Homework for the day after tomorrow - Wednesday, July 2/14

VOCABULARY
Do exercise #1: 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
Do #1: 6-10; #2: 6-10;  #3: 6-10
Practice subject gerunds and object gerunds

6-2 Verbs + to + Infinitive
Read the lesson.

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

Happy Canada Day!

Monday, June30/14 - Unit 5 Test and Start of Unit 6

Unit 5 Test
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.

Posted by Leslie Millikin at 8:26 AM

Weekend Homework and Study Material for Unit 5 Test on Monday,June30

GRAMMAR
5-4 Adverbs
Do the exercise. Check your answers
5-5  Grammar Review
Do the exercise. Check your answers.

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Extra HIGHER LEVEL ENGLISH  Adverbs
This is DIFFICULT . If you want to advance your adverb learning, work on this quiz.

Friday, June 27/14 Lesson Plan

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adjective or adverb quiz

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

SPEAKING
5-8 Crazy Comparisons

READING
5-1 Clothing of the Future
Possible new words

Lululemon video

GRAMMAR
5-4 Adverbs
Lesson and exercise

Homework for Friday, June 27/14

GRAMMAR
5-3 Adjectives
Do #1: 5-12; #2: 6-15.
Practise comparative adjectives
Linking verbs with adjectives

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

READING
Study these words for the reading tomorrow.

Extra Information and work:
Prepositions - 70 common prepositions
Word Order video
Future forms quiz 1-will; quiz 2-be going to; quiz 3-present continuous
Linking verbs quiz

Thursday, June 25/14 Lesson Plan

VOCABULARY
Dictation
Exercise #2
Parts of Speech information

Word forms quiz and exercise

GRAMMAR
5-2 Making Predictions
Correct 5-14.
Exercise about 5-1 and 5-2 Grammar: will, be going to Present Continuous and Present Simple exercise  page 1, page 2  Correct  parts B, C, D.

SPEAKING
5-5 Speaking Pairs

5-3 Adjectives
Lesson and exercise

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More homework for tomorrow:
5-4 Adverbs
Read the notes and watch the video

Homework for Thursday, June 26/14

STRUCTURE
Practice Some or Any quiz

GRAMMAR
5-2 Making Predictions
Do 5-14.

Exercise about 5-1 and 5-2 Grammar: will, be going to Present Continuous and Present Simple exercise page 1, page 2
Do parts B, C, D. You will need to type your answers below the scanned pages or on a new page.

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

Extra work:

Future time quiz

Word order information. Note: this will be easier after we study 5-4 Adverbs.

Wednesday, June 25/14 Lesson Plan

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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
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Correct 8-15.
Video be going to
Extra: Present Simple as a Future Tense Teaching Quiz

STRUCTURE
5-2 Questions (using Some and Any)
Lesson and exercise

5-3 Indefinite Pronouns (Some, Any, No words)
Lesson and exercise

GRAMMAR

5-2 Making Predictions
Lesson and exercise

Do part A, B, C, C
Exercise: will, be going to Present Continuous and  Present Simple exercise page 1, page 2

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More homework for tomorrow:
5-3 Adjectives
Read the notes and watch the video.

Homework for Wednesday, June 25/14

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Do 8-15.

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

Read the notes.

Tuesday, June 24/14 Lesson Plan

Spelling city

VOCABULARY
Correct exercise #1: 3-20.

SPEAKING
5-2 Fashion (vocabulary)

LISTENING

5-1 Fashion Magazines

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans

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More homework for tomorrow:
5-2 Making Predictions

Read the lesson and watch the video.

Homework for Tuesday, June 24/14

VOCABULARY
Do exercise #1: 3-20.

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Read the lesson and watch the video.

Monday, June 23/14 Unit 4 Structure and Start Unit 5

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maybe: prank video

STRUCTURE

4-2 Unique Nouns
Correct Azar 19 5-13

4-3 Things in General
Exercise -in class work.
Exercise: the or nothing
Countable /Uncountable Nouns Dictionary
Quiz
A/An or The or No Article?

10:30SPEAKING
Pre-Vocabulary 5-1 Fashion (Unit Intro)

VOCABULARY
5-1 Vocabulary
Slide show
Pronunciation, definition, part of speech
Exercise #1:    -20.

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More homework for tomorrow:
GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Read the lesson and watch the video.

Study Material and Suggestions for Friday, June 19/14 Assessment Test

GRAMMAR
4-4 Review
Do the exercise. Correct your answers.

