**UPDATE** Nov30/15 Unit 6 Test and the Start of Unit 7

Present Perfect Simple and State Verbs Information (also review Unit 2-2)

Watch Present perfect or past simple video. 

Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous Exercise 8 quiz

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10:20

Unit 6 test

11:30: Stop test.

11:35
WRITING
6-3 Paragraph
Open your Paragraph 6 Writing homework from Friday
Notice my comments and help with paragraph completion.

WRITING
7-1 Subject Verb Agreement - Indefinite Pronouns

12:50
GRAMMAR
Outline Unit 7 and 8 Present Perfect - (chart on board)

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration

pre-lesson quiz 

Conjugation: students to read with the teacher and then together, 1,2,3 in tables.
Lesson and exercise. 

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For homework and extra practice:
VOCABULARY
7-1 Art and Music
Study the lesson and Presentation. Also, look through the exercise.

Later this afternoon, check for an update to today's blog posting. 

Friday, Nov.27/15

10:20
6-1 Grammar Review and New

Go, Play, or Do
Go + gerund sports words Read, listen, and repeat. Study the list
In other sports like football, hockey, baseball, basketball, use nouns.
Play +  noun
In other sports like yoga, martial arts, use nouns.
Do + noun

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verb +Object + to + Infinitive
Correct exercise

SPEAKING
Verb + object + to + infinitive exercise

Michelle's students
Practice these quizzes:
Gerunds quiz
Gerund or infinitive? quiz
subject gerunds
Gerund or infinitive? quiz

Leslie's students
WRITING
Continue writing the paragraph you started yesterday.

**UPDATE** Thursday, Nov26 Unit 6

Practice 

Verbs + object + to + infinitive information and quiz

Verbs + object + to + infinitive video

Verbs + object + to + infinitive quiz

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10:20

Gerund or Infinitive? quiz

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verb + to + Infinitive
Correct exercise

SPEAKING
6-7 Infinitive Discussion

WRITING
Review 6-1Watch this video
6-3 Write a Paragraph

Presentation

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verb +Object + to + Infinitive
Lesson and exercise

**UPDATE** Wednesday, Nov25/15 Unit 6

Practice

Gerund or infinitive? 

quiz1

10:20
37 Things You'll Regret
(if you do not do these thing when you're young)
- examples of gerunds as subjects or objects

10:40
GRAMMAR
6-1 Gerunds
Lesson and Exercise

SPEAKING
6-3 What makes you...? practice subject gerunds
6-5 Gerund Speaking Pairs practice object gerunds
6-6 Tell me about.... practice questions using prepositions and answering with object gerunds

12:50
Pre 6-2 -Grammar (Transitionary) Gerunds quiz

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verb + to + Infinitive
Lesson and exercise

Gerund or infinitive? quiz 2

**UPDATE** Tuesday, Nov.24 Unit 6

Study and Practice

subject gerunds

Go + gerund examples

team sports pictures; individual sports pictures

10:20
warmer
Spelling City

VOCABULARY
6-1 World Sports
Correct exercise one

SPEAKING
6-2 Vocabulary Discussion

LISTENING
6-1 Favourite Sports

GRAMMAR
6-1 Gerunds
Lesson and Exercise

Monday, Nov.23/15 Unit 5 Test and Start Unit 6

Unit 5 test

11: 30

WRITING
6-1 Sentence fragments

start lesson with smrt video at the end.
Practice writing sentences.  Review Unit 2 Prepositional Phrases

1:20
VOCABULARY
6-1 World Sports
Unit Six vocabulary presentation
Pronunciation, definitions, parts of speech
Exercise One

For homework:
6-1 Gerunds
Read the lesson and watch the video.

**UPDATE** Friday, Nov.20 Unit 5 Fashion

GRAMMAR

5-3 Making Comparisons

Complete and check your answers. 

Several students do not understand "until". 

Study this: By and until quiz 1, quiz 2, video

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10:20

5-3 Making Comparisons

Complete the lesson and exercise.

SPEAKING
5-9 Superlative Discussion

WRITING

Complex Sentences clauses and phrases quiz. 

