Homework for Tuesday, April 1/14,

VOCABULARY
5-1 Vocabulary
Slide show
Do Exercise #1: 3-20.

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Read the lesson and watch the video.

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Extra practice

READING/STRUCTURE
Read these fables (children's stories). Click on "Mouse" at the top
They are good practice at using "the" for second mention. 

Monday, March 31/14 Lesson Plan - Unit 4 Structure and Start Unit 5

STRUCTURE

4-3 Things in General

Exercise -in class work.

Exercise: the or nothing

A/An or The or No Article?

4-2 Unique Nouns
Review

4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns

An optional exercise on last week's blog. You may have it on your DRIVE if you worked on it last week.
Using THE for second mention. (4-1 structure) Answers

Quiz

10:30

SPEAKING
Pre-Vocabulary 5-1 Fashion (Unit Intro)

VOCABULARY
5-1 Vocabulary
Slide show
Pronunciation, definition, part of speech

Exercise #1:  -20.

NOTE: If you are moving to 125, you should study the 125 Vocabulary for your class tomorrow.

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More homework for tomorrow:

GRAMMAR
5-1 Future Decisions and Plans
Read the lesson and watch the video.

Study Material for Friday, March 28/14

GRAMMAR
4-4 Review

Do the exercise. Correct your answers.

Modals general quiz
Modals- Permission and Requests quiz
Making Offers Using Modals - Information
Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission quiz

How to study for tomorrow's assessment test:
- Look at your Unit tests and assignments. Notice your errors.Use the blog to review Units 1,2,3,4. Go back to Tuesday, March 4/14. This is the day we started Unit 1.

Thursday, Mar.27/14 Lesson Plan Unit 4

LISTENING
4-2 Newspapers

GRAMMAR
4-2 Modals and Permission
Lesson and inclass work

SPEAKING
4-7 Is It Okay in Other Countries?

GRAMMAR

4-3 Making Requests and Offers

Lesson and inclass work

SPEAKING
4-8 Making Requests

Friday, March 28/14 Assessment Test 

Be here before 8:30 am.

The video deadline is 8 p.m., tonight: Thursday, March 27/14.

If you haven't done your video yet, get your speaking assignment from your "me" page. You must answer the questions in a YouTube video. This page provides information about how to make a video. Do not forget to change your privacy settings to unlisted.

Homework for Thursday, Mar.27/14

GRAMMAR
4-2 Modals and Permission
Read the lesson and watch the video.
4-3 Making Requests and Offers
Read the lesson and watch the video.

Wednesday, Mar.26/14 Lesson Plan Unit 4

Unit 3 test = correct your wrong answers

GRAMMAR

Illustration 1 and Illustration 2
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Correct #1: 3-10; #2: 3-10; #3: 3-10; #4: 3-10.

SPEAKING
4-3 What's the Job?
4-5 Speaking Pairs

9:35

READING
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
Practice reading for the Assessment Test


10:30
LISTENING
4-2 Newspapers

GRAMMAR
4-2 Modals and Permission

Lesson

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Re: Assessment Test Friday March 28, 2014 

Go to your "ME" page. Find the questions (speaking assignment) at the end of the units. Read the information before starting your video.

Open this page which provides information about how to make a YouTube video. Note that you must change your privacy settings to unlisted. For more information on how to answer the questions, clickhere.
Share your video with me (lesliemillikin@canada-english.com) before 8 pm, Thursday,March 27/14.








More homework for tomorrow:
4-3 Making Requests and Offers

Read the lesson and watch the video.

Homework for Wed., Mar.26/14

New students: You can find the homework you started in your DRIVE (from your ME page)

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Do #1: 3-10; #2: 3-10; #3: 3-10; #4: 3-10.
Practice Modal Verbs of Obligation & Advice
Study this Reference Chart - Modals of Obligation & Advice

4-2 Modals and Permission
Read the lesson and watch the video

STRUCTURE

Practice Using THE for second mention. (4-1 structure)
4-3 Nouns in General
Read the notes.

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READING (extra work - optional)
Practice reading about magazines. Click on Matching.

Tues., Mar25/14 Lesson Plan

Spelling City

VOCABULARY

Word list
Correct Exercise #1: 2-20.

SPEAKING

4-2 Literature (Vocabulary)

STRUCTURE
4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns
Correct 3-8.

4-2 Unique Nouns

Lesson

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice

Lesson
Illustration 1 and Illustration 2

Assign Speaking Units 1 -4

Homework for Tues., March 25/14

VOCABULARY
Do Exercise #1: 2-20.

