OMG - FINAL IS ONLY FOR CHAPTERS 1-3!!!

Hi everyone,

I got this amazing news from Tracy today - the final covers only chapters 1-3, no wonder we were feeling so rushed and it seemed we didn't have enough time.  This news is a huge relief for us.

Knowing this - let us complete the HW that is due for tomorrow and then we will JUST focus on Chapters 1, 2 and 3.  I am also happy to review other grammar points/vocabulary if you would like me to.

Here is the HW for tomorrow:

In the workbook -
p. 58, 2 a, b and c.
3 pronunciation
5 have done something
More words to learn

VOCABULARY FOR CHAPTERS 1-3 - it is good to know the city vocabulary of course, but you will not be tested on this next week!

Wow, I am in shock, A good shock.  Please know that because I have my other job I missed the teacher's meetings on Fridays... so I did not realize that we were only supposed to focus on chapters 1-3!  It seems like a very small amount to learn for one session, but so it is!

What does this mean?

This means that for the next level - the upper high intermediate, we will work on chapters 4-7 in more depth.  We will already have done a lot of the work, but then we will be able to really solidify the information, also we will have more time for presentations, writing, reading material from other sources besides the book, CORPUS and FIELD TRIPS!

OK everyone, see you tomorrow ~

HW for 6/17/14

Hi everyone,

Here is the HW for 6/17/14:

In the WB:
Chapter 6A

page 54, read Space... the final frontier, Exercise 1, a, b and c.

page 56 complete Ex. 4, a and b.

Look at the vocabulary under More Words to Learn.

Chapter 6B
Do the reading on page 57, do exercise 1, a, b and c.

pages 58 and 59, do exercise 4a and b - Complete the sentences with 'is' or 'are.'

ALSO - last but not least:

in the STUDENT BOOK - page. 87
prepare to speak to the class, a mini presentation 1-3 mins, choose one of the topics to share with your classmates.

See you tomorrow

HW for 6/16

Hi everyone,

Here is the homework for Monday:

In the student book

p. 86  - Do the reading, ex. 5
p. 87, Ex. 6, a,b,c,e and f.  (Not d)
p.143, Ex. 6A, a and b

pg. 82, complete the exercises for Chapter 5 (review)

Have a great weekend, see you soon

HW for 6/12 - also QUIZ on 5A and 5B

Hi everyone,

Please complete pages 50 and 51 in the WB - this is work for chapter 5C.

The quiz tomorrow however will be on the grammar of chapters 5A and 5B

gerunds and infinitives


used to, be used to, get used to

Be here on time please - we will review till 9:00 and then you will take the quiz.

See you soon!

HW for 6/11

Hi everyone,

Nice job today, we packed in 5B - rock and roll!

HW for tomorrow:

Look over page 72, 2.C, make some notes about these questions, 'When you were a child, did you use to be frightened of the dark?'  etc.  You will check in with a partner tomorrow and share your answers.

In the workbook:

Complete 5B, pp. 47-49 - if you have time PLEASE also complete 5A, pp. 44-46... 5A must be completed by this Thursday.

Review page 140, 5B if you need to.

Good work everyone and wonderful participation - see you tomorrow.

HW for 6/10 - FINAL IS COMING UP -STUDY everyday!

Hi everyone!

HW for tomorrow:

Read p. 63, Let your body do the talking.  What do the highlighted words mean?  Try to guess their meaning from the context.

Complete p. 66  WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER - UNIT 4

Read p. 71, complete exercise 6, a-f.

Please begin to review everything we have done so far.

Get together with a STUDY BUDDY!  It's good for you and good for your buddy ~  See you soon

HW for 6/9/14 and final is coming up 6/24

HW
in the WB p. 37, please do 1, c, d.
2.  Reading a,b
4. Vocabulary
5. Mini grammar

in the Student book
p. 60

Start looking at Chapter 4C, and do ex. 1, a-e.

And the final is coming up - so we are going to have to work quickly and stay on track with everything!

HW for 6/5 STUDY for the quiz!

Hi everyone!

Today we reviewed the 2nd and 3rd conditional, if you were absent, please review this very well as this will be part of the quiz tomorrow.

The quiz tomorrow includes:

2nd and 3rd conditionals
Vocabulary - feelings, p. 151

likely versus probably - chapter 3C

Please study everyone!

I will review for about 15 minutes tomorrow morning before we begin at 9 a.m.

HW 6/4 and FINAL IS COMING UP

Hi everyone,

Here is the HW for tomorrow:

Workbook: page 34, Ex. 1, a and b.
                   page 35, Ex. 3, Grammar

Student book: page 54, Exercise 5, a and b.
                       page 139, Exercise 4A, part b.  If you were absent today, please also do part a.

Wow - the final is around the corner - 3 more weeks - so we need to move a bit more quickly than we have.  We need to cover Units 4, 5, 6 and 7 in a pretty short time, and we can and will do this, but this means you need to come to class, participate and DO your homework!

See you tomorrow morning!

Hi everyone! HW for 6/3/14

Hi everyone,

So sorry for not posting the homework last Thursday.  I had wanted you to check the American Corpus (linked here on this blog) for adverbs like 'whereas' or 'instead,' also for the phrasal verbs that have 'take' as the head of the verbal phrase, such as 'take note' or 'take up.'  Make sure you know how to use these adverbs and these phrasal verbs.  You can find them in your student book pp. 44-45.

HW for Tuesday:

Make sure you understand the reading of today: 'Japan's children play safe.'

Go to the workbook and complete pp. 30, 31 and 32.  On page 31 you may omit exercise 3, since we have not covered this grammar yet in class.  Please do the listening on page 32, your CD is in the jacket of the back page of your workbook.

See  you tomorrow!

Oh - also today we spoke about sleep, REM and non REM (Rapid Eye Movement).  I want to thank both Moises and Yutaka for taking time today to explain sleep cycles to the class.  Good job!  Also we found out about the app Sleep Cycle from Yutaka, I already got it, only 99 cents, it's worth it!