SMRT 115: Friday, February 27th

Good morning and happy Friday class!

• What were you doing after school yesterday?

Here is our schedule for today's class:

• What were you doing?
• Check the homework
• Past Continuous/Past Simple Homework
• Reading 3-1: Ghost Hunters
• Reading and questions 
• Grammar 3-3: Preposition
• Grammar Exercise
• Extra Practice
• Spelling City
• Writing 3-1: My Fears
• This is on Monday's test.

HOMEWORK:

• Study for Monday's test

ELEC 115/120 - Writing: Friday, February 27th

Happy Friday everyone!

Here is our schedule for today's class:

-Vocabulary building

• Individual Vocabulary Word 

- Letter Response

• Response Questions

- 5 Minute Free Write

• Complaining

- Discussion

• Is it okay to complain?  Why or why not?
• What things do people complain about? What about places?
• Have you ever complained? Explain.

- Write

• You were very happy yesterday. You bought a new car, and it was beautiful. But today, you are very upset. Your new car doesn't work, and when you took the car back to the salesman, he told you he can not help you. You have to write a letter to the car company.

• Explain what happened,
• Why you are upset, and
• What the car company needs to do for you and why.

SMRT 115: Thursday, February 26th

Good morning everyone,

What did you do last night?

Here is our schedule for today:

• Irregular Verb Match
• Check homework
• Grammar Exercise Answers 
• Grammar 3-2 Past Continuous
• [was/were] + [verb-ing]
• Past duration of an action
• Practice making sentences
• Interrupt
• Two actions in one sentence
• 2 past simple
• 2 past continuous
• 1 past simple and 1 past continuous
• Practice 2 actions in 1 sentence
• Grammar Exercise

• Reading 3-1: Ghost Hunters
• Reading and questions 

HOMEWORK:

• Past Continuous/Past Simple Homework

ELEC 115/120 - Writing: Thursday, February 25th

Good morning everyone!


- Vocabulary Building

• An Easier Vocabulary List (^_^)

- Discussion

• How are letters (or emails) to a teacher/boss different from one to your friends?
• Think of at least 5 differences

- Writing Topic

• Have you ever forgotten to do your homework? In this writing topic, you did. You need to write a letter (or email) to your teacher about this.
• Write about:
• Why you did not do your homework,
• Request more time for the homework,
• And why the teacher should give you another chance.

- Share

• Response Questions

SMRT 115: Wednesday, February 25th

Hello everyone!

Here is our schedule for today:

• Vocabulary
• Vocabulary game
• Check the homework
• Writing practice - Regular Verbs
• Grammar 3-1: Past Simple 
• Spelling
• Regular Verbs
• Irregular Verbs
• Writing practice - Irregular Verbs

• Listening 3-1: A Ghost Story
• Questions
• Transcript

• Reading 3-1: Ghost Hunters
• Let's talk about ghost hunters!
• Reading 

HOMEWORK:

Grammar Exercise 3-1

Do the Reading 

ELEC 115/120 - Writing: Wednesday, February 25th

Good morning everyone!

Here is our schedule for today:


- Vocabulary Building

• Vocabulary.com

- Writing Activity:

• Taboo 

- Continue working on your letters

- Share

- Discussion

• How are letters (or emails) to a teacher/boss different from one to your friends?
• Think of at least 5 differences

- Writing Topic

SMRT 115: Tuesday, February 24th

Good morning everyone,

We have a lot of new students today. Let's introduce ourselves.

• Introduction game
• Talk about your class

• Unit 3
• Vocabulary
• Focus words
• Vocabulary Slideshow
• Vocabulary Exercise 3-1
• Speaking 3-2: Discussion

• Grammar 3-1: Past Simple 
• How do we use it?
• Why do we use it?
• Speaking 3-3: What did you do?

• Spelling
• Regular Verbs
• Writing practice - Regular Verbs

HOMEWORK: 

• Writing practice - Regular Verbs

ELEC 115/120 - Writing: Tuesday, Feb, 24th

Good morning everyone!

Here is today's schedule:

- Vocabulary building

• Free Rice

- Discussions:

• Yesterday, we talked about where you would have more fun; Vancouver or your hometown. What are things you can do in your hometown that you can't do in Vancouver?

• Are their things you can do in Vancouver that you can't in your hometown?

• What are the "must do" activities when you are in Canada?

• Will there be anything that you miss about Vancouver when you go back home?

- Writing topic

• You are writing a letter to one of your friends back home inviting them to Vancouver for the weekend. Please tell they why they should come to Vancouver and what things you will do when they arrive. 

- Brainstorm

- Write

SMRT 115: Monday, Feb. 23rd

Good morning everyone!

It is good to be back in 115!

Here is our schedule for today:

• Introductions
• Check last week's homework
• "Back to School"
• What was it about?
• Questions
• Worksheet 3.1 and 3.2

• Unit 2
• Review and questions
• Unit 2 Quiz

• Unit 3
• Speaking 3-1: Introduction Questions
• Vocabulary
• Focus words
• Vocabulary Slideshow

HOMEWORK:

• Please write 10 sentences with 2 vocabulary words in each sentence. 

ELEC 115/120 - Writing: Monday, Feb. 23rd.

Good morning everyone,

Did you have a good weekend?

Here is our schedule for today:


-Vocabulary building

• Free Rice

-Editing

• Please open your writing docs and look over my notes
• Questions 
• Common mistakes
• Paragraph format
• Sentence, what are they?
• Punctuation, what is this?
• Conjunctions, how do we use them?
• Edit your paper

-Free write

• Fun things to do

-Writing topic

• You are writing a letter to one of your friends back home inviting them to Vancouver for the weekend. Please tell they why they should come to Vancouver and what things you will do when they arrive. 

ELEC 115/120: Friday, February 20th

Good morning everyone,

Here is our schedule for today:

-Vocabulary Building

• Free Rice
• No dictionaries for today.

-Picture Description

• Picture #1
• Picture #2
• Picture #3

-Writing and Editing

• What is editing?
• Work on one of your writings

-Share!

ELEC 115/120: Writing: Thursday, February 19th

Happy Lunar New Year!

Here is what we are doing today:

• Vocabulary Building
• Free Rice
• Free write
• Holidays
• Discussion
• What are some of your favorite holidays? Are they celebrated around the world? Please explain.
• What are some factors in a good holiday?
• Write
• You are in charge of holidays for your government, and they have asked you to make a new holiday for your country. What would your holiday be about? Please explain.

SMRT 120: Wednesday, February 18th

• Hello!
• Vocabulary Practice
• Exercise 2-2
• Speaking 2-2
• Grammar 2-1
• Exercise 2-1
• Speaking 2-3

SMRT 115/120: Writing

Vocabulary:

• Free Rice

Free Write:

• Music

Discussion:

• What is the best music in the world?

Writing:

• What is a paragraph?
• Write