Invitations

If you want to listen again or missed the day here are the conversations


Formal or Informal? Invitation 1

Formal or Informal? Invitation 2

Shopping, Returns and Exchanges

Review

Practice the vocabulary here.

Listen to these conversations about returning and exchanging things at a store.

Returns

Returns 2

Exchanges


Return and Exchange Policy

New

Read and Listen

Listening and Activties

Listen and fill in the blank Returns


Reading and Activities

Why I might return it activities


 Shopping conversations 

Asking for help while shopping

Shopping conversations




What if the customer is angry and not friendly and polite like you? Watch this video for advice. 
Use the comment box to tell me what you should do.

Find a bonus video about how to respond to people calmly here.

Here's another easy example. What do you think store credit is?

Modals

Modals for polite requests
Practice modals for polite requests

Should

Modals for advice
Practice

More modals for advice.

Opening a bank account 2

Here's the difficult video from class
Try listing again and filling in the blanks. pause it when you'd like to.

Opening a Bank account

Opening a Bank Account Conversations

The conversations from Friday November 18
Opening an account 3 conversations
Opening another account

Consider what greetings and closing you could add.

Videos for Listening Nov 11 Job Interviews

Job interview examples

Video 1 until 3:45 ( just the woman)
Video 2

Job interviews

This week we have been learning about job interviews.

Videos from class
Video from yesterday


Activities about job interviews

Veterinary clinic job interview

Advice about job interviews

For this listening be careful not to click on the ads.
Interview 3

Interview 4

More questions!

Read and consider these extra questions for job interviews. Click here


Grammar
Modals
Modals for polite requests
Practice modals for polite requests

Should

Modals for advice
Practice

More modals for advice.

Tips for job interviews

Here's the video we listened to today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ucmfPOBV8

Try listening again at 0.5 speed.

Describing Jobs, Job Interviews and Simple Past

Good Afternoon!

This week we learned about how to describe jobs, past tense, and connectors.
We will begin learning about job interviews.

Describing jobs

Listen to people describe their jobs here.
Listen to conversations about occupations (jobs) and answer questions here.

Read about jobs here. Read 2 or 3 that are interesting to you.

Vocabulary

Watch this video about the words "job" "work" and "career". Click here.

Job interview introduction

Listen to the woman who has a job interview, answer questions. Click here.
Listen to someone give advice about a job interview and answer the questions. Click here.

Job applications
Try filling out this job application. Click here.

Grammar

Past tense1
Past tense 2


Past tense negatives.
Past tense questions

Pronunciation "id" "t" "d" 
video

Questions about "id" "t" "d" here.

Canada's Regions and Government

Hello class!

For a few weeks we have been studying about Canada. There are many websites we can use to practice and review what we know about Canada, and to learn more.

Geography & Regions

Here is a nice map for you to study:

Here's a map with the regions from Discover Canada.

Geography Practice

Study provinces and territories here.

Take a test about provinces here.

Study the capitals above. Notice they are marked with an o on the first map.

Take a quiz about capitals here.

Try a puzzle of Canada. Put the pieces in the right places. Click here.


Regions

Study about the regions of Canada at citizenshipcounts.ca
Here is the link for regions: Regions 1
                                             Regions 2

Government  & Elections
Here is a study guide for citizenship about Elections. Elections1 , Elections 2

Videos

How to vote?

This  describes the elections process. If you find ASL ( sign language) distracting, skip it. Click here.

There are many videos about how to vote here.

Political Parties

This website has a quiz to help you to decide which party you agree with most.

votecompass.ca

Click on Launch Vote Compass.

Click on Participate in CBC news

Click Start, then enter your postal code.

Spelling
Levels of Government
This one has some new words that you can learn about from other websites: Federal Elections


Grammar
Learn about "do"
Learn about yes/no questions.
Yes/no questions1
Yes/No questions 2


Extra practice:
Watch this song. Leave a comment telling me about the comparative adjective that is used.
Click here.

Here are links to each party's website with their plan for Canada.

http://www.conservative.ca/plan/

http://www.ndp.ca/platform

http://www.liberal.ca/realchange/

http://www.greenparty.ca/en/platform

Canada's Regions Presentation Resources

Hi Students!

You will use either A) Citizenship Counts
or                            B)Discover Canada

to gather information for your presentation.

Introductions 1

Sept 8

Video from class

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lthiioPtECw

Don't forget to use chrome.
Change to 0.5

Comparing Canadian Provinces

Assessments
1. Complete your speaking assessment
2. Complete a self assessment and hand it in. Write your name by "Writer"
3. If you aren't finished your listening assessments, see the blog below.

