Monday, December 1, 2014

45 HIV/AIDS Words You Should Know

AIDS is a disease that today affects 39.5 million people in the world . We’ve all heard of it, but there are concepts that we still don't know. This infographic  explain these concepts through different ” tag clouds” to allow you  to learn better. 
One of the challenges of an HIV diagnosis is navigating through a whole new set of  acronyms, acronyms, slang, and terminology. Don't worry: we're here to help. Hover over, or click on 45 most commonly used terms and lingo to see what they mean, and get a better understanding on the condition. - 
Besides these concepts we explain everything about the disease. An example of this is that we  included the tab “Longevity ” where we explain to the reader that AIDS patients are having an increasing life expectancy. Having sex safely, how to reduce risks and choose celibacy to avoid spreading the disease are some of the things that we capture in this infographic.

45 Words You Should Know: HIV/AIDS
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Homework April 4 to April 22 Week 1 to Week 4


Homework Week 1
Weekend April 4th, 2014

Reading and Vocabulary: 
  • Pink Handout: Characteristics of Successful Language  Learners  (MUST DO) 

Writing: (MUST DO) 

  • send me an email so that I can set up a group email circle on google. My email address is atomick1@gmail.com
  • Write a paragraph about your partner based on your in-class interview. 
  • Try to include a topic sentence ( main idea sentence)  that indicates YOUR IMPRESSION of the classmate you interviewed. 
  • ( e.g.  Michelle Morissette is a an enthusiastic, energetic teacher who has high expectations of her students. 

Grammar: 


1.  PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW  ( handouts)  MUST DO
      practicing with nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.

2.  RULES/ ERROR CORRECTION BASIC GRAMMAR  
     a)  reviewing the rules of basic grammar at the word level.
     c)  practicing by correcting errors of specific parts of speech.

3.  The VERB PHRASE  ( MUST DO)
     Explanation, rules and practice ( including error correction)  of       the whole verb phrase (from one word to longer phrases)

                                             4.  VERB FORM CHART 
                                                As a review, try to fill in all five forms of the verb from memory.

Go the GRAMMAR PAGE  if you want more review on nouns, adjectives and adverbs and BASIC word order. Save the verbs, prepositions, articles etc. for next week.


 LEARNING STRATEGY: 

As you do this error correction THINK about which kind of "basic" errors YOU often make in your own writing.  Write the problem and the rule down on flashcards you can stick at the front of your binder. 

 LISTENING: 

 NEWS:

  • CBC News Feb 4,. 2013 Interactive online quiz  ( these quizzes are designed to give you practice with "real" radio newscasts. It doesn't matter if the news is recent. What you are practicing is developing skills to listen to the news.

Listening to conversational English

ESL LAB
Focus on REALLY listening to the conversation. Listen to the conversation ONCE. Then answer the questions. Listen a second time and answer the questions again. Do this until you  get 100%.
DO ALL of the activities (including  vocabulary) to get maximum benefit. Write new vocabulary.
TOEIC PRACTICE: 

Part 2:  Correct Response  Group 1 

1      2         3        4      5    6      7         8       9      10


Short Conversations: Group 1: 
  • Answer ONE extra question for each conversation.
  • What was the topic? What was this conversation about?
1       2       3      4       5     6       7        8      9       10


Announcements, Weather. Commercials, Short Talks : Group 1 

  • Answer ONE extra question for each announcement.
  • What was the topic? What was this  about?
1     2       3      4       5   6    7        8     9     10


IELTS  
Movie CLIPS and TRAILERS 

Trailers can be from 1:30 to 3 minutes long. Trailers are an excellent way to get an idea of what a movie will be about and whether you want to watch it or not.
 A  movie clip is a small segment taken from a regular movie. It is usually from 1:30 to 5 minutes.  A trailer is a short film clip that promotes ( advertises) a movie by showing many of the exciting events that you will see in the movie. Its purpose is to convince you to go and see the whole movie.  Trailers can be from 1:30 top 3  minutes long.  They are an excellent way to get an idea of what a movie will be about and whether you want to watch it or not.
***

