SMRT 115: Wednesday, July 29th

Good morning everyone,

Here is our schedule for today:

• Speaking 1-2
• Vocabulary Conversations

• Vocabulary Exercise 

• Vocabulary Listening
• Dictation 

• Grammar 1-1: Parts of Speech 
• Pronouns
• Grammar Exercise 

• Parts of Speech Race

• Grammar 1-2: Verb Tense
• Practice writing sentences

HOMEWORK:

• Study Grammar 1-2

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Wednesday, July 29th

Good morning everyone,

Is anyone going to the fireworks later tonight?


Here is our plan for today:

• Check homework
• Do you have any words for the class?

• Vocabulary
• Additional Meanings

• Listening and Writing
• Use of English 4-1
• Exercise

• The American T
• Review with N-T
• Interview
• T-N
• Mountain
• Sentence
• Important
• Practice 

HOMEWORK:

• Bring 1-2 words to class

SMRT 115: Tuesday, July 28th

Hello everyone,

Welcome to English 115!

Let's get to know each other.

• Introductions
• Speaking 1-1: Introductions

• Vocabulary
• Focus words
• Vocabulary Slideshow
• Vocabulary Exercise 

• Vocabulary Listening
• Dictation 

• Speaking 1-2
• Vocabulary Conversations

• Pictionary 

• Grammar 1-1: Parts of Speech 
• Grammar Exercise 

HOMEWORK: 

• Please write 10 sentences with a vocabulary word in each sentence. 
• Vocabulary Homework

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Tuesday, July 28th

Good morning class,

• Writing
• Finish your Writing 3-1: Writing a story 

• Homework:
• Do you have any words for the class today?

• Unit 4: Put it away

• Vocabulary
• Additional Meanings

• Listening 
• Use of English 4-1

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1~2 slang terms or idioms to class for the week. 

SMRT 115: Monday, July 27th

Good morning class,

There are many people here today, so sit close and get friendly.


Here is our schedule for today:

• How was the test?

• Unit 12 Quiz

• Speaking 12-7: Discussion

• Reading
• High School Athletes 

• Listening 
• What is futsal? 

• Unit 1 Vocabulary

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Monday, July 27th

Hi everyone,

How was your weekend? Did you take it easy after Friday?


Here is what we are doing today:

• Unit 3 Quiz

• This week's vocabulary 

• Food Idioms
• #1
• #2
• #3

• Writing
• Writing 3-1: Writing a story 

HOMEWORK: 

• Please bring 1-2 slang terms or idioms to class this week.

SMRT 115: TEST DAY!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Friday, July 24th

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday! How are you feeling this gloomy Friday morning?

• Relaxed Speech
• Review the American "T"
• T-D Reading 
• Practice the sounds

• Check the homework:
• Let's here some of your words!

• Relaxed Speech
• N-T
• Interview
• twenty
• I don't know
• I dunno
• Practice
• The interviewer wanted international experiences
•  Practice the sounds

• Writing
• Writing 3-2

• Speaking
• Speaking 3-1: Vocabulary Discussion

HOMEWORK:

• Practice your English and find some slang or idioms for class next week.

SMRT 115: Thursday, July 23rd

Good morning,

Here is our plan for today:

• Questions about the speaking test

• Speaking 12-6: Explaining Picture

• Grammar 12-2: Explaining now
• Grammar 12-2 Exercise 

• Speaking 12-5: Explaining why?

• Vocabulary Game

• Grammar 12-3: Review and using the past simple

• Speaking 12-7 

HOMEWORK:

• Study!

ELEC 115 AS&I - Thursday, July 23rd

Mornin' everyone!

How's everyone today? Ready for tomorrow?

• What is context?
• Context Practice 

• Check your homework:
• Do you have any words for today?

• Relaxed Speech
• Review the American "T"
• T-D
• Practice the sounds


• Reading 
• The American T
• N-T
• Interview
• twenty
• I don't know
• I dunno

• Writing
• Writing 3-2

SMRT 115: Wednesday, July 22nd

Good morning everyone,

Here is our plan for today:

• Check our homework:
• Part 4 -  Grammar Exercise
• Part 5

• Listening 12-1: The Gym
• Transcript

• Present Perfect Practice
• Simple
• Continuous

• Grammar 12-2: Explaining now
• Grammar 12-2 Exercise 
• Speaking 12-6: Explaining Picture

HOMEWORK:

• Grammar 12-2 Exercise 

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Wednesday, July 18th

Hey everyone,


How're things? Are you ready to get going?

