What's the Correct Word Order?

Direct Object of a Verb
Writing good sentences Part 1 Video
Writing good sentences Part 2 Video

In-class writing practice using this week's vocabulary, structure and grammar

STRUCTURE

6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs
Correct 2-8.

READING
6-1 The Sedin Twins.
Learn these words

Homework for Friday, July 26

GRAMMAR
6-3: Verbs + Object + To + Infinitive
Do #1: 7-8;  #2: 5-8;  #3: 8-15.
Watch this video.

Practice this grammar: quiz

LISTENING
Snow Skiing and Snowboarding 

Answer the questions in your own words.

Share your answers with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs
Part two: 4-8 Share your answers with me.

6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs
Do 2-8

READING
6-1 The Sedin Twins.
Learn these words and phrases for tomorrow's reading.

Thursday, July 25 Lesson Plan

Warmer

Gerund or Infinitive

GRAMMAR

6-2 Verbs + to + infinitive
Correct #1: 9-10; #2: 7-10; #3: 7-10; #4: complete the last 5 paragraphs

SPEAKING

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

GRAMMAR
6-3: Verbs + Object + To + Infinitive

(this is a copy of the smrt lesson)

6-3 Verbs + Object + to + Infinitive
Lesson

LISTENING)
new words for the
non-smrt listening Snow Skiing and Snowboarding 

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs
Correct Part one: 3-8; Part two: 4-8

6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs
Lesson

WRITING
Writing good sentences Part 1 Video
Writing good sentences Part 2 Video

Homework for Thursday, July 25

GRAMMAR

6-2 Verbs + to + infinitive
Do #1: 9-10;  #2: 7-10;   #3: 7-10; #4: complete the last 5 paragraphs
Practice this grammar: 1. Infinitive or Gerund?  2. Gerund or Infinitive?

6-3 Verbs + Object + to + Infinitive
Read the notes.

VOCABULARY(for LISTENING)
Learn these words for the

non-smrt listening we will do tomorrow

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs
Do Part one: 3-8; Part two: 4-8

6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs

Read the notes.

Wednesday, July 24 Lesson Plan

Warmer
gerund or infinitive?

GRAMMAR
non-smrt lesson:
Verb + to + infinitive OR Verb + ing LESSON
Correct:  Verb + to + infinitive OR Verb + ing" EXERCISE

Answers Verb + to   OR   verb + ing  (You cannot open this until your teacher changes the settings.)

6-2 Verbs + to + infinitive
Lesson 

LISTENING
6-2 Favourite Sports

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs
Lesson

Homework for Wednesday, July 24

GRAMMAR

non-smrt lesson:

Verb + to + infinitive OR Verb + ing LESSON
Do this: 

Verb + to + infinitive OR Verb + ing" EXERCISE

6-2 Verbs + to + infinitive

Read the notes.

Practice gerund or infinitive? (If this is difficult, don't worry. We will do lots more work on this topic.)

STRUCTURE

6-1 Nouns and Verbs

Read the notes.

Pictures of team sports and team sport words

Optional reading practice from esl-bits.net:
Sports Centre Membership Information
Go to "Details" (Set 5).
Read the information.
Do the quiz. 

Tuesday, July 23 Lesson Plan

8:30
Warmer

Spelling City

VOCABULARY
Correct 3-20

SPEAKING
6-2 World Sports (Vocabulary)

GRAMMAR
6-1 Gerunds
Correct #1: 5-10; #2: 5-10; #3: 5-12; #4: 5-1

SPEAKING
6-3 What makes you...? (Subject Gerunds)
6-5 Gerund Speaking Pairs (Verb Object Gerunds)
6-6 Tell Me About... (Preposition Object Gerunds)

GRAMMAR

Verb + to + infinitive OR Verb + ing LESSON

Verb + to + infinitive OR Verb + ing" EXERCISE

maybe

LISTENING
6-2 Favourite Sports

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More homework for tomorrow:

STRUCTURE

6-1 Nouns and Verbs

Read the notes.

