8/20/10 First Homework

What is your first childhood memory of being in preschool, nursery school, kindergarten or other? Describe  what happened and how you felt. Write about 4 or 5 sentences. Email me your answer (look on the syllabus for my email address).

Our Textbook

6/1/09

Final Class for Spring Grammar 2

Wow, even by the last class we still had 25 plus students! Thanks to everyone for making this such a great semester. I really enjoyed teaching, thinking and learning with you all! Have a great summer and I hope to see you all in Spring 2010!

Class on 5/18/09

Warm up exercise for present perfect

1. Make up a present perfect question (some ideas below) 

2. Talk to at least 5 people

3. Be ready to tell the whole class what you figure out.

Have you finished your homework yet?

How long have you lived in the United States?

How long has it been since you visited the state or town where you were born?

How long have you studied English?

Have you written 3 paragraphs yet?

Survey:

Are you married? How long have you been married?

Have you seen the _______________(Movie or TV show) yet?

Review or homework- Present Perfect with yet and already.

Homework: work on your final paragraphs

Class on 5/11/09

Review of the following verb tenses: present, past, present and past progressives, future, use of can/cannot.

Corrections to class calendar/syllabus. There will be no Quiz #6. No class on 5/25

Students must pick a pop culture topic by 5/18/09

Practice "quiz" workbook p56 #5.

Preview and first work with Present Perfect. Ask yourself, "Is it still going on?" Is the action likely to keep repeating on into the future. 

Homework: Textbook p 186-187 #1-3

                  Workbook p 78 #3

Class on 5/6/09

Homework Correction Focus: Correct Return papers and quiz

Students rewrote 3-5 errors. Teach and learn regarding one element with a partner. Students responded to: What did you learn?

Garth collected ideas for Pop Culture Presentation

Discussion: ourselves vs each other

Complete review of today's Homework: trade and grade #3-5 from textbook.

Continue with Can, Could etc. 

Homework: workbook pages 51 t0 53 #1 and 2. Work on a Paragraph

                      

Class on 5/4/09

Quiz #5

Review of Quiz answers: All 4 examples of verbal phrases will be on the final exam

Review of last months Syllubus: 

Can, could introduction

Homework: #3-5 from pages 129-130 of the textbook

                       Work on a paragraph