WK5 T1 Wkbk 4 2021 : VU22601 : What did you do on the weekend?

 

THIS WEEK ... WCEC STUDENTS ONLY                       MONDAY ZOOM CLASS 1 (everybody) 1 pm to 2.30 pm	MONDAY CLASS  check your Gmail for Dale's invitation for you to edit. Click the OPEN IN DOCS button ... and start your work!   You received this workbook in Google Docs / Type straight into the Workbook / Complete the tables / No need to save or send to me / I will correct at the same time from my desk /    You may also need to work with a partner on the workbook so be ready to ring each other! MONDAY MORNING Activity 1 : Video Comprehension / Pairwork / Question tags MONDAY AFTERNOON ZOOM CLASS 1    1 pm to 2.30 pm PROBLEMS WITH GOOGLE DOCS?  Are you having problems with Google Docs? Do you want to download a PDF instead?  DOWNLOAD PDF HERE (PDF) (WCEC students only) Note: You will need to print out the workbook (on your own printer or go to Office Works for printing) Complete the workbook, take photos of the Activity pages and send to me by email or by text
TUESDAY Time for a catch up! Learning Circles Day 1 1.30 pm - 3.30 pm Small groups of 4-5 students  working together on projects	TUESDAY CLASS - Check Gmail Morning Workbook - Activity 2 / Activity 3 Student examples / conversation strategies / Write a conversation / Story: We're millionaires! I will also be catching up with some of you by phone Afternoon Extra Activities (check your Gmail) Learning Circles 1 (1.30 - 2.30 pm) Learning Circles 2 (2.30 - 3.30 pm)
WEDNESDAY  ZOOM CLASS 2 (everybody) 10.30 am to 12 pm Learning Circles Day 2 1.30 pm - 3.30 pm Small groups of 4-5 students  working together on projects	WEDNESDAY ZOOM (10.30 am - 12 pm) Check your Gmail for the Zoom invitation Morning Zoom Class (everyone) Afternoon and homework Check your Gmail for Extra Activities and homework after lunch Learning Circle 3 (1.30 - 2.30 pm) Learning Circle 4     (2.30 - 3.30 pm)

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Week 2 Homework : What I did on the Weekend / Climbing the Learning Mountain

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VU22358 Develop Learning Goals

  

Setting goals? Making plans? Learning to learn? Self study? These ideas can be very confusing.

Let's use some time in class to research a project that will assist you in meeting goals, improving skills and understanding your learning journey.



Let's think about Learning.

Learning English is like climbing a mountain ... it can be very difficult! But if you have good training and tools it can be a lot easier.

Discussion Exercise 1: What do you need to learn another language well? What tools do you need? 






Order these from 1-8 in importance ...

motivation 
dictionary 
a teacher 
other people to practice with 
computer and internet 
textbooks 
a class 
CDs, tapes and videos

Can you think of two other "tools" you need?

Discussion Exercise 2: Learning Mountain

We study Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking skills in our English class. Which skill is the easiest for you? Which skill is the most difficult?

1. Print out this Learning Mountain exercise
2. Fill it in by yourself - from easiest (base) to most difficult (peak)
3. In groups of 4 compare your Learning mountain. Are your feelings / opinions the same or different?

Download Learning Mountain worksheet (PDF 60kb)

Now compare your Learning Mountain about learning English to my own learning mountain about learning Spanish. Are your feelings / opinions similar to mine?

Download Dale's Learning Mountain worksheet (PDF 72kb)

Mini-Grammar: Adjective / Comparatives / Superlatives

easy --> easier --> the easiest

difficult --> more difficult --> the most difficult

the same --> the same as

different --> different to/from

similar --> similar to

GOALS

What are goals? How do we achieve them? What do we need to achieve them?

Like kicking a football goal we decided you needed skill, experience and coaching to do this

Remember our classroom discussion ...





Exercise 1 --- Complete the table

MY GOAL IS ... TO HAVE A HAPPY LIFE ... so ....

WHAT DO I NEED TO GET THERE?

I need ...                                                                          How will I get it?

GOOD HEALTH     <<< What can I do to get this? eg. exercise, eat well, sleep well, rest everyday
GOOD ADVICE     <<< What can I do to get this?

MONEY                  <<< What can I do to get this?

LOVE/FRIENDSHIP <<< What can I do to get this?

TIME                     <<< What can I do to get this?

INTERESTS        <<< What can I do to get this?

Exercise 2 --- Create a plan

Use Future Tense "going to" (for intention)

Example ...

My GOAL is to have a good life so I am going to improve my health, get lots of advice from other people, save $50 a week so I can go on a holiday at the end of the year. I am going to make more effort to see my friends and spend more time going out with my kids. I am going to limit how much time I spend watching TV and staying back at work. I'm going to put aside 1 hour everyday to read more or do some drawing. 

Barriers ...                                                                                   Strategy ...

I might be too tired after work to exercise                         Wake up earlier and do exercise before work

I might not have $50 a week to save              Look at all my purchases to see if I can make savings

can you think of other barriers and strategies?

Exercise 3 --- Try our approach with these (possible projects)...

Goal - I want to get my licence

Goal - I want to reduce my energy bills

Goal - I want to do internet shopping and banking

Goal - I want to learn yoga



ASK YOUR TEACHER TO HELP YOU WITH SOME IDEAS AND RESOURCES. HATCH A PLAN TOGETHER. YOU CAN REVIEW AND CHANGE IT AS YOU GO


VU22601 / VU22603 : WHAT DO YOU DO ON THE WEEKENDS?

