Homework Dec 31st

1) Finish part two of Media 1-1

Part Two: Pick one of Alan’s other personal stories not mentioned above.  Summarize it in a paragraph below:

AM130 - Unit 1 "Friends and Peers"

1. Warm-up
2. Unit introduction
3. Reading Activity: The Secrets of Male Friendships
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4. Group Discussion: Friendships
5. Media #1: Bullying Websearch

Happy Friday (And Merry Christmas)

1) Holiday and Christmas Activities

PM2 Discussion Questions

Jobs! - Discussion

PM1 - Current Events

1. Passport Babies
2. Rescued snowboarder to get $10,000 bill. 
3. Questions

AM130 - Thursday

1. Big Sells, Tiny Targets - Reading
2. Obesity Ad Controversy
3. Fashion for 'Fuller Figures'

PM1 - Current Events

1. Enbridge Oil Debate
2. Passport Babies

AM130 Wednesday

1. Colour Idioms
2. The Sensual Shopper
3. It's not just what you say, it's how you say it!
4. Obesity and Controversy

PM2 Discussion Questions

1. What are the most exciting things about moving to a new city?

2. What are the scariest things about moving to a new city?

3. What did you have trouble doing when you first came to Vancouver?

4. What do you have to do when you arrive somewhere new? (example: set up a bank account)

5. How long does it take to feel at home?

6. What are the best ways to meet people in Vancouver?

7. What would you recommend to someone else who is moving to Vancouver?

PM1 Current Events

1. Cuddle Parties
2. Discussion Questions
3. 'Whitey on the Moon'

AM130 - Tuesday

1) Finish checking vocab exercises
2) Nike videos and discussion
3) Media: Behind the Swoosh
4) Follow-up summary 

5) How do I look?
6) Writing: Parallelism

PM2 Discussion Questions

Pronunciation Discussion

PM1 Current Events - Monday

1. Canadian parents concerned about safety after shooting in Connecticut. 
2. The Limits of Immigration

AM130 - Monday

1) Speaking warm-up
2) Introduction to Unit 11
3) Vocabulary Focus
4) How do I look?
5) Reading: It's not just what you say...

Happy Friday!

1. Share Writing
2. Check Homework
3. Assumptions Game 
4. Writing Practice - Paragraphs
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5. Phrasal Verbs
6. Speaking Practice

7. Reading : Three Celebrity Interviews

8. Conversation Questions

PM2 - Conversation Questions

How often do you cook?

How good are you at cooking?

What are some things that you can cook?

What dish or food are you best at cooking?

Do you think you can cook better than your mother?

Who is a better cook, your mother or your grandmother?

Are cooking shows popular in your country? Do you watch any cooking shows?

What is the hardest thing to cook?

What are some of the advantages of cooking your meals at home? How about the disadvantages?

If you had your own personal chef, what meal would you ask for most?

How hard is it to become a chef? What do you have to do to become a chef?

Thursday PM1

1. The Lying Game
2. Conversation Questions: Standard of Living
3. Grammar Practice 
4. Punctuation

Thursday AM Homework

1. Grammar 11-2 #1,#2,#3

Thursday AM in class

1. Practice indirect questions: Press Conference
2. Check homework
3. Grammar 11-2 : Question Tags
4. Speaking Practice: You think, maybe
5. 20 questions
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6. Listening : Celebrity Gossip Journalist
7. Writing : A celebrity you admire or dislike

PM2

Healthy Living Reading

Wednesday PM1

1. Partner Warm-up: Who has the most....?
2. Conversation Questions: Adventure
3. Grammar: ADVANCED GRAMMAR REVIEW
                               ADVANCED GRAMMAR REVIEW QUIZ 2

Wednesday AM Homework

1) Finish reading questions: Rick Hansen and Terry Fox

2) Write 5 indirect questions for Rick Hansen or Terry Fox
You don't have to write the answers!

