Friday, March 30, 2012

Awesome Class!!!

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Videos and weekend plans

Listening- easy- medium- difficult

Songs and Lyrics for learning- Where is the Love?- Black Eyed Peas
Video>>>>>>>

WEEKEND FUN- Join the news team in Vancouver

CTV British Columbia invites you to the 3rd Annual CTV Open House
happening on Saturday, March 31st from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at our downtown studios located at 750 Burrard Street in Vancouver.

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Exam

Level Exam
Online testing

Listening-20 questions

Grammar- 30 questions
Vocabulary-30 questions
Reading-20 question
Time limit- 1 hour - click submit

Writing-1 page / 1 topic
Speaking- oral evaluation

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Review week-Reading

Writing - Ask your partner questions and write a paragraph about them. (use adjectives)
Speaking and Role play topics

online magazine short articles

Reading #1
Drought in California
Reading #2
ESL Teacher- giving advice

Reading and listening

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Adjective order- Using more than one in a sentence

	Opinion	Size	Age	Shape	Colour	Origin	Material	Purpose
a	silly		young			English			man
a		huge		round			metal		bowl
a		small			red			sleeping	bag

Opinion	An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). For example: silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult
Size	A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. For example: large, tiny, enormous, little
Age	An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. For example: ancient, new, young, old
Shape	A shape adjective describes the shape of something. For example: square, round, flat, rectangular
Colour	A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. For example: blue, pink, reddish, grey
Origin	An origin adjective describes where something comes from. For example: French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek
Material	A material adjective describes what something is made from. For example: wooden, metal, cotton, paper
Purpose	A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”. For example: sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”)

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Presentations

Adjectives
Adjectives- ed/ing adjective endings
Adjective practice

What is a hero?
Writing- description paragraphs

Everyday English- speaking and listening
Phrasal verb practice

Grammar review!!

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Monday, March 26, 2012

Homework!

Test - unit #12
Reading 12-1
Extra reading+ listening

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quiz

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Idioms/Phrasal verbs
quiz- practice

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Unit #12

Practice

Put the words in the correct order
Complete the sentences
Mix and Match
For or Since

Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous
Matching- mixed

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Friday, March 23, 2012

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Unit #12

Idioms and Phrasal verbs

speaking
Past simple or Present Perfect
For or Since
Present Perfect Quiz
Present Perfect Continuous Quiz

Extra - review>>>
Parts of speech quiz
Active or Passive quiz

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Homework!

Writing

- What is the best type of exercise?
Mind map
Outline
Draft

Extra grammar

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Unit #12

Practice sentences - matching

Complete the sentences

Put the words of the sentences in order

Match the questions and answers

Complete the questions

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Homework

Grammar 12-1
#4 and #5

Practice
have or has ?
for or since?
positive sentences

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School Party!!!

CCEL and Canadian College Pub Night

By David Shin on Mar 16, 2012 11:45 am

Join CCEL and Canadian College for our Monthly Pub night!
The Theme is Karaoke!!!
This will be a contest and the people will decide how you did!
There is a Grand Prize for the winner so make sure you bring your best voice!
Cover will be $5.00 upon entry, this will get you appies and a free drink!
This is a great opportunity to meet new people and make friends!
WHEN: March 23 7:00pm-12:00am
WHAT: Come and enjoy a night of fun, songs, music, drinks, prizes and dancing!
WHERE: eh! Restaurant

***Come and see David on the 4th floor for more details***

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Verbs

Common Stative Verbs- non -action verbs

hate

like

love

need

belong

believe

cost

get

impress

know

reach

recognize

taste

think

understand

Generally, stative verbs fall into four groups:

Verbs Showing Thought or Opinions

know

believe

understand

recognize

Verbs Showing Possession

have

own

belong

possess

Verbs Showing Senses

hear

smell

see

feel

Verbs Showing Emotion

love

hate

want

need

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Unit #12

Present Perfect Continuous- notes and Non-Continuous Verbs/ Mixed Verbs
More examples- subject verb/ contractions

Activities
Speaking > sentences
Writing> sentences
have or has??
For or Since??
Positive sentences- mixed

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Homework -

Reading

Vocabulary- unit 12 -
spelling city- games- which word? match it sentence scramble

Grammar practice
irregular verbs
Passive
Present perfect

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-Unit #11- Monday!

Speaking
Review
Grammar

Quiz

Test
Reading & Questions

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Friday, March 16, 2012

Unit #11- weekend homework - review

Celebrate St.Patrick's Day Downtown on March 17th!!!
Pubs
Granville Street
Parade Sunday 11am Howe Street

Reading
- St.Patrick's Day!

Review websites:
Passive Practice
Passive
practice website

NEW- extra material
Phrasal verbs

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Pronouns

Subject Pronouns		Object Pronouns
Singular	1st person	I	I kicked the ball	me	John kicked the ball to me.
	2nd person	you	You like to study.	you	John wants to talk toyou.
	3rd person (male)	he	He eats green cheese.	him	Mary doesn't likehim.
	3rd person (female)	she	She likes ice cream.	her	John kissed her.
	3rd person (non-person)	it	It bit John.	it	John smashed it.
Plural	1st person	we	We enjoy going to the movies.	us	The politician lied tous.
	2nd person	you	You are the best students.	you	I wouldn't lie to you.
	3rd person	they	They are not happy.	them	Mary didn't invitethem.