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!!