4.Read about Canada's Regions for next week's topic here.
5.Check out some videos about the provinces, and tourism websites.

http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/AboutThisPlace/Videos/PLE1BB7A8A2F97332B

http://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/

http://www.travelmanitoba.com/things-to-do/canadas-heart-beats-videos/fly-in-fishing-adventure/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXhHfehEF9c&index=20&list=PLKAjwg5r0Jgwck3CBb4h22xlkbAs1auhV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF6kLki1NHc&index=35&list=PLKAjwg5r0Jgwck3CBb4h22xlkbAs1auhV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItGWqCkEh6w

5. Go to My Canada or to citizenshipcounts.ca/guide

Listening Assessments for Absent Students

Credit

You need the paper from your teacher.

Listen at 0.5 speed in Chrome

Here's the video for assessment


Canada- Four Provinces Skill Using

You need the paper from your teacher.
Listen a maximum of 4 times. First Answer about what provinces they are speaking about. Then do the chart. 
Here's the listening task.

Canada's geography

Practice geography here.

Credit

Good afternoon class!

This week we learned about credit. 

Listening

Listen about credit here.

How do you pay with credit? Learn here.

Should I use cash or credit? Listen here.

Debit vs. Credit. This is a long video and it is fast. Try at normal and 0.5 speed. Here is the video.

Here's 2 more about store credit cards.

http://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/shop/1shop10.htm

http://www.eslfast.com/robot/topics/shop/1shop11.htm

Reading

Easy story, read and listen here.
Easy story #2  here.
Easy story #3 here.


Harder reading about credit score and history is here.


Spelling and Vocabulary

Practice words about credit here.

Here's a fun quiz.

Finished? Here's lots more!

Many videos and articles about credit are here.

Shopping Review here.

Shopping for Clothes

Good afternoon students!

This week we began learning about shopping.

The video from class is PART of a longer video.
Watch the full video here.

Here is a fill in the blank activity like the one from class. Try it at normal speed. Click here.

Listening

Listen to these conversations about shopping. 
Try saying them.
Look up new words.

conversation 1,2,3 ( talking about clothes)
conversation 3,4,5 (trying on clothes, shopping)
conversation 6,7,8 (buying clothes, paying with credit)

Practice Shopping phrases

Click here

Vocabulary

This is a dictionary with clothing words. 
Write 5 new words from this page.
click here

Spelling
Practice spelling clothing words, click here.

Grammar

Here  are some rules about adjectives.

Adjective activity #1

Comparative Adjectives #2
Comparative Adjectives Exercises #3


You can also begin learning about modal verbs.
Click here for a lesson and excercises.

PBLA and binder

Good Afternoon class!

Spelling

Practice spelling  here.

Grammar

Past continuous lesson is here: here

 Exercise 1

Excercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Volunteering

Volunteering

This week we talked about the steps to volunteer, filling out a volunteer application, and volunteer interviews.

Look below for volunteer videos.

Here is an application to volunteer in Windsor-Essex. You will need to translate some words  for "qualities" and have an email address.Click here.

Here are some examples of volunteer positions. Click here.


Look at examples of job ads here.
Type in different skills or interests into the keyword box at the top.
Try:  children
drive
event
fundraise

Listening and Reading
Read and listen to a news story about volunteering. Click here.


Spelling and Vocabulary

Practice  words from this week. Click here.

Volunteering videos

Video about different volunteer activities:
click here.

Here's the video for the listening activity we did in class on Thursday. Click here.
Try this video at normal speed or slow speed on google chrome. Click settings, then speed, then 0.5. 

Happy Easter!

Heart Health

This is the video from yesterday about Brian and Canadians  here.

Check out this video about heart attacks: here.

Listen and watch this story about a person who survived a heart attack: here.

Here are two videos and activities about calling 911:

911 Video #1

 911 Video #2

Spelling and Vocabulary

Practice Spelling here.

Grammar

Must vs Have to

Read the lesson and do the exercises in the top right corner.

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/musthaveto/menu.php

Here’s another explanation https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-modals-have-to-must-not-2.htm

Here’s a quiz https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-modals-have-to-must-not-quiz.htm

Click here and scroll down for another exercise http://www.grammarbank.com/must-have-to-exercise.html

And one about mustn’t, needn’t, don’t have to is here http://www.grammarbank.com/must-vs-need-to-have-to.html

Heart health

Some of you asked about the video from today. It is difficult. Try pressing "cc" to see the words.

Here is the video.

Fitness

Fitness videos

Watch and listen to the listening assessment video here.

Here is the video that we have been using this week. Click here.

Watch and listen to Yoga for Beginners here.