Homework for Tuesday, July 23, 2013

VOCABULARY

Do 3-20

GRAMMAR

6-1 Gerunds

Do #1: 5-10;  #2: 5-10;  #3: 5-12;  #4: 5-12

Monday, July 22, 2013 Lesson Plan

Unit 5 Test

Weekend Study Material for Monday's Unit 5 Test

Study the structure, grammar and vocabulary in Unit 5.
Find all the practice web sites which were posted during the week. Work on them

Here are a few more:
100 common adjectives
Adverbs or Adjectives 

Adverbs of Frequency  

Friday, July 19 Lesson Plan

8:30
Warmer
Will or be going to quiz
Future forms 1. will, 2. going to, 3. present continuous, 4. present simple (note: #1 is new)

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY

5-3 Adjectives
Correct #1: 6-12;  #2: 5-15.

SPEAKING
5-8 Crazy Comparisons

5-4 Adverbs
Correct #1: 6-18;  #2: 5-13;  #3: 5-16.
Quiz common adverbs (in categories)
Choose the correct adverb quiz

11:00

STRUCTURE

5-1 Some, Any, No

Correct 3-10

5-2 Questions

Lesson and in-class work

5-3 Indefinite Pronouns

Lesson and in-class work

READING
Fables with animal characters.
Belling the Cat. a / an the

5-1 Clothing of the Future

Homework for Friday, July 19

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY
5-3 Adjectives
Do #1: 6-12;  #2: 5-15.
Practice Comparative Adjectives

5-4 Adverbs
Do #1: 6-18;  #2: 5-13;  #3: 5-16.
Look at this list of common adverbs (in categories)

STRUCTURE

5-1 Some, Any, No

Do 3-10

5-2 Questions

Read the notes.

5-3 Indefinite Pronouns

Read the notes.

READING
5-1 Clothing of the Future

Learn these words for tomorrow's reading.

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Extra Optional Online Work

Parts of speech quiz 

Preposition guidelines and quizzes

Will or be going to quiz

Thursday, July 18 Lesson Plan

Warmer

Articles quiz
Articles basketball game

STRUCTURE

non-smrt exercise: Count and Noncount Nouns + Definite and Indefinite Articles
Correct exercises #19: 5-15:  #20: 5-10;  #21: 3-10;  #22: 5-16.

4-2 Unique Nouns
Correct 3-12

4-3 Things in General
Correct 6-10

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY

5-3 Adjectives
Lesson

5-4 Adverbs
Lesson

Homework for Thursday, July18

GRAMMAR

5-3 Adjectives
Read the notes.
5-4 Adverbs
Read the notes.

STRUCTURE
non-smrt exercise: Count and Noncount Nouns + Definite and Indefinite Articles
Do exercise #19: 5-15: #20: 5-10;  #21: 3-10;  #22: 5-16.
Interactive articles quiz
Articles basketball game

4-2 Unique Nouns
Do 3-12

4-3 Things in General
Do 6-10

VOCABULARY

Practice Parts of Speech

Wednesday, July 17

Parts of Speech

Homework for Wednesday, July 17

GRAMMAR
Practice these future form quizzes:
Future forms  1.be going to, 2. present continuous, 3. present simple

5-2 Making Predictions
Read the notes.


STRUCTURE - Unit 4
4-2 Unique Nouns
Read the notes.

Tuesday, July 16 Lesson Plan

VOCABULARY

Correct the exercise.

SPEAKING

5-2 Fashion Vocabulary

GRAMMAR

"13 Future: will, be going to, present continuous; simple" page 1 

"13 Future: will, be going to, present continuous; simple" page 2

5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Correct #1: 6-15

5-2 Making Predictions
Lesson


STRUCTURE - Unit 4
4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Correct 3-8
non-smrt exercise: Count and Noncount Nouns + Definite and Indefinite Articles Betty Azar Units 4 and 9.
Correct exercise 23

4-2 Unique Nouns
Lesson

Homework for Tuesday, July 16, 2013

GRAMMAR

5-1 Future Decisions and Plans

Do #1: 6-15

5-2 Making Predictions

Read the notes.

STRUCTURE - Unit 4

4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Do 3-8

non-smrt exercise: Count and Noncount Nouns + Definite and Indefinite Articles Betty Azar Units 4 and 9. Do exercise 23

4-2 Unique Nouns
Read the notes.


VOCABULARY
Do the Unit exercise.