To do this, you may have to review Unit 2-2 Prepositional Phrases lesson

Students: look at this past week's blog for links to practice

(in bold, orange/brown colour) 

Refresh

**UPDATE** Thursday, Nov.19 Unit 5 Fashion

Practice

will or being go to quiz

comparative adjectives

Adjective or Adverb? quiz

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10:20
Dictation

GRAMMAR
5-2 Future #2
Correct exercise (homework)

SPEAKING
5-5 Predictions (Future #2)

11:30

WRITING
5-1 Complex Sentences
Correct #1.

Work on #2 in class.

for homework complete #2. 

Share with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

GRAMMAR
5-3 Making Comparisons

**UPDATE** Wed., Nov.18 Unit 5

Practice

Future forms will, be going to, present continuous, present simple

Complex Sentence Punctuation quiz

Previous examples of students' complex sentences and/or exercise

p1 "13 Future: will, be going to, 

present continuous and simple lesson and exercise

p2 "13 Future: will,be going to, 

present continuous and simple - lesson and exercise continued

ANSWERS to #13 Future: will, be going to, present continuous and simple

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10:20 Intro-

What are you going to (gonna) do tomorrow?

What are you going to (gonna) do this evening?
Watch Video be going to. Stop after the laundry episode. Watch the rest later.

10:30

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future #1

Pre-correction - Future Forms quiz
Correct exercise. Do as a class.

the present simple only as a future tense quiz 

11:25

SPEAKING
5-4 Plans and Decisions

1:00
GRAMMAR

5-2 Making Predictions

Watch this video at home.

Reminders

check blog for updates  - refresh blog occasionally

**UPDATE** Tuesday, Nov.17 Unit 5

PRACTICE

Will or be going to quiz

Present Continuous (Future) quiz

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10:20
VOCABULARY
5-1 Vocabulary
Correct exercise - 5 minutes to compare.

10:50

LISTENING

(Pre-listening vocabulary: 

brand, brand-name, pretty new, don't make it from scratch 

Pre-listening conversation)
5-1 Fashion Sense

Exercise

GRAMMAR

5-1 Future #1
Lesson and exercise.

Watch this video at home.

WRITING

5-1 Complex Sentences

maybe 5-2 Write a Paragraph presentation

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Preparation for tomorrow:

GRAMMAR

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

Monday, Nov.16 Review and start Unit 5

Opener

SPEAKING

5-1 Unit Introduction Discussion

VOCABULARY
5-1 Vocabulary
Pronunciation, definition, part of speech
Exercise
NOTE: If you are moving to 125, you should study the 125 Vocabulary for your class tomorrow.

Parts of Speech - Chart - Definitions
quiz 1 quiz 2

WRITING
Unit 4 Capitalization and End Punctuation

Writing a Paragraph

Paragraph Form information

Topic, supporting and concluding sentences development information
Topic and supporting sentences quiz Note: for #1 breed definition = All animals or plants of the same kind (species or subspecies).

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More homework for tomorrow:
GRAMMAR
5-1 Future #1
Read the lesson.

2nd **UPDATE** Thursday, Nov.12 Unit 4

Announcement: Students 
Your Unit 3 tests and writing have been corrected. 
Find your test and study the corrections.

Unit 4 Grammar Practice
Modals of obligation quiz  

Modals of necessity quiz- Modals of Advice: 

Should, Ought to, Had better information, quiz

For ADVANCED Students only:

Practice "had better" - information video

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Update
GRAMMAR

4-2 Advice and Suggestions  exercise answers

should, 'd better, should have quiz
4-3 Making Requests exercise answers

VOCABULARY

4-1 Exercise one answers

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10:20

GRAMMAR

4-1 Modals of Necessity

Correct Exercise and show answers

10:45

SPEAKING
4-4 What's the Job? "Do you have to~?" "Have you got to~?"
or "Did you have to~?"

11:30

GRAMMAR

4-2 Advice and Suggestions

Lesson and exercise
Modals of Advice 1 - Should, Ought to, Had Better quiz

4-3 Making Requests
Lesson and exercise.

1:55
WRITING

4-1 Capitalization and End Punctuation 

Use the answers to teach. 

What do you see that is different from your exercise page?

Lesson and class examples in exercise.

**UPDATE** Tuesday, Nov.10/15 Unit 4

Modals of necessity, prohibition, and permission quiz 1, quiz 2

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10:20

GRAMMAR
4-1 Expressing Necessity
Lesson Presentation
Modals of obligation page 1, page 2
Start exercise. Do examples and some of the remainder will be homework

VOCABULARY
4-1 Exercise One

SPEAKING
4-2 Vocabulary Discussion

2:05
Speaking Test Assignment

Answer the given questions in a video* of yourself.