• Homework
• What interesting words did you bring to class today?

• Reading and Writing 
• Use of English 3-1: Vocabulary Exercise

• What is context?
• Context Practice 

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1-2 slang terms or idioms to class this week. 

SMRT 115 - Tuesday, July 21st

Good morning everyone!

Here is our plan for today:

• Unit 12 Vocabulary
• Vocabulary Slideshow

• Speaking 12-2: Vocabulary Discussion

• Listening with the vocabulary

• Exercise - Sentence Practice

• Vocabulary Game

• Grammar 12-1: Present Perfect Continuous
• Grammar Exercise

• Listening 12-1: They Gym

• Speaking test
• Due on Thursday.

HOMEWORK:  

• Finish 12-1 Grammar Exercise
• Finish your speaking test.

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Tuesday, July 21st

Good morning class,

• Homework:
• Do you have any words for class?

• Unit 3 Vocabulary
• Additional Meanings

• Listening 
• Use of English 3-1

• What is context?
• Context Practice 

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1-2 slang terms to class this week. 

SMRT 115: Monday, July 20th

Good morning,

Here is our plan for today:

• Passive Practice

• Unit 11 Test 

• Make-up Speeches

• Unit 12: Athletics 

• Speaking 12-1: Athletics Discussion

• Unit 12 Vocabulary 
• Focus words
• Vocabulary Slideshow
• Listening with the vocabulary
• Vocabulary Game
• Exercise - Sentence Practice

HOMEWORK:

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

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Monday, July 20th

Good morning everyone,

How was your weekend? It was a hot one yesterday. I hope you could keep cool.


Let's see our plan for today:

• Unit 2 Quiz

• Writing 
• Writing a Dialogue 

• Idioms
• Food #1 - Review
• Food #2 

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1~2 slang terms or idioms to class. 
• Finish Writing a Dialogue 

SMRT 115: Friday, July 17th

Good morning class,


Speeches:

• What is your business?

Grammar 11-3: Present Perfect with Passive Voice

• Practice 

Passive Change Game

HOMEWORK:

• Study for the test 

ELEC 115/120 - Friday, July 17th

Greetings everyone,


Relaxed Speech

• I want a bottle of water.
• This movie is about a boy. 
• The American "T"
• Hard T 
• Toy, Talk, Take
• Start, Stop, State
• At the end of the word
• Hot, Mat, Dot
• Fate, State, 
• T-D
• Practice the sounds

Homework

• Do you have any slang terms or idioms?

Speaking

• Speaking 2-1: Vocabulary Discussions 

HOMEWORK:

• Practice this paragraph with the American T

SMRT 115: Thursday, July 16th

Good morning class,

How are you?

Let's see our plan for today:

• Speaking 11-4: Passive Practice

• Reading
• A Businesswoman
• Reading 11-1: A Businesswoman Questions

• Grammar 11-2: Passive with Modal Verb
• Practice 

• Speaking 
• Passive Pictures

• Listening  - What business?
• Questions
• Transcript

HOMEWORK:

• Writing - Your Future Business

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Thursday, July 16th

Good morning everyone!

We have a lot on our plate today, so let's get things going:

• Context
• Parts of Speech and Guessing the meaning 

• Check our homework
• Do you have any words for the class?

• Relaxed Speech
• The American "T"
• Hard T
• Toy, Talk, Take
• Start, Stop, State
• At the end of the word
• Hot, Mat, Dot
• Fate, State, 
• T-D
• Practice the sounds

• Reading 
• The American T

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring a slang term to class
• Practice 
• "The movie is about a boy."

SMRT 115: Wednesday, July 15th

Good morning everyone!

How are you? We are going to have a big class for the rest of the week.


Here is our plan for today:

• Speaking 11-2: Vocabulary Discussion

• Check homework - Passive Voice Homework

• Grammar 11-1: The Passive Voice
• Practice the Passive Voice - Grammar Exercise #1-3
• Why do we use the passive voice?
• Practice the Passive Voice - Grammar Exercise #4

• Passive Voice Speaking
• Speaking 11-3

• Reading
• A Businesswoman

• Vocabulary Game

HOMEWORK:

• Reading 11-1: A Businesswoman Questions

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Wednesday, July 15th

Mornin' all!