Modals general quiz
Modals- Permission and Requests quiz
Making Offers Using Modals - Information
Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission quiz (We did this in class today)


How to study for tomorrow's assessment test:

• Look at your Unit tests and assignments. Notice your errors, so you do not make them again.
• Use the blog to review Units 1,2,3,4. Go back to Tuesday, May26/14. This when we started Unit 1.
• Look at "Progress" on your ME page to see if I gave you advice about your last speaking video.

Don't forget about your speaking videos. I expect to see them tonight.

Thursday, June 19/14 Lesson Plan

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permission quiz

GRAMMAR
4-2 Modals and Permission
Correct 6-20

SPEAKING
4-7 Is it Okay if....?

GRAMMAR
4-3 Requests and Offers
Lesson and Exercise.

READING
4-1 William Shakespeare
Practise reading for the Assessment Test

New vocabulary

VOCABULARY

Vocabulary Dictation

Homework for Thursday, June 19/14

GRAMMAR

4-2 Modals and Permission

Do 6-20
Practise Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission quiz

4-3 Making Requests and Offers
Read the lesson and watch the video.

READING
Study this Vocabulary

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Re: Assessment Test Friday June 20, 2014

For more information on how to answer the questions, click here.

Go to your "ME" page. Find the questions (speaking assignment) at the end of the units. Read the information before starting your video.

Open this page which provides information about how to make a YouTube video. Note that you must change your privacy settings to unlisted. Share your video with me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com) before 8 pm, Thursday, June 19/14.

Wednesday, June 18/14 Lesson Plan

LISTENING
4-1 On-line reading

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Correct #1: 4-10; #2: 5-10; #3: 3-10; #4: 4-10.
Page 1 must, have to, mustn't, don't have to
Page 2 must, have to, mustn't, don't have to

SPEAKING
4-3 What's the Job?

4-3 Making Requests and Offers
Lesson and exercise.

STRUCTURE
4-2 Unique Nouns
Correct exercise (Azar Ex.19): 5-13

4-3 Things in General
Lesson.
Do exercise (Azar Ex. 21)
A, An, The or No Article? good information

Homework for Wednesday,June 18/14

Class, please note that the Speaking part of Friday's Test should be available to everyone now. Go to "ME". You should see "Speaking". Click on it.
Think about how you will answer the questions. If you want to practise, open this page which provides information about how to make a video. Do not forget to change your privacy settings to unlisted.

STRUCTURE
4-2 Unique Nouns
Do exercise (Azar Ex.19): 5-13

4-3 Things in General
Read the lesson.

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Do #1: 4-10; #2: 5-10; #3: 3-10; #4: 4-10.
Practice Modal Verbs of Obligation & Advice
Study this Reference Chart - Modals of Obligation & Advice

4-3 Making Requests and Offers

Read the lesson and watch the video.


READING (extra work - optional)
Practice reading about magazines. Click on Matching.

Tuesday, June 17/14

Spelling City

VOCABULARY
Correct exercise #1: 1-20

SPEAKING

4-2 Literature (Vocabulary)

9:40
STRUCTURE
4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Correct exercise (Azar Ex.21)

4-2 Unique Nouns
Lesson

a/an, some, the: illustrations
Exercise

Work on exercise (Azar Ex.19)

11 am

GRAMMAR

4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Lesson

Page 1 must, have to, mustn't, don't have to
Page 2 must, have to, mustn't, don't have to

Exercise

Note: #s past 11 are optional.

11:50

Assign Speaking for part of Friday's Test

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More homework for tomorrow:

STRUCTURE

4-3 Things in General

Read the lesson.

Homework for Tuesday, June 17/14

VOCABULARY
Do exercise #1: 1-20

STRUCTURE
4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Complete exercise (Azar Ex.21)
Fables (children's stories). Click on "Mouse" at the top
These animal stories are good practice at using "the" for second mention. (Structure 4-1)

STRUCTURE
4-2 Unique Nouns
Read the notes.

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

Monday, June 16/14 Unit 3 Test and start Unit 4

Unit 3 Test
Correct Parts A,B,C,D,E,G.

VOCABULARY
Unit 4 pronunciation and exercise.

STRUCTURE
4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Lesson and exercise.
a/an, some, the: illustrations

Work on exercise (Azar Ex.21)

The next assessment test is this Friday, June20, 2014

Exit/Assessment Test Information

You will be given the questions to answer in your video tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17.

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

STRUCTURE
4-2 Unique Nouns
Read the notes.

Fables (children's stories). Click on "Mouse" at the top
They are good practice at using "the" for second mention. (Structure 4-1)

Weekend Study Material for Unit 3 Test

GRAMMAR
Practise 

Simple Past / Past Continuous (Ex.4) quiz

Past Simple or Past Perfect? quiz   

STRUCTURE
3-1, 3-2, 3-3 Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences

Simple sentences information

Compound Sentences exercise, answers

Complex Sentences
If you want to advance your English, practice sentence writing on this excellent writing/structure website: 

Is it a simple, compound, or complex sentence? Check your Answers.   

