Monday, 06 December, 2010: B2 Class

In this lesson, we reviewed the various pronouns:

I - me - my - mine
You - you - your - yours
He - him - his - his
She - her - her - hers
It - it - its
We - us - our - ours
They - them - their - theirs

I see the dog.
The boy sees me.
That's my house.
That's mine.

You see the dog.
The boy sees you.
That's your house.
That's yours.

He sees the dog.
The boy sees him. 
That's his house.
That's his.

She sees the dog.
The boy sees her.
That's her house.
That's hers.

It sees the dog.
The boy sees it.
That's its house.

We see the dog.
The boy sees us.
That's our house.
That's ours.

They see the dog.
The boy sees them.
That's their house.
That's theirs.

Monday, 06 December, 2010: B1 Class

In this lesson, we read a short article about a class trip to the Beamish Open Air Museum in Durham, England.  We talked about some difficult vocabulary, first, and then we found the adjectives in the article.  Here is some of the vocabulary we talked about:

cover (v.) --> to extend over a defined amount of land
hectares --> a way to measure land
coal --> the black rock-like stuff that you can burn to create energy
mining --> taking rocks/minerals/metals out of the ground
coal mining --> taking coal out of the ground
railway --> the railroad
staff --> people who work at a place
vehicles --> cars, trucks, vans, etc
period --> a certain stretch of years
genuine --> real
tram --> like a cross between a bus and a train
typical --> normal, usual
fascinating --> very interesting
title --> a name, like for a story
manor --> a big house
experience --> something that happens to you

Monday, 06 December, 2010: A3 Class

In this lesson, we finished lesson 2 from the "Can You Believe It?" book.  We reviewed some vocabulary and idioms:

ferry --> a boat that you can drive your car onto in order to cross a large body of water (a lake, river, ocean...)
deck --> the top part of the ferry where people can stand and look out at the views
shocked --> very surprised
cafeteria --> a small restaurant, usually in schools, hospitals, and some office buildings
grab --> take something very quickly
take a bite --> chew off just one piece from some food
without saying a word --> do something and not say anything
seat --> anything you can sit on
take a ferry (bus/train/plane) --> go by ferry (bus/train/plane)
sit down --> sit; be seated
pick up --> lift something off of a surface
walk off --> walk away; go in the opposite direction
go back to (a place) --> return to a place where you were before
take something out (of a place) --> remove
be red in the face --> very embarrassed


We also talked about some pronunciation to watch out for:

Vancouver / Victoria --> make sure to bite your bottom lip when you say the /v/ sound.
picks up / walks off --> try to make it sound like the /s/ at the end of the verb joins the vowel in the beginning of the next word (walk soff / pick sup)
shocked --> pronounce the -ed as though it is a /t/: shockt
embarrassed --> pronounce the -ed as though it is a /t/: embarrasst

We practiced making some sentences with the idioms, and we took a short dictation.  In our next lesson, we will review the idioms quickly, and then we will start lesson 3.


Please don't forget to bring your copies of the cartoon stories for the next lesson!

Monday, 06 December, 2010: Grade 1

In this lesson, we reviewed the question, "How's the weather?" and different ways to answer this question:

It's sunny.
It's cold.
It's rainy.
It's windy.
It's hot.
It's cloudy.

We also reviewed vocabulary from the story, "I have to go" by Robert Munsch, and we started learning some more vocabulary from a different Munsch book, "The Paper Bag Princess".

Sorry for the absence!

Sorry for the week in which I didn't post.  It was a busy week and, unfortunately, I just didn't have time to post summaries of our lessons.  I'll do better this week.