Canadian Geography Work

Please read this and do the quiz:

https://www.linchomestudy.ca/online/eaonline/CanadianCorner/cr-badlands-questions-e.html

Listen to this and do the quiz:

http://esl.bowvalleycollege.ca/listen/mp3/canada.html

You will be doing a presentation in January about one province or territory in Canada. Please look at this website and read about a province that you might be interested in:

http://us-keepexploring.canada.travel/explore/places-to-go#/exf-view/grid/exf-sortby/recommended

Work in Computer Class Today

Watch this preview for A Christmas Carol and answer the questions to the right of the video:

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning.php?id=3573

Please do these quizzes about Canadian Geography. Do not click on and advertisements please:

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/canada-puzzle.html

https://www.linchomestudy.ca/online/eaonline/CanadianCorner/cct-regions.html

If you finish, you can continue to watch the Canadian Heritage Minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RmhGYRs99o&index=1&list=PL1848FF9428CA9A4A

Also, watch this preview and tell me which movie you want to watch: the Muppet Christmas Carol or Jim Carrey's Christmas Carol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhpu2tq9GG4

Class Christmas Party - Monday, December 15th

I have decided that our class Christmas Party will be Monday, December 15th. I forgot that I am volunteering to clean up at the Upper Room soup kitchen this Friday so I will not be in class in the afternoon. Friday, Dec. 12th will be a regular school day. I will leave work for you to do in the afternoon.

Computer Class Today: Watch Canadian Heritage Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RmhGYRs99o&index=1&list=PL1848FF9428CA9A4A

     Watch these videos. There are 80 so there are too many to watch in one computer class. Post one comment under this commenting on one or more videos you watched. Posts are now open to "Anonymous" users so make sure you write your name after the post. Check the sample post that I have written.

Practice with Conjunctions

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm

Simple Past and Past Continuous Review

Please try these exercises. Write down any questions that you get incorrect to review in class.

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm

Create a quote with PEI Mutual

http://www.peimutual.ca/serv_quote.asp

Use this page to find out how much insurance will cost for your house.

Listening/Speaking Test Schedule

This is the listening and speaking test schedule for Thursday, November 27th:

9:00 - Samad
9:30 - Manju
10:00 - Dan
10:45 - Emily
11:15 - Chun Ying
12:30 - Jun
1:00 - Mohammad

*Everyone passed the reading and writing tests! Congratulations!

The weather for Thursday looks bad. There might be a storm cancellation resulting in no school on Thursday. If this happens, the listening/speaking tests will happen on Friday, November 28th.

For any students not writing the test: there will be regular class on Thursday. Please come in for independent studies in the morning and regular class in the afternoon. If you don't attend class it will be counted as an absence.

Canadian Studies Links

I've already posted this but I'll do it again. This website has many links to other sites with extra work, mostly related to Canadian culture and history. Please follow the links for extra work in vocabulary, reading, listening, grammar or conversation.

http://www2.issbc.org/janis-esl/subtopiccanada.html

Computer Work for Today: Listen to This and Do the Quiz

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_low_intermediate.php?id=18307

New Dictionary

Please visit www.snappywords.com and look up any new words. If you can, please leave a comment at the end of this post telling me if you find this website useful, if you had any problems using it, or what might make it better.

*Important* - Upcoming Dates for Test Week

Friday, November 21st: Student Progress Meetings:

Schedule:
9:30 - Wai Kwan
9:45 - Samad
10:00 - Bao
10:15 - Dan
10:45 - Shu Ying
11:00 - Mahmoud
11:15 - Free
11:30 - Chun Ying
11:45 - Jian
12:30 - Mohammad
12:45 - Zhi Tao
1:00 - Emily
1:15 - Jun
1:30 - Manju

Wednesday, November 26th: Reading and Writing Tests

Thursday, November 27th: Listening and Speaking Test

     There will be a schedule posted for these as well.

Friday, November 28th: Regular Class

Listen to Interviews with Canadians!