Note: this is for higher level students.

Friday, June 13/14 Lesson Plan

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ed endings

GRAMMAR
3-2 Past Perfect
Correct #1: 7-10; #2: 7-10; #3: 7-10; #4: 7-10.

GRAMMAR
Review -
3-1a Past Simple & Continuous Uses
In-class work on Part 2.

3-3 Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect 

**Use my exercise page (June13 exercise Grammar 3-3: Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect)**

READING
3-1: Three Stories about Natural Disasters

Homework for Friday, June 13/14

GRAMMAR
3-2 Past Perfect
Do #1: 7-10; #2: 7-10; #3: 7-10; #4: 7-10.
Practise past perfect quiz1, quiz 2 Past Simple or Past Perfect? quiz 3

3-3 Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect
Read the notes and watch the videos.

READING
3-1: Three Stories about Natural Disasters
Study these new words and phrases for tomorrow's reading.

STRUCTURE
Read this complex sentence information about subordinating conjunctions (although, because, when, etc).  Scroll down until you get to "Complex sentences are written by using subordinating conjunctions to connect the two clauses."

Reminder

3-3 Complex Sentences

Write a sentence using each of the words in the exercise.
Share with me anytime before 8:00 pm., Friday, June 13/14 at - lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

 Another subject-verb (easy) agreement quiz

Thursday, June 12/14 Lesson Plan

Unit 3 Vocabulary Dictation

STRUCTURE

Simple, compound, and complex sentences quiz
Students sample complex sentences.

Read this complex sentence information about subordinating conjunctions (although, because, when, etc).

GRAMMAR
3-2 Past Perfect
Lesson and exercise
Illustration Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect

past perfect quiz

LISTENING
3-2 Hurricanes

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more homework for tomorrow:

GRAMMAR
3-3 Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect

Read the notes and watch the videos.

READING
3-1: Three Stories about Natural Disasters
Study these new words and phrases for tomorrow's reading.

Homework for Thursday, June 12/13

STRUCTURE

Read this complex sentence information about subordinating conjunctions (although, because, when, etc).

3-3 Complex Sentences

Write a sentence using each of the words in the exercise.
Share with me anytime before 8:00 pm., Friday, June 13/14 at - lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

GRAMMAR

3-2 Past Perfect

Read the lesson.

Wednesday, June 11/14 Lesson Plan

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Subject/Verb Agreement quiz

GRAMMAR

3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Correct the exercise.

3-1b Past Simple and Past Continuous

Correct the exercise.

SPEAKING
3-8 Speaking Pairs

STRUCTURE
3-2 Compound Sentences
Correct sentences with "or", "yet", and "so."

3-3 Complex Sentences
Lesson.
Simple, compound, and complex sentences quiz

LISTENING
3-1 Natural Disasters

maybe

GRAMMAR
Illustration Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect
3-2 Past Perfect
Lesson

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More homework for tomorrow:

Homework for Wednesday, June 11/14

GRAMMAR
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Do the exercise. (New students)

Practise past simple vs past continuous
Practise Simple Past or Past Continuous - A Dialog

3-1b Past Simple and Past Continuous

Do the exercise. (New students)
Regular Past Simple Ending Sounds Pronunciation quiz

3-2 Past Perfect

Read the lesson and watch the video.

STRUCTURE
3-2 Compound Sentences
Write sentences with "or", "yet", and "so."

3-3 Complex Sentences

Read the lesson.

Extra:
Subject/Verb Agreement quiz

Tuesday, June 10/14 Lesson Plan

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Spelling City

VOCABULARY
Correct exercise #1.

SPEAKING

3-2 Our Planet #2

STRUCTURE
3-1 Simple Sentences
Lesson and exercise

Simple, compound, and complex sentences quiz

3-2 Compound Sentences
Lesson and exercise

GRAMMAR
Song by John Lennon
How the past simple and continuous are used. Past simple with "facts" and the past continuous to explain how he felt about those "facts" - Jealous Guy. Scroll to the second video.

3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Correct the exercise.

SPEAKING
3-8 Speaking Pairs


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More homework for tomorrow:
STRUCTURE
3-3 Complex Sentences
Read the lesson.

GRAMMAR
3-2 Past Perfect
Read the notes and watch the video.

Homework for Tuesday, June 10/14

VOCABULARY
Complete exercise #1.

GRAMMAR
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Complete the exercise.

Practice these quizzes: simple past , past progressive (continuous)
"ed" (past tense of regular verb) endings video

STRUCTURE
3-1 Simple Sentences
Read the notes.