unit 11 Test

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1TrgjXucLC__1Bsv8D4gzK0KvNK_VvU_om6PvlZIhMmk/edit?authkey=CN74ro8B&hl=en_US&authkey=CN74ro8B

Homework: Thurs Dec 15: Ques. with Prepositions

Click on the link below, make a copy and complete the exercise:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/13_NoiADzxvH_SdIaUPmtKjZud8GeArNDaY7vsoAsn9k/edit?authkey=CIKis54O&hl=en_US

Unit 10 Test

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1TYtPGFIDZWCY5g_SBM9x85oRFlM1Z9S5cK_kb6LzGto/edit?authkey=CLHP95EL&hl=en_US

Unit 9 Test

Click on the link below to view and complete the Unit 9 Test:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Bl9NzN1adbRqBhSelITOXUOBX0S8CZIF7WqfMRiAL7U/edit?authkey=COqpjOYB&hl=en_US

Make sure to type your name at the top of the test. Take your time and read the instructions to each part carefully. Check your answers at home before sharing it with me.

Good luck! It is due by tomorrow morning (Tues. Dec 6th, at the beginning of class. )

Pronunciation Exercises

http://www.rong-chang.com/mjc/pronunciation/

http://www.eslgold.com/pronunciation.html

Review Week

For notes on Auxiliary Verb Notes, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1goCDethUxWN3eXY1-RWlPsPbZxHXxxsXW-UipnMc-yw/edit?authkey=CIrXzcoF&hl=en_US

For Exercises on Auxiliary Verbs, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1LA-qFSR3OV9GWjY-JSDhVUEFdlXzktQxgDqm1w5FQuE/edit?authkey=CMGpiLAH&hl=en_US&authkey=CMGpiLAH

Test: Unit 5- fashion

To write this test, press on the link below, make a copy and share it with me when you are done. Make sure you write your name on the test, so that I know whose test I am marking.

Cheers and Good Luck!

:)

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1T2jMbCl83phi67cxq8ArM1L_7InGG9Fpz-792pNDBBk/edit?hl=en_US

Test: Unit 5-

Homework: Tues Oct. 25

Homework:

Ex #1: Grammar 5-1

Have a great night! :)

Test: Unit 4

To complete the test, click on the link below, make a copy, write your name on the copy of the test, and share it with me.

Please only complete this test if you did NOT complete the test in-class, because you were absent:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1DqGpr37FgHK6bhf2cQGRR6yb5uVfZlXZ1uB0QDTh-xE/edit?hl=en_US

Assignment: Essay OR presentation

Homework: Grammar 4-1, Ex#2

This week's Assignment:You have a choice of topics: Pick one from below

Write an essay on either an author, a piece of literature, or a form of literature that you like.

Make a presentation on one of the above, using google chrome. Share it with me when you are done and I will check your grammar and make suggestions, if you like.

Do NOT copy any source of info word for word. For example, if you get info from Wikipedia, please make sure you write your essay using your OWN words.

-If you choose an author, please include some of his/her personal history (some info about his/her life), a list of the books she/he wrote, and why you think she/he is a good author, along with any other information you think is important to include.

-If you choose a piece of literature, please name the author, the date it was written, the plot of the book and what kind of literature it is. Also please be sure to include the significance of this book in history and why you like it.

It is due next week, by Tuesday or Wednesday. Presentations will be next week at some point, probably on Tuesday.

Good Luck!

:)

Unit 3 Test

If you were absent for the in-class test on Tues. Oct 18, click on the link below, make a copy, write your name on the test, complete and share with me, Erin Carrasco.

The test is due tomorrow, Wed, Oct 19.

Good Luck!

Erin

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1hWeBwN5yhl1LgfT9J55mk88Z4-fIz2DhuRaqXshJy2A/edit?hl=en_US

Homework for the Weekend

Hello Class!

Your homework this weekend is to review Unit 3 grammar: The past tenses (simple, continuous and perfect) as well as pronounciation.

That's all! See you Monday and have a great weekend! :)

Monday is Review Day so please come on time.

Cheers!

