Tuesday, August 7th

Your HW for today is:
- Write a paragraph about an athlete you admire. Tell us why they are great!
- Use three gerunds in your paragraph (or more!).
      - Subject
      - Object of Verb
      - Object of Preposition
- Use 4 Vocab words
- Get a cool picture if you can!

Example:
         I admire Michael Phelps. I enjoyed watching him swim in the Olympics. Swimming is an exciting sport
and Phelps is always in the fastest lane. He's very competitive. Michael Phelps trains every day for 28 hours and that's why he has so many medals. Sadly, Michael Phelps is talking about quitting professional swimming.


Some extra notes on Gerunds:

***"Admit" -- In US English, we often say "admit + to + gerund" -- For example, "Carey admitted to crashing Zayed's car."

***"Allow" -- Be careful about the difference between "allow" and "be allowed to."
Gerund: The teacher allows drinking coffee in class.
Base Verb: The students are allowed to drink coffee in class.
        Note that the first sentence is active and the second is in passive voice.

***"Dislike" is only used with gerunds in US English. We don't use it with infinitives.


MEANING GROUPS:

advise
recommend
suggest

begin*
start*

continue*
keep

stop**
finish
quit
complete

can't stand
hate
dislike
mind

enjoy
like*
love*
don't mind
prefer*

delay
postpone
put off

consider
think about
imagine

discuss
talk about

admit ---- deny

remember** ---- forget**

miss

regret

practice
try**

Monday, July 30th, 2012

Happy Monday Everyone! ;)

Today is our last day before joining Josh and Adam's class!

Our plan is...

Unit 4 Quiz

Go over writing HW

Start studying vocab?:
       Vocab List
       Vocab Slideshow

Join Josh and Adam's class at 1pm!

Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Happy Thursday Everyone!

I hope you enjoyed joining Josh and Adam's class yesterday!

9-10:30:


Warm-up: Signs

Notes on Grammar 4-4: Participial Adjectives!

Exercise with Participial Adjectives

10:40-12pm:
Listening 4-2: "Newspapers"

Unit 4 Vocab: drive [me] nuts, fold, headline, tabloid,

Cloze Exercise

What style of paper is more popular in your country? Traditional or tabloid?
Which style do you prefer? Why?

What happens when Todd and Simon read the paper on the train? Can they finish reading it? Why not?
Where do you read the paper? Do you read it all at once, or do you read part of it and finish later, like Todd and Simon?

1-2pm:
Discussion with Scott's Class!



REMEMBER: Michigan Test Tomorrow!

Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

Good morning all!

9:00-10:30am:
Quizzes back

Notes on Grammar 4-1: Modal Verbs of Obligation and Advice

Grammar 4-1 Exercises

What's the Job?

10:30am-12pm:

Speaking Pairs with Modals of Obligation and Advice

Giving Advice: Speaking and Writing



1-2pm:

Listening 4-1: "Online Reading"

Unit 4 Vocab: pattern, quite a bit, spare

Exercises:
Reading Comprehension #1
Reading Comprehension #2



HOMEWORK:
We'll see...

Monday, July 23, 2012

Happy Monday all!

Our plan for today is...

9:00-10:30/11:
Unit 3 Quiz

10:30/11-12pm:
Unit 4 Intro: Speaking & Vocabulary

This week's topic is Literature!

Click here for the vocabulary list.
Click here for the vocabulary slideshow.

Student One: literature, drive (someone) crazy, fold, astronaut, dull -- Luis

Student Two: ordinary, review, poet, magazine, novel -- Fahad

Student Three: biography, fairy tale, perform, play (n), celebrity, spare (adj) -- Maya

Student Four: article, tabloid, regret, fiction, non-fiction -- Ibrahim

1-2pm:
Notes on Grammar 4-1: Modals of Obligation and Advice

HOMEWORK:
1. Audio Match 2x
2. Write a short story, dialogue or paragraph using the Speaking and Vocabulary words above

Friday, July 20th, 2012

Happy Friday Everyone!

Our plan for today is...

9:00-10:30am:
Correct HW

Vocab Review Games
- Which Word?

Structure

Google doc with our examples here.

10:40am-12pm:
Finish Structure

Circle Story with Past Tenses

Vocab Race?

HOMEWORK:
Write 2-3 paragraphs about the worst disaster you have experienced OR heard of.
Use:
- Past Simple
- Past Continuous at least twice
- Past Perfect at least once
- Past Simple Passive at least once
- 8 vocab words

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Good morning in the new building!

Our plan for the day is...

9:00-10:30:
Warm-up by writing Discussion Questions!

Finish Reading 3-1: "Three Natural Disasters"
+ Grammar 3-2 Intro

10:40-12pm:
Notes on Grammar 3-2: Past Perfect

Grammar 3-2 Exercises #1-2

Circle Story with past tenses???

Tests Back!

PIZZA FOR LUNCH!


1-2pm:
Discussion with Nicole and Josh/Adam's classes in Room 238 upstairs!


HOMEWORK:
Grammar 3-2: Finish Ex #1, do #2-3