Weekend Study Material for Unit 11 Test on Monday Nov.3/14

GRAMMAR

11-4 Review

Do exercise (1, 2, 3) and correct your answers.
NOTE: We did not study 11-3 Phrasal Verbs, so you don't have to do "big #4".

Look at the blog from this past week. I posted some quizzes and a video about
11-1 and 11-2 grammar.  Here is another quiz - Indirect questions

READING
11-1 Three Celebrity Interviews
Complete the exercise and check your answers.

For those of you who do not know the difference between "ed" and "ing" adjectives... read this:

GRAMMAR

Unit 8-3 Lesson 

Finish the exercise and correct your answers.

Information about participle adjectives

More information and  quiz

Friday, Oct.31/14 Lesson Plan

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more difficult question tag responses
questions to and from the class

SPEAKING
11-6 Bag of items (Question Tags)

STRUCTURE
pre-lesson quiz
11-2 Adjectives and Adverbs - Parallel Structure
Lesson and in-class exercise

extra work for students who finish before others:
WRITING
Write a sentence with each word form for "appearance"  and "privacy".

STRUCTURE
11-1 Nouns and Verbs - Parallel Structure
Lesson and in-class exercise

READING
Video - Beverly Hills
11-1 Three Celebrity Interviews

Homework for Friday, Oct.31/14

WRITING/VOCABULARY
Write a sentence using each word form for these words: achievement, adopt.
Share your answers with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.ca

STRUCTURE
11-1 Nouns and Verbs (Parallel Structure)
Read the lesson.

Extra Grammar Practice:
Question tag quiz (the answers are on the 2nd page),

Thurs., Oct30/14 Lesson Plan

study vocabulary for
dictation

VOCABULARY
Exercise #2
Word Forms - in-class work
dictionary

GRAMMAR
11-2 Question Tags
We like animals, don't we?Correct #1: 8-15; #3: 5-15; #4: in class work.
The Big Bang Theory" video.
Listening for question tags exercise, teacher's "answer" page

SPEAKING
11-7 You think maybe....
11-8 Assumptions

Homework for Thursday, Oct. 30/14

GRAMMAR
11-2 Question Tags
Do #1: 8-15;   #2: listening;   #3: 5-15;   #4: we will do in class  on Thursday.
Look at this additional information on question tags.
Try this question tag quiz.

Wednesday, Oct.29/14 Lesson Plan

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quiz

GRAMMAR

11-1 Indirect Questions

Correct #1: 4-12;     #2: 5-12;    #3: 5-12;   #4: 4-12;    #5: 4-12.

SPEAKING
11-3 Indirect Questions
11-4 Indirect Questions (Responses)

LISTENING
11-1 Celebrity Life

GRAMMAR
11-2 Question Tags
Question Tags - Rising and Falling Intonation
We like animals, don't we?
Exercise continued...

GRAMMAR

11-1 Indirect Questions

Do #1: 4-12;     #2: 5-12;    #3: 5-12;   #4: 4-12;    #5: 4-12.
Watch this video about indirect questions.
Practice Indirect Questions quiz 2.

Tuesday, Oct.28/14 Lesson Plan

"Spooky Car Wash Halloween Prank" video - smrt cafe
Spelling City

VOCABULARY
Correct Exercise #1: 2-20
Part of Speech information, quiz, and exercise

Word Forms, dictionary

SPEAKING
11-2 Celebrities (Vocabulary)

GRAMMAR
11-1 Indirect Questions
Lesson

Homework for Tuesday, Oct.28/14

VOCABULARY
Do Exercise #1: 2-20

GRAMMAR
11-1 Indirect Questions
Read the lesson.

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Extra (optional) work:
READING
Which Famous People to See Click on 'Matching'.

Monday, Oct.27/14 Unit 10 Test and the Start of & Unit 11

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So/Neither do I - quiz 

Pre-test Review
SPEAKING
10-5 Agreeing and Disagreeing (So / Neither Do I)

10-6 Agreeing and Disagreeing (So / Neither Do I)

9:20
Instructions and examples:
Unit 10 test
Correct test

11:00
Pre-VocabularyWord order quiz
Word order video

VOCABULARY
Exercise

Weekend Study Material for Unit 10 Test Oct.27/14

GRAMMAR
10-3 So/Neither Do I
Finish the exercise and correct your answers.
Practice "So, too, either, neither" quiz

10-4 Review
Do the exercise and check your answers.
Modals of probability in the past, present, and future quiz.

Look at the blog from this past week. I posted several modal quizzes you should practise. Also, there are links to information,videos, and quizzes about So/Neither Do I.

Friday, Oct.24/14 Lesson Plan

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Background information about Matt = comic "dancer"

the most recent video "Where the hell is Matt?"