Video* 

Here are two ways to make/share a video: 

     1. Make video the way you normally would.
Copy the link and share it with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com
     or
     2. Follow these instructions: 

Open this page which provides information about how to make a YouTube video. It shows how to share it with me. (Make sure you change your privacy settings to UNLISTED.)

Exit/Assessment Test Information - Friday, November 13

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For practice at home on the holiday:
Practice Modal Verbs of Obligation and Advice
Study this Reference Chart - Modals of Obligation and Advice

Read 

GRAMMAR
4-2 Advice and Suggestions

Monday, Nov.9 Unit 3 Test and Start Unit 4

maybe
Gag video

Unit 3 test  (Change your screens to "Print Layout".)

11: 30
WRITING
Review Unit 3 -1 Compound sentences
New Unit 3-2 Transition Words Lesson

12:50

Continue writing
In-class writing time
Share your homework with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

1:55
VOCABULARY
4-1 Literature
Literary Fiction vs Popular Fiction information
Presentation (Pictures) 

**Weekend UPDATE** Friday, Nov.6 Unit 3

GRAMMAR

3-1 Simple Past / Past Continuous

quiz 1

GRAMMAR

3-2 Past Perfect

Exercise answers

GRAMMAR

3-3 Past Passive

Exercise answers

word order passive quiz

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10:20
opener
Do a couple of quizzes from yesterday's update.

GRAMMAR
3-2 Past Perfect
Correct exercise

11:00

GRAMMAR

3-3 Past Passive
Correct and work on exercise.

**UPDATE** Thursday, Nov.5 Unit 3

Irregular Verb Chart

GRAMMAR 3-1

ed endings information and quiz

High level 120 Simple Past / Past Continuous (Ex.4) quiz

GRAMMAR 3-2

Past Perfect quiz 1, quiz 2

GRAMMAR 3-3

Practice the passive using 

1. past simple; 2. past simple; 3. simple past 4. past progressive (continuous) 5.past progressive

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10:20
Study Unit 3 vocabulary for 5 minutes
Dictation

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

12:50

GRAMMAR

3-3 Past Passive
Streaming online lesson and exercise - all 120 classes

WRITING
3-2 Transitional words

**UPDATE** Wednesday, Nov.4 Unit 3

Watch 

The Past Continuous & Past Simple (Part 1) video

The Past Continuous & Past Simple (Part 2) video

Past Simple Spelling Rules video

Study

Compound Sentences -

Past Student sentence examples 

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10:20
opener John Lennon - examples of past simple and continuous

10:40
GRAMMAR
3-1 Past Simple and Continuous
Correct homework.
Regular Past Simple Ending Sounds Pronunciation quiz (from Tuesday)

12:50

WRITING

Unit 2 (2-1 Simple Sentences review Prepositional phrases, and another quick lesson)

3-2 Compound Sentences
Using While vs When (Past Simple and Past Continuous) information
Lesson and exercise
non-smrt exercise

**UPDATE** Tuesday, Nov.3 Unit 3

 Pronunciation

practice - ed endings

Grammar

Advanced past simple and continuous quiz

10:20

Introductions

VOCABULARY
Presentation
Correct Exercise #1.

SPEAKING
3-2 Vocabulary Discussion

11:15
GRAMMAR
3-1 Past Simple and Past Continuous

Go to the middle of the page 

New or Review - ed endings pronunciation practice
Lesson and exercise
Regular Past Simple Ending Sounds Pronunciation quiz

LISTENING/GRAMMAR
Exercise Florida holiday


WRITING
Simple Sentences review Prepositional phrases, and another quick lesson.

maybe 3-2 Compound Sentences
Lesson and exercise
non-smrt exercise

**UPDATE** Monday, Nov.2 Unit 3

Watch this "ed" (past tense of regular verb) endings video (pronunciation).

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10:20
review state and dynamic verbs quiz

Unit 2  test

VOCABULARY
Lesson, pronunciation/meaning
Exercise #1.

LISTENING
3-1 Natural Disasters

GRAMMAR
3-1 (2nd part) Pronunciation of Regular Verbs in the Past Tense
Pronunciation Practice

maybe
3-1 (first part) Past Simple and Past Continuous
Lesson and exercise. Or study lesson