Week of January 25-29, 2021

Hello Students,

I trust that the skill using activities helped you prepare for the assessments this week.

Read below for activities for each section.  


READING & WRITING

Reading: 

Assessment Instructions: 
Choose ONE of the following options:
You can answer the questions online (computer/phone/tablet)  

OR

 
you can answer the questions on a piece of paper, take a picture and e-mail it to me at: ccorrea@themcc.com

Click here -> READING ASSESSMENT

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Writing:  

Assessment Instructions:
Using the instructions given the previous week, write ONE PARAGRAPH about two goals/resolutions you have for 2021. 
- Think of what, when, where, who (with), how (you plan to achieve these goals).
- Include a minimum of 6 sentences in ONE paragraph that presents your ideas. 
- Make sure you use proper spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.
You need to write your paragraph on a piece of paper, take a picture and e-mail it to me at: ccorrea@themcc.com

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LISTENING & SPEAKING

Listening: 

Assessment Instructions: 
Choose ONE of the following options:

You can answer the questions online (computer/phone)  

OR 

You can answer the questions on a piece of paper, take a picture and e-mail it to me at: ccorrea@themcc.com

Click here -> LISTENING ASSESSMENT

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Speaking:
Assessment Instructions:
1. Schedule an appointment with your teacher to do the assessment. 
Select your choice until you see the message: "Your response has been recorded" (Press the SUBMIT button)
OPEN SCHEDULING PAGE

2. Prepare for the assessment by getting ready to have a conversation with your teacher. Some are personal information questions about you. The other ones will be about your personal goals for 2021. You can prepare for it by reviewing the material studied in class in the past two weeks.

Week of January 18-22, 2021

 Hello students,

I hope you are enjoying our mild winter. Other parts of Canada have had much colder temperatures and much more snow since last year. We are lucky to have this kind of weather AND live in Canada.

We had a week of exploration of New Year resolutions. Thank you for the responses, written and spoken! I hope you also had a chance to run through the grammar review exercises on the future tense (be going to) and the present perfect (have + past participle). 

This week you can run some skill-using exercises to prepare for our first set of assessments. 

READING & WRITING STUDENTS

- Watch this lesson: VIDEO

- Open this DOCUMENT and do the activities.

- Run the activities on this PAGE (Reading)

LISTENING & SPEAKING STUDENTS

- Watch this lesson: VIDEO

- Open this DOCUMENT and do the activities. (Speaking)

- Run the activities on this PAGE (Listening)

- A Listening game on New Year's Resolutions: LINK

Week of January 11-15, 2021

Hello students,

Thank you for filling out the Needs Assessment and Goal Setting survey. It provided me with ideas about what you wish to learn about this three-month session.

Our topic for the first month of school is actually the New Year. I thought it would be a good idea for you as students to work on something that, although it may seem to be going fast for some, you can all reflect on the previous year and also work on working towards achieving your own personal goals for the new year. This will hopefully help you find focus and motivation for your studies.

Please begin by watching the introductory video for this unit.

VIDEO - Introduction to New Theme

Open this file:

- New Vocabulary + Questions (Questions about breaking bad habits)

R&W Students: Write answers to the questions on a page, take a picture, and e-mail them to your teacher.

L&S Students: Record a voice message with answers to the questions and e-mail it to your teacher.

Go through these Review & Exercise Pages (DO NOT SEND ANSWERS TO YOUR TEACHER FOR THESE):

- Simple Future - "To Be Going To"

- Expressing the Future - Various Forms

Review Activities - Week of January 4-8, 2021

Hello again,

I hope you did not have problems with the needs assessment (the survey you filled out). If you have not done so yet, please do. I am still waiting for some students to complete that task.

In the meantime (while I wait), I would like you to do a bit of work to start the semester.

READING & WRITING STUDENTS

- Here are some grammar activities that will allow you to review various themes you should know before entering CLB 5:Review Activities

- Please write on paper a paragraph about how you feel about returning back to online classes in 2021 and about any concerns you may have. When finished, take a picture and e-mail it to me at ccorrea@themcc.com.

LISTENING & SPEAKING STUDENTS

- Here are some listening activities that will allow you to practice listening on themes that will hopefully be familiar to you: Listening Activities

Please record a voice message on how you feel about returning back to online classes in 2021 and about any concerns you may have. When finished, e-mail it to me at ccorrea@themcc.com.

OPTIONAL:
- Here are some grammar activities that will allow you to review various themes you should know before entering CLB 5:Review Activities

Hello students!

Happy 2021! I trust you found enough time to rest, meet with loved ones (online, probably), and celebrate the end of 2020.

I also wanted to welcome you back to school after our short break! We will use this Blog as the place where you will find lessons and exercises for our classes (Reading & Writing - Listening & Speaking). I hope you will find it simple enough to access them. 

 

To start this session, I ask that you please complete the following form based on the class you are in:

- Reading & Writing Students: CLICK HERE

- Listening & Speaking Students: CLICK HERE

 

I will post more lessons/activities later this week. Please check this blog (page) during the week to find out about new things for you to do.

If you need to contact me, use my email: ccorrea@themcc.com 

I hope to have a good session with all of you this fall.

Sincerely,

Teacher Carlos