Smrt 120: Unit 2 Test ( housing )

click on the following link to access the unit 2 test for smrt 120:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1sbL3h2c4WFujCOqWrMcxcB5dO8LcxCxCTAc8QVG79-Q/edit?hl=en_US

Unit 2 Test

Click on the following link to access the unit 2 test: Make a copy and rename the document with your name please. Then share it with me, Erin Carrasco :) Make sure that I can edit the test.

Good Luck! It is due by Saturday at noon at the latest.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Erin

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/11m5yRBEiwRrlvbQ-QFdwrRvs2UelsCrq8qN0wl0la04/edit?hl=en_US

unit 1 Test

to access the unit 1 test, please click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/19UqmW26JrzYwbv6ccIXmOTPbCEH9Z3RCXHMJCVbTCCs/edit?hl=en_US

Good luck!! :)

Unit 8 Test

To access the unit 8 test, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Fe6bjGUhvdGBeh288tN1qWIyj7pq0p-Y_nD7oDD2cQk/edit?hl=en_US

Good Luck!!

Teacher's Notes: Grammar 8-3

Click on the following link to access the Teacher's Notes from class:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1qRu1ELEJzSNImSRlQ88ztfAvlaa30THpM-BjpW280yk/edit?authkey=CK_Bn7UJ&hl=en_US&authkey=CK_Bn7UJ

Review: Past Continuous and Simple Past

Please click on the link below and complete the quiz: We will mark it as a class when you are done

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm

Teacher's Notes: Grammar 8-2

Click on the link below to view the teacher's notes from class:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1UNYv-8hffPydwwUCV_vBmAdfO2FLPOymThHjuX1G_AU/edit?authkey=CMSzkuIG&hl=en_US

Teacher's Notes: Grammar 8-1

to view the Teacher's notes on Grammar 8-1 from class, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1k6pJH9rJKn2uIaXnY9UsksgRN5evOmb1zK8detsw-Ns/edit?authkey=CPjfss8H&hl=en_US

Unit 7 Test

To view and complete the unit 7 Test, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1gXjWrQX6isXH_4ErS3FKG-LO3H5Br9wn2-kTGiBOA4o/edit?hl=en_US

Once you open the link, simply make a copy of the test, (under File) write the test on your copy, and when you are done, press on File again, rename the document with your name please, then share it with me, Erin Carrasco

the test is due by noon tomorrow so take your time and make sure to read the instructions for each part carefully!!!

Thank you and good luck!!

Have a great weekend!! :)

Erin

Friday Sept 16: Unit 7 Review: Now in Teacher Resources, not on my blog.

Hello all!!

I hope you can make it to my very important review day this Friday.

If you cannot for any reason, please make sure to do the review which is now posted in Teacher Resources, Unit 7: Click on the links and do on-line exercise which review Noun Clauses as well as Quoted/Reported Speech.

Other important points: Make sure you review:

-The 3 types on Noun Clauses and word order in all of them: Subject is ALWAYS followed by verb in a Noun clause

-Rephrasing questions so they contain noun clauses

-Quoted Speech: using the appropriate verb (said, asked, told, screamed,begged, complained,etc)

-Changing Quoted speech to Reported Speech-remember to change the subject, to ensure subject comes before the verb and to discard do/does/did & change the verb in the sentence accordingly

-Changing Reported speech back to Quoted speech

That's all! Have a great night and see you tomorrow :)

Teacher's Notes: Grammar 7-3 & 7-4

To view the Teacher's notes from class on Grammar 7-3 & 7-4, click on the link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1C5XE5og618CF2AR8XXlPB1ASv6fYEdTzZDwodnvbfrs/edit?authkey=COuE-JwE&hl=en_US

Noun Clauses in Songs: Music Activity

To access the Noun Clause music activity, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1A7_yufFkLn8kxhatAw-BDFkV0TUitzmARZOn2uHxFWU/edit?authkey=CNuqwfsL&hl=en_US

Teacher's Notes: Grammar 7-2

To view the teacher's in-class notes on Grammar 7-2, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1jnG87G3e14OhUXSuL_RtfHsyA64FNd1e67XvNBaXDyU/edit?authkey=CJWs_pIG&hl=en_US

