Homework for Tuesday, October 1, 2013

VOCABULARY

Exercise #1, Exercise #2: complete.

STRUCTURE
4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Read the notes.

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modal Verbs of Obligation and Advice

Read the notes.

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Reference Chart - Modals of Obligation & Advice

Lesson Plan Monday, Sept.30/13

Unit 3 Test

Correct Parts A,B,C,D,F

VOCABULARY
Unit 4 exercise.

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More Homework for tomorrow:
GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Read the notes.

STRUCTURE

4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Read the notes.

The next assessment test is this Friday Oct 6, 2013

Exit/Assessment Test Information As always, the Exit test will have a Speaking part on video. This means you may need to practice making a YouTube video and sharing it with me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com).

This is to make sure you know how. All you need to do is say hello. Do not forget how to do this for your real speaking video. Note that you must change your privacy settings to unlisted. No one else will see it but me. If you have done this a few times before and are confident your video will work for me, then you do not need to send me a practice video.

Open this page which provides information and an instruction link.

I will give you the questions you must answer on Wednesday.

**UPDATE** Weekend Homework and Study Material

STRUCTURE
3-1, 3-2, 3-3 Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences
Practice sentence writing on this website. Decide: Is it a simple, compound, or complex sentence?
Answers

3-2 Compound Sentences Exercise (Extra work from a few days ago) Answers

3-3 Complex Sentences Exercise. Compare your sentences to the answer page.

READING
Answers Reading 3-1: Three Stories about Natural Disasters

SPEAKING (Grammar Practice)
3-8 Speaking Pairs - Past Simple or Past Continuous
Study the answers because you can see the correct sentences for each partner.

GRAMMAR
3-1 Past Simple or Past Continuous
Practice these quizzes: simple past ,  past progressive (continuous)

3-2 Past Perfect
Quiz Past Simple or Past Perfect? Answers

3-3 Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect (smrt)
Example answers HERE

Do not forget Monday's work - The Passive
3-4 Past Passive
Passive practice using 1. past simple passive; 2. past progressive passive (continuous)

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Extra:
If you understand all of Unit 3 Structure, then go to -
Advanced practice =  both 120 + 125 (clause writing practice)

Lesson Plan, Friday, Sept.27/13

warmer
quiz - past perfect

GRAMMAR

Illustration - difference between Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect
3-2 Past Perfect
Correct #1: 4-10; #2: 4-10; #3: 3-10; #4: 2-10.
Don't forget:
When...  always means the first action- only in past simple sentences 

STRUCTURE

3-2 Compound Sentences 

Correct a few together. Students share this exercise with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

Teacher's samples of Compound Sentences   

Identifying Sentences
Correct the exercise.

3-3 Complex Sentences 

In-class work Students share this exercise with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

Teacher's samples of Complex Sentences   

WRITING
Weekend practice for Unit 3 test

READING

Pre-reading vocabulary

Three Group Jigsaw Reading

3-1: Three Stories about Natural Disasters

Homework for Friday, Sept.27/13

STRUCTURE
Identifying Sentences
Do the remainder of the exercise: 6-12.

3-2 Compound Sentences
Do the exercise. (Write compound sentences with each of the coordinators).
Compound Sentences Practice Exercise.

3-3 Complex Sentences

Read the notes.

GRAMMAR

3-2 Past Perfect
Do #1: 4-10;  #2: 4-10;  #3: 3-10; #4: 2-10.

Quiz Past Simple or Past Perfect?

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Answers to "6 Past Simple (I waited) or Past Continuous (I was waiting)" 

This was optional work from Wednesday's homework blog.

Thursday, Sept.26/13 Lesson Plan

warmer
Song by John Lennon - past simple and continuous - Jealous Guy

GRAMMAR
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Correct #2: 5-14; #3: 4-10; #4: 7-8.