Monday April 7th, 2014 

READING:  Six Way Paragraphs #2 p4-5  + vocabulary for #1 (handout)
  VOCABULARY:



SPEAKING:  Prepare to introduce your partner WITHOUT READING. Review what you found out in your interview and put key words on an index card. ( NO SENTENCES) 

GRAMMAR: 
LISTENING:
  • Do some of the weekend listening you didn't do  ( especially news)
Homework Week 2

Wednesday April 9th, 2014 
Email me at atomick1@gmail.com . I need your email address for google circles. 

WRITING:
  • Finish writing your composition about your partner that was based on your interview. Hand it in for marking tomorrow.  DOUBLE SPACED. You can type it and send it as a word document attachment on email. 

READING AND VOCABULARY: 

GRAMMAR: 
  • Elements of the Sentence ( yellow handout Read and do the exercises from p.34-40.  Pay special attention to it is and there is sentences.  
  • White handout: Identify subjects, verbs and prepositional phrases .
  • White handout #2: Expanding sentences with adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases. 
LISTENING: 
GRAMMAR FORM AND FUNCTION: Conversations, Advertisements & Lectures)  

Unit 1:   Conversation #1     - practice quiz + script) 
Unit 1: Advertisement about California  (quiz, no script) - 
Unit 2:  Unit 2: Conversation # 1 practice quiz + script) 
Unit 2:   Unit 2 : Lecture (Big Bands) ( quiz, no script)


NEWS

Tuesday April 8th, 2014 
WRITING:
  • Finish writing your composition about your partner that was based on your interview. Hand it in for marking tomorrow.  
READING and VOCABULARY 
VOCABULARY:

  Try the vocabulary practice from Quizlet, just to see how it works 

GRAMMAR: 
  • Yellow Verb handout - finish.
  • White Verb Tense Consistency Handout - finish 
  • Long 11 X 14 handout - error correction (finish) 
  • Grammar Assessment Test + answer key: Check through your grammar book to find out what areas you are weak in.  Look at the description of the grammar point being tested. 
Grammar Based Reading from Textbook  U.U.E.G   Chapter 1: Overview of Tenses 

WEEK 3: 

Monday April , 2014 

Reading: 
  • Six Way Paragraphs + vocabulary 
  • Vocabulary practice  in sentences for readings 1-3 
Critical Thinking, Conclusions, Logic Practice 
 Follow the procedure I gave on the weekend.   I will talk about this in class tomorrow

GRAMMAR:  Present Perfect/ Present Perfect Continuous 
  • Textbook UUEG Chapter 3 
  • Handouts from today
ONLINE PRACTICE AND EXPLANATIONS 
Read the explanations carefully. Then do the exercises. Most of them involve using the verbs tenses in context.
From the weekend: 
If you need more grammar, go to the  GRAMMAR PAGE. 

LISTENING: 


Listening to Conversations 

GRAMMAR BASED READING/VOCABULARY 
Underline the verbs. Ask yourself why that particular verb tense is being used.  
Do some of the listening from the weekend that you didn't have time for.  I strongly suggest that you start listening to short lectures & news.  
Home work for Weekend April 10, 2014

Email me at atomick1@gmail.com . I need your email address for google circles. 

SORRY GUYS. Something crashed and part of the information I had here yesterday has disappeared.  O'm working on getting it back. 

Reading/Vocabulary 

  • (handout - article/Mother Tongue by Amy Tan)   MUST DO 
  • Six Way Paragraphs # 5 MUST DO  
  • Newspaper story from large handout:  MUST DO
  •  Be prepared to tell your story to your group without  reading it in a way that the group understands. This means you need to put it in your own words and change the more difficult vocabulary to easier words everyone understands. News Journal Form ( click and download) 
 

Skill Based Reading Practice   MUST DO  You will be practicing a variety of critical thinking/reading skills: predicting, inference, reaching , conclusions, understanding complex meaning based on grammar clues, vocabulary in context . 


