Poutine

January 18, 2023By Tim SchilstraP-IETTP 2022 - Speaking and Culture

Poutine is a famous Canadian dish. It is made with French fries, cheese, and gravy.  In this lesson, we will make poutine together. Trainees will also learn about some Canadian foods while the fries start cooking. Hopefully, the gravy will be ready just as the French fries finish cooking. PowerPoint   Lesson Plan   Printout

Canadian Holidays

January 18, 2023By Tim SchilstraP-IETTP 2022 - Speaking and Culture

Trainees will fill out a calendar by asking each other about the various holidays. This activity is good for practicing ordinals and telling the date. It is mostly a listening activity. This lesson is based on 2023. PowerPoint   Lesson Plan   Printout

Canadian Regions

January 18, 2023By Tim SchilstraP-IETTP 2022 - Speaking and Culture

Trainees will each choose a Canadian province or territory to research. The first class period will be used for learning about their region. After a short break, each trainee will present their province as a travel agent trying to convince the others to come to their province. During the presentations, the instructor will make a … Read More

Canadian Celebrities

January 18, 2023By Tim SchilstraP-IETTP 2022 - Speaking and Culture

This PowerPoint is a quiz game where trainees / students need to guess which person is a Canadian. After revealing the answer, there is a short piece of media that represents the person. Because of the inclusion of media, the file is too large to display on the website, but it is definitely worth downloading.

KPop and MAPL Law

January 18, 2023By Tim SchilstraP-IETTP 2022 - Speaking and Culture

We will analyze how kpop has come to dominate the world and look at how Canada used laws to promote Canadian content. We will compare the two countries and learn what MAPL laws are. We will also spend some time experiencing Canadian music. PowerPoint   Lesson Plan   PowerPoint   Printout Answers   An Article … Read More

Christmas Things

January 16, 2023By Tim SchilstraP-IETTP 2022 - Speaking and Culture

Today we will have a little culture lesson regarding Christmas. We will learn some terminology and how to give gifts. We will also decorate the room and a Christmas tree. In the last period we will follow the instructions while drawing a Santa. Christmas Things   Word Search   Gift Giving   Lesson Plan   … Read More

PowerPoint Tutorial – Bubbly Morphs

August 9, 2022By Tim SchilstraSIETTP 2022 - Speaking and Reading

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce higher level concepts and shortcuts in PowerPoint. To make today’s presentation, we will learn about installing fonts, importing color palettes, advanced animations, adding objects, inserting pictures into objects and the morph transition. Note that morph transitions don’t work in the online version of PowerPoint. You will need … Read More