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 :)