Follow the instructions below: 
  •  WEAK READERS:  ( 14 or less on Assessment Reading Test)
  • Choose RFU #2. Start at Card #35 A. 
  •  STRONGER READERS: ( 15 or more on Assessment Reading Test)
  • Choose RFU 2 or RFU 3.   Start at card #45 A
 ALL OF YOU
  • Give yourself 10 minutes per card ( one minute per questions). 
  • If you score 100% move up one or two cards numbers. . 
  • If your score 7-9 ( do cards B and C) 
  • If you score  less than 7, go down one or two card numbers. Keep moving up or down based on your abilities. 
VOCABULARY: SIX WAY PARAGRAPHS  (1-3)
These are the flashcards. For more practice, go to STUDY MODE on the bottom right hand side.   
To go the whole set of practices go to  view this study set on the bottom right hand side, or go to  Quizlet: Six Way Paragraphs 1-3     All of the methods of studying the words are on the top, click on any one. If you click on MORE TOOLS, you can print the words and definitions out in a number of ways.
GRAMMAR: 
Answer Key Error Correction Basic Grammar ( Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns etc)  

  • Handout:  Error Correction in sentence word order, question word order. Look at the appendix for question word order. MUST DO
  • - Yellow Handout : Word Order - Write 5 long simple sentences. Include adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases. Follow the formula we used in class.  MUST
Online Verb Tense Practice: 
If you need any more practice with word order, questions, prepositions, articles etc., go to the  GRAMMAR PAGE. and scroll down to the appropriate section. There are MANY practices. 

SPEAKING: MUST DO
  • Contact Assignment:  Interview two native speakers about families and children 

LISTENING
Do at least one listening from every category. If your listening is weak, do more  



PRACTICAL CONVERSATIONAL LISTENING 
  • Career Search  ( ESL Lab) ( includes vocabulary practice) 
  • Car rental   (ESL Lab) ( includes vocabulary practice) 
  • College Majors ( ESL Lab) 
  • Social Media Web Sites  ( practice this as a telephone message before you answer the questions.  Take notes/ write the main details you would write for a phone message that you would give to someone.   Then, do the other activities.  Check your notes with the script. 
  • Airplane Announcement

Interviews and Conversations from ELLLO  English Language Learning Lab Online)

Practical Every Day Conversations: DRIVING   (60 Dialogues about 20 different driving topics. Listen and read the conversation. Very practical every day life topics - Very Useful) 


Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)Listening 
 VIDEOS:

  
Movie Trailers and other Fun Videos 


TOEIC: 

TOEIC Announcements and Talks  ( You have the handouts) 
TOEIC Practice News and Weather  ( you have the handouts) 
PART 2: Questions and Responses from YOU TUBE   
(strategies, practice and explanation) 



 TOEFL
 TOEFL Two line Dialogues (10 questions each)
 2 line dialogues #7   
  2 line dialogues # 3    
 2 line dialogues #4   
2 line dialogue #5  
 
TOEFL Conversations 

 Short Lectures with questions 


HOMEWORK WEEK 4  April 22nd - 24th  

ANSWER KEYS 


Homework Wednesday April 23rd, 2014 

 Grammar: 
  • Compound sentences with transitions ( however, therefore etc) ( handout_ 
  • Review for grammar test tomorrow. 
  • Go back and review or do some of the exercises on verb tenses, parts of speech, error correction basic grammar, error correction word order, subject/verb agreement, sentence, clause practice  from this page.
  • Make sure you have finished Chapter 3 in your  grammar textbook 
  • Check the answer keys above 

Reading:
LISTENING:

VOCABULARY: 
  •  Context Clues ( you have the handout)  


READING: 


GRAMMAR: 
You will have a grammar test on Thursday 
  • Coordination: "Using nor handout" 
  • Past Perfect:  You have the handout 



Homework Easter Weekend April 17-20

HAPPY EASTER! 

