Homework for Monday December 12, 2016

Along with working on Essay 3, please complete for following for Monday's class.  Everything will be discussed then.

• Exercise 5 Reading 8-1a: Deforestation
• ENGL140 Reading Comprehension: Deforestation

Thanks and enjoy the snow - please be safe!

Presentation Reminders

Some reminders about the presentation

• each presenter must speak for appoximately 3.5-4 minutes
• each presentation needs 5 Qs after the presentation to ask the listeners

websites

Here are the two websites we talked about today in class:

TED: https://www.ted.com/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities

ONE: https://www.one.org/canada/blog/6-key-moments-in-the-fight-for-educationforrefugees/

Homework Monday November 21, 2016

Here is the homework for tonight:

• Reading Comprehension 5-1a) Poverty - please share with me once completed
• Presentation 2 outline due Tuesday 5pm
• Reminder - Novel discussion on Friday
• Essay 2 outline due Thursday 5pm

Here is also the extra website for your presentations that you can use:

http://www.seeker.com/

Any questions please email me :)

Class Information - Thursday November 17

Here is some reminders for you:

• Practice Exam Friday November 18 -  2 hours
• Draft of Essay 1 due at 5pm Friday November 18
• Here is the link for the software Ronald was discussing re: referencing 
• https://www.mendeley.com/ 

Homework for Thursday November 10, 2016

Here is your homework for the long weekend:

• Short Story 3 - please share with me once you have finished (Asaly will be reviewing with you on Monday)
• outline of Essay 1 - due 5pm Tuesday November 15

That's it everyone!  We'll see you next week :)

Homework Tuesday November 8. 2016

Here is the homework for tonight:

• TEDEd (How Do Nerves Work?) - please share with me when you have finished
• work on your presentations (which will be on Thursday November 10)

Homework Monday November 7

Here is your homework for tonight:

• Work on presentations
• 3-3a) Reading (Nerve Cells) - Exercises 1,2,4,6, (only) - share the document once complete
• 3-3b) Listening (Nerve Cells) - Exercises 1,2,4,6 (only) - share the document once complete

Homework Friday November 4, 2016

Here is your homework for the weekend:

• Short Story 2 - The Nightingale and The Rose
• ENGL140 Presentation One 2-4c - please share prior to 5pm on Sunday
• 3-1a) Reading - Exercises 1,2,5,6 (only)
• 3-1b) Listening - Exercises 1,2,3 (only)

Please email me if you have any questions...and have a great weekend :)

Homework Thursday November 3, 2016

Here is the homework for tonight:

• Gutenberg - reading comprehension
• The United Nations - listening comprehension

As always, please share your documents with me once completed.  

Documents submitted after 8:30am the following morning will not be accepted.

Homework Wednesday November 2, 2016

Here is your homework for tonight:

• Listening document - ENGL140 Listening Skills Seven 2-3d: Note Taking (shared with you)
• Sights, Sounds, and Smells (shared with you)

Please share all documents with me once you have completed them :)

Homework November 1, 2016

Homework for tonight:

• Reading 2-3a: Cloning and Stem Cells (exercises 4,6,7 only)
• Becoming President of the United States (listening comprehension)
• Shaun's document re: writing elective class

Please share homework documents with me.  Please share the document for Shaun with him directly at: shaun.macleod@canada-english.com  

Xmas holidays and next term

Here is some information for you:

• CCEL will be closed Monday December 26 and Monday January 1
• the new terms of Smrt 140 and 145 start on Tuesday January 2
• if we have enough students, we will run an "enrichment class" for two weeks  from December 19 - December 30 

Homework October 31, 2016

Here is your homework for tonight:

• 2-3a Reading (vocab only)
• 2-3b Listening (vocab only)
• 2-1c Listening Skills
• Non-fictional Passage #4 - The Industrial Revolution (shared with you)

Please share all documents with me :)

Homework Friday October 28, 2016

Here is your homework for the weekend:

• Short Story 1 - The Lottery Ticket (shared doc)
• TEDEd Listenings on Sleep (shared doc)
• 1-3c Writing Skills 2 (shared doc)
• 2-1a Reading (Ex. 1 & 2) (Smrt)
• 2-1b Listening (Ex. 1 & 2) (Smrt)
• finish 1-4b) Speaking (Smrt)

We will be checking most on Monday morning; however, if it's possible, please finish the following exercises by 5pm Saturday October 29:

• finish 1-4b) Speaking (Smrt)
• 1-3c Writing Skills 2 (shared doc)

As always, please share ALL documents with me :) Have a great weekend!  Any questions, please email me!

Homework Thursday October 27, 2016

Here is your homework for tonight:

• Reading - Holiday Spending Sized Up
• Listening - The History of April Fool's Day

Please share both documents with me once you've completed them :)

Homework Wednesday October 26, 2016

Here is your homework for tonight:

• Learning English with CBC - listening and reading
• Listening 1-3b) Exercise 1 & 2 only (vocabulary)

Homework Tuesday October 25, 2016

Here is the homework for tonight:

• if you haven't completed your self-evaluation document, please do so and share it with me
• ENGL140 Reading 1-1a: Contrasts Between Chinese and Western Medicine - Exercise 6 & 7 only - please share with me once completed
• Week One - Success - TED Talks - please share with me once completed
• ENGL140 Listening 1-1b: Contrasts Between Chinese and Western Medicine - Exercise 5 only

Again, welcome to the class, and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask :)

Academic Word List (AWL)

Here is a website for AWL practice:

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/id21.htm

Listening Practice - IELTS

http://ielts-simon.com/ielts-help-and-english-pr/ielts-listening/

MLA formatting website

http://www.easybib.com

Extra Practice - Word Transformations

Here is the link to the online practice mentioned in class:

http://www.flo-joe.com/fce/students/strategy/p3pt3a.htm

Things to work on over the weekend...

• continue research for your group presentation (outline is due 5pm Tuesday September 27) (presentation will be on Friday September 30)
• Animal Farm - Chapters 1-4 Thursday September 29

Housekeeping...

Here are some links to Smrt pages that will help you with various punctuation issues:

• http://www.smrtenglish.com/ccel/lesson/6184 - commas
• http://www.smrtenglish.com/ccel/lesson/7108 - capitalization and end punctuation
• http://www.smrtenglish.com/ccel/lesson/7141 - spacing

Due date for Chapters 1-4 of "Animal Farm" is Friday September 30

• be prepared to discuss each chapter with your group
• make sure you've taken notes on as many as the points listed on http://www.smrtenglish.com/ccel/lesson/3914 as possible

Here are some links to help you practice your listening skills:

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/

http://www.esl-lab.com/

http://www.elllo.org/

http://www.listenaminute.com/

Documentary re: American health care system - Sicko

To be taken with a grain of salt :)

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

Homework for the weekend

- first draft of essay due Tuesday at the latest or Monday evening (so I can check it!)

Homework Thursday September 15

Ok...

• 2-3b Listening - Cloning and Stem Cells (if you haven't finished or completed it - will be checked tomorrow in class)
• outline for Essay 1

You can do this guys!!!! Remember we are in this together ;)

Homework Wednesday September 14

Here we go:

• TEDEd - How Do Nerves Work?
• http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-nerves-work#watch
• watch the video and take notes - either with paper and pen or google docs.
• if you use google docs, please share it with me
• if you use paper and pen - take a picture of it and send it to me :)
• Essay 1 Outline (due on Friday)
• please start researching websites...do not leave all of this until tomorrow night...

Any questions, please email me :)

Homework Tuesday September 13

Here we go:

• Listening 3-3b) (Nerve Cells)
• Exercises 4 & 6 only - please share with me when you have finished, but we will check the answers tomorrow in class.
• 3-2c) Short Story 3
• please finish questions and share with me when you have finished, but we will check the answers in class tomorrow.