Unit 7 Essay & Homework-08/13/2011

Click on the following link to see your choices for an essay on Learning English:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1goXModGq20InJXu2wmMng86HPxOtN_wrZ6umOMxEKqo/edit?authkey=CMef1ZkP

Homework:

Grammar 7-1: Exercise #2

have fun with that ;)

Article on Mental Health Benefits of learning a Second Language

Click here to access the article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/18/bilingual-alzheimers-brain-power-multitasking

Unit 7 Grammar: Noun Clauses

For an explanation, examples and exercises on Noun Clauses, click on the following link:

http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/eesllessons/nounclauses/nounclause.htm

Unit 6 Test

To access the Unit 6 test, click on the following link: Good Luck!!

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1LBq7iXVlaO_rBajkPpiojf8vRpeoSwl9qdG6P8-hc20/edit?hl=en_US

Unit 6 Review: Ajective Clauses:

For a review and practice exercises on Adjective Clauses, click on the following links:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adj.htm

http://www.learn4good.com/languages/toefl/structure_cmplx_sntc1.htm

http://buckhoff.topcities.com/adjective_clauses.htm#Adjective clause connectors: Quiz 1

Teacher's Notes: Grammar 6-3 & 6-4

For coloured notes on Grammar points in 6-3 and 6-4, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1JxB9BW6SR85Mc2ovu2ru_iMliwAGV8jH5pgSLUDK5Yk/edit?authkey=CKr6hlk&hl=en_US#

Homework

Please complete Grammar 6-1, Ex #2 for homework. You do not have to complete Ex #3.

Also!...start your essay or your presentation for Unit 6: Use Wikipedia as your main source of information.

Be careful not to copy from Wikipedia word for word, this is called plagiarism and it is illegal! If you do, you will receive a 0 for your assignment. Simply re-word the information: Put it into your own words or simplify the information.

ASSIGNMENT: You can choose between writing an essay or doing a presentation on Google Docs on one of the subjects proposed in Reading & Writing: Unit 6 Essay

- Presentations will be happening some time after the break on Friday.

-Essays will be due on the weekend.

See you tomorrow!! :)

Teacher's Notes: Grammar 6-1: Adjective Clauses

For colored class notes on grammar 6-1 A & B, click on the following link

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1InbNyLVocJ7MOYWJaIcrMMBkZN26XM5oekesTmnnIM0/edit?authkey=CNy0huEP&hl=en_US

Unit 5 Test

To access the Unit 5 Test, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1PI5v9e5ZMMud_cU3P246dsCxj6nzASMA9Vi-jO0t-5c/edit?hl=en_US

Unit 5:Grammar Review on the Present Perfect

For review exercises on the Present Perfect, press on the links below:

Present Perfect or Past Simple Exercises:

1.) http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-3.html

2.) http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-4.html

Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous Exercises:

1.)http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-present-perfect-continuous-1.html

2.)http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-present-perfect-continuous-3.html

Exercises on the Present Perfect Positive, Negative, Questions and all forms mixed:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-exercises.html

Blog Addresses

Please open the following document and write your name and blog's address:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1u-tY5PeLskqe6geQPmdfzminnjRis3yRGSw8-M8SqYw/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CMDCxOkD

Teacher's Notes Grammar 5-3: Indefinite Past and the Present Perfect

For my notes on Grammar 5-3: Indefinite past, click on the link below:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/145UKV9KynJ3Ol5cPAs4ugFTNQ-BDu9Vlngd4OpWO3bo/edit?authkey=CM-626QG&hl=en_US

Homework for Wed, Aug. 31st: Vocabulary Exercise #2.

Also please review grammar 5-1 and 5-2: Look over notes, etc.

You can practice the Present Perfect by doing exercises in the links I've posted to my blog entry called: Present Perfect. Both links have exercises that will help you practice this tense.