STRUCTURE
4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns

Do 3-8.

Read these fables (children's stories). Click on "Cat" at the top

They are good practice at using "the" for second mention.

4-2 Unique Nouns
Read the lesson.

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Read the lesson and watch the video.

Monday, March 24/14 Lesson Plan

Unit 3 Test private for now

We will correct parts of the test tomorrow.

Start Unit 4
VOCABULARY
Unit 4 Exercise #1.

STRUCTURE
4-1 Known or Unknown Nouns

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More homework for tomorrow:

GRAMMAR
4-1 Modals of Obligation and Advice
Read the lesson and watch the video.

The next assessment test is this Friday March 28, 2014

Exit/Assessment Test Information.

The test will have a speaking part on video. 

We will do some in-class practice on how to make a YouTube video on Tuesday. 

I will also give you the questions you must answer.

Weekend Study Material for Monday's Unit 3 Test

Sentence Writing Assignment 

is due Monday, March 24

EXTRA PRACTICE

GRAMMAR
3-1 Past Simple or Past Continuous
Illustration - The difference between PS,PC,PP
Practice these quizzes: simple past , past progressive (continuous)

"ed" (past tense of regular verb) endings video

3-3 Past Perfect

quiz

3-4 Past Passive

Do the exercise and correct your work - answers

Information and quiz on the past passive

STRUCTURE
3-1, 3-2, 3-3 Simple, Compound, Complex Sentences

This may be good practice for your assignment due on Monday. It is a higher level

Practice sentence writing on this excellent writing/structure website: Is it a simple, compound, or complex sentence? Check your Answers

3-3 Complex Sentences Information and Exercise.

Compare your sentences to the on-line answer page. Decide how to change your errors.

Look through this past week's blog 

and find more quizzes to practice.

Friday, March 21/14 Lesson Plan

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pronunciation practice ed endings

READING
3-1 Three Stories about Natural Disasters
New words

GRAMMAR
2-4 Present Passive

Correct  #1: 7-12;   #2: 6-10.

General Passive - This includes practice using the passive in several tenses. 

Correct A: 2-6;   B: 2-3;   C: 2-3;   D: 1-7;   E: 1-8. Check your answers.

11:20
Song by John Lennon -How the past simple and continuous are used. Past simple with "facts" and the past continuous to explain how he felt about those "facts" - Jealous Guy. Scroll to the second video.


SPEAKING
3-8 Speaking Pairs

If there is time, maybe we will do the following. Otherwise, these links will be on the weekend study blog.

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

past simple vs. past continuous When or While

Homework for Friday, March 21/14

GRAMMAR
2-4 Present Passive

Do #1: 7-12;   #2: 6-10.

Practice with this quiz.

Practice the past passive using 1. past simple passive; 2. past progressive passive (continuous)

General Passive - This includes practice using the passive in several tenses. Note that you cannot type directly on the page, but you can type below each page.

Do A: 2-6;   B: 2-3;   C: 2-3;   D: 1-7;   E: 1-8. There are some present perfect questions. You do not need to do these.

READING
3-1 Three Stories about Natural Disasters
Pre-reading:
Learn these new words for tomorrow's reading.

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Regular verb ed endings (this has audio)

Quiz Past Simple or Past Perfect?

Thursday, March 20/14 Lesson Plan

warmer
Past Perfect quiz

GRAMMAR
3-3 Past Perfect
Correct #1: 5-8; #2: 4-7; #3: 3-7; #4: 4-10.

VOCABULARY
Dictation

10:30
GRAMMAR
2-4 Present Passive
General Passive - all tenses

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more homework for tomorrow:
READING
3-1 Three Stories of Natural Disasters
Pre-reading:
Study these new words for tomorrow.

Homework for Thurs., March 20/14

STRUCTURE
3-3 Complex Sentences
Do the exercise. You will need to write 14 sentences. Share it with me before Monday 8:30 am.

lesliemillikin@canada-english.com
Here are the examples we did in class today:

GRAMMAR
3-3 Past Perfect
Do #1: 5-8;  #2: 4-7;  #3: 3-7;  #4: 4-10.
Practice with this quiz.

Unit 2 Grammar
2-4 Present Passive
Read the lesson and watch the video.

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Extra work:
GRAMMAR

Regular verb "ed" endings pronunciation quiz

Past Simple (I waited) or Past Continuous (I was waiting). Check your answers.

