October 2, 2013

Example Essay

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Daily Routines

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Families

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What are your interests?

July 26, 2013

Speaking
Grammar
The Hockey Song
Reading
ESL Games Plus
Best Spots to Watch the Fireworks
Caribbean Festival

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Game
Pronunciation
Fireworks
Concerts

July 25, 2013

Homework: Prepare your talk about 'The drug problem in sport.' BBC Learning English
Sports and Games
Conversation Cards

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Reading - Job Ad

July 24, 2013

Homeowork: Gerunds vs Infinitives - Exercises #2 and 3
Matching: Gerunds and Infinitives
Infinitives
Writing
Listening

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Crossword
Workplace

July 23, 2013

Homework: Review verbs followed by gerunds (Grammar) and do Grammar Exercise #4
Speaking
Gerunds Practice

Sports: Find Someone Who
Playing and Watching Sports

July 22, 2013

Homework: Vocabulary Exercise
Speaking
Picture Dictionary
Unit 5 Quiz

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Leaving on a Jet Plane
Postcards

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Celebration of Light

July 18, 2013

Homework: Comparatives Exercise #2
Student A / Student B
Comparatives Race
Comparatives Notes
Future Predictions
Listening
Food Cart Festival and Market
Celebration of Light
Vancouver Folk Festival

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Near and Far

July 17, 2013

Homework: Make 5 prediction questions for your partners
Predictions Exercise
Predictions Notes
Receiver
Caller
Phone Conversation
Present Continuous as Future
Shopping and Clothing

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How was your trip?

July 16, 2013

Homework: Finish Vocabulary
Will or Going To?
Future Notes
Making Vacation Plans
Shopping
Speaking 
Picture Dictionary

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How was your trip?
Find Someone Who

July 15, 2013

Clothes Vocabulary
Speaking
Picture Dictionary

July 12, 2013

Sentence Sort
Kahtsalano!!

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Lemon Tree
Celebrities

Modals of Permission
Listening
Theatre Under the Stars
Books and Movies
5 Fun Free Things to Do in July
Free Movies in Stanley Park

July 8, 2013

Modals of Permission
Unit 3 Quiz
Student A / B
Past Passive

July 5, 2013

Homework:
1. Finish Writing
2. Study for Unit 3 Quiz: Vocabulary and Past Tenses
Past Tenses
Speaking
Listening

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Animal Game Board
Animal Questions
Animal Answers
Pronunciaton

July 4, 2013

Homework: Exercise 7 and 8
Practice: Past Perfect
Cartoon
Listening
Speaking

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Animal Quiz
Crossword
Animal Vocabulary

July 3, 2013

ED - Endings
Reading
Extreme Weather
Movie in the Park (Stanley Park)
5 Easy Summer Hikes

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Guess the animal
Animal Parts

July 2, 2013

Homework: Practice: Past Continuous - 12.3, 12.4
Notes
Simple Past and Past Continuous
Speaking
Unit 3 Picture Dictionary

June 28, 2013

Listening 2

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Pronunciation 1
Favourites

June 27, 2013

Paraphrase Game

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Making Plans
Phone Call

June 25, 2013

Speaking
Top 5 Canada Day Parties
Notes

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Pronunciation
Friends

June 24, 2013

20 Questions

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Pronunciation

June 20, 2013

Student A / Student B

June 19, 2013

Pronunciation
Listening
Jazz Fest
Making Music Vancouver
Greek Day

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Pronunciation

June 18, 2013

Your Personality
Find someone who...

June 18, 2013

Dictionary Bluff

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Picture
Conversation

June 17, 2013

Reading

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Student A / Student B
Pronunciation
Speaking Game
Sunday: Car Free Day

June 13, 2013

Speaking Practice
Unit 2 Picture Dictionary
Student A / Student B

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Writing
Listening

June 12, 2013

Part 2 Speaking Practice
Opinion Phrases

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What do they look like?
Under the Sea

June 11, 2013

Homework: Passives
The Life of a Letter
15 Cool Things to do in June

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Pronunciation
Social Expressions

June 7, 2013

Writing: Celebrity Interview
Student Example 1 / Example 2
Speaking: Phrasal Verbs

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15 Cool Things to do in June

June 6, 2013

Homework: Choose 5 phrasal verbs that you didn't know from our list. Write example sentences for them.
Cambridge Dictionary
Phrasal Verbs Dictionary
Phrasal Verbs Picture Dictionary
Separable and Inseperable Phrasal Verbs: Notes
Reading
Speaking: Question Tags