READING
10-1 Where the Hell is Matt?
Do exercise 1 and 2

GRAMMAR (and Listening)
10-3 So/Neither Do I
Inclass work.
non-smart Listening So/Neither Do I script 9.7 Headway /TS 24
So/Neither do I television clips video

Homework for Friday, Oct.24/14

GRAMMAR
10-1 and 10.2 Modals

Practice Modals of Probability in the Past.
Practice Modals of Probability with Continuous and Perfect Infinitives quiz (This uses grammar from 10-1 and 10.2)

STRUCTURE and WRITING
10-1 Some, Any, No

Practice some,any, no quiz
Do this paragraph exercise.

Share it with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

GRAMMAR
10-3 So/Neither do I
Read the lesson.

Thurs., Oct. 23/14 Lesson Plan

VOCABULARY

Dictation

STRUCTURE
10-1 Some, Any, No
Correct the exercise.

Count and Noncount Noun DICTIONARY

  

STRUCTURE and WRITING
10-1 Some, Any, No
Paragraph  exercise.

GRAMMAR
10-2 Modal Verbs of Probability - Past
Correct #1: 6-15;  #2: 6-15. Finish #3 and #4.

SPEAKING
10-3 Explaining Photos

maybe:
GRAMMAR
10-3 So/Neither do I
Introduction

Homework for Thursday, Oct.23/14

deleted this (and pm1) somehow!

Wednesday, Oct.23/14 Lesson Plan

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quiz

GRAMMAR

10-1 Modal Verbs of Probability - Present and Future
Correct  #1: 8-15;   #2: 3rd paragraph;   #3: 4-10;   #4: 3-10.

SPEAKING
Non-smrt Guessing Card Game - Instructions
Play the game.

LISTENING
10-2 Travel Wish List
Correct the questions.

STRUCTURE
10-1 Some, Any, No
Lesson and in-class exercise

GRAMMAR

10-2 Modal Verbs of Probability - Past
Lesson and exercise

Homework for Wednesday, Oct.22/14

GRAMMAR

B e f o r e    y o u   d o   y o u r   h o m e w o r k,  s t u d y   t h i s   e x t r a   i n f o r m a t i o n :

Watch this video: Possibility or Certainty MEDIA.
Practice Modal Verbs of Probability MEDIA quiz

Practice Modals of Probability (must/can't) MEDIA quiz

10-1 Modal Verbs of Probability - Present and Future
Do  #1: 8-15;   #2: 3rd paragraph;   #3: 4-10;   #4: 3-10.

LISTENING
10-2 Travel Wish List
Complete the questions.


STRUCTURE
10-1 Some, Any, No
Read the lesson.

Oct.21/14 Lesson Plan

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Spelling City vocabulary, listening, speaking

VOCABULARY
Correct the exercise.

SPEAKING
10-2 Travel #1(Vocabulary)

GRAMMAR
10-1 Modal Verbs of Probability - Present and Future
Lesson and in-class work.

LISTENING
10-2 Travel Wish List

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more homework for tomorrow:

STRUCTURE
10-1 Some, Any, No
Read the lesson.

Homework for Tuesday, Oct.21/14

VOCABULARY
Do exercise 2-20.

GRAMMAR
10-1 Modals of Probability in the Present and Future
Read the lesson.

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Extra (Optional) Work:
READING
esl-bits Set 2, Travel Books Click on Matching. This is an excellent reading exercise.

Monday, Oct.20/14 Unit 9 Test and Start of Unit 10

Review
1st and 2nd conditionals quiz
Time clauses quiz


ARTICLES:
A or AN? 1
A or AN? 2
A or THE? 1
A or THE? 2
A, AN or THE? 1
A, AN or THE? 2


WRITING

Students share writing with Leslie and Ian

Unit 9 Test

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Unit 10 Travel
VOCABULARY
Lesson and exercise
Dictation

Homework for Friday, Oct. 10/14

GRAMMAR
8-3 Participial Adjectives
Finish the exercise and correct your answers

READING
Three Environmentally Friendly Cities

Finish the exercise and correct your answers


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 5,6,7,8. Go back to September 15. This is when we started Unit 5.
- Look at "Progress" on your ME page to see if I gave you advice about your last speaking video.

Open this page which provides information about how to make a YouTube video. 

Note that you must change your privacy settings to unlisted. 

- If you cannot make a You-tube video, send an "ordinary" one to: 

lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

Thursday, Oct.9/14 Lesson Plan

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Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Progressive quiz 6

GRAMMAR
8-2 Present perfect continuous - Explaining the Present

Look through the smrt lesson
non-smrt Lesson and exercise: Correct: B: 3-8; C:1-3.

SPEAKING
8-7 Photos

GRAMMAR
8-3 Participial Adjectives

READING
Three Environmentally Friendly Cities

Homework for Thursday, Oct.9/14

GRAMMAR
8-2 Present perfect continuous - Explaining the Present
non-smrt Lesson and exercise: Do B: 3-8;  C:1-3.

Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Progressive quiz 4, quiz 7

Just, yet, still, already information and quiz

Wed., Oct. 8/14 Lesson Plan

GRAMMAR
Recent Completed Activities Examples video "... has Made a Robot"

LISTENING  (and Grammar)
Headway, pps-ppc exercise

GRAMMAR

8-1 Explaining the present
Already and Yet video

Correct #1: 5-10   #2: 4-10   Do #3 in class.

