Friday, December 1 and Dec 8 2023

 

Morning Class (Reading/Writing)

Looking for activities this month? Check out this guide 👉 Windsor Essex Christmas Guide . You can also click on Events and then "All Events" on top of the page to find more activities.

1. Please do the following exercises to practice on the simple past vs. the past continuous. 

    👉 Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3

2. Read this article to give you more information about Cindy Lee and the birth of T&T Supermarkets   👉Cindy Lee's new book. You can also listen to the audio if you like.

3. Study and read this grammar explanation about used to/didn't used to 👉 Used to/ Didn't use to

4. Do these exercises using used to/didn't use to. There are 3 exercises on the top right-hand corner of the page. After you do Exercise 1, please click on 2 and then 3. 👉 Used to/ Didn't use to exercises

**You can also watch the videos (under number 1) below for some job search tips.

Afternoon Class (Speaking/Listening)

Looking for activities this month? Check out this guide 👉 Windsor Essex Christmas Guide . You can also click on Events and then "All Events" on top of the page to find more activities.

1. Watch the following videos about tips on looking for work:

    👉 How to Make a Good First Impression

    👉 Job Search Tips for Newcomers

    👉 Appropriate or not?

2. Listen to the audio to give you more information about Cindy Lee and the birth of T&T Supermarkets   👉Cindy Lee's new book. 

3. Listen and answer the questions 👉 What are their jobs?

4. There are 5 listening exercises on this page. When you finish one exercise, scroll down and do the next one. Answer the questions in the exercises. Work and Jobs listening exercises

November 24, 2023

AM Class (Reading/Writing)

1. Read the information about Black Friday and Cyber Monday in different countries. 👉 Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday

2. Hear are important tips on how to write a resume:

    👉 How to Write a Canadian Resume

    👉 Resume and Interview Tips for Newcomers

    👉 Tips to Help You Find a Job in Canada

3. Practice with the simple past tense

    👉 Simple past tense structures

    👉 Simple past 2

 4. Click on  more exercises at the top right-hand side of the page 👉 Simple past tense exercises

PM Class (Speaking/Listening)

1. What does Black Friday mean? Watch the video. 👉 The Real Story of Black Friday

2. What's the difference between Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday

3. Learn how to use the simple past tense.

    👉Simple past structures

    👉  Past simple

4. Watch and do the 2 video exercises 👉 Simple past exercises

    

Friday, November 10, 2023

Remembrance Day is Saturday, November 11. Please join in two minutes of silence at 11 AM.

MCC is open on Monday, November 13. 

*We have classes on Monday.

**Windsor-Essex ESINC (Emergency Services Introduction to New Canadians) 

is on Thursday, November 16.

AM Class (Reading/ Writing)

1. Take a look at the City of Windsor's Remembrance Day program. 👉 Windsor Remembrance Day 2023. This is the website you need for your reading and writing assignment. Please check you email for your worksheet.

2. Here's what's open and closed for Windsor services on Remembrance Day and Monday 👉 City Windsor Remembrance Day hours 

3. Are you wondering if Remembrance Day is a holiday in Ontario? Read the article 👉 Is Remembrance Day a stat holiday? 

4. Please review 👉 Simple present tense: use and spelling 

5. Practice with the simple present tense. There are 8 sets of exercises on this link. 👉 Simple present tense exercises

PM Class (Listening/Speaking)

1. Watch the video and listen to the interview. 👉Remembrance Day: The Importance of Education. This is the video you need for your listening assignment. Please check your email for your worksheet.

