Class on 4/28/14

Warm Up:  Students described a " Mystery Place" (a room where they live). They could not use certain key works and instead had to use senses and other specific vocabulary to describe it.

P 52 and 53 in the student workbook


Students read an article about Ranchers in Nevada:




Homework: 
Read the article on Page 56 of the Student Book. Choose one of the questions on the top of page 57 and write one paragraph to answer it. Remember to use the words from the question in your introductory sentence.

April 28th, 2014 Article

Here is the article for class!
• http://www.thetimesinplainenglish.com/wp/defying-the-united-states-government/


Vocabulary words:

• anarchy — absence of law
• civil disobedience — people disobeying the government
• disparaging — to describe something as unimportant, weak, bad (adjective of disparage)
• firestorm — an intense or violent response
• graze — for animals to feed on grass
• militia — an armed force of citizens
• patriot — someone who loves and supports their country
• protest — a display of disapproval
• withdrew — to take back, to remove, to turn away (past tense of withdraw)

Class 4/9/14

Warm up:

List of common English suffixes:

Answers to p37 section B:

class on 4/7/14

Here is the practice quiz everyone took; study carefully and be ready for the real quiz!

HOMEWORK:
* Read page 36 in the Student Book
* Answer questions page 37 A 1-4 on paper

4/2/14

Homework: write 15 sentences using the 15 participles below. Use the website below to help you. Each sentence can start with "Before" or use "by the time" in the middle of the sentence.

Warm up: Practiced and finished examples of Past Perfect.

Whole class and pair practice with pronunciation of Past Perfect. The students then volunteered past participles for a list

A list of "difficult" irregular Past Participles:

1. borne
2. brought
3. caught
4. known
5. sung
6. thrown
7. bitten
8. swum
9. slept
10. written
11. ridden
12. laid
13. sunk
14. risen
15. shaken

Review this good resource:

http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Yellow%20Level/Y17%20Past%20Participles.html