SPEAKING
3-4 Liar Liar

STRUCTURE
3-1 Simple Sentences
Correct 3-6.
Recognizing simple sentences:

Helen Keller quiz. You can also learn about compound and complex sentences in this quiz.

Identifying Sentences
Correct the exercise.

3-2 Compound Sentences
Sentence Constructions

11:20

3-2 Past Perfect

Lesson.

Homework for Thursday, Sept. 26/13

GRAMMAR
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Do #2: 5-14;  #3: 4-10;  #4: 7-8.
Do this exercise - Past Simple or Continuous and share it with me before Friday.

lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

3-2 Past Perfect
Read the notes and watch the video.

STRUCTURE

3-1 Simple Sentences

Do 3-6.

To practice recognizing simple sentences, work on this quiz. Click on Helen Keller. We have not studied compound or complex sentences yet. But it is okay. The quiz will still be useful.

Identifying Sentences

Do this exercise.

3-2 Compound Sentences

Read the notes.

VOCABULARY

Check Vocabulary Exercise #1 Answers

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Extra:
Optional (but very useful) homework:
Past Simple (I waited) or Past Continuous (I was waiting) The answers will be posted on Thursday.

Interactive past simple vs past continuous

Lesson Plan Wednesday, Sept. 25/13

8:30

3-2 Vocabulary dictation - private until I change it

GRAMMAR
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous

Review and Continue Lesson

In-class work on the exercise.

maybe:

LISTENING

A Holiday in Florida

10:00

VOCABULARY
#2 Exercise

Check your Answers at home. 

LISTENING
3-1 Natural Disasters

Listening for Meaning Exercise - first exercise 

Listening for Meaning Exercise - second exercise

STRUCTURE

3-1 Simple Sentences
3-2 Compound Sentences

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More homework for tomorrow:

3-2 Past Perfect

Read the notes.

Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 25/13

GRAMMAR
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Do #1. We will do the remainder of the exercise tomorrow.

3-1b Pronunciation of Regular Verbs in the Past Tense
Practice the three different -ed endings.

More practice: quiz1, quiz 2

Answers - The Passive 42.1 (extra work from yesterday's blog)

VOCABULARY

Do Exercise #2. (This was on the blog yesterday.)

STRUCTURE
3-1 Simple Sentences
3-2 Compound Sentences
Read the notes.

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Miscellaneous optional work:

READING/VOCABULARY

Natural Disasters: Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Tornadoes in Kansas A tornado is another natural disaster, but it is not included in this week's vocabulary. The famous story, The Wizard of Oz, is about a tornado.

Lesson Plan Sept.24/13

warmer

The passive

GRAMMAR

non-smrt - Passive Sentences
Correct 41.1: 4;   41.2: 3,4,7,10;

VOCABULARY

Slide show
Correct Exercise #1 and Exercise #2.

SPEAKING
3-2 Our Planet #1 Vocabulary

GRAMMAR

3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Lesson

3-1-b ed endings pronunciation
Lesson

maybe:
STRUCTURE
3-1 Simple Sentences
3-2 Compound Sentences
Lesson

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Extra work:

Interactive web practice - pronunciation of past tense regular verbs

Homework for Sept.24/13

GRAMMAR

non-smrt - Passive Sentences
Do 41.1: 4;   41.2: 3,4,7,10;

3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Read the notes and watch the video(s).

VOCABULARY
Study - slide show
Do Exercise #1 and Exercise #2.

STRUCTURE3-1 Simple Sentences
3-2 Compound Sentences
Read the notes.

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GRAMMAR
Extra work for those of you who want more passive practice.

The Passive 42.1
Work on this passive voice exercise. The answers are at the bottom.
PDF page "26 Passive sentences (2)". Check your answers to "26 Passive sentences (2)"

Website information on the passive
Interactive practice on the passive

Lesson Plan Monday, Sept.23/13

Pre- test writing information
Unit 2 Test- private until I change it.

Correct test

GRAMMAR
Review and Introduction to the Passive

LISTENING
Exercise: 45-year-old college graduate makes...