2. Why do people wear poppies before and on Remembrance Day? Watch the videos and find out. 👉 The Significance of Wearing a Poppy   👉 The Poppy: Symbol of Remembrance

3. Please watch this video again on how to use the simple present tense. Listen carefully to the information around 3:10. 👉How to write and how to use the simple present

 

Friday, November 3rd 2023

 

Daylight Saving Time: Set your clocks one hour back on Sunday, November 5th(or before you go to bed on Saturday, Nov 4th)

remembrance day: Saturday, November 11, 2023

AM Class (Reading/Writing)

1. Read the article about Daylight Saving Time. Please send me your answers by 5 PM today. 👉 Time to Fall Back

2. Read the information about using the simple present tense. 👉 Simple present tense

 3. How do you write simple present positive and negative sentences, and simple present questions? Don't forget to do the exercises.  👉 Simple present questions, positive/negative sentences

4. More information on how to use the simple present. 👉 Simple present vs. present continuous

 5. Practice: simple present or present continuous?  

                    👉 Exercise 1

                    👉 Exercise 2

                    👉 Exercise 3

PM Class (Listening/Speaking)

1. Watch the first video and the second video in the article. Listen to the information. Send me your answers by 5 PM today. 👉 Why do we observe Daylight Saving Time/Negative Effects of DST

2. Watch the video for more information on Daylight Saving Time. 👉 DST Canada

3. Learn about the simple present tense and how to use it in this video. Pay attention to the examples. 👉 Present Simple Learn English

4. Watch the video and do the listening quiz. 👉 Simple present listening practice

Friday, October 13, 2023

 

MCC's Health and Wellness Expo will be on Thursday, October 19th

Ciociaro Club of Windsor

* Both MCC's morning and afternoon students will go to the Ciociaro in the morning *

** We will have afternoon classes on Oct 19th **

AM Class (Reading/Writing)

1. Your Reading assignment has been sent. Please check your email and send your answers to me. This is the article that goes with the questions: 👉How Gratitude Can Help Your Health

2. Take a look at the list of verbs that are commonly followed by gerunds or infinitives. Study the examples and do-re-do the exercises. 

    👉What is a gerund? What is an infinitive?

    👉Adjective+ preposition+ gerund

    👉Noun+ preposition+ gerund

PM Class (Listening/Speaking)

Very good practice with phrases that express gratitude, agreement and disagreement so far. We will continue to practice in class to prepare you for the Expo and your assessments next week. 

Watch these videos:

👉 Health and Wellness Expo 2022

👉 Gratitude is good for you

👉 Benefits of Gratitude

October 6, 2023

 

🙏🍎🌾HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!🍂🍁💝

MCC is closed on Monday, October 9th for the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Enjoy the long weekend and see you on Tuesday, October 10th!

AM Class (Reading/Writing)

I really enjoyed your sentences of gratitude this week. Please read the following articles about expressing gratitude. You may also watch the videos below.

1. 👉How to Express Gratitude

2.  👉How Gratitude Can Help Your Health

Grammar:

You can find a lot of exercise and practice 👉here on Gerunds and Infinitives.

PM Class (Listening/Speaking)

Practice listening with these videos:

1. Start watching the video at 0:28 👉 Facts about Canadian Thanksgiving

2. Listen and read along 👉 Thanksgiving Vocabulary

3. Why should you be thankful or grateful? 👉 Why Gratitude is Good for You

September 29, 2023

 

To those who are interested, here is the schedule for Orange Shirt Day activities at AWE. There is also a walk along Riverside Drive (Riverside and Bruce) starting at 12:30 PM. Wear your orange shirts (or something orange) if you decide to join.

Reminder: MCC will be closed on Monday, October 2nd. 

See you on Tuesday, October 3rd.

Morning Class (Reading/ Writing)

1. Read the article about what's open and closed for the holiday weekend. 👉What's Open/Closed for the NDTR weekend 

2. Read the article about this morning's activity at City Hall to commemorate survivors of residential schools and those who didn't make it home. 👉Windsor-Essex raises awareness for NDTR

3. Here are activities happening in Windsor this weekend. 👉City of Windsor NDTR

4. Grammar practice

    👉1

    👉2 (Scroll down and complete the sentences.)

    👉3

    👉4 (Click "with timer" or "without timer" first. After that, you can do the exercise.)

Afternoon Class (Listening/Speaking)

Here are some videos you can practice listening to:

👉 What is Reconciliation?