READING: MUST DO 

Short story:The Lady and the Tiger + comprehension (handout).for Wednesday.  Vocabulary coming 
  • NEWSPAPER STORY+ news journal: for Tuesday.   Make sure you really understand your story so that you can retell it without reading and using your own "more simple words."  Put new  vocabulary on your flashcards.
  • Skill Based Reading Practice   MUST DO  You will be practicing a variety of critical thinking/reading skills: predicting, inference, reaching , conclusions, understanding complex meaning based on grammar clues, vocabulary in context .
  •  Reading for Understanding 2 
  • Reading for Understanding 3  ( It should work NOW) 
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW: 
  •  WEAK READERS:  ( 14 or less on Assessment Reading Test)
  • Choose RFU #2. Start at Card #35 A. 
  •  STRONGER READERS: ( 15 or more on Assessment Reading Test)
  • Choose RFU 2 or RFU 3.   Start at card #45 A
 ALL OF YOU
  • Give yourself 10 minutes per card ( one minute per questions). 
  • If you score 100% move up one or two cards numbers. . 
  • If your score 7-9 ( do cards B and C) 
  • If you score  less than 7, go down one or two card numbers. Keep moving up or down based on your abilities. 

VOCABULARY:  

GRAMMAR: 
You will have a grammar quiz this week.

 It will include verb tenses, parts of speech, parts of the sentence and subject/verb agreement. 

 Make sure you review past vs present perfect . If you haven't tried the internet practices below or on the Gramamr Page, I suggest that you do. 

  Remember, you CAN'T use the past tense with stated time ( in 1997, five years ago etc.)  From your homework, it is clear that you have forgotten this.      

 Answer Key Compound Sentences ( handout)
Answer Key Faulty Coordination
  • Grammar Textbook  UUEG: Chapt 6 - Subject-Verb 
  • Agreement ( p. 84-97 - Make sure you do the listening activities so that you can hear the "s" vs no "s" 
  • Subject/Verb Agreement  Grammar quizzes.com ( includes practice with count/non count nouns/ some vs some of few vs a few etc. )
  • Compound sentences handout - finish sentence completion. 
  • Faulty Coordination: ( handout - I will post an answer key) 
  • Capitalization ( Handout) - You have the answer  key  
  • Grammar Textbook UUEG:  Chapt 16 -  Parallel Structures p. 362-356  

LISTENING: 
Do at least one listening from every category. If your listening is weak, do more  

 SONGS: 
Fast English 
Every Day Conversations

 SPECIAL NOTE: PLEASE READ 
The biggest problem most ESL students at your level have is lack of vocabulary.  This means that you need to do extra vocabulary practice to help with your listening.

Click on the next link and read ALL OF IT.  

ESL lab Vocabulary Practice from conversations   MUST DO
explanation of WHY and HOW how you should do ALL the vocabulary and grammar activities that go with the listening activity. ould do the activities 

Listening to Every Day Conversations 

Do ALL of the activities at the bottom of the page ( vocabulary , text completion and grammar)  
Commercials and Announcements 
Telephone Listening Practice

Discussions and Opinions 
with Native Speakers and People from around the world

These monologues and discussions are very useful because you can hear how "natural" fluent speakers speak about their opinions on a variety of topics. 
 THIS is useful in helping you to see what kind of response you might give on your speaking test.  

VIDEOS: 
Movie Trailers and Film Clips 

Catch Me If You Can ( Info squares.com

The Wedding Crashers  ( Info Squares.com) 

Spirited Away  ( Info Squares.com) 


CHILDREN'S ANIMATION: SHORT STORIES ON VIDEO   
TOEFL (You Tube)  
TOEIC (Listening Strategies Practice)
A

TOEIC Listening Preparation Part 3 ( Short Conversations)  YOU TUBE ( Kenton County Adult English as a Second Language listening preparation series) 

TOEIC Listening Preparation for Part 4 (Short Talks)  YOU TUBE ( Kenton County Adult English as a Second Language listening preparation series





Homework Week 2

Wednesday April 9th, 2014 
Email me at atomick1@gmail.com . I need your email address for google circles. 

