05/31/13 English 120

For your homework...enjoy the weekend!

But you should also review your grammar and vocabulary for the quiz on Monday. :)

It's a good idea to complete the Review exercise, but you don't need to share this with me. 

05/30/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete any structure homework that Mr. Adam assigns, and edit your paragraph (in your drive) from the SMRT 5-8 Writing.

Type "SMRT 5-8 Writing" in the search bar at the top of your drive if you can't find it. 

05/29/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete Exercise 4 for 9-1 Grammar.
It's also a good idea to review your vocabulary. :)

05/28/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete and submit the 5-8 SMRT Speaking Assignment. Read the directions carefully!

Remember to only copy and paste the part after be/ when your recording is done processing:

 http://youtu.be/3cmcrt_Za0Y


Also remember to finish the vocabulary exercise for unit 9. 

05/24/13 English 120

For your homework this weekend, complete and submit the 5-8 SMRT Speaking Assignment. Read the directions carefully!

Remember to only copy and paste the part after be/ when your recording is done processing:

 http://youtu.be/3cmcrt_Za0Y

Have a great three-day weekend!

05/23/13 Reading 1

For your homework, read How to Set a Table, and answer the 5 questions. We will share our answers in class on Tuesday. 

05/23/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete your essay. Remember to have at least 3 paragraphs. If you write 5 paragraphs, you can earn extra credit. You will share your best paragraph in class tomorrow. 

05/22/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete the Exercise for 8-3 Grammar if you didn't finish it in class with Mr. Adam. 

05/21/13 Reading 1

For your homework tonight, practice Reading Banana Splits for the Reading Fluency test on Thursday, and also look for a recipe to share with the class. 

05/21/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete the questions for 8-1 Reading.

Remember to review units 5-8 for the SMRT test next Tuesday! 

05/20/13 Listening & Speaking 1

For your homework, think about your answers in English for the Discussion Questions:

Discussion Questions - Work / Career

1. What career or job do you want to do after you finish school?
2. What career is popular in your country?
3. Where do you want to work in the future?
4. Have you worked in the past?
5. What is your dream work/job?
6. Do you want to work in the morning or in the night?
7. What is your future work/job?
8. What is your father’s job?
9. Do you want a job in the bank?
10. What is your talent for work?
11. What is difficult work for you?
12. Do you want to work in a office or a factory?

And memorize your Tongue Twister:

1. The pool is full of fools. (Hamad)
2. Jeffrey plans to pick up a leaf for his faithful wife.
3. The professor professed that professional proficiency would be preferred. (SungPyo)
4. Fine gifts are difficult to find. (Ibrahim)
5. They failed to fulfill their promises to perform a perfect play without faults.
6. Phoebe laughed at an awful photograph of her nephew's falling off a fence.
7. Definitely that pessimistic philosophy inflicted a sophisticated philanthropist.
8. The fancy-pants lapped, laughed, lept, and left. (Abdulrahman, Abdullah)
9. Firefighters are fighting painfully against forest fires. (Saleh)
10. Sophie sipped coffee and sifted files to find phenomenal facts.(Amani)

05/20/13 English 120

For your homework, complete the Unit 8 Vocabulary Exercise Sentences that Mr. Adam assigns to you: 5 present perfect (21-25), 5 present perfect continuous (26-30), and 5 present perfect questions (31-35). Write them under your completed sentences that we did in class, starting with 21.

It is also a good idea to review the grammar and vocabulary from units 5-7 because we will take the SMRT Unit 5-8 test next Tuesday. 

05/17/13 English 120

This weekend, fill in the Midterm Conference Questions and Goals doc to be prepared for your one-on-one conference on Monday.

There is no unit 7 test! Enjoy the weekend! :)

05/16/13 English 120

Complete your essay tonight and be prepared to share your best paragraph in class tomorrow.

Remember that we will also have a short, 30 minute quiz tomorrow to review the grammar and vocabulary from unit 7, so it's a good idea to review. We will take the quiz at the end of class. 

05/15/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete 7-2 Grammar Exercise #4.  :) 

05/14/13 English 120

Complete Exercise 1&3, #'s 11-15 to practice with the present perfect tense. We will correct it together in class tomorrow morning. 

05/13/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete the vocabulary exercise for unit 7.

Remember, we won't have a unit 7 test next Monday, instead, we will have a short quiz on Friday and on Monday, you will have one-on-one conferences to learn about your progress in class and your English level. 

05/09/13 English 120

The Michigan Test is tomorrow, so your homework tonight is to get lots of good sleep! Don't be late for class tomorrow or you might miss an important part of the test.

Our AM midterm will be on Monday, 05/13, so it is also wise to review the grammar and vocabulary from units 1-6 at home. We will not have a unit 7 test next week, but we will take a short quiz on Friday, 05/17. You will have a one-on-one conference on 05/20 to discuss your grades and attendance as well as your class level. This is where you will learn if you are ready to move up or continue studying in English 120. 

05/08/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete #4 exercise for Grammar 6-2. Also, continue to review the grammar and vocabulary from units 1-6 for the midterm test on Monday. :) 

05/07/13 English 120

For your homework, complete 6-1 Grammar Exercise #4. We'll correct in class together tomorrow morning. 

05/06/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete the vocabulary exercise.
It is also a good idea to review the grammar and vocab from unit 1 and unit 2 since this is midterm review week! The midterm test will be next Monday for units 1-6.
The Michigan Test will be this Friday, and you will have midterm assessments in your PM classes this Wednesday and Thursday. :) 

05/03/13 English 120

For your homework this weekend, remember to review the grammar and vocabulary from unit 5 for the test on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy the sunshine. :) 

05/02/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, remember to complete your essay to share in class tomorrow. 

05/01/13 English 120

For your homework tonight, complete any of the 5-1 Structure exercises that you didn't finish in class with Mr. Adam.