👉 Orange Shirt Day Presentation

👉 Remembering the Children

👉 Adjectives 1

👉 Adjectives 2

Friday, September 15, 2023

 

Morning Class (Reading/Writing)

1. Read the text and answer the questions. 👉A Great Vacation

2. Look up the meanings of the words on the right (in gray). Drag the correct words into the blue spaces. Check your answers in the end. 👉 The Benefits and Disadvantages of a Summer Job

3. Write the simple past tense in the boxes. Check your results after. 👉 Simple Past exercise

4. I hope you can come out and participate in Open Streets Windsor on Sunday, September 27 between 10 AM and 2 PM. 👉 Open Streets Windsor 2023   👉 Open Streets Windsor map and activities

Afternoon Class (Listening/Speaking)

1. Listen and click on the correct response. 👉 How was Your Summer Vacation?

2. Watch the video. Listen to some formal and informal greetings in English. There's a quiz in the end (6:12)! 👉 Greetings in English

3. Here's a lesson on informal greetings and responses. 👉Useful English Greetings and Responses

4. 4. I hope you can come out and participate in Open Streets Windsor on Sunday, September 27 between 10 AM and 2 PM. 👉 Open Streets Windsor 2023   👉 Open Streets Windsor map and activities

June 2023

 

Dear morning and afternoon students, 

    This is the last post for the school year. Please check the links below and I hope that they are useful for you over the summer months.

1. Keep checking this site periodically because they keep adding other events/festivals to it. 

    👉 Windsor-Essex Summer Festival Guide 2023

    👉 Tourism Windsor-Essex Summer Festivals and Events Guide

2. As we have discussed in class, the Windsor Public Library branches have tons of programs for people of any age this summer. Please note that they have English conversation available online or in-person. When you are in the website, click on 'All Months' at the top of the page, then click 'July' or 'August' so you can see what's happening in these months.

    👉 Windsor Public Library events calendar

3. If you haven't already, send a friend request to MCC Community Connections on Facebook so that you can see updates and posts on their summer programs, field trips and other summer activities.

4. For those who are interested in preparing for the Canadian Citizenship Test, here's a website that can help you.

    👉 Canadian Citizenship Test study guide and quizzes

I wish you all a safe and fantastic summer break!🌞🍍🍉🌻🌼🌴🦋🌈🏖 😎 Fall classes begin on Monday, September 11.

Take care,

Teacher Ninia✌

May 23 - 26, 2023

 

Citizenship Week: May 22 to 28, 2023

Every year, we take a week to celebrate the rights and responsibilities shared by all Canadian citizens. During Citizenship Week, Canadians across the country and around the world show their pride in their history, culture, achievements and shared citizenship.

👉 How can you take part in Citizenship Week?

AM Class (Reading/Writing)

    Based on what we've discussed in class, please take a look at these websites to find out about different jobs, job requirements, and salaries in different regions in Canada.

1. Do you have the skills you need to for the job you are applying for? Learn examples of hard skills and soft skills. Read the information and the examples. 👉Hard skills vs. Soft skills

2. A. What did you do back home? Find that job in the NOC and look at similar positions you can apply for, skills, and job/education requirements in Canada for this job. 👉NOC

    B. What job would you like to have in Windsor or in Canada? Find that job in the NOC and look at the skills, duties, and job/education requirements. 👉NOC

3. Compare the wages in different areas in Canada and Ontario for the jobs you are interested in for 2A. and 2B. Which province has the highest pay? Which region in Ontario has the highest/lowest pay?    👉Wages Across Canada

PM Class (Listening/Speaking)

1. Watch and listen to the information. 👉Hard skills vs. Soft skills 

    Answer these questions:

    a. What does hard skills mean? Give examples from the video.

    b. What does soft skills mean? Give examples from the video.

    c. Why do you need to be careful of the skills you put in your resume?