This is a link to many interviews with Canadians. There are multiple choice questions to complete after each interview.

http://www.elllo.org/study/canada/english_2004.htm

New PNP's must attend this session:

Hi, here is the info on Nov. 25^th.  Click on the “Register Here” link to see the agenda and get more info.  If you have any other questions, please let me know. Thanks! Jennifer

Establishing Roots & Expanding Horizons: A Business Opportunities Showcase

Newcomers who would like to find out about investment and business opportunities are invited to the Business Opportunities Showcase, organized by the Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce and PEI Connectors. The event will provide sessions that encourage conversations about collaboration between PEI businesses and newcomers to PEI, as well as international investment and expansion opportunities.

Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Time: 8:00am-4:30pm

Location: Delta Prince Edward, 18 Queen St, Charlottetown, C1A 4A1

Contact: Kathleen Van Ekris

Email: kvanekris@charlottetownchamber.com

Admission: Free

Registration: To register, please visit the Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce website and click on the “Register Now” button under the Island Advance logo: Register Here

Interpretation will be available during the event in Mandarin and Persian.

گردهمایی " ایجاد و توسعه ریشه ها  و افق های کاری" – نمایشگاهی از موقعیت های کسب و کار

هدف از برگزاری این نشست , ایجاد ارتباط بین المللی در زمینه کسب و کار و تجارت  برای تازه واردین و جامعه حرفه ای جزیره پرنس ادوارد می باشد. این نشست یک روزه  فضایی برای تشکیل جلسات عمومی به منظور  گفتگو در زمینه همکاری های مشترک می باشد.  این نشست  صنایع کلیدی وهمچنین موقعیت های موجود برای پیشرفت در این صنایع را به شما معرفی می نماید. در این گردهمایی همچنین  اطلاع رسانی در زمینه موقعیت های صادرات, قراردادهای تجاری و مفاهیم مالیاتی و همچنین معرفی برنامه های دولت برای کمک به سرمایه گذاران و کارآفرینان صورت خواهد پذیرفت.

گردهمایی مذکور به منظوربه کارگیری مهارت های تازه واردین و تطبیق دادن آنها با نیازهای موجود در جامعه تجاری جزیره برگزار می گردد و موقعیت های کاری موجود برای فروش , سرمایه گذاری یا توسعه بین المللی را به شما معرفی خواهد نمود.

برای دریافت اطلاعات بیشتر در این زمینه به  "برنامه نشست"  مراجعه نمایید.

تاریخ:                            سه شنبه ,  25 نوامبر 2014 – از ساعت 9 صبح الی 6 بعدازظهر

مکان:                            هتل دلتا,  شماره 18 خیابان کویین, شارلوت تاون - تلفن تماس: 

مخاطب تماس:                  کاتلین ون اکریس

پست الکترونیک:               kvanekris@charlottetownchamber.com

ورودی:                                          فاقد هزینه

活动邀请--"扎根王子岛，联通天地线--爱岛企业洽谈会"

国际商机峰会的目标是为新移民和爱岛企业搭建桥梁，帮助他们寻找商业机会。

我们举办的为期一天的峰会旨在鼓励与会成员围绕合作展开洽谈。我们将精选本岛核心产业，展示其增长可能性；介绍出口商机、贸易协定及税收影响方面的有关信息；详述帮助新移民投资者和企业家的各种政府项目。

企业推广环节将为本地需求与新移民掌握的技能和资源之间的相互结合牵线搭桥，同时提供目前可供购买、投资或进行全球扩张的企业信息。

欲知详细信息，请看我们的活动日程。

日期：2014年11月25日

时间：8:00 a.m.--4:30 p.m.

地点：Delta Prince Edward

             18 Queen St, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4A1

联系人：Kathleen Van Ekris

电子邮件: kvanekris@charlottetownchamber.com                         费用：免费

Remembrance Day: No School on Tuesday November 11th.

Tuesday, November 11th is a holiday on which we honor our veterans. There will be no school on Tuesday.

However, there will be school on Monday, November 10th. Please come to school on Monday.

Useful website for newcomer's buying homes in Canada

Available in many languages:
http://www.cmhc.ca/newcomers/

Natural Homes

David Suzuki: The Nature of Things

Video about natural home building:

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

Vocabulary for House Hunting Lesson

Please look at this website and listen to the pronunciation of each word. This will get us ready for our lesson next week.

http://drewseslfluencylessons.com/2-advanced/home-mortgage/

After looking at this please visit:

mls.ca

• Type: "Charlottetown, PEI" into the search box
• On the next page, go to the bottom and click on "Accept" and continue to the next page. 