Thursday, July 11 Lesson Plan

8:30

Warmer

GRAMMAR

4-3 Making Requests and Offers

SPEAKING

4-8 Making Requests (Making Requests and Offers)
4-9 Making Offers

LISTENING
4-2 Newspaper Cloze

WRITING - Paragraph Structure

Video - Part 1 Topic Sentence

Video - Part 2 Supporting Sentences: Define, Explain, Give examples

Writing a Paragraph

maybe if time

READING

Set 9 - Gist

New Writing book

Work to do tonight (July10)

Modal Practice: 1. modal verbs, 2. have to and be allowed to

Speaking Video

• Open this page for information on how to make a YouTube video.
• Remember that you must change your privacy settings to unlisted. 
• Make your video by answering the questions accessed through your 'me' page (at the end of the Unit numbers) 

Hints:

• prepare (think about what you will say) before starting the video
• use your best grammar and pronunciation
• try to use the vocabulary, structure and grammar learned in units 1 - 4 
• make it sound like you are answering questions from an audience
• be professional
• speak loudly
• DO NOT READ YOUR ANSWERS. IT IS VERY EASY FOR ME TO KNOW IF YOU ARE READING.
• E-mail the link to me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

This is not due until Thursday, 8 pm.

If you have it ready sooner, please send it to me.

 

Wednesday, July 10 Lesson plan

GRAMMAR

4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice

Correct homework

SPEAKING
4-3 What's The Job? (Modal Verbs of Obligation: Have to)

4-5 Speaking Pairs (Modal Verbs of Obligation: Must / Have to)

GRAMMAR

4-2 Modals and Permission

Correct homework

SPEAKING
4-7 Is it okay in other countries

READING

video

4-1 Shakespeare's Biography

Homework for Wednesday, July 10

New students: Please send me a practice video tonight. See yesterday's blog for instructions.

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Do #1: 4-12;  #2: 4-12;  #3: 5-12.

Reference Chart-Modals of Obligation & Advice

Video

4-2 Modals and Permission

Do #1: 4-20.

4-3 Making Requests and Offers
Read the notes.

READING

Learn these words for tomorrow's Shakespeare reading.

Tuesday, July 9 Lesson Plan

warmer

Spelling City

VOCABULARY

Correct Unit 4 exercise.

SPEAKING

4-1 Literature (Vocabulary)

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Lesson
Illustrations Page one, Page two

4-2 Modals and Permission
Lesson

Message from the CCELPresident: 

Ramadan, the Muslim religious fast

Ramadan this year is especially onerous with 18 hrs of fasting each day for the next 30 days - no food or water. Please be considerate.
I recommend each teacher discuss this with your class so all students are aware.

Homework for Tuesday, July 9

VOCABULARY
Do Unit 4 exercise.

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Read the notes.

4-2 Modals and Permission
Read the notes.

Practice general modals on this site.

The next assessment test is this Friday July 12, 2013

Exit/Assessment Test Information

As always, the Exit test will have a Speaking part. This means you may need to practice making a YouTube video and sharing it with me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com).

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 real speaking video. Note that you must change your privacy settings to unlisted. No one else will see it but me. If you have done this a few times before and are confident your video will work for me, then you do not need to send me a practice video.

Open this page which provides information and an instruction link.

I will give you the questions you must answer on Wednesday.

Monday, July 8, 2013 Test and Lesson Plan

 Unit 3 Test
Correct Parts A,B,C,D,F

VOCABULARY
Unit 4 exercise.

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More Homework for tomorrow:
GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Read the notes.

4-2 Modals and Permission
Read the notes.

2nd **UPDATE**Weekend Study Material for Unit 3 Test - Monday, July 8

GRAMMAR
3-1 Past Simple or Past Continuous

Answers to `6 (I waited) or (I was waiting)'
This was optional homework from Wednesday's homework blog.

3-2 Past Perfect
Practice on this website.

3-4 Past Passive
non-smrt Lesson

Do the exercise. **UPDATE**Answers 
Passive practice using 1. past simple; 2. past simple;  3. simple past  4. past progressive (continuous)


STRUCTURE

non-smrt Compound Sentences Exercise
Do the exercise. ***UPDATE*** Answers.

non-smrt Complex Sentences Exercise
Do the exercise.

non-smrt Simple, Compound or Complex Sentences Exercise

Do the exercise. This is very good practice.

CHECK THIS BLOG AGAIN LATER THIS WEEKEND.

Friday, July 5 Lesson Plan

8:30

STRUCTURE

Check your homework to see if there are comments. Make changes as shown.

8:40

With your teacher, analyze sentences.