Past simple vs past continuous interactive quiz

READING

Natural Disasters: Earthquakes and Tsunamis

Wed., Mar.19/14 Lesson Plan

warmer
Subject and Verb Agreement

STRUCTURE

3-1 Simple Sentences

3-2 Compound Sentences

3-3 Complex Sentences

LISTENING

3-1 Natural Disasters

GRAMMAR
3-3 Past Perfect
Lesson

11:45
Unit 2 test
Open your tests from Monday. I have marked them, but I haven't "corrected" them. You must do that. Change your wrong answers to the correct ones.

Tuesday, March 18/14 Lesson Plan

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Spelling City

VOCABULARY
3-1 Our Planet
Correct Exercise #1: 4-20
Correct Exercise #1: 3-8

SPEAKING
3-2 Our Planet #1 (Vocabulary)

GRAMMAR
3-1b Pronunciation of Regular Verbs in the Past Tense
Read and listen.
3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Correct #1: 5-10;  #2: 5-14;  #3: 4-10;  #4: 5-8.

Unit 2 test
Open your tests from yesterday. I have marked them, but I haven't "corrected" them. Change your wrong answers to the correct ones.

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More homework for tomorrow:
3-3 Past Perfect
Read the notes and watch the video(s).

Homework for Tuesday, March 18/14

VOCABULARY
3-1 Our Planet
Do Exercise #1: 4-20
Do Exercise #1: 3-8

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

STRUCTURE
3-1 Simple Sentences (you should know a lot about this from last week)

Read the lesson.

3-2 Compound Sentences

Read the lesson.

Unit 2 Test and Start Unit 3, Monday, March 17/14

Unit 2 test - private until I change it.


VOCABULARY
3-1 Our Planet
In-class pronunciation/vocabulary work: slide show
Plus examples from Exercise #1.

GRAMMAR
3-1b Pronunciation of Regular Verbs in the Past Tense
Read and listen.

GRAMMAR 

3-1a Past Simple and Past Continuous

Read the Lesson and watch the video(s).

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More homework for tomorrow:

STRUCTURE

3-1 Simple Sentences
Study the exercise

Weekend Homework and Unit 2 Test Study Material

for Unit 2 Test
Study all the Vocabulary, Structure, and Grammar.
Learn the Part of Speech for each vocabulary word.

Be prepared to write simple sentences with the vocabulary words I have chosen.

GRAMMAR
2-5 Review
Do the exercise.
Correct your answers.

Practice Present Simple or Continuous quiz

Also -
Check the blog this past week and do the quizzes.

Friday, March 14/14 Lesson Plan

Simple sentence quiz

STRUCTURE
2-4: Run-on Sentences
Correct 3-6.

10:30

GRAMMAR
2-3 State and Dynamic verbs
Correct  #1: 6-10; #2: 6-10; #3: 7-12.

SPEAKING
2-7 Speaking Pairs: State & Dynamic Verbs

doesn't have enough = lacks

your shoes are not the right size = don't fit

READING
2-1 Real Estate Agent Blog

Homework for Friday, March 14/14

STRUCTURE
2-4: Run-on Sentences
Do 3-6.
Practice correcting run-on sentences NOTE: smrt120 uses method 3.
Learn to avoid sentence fragments. Practice with this quiz.

GRAMMAR
2-3 State and Dynamic verbs
Do #1: 6-10;   #2: 6-10;   #3: 7-12.
Practice State, Dynamic, and Mixed Verbs with this quiz.
Practice Non-Continuous (STATE) Verbs with Present and Past Tenses with this quiz. Don't worry that there are past tense sentences. The past simple and past continuous work the same as the present simple and present continuous.

2-4 Present Passive
Read the lesson and watch the video(s).

Thursday, Mar 13/14 Lesson Plan

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Present Simple or Continuous quiz 

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

STRUCTURE/WRITING
2-1 Simple Sentences
Parts of a Sentence quiz and quasi-lesson
2-3 Fragments
2-4: Run-on Sentences 

GRAMMAR

2-3 State and Dynamic verbs

Lesson
Note: The exercise says to "Complete the following sentences with either the present simple or present continuous." This means state or dynamic.

Work on:

Exercise #1:  -10  - #2:  -10;   #3:   -12.

maybe:
READING
2-1 Real Estate Agent Blog

Homework for Thursday, March 13/14

GRAMMAR
2-2 Present Continuous
Do #1: 5-15; #2: 4-15; #3: 3-10.
Present Simple or Continuous quiz (at the bottom of the page)

2-3 State and Dynamic verbs
Read the lesson and watch the video(s).