Wednesday AM in Class

1. Speaking Practice : I Don't Know...
2. Check Homework
3. Pronunciation: Changing Meanings with Word Stress
4. Indirect Questions Worksheet
5. Indirect Questions Interview - Partners
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6. Speaking and Reading: Terry Fox and Rick Hansen
7. Press Conference

PM1 Tuesday

1. Alibi Game
2. Conversation Questions: Social Problems
3. ADVANCED GRAMMAR REVIEW
4. ADVANCED GRAMMAR REVIEW QUIZ 2

Tuesday Homework

1. Grammar 11-1 #2,#3,#4,#5

Tuesday AM in Class

1. Speaking Warm-up 
2. Check Test 
3. Vocabulary Exercise - Groups
4. Vocabulary Reading 
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5. Grammar 11-1 : Indirect Questions
6. Speaking Practice - Partners
7. Discussion - Would you like to be a celebrity or not? Why?
8. Listening : Celebrity Life
    a) questions
      b) fill in the blanks
9. Short Writing 

Pm1 - Monday

1. Warm-up stories - past simple and continuous 

2. Conversation questions - Encouragement 

3. Grammar Practice 

Monday Homework

Practice phrasal verbs for travel. 

Monday in Class

Hi, Elena's class!
Lesson plans and homework will be up on this blog every day until Friday so please remember to check.

today's class:
1. Review unit 10 grammar. 
2. Unit 10 Test
Optional: Extra Practice Agreeing and Disagreeing

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3. ESL News Listening Assignment
4. Unit 10 Review Group Project: Planning a Vacation
5. Class Presentations 

Friday in Class

1. Warm-up Tongue Twisters
2. Pronunciation - Stressed and Unstressed Words
3. Check Homework
4. Listening - Travel Wish List
    a) notes
    b) questions
    c) discussion "what is the one place you'd like to visit most? Why?"
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5. Grammar 10-3 Agreeing and Disagreeing
6. Speaking Practice 1
      Speaking Practice 2
7. Video - Travelling on the Cheap
    a) discussion
      b) listening questions

Wednesday Homework

1. Finish your travel blog post. Make sure to include a picture!

2. Grammar 10-2 #1 and #2 only!

Wednesday in Class

1. Speaking for Vocab and Grammar
2. Check Homework
3. Listening: Climbing the Half Dome
4. Grammar 10-2: Modals of Probability in the Past
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5. Speaking Practice
6. Travel Blogs Introduction
example: 6 reasons I love Montreal
7. Travel Blog Assignment 
    reading questions
    writing

Jordan's PM1 Class

1. Warm-up and Review
2. Discussion - Restaurants
2b. Find someone who...
3. Listening - Hamburger Restaurant
    Listening - Heavenly Pies 
4.Speaking Activity "How do you make it?"
   group 1
    group 2
    group 3

Tuesday Homework

Grammar 10-1 #1,2,3,4


Please share with me (kate.neville@canada-english.com) before class tomorrow.

Unit 10 Focus Words

Unit 10 Focus Words

Tuesday in Class

1. Introductions
2. Pronunciation Practice "Wh. Questions"
3. Vocabulary Unit 10
4. Focus Vocabulary Hunt
5. Definitions
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6. Grammar 10-1 Modals of Probability
7. Speaking Practice
    partner #1
    partner #2
8. Listening "Package Tours vs. Backpacking"

Jordan's PM1 Class

1. Listening - Supermarket
 1b.   Listening Questions    

2. Supermarket Sections

3. Supermarket discussion

4. Supermarket Picture - Vocabulary

Monday in Class

1. Unit 9 Review
2. Unit 9 Test
Optional: Pronunciation Worksheet

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3. Listening 'The Atmosphere'
4. Definite and Indefinite Articles - Reading and Writing Practice

How to Study

1. Unit 9 Grammar Review
      Answers

2. Focus Words
3. Writing a Paragraph

Thursday Homework

Grammar 9-3 #1, #2

Answers

Thursday in Class

1. Second Conditional Warm-up
2. Check Homework
3. Listening "The Best Weather"
4. Speaking: The Opposite of Truth
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5. The Weather Network - Holiday Planning
6. Conditionals Board Game
7. Reading "Incredible Weather"

Wednesday Homework

Grammar 9-2 
#1,#2,#3,#4

Share with me by 8am tomorrow!

