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Lessons

  • Lessons use tutorials and quizzes.
  • Tutorials have slides with text and pictures.
  • Learners can use the built-in screen reader.
  • Other learning tools include dictionaries, translators and text highlighting.
  • After watching a tutorial, learners complete a short quiz to check their knowledge.
  • Lessons are grouped by level and subject.

 

Writing Skills

These lessons teach the fundamental skills for writing sentences, paragraphs and longer texts.  Lessons are available in 3 levels and cover the following skills:

  • Grammar
  • Punctuation
  • Sentence Structure
  • Spelling
  • Writing Paragraphs
  • Writing Essays
  • Writing in the Workplace
  • Writing Research Papers

 

Courses

  • Created by the LearningHUB Team!
  • Designed for literacy learners. The perfect introduction to online learning.
  • Each course is 3-6 units.
  • Each unit has a learning objective.
  • Activities include pages to read, videos, journal-writing, short assignments, quizzes and more.

 

Becoming a Better Speller

Why is spelling so important?  When we use correct spelling, we create clear messages that readers can understand. Memorizing how to spell different words can be useful, but there are many other strategies that can help you.  In this course you will learn about

  • phonics and grammar rules that affect spelling
  • syllables, and how they help you sound out difficult words
  • the difference between possessives and contractions
 

Note: This is not a 'learn to spell' course. This course will help you improve your spelling skills.  Learners will also need good reading skills to manage the lessons.

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Creative Writing: Telling Your Story

Sometimes we forget that writing can be a joy.  Through a series of fun writing exercises and inspirational readings, you’ll remember (or discover) how much fun Creative Writing can be!  You’ll gather useful tips on how to make your personal stories and journal entries more interesting and readable.  You’ll also learn how to create a character, how to plan a fictional story, and how to structure your story to entice your reader.  Clear lessons and printable worksheets will help you brush up on word choice, sentence structure, sentence variation, and punctuation.  As well, you’ll be guided to try new methods of proofreading and editing your work.  The topics and practice components in this course can also be used as preparation to write the GED.

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Grammar Games

This course includes parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, using music and rhymes to help your memory and games to practise what you've learned.  Each unit introduces the part of speech with videos, reinforces learning with games and finishes off with a quiz to give learners an idea of what they've learned. In the last unit, all of the parts of speech are put together with a lesson on simple sentences.

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Journalling for Mental Health

Are you inspired by the words of others? Do you have a favourite song or passage from the literature that provides meaning in your life? This course will give you the opportunity to listen to poems, prose, and lyrics that grapple with life's challenges and join the conversation with your thoughts about what you've heard. Take the opportunity to write your feelings about topics like adversity, hope, resilience, perseverance, and gratitude, and learn about the mental health benefits of journalling.

 

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Writing a Five-Paragraph Essay

Whether you're working toward a high school credit or assessment, preparing for higher education or a workplace report, clarity and organization in your writing is essential. In this course, you will learn to 

  • identify parts of a five-paragraph essay
  • read writing prompts and understand how to answer them
  • use strategies like brainstorming and organizing to plan your essay
  • draft your own thesis statement as well as introduction, body and concluding paragraphs
  • write and revise separate sections of each paragraph
  • revise and edit your essay draft
 

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Writing Professional Emails

Writing a professional email is a skill that will help you in many situations, from applying for a job to collaborating with your co-workers on a project. You could be sharing information, expressing a viewpoint or communicating with companies about products and services. Employers are looking for clear writing skills that can improve their customer service since effective communication maintains relationships, avoids misunderstandings and helps solve conflicts. Whether it's personal or work-related, everyone benefits from learning to write a professional email that gives a favourable first impression of who you are and how well you communicate. In this course, you’ll learn to communicate in a friendly, respectful way with a clear and concise message to make a positive impression with your online correspondence.

 

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Live Classes

  • Taught by a LearningHUB Practitioner.
  • 1-2 hours long and run at a set date and time.
  • Available October-November, January-February and April-May.
  • Now running in Zoom!

 

Essential Grammar 1: Punctuation

Essential Grammar is a three-part series. These classes teach the basic grammar rules that will improve your writing today! In this class, we review common punctuation marks such as periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, apostrophes, question marks and exclamation marks. Learn when to use them as we work through examples together.

 

Essential Grammar 2: Parts of Speech

Essential Grammar is a three-part series. These classes teach the basic grammar rules that will improve your writing today! In this class, we talk about parts of speech. These are categories of words and they help us understand how to build sentences. Common parts of speech are nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. We also talk about the subject and predicate in a sentence and take a quick look at antonyms, homonyms and synonyms.

 

Essential Grammar 3: Sentences

Essential Grammar is a three-part series. These classes teach the basic grammar rules that will improve your writing today! In this class, we talk more about sentences. We discuss prepositions and phrases as well as clauses and conjunctions. Learn how to avoid common mistakes like run-on sentences and sentence fragments. We connect these lessons to what you learned in the previous sessions so you can start writing sentences with confidence!