WRITING:
  • Finish writing your composition about your partner that was based on your interview. Hand it in for marking tomorrow.  DOUBLE SPACED. You can type it and send it as a word document attachment on email. 

READING AND VOCABULARY: 

GRAMMAR: 
  • Elements of the Sentence ( yellow handout Read and do the exercises from p.34-40.  Pay special attention to it is and there is sentences.  
  • White handout: Identify subjects, verbs and prepositional phrases .
  • White handout #2: Expanding sentences with adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases. 
LISTENING: 
GRAMMAR FORM AND FUNCTION: Conversations, Advertisements & Lectures)  

Unit 1:   Conversation #1     - practice quiz + script) 
Unit 1: Advertisement about California  (quiz, no script) - 
Unit 2:  Unit 2: Conversation # 1 practice quiz + script) 
Unit 2:   Unit 2 : Lecture (Big Bands) ( quiz, no script)


NEWS

Tuesday April 8th, 2014 

 WRITING:
  • Finish writing your composition about your partner that was based on your interview. Hand it in for marking tomorrow.  
READING and VOCABULARY 
VOCABULARY:

  Try the vocabulary practice from Quizlet, just to see how it works 

GRAMMAR: 
  • Yellow Verb handout - finish.
  • White Verb Tense Consistency Handout - finish 
  • Long 11 X 14 handout - error correction (finish) 
  • Grammar Assessment Test + answer key: Check through your grammar book to find out what areas you are weak in.  Look at the description of the grammar point being tested. 
Grammar Based Reading from Textbook  U.U.E.G   Chapter 1: Overview of Tenses 
LISTENING:

My own resources
VIDEOS:  
MORE TO COME 


WEEK 3: 

Monday April , 2014 

Reading: 
  • Six Way Paragraphs + vocabulary 
  • Vocabulary practice  in sentences for readings 1-3 
Critical Thinking, Conclusions, Logic Practice 
 Follow the procedure I gave on the weekend.   I will talk about this in class tomorrow

GRAMMAR:  Present Perfect/ Present Perfect Continuous 
  • Textbook UUEG Chapter 3 
  • Handouts from today
ONLINE PRACTICE AND EXPLANATIONS 
Read the explanations carefully. Then do the exercises. Most of them involve using the verbs tenses in context.
From the weekend: 
If you need more grammar, go to the  GRAMMAR PAGE. 

LISTENING: 


Listening to Conversations 

GRAMMAR BASED READING/VOCABULARY 
Underline the verbs. Ask yourself why that particular verb tense is being used.  
Do some of the listening from the weekend that you didn't have time for.  I strongly suggest that you start listening to short lectures & news.  
Home work for Weekend April 10, 2014

Email me at atomick1@gmail.com . I need your email address for google circles. 

SORRY GUYS. Something crashed and part of the information I had here yesterday has disappeared.  O'm working on getting it back. 

Reading/Vocabulary 

  • (handout - article/Mother Tongue by Amy Tan)   MUST DO 
  • Six Way Paragraphs # 5 MUST DO  
  • Newspaper story from large handout:  MUST DO
  •  Be prepared to tell your story to your group without  reading it in a way that the group understands. This means you need to put it in your own words and change the more difficult vocabulary to easier words everyone understands. News Journal Form ( click and download) 
 

Skill Based Reading Practice   MUST DO  You will be practicing a variety of critical thinking/reading skills: predicting, inference, reaching , conclusions, understanding complex meaning based on grammar clues, vocabulary in context . 


