Homework for Thursday, May 1/14

STRUCTURE
Known or Unknown Nouns
Exercise "Azar" - do #23
This is a dictionary which shows if a noun is countable or uncountable

LISTENING
9-2 Weather Report (The Changing Seasons)
Complete "Listening for Details"

GRAMMAR
9-2 Second Conditional
Read the lesson.

STRUCTURE
9-2 Unique Nouns
Read the lesson.

Extra Work:
READING and STRUCTURE
a, an, the
Gap-fill exercise
Belling the Cat --- The Nurse and the Wolf
Click on the "Cat" fable.

Wednesday, April 30/14 Lesson Plan

warmer
First Conditional, Time clauses

GRAMMAR
9-1 First Conditional and Time Clauses
Correct exercise #1: 3-12; #2: 5-10; #3: 5-15; #4: 5-10.

SPEAKING
9-3 Speaking Pairs - First Conditional

STRUCTURE
9-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Lesson and exercise
Exercise "Azar" - do #23
This is a PDF called Count and Noncount Nouns + Definite and Indefinite Articles - Betty Azar.
You can
a) type between the pages or b) open a blank document to write your answers.

LISTENING
9-2  Weather Report (The Changing Seasons)
Vocabulary

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more homework for tomorrow:
GRAMMAR
9-2 Second Conditional
Read the lesson.

STRUCTURE
9-2 Unique Nouns
Read the lesson.

Homework for Wednesday, April 30/14

GRAMMAR
9-1 First Conditional and Time Clauses
Do exercise #1: 3-12; #2: 5-10; #3: 5-15; #4: 5-10.
Practice the 1st conditional and time clauses.

STRUCTURE

9-1 Known or Unknown Nouns

Read the lesson.

Unit 7 Structure - Singular and Plural Verbs exercise (3rd part) - share this with me:

lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

This EXCLUDES the students who started today.

Tuesday, April 29/14 Lesson Plan

warmer

Spelling City

VOCABULARY
9-1 Pronunciation
Correct exercise #1

SPEAKING
9-2 The Weather (Vocabulary)

LISTENING
9-1 The Best Weather

GRAMMAR
9-1 First Conditional and Time Clauses

Homework for Tuesday, April 29/14

STRUCTURE
Unit 7 

7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs
Do #3 part of the exercise.

VOCABULARY
Unit 9 The Weather

Do exercise #1.

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

Monday, April28/14

warmer

Just for Laughs

STRUCTURE
Singular versus Plural

Introduction This site may help you understand some of the more difficult things about singular and plural verbs.
Audio and video instruction to singular and plural phrases and determiners. 

Do one question at a time so you can see the rods and understand what each sentence means.

Practice subject-verb agreement 

Unit 7 7-1 Singular or Plural Verb
Lesson and exercise

7-3 Noncount Nouns
Dictionary which shows if a noun is countable or uncountable

11:20

VOCABULARY
Unit 9 The Weather
Lesson and Exercise


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Homework for tomorrow:
GRAMMAR
9-1 First Conditional and Time Clauses
Read the notes.

Study Material for Monday's Unit 7 Test + Assessment Test Information

GRAMMAR

7-3 Action Verbs - Put and Take Answers

7-4 Review  Answers

Quiz - Present Perfect vs Past Simple

LISTENING
7-1 Favourite Artist
Listen to the script. 

Note some students could not open the script even when I made it available. So I am posting it again.

VOCABULARY
Dictation Answers

The next assessment test is Friday April 25, 2014 

Click here for: Assessment Test Information

As always, the Exit test will have a Speaking part on video. Open this page which provides information about how to make a YouTube video. Note that you must change your privacy settings to unlisted. You do not need to make a "YouTube" video if you've successfully made a video before which your teacher received. Make it and send it anyway you like.

On Tuesday, Maria will give you the questions you must answer in your video. When you are done, share it with me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com).  The deadline is Thursday, April 24, 8 p.m.