How's life treating ya?  Do anything fun last night?

• Check our homework
• Do you have any words for the class?

• Vocabulary Additional meanings 

• Listening and Writing
• Use of English 2-1
• Exercise

• Context
• Parts of Speech and Guessing the meaning 

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1-2 slang terms or idioms to class this week

ELEC 2 Writing 115/120 - Tuesday, July 14th

Hello everyone,

My name is Adam, and I will be your teacher while Geoff is away.

Today, we will talk about:


Female Soldiers?

SMRT 115: Tuesday, July 14th

Good morning class,

How are you? Did you have a good night?

Please share your homework with me.

Here is our plan for today:

• Unit 11 - Trade

• Speaking 11-1: Trade Discussion

• Unit 11 Vocabulary 
• Focus words
• Vocabulary Slideshow
• Vocabulary Exercise #1

• Listening 11-1: Canadian Trade
• Questions 
• Transcript

• Grammar 11-1: The Passive Voice
• Practice the Passive Voice - Grammar Exercise

HOMEWORK:

• Passive Voice Homework

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Tuesday, july 14th

Good morning everyone,

How's things going?

• Check our homework
• Do you have any words for the class?

• Unit 2
• Vocabulary 
• Additional meanings 

• Listening 
• Use of English 2-1

• Context
• Parts of Speech and Guessing the meaning 

SMRT 115 - Monday, July 13th

Good morning class,

How are you doing today? Did you have a good weekend?


Here is our plan for today:

• Unit 10 test
• Check the answers when we finish.

• Make up speeches
• If I had a million dollars....

• Reading
• A Imaginary Love Letter

• Unit 11 - Trade
• Speaking 11-1: Trade Discussion
• Unit 11 Vocabulary 
• Focus words
• Vocabulary Slideshow

HOMEWORK:

• Vocabulary Sentence Homework

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Monday, July 13th

Good morning everyone,

 I hope you had a nice weekend. Did you do anything fun?

Here is our plan for today:

• Unit 1 Quiz

• Writing 
• Writing a dialogue 

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1-2 words to class this week. 

SMRT 115: Friday, July 10th

Hi everyone!

My morning has been crazy. How about yours?  Do you think you will have a crazy weekend?


Here is our plans for today:

• Grammar 10-2 Exercise
• or
• Speaking 10-4: Conditional Discussion 

• 40 second Speeches
• If I had one million dollars....

• Grammar 10-3: Wish and Hope
• What do you hope to do in Canada?
• I hope I ....
• What do you wish you had?
• I wish I had...

HOMEWORK:

• Study for the test :)

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Friday, July 10th

Good morning class,

How are you feeling today?


Let's take a look at what we are doing today:

• Check the homework
• Do you have any interesting words to share with the class?

• Writing
• Making sentences and questions

• Speaking 1-1: Vocabulary Discussion 

HOMEWORK:

• Practice your weekly slang and idioms.
• Talk to three native English speakers
• Study for the quiz on Monday

SMRT 115: Thursday, July 9th

Good morning everyone!

How is everyone doing today?

• Check our homework #1
• Finish the sentences - Second Condition 

• Speaking 10-3: Speaking Pair

• Listing 10-1: If I had a million dollars
• Questions
• Transcript

• Grammar 10-2: 1st or 2nd?
• Do I use 1st condition or 2nd condition?
• Grammar 10-2 Exercise

• Writing:
• If I had a million dollars...

HOMEWORK:

• Writing:
• Finish If I had a million dollars...

• Speeches tomorrow (^_^)Y

ELEC 115/120 AS&I: Thursday, July 9th

Good morning!

How's everything? I hope nothings been keeping you down.

Let's take a look at what we are doing today:

• Check the homework
• Do you have any interesting words to share with the class?

• Unit 1 Vocabulary 
• Additional Meanings

• Listening
• Use of English 1-1
• Practice

• What are phrasal verbs?

• Writing
• Making sentences and questions

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1~2 slang terms or idioms to class. 

SMRT 115: Wednesday, July 8th

Good morning everyone,

How is everyone today?  Did you do your homework?

