Monday 24 February 2014

Unit 12:1

  1. Introductions - with Present Perfect
  2. Present Perfect practice 
  3. Practice 2
  4. Tenses - Sentences 
  5. Photo discussion 
  6. Vocabulary Unit 12
  7. Listening 12-2
Homework 

Read Grammar 12-2 notes 
NOTES from Vocabulary Unit 12


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Unit 11 Quiz

Review 11-4
Quiz
Break
Presentations
Jack the Ripper

Homework

1. Write 10 sentences using 10 of the new words from Jack the Ripper.
2. Study for a vocabulary quiz (Jack The Ripper vocabulary

Friday - Monthly exam (Unit 9, 10, 11 and 12)
Grammar
Reading
Vocabulary 
Listening 
Writing
Speaking (I will give you the questions on Wednesday) 


Practice for Friday's exam. 

Unit 9
9-1 Time clauses (Exercise 1Exercise 2)

9-2 Future (More explanationExercise 1Video)

9-3 The First Conditional  (VideoExercise 1)

Unit 10
10-1 The Second Conditional (Exercise 1, Exercise 2 )

10-2 The First and Second Conditionals (Exercise 1)

10-3 Wish and Hope (videoExercise 1)

Unit 11
11-1 The Passive Voice (VideoExercise 1Exercise 2Exercise 3)

11-2 Passive With Modals (Exercise 1)

11-3 Passive With Present Perfect (Exercise 1)

Unit 12
12-1: How Long? (Exercise 1)

12-2: Explaining Now (Exercise 1)

12-3: Review and the Past Simple (Exercise 1Exercise 2)

Wednesday 19 February 2014

Unit 11:2

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Borrow or Lend 
Vocabulary 

  • Choose 10 words that are new to you. 
  • Study the meanings
  • Teach your 10 words to the class (Meaning, Form and Pronunciation)
  • Choose 10 words from the list and write 10 sentences. 

Unit 11:1 Continued

Verbs Unit 11
Check homework 
Reading (Global topics) 
Passive Review
Passive Info Gap A
Passive Info Gap B 
Speaking 11-2
Passive Scavenger Hunt 
Passive with Modal Verbs (Intro)

Homework 

1. Review/Study Unit 8 (Modal Verbs)
2. Read page 1 and complete the exercises (as many as possible)

3. Essay or Presentation
Topic - A global place 
Choose any place in the world and talk about a famous place in that city. )

Write a 150 word essay (Use a Google Document)
or
Create a 2 minute presentation (Use a Google Presentation - not Microsoft Power Point)
Due - Monday 24th of February

Thursday 13 February 2014

Unit 10:3

Check Grammar homework (2nd Conditional)
If I were mayor of my city (Listen, Read, highlight)
Wish + Hope
Speaking 10-5
Wish speaking
Pronunciation
Valentine's Day

Homework

1. "Wish Speaking" Ex 1
2. Grammar 10:4
3. Study for your Unit 10 Quiz on Monday
4. Complete your presentation or Essay for Monday (If you do not do this homework, you will have to do a spontaneous presentation next week)

Have a great weekend!

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Wednesday 12 February 2014

Unit 10:2

  1. Vocabulary Exercise
  2. Second Conditional (notes and examples)
  3. 2nd Conditional exercises 
  4. More practice 
  5. What would you do?
  6. Conditional Speaking Activity 
  7. 2nd Conditional Jeopardy Game
  8. If I were the mayor of my city
  9. Speaking
Homework 

1) Page 2 and 3 (All exercises) 

2) Mayor Reading + Listening 

1. Read it again
2. Write meanings and (sentences) for the vocabulary in bold.

Example:

1. Pedestrianize - This is a verb. It means that we make an area safe for people walking on the street.
"In Vancouver, the local government pedestrianized many areas downtown."

Have a fantastic afternoon/evening :-)

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Unit 10:1

  1. Good morning
  2. Presentations
  3. Reading: Imaginary Love Story 
  4. Sentence correction 
  5. First Conditional exercise
  6. Check homework
  7. 1st Conditional game 
  8. Conditional sentences
  9. Vocabulary  
  10. Unit 10 vocabulary exercise
  11. Speaking 
Homework 

1. Unit 10 Vocabulary exercise 
2. Choose 10 words from unit 10 vocabulary and write 10 sentences. Share to me. 
leanne.packer@canada-english.com

3. Presentations or Essay (Due Monday 17th)
"If I had a million dollars..." 

A. Write a paragraph of 100 words.   (Use a Google Document). Example
or
B. Make a short presentation. You will present to the class on Monday. (Use a Google Presentation) Example

Tuesday 11 February 2014

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Homework

Homework

1. Read grammar notes 9-3 (First Conditional)
+ Try to complete all of the exercises for 9:3 (Ex 1,2 and 3)

2. Reading 10-1 (Imaginary Love Story)
+ Exercise

3. Finish your presentation by tomorrow morning (Shodai, Weihan, Herman, Chengjie)

Thanks! See you tomorrow guys :-D

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Unit 9:2

Vocabulary Exercise #2
The future tense:
Smrt exercises 9-2
Offers (Will)
Speaking in the future
A Readers Guide to Vancouver



Homework

1. Grammar 9:2 - Exercise 2. 
(Friday)

2. Finish the listening questions (Listening 9:2)
(Friday)

3. Essay OR Presentation
(Tuesday --- lucky!)

A. Write a paragraph of 100 words about your city/country. You will read it to the class on Friday.  (Use a Google Document). Example
or
B. Make a short presentation about your city/country. You will present to the class on Friday. (Use a Google Presentation) Example

4. Extra Homework 
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Homework - Feb 5 2014

1. Read Grammar notes 9-2
2. Vocabulary Exercise 2

The homework is a bit late, sorry - I apologize.

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Monday 3 February 2014

Unit 9-1

Email: leanne.packer@canada-english.com
Blog: smrtleanne.blogspot.com
Facebook: Leanne Rose

Warm up - Introductions 
Vocabulary 
Time Clauses  
Speaking 9-2

Homework 
1. Time clauses - answer the questions. 
2. Study the Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs
Please write an example sentence for every verb, adjective and adverb. 

Example: Take time off
= I am going to take time off next week because I really need a break! 

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Welcome !
Common mistakes 
Travel 


Unit 9-1

Email: leanne.packer@canada-english.com
Blog: smrtleanne.blogspot.com
Facebook: Leanne Rose

Warm up - Introductions 
Vocabulary 
Time Clauses  
Speaking 9-2

Homework 
1. Time clauses - answer the questions. 
2. Study the Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs
Please write an example sentence for every verb, adjective and adverb. 

Example: Take time off
= I am going to take time off next week because I really need a break! 

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