Elana P.

Week of November 25, 2013
Athletics

Elana's SMRT lesson plans



IELTS

Elana's PM1 lesson plans













9 September 2013
Introductions (lp)

Speaking 1-1 - Unit introduction

Vocabulary 1-1 - Exercises, Spelling City

Grammar 1-2 - Tenses

Word form chart

Listening 1-1 - Introductions
Class grammar notes

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Week of 12 August 2013
SMRT115 - Seeing the World

Grammar 9-4 - Review

Vocabulary 9-1 - Dictation

Reading 9-1 - A Traveler's Guide to Vancouver

Writing 9-2 - Your Travel Plans

Speaking 9-6 - Chain Game

Discussion questions - Free time

15 August 2013

Review homework

Grammar 9-3 - First Conditional

Speaking 9-5 - Speaking Pairs

Listening 9-2 - Seeing the World

1st conditional songs:

If you don't know me

If you tolerate this

Like song: I am like a bird

14 August 2013

Speaking 9-4 - Picture discussion

Grammar 9-2 - Future aspects

Listening 9-1 - Traveling

HOMEWORK: Vocabulary 1 - Exercise 2

(Also see Grammar 5-3 for Future forms)

Extras:

Will and be going to

Will or be going to exercise

Simple future

Songs:

All My Loving (Beatles)

I'm going to sit right down

13 August 2013
Class notes

Grammar 9-1 - Time Clauses exercises
Speaking 9-3 - Time Clause discussion

Vocabulary 9-1 - Exercise 1, Picture dictionary
Speaking 9-2 - Seeing the world - Vocabulary

HOMEWORK: Writing 9-1 - Future sentences


12 August 2013
Exit Test

Speaking 8-4 - Obligations Discussion

Travelling

Travel songs:
On the road again (Willie Nelson)
Roam (B-52)

  (website)

Week of 5 August 2013
SMRT115 - Education

9 August 2013

Grammar 5: Verb Patterns A; Verb Patterns B; Future forms; Review

Grammar 6: Like (Vb or Prep?); Comparative adjectives; Superlative adjectives; Review

Grammar 7: Pres perf (exper. & duration); Pres perf (past actions/present results); Pres Perf and Past simple; Review

Grammar 8-4 - Review

Listening 8-2 - Free Education

Writing 8-2 - Learning English

Vocabulary 8-1 - Exercise 2

Extras:
Infinitives
Gerunds
Gerunds / Infinitives
Gerunds and Infinitives
Will and be going to
Will or be going to exercise
Forming comparative and superlative adjectives
Present perfect
Present perfect tense
Present perfect and Past simple

Present perfect song: We are the champions (Queen)

8 August 2013
Speaking 8-3 - What's your problem (Gr 8-1)
Grammar 8-3 - Modal auxiliary verbs: Should
Should /Must / Have to video YouTube
Writing 8-1 - Your education


 Perfect tense songs:
Haven't met you yet (Michael Buble) (lyrics)
I still haven't found what I'm looking for (U2)

7 August 2013
Speaking 8-2 - Vocabulary
Listening 8-1 - What makes a good student?
Grammar 8-2 - Modal auxiliary verbs: Must
Must / Have to YouTube video


6 August 2013

Reading - Bob and Ziggy Marley (from Unit 7)

Unit 7 Quiz

Speaking 8-1 Unit Intro

Vocabulary 8-1 - Spelling City

Grammar 8-1 - Have to

Perfect tense song

IELTS120 Preparation

Week of 12 August 2013

Reading (ak)

Listening

Writing

Speaking

Academic word list

Week of 5 August 2013

8 August 2013
Listening / Speaking

7 August 2013
Writing

6 August 2013

Reading

31 July 2013
Musicians

• Warm up: Find an interesting picture online of a musician/band/concert. Share and discuss your image(s) with each other. Describe your picture and say why you like the person or group.

• Speaking 7-2: Vocab review - test your partner 

• Intro to listening: What is the most difficult instrument to play? Why do you think that? How long does it take to learn an instrument? Can you plan an instrument? Which one?

• Child prodigy
• Listening 7-1 - The Violin

• Speaking exercise Student A / Student B

• Grammar 7-2 - Present Perfect: Past actions with present results

• Speaking 7-7 - Before and Now

• Extra: Have you ever...?

• Interview with a band member (videos) - Read and practice the questions and answers. Try to add a few more questions and possible answers with your own ideas.

• Media - Interview with Taylor Swift

• Role Play

• Writing 7-1

HOMEWORK: Verb List - basic, past tense and part participles of irregular verbs.  PRACTICE FOR QUIZ THURSDAY

Week of 29 April-3 May 2013
Unit - Descriptions

Unit 5 test - Answers  - Scores

Vocabulary 6-1 - Spelling City

Vocabulary 6-1 - Exercise

Vocabulary 6-1 - Dictation

Grammar 6-1 - Like (Verb or Preposition?)

Grammar 6-2 - Comparative Adjectives

Grammar 6-3 - Superlative Adjectives
...Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Comparative/Superlative chart

Grammar 6-4 - Review

Reading 6-1 - Books or Computers?

Writing 6-1 - Studying with Computers

Listening 6-1 - English

Listening 6-2 - Cats or Dogs?

Speaking 6-1 - What's it like? -Unit intro

Speaking 6-2 - What's it like? Vocabulary

Speaking 6-3 - Speaking Pairs

Speaking 6-4 - Comparison Game

Discussion questions

EXTRAS:
Comparative Adjective Reading
Fairy Tales:
   Frog Prince
   Jack and the Beanstalk
   Little Red Riding Hood
   Rapunzel
   Rumpelstiltskin
   The Three Little Pigs
365 ESL Short Stories (read a story, look up necessary vocabulary, tell story to classmates)
Adjective tests
ELLLO
Free RICE
Typing Test
Z-Type

Good website for studying English


HOMEWORK:  

CLASS NOTES

Week of 22-26 April 2013
Unit 5 - Our Future

Speaking 5-1 - Unit Introduction

Vocabulary 5-1 - Spelling City, 

Grammar 5-1 - Verb Patterns A

Speaking 5-2 - Vocabulary

Vocabulary 5-1 - Vocab Exercise
Grammar 5-2 - Verb Patterns B

Listening 5-1 - Mari's Abilities

HOMEWORK FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 26:  
Reading 5-1 - part 3
Writing 5-2 - Your future

Review homework - Writing 5-1
Grammar 5-3 Future Forms review; Exercise
Speaking 5-3 - Verb Pattern Discussion

Reading 5-1 - My Future
Speaking 5-4 - Discuss the Future
Review Writing 5-2 - Your future


Listening 5-2 - Lois' Plans
Grammar 5-4 - Review
Vocabulary 5-1 - Dictation

Game board
Future Discussion Questions
Grammar Slam

23 November 2012

Grammar 8-4:  Review
Homework review: (some did none, some did only a little)
Listening 8-2:  Free education
Speaking 8-3:  What's your problem? (Gr. 8-1)
Speaking 8-4:  Obligations (Grammar 8-2)
Writing 8-1:  Education in your country
Elana's blog - discussion questions, group work (to p. 7)