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PRESENTATION RESOURCES

PECHA KUCHA PRESENTATIONS

What's a Pecha Kucha? It's a concise presentation format: 20x20. That's 20 slides of 20 seconds each (automatically forwarding).Here is the official Pecha Kucha sitePecha Kucha FAQsHere's Pecha Kucha Vancouver.Here's a Vancouverite's Pecha Kucha

Here's a Pecha Kucha for athletes

Here's a Swedish Pecha Kucha vying for rainiest city with Vancouver


Watch this video for how to create a Pecha Kucha slide presentation using Powerpoint.

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 Here's a link to a Pecha Kucha that tells you how to create a good slide presentation

Watch this video for how to create a Pecha Kucha slide presentation using Keynote.

RESEARCH

RESEARCH DATABASES & ONLINE RESOURCES
These resources are all academic and will allow you to locate legitimate sources of research.
Here are the online links specifically for our class research assignment.
Here is EBSCO. Username=39us password=library

For Scholarly Sources, use WEBCAT DATABASES

EASYBIB ONLINE CITATION GENERATOR
For English class, we generally use MLA format. Other subject areas may request you to use other formats.

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LEARNING RESOURCES

 

MS. K APPROVED RESOURCES

 

CREATIVE SPACE​​

GOVERNMENT EXAM RESOURCES

POETRY RESOURCES

READING​

MS. KWAN'S READING PROGRAM:

  • So you say you want to start a READING PROGRAM as I advised? Reading for FUN? Reading to improve your grades? Whatever your reason for wanting to start a READING PROGRAM we don't discriminate here. We'll let you in on the secret to developing critical thinking skills, improved comprehension, an impressive internal database of vocabulary and ideas galore. You will be amazed. You will impress friends, family and your teachers with your eloquent expression and sense of style! No time to lose! Start now to see immediate results...

  • FOLLOW THESE EASY STEPS TO ENLIGHTENMENT:

  • 1. Get a public library card.

  • 2. Go to the library, and borrow a book. Bring with you a list of books that your friends, family or teachers have recommended. Or work your way through the classics. Check out the reading lists (see resources side bar) to find something you like if you don't know what you like. Ask the librarian for help if you can't find anything.

  • Tips: No picture books, magazines or newspapers. Get NOVELS. Aim for a novel that is slightly above your reading level. If you're looking up every second word, it's not a good thing. If you don't like a novel, drop it for a better one. If you liked a certain novel in the past, find the author's name and read the author's other books.

  • 3. Rule of thumb: read 30 minutes to 1 hour per day. More if you can do it. My 8 year old daughter sometimes reads for hours at a time on the weekends. If she can do that, surely a 16 year old can? If you want me to list a magical "number" of good English novels that you should read, then I'll give you some numbers...the majority of these books would probably be read during school breaks or during the summer; but you should also be reading during the school year.

  • ESL STUDENTS: 20+ novels a year (more if you want to go to university)

  • ENGLISH 10 STUDENTS: 20+ novels a year

  • En11 STUDENTS DETERMINED TO GO TO UNIVERSITY: 30+ novels a year

  • En 12 STUDENTS DETERMINED TO GO TO UNIVERSITY: 20+ novels a year (assuming you read 30+ novels last year!)

 

FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARENTS THAT ARE WILLING TO SPRING FOR AN E-READER:

  • Celebrate your good fortune and thank your parents. Either a Kindle (Amazon) or a Kobo (Chapters) will do.

  • Tips: don't buy the e-reader in colour. Don't get an e-reader with games on it. You won't need it. You'll be reading. You don't need an e-reader to surf the net. You want a dedicated e-reader that is easy on your eyes and you can take wherever you go...you can even read e-ink in the sun. You already have other electronic devices for games, social media and so on. What you want right now is a plain ol' e-reader and nothing else. Besides, a dedicated e-reader is cheaper. eg. Kobo Touch eReader; Kobo Wifi...

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SHAKESPEARE RESOURCES

ELL RESOURCES

FROM Ms. Yee, U-Hill Secondary ELL English
Useful English Learning Websites
(Ways you can continue to improve your English outside of school!)

Lots of activities here: news, reading, comprehension, vocabulary, listening, and writing.

Again, a bit of everything on this site: reading, comprehension, vocabulary, listening and speaking, grammar, quizzes and more.

Learn English through the news. Reading, comprehension, vocabulary, listening, writing and videos are available on this site.

This is a fun site with lots of content. There are links to some neat animated videos to practice your listening skills. At the bottom of the page, there are some ESL Activities for ESL Level 1, 2 and 3. 

Learn English while learning about Canada! Lessons include reading comprehension, listening and quizzes.

News, reading, comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, quizzes, daily phrases and more.

Speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, idioms and more. Offers Beginner to Advanced levels.

Watch videos and complete the vocabulary and grammar exercises. You can turn the subtitles on/off. Suitable for Beginner to Intermediate English learners. Good for listening, comprehension and pronunciation practice.

Listen to everyday English conversations on a variety of topics.

Learn English by watching videos. Beginner to Advance levels available. *Note: You have to register to use this site, but registration is free.
** There is an option to purchase monthly membership for $15/month.

A good site with resources for listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and English games.

Lots of resources to help you with your English here. Grammar, vocabulary, idioms, tests, TOEFL practice questions and more.

Online listening and comprehension quizzes with vocabulary and pronunciation exercises as well.

This site is updated daily with lessons, videos, idioms, slang and quizzes.

Various reading selections accompanied with audio. 

A bit of everything on this site: videos, slang, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, tests, and more.

A grammar site with tutorials and lessons.

Hundreds of free English exercises ranging from vocabulary, reading, songs, videos, grammar, listening and more.

Online reading and comprehension passages with vocabulary and quizzes.

SAT vocabulary lists, grammar quizzes and example writing topics.

A collection of English learning resources that include reading comprehension, grammar and quizzes.

Easy news articles for English learners. If you hover over a word you don’t know, the definition appears.

Podcasts, listening, grammar, reading, writing, pronunciation, games and more.

This site has EVERYTHING.

News articles in easy-to-understand English. At the end of each article is a list of vocabulary words you can work on.

The dictionary you can understand.
 

MS. KWAN'S iPad resources

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FUN STUFF

This is the stuff I watched on t.v. while growing up in Vancouver.
Isn't it great you could learn all about grammar on t.v. back in the olden days?

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COMPOSITION RESOURCES

FUNNY BAD GRAMMAR LINKS:
UNNECESSARY QUOTATION MARKS
FUNNY TYPOS
ENGRISH
TERRIBLY WRITE (OMG! THIS WOMAN IS AN EXCELLENT EDITOR & PROOFREADER. SHE CATCHES EVERYTHING.)
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF GOOD GRAMMAR


EXAMPLES OF HOW PUNCTUATION IS IMPORTANT
Comma Quirk Irks Rogers

DEAR JOHN LETTER ONE:

Dear John:

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever happy–will you let me be yours? Gloria


DEAR JOHN LETTER TWO:

Dear John:

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we’re apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be? Yours, Gloria

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