Follow the instructions below: 
  •  WEAK READERS:  ( 14 or less on Assessment Reading Test)
  • Choose RFU #2. Start at Card #35 A. 
  •  STRONGER READERS: ( 15 or more on Assessment Reading Test)
  • Choose RFU 2 or RFU 3.   Start at card #45 A
 ALL OF YOU
  • Give yourself 10 minutes per card ( one minute per questions). 
  • If you score 100% move up one or two cards numbers. . 
  • If your score 7-9 ( do cards B and C) 
  • If you score  less than 7, go down one or two card numbers. Keep moving up or down based on your abilities. 
VOCABULARY: SIX WAY PARAGRAPHS  (1-3)
These are the flashcards. For more practice, go to STUDY MODE on the bottom right hand side.   
To go the whole set of practices go to  view this study set on the bottom right hand side, or go to  Quizlet: Six Way Paragraphs 1-3     All of the methods of studying the words are on the top, click on any one. If you click on MORE TOOLS, you can print the words and definitions out in a number of ways.
GRAMMAR: 
Answer Key Error Correction Basic Grammar ( Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns etc)  

  • Handout:  Error Correction in sentence word order, question word order. Look at the appendix for question word order. MUST DO
  • - Yellow Handout : Word Order - Write 5 long simple sentences. Include adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases. Follow the formula we used in class.  MUST
Online Verb Tense Practice: 
If you need any more practice with word order, questions, prepositions, articles etc., go to the  GRAMMAR PAGE. and scroll down to the appropriate section. There are MANY practices. 

SPEAKING: MUST DO
  • Contact Assignment:  Interview two native speakers about families and children 

LISTENING
Do at least one listening from every category. If your listening is weak, do more  



PRACTICAL CONVERSATIONAL LISTENING 
  • Career Search  ( ESL Lab) ( includes vocabulary practice) 
  • Car rental   (ESL Lab) ( includes vocabulary practice) 
  • College Majors ( ESL Lab) 
  • Social Media Web Sites  ( practice this as a telephone message before you answer the questions.  Take notes/ write the main details you would write for a phone message that you would give to someone.   Then, do the other activities.  Check your notes with the script. 
  • Airplane Announcement

Interviews and Conversations from ELLLO  English Language Learning Lab Online)

Practical Every Day Conversations: DRIVING   (60 Dialogues about 20 different driving topics. Listen and read the conversation. Very practical every day life topics - Very Useful) 


Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)Listening 
 VIDEOS:

  
Movie Trailers and other Fun Videos 


TOEIC: 

TOEIC Announcements and Talks  ( You have the handouts) 
TOEIC Practice News and Weather  ( you have the handouts) 
PART 2: Questions and Responses from YOU TUBE   
(strategies, practice and explanation) 



 TOEFL
 TOEFL Two line Dialogues (10 questions each)
 2 line dialogues #7   
  2 line dialogues # 3    
 2 line dialogues #4   
2 line dialogue #5  
 
Homework Week 2

Wednesday April 9th, 2014 
Email me at atomick1@gmail.com . I need your email address for google circles. 

WRITING:
  • Finish writing your composition about your partner that was based on your interview. Hand it in for marking tomorrow.  DOUBLE SPACED. You can type it and send it as a word document attachment on email. 

READING AND VOCABULARY: 

GRAMMAR: 
  • Elements of the Sentence ( yellow handout Read and do the exercises from p.34-40.  Pay special attention to it is and there is sentences.  
  • White handout: Identify subjects, verbs and prepositional phrases .
  • White handout #2: Expanding sentences with adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases. 
LISTENING: 
GRAMMAR FORM AND FUNCTION: Conversations, Advertisements & Lectures)  

Unit 1:   Conversation #1     - practice quiz + script) 
Unit 1: Advertisement about California  (quiz, no script) - 
Unit 2:  Unit 2: Conversation # 1 practice quiz + script) 
Unit 2:   Unit 2 : Lecture (Big Bands) ( quiz, no script)


NEWS

Tuesday April 8th, 2014 

 WRITING:
  • Finish writing your composition about your partner that was based on your interview. Hand it in for marking tomorrow.  
READING and VOCABULARY 
VOCABULARY:

