Neighbours and Neighbourhoods

Hi class!

We've learned so many things about neighbours and neighbourhoods!

Practice spelling words from around the neighbourhood here.

Neighbourhood Watch

You can learn more about Windsor's neighbourhood watch program at this website.

If you want to practice the activities we did this week again, here are is one activity online (newsletter)
Here are more.

Show me your neighbourhood.
-go to google.ca/maps
-type in your address in the small white box at the top left corner.
-zoom in or out to show the area
-press ctrl at the same time press prt scrn
-open a word document
-right click and paste
- print it
-label this with your name and the important places in your neighbourhood ( bakery, post office, corner store, laundromat)

Noisy Neighbours

There are many activities about Noisy Neighbours on this website: Breaking News English.
You can listen many times if you like, or read and complete activities.
Practice articles with noisy neighbours reading here.

Elections

Interested in elections? 
Read the Windsor Star for more information.
You can also check the city windsor website here.

Hallowe'en

Read about Hallowe'en for newcomers here.
Here are some safety tips


You can also look at the websites from other days below.

(like citizenshipcounts.ca )

Happy Hallowe'en

Neither and Either

Dwight asked about neither and either in class on Friday
For you eager students, here is a website where you can practice using these

See you tomorrow afternoon!

Government and Future Simple

Happy Friday Class!

Today, you can review grammar or government.

Grammar:

You can review and practice the simple future tense here
Scroll to the bottom of the page for practice activities. It checks your answers and gives you hints

You can also review the past continuous tense here

This game practices "going to". It's fun and silly with soccer.  

You do not need to finish all the grammar activities before moving on to government. You choose what you want to practice.

Government

Please find your ward here
Look at this website to find out who your city councillor is now. 

Type an email to the city councillor, using their name. Consider sending it to their email.

Explore the mayor and city council website here.

We read from the windsor star this week. Click here for more information on candidates

A concerned citizen hotline is found here.

Remember you can work on the citizenship counts quizzes posted last week.
Look below :)

Municipal Elections

Watch this
Video on how to find Election information on the web

or go to this link about the candidates for mayor.

Find your ward on this map.

Look at who is running for city councillor in your ward here.


Review the Levels of Government here.
Review information about Canadian elections here.

Practice spelling vocabulary from this week here .

You can also use the computer to create a word document and write a letter to the mayor or a city councillor.