Wednesday in Class

1. Speaking Warm-up
2. Check Homework
3. Extreme Weather Videos
4. Listening "Storms"
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5. Grammar 7-2 - The Second Conditional 
6. If you were a song
7. Speaking 9-5 - What would you do if...?
8. Reading - Incredible Weather

Tuesday Homework

1. Unit 9 Vocabulary Exercise

2. Grammar 9-1 #1, #2

Share with me before 8am tomorrow!

Focus Words

Unit 9 Focus Words

Tuesday in Class

1. Speaking: Weather
Check Homework
2. Speaking 9-2
    open Vocabulary Exercise
3. Unit 9 Vocabulary Overview 
4. Focus Words Hunt
5. Make Definitions in Partners
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6. Grammar 9-1 First Conditional 
7. Speaking Practice
8. Listening "Weather Lesson"
 a) notes
 b) questions
9. Practice First Conditional / Dialogue / Writing

Monday Homework

1. Finish Phrasal Verbs Matching

2. Write your own phrasal verbs story!

Monday in Class

1. Review
2. Unit 8 Test
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3. Speaking/Writing Practice - Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
4.Bill Nye Listening "Recycle if you can" questions
5. Phrasal Verbs  

How to Study

1. Unit 8 Focus Words
2. Grammar Review
3. Check Answers 

Friday in Class

1. Speaking in Pairs
2. Check Homework
3. Saving Energy - Listening
    a) notes
      b) true/false questions
4. My Environmental Lifestyle Writing
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5. Share your writing with another student
6. Grammar 8-3 "Phrasal Verbs"
    a) speaking
      b) Grammar Practice
      c) matching / writing
    d) story

Thursday Homework

1. Grammar 8-2 All Exercises

Share with me before 8am, please!

Environmentally Friendly

What is environmentally friendly?
- low impact
- doesn’t use fossil fuel
- reusable
- doesn’t include/ isn’t made of toxic chemicals
- promotes clean air
- reduces waste
- recyclable
- compostable
- organic

Thursday in Class

1. Discussion - Environmental Threats
2. Check Homework
3. Environmental Threats Debate
4. Logging in Tasmania
    a) questions
      b) listening for vocab words

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5. Grammar 8-2
6. Speaking - Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
7. Environmentally Friendly Discussion 
8. Two Environmentally Friendly Cities

Wednesday Homework

Grammar 8-1 #2 (All exercises in this link)
Please share with me before 8am tomorrow!
Thanks,
Kate

Tuesday Homework

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1BQS1hxYl_Uvy9OHRpBK8SyjZ1Hh6JVRLeYaR_YvPoec/edit

Unit 8 Focus Words

Unit 8 Focus Words

Tuesday in Class

1) Speaking 8-1 Vocabulary
2) Check Homework
3) Focus Word Hunt and Questions
4) Definitions for focus words.
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5) grammar 8-1 "Present Perfect for Explaining the Present"
6) Speaking Pairs "Finished Actions"
7) Logging in Tasmania
    a) Questions
    b) Listening for Vocab Words

Monday Homework

Unit 8 Vocabulary Exercise
'The Environment'

Finish Structure 7-1 
Singular or Plural Verbs 
Share with me by 8am tomorrow morning!

Monday in Class

1. Review 
2. Unit 7 Test
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3. The Beatles Documentary
    a) notes
    b) questions
    c) ordering
4. Structure 
    a) Single and plural verbs
    c) How much/ how many?

How to study...

The Unit 7 Test is on Monday. 

1) Study the unit 7 focus words.
2) Do the unit 7 grammar review.
      Check your answers!
3) Review how to write a paragraph. 

Happy Friday!

1. Liar, Liar!
2. Check homework
3. Listening - Favourite Music
    a) Questions
    b) Fill in the blanks
4. Writing - Favourite Musician or Band
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5. Grammar 7-3 Put and Take
    a) Speaking 
      b) Practice
6. Reading -Two Famous Bands

Thursday Homework

Grammar 7-2 #1,#2,#3
Share with me before 8am!

