Monday, August 11, 2008

Week 8 Homework

Monday

1) Study for final vocab/grammar quiz
2) Names paper - write a kind comment to or about each classmate. (This assignment is optional, but it would be nice if you could do this. I will use this information to make something for all of you.)

Monday, August 4, 2008

Week 7 Homework

Monday:

1) R p.132-139 (You can skip p.136-137 B)
2) Choice - do and outline and one of the following essays:
a) Essay #5 - Restaurant Review
b) Essay #5 - Your choice of topic (see p.78 for ideas)
3) W p.102-104, 116-120, 133-137
4) Journal --> Compare/Contrast Paragraph (see W p.124 for ideas)(due Thurs.)
5) G p.100-101 --> ex. 2 & 3

Tuesday:

1) Journal: Consider the writing that you have done this quarter. How have you improved? What do you still need to work on? (due Thursday)
2) W - Read p.169-top (1st 4 questions) of p.171
3) G p.103, 110-111, 124-125
4) Article summary/reaction (due Monday)

Wednesday:

(1) log and 2 journals)
2) R p.200 A, p. 201 C, p. 203 A
3) W p.175-176 practice 3
4) Rewrite Essay 5

*Remember: Final Writing Proficiency test tomorrow - you can use a dictionary for the last 10 minutes if you like.

Thursday:

1) R p.203 #1 (Journal style)
2) Article Reaction/Summary
3) Grammar p. 118-123

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Lab - 7/31

Grammar Exercises & Information:

Adjective clauses:

1) Practice
2) Information
3) Exercises & Information
4) Adjective Clause Exercises
5) Quiz

Monday, July 28, 2008

Week 6, July 28-July 31 Homework

Monday

1) Journal - R p. 108 #2 (please hand in your journals on Thursday)
2) R p. 118-121
3) Blog --> creative writing (due on Wed.)
4) Study for tomorrow's quiz on modals

Tuesday

1) W p. 79-81, 85-87 Practice 3
2) Article summary/reaction --> due Monday
3) Grammar p.68-75--> all or odds
4) Bring 1 or more pictures/photographs from the newspaper to class
(5) Remember to write a creative paragraph on your blog)

Wednesday

1) G p. 76-83 ODDS
2) Reading log
3) Journal (see Monday #1)
4) W p.91 ex. 1-3 (due Monday)
5) Essay #5 -- Restaurant Review (see p.92-93 W) (due Tuesday)

Thursday

1) Essay 5 -- Restaurant Review (due Tuesday)
2) Grammar online exercises on adjective clauses (see above; optional HW)
3) W p.87-91
4) Article #4 (Summary & Reaction)

Monday, July 21, 2008

Homework Week 5 (July 21-24)

Monday:

1) G p.40-45
2) G - do exercises 2 and 3 on both handouts
3) W - p.65-68
4) Paragraph 4 due Thursday (see small handout for description)

Tuesday:

1) Article #3 due on Monday (Summary & Reaction)
2) Blog about your book (your reaction [#2])due Thursday
3) Midterm Rewrite due Monday
4) W p. 68-70
(5) G p. 46-49)
6) Paragraph 4 due Thursday (see small handout for description)

Wednesday:

1) Reading log
2) Blog (a reaction/response [a paragraph] to your outside reading book)
3) Essay/Paragraph #4 (see small handout for description)
4) G p. 46-49
5) Article #3 Summary & Reaction due on Monday

Thursday:

1) Summary/Reaction (Article #3)
2) R p. 103-106
3) G p. 51, 55, 57-67 ODDS (you can skip the even #s)

*Quiz on Modals on Tuesday. We will review and have a practice quiz on Monday.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Lab July 17

-ed/-ing

1) Scroll down for -ed/-ing quizzes on this website.

2) And here's another quiz.

3) And here's another exercise...

4) And another quiz...

5) And another exercise...

Past Perfect

1) Information about the past perfect; verb tense exercises (at the bottom). Click here.

2) Past Perfect exercise.

3) More Past Perfect Exercises.

4) Past Perfect vs. Simple Past Exercise.