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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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Present simple and progressive strip matching
This exercise is for conversational practice. It is also a good icebreaker or for reenergizing a class. I hope it is helpful.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 1
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Basic Interview Questions
This is designed for basic interview preparation. It includes general as well as behavioral interviewing questions but simplified. For people who can�t communicate well in their own workplace, safety and interpersonal skills are important to an employer.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3
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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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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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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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What do you do dialogue
This is a beginner conversation activity. This uses descriptive job vocabulary to identify different occupations. Students ask questions to find the matching cards.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 2
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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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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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