For reference: (Exercise 8-1) - modified smrt 8-1 Answers
Present Perfect perfect exercise - scenes from TV shows

SPEAKING

8-2 Speaking Pairs -Present Perfect Simple - Finished Actions

GRAMMAR
8-2 Present perfect continuous - Explaining the Present
non-smrt Lesson and exercise

STRUCTURE
8-1 One Independent Clause Sentences

Homework for Wednesday, October8/14

GRAMMAR

8-1 Explaining the Present with the Present Perfect Simple
Complete the table in Exercise 1.

Do #1: 5-10;  #2: 4-10 in Exercise 2.

Practice
Present Perfect to Express Recent Events Examples slide show - start at slide 12
Been or gone quiz
Already and Yet video
Already and yet quiz

Speaking Assignment Questions

Go to your "Me" page. Click on "Speaking Assignment"

Answer these questions in 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. 

If you prefer, you can make it another way and share it with me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com).

Due Thursday, Oct.9, 8 pm

Tuesday,Oct. 7/14 Lesson Plan

Spelling City

VOCABULARY

Unit 8 The Environment
Correct the exercise 1-20.

SPEAKING

8-1 The Environment (Vocabulary)

GRAMMAR

8-1 Present Perfect Simple: Explaining the Present

modified smrt 8-1 Lesson
(Exercise 8-1) - modified smrt 8-1Answers

LISTENING
(& Grammar)
HeawWay pps-ppc exercise


STRUCTURE
8-1 One Independent Clause Sentences

11:50
Assign speaking test

Homework for Tuesday, Oct.7/14

VOCABULARY
Unit 8 The Environment
Do the exercise 1-20.

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

The next assessment test is this Friday, Oct.10, 2014

Exit/Assessment Test Information

You will be given the questions to answer in your video tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct.7.

Monday, Oct.6/14 Unit 7 test and the Start of Unit 8

Unit 7 test
Correct test.

GRAMMAR
Review Unit One 1-3 Have and Have Got

8-1 Present Perfect Simple - Explaining the present
Lesson and exercise.


VOCABULARY
Study the list of Unit 8 words.

Homework and Study Material for Monday, Oct.6/14 Unit 7 Test

STRUCTURE

7-1 Singular or Plural Verbs

Do #3 from the exercise. Check your answers.

GRAMMAR
7-3 Action Verbs - Put and Take Answers
7-4 Review Answers

Quiz about for and since.

Past simple, PPS or PPC - Duration and Experience (7-1 and 7-2) quiz

PPS and PPC  quiz

Friday, Oct, 3/14 Lesson Plan

study vocabulary words for 10 minutes for -

VOCABULARY
Dictation

GRAMMAR
for, since, ago Past Simple and Present Perfect non-smrt exercise
Correct A: 2-5;  B: 2-4;  C:3-4.

READING
7-1 Two Famous Bands

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs
Correct #1: 3-9.

(maybe)
nonsmrt 7.2 Quantifiers for Both Kinds of Nouns information
Determiners quiz

Homework for Friday, Oct.3

GRAMMAR
for, since, ago Past Simple and Present Perfect non-smrt exercise
Do A: 2-5;  B: 2-4;  C:3-4.

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verb
From the exercise
do #1: 3-9.

Use this web site to help you:
nonsmrt lesson teaching/learning site singular verbs

Thurs., Oct. 2/14 Lesson Plan

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Caught Cheating with Sexy Girl prank video

Review

Slide show - part one - view 1-18 (We will do part two next week).
GRAMMAR
7-2 Experience
Correct  #1: 4-8; #2: 4-6; #3: 3-12; #4: 3-12.
Time expressions- Past Simple vs. Present Perfect - chart
for,since,ago Past Simple and Present Perfect exercise

SPEAKING

7-7 Have you or did you?

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs

Lesson:

First part only - nonsmrt lesson teaching/learning site singular verbs         

Work on #1? from the exercise.
(maybe) 

nonsmrt 7.2 Quantifiers for Both Kinds of Nouns information

Homework for Thurs., Oct. 2/14

GRAMMAR

7-2 Present Perfect - Experience
Do #1: 4-8;  #2: 4-6;  #3: 3-12;  #4: 3-12.
Time expressions- Past Simple vs. Present Perfect - chart

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs

Study the lesson.

Practice 

Simple past vs Present Perfect Verb Tense Exercise 5 , Verb Tense Exercise 6 

Past simple, PPS or PPC  quiz

Wednesday, Oct.1/14 Lesson Plan

Spelling City

VOCABULARY
7-1 Art and Music
Correct Exercise #1: 3-20.

SPEAKING
7-2 Art and Music (Vocabulary)

LISTENING
7-1 Favourite Artist
Transcript


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GRAMMAR
7-2 Experience
Lesson and in-class work.
Time expressions- Past Simple vs. Present Perfect - chart

STRUCTURE
7-1 Singular and Plural Verbs