Canadian Citizenship Practice Test

Try this test to help you prepare for the Canadian Citizenship Test:

http://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship/

Present Perfect Continuous Work

Click on the exercises on the right side of the page:

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectcontinuous/menu.php

Class Reminders

Thursday, October 23rd: Biz2biz expo at 1:00

Thursday, October 30th:
Pumpkin carving in the morning. Please bring a small pumpkin a carving knife and a spoon with you to school.

*There are no classes after lunch on October 30th

Biz2Biz Expo: Thursday, Oct. 23

We will attend the Biz2Biz Expo this Thursday, October 23rd at the Eastlink Centre. Here is a link to the webpage for the event:

http://charlottetownchamber.chambermaster.com/events/details/9th-annual-biz2biz-expo-co-sponsored-by-corkum-arsenault-crozier-chartered-accountants-stewart-mckelvey-10-23-2014-604

Gmail accounts and posting comments

Research: Buying cars in PEI or Canada. Find some new information about buying cars. For example, prices, good models of cars, advantages and disadvantages of certain vehicles.

If you have set up a gmail account, please post a comment here to show me that you have a gmail email address:

Click on the no comments link to post a comment:

Present Perfect Tense Review Exercises

If you have finished last weeks assignment, please try these exercises for review:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/prperf1.htm

Work in Computer Class Today

Present Perfect Tense Exercises:
Please do these two pages during computer today:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-exercise-1.html

Negative statments:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-exercise-2.html

*Remember: Do not click on any advertisements or anything that looks like spam! There is an ad at the top of each page. You have to go down the page to find the start of the exercises.

Honey Bee Video:

When you finish the exercises, please watch this video about honey bees and try the quiz to the right of the video:

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_high_intermediate.php?id=11481

After, post a comment on the blog and tell me something you learned yesterday.

Dangers of Google

Your assignment:
     Using Google search, please find any information about possible dangers of using google search.

Write down 3 examples of these dangers.
You can also record 3 examples of websites that might be dangerous for your computer.

For example: "As of January 26, 2011, Google's Auto Complete feature will not complete certain words such as "bittorrent", "torrent", "utorrent", "megaupload", and "rapidshare"..."

Please read this article about double consonant spelling

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/km-doubles.html

Read this article first, then complete the spelling exercise

Double Consonant Spelling Practice

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/km-ed-ing3.html

Gmail accounts and posting comments

If you have set up a gmail account, please post a comment here to show me that you have a gmail email address:

Click on the no comments link to post a comment:

Computer Class Today

Try these exercises:
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-continuous-exercise-6.html

You can also ask Katie to help you set up a gmail account if you would like to post comments on our class blog.

Work for Computer: Dynamic and Stative Verbs

Good morning Level 4 students!
Please read this webpage and try the exercises at the bottom of the page:
http://www.really-learn-english.com/dynamic-verbs-and-stative-verbs.html

If you finish you can do any other computer work.

Canadian Studies - Extra Work for Home

http://www2.issbc.org/janis-esl/subtopiccanada.html

Verb Tense Review Exercises

Many of us in class still have difficulty with our simple and continuous verb tenses. Please do these exercises as a review:

Present Simple and Present Continuous
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs2.htm

Past Simple and Past Continuous
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs4.htm

Work for Computer Class

Verb Tense Practice: Simple Past, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs7.htm
Do this exercise if you want more practice

or

Visit the Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Website and try test preparation:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/cit-test.asp

or

Read: know your rights from the Police:
http://ccla.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Know-Your-Rights-Booklet1.pdf

Terry Fox, I Had Dream (Documentary: Part 4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va-D4gAiu7s

Extra Work on Verb Tenses

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

Click on "Verb Tense Exercise"

Terry Fox Run

This Friday, September 12th, students and staff of Belmont Centre will walk or run in support of the Terry Fox Run. The walk begins at 1:45 and ends at 2:20. Please bring a donation of $1 if you like. You are welcome to walk or run.