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Announcement

This Friday is Good Friday, and Monday is Easter Monday. 

The school will be closed.

After that, I will be on vacation (April 22-25)

Your substitute teacher will be Maria Sportsman.

She will give you a test on Tuesday, April 22 (Unit 7).

I will return on Monday, April 28.

There will not be the usual Unit test that day.

Instead, Unit 8 will be part of the Assessment test.

Thurs., April 17/14 Lesson Plan

warmer
7-1 and 7-2 Present Perfect quiz

GRAMMAR
7-2 Present Perfect - Experience
Correct #1: 5-8; #2: 4-6; #3: 4-12; #4: 4-12
Time expressions chart

SPEAKING
7-7 Have You or Did You? (Present Perfect Simple: Experience)

READING
7-1 Two Famous Bands

new words
The Beatles "I Should have Known Better" video; "Twist and Shout" video
Reading
U2 "I Still Haven' Found what I'm Looking For"video

VOCABULARY
Dictation

Announcement

This Friday is Good Friday, and Monday is Easter Monday.  

The school will be closed.

After that, I will be on vacation (April 22-25)

Your substitute teacher will be Maria Sportsman.

She will give you a test on Tuesday, April 22 (Unit 7)

I will return on Monday, Monday, April 28.

There will not be the usual Unit 8 test.
Instead, Unit 8 will be part of the Assessment test

Homework for Thursday, April 17/14

GRAMMAR
7-2 Present Perfect - Experience
Do #1: 5-8; #2: 4-6; #3: 4-12; #4: 4-12
Time expressions chart

PPS and PPC click quiz
Past simple, PPS or PPC - Duration and Experience (7-1 and 7-2) quiz
Present Perfect slide show


Optional work:
LISTENING
7-1 Favourite Artist
Listen to the script.  You can listen to this script now. Yesterday, it was private (sorry).

Wednesday, April 16/14 Lesson Plan

Warmer
for and since

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

SPEAKING
7-3 Speaking Pairs - Duration

GRAMMAR
7-2 Present Perfect - Experience
Time expressions chart

Homework for Wednesday, April 16/14

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

Verbs that are often used with the PPS and the PPC
Quiz about for and since.

7-2 Present Perfect  - Experience
Read the lesson.


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Optional work:
LISTENING
7-1 Favourite Artist
Listen to the script.

GRAMMAR
"For, since, ago Present Perfect or Past Simple?" pdf page. Note that there are two blank pages. Scroll until you get to the information and exercise. Correct your answers.

Tuesday, April 15/14 Lesson Plan

warmer

Spelling City - Spelling Test

VOCABULARY
7-1 Art and Music
Correct exercise 3-20.

SPEAKING

7-2 Art and Music (Vocabulary)

Unit 6 STRUCTURE
6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs
Correct 4-10.

LISTENING
7-1 Favourite Artist

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration
Lesson
Time expressions chart

Homework for Tuesday, April 15/14

VOCABULARY
7-1 Art and Music
Do exercise 3-20.

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration
Read the lesson

Present Perfect video. Note that this video covers all the ways to use the present perfect. 

In smrt 120, the present perfect is divided into 4 parts. The first part is "Duration". 

The woman in the video talks a little about "Duration" at 4 minutes and 50 seconds.

Unit 6 STRUCTURE

6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs

Do 4-10.

April 14/14 Lesson Plan

8:35
Unit 6 Test private
When you think you are finished, read your answers again. Edit errors and typos.
Then share your test:  lesliemillikin@canada-english.com
Close your test after you have shared.
All tests must be shared before 10:10.

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Students - re-open your test.
Correct parts A, B, C, D.

GRAMMAR
Overview of Unit 7 and Unit 8 - Both units focus on different uses of the Present Perfect.

VOCABULARY
7-1 Art and Music
Go to Quizlet
Exercise

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More homework for tomorrow:
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration
Read the notes.