Past Participle Practice

Thursday in Class

1) Speaking - Present Perfect Duration
2) Check homework
3) Interview
4) Listening "Black Day in December"
5) Reading "Said the Whale"
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6) Grammar 7-2 Present Perfect Experience
7) Listening "Have you Ever?"
8) Past Participle Practice

Wednesday Homework

Grammar 7-1 #1,#2,#3

Unit 7 Focus Words

Unit 7 Focus Words

New Homework Rules

1) Homework is always posted on the blog.

2) Homework must be completed and shared with me (kate.neville@canada-english.com) before 8am the next day. 

3) Homework must be done even if you are absent.

4) Homework is worth 2 marks everyday. Missed homework marks will be subtracted from your unit test score every week. This is up to 8 marks or about 10% of your test. 

Wednesday in Class

1) Speaking 7-2 Vocabulary  - Art and Music
2) Check Homework
3) Vocab Focus Word Hunt "A Concerned Parent"
4) Focus Word Definitions
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5) Grammar 7-1 Present Perfect for Duration
6) Speaking Pairs
7) Listening - Favourite Artist
     a) Discussion
    b) Listening for meaning
    c) Listening for details
8) Art Reviewer Exercise

Tuesday Homework

1. Unit 7 Vocabulary Exercise

Tuesday in Class

1) Review
2) Unit 6 Test

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3) Speaking practice 
4) Structure Parallel Structure
     a) nouns and verbs
     b) adjectives and adverbs
5) Listening ESL News
    Reading 

Rememberance Day

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
      Between the crosses, row on row,
   That mark our place; and in the sky
   The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
   Loved and were loved, and now we lie
         In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
   The torch; be yours to hold it high.
   If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
         In Flanders fields.

How to Study for the Unit 6 Test

The unit 6 test is Tuesday morning!

Study:
Unit 6 focus words
Unit 6 grammar review

Check your answers! (click here)

Happy Friday!

1) Speaking 6-7 Infinitives
2) Check Homework
3) Favourite Sports Discussion 
4) Listening 6-2 Favourite Sports
     a) questions
     b) cloze
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5) Infinitives and Gerunds Practice Shopping in San Francisco
6) Grammar 6-3 Verb + Object + Infinitive
7) Practice Thank You Letter

Thursday Homework

Grammar 6-2 
#1, #2, #3

Thursday in Class

1) Check Homework Reading Questions
2) Discussion questions
3) Grammar 6-2 Verbs + infinitives
4) Practice Shopping in San Francisco
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5) The Sedin Twins
     a) videos
     b) discussion
     c) reading questions
6) Listening The Good Old Hockey Game

Wednesday Homework

Reading Questions "The Hockey Sweater"


Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgydkfnUEi8

Wednesday in Class

1) Verbs that take a gerund object
2) Speaking pairs activity
3) Check homework
4) Admirable Athletes - Listening
     a) notes
       b) listening questions
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5) Admirable Athletes Writing
6) The Hockey Sweater
     a) running dictation
     b) video questions

Tuesday Homework

Grammar 6-1 
#1,#2,#3,#4

Unit 6 Focus Definitions

Unit 6 Focus Definitions

Tuesday in Class

1) Speaking 6-2 Vocabulary
2) Check Homework (Unit 6 Vocabulary Exercise)
3) Vocabulary Hunt - Reading and Questions
4) Definitions
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5) Grammar 6-1 Gerunds
6) Speaking 6-3 "What makes you..."
7) Reading: Olympic History
 

Monday Homework

Unit 6 Vocabulary Exercise

Monday in Class

1. Review 
2. Unit 5 Test

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3. Adjective order activity
   
4. Grammar 5-4 Adverbs
    a) speaking warm-up
    b) exercise

Thursday in Class

1) Discussion Warm-up "Clothing of the Future"
2) Check Homework
3) Reading Exercise "Clothing of the Future"
4) Reading Questions
5) Listening "Fashion Magazines"
    a) Notes
    b) Questions

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6) Speaking and Writing - Adjectives
7) Grammar 5-3 "Adjectives"
8) Speaking Practice
9) Comparative Adjectives - writing practice "The Hunger Games"

Homework: Grammar 5-3 #1 and #2

REMINDER: The unit 5 test is on Monday.

