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ESL - Canada (Facts, Map, Currency, Cities, Symbols, etc.)
What do you know about Canada? In this video lesson, Mr. P. will talk about the most important facts about this wonderful country. He will delve into its facts, symbols, map, cities, money, popular sports, and animals found in Canada....
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ESL - Writing a newspaper article (step-by-step guide)
A good newspaper article include 6 elements (Headline, byline, placeline, lead, body and quotation). In this lesson, Mr. P. will list the elements of a newspaper writing and will explain how to write it. This lesson is designed for...
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ESL Writing - MLA format - Style of Documentation
In this lesson, Mr. P. will teach you how to cite a book, document, journal, website in your paper. He will go over each list and will give you examples for each. He used Faigley and Rubens Writing A Journey to provide examples and...
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ESL - What are Myths?
What is a myth, legend and folktale?. In this video, Mr. P. will find the answers to that question. He will also provide clear explanations on the difference between creation and heroic myths. This lesson is designed for intermediate...
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ESL - Guidelines on how to give a good ORAL PRESENTATION
In this video, Mr. P. will give guidelines on how to give a good oral presentation in school or even at work. This lesson is designed for intermediate students who wish to improve their English, and for those above levels who wish to...
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ESL - Sentence or Fragment? Dependent or Independent clause ?
Sentences convey complete thoughts while fragments do not. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain what a sentence is. He will also focus on its difference between fragments. He will provide easy examples and list the types of sentences...
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ESL - Indigenous People of Canada - NOTE THAT this is NOT a HISTORY LESSON.
This lesson DOES not reflect INDIGENOUS PEOPLES in Canada nowadays. Its intention is not to offend anyone, but to give an overall historical characteristic of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Moreover, it is not a history lesson on the...
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ESL - Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
What are adjectives? They are words that modify nouns or pronouns. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain the different rules of comparatives and superlatives adjectives by illustrating a diagram. He will also talk about the other three...
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ESL - The Structure of a Short Story - (including plot diagram)
What is a short story? and What do we need to write one?. These are some of the questions Mr. P. will answer regarding short stories. He will first start the lesson by introducing the elements of a short story. Then, he will focus on the...
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ESL - Present Continuous/Progressive (Difference between the Simple Present)
The present continuous or progressive tense can be easily confused with the present simple. In this lesson, Mr. P. will pinpoint the difference and then provide exercises and explanations to their answers. He will also explain when and...
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ESL - Past Simple Tense (Regular and Irregular Past Verbs) & WAS/WERE
We use the Past Simple Tense for actions that happened at a certain point in the past. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain how to use the past simple and will talk about the regular and irregular past verbs. He will also focus on the...
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ESL - Direct and Indirect Objects
Direct objects follow action verbs and they receive the action of the verb. Indirect objects instead, tell to or for who and to or for what the action of the verb is done. In this lesson, Mr. P. will explain direct and indirect objects...
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ESL - Literary Devices: Foreshadowing and Flashback
Foreshadowing and flashback are literary devices often taught together. They refer to events at specific times in a story. Mr. P. will explain why they are so important in narratives and how they are used. This lesson is designed for...
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ESL - Paragraph writing - The Burger Method
Do you know how to write a good paragraph in English? In this lesson, Mr. P. will show you how by producing an easy example paragraph, and going over step by step. At the end of the video, he will give you the most important tips to...
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ESL - Literary Devices (Tone, Allusion, Analogy and Juxtaposition)
Literary devices are divided by literary elements and literary techniques. In this lesson, Mr. P. will focus on the literary devices of tone, allusion, analogy and juxtaposition. He will make reference to Shakespeare's classics Romeo and...
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ESL - Writing/ Sentence Starters
Besides reviewing what an essay is, Mr. P. will also cover how an essay is structured. He will then provide seven types of common sentence starters to use in an essay. This lesson is designed for intermediate students who wish to improve...
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ESL - Dystopian Literature Characteristics
What is a dystopia society? What are the characteristics of dystopian literature? What are some examples of dystopia literature? These and more are some of the questions Mr. P. will answer during this lesson. This lesson is designed for...
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ESL - Literary Devices (Onomatopoeia, Personification, Simile, and Metaphor)
What are literary devices? In this video lesson, Mr. P. will answer that question, and will focus on examples of onomatopoeia, personification, simile and metaphor. At the end of the lesson, there is an exercise with key for students to...
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ESL - What is a sentence? - Subject & Predicate (Simple or Complete)
In this lesson, Mr. P. will talk about the structure of a sentence (subject and predicate). He will also talk about simple and complete subjects and predicates. At the end of the lesson, he will give an exercise for students to do. This...
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ESL Writing - How to write a HOOK (Essay writing)
A hook or attention grabber is the first sentence in an academic essay. At the beginning of the lesson, Mr. P. will list the different parts of an essay. Then, Mr. P. will introduce four tips on how to write a good hook in order to grab...