More stretches from sitting here.

Vocabulary and spelling

Body parts vocabulary is here.
Body spelling  activities are here.

Stretching spelling is here.

Grammar

Imperatives
Play a game with instructions here.
Practice instructions here.
Put the words in there right order for instructions or commands here.

Prepositions

Learn and practice "in" for places here.
Learn and practice "on" for places here.
Learn and prescribe " to" and "toward" here.
Into and in here.
Try this quiz here
Quiz 2
Quiz 3

Play a preposition game here.

Mihaela's class

Good morning!

Please follow the links below:

Family at Janis ESL

Marriage and Divorce

Healthy Eating

Servings

Yesterday we talked about serving sizes.  I told you that you can usually compare a serving to one handful.

Here is a video about using your hand to decide how much to eat.

click here for video

Here is more detailed information about this method. Click on the food group, then on the type of food. http://www.eatrightontario.ca/handyguide/

Another video about serving size http://www.eatrightontario.ca/en/Videos/Food-Portions-Toolkit/Video-Tips-to-manage-your-food-portions.aspx#.VrSZ9_krLIU

Did you know you can call a healthy eating expert? See how it works here http://www.eatrightontario.ca/en/Videos/Nutrition-Labelling/Sample-Call-What%E2%80%99s-your-nutrition-question-today.aspx#.VrSYvfkrLIV

Nutrition experts suggest that you eat breakfast everyday.

Here are some tips about easy breakfast http://www.eatrightontario.ca/en/Recipes/Breakfast/Video--Quick-and-easy-breakfast-ideas#.VrScBfkrLIU

Make your own food guide with this website http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/eating-nutrition/healthy-eating-saine-alimentation/food-guide-aliment/my-guide-mon-guide/index-eng.php

REVIEW

The videos below review the food groups

http://www.eatrightontario.ca/en/Videos/General-Healthy-Eating.aspx

Canada’s Food guide activities  to review are here

http://learnit2teach.ca/linc2/11.health/health.web/ca.guide/index.htm

GRAMMAR

How much and how many click here

How much and how many with food https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGnxhCjDPUQ

Vocabulary and Spelling

http://www.learningchocolate.com/content/fruits-and-vegetables

http://www.learningchocolate.com/content/fruits-2

http://www.learningchocolate.com/content/vegetables-1

http://www.learningchocolate.com/content/vegetables-2

Spelling

https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=31049845

Here are some healthy recipe ideas

http://www.eatrightontario.ca/en/Recipes.aspx

Parent Teacher Interview and Questions

Parent teacher interviews. 

Watch these videos in English or other languages

Elementary

http://settlement.org/ontario/education/elementary-and-secondary-school/help-your-child-succeed-in-school/parent-teacher-interviews-elementary-school-video/

Secondary

http://settlement.org/ontario/education/elementary-and-secondary-school/help-your-child-succeed-in-school/parent-teacher-interviews-secondary-school-video/

Set of three short interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWj8-FMkPY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOQ58NZOIfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqYpgy7n9vI

Tips for preparing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlmvU-YjsaM

Questions

Review how to make yes or no questions.

With be http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/yes_no_questions01.html

With helping verbs (auxiliaries) http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/yes_no_questions02.html

With one verb (not be) using DO http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/yes_no_questions03.html

Quiz 1

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentSimpleToBe1C.html

Quiz 2

http://eslgrammarpractice.blogspot.ca/2009/07/cat-was-playing-in-garden.html

Quiz 3

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-yes-no-questions.php

Spelling

https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=30769867

Confederation

Hello class! Happy Friday!

I apologize for the late post.

Please practice the provinces and territories here.

Read about confederation at Teacher Jen's Blog here.

Grammar

For, Since, Until. Practice here.

More time words practice Time words 2.

New Year's, Goals and voice recorders

Happy New Year, class!

Don't forget the play and pause buttons on the videos are like the voice recorder!
Do you see a back and next button on your screen?

Spelling

Practice spelling words from this week here.
Try the games to practice.

Learn about how videos work online here .

New Year's

Music- easier

Listen to the song and fill in the blanks
Song 1- Click here.
Song 2- Click here.

Harder
Listen to this video about goals and answer questions.
Click here.

Introductions

Many of you said you want more practice introducing others and yourself.

Here is a pronunciation video. It's easy, but a good review.

In this video, someone introduces a person. Watch it again and notice what they say. Click here.

Here's a video about introducing others. Click here.

Canada

If you have more time, you can begin learning about history.
Explore this website to watch videos about Canadian history. https://www.historicacanada.ca/


Here's another useful website.
http://citizenshipcounts.ca/guide/history1/