See you tomorrow :)

Grammar 5-2: Teacher's Notes :Present Results in the Present Perfect

For the Teacher's Notes on Grammar 5-2, press on the link below:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1ZeRkTUDknR0_5HgMTOECgFSDpYnvcDFBsEPsKa-L_bI/edit?authkey=CIbYscAL&hl=en_US

Wikileaks Exercise

Click on the following link to access Discussion Questions/Exercise on Wikileaks:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1OSHE412PnVnM9dlit-To06l614pl8FofY0dCp8BB2H8/edit?authkey=CMDu9uYH&

Present Perfect

Press on the link below for explanations and examples of the present perfect:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

Grammar 5-1: Teacher's Notes-Present Perfect

For the Teacher's notes on the Present Perfect, click on the link below :)

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1yIth0QTDw38TDdFN2p3IoBNY8wmG3kj58j27psNF2L0/edit?authkey=CJen1tkE&hl=en_US&pli=1#

Weekly unit work Schedule Change.

Hello Everyone :)

New units for my class will now be starting on Mondays and tests will be given on Fridays.

Of course, if there is a long weekend, the next unit will simply begin on a Tuesday.

Homework: Unit 4-3, Exercise 2

Also, please think about what your personal blog will be about.

Thanks and see you tomorrow :)

Modals of Probability:

For further explanation and examples on Modals of Probability, press on the following link:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-probability.html

Modals Exercise: Warm Up

For an introductory exercise into Modals of Probability, click on the link:

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal7.htm

Unit 3 Test

To access the Unit 3 Test, please click on the link below:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1VzaZ8Qo3YFAvtoaYLENvJcZJbwFy2UWcw0u7XuE8HCQ/edit?hl=en_US

You have until noon tomorrow, august 24th, to share your test with me. Please remember to rename your document with your name and unit 3 test.

Thank you and Good Luck!

Quantifier's Chart:

Press on the link below for a colour-coded Quantifier Chart:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Xnzd26aYo-7fKD23b_rmKQum_PlsuLIlBQFODKZAw04/edit?authkey=CKfdmcoE&hl=en_US

Grammar 3-3: Teacher's Notes

For Notes on grammar points covered in section 3-3, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/10WNxkfFkxyobLP8NNdeuOGdUu0My513ZQ2F1A7Em6B8/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CIahttgF

Homework: Monday August 22nd

Hi everyone :)

For homework tonight, I would like you to please do the first three exercises in my Quantifiers Review, which can be found in the blog.

Also, please review my notes on Quantifiers, which can also be found in this blog.

Presentation:

Presentations will be on Thursday. They don't need to be longer than about 5 minutes. Please use pictures and/or youtube videos to make them more interesting. I would like you to also include as much information on your celebration as possible: for example, origins, history, ceremonies, traditions, dates, etc....

Quantifiers: Review

To practice Quantifiers, click on the links below:

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/237.html

1.) http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-quantifiers.php

2.) http://www.ihbristol.com/learn-online/exercise-general/elementary/grammar/quantifiers/210/

3.) http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/quantifiers2.htm

4.) http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/some_any.htm

5.) http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifier.htm

6.) http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2610

7. https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1fvatkARlnYgRWqvrFker8ZzU_chf3TItzWvzqcrS7lc/edit?authkey=CKTApKoC&hl=en_US

To access a very useful Review Website on Quantifiers from the BBC, click on the link below:

http://bees4work.pbworks.com/w/page/13949914/Quantifiers%20Plus#Practice

Quantifiers Link:

For online notes on Quantifiers, click on this link:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm

Teacher's Notes: Grammar 3-2: Some, Any, No

For the Teacher's notes on this grammar point, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1fhUenDMze-Pim5JaJOvqbMwm5eVgrdPyndrN1hzliUU/edit?authkey=COLs_9UH&hl=en_US

Quantifiers: Notes on Rules

For a summary of rules on Quantifiers, click on the following link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1BGoyFrCaq6MpkFWnLmAOq6VEVPBeqE08QsOT2fkE65E/edit?authkey=CJu5yswC&hl=en_US

Homework

Tonight your homework is to form sentences with the words we worked with today and found synonyms for:

Each group is responsible for their list of words.

Simply take your group's list of words and form a sentence for each one. Share your document with me and I will make any necessary corrections.

This is to practice applying the new vocabulary words for this unit to your writing.

