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Good Morning routine text
This is a simple reading of morning routine verbs. Just like plurals, verbs are pronounced differently for the third person singular (he uses [Iz], he shaves [z], he gets up [s] ) This is good pronunciation practice for individual or choral reading.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 5
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Canadian Money
This is a reference chart of Canadian money with pictures and words. The second page is for cutting up. Young students or adults with low literacy or numeracy skills need visuals to learn and touch. These could be laminated for use in shopping, banking or employment activities and role plays. The best alternative to sharing your own money :)
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 13
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Banking with MS Word
This is an online activity designed for using an ATM simulator with the web site at the bottom. Learners complete the instructions on the fake ATM. This is good for all adults but ideal for senior immigrants. The second part is designed to be copied in MS Word. I would suggest numbering the Word functions by the letters on the list; I lack the c...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 4
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Opening a Bank Account
This reading is for adult immigrants with limited English. I would suggest using "I put in" and "I take out" to lead into deposit and withdraw. Also, I explained "transfer" as in the paper we get in Canada to transfer to another bus. With a visual, they understood transfering money as well. Depending on your students, you can repeat this for a ...
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13
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Post Office Story 2
This is appropriate for low beginner readers. I repeated this reading for several days using Total Physical Response (teaching by students copying your actions >> "I weigh the envelope") This was very effective for learning new post office vocabulary and the verbs. This was designed for Canadian adult immigrants with limited English where they ne...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 0
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How to mail a letter
This is appropriate for low beginner readers. I repeated this reading for several days using Total Physical Response (teaching by students copying your actions >> "I put a stamp on your envelope") This was very effective for learning new post office vocabulary and the verbs. This was designed for Canadian adult immigrants with limited English whe...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 2
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Symptoms and Aliments: "to feel" vs. "to have a"
This exercise is designed to help students learn context skills, build health vocabulary and to distinguish between nouns and adjectives on a more intuitive level. I used this as a summary of previous vocabulary building while my students were still confused on the grammar.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 1
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I Can Strip Matching
These are designed to be cut up for students to match into full sentences. It teaches context and reading comprehension and functions as an effective icebreaker, warm up or energizer activity.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3
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Can/ Can�t strip story and dialogue
This is a sample dialogue with a salesperson. Students see can and can�t in context. As a reading exercise, they acquire skimming and context skills by you cutting up the story and them identifying the order of events. It can also continue as a model for writing their own dialogue and eventually as a script in a spoken role play. Have fun!
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 5
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Infinitives in practice
This is an infinitives worksheet with a mnemonic verb list and a humorous listening exercise of a couple looking for a cheap appartment. Answer key provided.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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