WEEK 5: January 31 - February 4, 2022

❄ ❅ F E B R U A R Y ❅ ❆

- the bridge between winter and spring

Hello Students!

I hope that you are all ready to welcome a new month with new lessons and new opportunities to learn.

This week, we are doing your assessments for both AM and PM classes:

👉 Reading and Writing - Thursday, February 3rd at 10 AM

👉 Listening and Speaking - Wednesday, February 2nd at 1 PM

Please continue to review the information that we've taken up about Banking and Finances. For grammar, review and practice the simple present tense (AM) and phrases for indirect questions/ requests (PM).

Here are some links that can help you review the vocabulary, information and grammar that we've studied so far.

AM Class 👇

1.  present-simple (perfect-english-grammar.com)

2.  Present Simple Exercise 3 (perfect-english-grammar.com)

  Present Simple Exercise 4 (perfect-english-grammar.com)

3. Present Simple Exercise 1 (perfect-english-grammar.com)

 Present Simple Exercise 2 (perfect-english-grammar.com)

4. Present Simple Exercise 11 (perfect-english-grammar.com)

Present Simple Exercise 10 (perfect-english-grammar.com)

5. Present Simple Use (perfect-english-grammar.com)

English Grammar Exercises and Quizzes (perfect-english-grammar.com)

6. Vocabulary: Opening a Bank Account (CLB4) (settlement.org)

7. Read the information:  Online banking - Canada.ca

8.  Chequing Accounts: Open a Chequing Account Online Easily - BMO

        Savings Accounts - Open Savings Account Online - BMO

  9.  Open a Chequing Account Online | Chequing Accounts | TD Canada Trust

        TD Savings Accounts | TD Canada Trust

        Bank Account Interest Rates | TD Canada Trust

    10. Chequing Accounts - Personal Banking - RBC Royal Bank

        Savings Accounts - Personal Banking - RBC Royal Bank

PM Class 👇

1. banksvocabmatching.doc (live.com)

2. Real English Vocabulary: At the BANK - YouTube

3. Vocabulary:  Banking: Saving Money - YouTube 

4. Bank vocabulary and conversations: At the Bank - English Conversation - YouTube

4. Using indirect questions: Indirect questions - English ESL video lesson (islcollective.com)

5. More on indirect questions: Indirect questions (or embedded questions) - for when you need to be polite - YouTube

Good luck with reviewing the information and practicing the sentences. See you on Zoom!👀😍😃

Teacher Ninia

WEEK 4: January 24-28, 2022

 

Hello students!

This week, we're going to continue with Banking and Finances. So far, practice has been good in class and with your homework. Please continue to come to class and visit the blog for exercises. We are going to have your assessments next week.

Here are some additional links that can give you more information and practice about our topic. We will discuss some more of this information in class this week. Also, make sure you check your inboxes regularly for extra homework sheets.

Reading/ Writing class: 👇

A.    1. Read the information:  Online banking - Canada.ca 

        2. Multiple choice:  Money Language Quiz for English Learners (thoughtco.com)

B. Compare the chequing and savings accounts in the following banks:

    1. Chequing Accounts: Open a Chequing Account Online Easily - BMO

        Savings Accounts - Open Savings Account Online - BMO

    2. Open a Chequing Account Online | Chequing Accounts | TD Canada Trust

        TD Savings Accounts | TD Canada Trust

    3. Chequing Accounts - Personal Banking - RBC Royal Bank

        Savings Accounts - Personal Banking - RBC Royal Bank

Speaking/ Listening class: 👇

A.    1. Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks:  Opening up a Bank Account (CLB3) (settlement.org)

        2. Listen and answer the questions: Spending Money - Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (esl-lab.com)

        3. Listen and pay attention to the vocabulary: Banking: Saving Money - YouTube

B. Making requests and using indirect questions: 

        1. Watch the video and practice the phrases:  Indirect questions - English ESL video lesson (islcollective.com)

        2. Watch the video and practice more phrases with indirect questions:  Indirect questions (or embedded questions) - for when you need to be polite - YouTube

        3. Watch the video and practice the phrases:  Indirect Questions - 6 Minute Grammar - YouTube

Looking forward to seeing you on Zoom.😍

Teacher Ninia

WEEK 3: January 17 - 21, 2022

 

Hello Students! 