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Reading Listening
Busy Picture

June 5, 2013

Homework:
1. Exercise 50.2 - Practice: Question Tags
2. Exercise 2 - Question Tags Listening
Question Tags
Celebrity Interview Questions
15 Cool Things to do in June
Italian Day
Vancouver Jazz Festival
Top 5 Craft Beers

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Game

June 4, 2013

Homework: Part B - Practice: Indirect Questions
Tourist Information
Celebrities
Speaking

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Hobbies and Interests

June 3, 2013

Homework: Review Unit 11 Picture Dictionary
Unit 10 Quiz
Modals Practice
Speaking: So and Neither

May 31, 2013

Homework:
1. So and Neither - exercise D
2. Study for quiz: So and Neither, Travel Vocabulary, Modals of Probability (present, past)
Speaking: So and Neither
Gap Year

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Choral 
Pronunciation 1
Ship Picture

May 30, 2013

Homework: Finish -
1.Writing: My Dream Vacation
2. Practice: So / Neither - Exercise A
So and Neither Notes
Listening: Travel Wish List
Speaking
Saturday: New Chinatown Night Market Opening
Pronunciation Practice

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Game
Favorites

May 29, 2013

Homework: Past Modals Exercise #1
Modals: Explaining Pictures
Where the hell is Matt?
Free Summer Festivals

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Personal Information

May 28, 2013

Homework: Exercise #4
Exercise #1-2
Notes: Modals of Probability
Possibility in the present
A Great Vacation
Picture Dictionary
Speaking

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Pronunciation

May 27, 2013

Homework: Finish Unit 10 Picture Dictionary
Unit 9 Quiz
Conditionals Boardgame

May 24, 2013

Homework:
1. Finish Writing: Weather in my country
2. Study for Unit 9 Quiz (1st and 2nd Conditional, Weather vocabulary)

Real vs Unreal Conditional
Notes
Listening: The best weather
Eat! Vancouver

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Rhymes
Pair Pronunciation
Action Picture

May 23, 2013

Homework: Second Conditional Practice - Exercises 2, 3
Speaking Practice
Notes: Second Conditional
Travel Plans
What's the weather like?

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Pronunciation
Fitness for ever!

May 22, 2013

Homework: First Conditional Practice - Exercises 3, 4, 5
Speaking Pairs: First Conditional
Notes: First Conditional
Reading: Incredible Weather
What's the weather like?

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Pronunciation
Say 4 Things

May 21, 2013

Homework: Vocabulary Exercise
Speaking: Vocabulary
Unit 9 Picture Dictionary
Unit 8 Quiz
5 Free Things to do in Vancouver

May 17, 2013

Homework: Review for Unit 8 Quiz on TUESDAY (present perfect, present perfect continuous, participial adjectives, environment vocabulary)

Have a great weekend!!


Reading: Three Environmentally-Friendly Cities
Unit 8 Grammar Review
Chinatown Night Market

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Student A / Student B
th sound
Student A / Student B

May 16, 2013

How to record your speaking test
Participial Adjectives
Plastic
Environment Cartoon

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Family

May 15, 2013

Homework:
1. Practice: Present Perfect Continuous - Exercises 17.2, 17.3
2. Finish writing
Which one?
Listening: Hanauma Bay

May 14, 2013

Homework: Review: Present Perfect - 13.3,4,5
Already/Not Yet
Protecting Our Environment
15 Cool Things to do in May

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Introductions

May 13, 2013

Homework:
1. Vocabulary Exercise
2. Present Perfect Simple - Read grammar explanation
Environmental Issues
Unit 8 Picture Dictionary

May 10, 2013

Homework: Unit 7 Grammar Review #1-3
Discussion Activity
Present Perfect vs Simple Past
Right or Wrong

May 9, 2013

Idioms
Urbanspoon

The Beatles: Listening
Musicians: Writing
Musicians: Conversation
Juno Awards: Canadian Music

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Notes
Housing Conversation Questions
Renting an apartment
House Vocabulary

May 8, 2013

Homework: Grammar 7-2 - Ex. #2,3
Speaking 7-2
Grammar 7-2
Bob and Ziggy Marley
Find Someone Who..

