Australian History : Gold

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Introduction



Who are these men? Where are they from? Where are they going? What are they carrying? What year was this?

What about the men below? Who are they? Where are they from? What are they doing?














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Reading

The first gold was found in 1823 at Bathurst, N.S.W but the "Gold Rush" did not start until the 1850s.

Gold was found in Victoria in 1851, Queensland in 1858, Tasmania in 1886 and in Western Australia in 1886.

Hundreds of thousands of people came to Australia. They came from Britain, Ireland, Europe, North America and China.

Click here to read more about the Gold Rush

Click here for the Gold Rush Criss Cross Puzzle (PDF)

Dictation

Print the exercise sheets, fold (only use the full story to check your answers AFTER you listen to the Dictations below)

Print out Level 1 Dictation cloze exercise

Listen to the Level 1 Dictation ...




Print out Level 2+ Dictation Cloze exercise

Listen to the Level 2+ Dictation ...




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Online Game




Level 2+: The Gold Rush

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Week 9: Telling Jokes and Stories

This week we are going to have some fun! Jokes in English are a good way to learn new vocabulary and practice grammar.

Level One : (The Perfect Son) Click here, read the joke and listen to the MP3

Level Two : (A Second Opinion) Click here, read the joke and listen to the MP3

Level Three : (Two Riddles) Click here, read the joke and listen to the MP3

For more ESL Jokes click here.

TONGUE TWISTERS!!!

Try this tongue twister - good for pronunciation, especially the sound, 'ch' :-)

How much wood would a wood chuck chuck (flash exercise)

She sells sea shells (practice the 'sh' sound)

I saw Susie sitting (practice the 's' sound)



WORKPLACE STORIES

Level 2 & 3

We have just watched a story on video about jokes made at work which can offend. I am interested to hear your workplace stories - funny or bad.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH CHRISTOPHE FROM BELGIUM TELL HIS STORY ABOUT THE WORST JOB HE EVER HAD.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO VOXOPOP. TELL ME ABOUT THE WORST JOB YOU EVER HAD? Where was it? When? Who was involved? What happened? How did it happen?

GRAMMAR - Should, Ought to, had better ...

Watch this video if you are not sure how to use should, ought to or had better



Level 3 : Writing letters of complaint

Exercise 1 : Rental Property Problems

Go to this page - copy and paste into Word - then practise writing a letter of complaint to Bowman's Realty about problems a - f in our class reading text. Use the reading text to help you complete the task.

Exercise 2 : Problems with a Purchase

Go this page - copy and paste into Word- then practice writing a letter about something you bought which is faulty.

You can copy and paste other templates into Word from this website.