Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Homework

for Thursday, March 1

GRAMMAR
9.2 Second Conditional
Do all of the questions.
9.3 First and Second Conditionals
Read the notes and watch the video.

STRUCTURE
9.3 Things in General
Do 3-10

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Homework

for Wednesday, February 29

GRAMMAR
9.1 First Conditional and Time Clauses
Do #1 3-12;  #2 3-10;  #3 4-15;  #4 4-10.
9.2 Second Conditional
Read the notes and watch the video.

STRUCTURE
9.1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Do 5-8.
9.2 Unique Nouns
Do 3-12.
9.3 Things in General
Read.




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Monday, February 27, 2012

Homework

for Tuesday, February 28

GRAMMAR
9.1 First conditional and time clauses
Read the notes and watch the video.

VOCABULARY
Do 4-20 in the unit exercise.

STRUCTURE
9.1 Known or unknown nouns
Read.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Homework

for Thursday, February 23

GRAMMAR
8.2 Present Perfect Continuous - Explaining the Present
Do #1  4-10;   #2  3-12;   #3 2-10

Paper Handout: 11 Present Perfect Simple (I have done) or Present Perfect Continuous (I have been doing)
Read the information and do A, B, and C.

1.3 Have and Have Got
Read and/or review this Unit 1 exercise if you have difficulty with these words.

For Present Perfect online information and quizzes, click here -



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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Homework

for Wednesday, February 22

GRAMMAR
8-1 Present Perfect Simple - Explaining the Present
Complete the chart in 8-1 Exercise 1
Do #1 4-10;    #2 4-10;   #3 5-15 in 8-1 Exercise 2

8-2 Present Perfect Continuous - Explaining the Present
Read the notes and watch the video.



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Monday, February 20, 2012

Homework

for Tuesday, February 21

GRAMMAR
8-1 Present Perfect Simple - Explaining the Present
Read the notes and watch the videos.

VOCABULARY
Do the Unit exercise.

STRUCTURE
8-1 One Independent Clause Sentences
Read


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Friday, February 17, 2012

Writing Assignment and Homework

for Monday, February 20

Unit 7 Test Writing Assignment
To open the information page, click here-
Note that I have expanded the topic (added another choice)
The assignment is due anytime on Monday, February 20.
You may do it online or on paper (double-spaced).

GRAMMAR
Do the Unit Grammar Review to help you study for Monday's test.

READING
Complete reading about U2.
Answer and correct the questions in the exercise.
Note: This can help you with your writing assignment.


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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Homework

for Friday, February 17

GRAMMAR
Correct your answers to 10 Past Simple or Present Perfect (2): ago, for, since click here -
7-2 Present Perfect Simple - Experience
Do #2  4-6;    #3  9-12;    #4  6-12

READING
To open the list of new words to study, click here -

WRITING
Exercises on Paragraph Writing
A) Topic Sentences
1. Choosing a topic sentence - Do 3, 4, and 5
2. Writing a topic sentence - Do 2, 3, 4, and 5
B) Supporting Sentences - Read
C) Irrelevant Sentences - Read
D) Concluding Sentences - Read
To open the Exercises on Paragraph Writing, click here -



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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Homework

for Thursday, February 16

GRAMMAR
Paper handout: 10 Past Simple or Present Perfect (2); ago, for, since
Read page 24 and do the exercises.
The answers will be posted on the class blog on Thursday.

7-2 Present Perfect Simple - Experience
Read the notes and watch the video(s).

STRUCTURE
6-2 Parallel Structure - Adjectives and Adverbs
Do 2-8
(Note this is from Unit 6)

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Homework

for Wednesday, February 16

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration
Do #1  7-15;     #2  8-10     #3  4-10.

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Monday, February 13, 2012

Homework

for Tuesday, February 14

GRAMMAR
7-1 Present Perfect - Duration
Read the notes and watch the video(s).

VOCABULARY
Do the Unit exercise.

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Homework and Test Sentence Writing

for Monday, February 13

Unit 6 TEST Preparation
Click here for the test assignment.


Do the Unit Grammar Review

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Homework

for Friday, February 10

GRAMMAR
6-3 Verbs + Object + Infinitive
Do #1 7-8;    #2  7-8;    #3 6-15

STRUCTURE
6-1 Parallel Structure - Nouns and Verbs
Do 2-8
6-2  Parallel Structure - Adjectives and Adverbs
Read

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Homework

for Thursday, February 9

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verbs + Infinitive
Do #1 4-10;    #2  3-10;     #3 Complete the paragraphs.
To see a Grammar 6-2 chart (it will be useful to use with 6-1 and 6-3), click here -
6-3 Verbs + Object + Infinitive
Read the notes and watch the video.


STRUCTURE
6-1 Parallel Structure - Nouns and Verbs
Do 2-8
6-2 Parallel Structure - Adjectives and Adverbs
Read


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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Homework

for Wednesday, February 8

GRAMMAR
6-2 Verbs + Infinitive
Read the notes and watch the videos. (again)

VOCABULARY
Do Unit 6 exercise 2 -12

STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs
Read
6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs
Read

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Homework

for Tuesday, February 7

GRAMMAR
6-1 Gerunds
Do #1  5-10;    #2  5-10;     #  5-12;    #4  5-12.
To see the 6-1 Gerund chart (it will be useful to use with 6-2), click here -
Learn the definition of the verbs on the 6-1 chart.

6-2 Verbs + Infinitive
Read the notes and watch the videos.


VOCABULARY
Study the new words in Unit 6.


STRUCTURE
6-1 Nouns and Verbs
Read
6-2 Adjectives and Adverbs
Read






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Sunday, February 5, 2012

ANSWERS to paper handout - #13 FUTURE: will, be going to, Present Continuous and Simple

Answers to Paper Handout


 #13 FUTURE: will, be going to, Present Continuous and Simple
Click here for answers




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Friday, February 3, 2012

Homework

GRAMMAR
Unit 5 Grammar Review
Do the exercise and correct it using the answer page.

Paper Handout: 13 Future: will, be going to, Present Continuous and Simple
Do A, B, and D. Check the class blog on Sunday to correct your answers.

READING
5-1 Clothing of the Future
Read the article and answer the questions in YOUR OWN WORDS (do not just copy and paste).
Share it with me.

Study for Unit 5 Test on Monday a.m.


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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Homework

for Friday, February 3

GRAMMAR
5-2 Making Predictions
Do 7-14.

READING
5-1 Clothing of the Future
Read.


STRUCTURE
5-2 Questions
Do 4-10.
5-3 Some, Any, and No words
Do 2-10.

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Listening Script

http://www.esl-lab.com/clothing/clothingrd1.htm


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Listening Script





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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Homework

for Thursday, February 2

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Do 6-15
5-2 Making Predictions
Read the notes and watch the video.

STRUCTURE
5-1 Positive and Negative Sentences
Do 3-10
5-2 Questions
Read
5-3 Some, Any and No Words
Read

For extra grammar practice - Good (adjective) VERSUS well (adverb), click here -
For information about the Parts of Speech, click here -

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