GRAMMAR
non-smrt - Passive Sentences

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More homework

GRAMMAR
Extra work. The Passive 42.1

3-1 Past Simple and Past Continuous
Read the notes.

VOCABULARY

Study - slide show

Do the exercise.

Weekend Study Material for Unit 2 Test

GRAMMAR 

2-3 State and Dynamic Verbs

Supplement (Extra Lesson) - State Verbs
Supplement (Extra Lesson) - Mixed Verbs  (Sometimes dynamic and sometimes state)

Notice:

Check your g-mail for your Unit 1 test results. 

I have written explanations for your errors. 

Keep this test to study for the assessment test.

Do not delete your wrong answers. They will remind you of the type of errors you make.

Lesson Plan Friday, Sept.20/13

warmer

 quiz 

GRAMMAR
2-3 State and Dynamic Verbs
Correct #1: 7-15; #2: 4-10. 

 #3 Do in class.

SPEAKING
2-6 Speaking Pairs: State and Dynamic Verbs

STRUCTURE
2-4 Run-on Sentences
Correct 2-6

2-5 Correct a Paragraph

Examples and homework.

WRITING
Practice writing for Unit 2 test.
Use these 5 basic sentence patterns (we worked on this a few days ago).

maybe:
Review and Introduction to the Passive
LISTENING

Exercise: 45-year-old college graduate makes...

GRAMMAR

2-4 The Passive

Lesson, examples and homework

Homework for Friday, Sept 20

GRAMMAR

2-3 State and Dynamic Verbs

Do #1: 7-15;  #2: 4-10. We'll we #3 in class tomorrow.

State and Action (dynamic) verbs information and quiz.
Present (and past) and non-continuous (state) verbs quiz

Answers to "3 Present Simple or Present Continuous" (from yesterday)

STRUCTURE
2-4 Run-on Sentences
Do 2-6

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Extra Work - Pronouns
Object forms of personal pronouns
Possessive determiners (pronouns)
Reflexive pronouns

Reflexive pronouns (yes or no)

Lesson Plan Thursday, Sept.19/13

warmer

Present simple or continuous quiz

GRAMMAR
2-2 Present Continuous
Correct #1: 4-15; #2: 5-15; #3: 3-10.

SPEAKING

2-3 Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean Vocabulary 

Tell each other what Mr. Bean is doing (Present Continuous)

STRUCTURE

2-2 Punctuation
Lesson and in-class work.

2-3 State and Dynamic Verbs
Lesson

Homework for Thursday, Sept.19

GRAMMAR
2-2 Present Continuous
Do #1: 4-15;  #2: 5-15;  #3: 3-10
Practice "3 Present Simple or Present Continuous" 
Answers will be posted later.

2-3 State and Dynamic Verbs

Read the notes and watch the video.

Lesson Plan Thursday, Sept. 19/13

GRAMMAR

2-1 Present Continuous

Correct homework (2-2 exercise)

SPEAKING

2-3 Mr. Bean video

GRAMMAR

2-3 State and Dynamic Verbs

Lesson Plan Wednesday, Sept.18 ,2013

warmer

Spelling City

start at #11

WRITING and STRUCTURE

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Internet Lesson Page
Start at "Verbs: action verbs or linking verbs..."
Lesson and Exercise - Components of a Sentence + Five Basic Sentence Patterns

**Today or tomorrow:
2-1 Simple Sentences
**We will do this next week.**
2-2 Punctuation
Lesson

GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple
Correct homework

LISTENING
2-2 My Dream House

2-2 Present Continuous
Watch Mr. Bean

Lesson

Exercise

Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 18

GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple
Do the remainder of #1, #2, #3, #4

2-1 Present Continuous

Read the notes and watch the video.

WRITING/STRUCTURE

Read the boxes "Transitive and Intransitive Verbs" from this Internet Lesson Page 

That's it!