In Week 1 we listened to people talking about "what they do on weekends" (present simple) and we practised dialogues about "what we are doing on the weekend" (plan for the future).

Exercise 1 : Here is a homework activity to do about Valeria from Argentina (elllo.org)

Exercise 2 : Here  is a practice exercise and dialogue about what someone is going to do on the weekend (Elllo.org)






Let's change the time frame and talk about "What we did on the weekend" (past simple)


Here is a unit about "What did you do on the weekend?" and the past simple to help you revise (PDF) Interchange, Cambridge Uni Press


Grammar : 

Past Simple for Talking about Ourselves (and what we did)

This week and next we will focus on the Past Simple for talking about ourselves just in the way Maria and Carmen did in the stories we read (Passages to English 2)

We need to know how to form the past with regular verbs (using -ed / d)

We need to know some irregular past verbs (eg. make --->; made)

We need to know how to form questions (using the helping verb "Did / Didn''t ...?"

Lots of exercises here (just do a few) (First English Org)

Here is a good video to review your study of the Past Simple (especially the tricky question form)

  

Spelling and Pronunciation
Many people new to English find the correct pronunciation of -ED difficult because it changes depending on the final sound of some verbs --- /id/ /t/ /d/

Here is a chart to help you ... (Woodward English)

Watch the video if you need to practice more ...

Telling Stories

Assessment Task Access 1 (VPAU 494.3 - Listen to a Simple Oral Text) 

Assessment Task Access 1 (VPAU 494.4 - Give Simple Information)

Level 1

We have been listening to and reading stories and jokes in class this term. Telling a story in another language can be difficult. Here is the simple story telling model we used to help us.

Model

Opening Hello friends, today I'm going to tell you a story about …

Reason I chose this story because … (it is funny / sad / amazing / scary)

It is a good story to tell kids / to tell adults only / to tell anyone

Tell the story eg. A long time ago …. / … in America / Australia / Vietnam ...

Opinion I liked this story because …. / I didn't like this story much because …

Closing Thank you for listening to my story. Do you have any questions?

Remember:

*Keep your sentences short.

*Use the past simple - this is the best tense to use for telling stories.

LISTEN TO A RECOUNT

Here is Hoai's oral recount of a story we read in class (the original comes from the book, True ESL Stories)

GRAMMAR : Past Simple (in songs and stories)

Exercise Using the Past Simple : My Best Holiday

Play the video and follow the instructions ... fun!



FACEBOOK

What is our class discussing on Facebook this week? Join the 38 members of Dale Pobega's Free ESL Club Facebook Group

What do you think? Which Victorian city (apart from Melbourne) is the best? It seems most of the group like Geelong! Join us and give us your opinion.

Week 7 & 8, Term 3: Making Complaints

Level 3 : Listening

This week we have been learning about making and responding to complaints. On public transport, in the workplace and when we go shopping - there are many opportunities for this. This week I am introducing you to a new listening site called Elllo.org. There are hundreds of listening lessons for you and the speakers are from all over the world. In the lesson below, Todd is complaining about Hollywood films. Do you agree with him?

Complaints about Movies. Click here to do an exercise from Elllo.org!

Click here to choose other listening lessons from Elllo.org. (Also listed in the sidebar of this blog).




In class we listened to the conversation between an inspector and traveller on public transport. The inspector gives the lady a $158 dollar fine but the lady protests. The ticket machine at Yarraville station was broken. The inspector tells the lady to write a letter of complaint.

Click here to see a complaint/feedback form for METLINK.

Print out the form and practice writing a complaint.




Include the following information:

Time you were travelling

Where you were travelling from

Where you were travelling to

What happened

Why you didn't have a ticket

What you want Metlink to do



The Past Continuous

We use this tense in the following ways:


*Emphasizing 'the progress' of an action in the past
Example: He was playing football.

*Talking about two actions happening at the same time (in the past)
Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.

*Talking about action going on at a certain time in the past
Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.

For more information ...click here!

Test yourself on the Past ContinuousLevel 1 / Level 2 / Level 3

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Week 5, Term 3: The Red Balloon

Level 1 : The Red Balloon



Last weekend I watched a wonderful film called The Red Balloon by the French director, Albert Lamorisse. It is a film with only a few words so anyone can watch it and enjoy it.

You can watch it here (but it is 33 minutes long). I will show you this film in class from DVD.

1) Click here and PRINT OUT the worksheet. Read the questions before you watch the film..

2) Watch the film and complete the worksheet.

SONG : UP, UP AND AWAY (IN MY BEAUTIFUL BALLOON) - THE FIFTH DIMENSION (1972)

Here is a great song about 'balloons' ... maybe like the film it is about joy and freedom?



Here are the lyrics for some Karaoke. CLICK HERE.

APOLOGISING

Match the opening and closing phrases (A and B):

A

I’m sorry…
I’m very sorry…
I’m terribly sorry…
Excuse me…
Pardon me…
I apologize…
I’m afraid…

B

…I wasn’t very well yesterday
…I didn’t see you
…It won’t happen again
…I’ll be more careful next time
…I’ll finish it before I go home
…It’s my fault
…It’s all my fault

CLICK here to listen to the above phrases

Level 2 & 3 : SAYING SORRY (BBC Audio Lessons)

Click here to do a lesson from the BBC about Saying Sorry

Click here to do a lesson from the BBC about Accepting Apologies