2. Listen to these conversations with more idioms about work. There are 6 short conversations. Click "GO" for each one and then click play () at the bottom to hear the whole conversation. 👉Workplace Dialogues  Which ones do you think are the idioms? Write them down.

3. These are the work-related idioms that we studied in class this week. Watch, listen and read the information again to review them. 👉15 Work-related Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

May 12, 2023

 

🌷🌹 💓 💕 💖 💗 💝 🌹🌷

Wishing you all a lovely weekend, especially the moms and the wonderful caregivers. 

Please continue to study the simple past tense (positive and negative sentences), injuries and body parts for your assessments next week. Click on the links below for more practice.

AM Class:

1. Read the information and the examples. 👉Simple past tense structures

2. Review the information and examples. 👉Simple past tense 2 

3. Simple Past exercises: 👉Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Verb to BE (present or past?)

4. Watch these parts- 1:07 to 1:20, 1:29-1:37, 2:00-2:04, 2:05-2:13, and 4:06-4:17. What happened?  👉Examples of incidents at work

PM Class:

1. Watch and listen to the information in the videos about using the simple past tense. 

    👉 The Simple Past

    👉Simple Past 2

2. Watch these parts- 1:07 to 1:20, 1:29-1:37, 2:00-2:04, 2:05-2:13, and 4:06-4:17. What happened?  👉Examples of incidents at work

May 1st - May 5th, 2023

 

WELCOME to the month of MAY, everyone!!!

We've started a new unit on Health. Here are some some links to help you practice and help you describe or report incidents.

AM Class: 

1. Read the information and the examples. 👉Simple past tense structures

2. Review the information and examples. 👉Simple past tense 2 

3. Simple Past exercises: 👉Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Verb to BE (present or past?)

4. Should you go to emergency, call 911 or see your doctor? 👉Emergency wait times in Windsor

5. Read the information about common workplace accidents and injuries. 👉Preventable Workplace Accidents

 6.  Watch the video and learn about how to describe injuries 👉Accidents and Injuries

PM Class: 

1. Watch and listen to the information in the videos about using the simple past tense. 

    👉 The Simple Past

    👉Simple Past 2

2. Watch the video and learn about how to describe injuries 

    👉Accidents and Injuries

    👉 Accidents and Injuries 2

    👉 Injuries and a first aid kit (start from 1:00)

    

WEEKS 11 and 12: March 20-24; 27-31, 2023

 

Hello everyone,

It is springtime which also means that it's tax season! Thank you participating in the information sessions and asking great questions (written and spoken) about Filing Your Income Tax Returns. Special thanks to Jennifer and Indra from the OS Team for sharing the information with us.

This week, we're going to follow up and review some of that information.

AM and PM students, please click on the following links for some grammar and listening practice.

A. Grammar: Conditional Sentences Types 1 and 2 ONLY

    👉 Read the explanations and the examples. Make you sure you do the test at the bottom when             you're done reading. What's the difference between Conditional I and II?

    👉 Conditional I and II exercises

    👉 TEST Conditional 1 and 2

B. 1. Review the information about filing your taxes in Canada.

    👉 Get Ready to Do Your Taxes

    👉 Free Tax Clinics

    2. Watch the following videos:

    👉 What is CVITP?

    👉  What happens in volunteer tax clinics?

    👉 Collette's Story

   reminders:

ONLINE ONLY classes this week (March 27-31)for both in-person and online students! See you on Zoom. Check your email for links and attachments.

Spring semester starts Monday, April 3rd, 2023.

In-person classes only in the new semester (no more online classes).

WEEKS 9 and 10: March 6-10; March 13-17, 2023

 

NO CLASSES: March 13-17, 2023

For March Break activities that you and your families can enjoy: 

👉 March Break 2023 Windsor-Essex Activity Guide

👉 March Break Guide 2023

👉 Windsor Public Library March Break activities

AM Class (Reading/ Writing):

Here's some more practice for indirect questions. Your writing assessment is on Wednesday, March 22nd (in-person) and Friday, March 24th (online). Please check you email for homework.