STRUCTURE
3-2 Compound Sentences
Corrections and comments on your sentences - independent clauses 

3-3 Complex Sentences
Corrections and comments on your sentences - dependent clauses

READING
3-1 Three Stories about Natural Disasters

Three Group Jigsaw Reading

GRAMMAR

3-3 Past Passive

non-smrt Lesson

3-2 Past Perfect
Correct #1: 5-10; #2: 4-10; #3: 4-10; #4: 4-10.

Homework for Friday, July 5

GRAMMAR
3-2 Past Perfect
Do #1: 5-10;   #2: 4-10;  #3: 4-10;   #4: 4-10.

STRUCTURE

3-2 Compound Sentences
Write a sentence with each word as the beginning of an independent clause.
3-3 Complex Sentences
Write a sentence with each word as the beginning of a dependent clause.

READING
3-1 Three Stories about Natural Disasters
Learn the meaning of these vocabulary words.

Thursday, July 4, Lesson Plan

warmer

Open a new document and write three simple sentences using these vocabulary words: planet, continent, geography.

STRUCTURE
3-1 Three Kinds of Sentences (Simple Sentences)

Correct 2-6

Transition

Identifying sentences  

Part 1: Divide into two sentences.

Part 2: Decide which sentences are not simple sentences.

3-2 Compound Sentences

This exercise includes sentence writing practice using and, but, yet, so, or.

Lesson

Exercise
3-3 Complex Sentences
Lesson

GRAMMAR
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Correct  #2: 6-14; #3: 6-10; #4: 6-8.

SPEAKING

3-8 Speaking Pairs (Past Simple and Past Continuous)

3-2 Past Perfect
The difference: past simple, past continuous, and past perfect: illustration

Lesson

Exercise

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More homework for Friday:

3-1 Three Stories about Natural Disasters

Learn the meaning of these vocabulary words.

Homework for Thursday, July 4

GRAMMAR
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Do #2: 6-14;   #3: 6-10;   #4: 6-8.

non-smrt Exercise - Past Simple or Continuous
Share this exercise with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

Optional (but very useful) homework:
Past Simple (I waited) or Past Continuous (I was waiting)  The answers will be posted on Thursday.

Interactive past simple vs past continuous

More "ed endings" practice

3-2 Past Perfect

Read the notes.

STRUCTURE
3-1 Three Kinds of Sentences (Simple Sentences)

Do 2-6
3-2 Compound Sentences
3-3 Complex Sentences

Read the notes.

Wednesday, July 3

Warmer
Spelling City

VOCABULARY
Correct Unit 3 exercise.
Read the answers to your homework
Check your words with each other.

SPEAKING
3-2 Our Planet #1 (Vocabulary)

9: 30

GRAMMAR

3-1b Regular verb ed endings

Lesson 

Practice with a partner (drill each other)

3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous

Correct Part 1. 

In-class work on part 2, 3, and 4.

Watch and listen to John Lennon - Choose the correct tense: past simple and continuous.

LISTENING + GRAMMAR
A Holiday in Florida cloze activity (script3.3.2)

STRUCTURE
Identifying sentences

3-1 Three Kinds of Sentences (Simple Sentences) 

3-2 Compound Sentences

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More homework for Thursday
Exercise - Past Simple or Continuous
Share this exercise with me.

Homework for Wednesday, July 4

VOCABULARY

Do Unit 3 exercise.

GRAMMAR
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous

Do Part 1. We will do the rest tomorrow.

3-1b ed endings

Read, listen and practice.
Interactive web practice - pronunciation of past tense regular verbs

STRUCTURE
3-1 Three Kinds of Sentences 

Simple Sentences ('simple' does not mean present simple, it means 'basic' sentences)
3-2 Compound Sentences
Read the notes.


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Extra miscellaneous practice
Word Order

Subject-Verb Agreement

Tuesday, July 2

Unit 2 Test - one hour

9:45
Start Unit 3
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous (Tomorrow, I will teach the continuous.)
3-1b) Pronunciation of '...ed' (Regular verbs)
Listen and practice the examples.


VOCABULARY
3-1 Lesson Documents Slide show
Pronunciation
3-1 Unit exercise.

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More homework for Wednesday, July 3
GRAMMAR
3-1-2 ed endings

Interactive web practice - pronunciation of past tense regular verbs

3-1 Past Simple and Past Continuous
Read the notes.

STRUCTURE
3-1 Simple Sentences
3-2 Compound Sentences
Read the notes