Friday, April 11/14 Lesson Plan

warmer

Verbs + object + to + infinitive quiz

GRAMMAR
6-3 Verbs +Object + to + Infinitive
Correct #1: 5-8; #2: 4-8; #3: 6-15.

WRITING
Practice writing for the test

READING
6-1 The Sedin Twins
 vocabulary

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs
Correct #2: 2-8

6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs
Lesson

Homework for Friday, April 10/14

GRAMMAR
6-3 Verbs +Object + to + Infinitive
Do #1: 5-8;  #2:  4-8;  #3: 6-15.
Verbs + object + to + infinitive quiz 1, quiz 2
Verbs + object + to + infinitive quiz (sentence writing)
6-1, 6-2, 6-3 grammar Note: This quiz has some new words and one new pattern we do not study in 120

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs

Do #2: 2-8

Practice parallel structure

6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs

Read the lesson.

READING
Study this vocabulary for The Sedin Twins reading tomorrow.

Thursday, April 10/14 Lesson Plan

warmer
Practice Gerund or Infinitive

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verbs + to + Infinitive
Correct #1: 6-10; #2: 6-10; #3: 5-10; #4: complete the last five paragraphs.

SPEAKING

6-7 Infinitive Discussion

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs

GRAMMAR
6-3 Verbs +Object +  to + Infinitive
Lesson

Homework for Thursday, April 9/14

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verbs + to + Infinitive
Do #1: 6-10;  #2: 6-10;  #3: 5-10;  #4: complete the last five paragraphs.
Practice: Gerund or Infinitive? quiz 1, quiz 2, quiz 3

This is very good because it shows how gerunds are used in everyday speech.
Examples of Gerunds (Subjects and Objects)
37 Things You’ll Regret When You’re Old

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs
Read the lesson.

Wed., April 9/14 Lesson Plan

VOCABULARY
Dictation

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verbs + to + Infinitive
Lesson

LISTENING
6-1 Admirable Athletes

WRITING
Four Types of Sentences

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and verbs
Read the lesson.

Homework for Wednesday, April 9/14

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and verbs
Read the lesson.

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verbs + to + Infinitive
Read the lesson and watch the video.

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READING (Optional)
practice from esl-bits.net:
Sports Centre Membership Information
Go to "Details" (Set 5).
Read the information and do the quiz. This is good practice for the Reading part of the Assessment test.

Tuesday, April 8/14 Lesson Plan

warmer
Spelling City - Spelling Test

VOCABULARY
6-1 World Sports
Correct #3-20

SPEAKING
6-2 World Sports (Vocabulary)

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

Review and in class work on #3 and #4.

SPEAKING
6-3 What makes you... ?

6-6 Tell me about...

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more homework for tomorrow 

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and verbs
Read the lesson.

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verbs + to + Infinitive

Homework for Tuesday, April 8/14

VOCABULARY
6-1 World Sports
Exercise #1, Do 3-20

Picture of team sports and team sport words including gerunds

Picture of winter sports and sports words, including gerunds
Picture of individual sports and sports words, including gerunds
Picture of water sports and water sport words, including gerunds

GRAMMAR
6-1 Gerunds (Watch the video.)
Do #1: 5-10; #2: 5-12.
Interactive practice - subjects of verbs  subject gerunds

Interactive practice - objects of prepositions and verbs object gerunds

Look at this list of common prepositions.

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs - Parallel Structure
Read the lesson.

Monday, April 7/14 - Unit 5 Test and Start of Unit 6

pre-test review warmer
Future forms

Unit 5 Test private until changed.
The test must be done by 10:00 am unless most people are finished much sooner.
Correct A-E.

10:30
VOCABULARY
6-1 Slide Show
Exercise #1

GRAMMAR
Overview of 6-1, 6-2, 6-3

Start 6-1 Gerunds
Stop half way through and do
Interactive practice - subjects of verbs (quiz - teaching tool) subject gerunds
Go to Exercise. Do #1 for homework.

