Driving in Ontario

Hello class!

This week we are learning about driving in Ontario.

Government Websites about driving:

An online copy of the Driver's Handbook
use this to learn the rules of the road in Ontario

Information about Demerit Points
click to learn about 

More information about Driving
click here to explore different topics about driving

Vocabulary and Phrase practice

Instructions for driving - phrases

Words or Vocabulary about driving

Driving lesson Vocabulary


Listening 

Driving Lesson Listening

How to get your license in Ontario
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
Video 4

More Driving
Short reading about driving in Ontario

Air travel

Review:

Here's the video from class on Wednesday

At the airport, on the plane, immigration

Conversation about booking a flight
click here.
also 2 other conversations that mean the same thing are there.

Open this page and click on Unit 7, then listen to the files. This is from Tuesday and Wednesday
click here

New:
Here is a video about Mr Bean on an Airplane. There are also many vocabulary activities on this site. click here
Here are some more conversations. Listen to as many as you like. click here

Grammar
 Polite Requests
Polite requests lesson
polite requests activities

Crime, Law, Police, Safety

Review
Don't be a victim - Reading

and Listening
click here
then go here (see picture)

then click on "Don't be a victim"

New
Explore and read the Windsor Police website here.
Listen and read this story here.

Rob or Steal?
Quiz 1
Quiz 2

Prepare for next week
Report a Crime
if that link doesn't work click here

click on "Officer I would like to Report a crime"

Listen to someone report their bike stolen here.
 

Grammar

Should

Modals for advice

Should and Shouldn't practice

Must and have to

Practice Assessment - How to Vote

Happy Weekend Students!

Here is the link, you can work on the paper at home, and we will look and listen again one time on Monday.

What happens when I go to vote?

Canada's Regions and Comparatives and Superlatves

This week are learning about Canada's Regions.

Practice regions and provinces here.

Grammar is there too.

You can also go to http://citizenshipcounts.ca/guide/regions1/

and

http://citizenshipcounts.ca/guide/regions2/

After that you can look at My Canada on your desktop. Ask your teacher which part.

Videos to try in the summer

This is a video with ways to learn English for free:
https://youtu.be/UB3uCJniLu4

The Simple English YouTube channel has many other videos as well.

Also try englishinvancouver.blogspot.com

It has many videos and activities.

Remember, speak in English everyday!
You can ask questions in the mall or many other places. Keep practicing!

Have a good summer!

Fitness

Happy long weekend!

Here are the videos from class:

Practice Video
Assessment Video

Here is the YMCA's fitness facility website
http://ymcawo.ca/windsor-centralpark

If you have more questions, Mike said you could email him. Just ask me for his email on Tuesday.

Fathers of Confederation (full)

Good afternoon!
Today we will be reviewing information about the fathers of confederation and preparing to speak about them

Review
John A Macdonald Video

George-Etienne Cartier Video

New

Go to My Canada on you computer
Click History
Click Confederation
Click "Achieving Confederation"
Click Beginner, then listen, read and answer the questions.
After that you can also try "Causes of Confederation", "Macdonald's National Policy" and "Manitoba becomes a province"

Explore

Read and learn more about the Fathers of Confederation in the Canadian Encyclopedia

Sir George-Etienne Cartier general

Cartier timeline

Sir John A Macdonald general

Macdonald timeline

Confederation timeline

Citizenship book

Discover Canada- History section

Fathers of Confederation

Watch these videos for practice test

John A Macdonald

You have the paper for the practice test. 
It looks like this:

Sir George Etienne Cartier

Confederation for March Break

Some things to explore if you have some time during March break

An easier reading about confederation

A more difficult reading for Confederation


Don't forget about history at http://citizenshipcounts.ca/guide/history2/

You can explore the rest of the website at
 http://citizenshipcounts.ca/

For vocabulary and grammar practice every day, you might want to try duolingo.com

~> make a profile
~> choose the language you know and then choose English as the one you want to learn

Canada's History- confederation

Good afternoon!

We will be learning about Canada's History.

Provinces and Territories
You can practice Canada's Geography here.
It has ways to practice the provinces and territories.

Confederation at citizenship counts
Click here. Focus on 1, 5,6,7,8,9

Look at a timeline of Confederation here.


General History
Quick facts about Canada
Early Canadian History
Famous Canadian from before confederation: Laura Secord

Grammar

Practice for, since and ago here (lots of reading)
Practice for and since here

Word order for firas

http://www2.issbc.org/janis-esl/subtopicgrammar.html

Do Adjective # 21 and Word order

Home Safety and Crime

Good Afternoon!
This week was about Home Safety

Review

Review videos about home safety
Top 10 tips with pictures and words : here
Top 10 tips with man speaking: here.

Listen about home security

Practice spelling here.

Rob or Steal?
Quiz 1
Quiz 2

New
Listen and read this story here.

Read about crime in Canada here

Explore and read the Windsor Police website here.

Prepare for next week: Listen to someone report their bike stolen here.

Black History Month
February is Black History MonthPlease look at this website with listening and reading about Black History: here