Tuesday, Sept.17, 2013 Lesson Plan

Warmer
Spelling City

VOCABULARY
Correct #1: 4-20; #2: 2-8.

SPEAKING

2-2 Housing

GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple
Lesson

Uses of the present simple:
Facts and generalizations
Habits and Hobbies
Succession  1st, 2nd, 3rd... She has a rest when she gets home.  = Routines
Future Actions - scheduled times, events, - schools, cinema, store hours, games
Possessions, Senses, Emotions, and Mental Activity

In-class work on exercise
End of lesson signal (clue) word quiz.

STRUCTURE/WRITING
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Internet Lesson Page 

Start at "Verbs: action verbs or linking verbs..."

Intransitive verbs = no object

Lesson and Exercise - Components of a Sentence + Five Basic Sentence Patterns

maybe:
2-1 Simple Sentences
**We will do this next week.**

2-2 Punctuation
Lesson

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More homework for Wednesday:

GRAMMAR
2-2 Present Continuous

Read the notes and watch the video(s).

STRUCTURE

2-3 Fragments

Lessons

2-4 Run-on sentences
Read the notes.

Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 17/13

VOCABULARY
Housing Slide Show
Do #1: 4-20;  #2: 2-8.

GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple
Read the notes.
Pre-Lesson - To see how much you know about the present simple, do this signal (clue) word quiz.

STRUCTURE
2-1 Simple Sentences
Read the notes in the exercise.
2-2 Punctuation
Read the notes in the exercise.

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Miscellaneous Optional Work:

READING

Set 3 click Matching - Accommodation (this word is similar to housing)

GRAMMAR

Practice personal pronouns with this quiz.

Monday, Sept.16, 2013 Lesson Plan

Unit 1 Test  

SPEAKING
Pre-vocabulary Unit 2 - Housing Introduction

VOCABULARY
Housing Slide Show
Unit exercise.

GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple
In-class work and homework

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More homework for Tuesday, September 17

STRUCTURE
2-1 Simple Sentences
Look at the notes in the exercise.
2-2 Punctuation
Look at the notes in the exercise.

Sunday - answers

 ANSWERS Grammar 1-3: Have and Have Got

Homework and Study Material for Unit 1 Test

GRAMMAR

1-3 Have and Have Got
Do 3-12.  The answers will be posted later on the weekend.

Study this site for more information on Have and Have Got. Also do the quiz.

Unit 1 Test will be on grammar and vocabulary.
Remember to learn the part of speech for each vocabulary word.


This is a good study exercise about questions:
Lesson Yes/No Questions and Question Words
Exercise Yes/No Questions and Question Words
Answers to Exercise Yes/No Questions and Question Words

If auxiliary verbs are difficult for you, study this page. (There is a lot of information. You do not need to know it all.)

Friday, Sept. 13/13 Lesson Plan

warmer

Practice Question Formation

GRAMMAR
1-2 Questions
Correct #2: 5-10;    #3: the last three;   #4: 3,4,6.

SPEAKING

Instructions and Mini lesson on prepositional phrases

1- 6  Question Table

LISTENING

1-2 A Healthy Lifestyle

1-3 Have and Have Got

Lesson A. Have (Has) as an auxiliary verb B. Have (Has) as a full verb

READING
1-1 A Journal
Correct #2: 2-7

Homework for Friday, Sept.13

GRAMMAR

1-2 Questions
Do #2: 5-10;  #3: the last three;  #4: 3,4,6.
Practice Question Formation

1-3 Have and Have Got

Read the notes and watch the video.

READING
1-1 A Journal

Do #2

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Miscellaneous Extra Practice
Prepositions
Assorted Questions - This is not about auxiliary or full verbs.

Thursday, Sept.12 Lesson Plan

warmer

GRAMMAR
1-1 Three Kinds of Verbs
Correct #1: 4-9; #2: complete; #3: 3-7.

SPEAKING

1-3 Who am I?