See you tomorrow :)

Celebration Presentation Assignment

Hi Everyone :)

Unit 3 is about Celebration and for this topic I would like to assign a presentation instead of your usual essay

Your assignment is this: Pick a celebration of your choice, for example, Christmas or another festivity of some sort, and prepare a short 5 minute presentation on this celebration. You will be presenting it to the class at some point next week, probably Monday or Tuesday. Please include as much information as possible on your celebration, for example, history, tradition, ceremony, and provide pictures or videos or even actual props that you can bring to class and pass around for students to see. Be creative and have fun with it.

There will be no essay for this unit.

You can prepare your presentation in Google docs: Just go into documents, click on presentation and begin.

If you have any questions, please come to see me.

Unit Two Test

Press on the following link to access the unit 2 test:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/11m5yRBEiwRrlvbQ-QFdwrRvs2UelsCrq8qN0wl0la04/edit?hl=en_GB

Unit 2 Review

Press on the following links for exercises on "will" and "Be going to":

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs18.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs19.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs20.htm

To practice the tenses used for making decisions, intentions, arrangments and timetables, press on the following links:

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/easy/future.htm#answer

http://valenciaenglish.netfirms.com/futurex.htm

To practice the Future Simple, Future Continuous and Future Perfect, press on the following links:

http://www.imparareinglese.co.uk/esercizi_inglese/future_perfect_continuous.htm

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5110.php

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs25.htm

http://elt.oup.com/student/solutionsint/ui_unit_page/unit3/grammar/exercise2?cc=global&selLanguage=en

It's Friday again :)

This means of course that your Unit 2 Essays are due on Monday. Please take some time this weekend to write and share them with me. If you would like to share them earlier than Monday, that, of course, is fine with me.

Monday is Review Day so make sure that you come to class, you won't want to miss Review for the Test. I will be posting the Unit 2 Test on Monday afternoon and you will have until Tuesday at noon to complete it.

Have a safe and wonderful weekend :) See you all next week.

Homework

Hi Everyone,

I would like you to please take a look at the Unit 2 Essay, which is due on Monday, and start brainstorming ideas on what you will be writing about.

Please start your introduction and share it with me.

You can find your unit 2 essay topic in Reading and Writing: Unit 2 Essay.

Thanks and see you tomorrow.

Unit 1 Test

Press on the following link to access the unit 1 test: Don't forget to rename the document with your name. Please also type your name on the test itself. Thank you and Good Luck!

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/19UqmW26JrzYwbv6ccIXmOTPbCEH9Z3RCXHMJCVbTCCs/edit?hl=en_GB

Verb Tenses Chart and Exercises

Hello Students,

I have found a useful online verb tense list that gives examples and exercises for all the verb tenses in the English Language.

There is also a verb-tense diagram that is also very useful.

The various verb tenses are categorized according to Time: the present, past and future.

I hope you find this tool useful. Just follow the link:

http://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Verb%20Tenses.htm

Review : Unit One Grammar

For a review and exercises on AUXILIARY VERBS, press on the following link:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/auxiliary-verbs

For a review on HAVE/ HAVE GOT, press on the following link:

http://www.1-language.com/englishcourse/unit19_grammar_exs.htm

For a review of VERB TENSE ASPECTS, press on the following links:

1.) http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/auxvb.html

2.) http://www.elihinkel.org/tips/tenses.htm

For Exercises on VARIOUS VERB TENSES, press on the following link:

http://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Verb%20Tenses.htm

ACTIVE/PASSIVE exercises:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/exercises/dogqz.htm

Unit 1 Essay

Hello !

Just a reminder that your unit 1 essays are due on Monday. Share them with me over the weekend and I will be happy to correct them for you and send them back.

You can find the essay in Reading and Writing.

Monday is the last day of Unit 1 and a Review Day so make sure you come to class unless you are away.

I will post the Unit 1 Test on my blog on Monday. It will be due on Tuesday before noon, so you have all of Monday and Tuesday morning to complete it :) Don't forget to rename it with your name and Unit 1 Test in the title and share it with me, Erin Carrasco.

Happy Friday and hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

Grammar Tense Explanations & Exercises

Hello Students! I have posted the following link to ELC STUDY ZONE, an ESL site which provides you with explanations, examples and exercises for most of the grammar tenses and times in the
English language.