STRUCTURE/WRITING
2-3 Fragments
Read the lesson and watch the video(s).
2-4: Run-on Sentences
Read the lesson and watch the video(s).

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Extra Work (Optional)
Practice "3 Present Simple or Present Continuous". Note this is a PDF page. You will need to use a new blank page. Check your answers.

Wednesday, March 12/14 Lesson Plan

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VOCABULARY

Study the vocabulary for a few minutes.

Exercise #3 Dictation

GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple
Teachers lesson - links
Correct #3: 8-20; #4: 8-20

9:45
LISTENING
My Dream House

10:30

GRAMMAR
2-2 Present Continuous
Lesson 

SPEAKING
Mr. Bean
Words to use in the exercise.

Video 

GRAMMAR 2-2 continued...

In-class work on exercise, plus homework.

11:25
STRUCTURE/WRITING
2-1 Simple Sentences
Correct 4-6.

2-3 Fragments  

Lesson (and maybe) video

12:05
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More homework for tomorrow Thursday, March 13:

STRUCTURE
2-4: Run-on Sentences 

Read the lesson and watch the video(s).

GRAMMAR
2-3 State and Dynamic verbs
Read the lesson and watch the video(s).

Homework for Wednesday, March 12/14

GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple
Teachers lesson - links
Do  #3: 8-20; #4: 8-20

2-2 Present Continuous
Read the lesson and watch the videos

STRUCTURE
2-1 Simple Sentences

Do 4-6.

VOCABULARY/STRUCTURE/WRITING
Write sentences using the words in Vocabulary Exercise #2

Tuesday, March 11/14 Lesson Plan

Spelling City

VOCABULARY
2-1 Housing
Correct Exercise #1: 2-20.

SPEAKING
2-2 Vocabulary

GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple
Continue Lesson  Teachers lesson

Correct  #1: 4-9; #2: 4-8

STRUCTURE
2-1 Simple Sentences
Read the notes and exercise.
2-2 Punctuation
Read the notes and exercise.
Practice writing sentences using the words in Vocabulary Exercise #2

maybe
LISTENING
My Dream House

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Homework for Wednesday:
2-2 Present Continuous

Read the lesson and watch the videos.

Homework for Tuesday, March 11/14

VOCABULARY
2-1 Housing
Do Exercise #1: 2-20.

GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple

Watch the videos.

Do #1: 4 - 9; #2: 4- 8
We will finish the lesson and exercises on Tuesday (#3: ?-12; and #4: ?-10)

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

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Extra (optional homework) 

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

Mon., Mar 10/14 Unit 1 Test / Start Unit 2

warmer
Spelling City

8:50
Go over (preview) Unit One Test.
Note that this link is PRIVATE. It is private until your teacher changes the sharing settings.

Unit 1 Test
When you are finished, click share and add my address: lesliemillikin@canada-english.com
Share. Close your test.

9:45 (this may change):
Test Correction
- The test answers will be on the tv screen.
- You will correct your own answers. Do not delete the wrong answers. (for a strikethrough, press shift, alt, 5)
- Your wrong answers will remind you of problem areas to study.
- Type the mark in front of the / sign for each question.

I will make a copy of your orginal test, but I will not type the corrections. This is for you to do on your original test.


10:30
VOCABULARY
2-1 Housing
Picture Vocabulary
Lesson
Exercise #1: The class will do a few example answers and the rest will be homework.

11:20
GRAMMAR
2-1 Present Simple
***first: Teachers lesson - we will shift back and forth between these two pages, doing online exercieses after each use.

2-1 Lesson Documents - Exercise:
The class will do a few example answers, and the homework will be:
#1: ? - 9
#2: ?- 8
#3: ?-12
#4: ?-10
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More homework for tomorrow Tuesday, Mar 11:
STRUCTURE
2-1 Simple Sentences
Read the notes and exercise.
2-2 Punctuation
Read the notes and exercise.

Weekend Homework and Study Material for Unit 1 Test

Announcement

A new PM1 spelling class is starting soon. 

If you are interested, talk to Beck on the fourth floor.

GRAMMAR
1-4 Grammar Review
Do the exercise and correct your answers

Practice Assorted Questions quiz
Lesson and auxilary verb exercises
Watch the "All English Tenses" video. If you want, you can go back and watch the previous videos link at the end of the main video.