• Vocabulary
• Spelling Game
• Check homework #1
• Vocabulary Exercise

• First Condition Review
• Speaking 9-5: 1st Condition 

• Grammar 10-1: The Second Condition
• If + Past Simple, would + verb
• Imaginary 
• If I were better at basketball, I would play in the NBA

• Check homework #2
• Second Condition Grammar Practice

• Grammar Practice - More Questions

HOMEWORK:

• Writing
• Finish the sentences - Second Condition 

• Finish:
• Grammar Practice - More Questions

ELEC 115/120 - Wednesday, July 8th

Good morning,

How's everyone doing? You ready to get things moving?

• What are idioms?
• Examples

• Check the homework
• Do you have any interesting words to share with the class?

• Unit 1 Vocabulary 
• Additional Meanings

• Listening
• Use of English 1-1
• Practice

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1~2 slang terms or idioms to class. 

SMRT 115: Tuesday, July 7th

Good morning everyone,

We have some new students today. Let's get to know each other.

• Let's meet each other

• Unit 10 - Imagine 
• Vocabulary 
• Focus words
• Vocabulary Slideshow

• Speaking 10-2: Vocabulary

• Vocabulary Exercise

• Listening 
• Dictation

• First Condition Review
• Speaking 9-5: 1st Condition 

• Grammar 10-1: The Second Condition
• If + Past Simple, would + verb
• Imaginary 
• If I were better at basketball, I would play in the NBA

HOMEWORK:

• Finish Vocabulary Exercise
• Second Condition Grammar Practice

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Tuesday, July 7th

Good morning everyone!

We are back to unit 1. I know many of you have been here for a few weeks now, but let's get a little bit of background of what this class is about.

• What are slang and idioms?

• Check the homework
• Do you have any interesting words to share with the class?

• Unit 1 Vocabulary 
• Additional Meanings

• Listening
• Use of English 1-1

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1~2 slang terms or idioms to class. 

SMRT 115: Monday, July 7th

Good morning!

It's pretty smoky today. How does it make you feel? Have you seen this much smoke before?


Here is our plan for today:

• Unit 9 Test

• First Condition
• If + present simple, will+verb
• Possible Condition, Probably result 
• 50%

• What will you do if?

• Grammar Practice

• Speaking 9-5: 1st Condition 

• Unit 10 - Vocabulary

HOMEWORK:

• First Condition with Unit 10 Vocabulary 

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Monday, July 7th

Good morning everyone,

It's kind of a crappy day, isn't it?  How's all this smoke treating you?

• Unit 12 Quiz

• Writing 
• Dialogues 

• Idioms
• Body Idioms 

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring some slang or idioms to class this week.

SMRT 115 - Friday, July 3rd

Good morning everyone!

Happy (early) 4th of July!

Here is our plan for today:

• Reading 9-1: A travelers guide to Vancouver

• Grammar 9-2: Aspects of the future
• Speaking 9-4: Picture Discussion

• 1st Conditional
• If + Present Simple, Will + Verb

HOMEWORK:

• Please study for the test. 

ELEC 115/120: Friday, July 3rd

Good morning class,

Happy Friday! Are you ready for the weekend?

• Use of English 12-1: The Answers

• Check our homework?
• Do you have any words to share with the class?

• Writing
• Making Questions with the vocabulary 

• Speaking 12-1: Vocabulary Discussion 

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1-2 words for next week.

SMRT 115: Thursday, July 2nd

Hey everyone!

How was your Canada Day? Did you do a lot of fun, Canadian things?

Here is our plan for today:

• Canada Day Interview

• Check Vocabulary 
• Vocabulary Exercise #2 - Sentence Change

• Review Grammar 9-1: Time Clauses
• Examples of Time Clauses

• Time Clause Grammar Exercise 

• Speaking 9-3 - Time Clause 

• Grammar 9-2: Aspects of the future
• Speaking 9-4: Picture Discussion

• Listening 9-1
• Questions
• Transcript

HOMEWORK:

• Reading 9-1: A travelers guide to Vancouver

ELEC 115/120 AS&I - Thursday, July 2nd

Good morning class,

Was your Canada Day a blast?

• Let's check your homework:
• Do you have any interesting idioms or slang for class?

• Unit 12: Vocabulary - Additional Meanings

• Use of English 12-1 Listening
• Use of English Questions 

• Writing
• Making Questions with the vocabulary 

• Idioms
• Body Idioms 

HOMEWORK:

• Please bring 1~2 idioms or slang to class this week.