Wednesday Homework

Wednesday Homework
Grammar 5-2 #1

Wednesday in Class - Happy Halloween!!

1) Halloween brainstorming
2) Vocabulary Crossword
3) "History of Halloween"
     a) Video Questions

Practice "Weekly Plan"

     b) Listening and writing 




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4) Grammar 5-2 "Making Predictions"
5) Speaking Pairs Practice
6) Structure "Some, Any and No"

Tuesday Homework

Grammar 5-1 #1

Unit 5 Focus Definitions

Unit 5 Focus Definitions

Tuesday in Class

1. Speaking Vocabulary
2. Brainstorming "What is in fashion?"
3. Focus Word Hunt "A Halloween invitation" 
4. Definitions
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5. Grammar 5-1 "Future decisions and plans"
6. Speaking 5-3 "Do you think you will ever..."
7. Write 5 future plans about fashion.
8. Is fashion important?
    a) Discussion
    b) Listening

Monday Homework

Vocabulary Exercise Unit 5 - Fashion

Monday Homework

Vocabulary Exercise Unit 5 - Fashion

Monday in Class

1. Unit 4 Test
2. Speaking "What's the Job?"
3. Listening "Newspapers"
    a) Notes
    b) Questions
4. ESL News
5. Check Answershttp://esldivlabs.vcc.ca/eslnews/ESL_News_October_22_2012.pdf

Happy Friday!

1) Share fictional stories

2) Check homework

3) Hansel and Gretel Listening

4) Participial Adjectives Exercise

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5) Grammar 4-3 Making offers and requests

6) Speaking 4-9 "Making requests"

7) Husband and wife dialogue - partner work

8) Housesitting Activity

Thursday Homework

Articles Practice:
Fables  - Stories with lessons.
Follow the links for Cat and Mouse

Write down the lesson for each fable.

Thursday in Class

1) Speaking Practice - Advice
2) Check Homework
3) Online Reading
     a) listening
       b) class activity
4) Structure - Definite and Indefinite Articles
    a) The city mouse and the country mouse - practice for articles
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5) Genres in literature - brainstorming and partner writing project
6) Grammar 4-3 "Making Requests and Offers"
     a) Dialogue practice

Wednesday Homework

Grammar 4-2 #1

Finish Reading Questions "William Shakespeare"

Wednesday in Class

1) Share advice letters
2) Check homework 
3) "Should I stay or should I go?"
      a) speaking warmup
      b) listening activity
4) "Should've said no" listening 
5) Love letter response
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6) Grammar 4-2 Modals and Permission
7) Signs activity
8) Reading "William Shakespeare" 

Tuesday Homework

1. Grammar 4-1 #1,2,3
2. Finish your letter of advice to Simon (10-12 sentences)

Unit 4 Focus Words

Unit 4 Focus Words

Tuesday in Class

1. Speaking: Vocabulary
2. Focus words reading
3. Focus words definitions (group work
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4. Grammar 4-1 "Modal Verbs of Obligation and Advice"
5. Speaking: Obligation
6. Advice letters 

Monday Homework

Unit 4 Vocabulary Exercise "Literature"

Monday in Class

1) Review
2) Unit 3 Test

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3) pronunciation of 'ed' in past tense 
4) extra practice for past perfect
5) speaking game "guilty"

Friday in Class

Hello everyone!

Here is what we are doing in class today:

1) Structure review

• Writing warm-up

2) Speaking exercise

3) Grammar Review

4) Grammar 3-4 Past Passive

• Practice #1
• Practice #2

5) Passive in a news story

6) Listening

Thursday in Class

Howdy y'all!

Here is what we will be doing today:

1) Finish up the "Personal Timeline Activity"

2) Listening

• For Meaning
• For Details 

3) Reading 3-1 

4) Structure 3-1 Three Types of Sentences

5) Writing practice

For Tomorrow

Here is the link for you to read tonight.  Please read these three:

Simple Sentences
Compound Sentences
Complex Sentences

Happy reading!