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Celebrities
15 Cool things to do in Vancouver in May

May 7, 2013

Homework: Present Perfect Practice - Ex. #7, 8, 9, Study Irregular Past Participles
Since or For?
15 Cool things to do in Vancouver in May

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Relationship Cloze
Relationship Vocabulary

May 5, 2013

Homework: Present Perfect - Read and watch the video.
 Unit 6 Review
Unit 6 Quiz
Unit 7 Vocabulary
Listening 7-3

Friday, February 8

Writing Topics
Non-Defining Relative Clauses
Free Family Day Activities (Monday)

Thursday, February 7

Articles

Wednesday, February 6

Homework: Relative Pronouns (2) - Exercise 8.3
Chinese New Year Parade
Chinese New Year in Vancouver

Tuesday, February 5

Homework: Getting Started: Relative Clauses (page 4, Exercise 1 Relative Pronouns)
Relative Clauses (1)

Monday, February 4

Homework: Review new vocabulary and do Vocabulary Exercise 1
A UFO Story
Unit 6 Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary
Longman Dictionary

Friday, February 1

Writing Topic
Grammar Practice
going to and will
Super Bowl Parties
Hot Chocolate Festival
Dine Out Vancouver

Thursday, January 31

Verb Patterns B

Wednesday, January 30

Homework: Grammar 5-3 Exercise #1 (ONLY #1)
Making Vacation Plans
Travel Near and Far

Tuesday, January 29

Homework: Finish Verb Patterns A (infinitives) AND write 6 example sentences (two verbs from each category).
Unit 5 Picture Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary
Longman Dictionary

Monday, January 28

Writing Topics
Exit Test

Friday, January 25

Writing: Favourite place to shop
Error Analysis
Vanier Park Winter Wander
Hot Chocolate Festival
Vintage Bowling
Street Food City

Thursday, January 24

a, an, the
Making a grocery list
Shopping

Wednesday, January 23

Homework:
1. Read grammar notes: much and many
2. Grammar Exercise #2
Online Shopping Paragraph

Tuesday, January 22

Homework: Grammar - exercise 1
Shopping and Clothing
Count and Noncount Nouns
Food and Drink

Monday, January 21

Homework:
1. Correct sentences from Unit 3 Test (#38, 39, 40)
2. Finish Unit 4 Picture Dictionary
Unit 3 Test

Friday, January 18

Homework:
1. Past Continuous Practice - exercises 12.3 and 12.4
2. Study for quiz (simple past, past continuous, time prepositions, Unit 3 vocabulary)


Interrupted Actions
Past Continuous Practice
Past Continuous Picture
Time Expressions

Thursday, January 17

Homework: Read and watch videos - Prepositions of Time 

Tuesday, January 16

Homework: Simple Past Practice - Exercises #2 and #4
Pronunciation: ED endings
Irregular Verb List

Tuesday, January 15

Homework: The Burglar's Friend - Exercise #4

Monday, January 14

Homework: Finish Unit 3 Picture Dictionary
Unit 2 Quiz

Friday, January 11

Homework:
1. Finish Writing: Two different routines
2. Study for Monday quiz (present continuous, simple present, state verbs, Unit 2 vocabulary)
Conversation

Thursday, January 10

Homework: Present Continuous - Exercise 3.2
What's happening?: Student A / Student B

Wednesday, January

Homework: Present Continuous vs Simple Present - Read page 1 and do exercise 3.1
Picture Sentences
Writing: Routines
Urbanspoon
Speaking: Routines
5 Free Things to do in January
Dine Out Vancouver

Tuesday, January 8

Homework: Present Simple Practice - Exercises 2.2, 2.3 (email or share with Jocelyne)
What are your interests?

Longman English Dictionary
Cambridge English Dictionary

Monday, January 7

Homework: Finish Unit Two Picture Dictionary
Unit One Test
Craigslist

Friday, January 4

Homework: Study for Unit 1 Quiz (introductions, parts of speech, questions and negatives, unit 1 vocabulary)
Typical Day
20 Unmissable January Events in Vancouver

Thursday, January 3

Homework: Parts of Speech - Write 5 sentences (that make sense) using as many words as possible.
Writing: Biography
Yelp

Wednesday, January 2

Homework:
1. Read notes and watch videos about parts of speech.
2. Do Grammar 1-1 - Exercise #1 ONLY.
3. Finish Vocabulary Exercise
Breaking the ice