Thank you for clarifying your  answers in your Needs Assessments/ Goal Setting sheets and giving me some ideas on what information you would like to receive in class.

We are going to start a new topic this week- Banking and Finances. Please take a look at the links below to begin practicing with vocabulary, phrases, listening and speaking. We will be discussing the information and using these links in our Zoom class. Remember to please check your email for additional worksheets and assignments.

👉 Reading/ Writing: 

1. present-simple (perfect-english-grammar.com)

2. Present Simple Exercise 16 (perfect-english-grammar.com)

3. On your own, please look up the definitions of the words or phrases. banksvocabmatching.doc (live.com)

4. On your own, please look up the definitions of the words or phrases. banksfillinblanks.doc (live.com)

5. On your own, please look up the definitions of the words or phrases. Opening a Bank Account (CLB4) (settlement.org)

6.  On your own, please look up the definitions of the words or phrases. Money Language Quiz for English Learners (thoughtco.com)

7. Online banking - Canada.ca

👉Listening/ Speaking:

1. present-simple (perfect-english-grammar.com)

2.  Present Simple Exercise 16 (perfect-english-grammar.com)

3. Banking Services - Vocab - Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (esl-lab.com)

4. Real English Vocabulary: At the BANK - YouTube

5. At the Bank - English Conversation - YouTube

The above links are good for both AM and PM students. If you have time and would like to open the other links for extra practice, please go ahead. 

See you on Zoom! 

Stay safe and healthy, 😷🙏

Teacher Ninia

WEEK 1 and 2: January 4 - 7; January 9-14, 2022

Hello students!

Welcome to 2022 and welcome to the winter session! I hope that you all enjoyed your break and the holidays.

Just like before, will use this Blog as the place where you will find lessons and exercises for our classes (Reading & Writing - Listening & Speaking). Please visit the blog every week to check information, instructions and lessons. Also, check your email regularly for additional worksheets. 

We will be holding our morning and afternoon classes on Zoom. Please check your email for the link, days and time.

I. In order to plan our lessons this session, I need to know what topics you are interested in. Please click on the link and complete the Needs Assessment and Goal-Setting forms below. If you are full-time (morning AND afternoon student), please do BOTH.

Reading/ Writing (AM)       👉 Needs Assessment and Goal Setting

Listening/Speaking (PM)   👉 Needs Assessment and Goal-Setting

II. Here are important links to help you understand the competencies for CLB 5:

• CLB 5 CAN DO Statements- Canadian Language Benchmark Can Do Statements (ecala.org)
• Language Companion- PBLALanguage Companion, CLB 5-8.pdf (7oaks.org)

III. Unfortunately, we are still in the middle of the pandemic and many of you might have heard of the latest restrictions that were announced by Premier Doug Ford. Please read the article and watch the video to review or familiarize yourselves with those restrictions.

AM Class: Ontario moves schools to online learning, bans indoor dining and issues new COVID capacity restrictions (msn.com)

PM Class: Ontario introduces restrictions to 'blunt' Omicron impact | CBC.ca

Important links:

Vaccine Information (different languages) - COVID VACCINE GUIDES (MULTILINGUAL) > Multicultural Council of Windsor & Essex County (themcc.com)

How to Book Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments- How to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment (ontario.ca)

IV. Lastly, here are the dates where we don't have classes this semester:

SCHOOL BEGINS on TUESDAY, January 4th, 2022

Thursday afternoon (January 13, 2022)

Friday, January 14, 2022

FEBRUARY 2022

Thursday afternoon (February 17, 2022)

Friday, February 18, 2022

Monday, February 21, 2022 (Family Day)

MARCH

Thursday afternoon (March 10, 2022)

Friday, March 11, 2022

March Break WEEK – March 14 – 18, 2022

APRIL

Thursday afternoon (April 7, 2022)

Friday, April 8, 2022

Friday, April 15, 2022 (Good Friday)

MAY

Thursday afternoon (May 19, 2022)

Friday, May 20, 2022

VICTORIA DAY – Monday, May 23, 2022

JUNE

Thursday afternoon (June 9, 2022)

Friday, June 10, 2022

Last day of classes June 16, 2022

I look forward to speaking to you soon. Stay safe and try to stay home.😷😊

Teacher Ninia