  Try the vocabulary practice from Quizlet, just to see how it works 

GRAMMAR: 
  • Yellow Verb handout - finish.
  • White Verb Tense Consistency Handout - finish 
  • Long 11 X 14 handout - error correction (finish) 
  • Grammar Assessment Test + answer key: Check through your grammar book to find out what areas you are weak in.  Look at the description of the grammar point being tested. 
Grammar Based Reading from Textbook  U.U.E.G   Chapter 1: Overview of Tenses 

Monday April 7th, 2014 

READING:  Six Way Paragraphs #2 p4-5  + vocabulary for #1 (handout)
  VOCABULARY:



SPEAKING:  Prepare to introduce your partner WITHOUT READING. Review what you found out in your interview and put key words on an index card. ( NO SENTENCES) 

GRAMMAR: 
LISTENING:
  • Do some of the weekend listening you didn't do  ( especially news)


Homework Weekend April 4th, 2014

Reading and Vocabulary: 
  • Pink Handout: Characteristics of Successful Language  Learners  (MUST DO) 

Writing: (MUST DO) 

  • send me an email so that I can set up a group email circle on google. My email address is atomick1@gmail.com
  • Write a paragraph about your partner based on your in-class interview. 
  • Try to include a topic sentence ( main idea sentence)  that indicates YOUR IMPRESSION of the classmate you interviewed. 
  • ( e.g.  Michelle Morissette is a an enthusiastic, energetic teacher who has high expectations of her students. 

Grammar: 


1.  PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW  ( handouts)  MUST DO
      practicing with nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.

2.  RULES/ ERROR CORRECTION BASIC GRAMMAR  
     a)  reviewing the rules of basic grammar at the word level.
     c)  practicing by correcting errors of specific parts of speech.

3.  The VERB PHRASE  ( MUST DO)
     Explanation, rules and practice ( including error correction)  of       the whole verb phrase (from one word to longer phrases)

                                             4.  VERB FORM CHART 
                                                As a review, try to fill in all five forms of the verb from memory.

Go the GRAMMAR PAGE  if you want more review on nouns, adjectives and adverbs and BASIC word order. Save the verbs, prepositions, articles etc. for next week.


 LEARNING STRATEGY: 

As you do this error correction THINK about which kind of "basic" errors YOU often make in your own writing.  Write the problem and the rule down on flashcards you can stick at the front of your binder. 

 LISTENING: 

 NEWS:

  • CBC News Feb 4,. 2013 Interactive online quiz  ( these quizzes are designed to give you practice with "real" radio newscasts. It doesn't matter if the news is recent. What you are practicing is developing skills to listen to the news.

Listening to conversational English

ESL LAB
Focus on REALLY listening to the conversation. Listen to the conversation ONCE. Then answer the questions. Listen a second time and answer the questions again. Do this until you  get 100%.
DO ALL of the activities (including  vocabulary) to get maximum benefit. Write new vocabulary.

TOEIC PRACTICE: 

Part 2:  Correct Response  Group 1 

1      2         3        4      5    6      7         8       9      10


Short Conversations: Group 1: 

  • Answer ONE extra question for each conversation.
  • What was the topic? What was this conversation about?
1       2       3      4       5     6       7        8      9       10


Announcements, Weather. Commercials, Short Talks : Group 1 

  • Answer ONE extra question for each announcement.
  • What was the topic? What was this  about?
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IELTS  
Movie CLIPS and TRAILERS 

Trailers can be from 1:30 to 3 minutes long. Trailers are an excellent way to get an idea of what a movie will be about and whether you want to watch it or not.
 A  movie clip is a small segment taken from a regular movie. It is usually from 1:30 to 5 minutes.  A trailer is a short film clip that promotes ( advertises) a movie by showing many of the exciting events that you will see in the movie. Its purpose is to convince you to go and see the whole movie.  Trailers can be from 1:30 top 3  minutes long.  They are an excellent way to get an idea of what a movie will be about and whether you want to watch it or not.




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