Any questions, please email me :)

Homework for Monday September 12

Here is your teeny, tiny amount of homework for tonight ;)

• 3-1c) Listening number 3 only (Engines) - please use the document shared with you (do NOT share the document with me as we'll check it in class tomorrow)
• you can start 3-2c) Short Story if you want...it will be due on Wednesday and reviewed in class so please make sure it is done prior to class on Wednesday

Any questions, please email me :)

Homework for the weekend

Here's the homework for the weekend:

• 2-3b Listening - Cloning and Stem Cells
• 2-3d Listening Skills 7 - Note Taking
• 2-4a Listening Skills 8 - Note Taking

We may check some together on Monday morning, but I will be taking a look at everything this weekend!

Have a great weekend everybody :)

Homework for Thursday September 8

For tonight, technically, there is no homework, but you need to :

• prepare for your presentation
• outline?
• notes?
• 5 Qs (4 factual, 1 open)
• review vocabulary/concepts for quiz
• Reading - Cell phones  (10Qs)
• Listening - Cell phones (16Qs) (audio about 6 mins)
• Writing - summarize points from reading and listening (25 mins)

Homework Wednesday September 7

Here is your homework for tonight:

• outline for your presentation on Friday - 2-4c) Presentation 1
• 2-1c Listening Skills 5 - Note Taking

Please share both documents with me upon completion.

Happy Homework ;)

Homework for Tuesday September 6

Here is your homework:

• 2-2b Short Story 2 (reading and questions)
• 2-3a Reading (exercise 1 & 2 - ONLY)
• 2-3b Listening (exercise 1 & 2 - ONLY)
• Listening 2-1b (exercise 6 ONLY)

Please share ALL documents when you have finished them :)

Homework for the long weekend...

Here is your homework for the long weekend...sorry guys...:(

• 1-4a) Listening Skills - please share the document with me
• 1-2c) Short Story - please share the document with me
• finish 1-3c) if you haven't already - you don't need to share this with me as I already have it from this morning
• ...and try to have some fun :)

See you on Tuesday and thanks for a great first week!!!

Homework Thursday September 1

Here is your homework for tonight:

• finish Listening 1-3b) - excercise 4 & 6
• review vocabulary/concepts for quiz tomorrow 

Any questions, please email me :)

Smrt 140 Homework Wednesday August 31

Here is your homework for tonight:

• 1-2b) writing skills (exercise - only 2 websites)
• prepare introduction for presentation

Smrt 140 Homework - Tuesday August 30

Here is your homework for tonight:

• Reading 1-1a) Exercise 6
• Listening 1-1b) Exercise 5 & 6
• http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/word-forms.html (includes 3 practice exercises - parts of speech)

Make sure you're ready to discuss both tomorrow in class :) If you have any questions, please email me!

AWL practice & IELTS Practice

Here is a general website for test preparation:

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/ielts.php

Here is a website for AWL practice:

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/id21.htm

Listening Websites

Here are some links to help you practice your listening skills:

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/

http://www.esl-lab.com/

http://www.elllo.org/

http://www.listenaminute.com/

Inversion - part 2

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adv_frequency.html

Inversion - part 1

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/9-6.html

More practice with connection

Here is the link for more practice with connecting expressions and phrases.

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/connectsum.html

You'll see that the page is actually divided into 4 sections:
 - coordinators
 - subordinators
 - adjunct prepositions
 - connector practices

In class today, we are focusing on the first 3.

AWL practice website

Here is the link for practice with the Academic Word List.  Remember, Sublists 1-3 are the most common (180 words).

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/

If you have any questions, please ask :)

IELTS link

Unit Seven International Sporting Events Gap Fill Essay

Fear of Flying video

Here is the video we saw today in class!  Please feel free to share it with family and friends!

https://vimeo.com/46141955

Have a great weekend!  And thanks for all the laughs today!  You guys are a great class!