When you get to the site, you can access any verb tense in any time simply by typing in the tense and time in the box provided and pressing enter, so for example you would press Simple Present into the box and press enter.

I hope this website helps to enrich your learning experience. Please use it to its full potential:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/results.htm?cx=013621260945567203807%3Asjxzc9x3aqa&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=simple+past&sa=Search

First Day: Welcome

Hello Everyone!

I'd like to welcome you to my smrt upper-intermediate class.

Homework:

Please complete comprehension questions for the article on marriage in Reading & Writing-In the News 1-1 and share them with me. Don't forget to rename your document with your name and something that indicates what it is you're handing in: Example, homework or News 1-1.

Unit Essays:

Each week a unit Essay will be due on the Monday, or last day, or each unit. To find the unit essay topic, go into Reading & Writing: Essay

Unit Tests:

Tests are take-home tests and I post them on my blog every Monday for you to complete. They are due on Tuesday morning: Please complete the test by copying it, renaming it (with your name and the test - Example: Erin Unit 7 Test)and sharing it with me.

Thank you and see you tomorrow :)

Unit 9 Test

Hello Everyone! The time has come to write your Unit 9 Tests :)

Please complete the test tonight, Wed, July 27th, 2011 and have them sent and shared with me by tomorrow, thurs, July 28th by noon at the latest.

I will be correcting them and sending them back to you as I receive them.

There is NO unit 9 essay due this week because we won't have time.

To access the Unit 9 test, please click on the link below. Don't forget to share your test with me, Erin Carrasco (erin.carrasco@canada-english.com).

Thank you and Good Luck!

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1I2ev21c_XjcxTwp8zTHteS6-DPkopLAESI1oR_FG7WQ/edit?hl=en_GB

Despite/ In spite of vs. Although/ Even though

To better understand these expressions, click on the following link:

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-lesson-concessions.php

Link between Preservatives and Hyperactivity

To read article on hyperactivity in children and preservatives in food, press on the link below:

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1659835,00.html

The 3 Conditionals:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Stx5sKoki5AHJzNzMnJPKTnKMB82X6KFtK0Dr92Df5g/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CKnshdwI

Click on this link for an explanation and examples of the 1st Conditional

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/1cond.htm

...and this link for the 2nd Conditional:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond.htm

follow this link if you want to do exercises for the second conditional:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond1.htm

...and this link for the 3rd Conditional

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/3cond.htm

1st, 2nd and 3rd Conditionals: Tues, July 19th

Check out these links for further explanations, examples and exercises on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conditional2.htm

UNIT 8 TEST: Thurs July 14th

Open the link to get to the test. Make a copy to complete it and don't forget to share it with me :)

Erin Carrasco: erin.carrasco@canada-english.com

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1Fe6bjGUhvdGBeh288tN1qWIyj7pq0p-Y_nD7oDD2cQk/edit?hl=en_GB

This Test is to be submitted to me no later than Friday July 15th at 12pm.

If I have not received your test by then you will get a 0 for a mark, unless you have made previous arrangements with me.

As I will be correcting the test tomorrow (Friday) in-class, those students who have not shared their test with me and show up to class will be asked to leave to complete their test.

Thank you and GOOD LUCK!!

Tuesday July 12th:

Hi Everyone :)

Homework tonight: Work on your unit 8 essays and share them with me. The more you can get done ahead of time and corrected the better!

If you are new to the class, you should be reviewing the unit: especially grammar and vocabulary.

Due Dates:IMPORTANT!!

Unit 8 essays are due on Thursday, July 14th any time during the day. Every day you submit your essay late, I will deduct 5% from your mark.

If you are new to the class (meaning you joined the class this week) you are NOT EXPECTED to write the unit 8 essay.

If you do not submit your unit 8 essay before the weekend is over, I will not accept it and you will get 0 as a mark.

TEST: I will be giving students the take-home exam on unit 8 on Thursday, July 14th. It is due on Friday, July 15th.

I will post the link that allows you to open the test and complete it on this blog, under a post I will create on Thursday entitled UNIT 8 TEST.