1. Read and review the information. Take note of additional phrases used for indirect questions. 👉 Indirect Questions for ESL

2. Review the sentence structure and do the exercises. 

    👉 Review and practice indirect questions

    👉 Practice writing indirect questions

3. Embedded questions are identical to indirect questions. Read the information on this page and take notes of additional phrases that you can use for indirect questions. Don't forget to do the exercises at the bottom of the page. 👉 Embedded questions

PM Class (Listening/ Speaking):

Here's some more listening practice. Your listening and speaking assessment is on Wednesday, March 22nd (in-person) and Friday, March 24th (online). Please check you email for homework.

1. Learn about filing your income tax returns. Think about questions that you can ask about filing taxes. Change your questions to indirect questions. Use different indirect phrases. 👉 Doing your taxes

2. Listen to the conversations. Change the customer questions to indirect questions. 👉 Asking for Help

3. Listen to the conversation. Ask indirect questions questions for Anita. 👉 Personal Finances

Enjoy the March Break! See you on March 20th (online) and March 21st (in-person).

important dates:

March 30th -  last day of Winter semester (in-person)

March 31st - last day of Winter semester (online)

April 3rd- Spring semester starts (online)

April 4th- Spring semester (in-person)

WEEK 8: February 27 - March 3, 2023

Hello students!

We will be exploring  new activities this week. When it comes to asking questions, there is another way to do it. They are called indirect questions. 

Click on the links below and read the explanations on how to use indirect questions. Follow the examples on how to change direct questions to indirect questions. Practice with the exercises in the links. 

Please check your email for homework sheets and instructions.

AM Class (Reading/ Writing):

1. Read the information on the page. 👉What is an indirect question?

2. Take a look at the examples and do the exercises at the bottom of the page. 👉How to change direct questions to indirect 

3. More practice:

    👉Indirect questions 1

    👉Indirect questions 2

    👉Indirect questions 3

* For more information, examples and practice, watch the videos and listen to the audio exercises in the PM section.

PM Class (Listening/Speaking):

1. Watch the video. Pay attention to the information and the examples. 👉Direct vs. indirect questions

2. Read the information while listening to the audio. 👉What is an indirect question?

3. Listening exercises: Click on the pictures for #3 and #4 then play the audio . 👉Listening practice with sheets

* *For more information, examples and practice, do the exercises in the AM section.

Important Dates:

Wednesday, March 8th: International Women's Day!

Friday, March 10th: PBLA Day [No Classes]

Sunday, March 12th: Daylight Saving Time starts (one hour ahead)

March 13-17th: MARCH BREAK! [No Classes]

Monday, April 3rd: Spring semester starts

WEEK 7: February 21 - 24, 2023

 

AM Class (Reading/ Writing):

Please continue to practice with the guide questions emailed you for your assessment.

1. Click on any of the books to find out about the author, a short description of the book, where you can borrow it and if there are any books available to check out. 👉Windsor Public Library Black History Month resources

2. Take a look at the Windsor Public Library's calendar or events and programs for the month of February. 👉WPL Calendar

Wednesday, Feb 22nd - AM Reading assessment (in-person)

Friday, February 24th - Reading assessment (online)

PM Class (Listening/ Speaking):

Please make sure that you are familiar with the vocabulary that we've studied about library services and the Black History Month videos for your assessments.

 1.Watch and listen to the information for videos number 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. 👉Black Figures in Canadian History

2. Watch the last video from the Windsor Public Library about Mary Ann Shadd 👉Mary Ann Shadd

Wednesday, Feb 22nd - PM Listening assessment (in-person)

Friday, Feb 24th - PM Listening assessment (online)

WEEK 6: February 13 - 17, 2023

 

Dear students,

First, I wish you all a very HAPPY  VALENTINE'S  DAY! May love be in your hearts and lives despite the challenges we face.💗 💟 💖

Next, please take a look at the new grammar practice this week. We're going to compare the simple past to the present perfect. We will continue to take a look at the library resources available for Black History Month.

