Hello, students!
This week we are winding down from a wonderful school term. We are playing games to review prior modules' vocabulary and concepts. We are taking a field trip or two. We might even watch a movie.
Here is the jeopardy game for Thursday. You can play at home with your spouse or by yourself.
Jeopardy - Big Summer Review
Enjoy!
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Mind Mapping Air Travel
Hello, students!
This week we tried something new: mind maps. I was amazed when, after only watching this short introduction to mind maps, I woke up the next morning still able to see the two sample mind maps when I closed my eyes. I could therefore remember all the French phrases on that sample mind map--and I wasn't even trying to remember them!
I think three very important keys are: use colour and weird images (the weirder, the better), use curved lines, not straight ones; put only one word or language chunk (e.g., phrasal verb) on a branch. Keep the mind map flexible as you would a pattern drill. Do not load up a branch with an entire phrase or sentence. That defeats the purpose of the mind map.
This week we tried something new: mind maps. I was amazed when, after only watching this short introduction to mind maps, I woke up the next morning still able to see the two sample mind maps when I closed my eyes. I could therefore remember all the French phrases on that sample mind map--and I wasn't even trying to remember them!
I think three very important keys are: use colour and weird images (the weirder, the better), use curved lines, not straight ones; put only one word or language chunk (e.g., phrasal verb) on a branch. Keep the mind map flexible as you would a pattern drill. Do not load up a branch with an entire phrase or sentence. That defeats the purpose of the mind map.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Needs Assessment, GSL
Hello, students of the seniors' class!
This week we are getting to know our Language Companion binders, writing our stories, talking about goals for English, and doing a needs assessment. We are between topics.
Needs assessments are not new to you. We've been doing those since I first became your teacher. You know what? It's not easy for a teacher to come up with interesting modules week after week when the makeup of the class doesn't change! Some of us have been together for four years now, I think! Other teachers can recycle old material every few months.
Anyway, while we figure out what we want to tackle next, I would like to address everyone's goal of mastering the English needed for everyday life in Canada. Have you ever heard of the General Service List?
That is a list of the 2,000 most common words used in English. If you can understand those, you are well on your way to understanding 90-95% of spoken English and about 85% of written English. So let's see how many of them you already know. I have an activity to help you learn a few of the ones you haven't already mastered.
Here is a new expanded GSL with frequency ranking numbers!
This week we are getting to know our Language Companion binders, writing our stories, talking about goals for English, and doing a needs assessment. We are between topics.
Needs assessments are not new to you. We've been doing those since I first became your teacher. You know what? It's not easy for a teacher to come up with interesting modules week after week when the makeup of the class doesn't change! Some of us have been together for four years now, I think! Other teachers can recycle old material every few months.
Anyway, while we figure out what we want to tackle next, I would like to address everyone's goal of mastering the English needed for everyday life in Canada. Have you ever heard of the General Service List?
That is a list of the 2,000 most common words used in English. If you can understand those, you are well on your way to understanding 90-95% of spoken English and about 85% of written English. So let's see how many of them you already know. I have an activity to help you learn a few of the ones you haven't already mastered.
Here is a new expanded GSL with frequency ranking numbers!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Are We Going to Greenview?
Hello, Seniors' Class!
The first thing I would like you to try is a self-assessment for listening. You can find it HERE. Call me over and I will help you get started!
Our field trip was cancelled due to rain. Now the trip is planned for this Friday, but not if it is still wet and muddy there. You can go watch a video about Greenview Aviaries Park and Zoo.
On this website, you can learn the names of many animals, the word for the babies, etc.
You can use this YouTube video to learn some wild animal names.
There are more wild animal names on this video.
This video teaches the names of farm animals using full sentences.
Here is a quiz on some common animal names. How many can you get right?
If you want to practice spelling the names of some zoo animals, click HERE.
Then try this easy animal quiz.
If you do well, try the moderate quiz.
If that's easy, try the difficult quiz. Here you will find the MORE difficult quiz.
Finally, here is the expert level quiz.
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If you would like another listening lesson about telephones, please go HERE.
As always, call me if you need any help. --Kelly
Monday, August 22, 2011
Hello, Cas' class!
On Thursday we will be watching the movie August Rush.
Please watch a trailer of the movie here.
Use the Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary or the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary to find the meanings and pronunciations of these words:
- prodigy
- orphanage
- charismatic
- disheartened
- unwavering
- beckon
- makeshift
- unleash
- wizard
- impromptu
- enigmatic
Watch this music video of "Moondance." Who wrote it? The lyrics are here. Do you like it? Is it romantic?
Now visit the website for the Corpus of Contemporary American English. A corpus is a database of spoken and written language that allows you to search for words, phrases, word combinations, idioms, collocations, etc. to find actual samples of those terms in real contexts.
Enter the site.
Do a search on the word "unbeknownst." Explore the samples of real language where this word was used. Does this help you understand how to use the word?
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