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.)

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

Lab - 7/31

Grammar Exercises & Information:

Adjective clauses:

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

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)

Modals

1) Modal Verb Tutorial

2) English Grammar Online 4 U

3) Lots of modals stuff

4) Information about modals

5) Modals Quiz (can, should, must)

6) Modal Verbs of Probability

7) Modals

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.

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.

Week 4 (July 14-17) Homework

Monday:

1) Bring dictionary to class tomorrow
2) Rewrite of In-class Write #1 (due Wed.)
3) G p. 30-31

Tuesday:

1) Grammar pictures
2) Article #2: Summary & Reaction (due Monday)(choose a different article from the one you talked about in class today)
3) Be prepared to talk about your summaries of today's article tomorrow
4) R p. 56, 59

*Writing test tomorrow: You can use your dictionary for the last 10 minutes

Wednesday:

1) Rewrite Essay #3 (due tomorrow)
2) Reading Proficiency Test & Vocab Quiz tomorrow
3) Do R p.60-61 Text Analysis

Thursday:

1) G p. 38-39
2) R p. 64-68
3) W p.62-64B
4) Article #2 - summary & reaction

Study for the grammar quiz (participial adjectives, past perfect, maybe active/passive) on Monday

Homework Week 3 (7/7-7/10)

Monday, July 7

1) Due Wednesday, July 9: Essay #2 Rewrite (p. 17 W 'Try it out')
2) R p. 19-21 - Vocabulary Exercises
3) W - make 2 good topic sentences (p. 43 'Try it out')

Tuesday, July 8

1) (Essay #2 rewrite)
2) R p. 44-47
3) Bring outside reading book to class
4) Blog about your reaction to your book (1 paragraph)
5) Due Thursday: Journal #3 --> Write one paragraph answering #1 or one part of #2 on R p.23
6) Due Monday: Newspaper article summary (main ideas in your own words) & reaction/opinion/response (about 1 paragraph)

Wednesday, July 9

1) J #4: R p.52 #1
2) Finish "suffix" handout
3) R p.51 - "Text Analysis"
4) Study for Quiz
5) Bring your dictionary to class if you have one.

Remember to turn in your journals and reading logs every Thursday.

Thursday, July 10

1) Newspaper article summary & reaction (and please bring the article on Monday)
2) G p. 26-29

Present Perfect vs. Simple Past

1) English-Zone

2) English Page

3) EFLNet

4) Better-English

5) angelfire

6) Using English

July 3 - Lab

1) Present Perfect (PP) vs. Present Perfect Continuous (PPC) Practice:

a) English Grammar Secrets (do exercises 1-5)

b) English Grammar Online (do exercises and tests)

c) Learn 4 Good

d) PP vs. PPC quiz

e) English-Zone

f) English Page

g) If you'd like to read about the differences between the PP and about the differences between the PP and the PPC, feel free to check out BBC's explanation.

2) a) Read (while listening to someone read) this article about this history of Independence Day.

b) Click on "handout". Try to answer the questions on page 1.

c) In your country, do you have a special patriotic day? Discuss this special day with a partner. How do people celebrate it?

d) Skim through the Fourth of July events mentioned in this Seattle Times article. Do any of these events look particularly interesting to you? One way to celebrate the 4th of July is to go to Gas Works Park to enjoy fireworks and various festivities. Do you have any plans for the 4th of July? Will you go to the Gas Works celebration this Friday? If you don't mind the crowds and are interested in a cultural experience, why not take a minute to invite a classmate to join you? :)

Have a wonderful 4th of July!!

HW Week 2

Monday:

1) G Practice 3 & 4 p. 8-11
2) W p.31: C & D, p. 32 "try it out": focus on compound sentences
3) R p. 10-13

Tuesday:

1) G p.12-15
2) Rewrite of Essay #1 (narrative) due on Thursday
3) Essay #3 (and outline/prewriting) due on Monday (W p.36: "Alternative Writing Assignment")

Wednesday:

1) reading log (due every Thursday)
2) rewrite of essay #1
3) G p. 16-19
4) W p. 34 B, 44-45 (practice 3)

Thursday:

1) Essay #3
2) Read :)
3) (Start reading selection #3 if you feel ambitious)

Have a wonderful 4th of July - Independence day and Germain's birthday!!

Commenting on blogs

Hi students,

I'm glad most of you were able to post your introduction on your blogs. We will continue to post on our blogs throughout the quarter. Please freely comment on your classmates' blogs posts!

See you tomorrow ~
Rachael

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Homework Week 1

Monday, June 23:

Journal #1: Respond to one of the warm-up questions on R page 1

Tuesday, June 24:

Journal #2: Respond to one of the "Sharing Your Thoughts" questions on R page 7

Wednesday, June 25:

1) Bring revised rough draft (topic - "try it out", W p. 17) to class tomorrow. Also bring your prewrite list and outline.
2) Narrative Essay #1 - topic: R p. 8 #2 (You could just write about any particular memory; it doesn't have to be about your earliest memory or about a childhood memory...). Brainstorm AND essay for this is due on Monday.
3) Grammar p.104-105

Thursday, June 26:

1) Narrative Essay #1 - topic: R p. 8 #2 (You could just write about any particular memory; it doesn't have to be about your earliest memory or about a childhood memory...). Brainstorm AND essay for this is due on Monday. (same as #2 from yesterday's "homework".
2) Choose your outside reading book and bring to class on Monday.
3) Revise yesterday's essay (#1 from yesterday [topic - "try it out", W p. 17]) and turn in the list, outline, rough draft, and final draft on Monday.
4) Study for vocabulary (from Reading Unit 1, p.5-7) quiz on Monday.



note: R=reading textbok, W=writing textbook, G=grammar textbook

note: If you can, please write your journals in your blue books. It'll help with organization. Please turn your journals in on Thursdays.

note #2: Please type your final drafts if you can.

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