1-2 Questions
Lesson

READING
1-1 A Journal
 

Homework for Thursday, Sept 12

GRAMMAR

1-1 Three Kinds of Verbs
Do #1: 4-9;  #2: complete;  #3: 3-7.
Writing negative sentences quiz
Auxiliary Verb quiz

Auxiliary or Full Verb - quiz #1, #2

1-2 Questions
Read the notes and watch the videos.

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Miscellaneous extra work:
"83 Preposition plus adjective" The answers will be posted tomorrow.

Word Order in Questions in English
Choosing the correct verb form quiz

Wednesday, Sept.11 Lesson Plan

warmer

Spelling City (1-1 Vocabulary - exercises - Spelling City - play a game - spelling-test me)

VOCABULARY
1-1 Health and Body
I will come to your table and correct Exercise Two: 3-8.  We did not correct this yesterday.
Other students:   Drill each other on the POS for the vocabulary words in Unit 1.


LISTENING
Pre-listening discussion - Short speaking activity
Student One - click
Student Two - click    
Student Three - click
Student Four - click

1-1 Stay in Shape - Listening


GRAMMAR
1-0 Introduction
Correct #3: 3-9; #4: 2-3.

1-1 Three Kinds of Verbs

Lesson

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Extra:
Word Order in Questions in English

Homework for Wednesday, Sept.11

GRAMMAR
1-0 Introduction
Do #3: 3-9;  #4: 2-3.

1-1 Three Kinds of Verbs

Read the notes and watch the videos.

VOCABULARY
1-1 Health and Body
Do Exercise Two: 3-8 We did not correct this today because most of the students were new.
Learn the POS for each word. (POS = Part of Speech) See Monday's Lesson blog for more information.

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The following work is optional (your choice), but very useful.
GRAMMAR

Practice these auxiliary verbs: quiz 1, quiz 2. If they are too difficult, do not worry.

READING
Fitness Pill Look at the vocabulary, reading, quiz, and discussion.

Tuesday, Sept. 10/13 Lesson Plan

VOCABULARY
1-1 Health and Body Slide show
Correct  Exercise One: 3-15; Exercise Two: 3-8
Check the POS for each word.

SPEAKING

1-2 Health and Body (Vocabulary)

GRAMMAR
1-0 Introduction
Lesson

LISTENING

1-1 Stay in Shape

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Note: students who were in this class yesterday, share this Unit 11 STRUCTURE homework with me:

lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

Unit 11 STRUCTURE
11-1 Nouns and Verbs
Part 1: 2-8; Part 2: 3-8.
11-2 Adjectives and Adverbs

Part 1: 2-8.

Homework for Tuesday, September 10/13

VOCABULARY
1-1 Health and Body
Do Exercise One: 3-15;  Exercise Two: 3-8
Learn the POS for each word.

GRAMMAR
1-0 Introduction
Look at the exercise.

Unit 11 STRUCTURE
11-1 Nouns and Verbs
Do Part 1: 2-8; Part 2: 3-8.
11-2 Adjectives and Adverbs
Do Part 1: 2-8.

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For help in learning POS with videos, go to today's Lesson Plan blog.

Monday, September 9, 2013 Parts of Speech Lesson Plan

VOCABULARY - General

Parts of Speech (POS)

All English words are CLASSIFIED into different groups = parts. 

Three of the main parts of speech are nouns, verbs, adjectives

Watch this video Mr. Folks for examples.

Unit 11 STRUCTURE

11-1 Nouns and Verbs

In-class work.

11-2 Adjectives and Adverbs

In-class work.

Prepositions

if time:
VOCABULARY
Health and Body Slide Show

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Homework for Tuesday, September 10

1-1 VOCABULARY

Do the Unit exercise.

Note:

Those of you who are moving up, study 125 Unit One Vocabulary - 1-1 Family Life (me page, library resources, English 125).

GRAMMAR

1-1 Introduction
Read the notes

Extra POS practice with videos:

Video: The subject and the eight parts of speech. "The sentence is complete when you know what the subject did."