VOCABULARY
Do Exercise #2
Compare your answers with these example answers. (Of course, your answers may not be exactly the same but still correct.)
Practice "Parts of Speech" video

Friday, March7/14 Lesson Plan

VOCABULARY - Dictation Answers
1-1 Vocabulary
Check your answers with those on the screen.
At home, listen again for those you got wrong.

GRAMMAR
Yes/No Questions + Question Words Exercise
Correct A: 5-10; B: 4-6; C: 4-8; D: 3-4.

SPEAKING
1-6 Question Table
Example:
What does Bob do at the cafe?

GRAMMAR
1-2 Questions

Correct #1: 8-10
#2: 4-10
#3: the last three dialogues students write on the board?
#4: 3-6
#5: 3-6

LISTENING
Pre-listening speaking activity (10 minutes)
Student One, Student Two, Student Three, Student Four
1-1 Stay in Shape

GRAMMAR
1-3 Have and Have Got

Homework for Friday, March 7/14

GRAMMAR
Yes/No Questions + Question Words Lesson
Yes/No Questions + Question Words Exercise

Do A: 5-10;  B: 4-6;  C: 4-8;  D: 3-4.

1-2 Questions
Do #1: 8-10 only

#2: 4-10

#3: the last three dialogues

#4: 3-6

#5: 3-6

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Extra work

Question Formation quiz
Choosing the correct auxiliary verb in questions quiz 9

READING (optional)
"Can a Healthy Lifestyle Alter your Genes?"
Read the article (Exercise 12) and do the quiz for comprehension.

Thursday, March 6/14 Lesson Plan

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auxiliary verbs 4

GRAMMAR
1-1 Three Kinds of Verbs
Correct: #1: 3-9; #2: the last two tables; #3: 3-7.

SPEAKING
1-3 Who Am I?

9:40
GRAMMAR
Yes/No Questions + Question Words Lesson
Yes/No Questions + Question Words Exercise
1-2 Questions  Reference the above lesson

Exercise

Assign #1: 8 to 10 only, #2:  _ to 10;  #3: the last three dialogues:   #4: _-6;   #5: _ to 6.

LISTENING

1-1 Stay In Shape

Homework for Thursday, March 6/14

GRAMMAR
1-1 Three Kinds of Verbs
Teacher's copy of the lesson
Do #1: 3-9;  #2: the last 2 tables;  #3: 3-7.

1-2 Questions

Read the lesson and watch the videos.

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Extra
Auxiliary verb practice: quiz 1, quiz 3, quiz 4, quiz 7
Prepositions of place: mini-lesson, quiz

Wed., Mar 5/14 Lesson Plan

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Spelling City

students choose numbers

VOCABULARY
Correct Exercise #1: 3-20 and Exercise #3: 3-9.

Check the POS for each word.

SPEAKING
1-2 Health and Body (Vocabulary)

9:45
LISTENING
1-2 A Healthy Lifestyle

10:30
GRAMMAR
1-1 Three Kinds of Verbs
Teacher's copy of the lesson: Three Kinds of Verbs

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Auxiliary verb practice: quiz 1, quiz 3, quiz 4, quiz 7

Homework for Wednesday, March 5/14

VOCABULARY
Health and Body
Do Exercise #1: 3-20 and Exercise #3: 3-9.

Extra vocabulary work: Look at the eight parts of speech. In 120, we focus on the first five. 

Learn the part of speech (POS) for each of the Unit 1 vocabulary words.

GRAMMAR
1-1 Three Kinds of Verbs
Read the lesson.
Watch the four videos.

Extra optional quizzes:

POS quiz. Note this takes a while to open.

Word order

Tues., March 4/14 Lesson Plan

8:30
Introductions
Class rules, guidelines, expectations

GRAMMAR
1-1 Introduction

Lesson
Teacher's answers - private

10:30
SPEAKING
Pre-vocabulary speaking exercise
1-0 Health and Body (Unit Introduction)

VOCABULARY
Health and Body Slide Show
Health and Body 1-1 Vocabulary
Exercise #1

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More homework for tomorrow:

GRAMMAR
1-1 Three Kinds of Verbs
Read the lesson.
Watch the four videos.

Monday, March 3/14 Lesson Plan

opener/wamer
funny video

Today we will work on some structure from Unit 12 and Unit 11

STRUCTURE Unit 12
12-3 Noun Quantifiers (Review)
Lesson and Exercise
Noun Quantifiers
Determiners
Specific and General Quantifiers

12-1 Singular and Plural Verbs
Lesson

STRUCTURE Unit 11
11-2 Adjectives and Adverbs (Review)