New Years

Here is the video for the song Auld Lang Syne

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

Shopping and Customer Service

Hello everyone!

This week we've been learning about ads and returning something to a store.

Returns

Practice the vocabulary here.

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.

Listening to Ads

Review pots and pans here.

Listen to this ad

More Telephone Practice for Homework

Hello Students! 

I know some of you want to practice more at home.

Here are come telephone activities.

New:
Phone phrases

Messages

Review:

Can I take a message?

Business Telephone Messages

Friendly Messages


Leave a comment about which messages are formal and informal.

Family and Telephone

We have been learning about telephone and family.

Telephone

Practice some phrases for the telephone here.

Listen and read a conversation where a person takes a message here.

Listen and read a conversation about Voicemail ( Answering Machine) here.

A song about taking a message is here.

Try this lesson and quiz.

There are new phrases in this video.

Family

Try a quiz about family here.
Try another here.

There are many more activities for family here.

Grammar

This week we started learning about modals.

More about modals: click here.
Read and practice using modals here.

Focus on could, can, may, might: click here.
Continue to the exercises here.

Elections and Questions

Hello Everyone!

We've been learning about elections.

You can look at the results and ridings we looked at here.

Here's a difficult listening about the surprising election results. Click here.

Here is a video with both Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau. Click here.

Practice Spelling here.

Review
Elections 1
Elections 2

How to vote?

Grammar

Review Comparative Adjectives here.

Questions

When do I use "do"?



Learn about "do"


Learn about yes/no questions.
Yes/no questions1
Yes/No questions 2

Federal Elections

Hello everyone!

We've been learning about the government and federal elections!

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

How to vote

We started this video in class. It 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 helps you to decide which party you agree with the most. Click on the candidates face. Then scroll down. You may have to translate or google some ideas, the reading is difficult.

https://pollenize.org/canada

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

http://votecompass.com/

Click on Launch Vote Compass.

Click on Participate in CBC news

Click Start, then enter your postal code.

Political party websites 

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

For more videos 

https://www.youtube.com/user/cpcpcc
https://www.youtube.com/user/NDPCanada

https://www.youtube.com/user/liberalvideo

Canada's regions and provinces

Good afternoon class!

This week we have been learning about the geography of Canada.

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



Grammar

Take a quiz on comparatives here. 
Review with a video and practice comparatives here.


Fast finishers

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

Minimize this window. Click on "My Canada".
Enter your first name. Click on Regions. Choose Beginner.