If time, continue to the second and third part of the lesson.
Interactive practice - objects of prepositions and verbs (quiz - teaching tool) object gerunds
Otherwise, we will do this tomorrow.

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GRAMMAR
6-1 Gerunds
Finish reading the lesson and watch the video.

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs - Parallel Structure
Read the lesson.

Weekend Homework and Study Material for Unit 5 Test on Monday

WRITING

non-smrt Lesson
Write four sentences about fashion using four word forms for the word "attract".

This is homework due on Monday, April7. 

Share it with me by email. 

My address is lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

These sites might help you write your sentences:
Practice Parts of Speech - Definitions and quiz

Study Material:

GRAMMAR
5-5 Review
Do the exercise. There are questions from each part of the Unit 5 grammar. It is a fast way to review. Here are the answers.

Practice will or be going to - quiz

Practice comparative adjectives quiz
Linking verbs with adjectives quiz

Linking verbs quiz

Quiz common adverbs (in categories)
Choose the correct adverb quiz

Friday, April 4/14 Lesson Plan

warmer
comparative adjectives

GRAMMAR
5-3 Adjectives
Correct #1: 7-12; #2: 9-15.

SPEAKING
5-8 Crazy Comparisons

GRAMMAR

5-4 Adverbs
Lesson
Word forms quiz

WRITING
non-smrt Lesson

maybe:
LISTENING

non-smrt Shoes vocabulary

11:45
Evaluations
Go to your ME page
Click on PROGRESS
Look at your scores, performance evaluation, and my "Comment".
I will answer any questions and explain my "Comment" to you.

Homework for Friday, April 4/14

GRAMMAR

5-3 Adjectives

Do #1: 7-12;  #2: 9-15.

5-4 Adverbs
Read the notes and watch the video.

Extra work
Video be going to. This is the video we watched this morning.
Word forms quiz. We started to work on this today, but we didn't finish.

Thursday, April 3/14 Lesson Plan

GRAMMAR
5-2 Making Predictions
Correct #5-14.

SPEAKING
5-5 Speaking Pairs

READING
5-1 Clothing of the Future
 New words for the reading.

5-3 Adjectives
Read the notes and watch the video.

Video be going to

Homework for Thursday, April 3/14

GRAMMAR
5-2 Making Predictions
Do #5-14.

5-3 Adjectives
Read the notes and watch the video.

READING
Study these words for the reading tomorrow.

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Extra work:

practice Some or Any quiz

future time quiz

Wed., April 2/14 Lesson Plan

VOCABULARY
Spelling City
Dictation

STRUCTURE
5-2 Questions: Any
Lesson and in class work
5-3 Indefinite Pronouns
Lesson.

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Correct 7-15.
Extra: Present Simple as a Future Tense Teaching Quiz
Quiz 1 - Will or going to click Note: #3, #7, #11, #20 use. We are going to study this new 5-2 grammar next.

GRAMMAR
5-2 Making Predictions
Lesson

Homework for Wednesday, April 2/14

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Do 7-15.

Quiz 1 - Will or going to click Note: #3, #7, #11, #20 use 5-2 Grammar
Quiz 2 - Present Continuous and Will click
Quiz 3 - Future Going to click

5-2 Making Predictions
Read the lesson and watch the video.

STRUCTURE
5-2 Questions: Any

5-3 Indefinite Pronouns

Read the notes.

Tuesday, April 1/14 Lesson Plan

warmer

Basketball - Articles

VOCABULARY
5-1 Vocabulary
Slide show
Correct Exercise #1: 3-20.

SPEAKING

5-2 Fashion (Vocabulary)

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Lesson

LISTENING
5-2 Is Fashion Important?

STRUCTURE
5-1 Some, Any, and No

5-2 Questions: Any
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More homework for tomorrow:
5-2 Making Predictions