AM Class (Reading/ Writing):

1. Read about the difference between the simple past and the present perfect tenses. Look at the examples provided for each tense. After reading, practice with the exercises at the bottom of the page (no need to submit the answers to me). 👉 Simple past vs. present perfect

2. More practice (no need to submit the answers to me). 

    👉Simple past vs. present perfect practice 2

    👉Simple past vs. present perfect practice 3

3. Click on any of the books to find out about the author, a short description of the book, where you can borrow it and if there are any books available to check out. 👉Windsor Public Library Black History Month resources

4. Take a look at the Windsor Public Library's calendar or events and programs for the month of February. 👉WPL Calendar

PM Class (Listening/ Speaking):

1. Watch and listen to the videos about the differences between the simple past and the present perfect tenses. 

    👉Simple past vs. the present perfect 1

    👉Simple past vs. the present perfect 2

    👉Simple past vs. the present perfect 3

2. Listen and learn about the history of Valentine's Day. 👉The History of Valentine's Day

3. Watch the video and learn about Windsor Public Library's Local History Branch. 👉WPL Local History Branch

4. Watch and listen to the information for videos number 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. 👉Black Figures in Canadian History

5. Watch the last video from the Windsor Public Library about Mary Ann Shadd 👉Mary Ann Shadd

important dates : Read carefully!

Thursday, February 16th - Income Tax Clinic Information 9:30 AM

Thursday, February 16th - Teachers' meeting (NO afternoon classes)

Friday, February 17th - PBLA Day (NO online classes)

Monday, February 20th - Family Day holiday (NO classes)

Tuesday, February 21st - Speaker: St Michael's Adult High School 11:30-12:30 PM (in-person)

Wednesday, Feb 22nd - AM and PM assessments (in-person)

Friday, Feb 24th - AM and PM assessments (online)

WEEKS 4 and 5: Jan 30 - Feb 3; February 6-10, 2023

 

February is Black History Month

"Every February, people across Canada participate in Black History Month events and festivities that honour the legacy of Black people in Canada and their communities.

The 2023 theme for Black History Month is: “Ours to Tell”. This theme represents both an opportunity to engage in open dialogue and a commitment to learning more about the stories Black communities in Canada have to tell about their histories, successes, sacrifices and triumphs.

No matter where you live, we invite all Canadians to learn more about these communities, and how they continue to help shape Canadian history." - https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/black-history-month.html

Hello Students!

I am looking forward to starting a new unit with you this week - Community/Community Services and Canadian History. Please take a look at the resources and links below to help you study and practice. Make sure that you check your inboxes regularly for worksheets, instructions and additional information.

AM Class (Reading/ Writing) 👇

1. Click on #1, #2, #3 and #4. Read the rules for using the simple present tense. 👉 The simple present tense

2. Practice with these exercises. 👉Simple present tense exercises (No need to submit these to me.)

3. Read the rules for using the present perfect tense. 👉The present perfect

4. Practice using the present perfect tense.  Click Exercises 01, 02, 03, and 04. 👉 Present perfect tense exercises (No need to submit these to me.)

5. Click on any of the books to find out about the author, a short description of the book, where you can borrow it and if there are any books available to check out. 👉Windsor Public Library Black History Month resources

6. Take a look at the Windsor Public Library's calendar or events and programs for the month of February. 👉WPL Calendar

PM Class (Speaking/ Listening) 👇

1. Watch these videos on how to use the simple present tense.

    👉Simple present tense 1

    👉Simple present 2

2. Watch these videos on how to use the present perfect tense.

    👉The present perfect 1

    👉The present perfect 2

3. Study the vocabulary on this page. Listen to the library tour and answer the questions.      👉Listening and vocabulary: Library Tour

4. Watch and listen to the information for videos number 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. 👉Black Figures in Canadian History

5. Watch the last video from the Windsor Public Library about Mary Ann Shadd 👉Mary Ann Shadd