Wednesday in Class

Greetings everyone!

Here is what we are going over in class today:

1) Speaking Practice - Story Prompts

2) Check Homework

3) Listening "The Earth's Crusts"

• Listening
• Questions
• Summary

4) Grammar 3-2 Past Perfect

5) Personal Timeline Activity

Tuesday Homework

Hello everyone!

Here is your homework for today.  Please do all 4 parts.

Grammar 3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous Exercise

Tuesday in Class

Hello!

Here is what we are doing in class today:

1. Speaking 3-2
2. Vocabulary
1. Focus Words
3. Grammar 3-1 Past Simple and Past Continuous
4. Past Stories Exercise - Click Here for an Example
5. Past Simple and Past Continuous Worksheet

Extra Help:

Irregular Verb List #1

Irregular Verb List #2

Monday Homework

Unit 3 Vocab Exercise for tomorrow!

Monday in Class

Greetings!

My name is Adam Shiroma, and I will be your teacher this week.  Let's have a great time learning English!

Here is what we did today:

• Unit 2 Test
• Intro Speaking 3-1
• Introduce the Vocabulary

Extra Practice

How to Study for the Unit 2 test
- Unit 2 focus words
- Unit 2 grammar review (check your answers!!)

Past Participle Worksheet
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1dFAa58CA4RnYaqg7nCHbmQsz7M2Cwwji6IiOy9aZJIo/edit

Passive voice practice "Catching a Plane"
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1tjugtQv6R1QxmWahI1bsdIV-_MYZszN74s5QkPPW3EI/edit?authkey=COCT1vEJ&authkey=COCT1vEJ


Have a great week with Adam! I'll be back on Monday October 22nd!
          - Kate

Friday in Class

Happy Friday!

1) Speaking "Mr Bean"

2) Check homework

3) Listening "My Dream House"
    a) questions
    b) text completion

4) Group writing project "Most expensive homes"

5) Grammar 2-4 "Present passive"

6) Speaking Exercise

Thursday in Class

1) Simple Present speaking game

2) Check homework

3) Reading "A real estate agent's blog"

4) Grammar "State Verbs and Dynamic Verbs"

5) Speaking practice "State Verbs"

6) Simple present and present continuous

7) Worksheet

Wednesday Homework

Grammar 2-1
#1,#2,#3,#4

Unit 2 Focus Word Definitions

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1dQ__QtQtzZbIbOX52cdUTSS2Kcr5tYSdKs8iyVNhmSw/edit

Wednesday in Class

1. Speaking 2-2 Vocabulary

2. Vocabulary 2 Exercise

3. Focus Word Hunt "Vancouver Classifieds"

Break

4. Grammar 2-1 "Present Simple"

5. Speaking Pairs "Question Table"

6. Listening "Great Apartment Living"
    a) notes
    b) questions

Tuesday Homework

Unit 2 vocabulary exercise

Tuesday

1) Unit 1 Test

2) Group Discussion "Healthy Eating"

3) Reading "Heart and Stroke Foundation - Canada Food Guide"

4) Question Practice Game

Friday in Class

1) Speaking Warm-up (Question Cocktail Party)
2) Check Homework 
3) Grammar 1-4 "Have and Have Got"
4) Find someone who... 
5) Grammar 1-4 Exercise

break

6) Superfoods and Health Fads
    a) Healthy Chocolate discussion and listening
    b) Health product group writing

Thursday Homework

Questions Practice

Thursday in Class

1) 'Questions' warm-up
2) Check homework
3) Listening "A Healthy Lifestyle"
4) Reading "A Journal"

Break

5) Partner Discussion
6) Partner project "Doctor/Patient Dialogue"
7) Grammar "Have and Have Got"
8) Find someone who...

Wednesday Homework

Grammar 1-3 #1-5

Wednesday in Class

1) 3 Auxiliary Verbs - Speaking and writing practice

2) Check Homework 

3) Group discussion "Is laughter the best medicine?"

4) Listening "Laughter Yoga"

5) Short writing

Break


6) Grammar 1-3 "Questions"

7) Who am I?

8) Idioms for emotions worksheet