Any questions? Ask me :) I am here to help! See you tomorrow :D

Monday, July 11th: Prepositions By and With:

For the various uses and meanings of the prepositions BY and WITH, follow this link :)

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1ayQSZAxDC9g8d5yjz4sJ6ep-FVcbyeXLwSTHq-Ym680/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CJGlw4gG

Friday July 8th: Verb Causatives- Have/ Get

Hi Everyone!

For notes taken in class explaining the verb causatives Have and Get, follow this link:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1DJTC8VUUlR_SBGmastJ2Q4uqgjFR0GO5gsaN0oQ935Q/edit?hl=en_GB&authkey=CN-ngbgE

HOMEWORK: Grammar: Causatives Have/Get, exercise #2.

ALSO share your unit 8 essays with me :) I will send them back with corrections.

AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Thurs, July 7th: Past Perfect

For further explanation of the Past Perfect, check out this link :)

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pastpf.htm

Homework Tonight: Write your Unit 8 Essay introductions:

UNIT 8 ESSAY: Due on Thursday, July 14th

Wed July 6th: Past Continuous

PAST CONTINUOUS: Follow the Link

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html

Tues July 5th

Hello Everyone!

Homework tonight: Find synonyms for the words on your vocabulary list, starting from 'robber' down to 'kidnap'

Also, FINISH YOUR UNIT 7 ESSAYS TONIGHT!! (unless, of course, you are a new student in the class.)

Tomorrow we will be working on the Past Simple and Past Continuous so if you have time, take a look at the notes for Grammar 8-2 tonight.

See you tomorrow!! :)

Present, Past and Future Tenses in English

Check this link out for all the different Present Tenses in English and examples for each one:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13588971/Present-Tense

Check out the link below for all the different Future Tenses in English and examples for each one:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13588962/Future-Tense

Monday July 4th-

Present Perfect VS. Simple Past:

Follow the link to get an explanation, examples and exercises for these 2 verb tenses :)

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm

FORMULA FOR PRESENT PERFECT:

Subject + have/has+ Past Participle + Object

Homework: Grammar 8-1, Ex.#3

June 30th: Grammar 8-1: Past Simple & Present Perfect

CHECK IT OUT!

Unit 8: Grammar 8-1: Past Simple & Present Perfect:

Explanations, Examples, Exercises and Quizzes.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper

UNIT 7 ESSAY DUE FRIDAY JULY 1st!!

HI EVERYONE!

Please remember that your unit 7 essays are due on friday. Share them with me at some point on friday.

Thanks so much!

Erin

Go into Unit 7 Reading and Writing and click on Unit 7 Essay. Make a copy and write.

Unit 7 Test

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1gXjWrQX6isXH_4ErS3FKG-LO3H5Br9wn2-kTGiBOA4o/edit?hl=en_US

WRITE YOUR UNIT 7 TEST TONIGHT: Wed, june 29th, 2011

Test due on Thurs, june 30th, 2011.

We will be correcting it in class, so make sure you finish your test tonight!

UNIT 7-REVIEW: Noun Clauses/Reported Speech/ Quoted Speech

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/nounclausesum.html

NOUN CLAUSES: Review Quiz

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg1_nounclauses1.html

REPORTED SPEECH- Review and Exercises.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/statements

thurs june 23-Grammar 7-3: Quoted Speech-Answers

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/158oo96Tvc0jw42D8nRQunIu8-sqqG36Jsp7BcVcKbCw/edit?hl=en_GB

Thurs june 23rd-Grammar 7-2 #4: Answers

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1yHPVqjLTRkQCFpQ03giuzIAnA7POoBudkTzRAlxyOKc/edit?hl=en_GB

Unit 7 Vocab: Thurs june 23

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1dgRB9DURPYmjEuyhVhPyUzCNankelLGb_GOtU8jt4lA/edit?hl=en_GB

Wednesday, June 22nd

Tonight's Homework:

1. Grammar 7-2 Exercise #4

2. Study Unit Seven Vocabulary

Check your Unit Six Essays this evening because Mark will be linking your videos of your Unit Six Essay corrections.

NOUN CLAUSES

http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/eesllessons/nounclauses/nounclause.htm

tues june 21

Today's Notes

Noun Clauses