Preposition "Schoolhouse Rock" video 

Verb "That's What's Happening" video

Quiz This may be difficult.

Miscellaneous Information and Extra Material for Friday, Sept.6/13

GRAMMAR

12-2 Reported Commands and Requests

Do #3. Notice this is reporting using 12-2 grammar. You did a similar exercise with 12-1 yesterday.

Check your answers.

Practice:

Reported Speech quiz 12-1 grammar    

Reported Requests and Commands quiz 12-2 grammar

READING

The Alien Story

Speaking Video - See Yesterday's Blog for Information and Links

Suggestions:

• try to make your video no less than three minutes and no longer than six minutes. But if you really need more time to answer, that is okay.
• prepare (think about what you will say) before starting the video
• use your best grammar and pronunciation
• try to use the vocabulary, structure and grammar learned in units 8-12.
• make it sound like you are answering questions from an audience. (But you will have to read the questions yourself.)
• be professional
• speak loudly
• DO NOT READ YOUR ANSWERS. IT IS VERY EASY FOR ME TO KNOW IF YOU ARE READING.

E-mail the link to me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com)
Please try to get it to me tonight by 9 pm.
If you have it ready sooner, please send it to me

Thursday, Sept.5 Lesson Plan

Warmer Reported Speech

GRAMMAR

12-2 Reported Commands and Requests


SPEAKING
12-7 Class Sentences #2 (Reported Commands and Requests)

LISTENING

12-2 The Beast

Homework for Thursday, Sept.5/13

GRAMMAR
12-1 Reported Speech answers

Practice quiz 1, quiz 2, quiz 3.

12-2 Reported Commands and Requests
Read the notes.

LISTENING
12-1 Investing in Space Travel
Do Listening for Details

Share your work with me: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com

Learn this vocabulary for 12-2 Listening - The Beast

The next assessment test is Friday, September 6, 2013

Exit/Assessment Test Information

Speaking Video for the Assessment Test 

If you have made YouTube video before and are confident your video will work for me, then you do not need to send me a practice video. If you have not made a video before, open this page which provides information and an instruction link. Just say hello and email the link to me at lesliemillikin@canada-english.com.

Important: Remember to change your privacy settings to unlisted.

Wednesday, Sept.4 Lesson Plan

Warmer
Vocabulary - Spelling City - Unit 12

VOCABULARY
Unit 12 - Space
Correct #1: 2-18; #2: #3:make sentences with these words

SPEAKING
12-2 Space (Vocabulary)

GRAMMAR
12-1 Reported Speech
Correct #1: 4-15; #2: 4-15; #3: in class work

SPEAKING
12-3 Speaking Pairs (Reported Speech)

LISTENING
12-1 Investing in Space Travel

Unit 11 Structure
11-1 Nouns and Verbs


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More homework for tomorrow:
LISTENING Vocabulary
Learn for 12-2 Listening

GRAMMAR
12-2 Reported Commands and Requests
Read the noes.

Give students the questions for the Assessment Test.

Homework for Wednesday, September 4, 2013

VOCABULARY
Unit 12 - Space

Do #1: 2-18; #2: make sentences with these words

GRAMMAR
12-1 Reported Speech

Do #1: 4-15;  #2: 4-15. We will do #3 in class tomorrow.

Practice Reported Speech

Tuesday, September 3, 2013 Unit 11 Test and Starting Unit 12

Unit 11 Test
Correct the test (except Part D).

VOCABULARY
Unit 12 - Space


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More homework for tonight
GRAMMAR
12-1 Reported Speech

Read the notes

Labour Day Weekend Blog September 1, 2013

LISTENING

Answers 11-2: Celebrity Gossip Journalist  Answers - Celebrity Gossip Journalist

Unit 11 Test: 

Note: Structure and Phrasal Verbs ( Grammar 11-3) will not be on the test.