Week of March 26 - 30

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Hello, Students!!

I'm sorry I didn't have my blog for yesterday... but, here's the plan.

Monday, March 26th: Yesterday we checked the unit test you did last week. Then we started Unit 11: Past Events, pg 88. We saw the Unit Goals, exercises 1, 2, and 3: Vocabulary, Listening Comprehension and Pair Work. I gave you a list of irregular verbs that you have to study and learn (pronunciation, spelling, and meaning) for the end of the unit. Your HOMEWORK was to upload the list of cooking verbs you looked up in Internet as a pictionary so you can do last unit's project.

Tuesday, March 27th: You studied 7 irregular verbs for a quiz, then you went to the whiteboard and reviewed the Simple Present of BE in all forms. You figured out the Simple Past of Be in all forms, and you created some sentences. Then you copied a list of cooking verbs you will use in your project for Thursday. Your HOMEWORK was to study the first 14 irregular verbs for tomorrow, upload a pictionary of the verbs you are missing in your blogs so I can explain them tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 28th: I'll give you 3 minutes to review the 14 irregular verbs and then you'll take the quiz. Then, I'm going to explain the cooking verbs so you can be ready to do your project that is due tomorrow. We'll continue with the Grammar exercise (4) and do exercises 5 and 6 (page 89) for a grade. Your HOMEWORK is to study the first 20 irregular verbs, do Lesson 1 in the Workbook, and do your project. You are bringing the food you cooked to class tomorrow morning and we'll celebrate Karina's birthday.

Thursday, March 29th: Today is Lab Day, but we agreed that you were going to go to the lab when you have a free period. We're having a regular class today. We're going to do the Conversation exercise on page 89 and then we're going to talk about regular verbs. If you don't go to the lab this day, you need to come tomorrow at your class period. You are going to take the lab test the Tuesday after vacation, but you're not going to the lab on Monday.

Friday, March 30th: I'm not going to be in Cananea today! If you didn't go to the lab, you need to do so today. REMEMBER THE LAB EXERCISES: ENGLISH 1, REVIEW 3,4 EXERCISES 1,2,3,4&5.

Have a wonderful vacation!!!!
Take care!

Your teacher,
Martha

These are exercises for you to practice...

Exercise on Simple Present - Present Progressive

Principio del formulario

Exercise 1

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive).

1. Look! He (leave) the house.
2. Quiet please! I (write) a test.
3. She usually (walk) to school.
4. But look! Today she (go) by bike.
5. Every Sunday we (go) to see my grandparents.
6. He often (go) to the cinema.
7. We (play) Monopoly at the moment.
8. The child seldom (cry) .
9. I (not / do) anything at the moment.
10. (watch / he) the news regularly?

Exercise 7

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present and Present Progressive.

1. I (be) very busy today.
2. At noon I (visit) my friend Tanya.
3. We (want) to have lunch together.
4. In the afternoon I (play) squash with Emily.
5. In the evening, I (meet) Rob.
6. We (go) to the cinema.
7. The film (start) at 8 pm.

Principio del formulario

Form

Write the verbs in Present Progressive.

1. speak - I
2. jump - you
3. bake - she
4. play - they
5. run - we

Write the verbs in Simple Present, 3rd person singular.

1. be - it
2. have - he
3. eat - she
4. can - he
5. wash - she

Use

When to use which tense? Write Simple Present or Present Continuous.

1. For actions happening regularly, often or never, we use _________________
2. For actions happening now, we use ________________________.
3. The verbs 'be', 'have', 'like' and 'want' are normally only used in _______________.
4. The signal word 'usually' indicates that we have to use _____________________.
5. The signal word 'now' indicates that we have to use ________________________.

Positive sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. Look! They (leave) the house.
2. Brian (cycle) 30 km every day.
3. Samantha (do) her homework at the moment.
4. My parents (shop) right now.
5. He usually (get up) early in the morning.

Negative sentences

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. You (see / not) her every day.
2. The baby (sleep / not) at the moment.
3. I (read / not) a book now.
4. We (go / not) to school on Sundays.
5. He (watch / not) the news every day.

questions

Complete the sentences. Use Simple Present or Present Progressive.

1. (you / go) on holiday by plane sometimes?
2. (they / play) computer games every day?
3. (she / eat) dinner at the moment?
4. What (they / do) right now?
5. (she / visit) her grandma very often?

Final del formulario

Final del formulario

Week of March 20th to 23rd

Hello! Welcome back from that long weekend!

I checked your quiz and I think you need more practice in order to see the differences between the Simple Present Tense and the Present Continuous. So this is what we'll do this week:

Tuesday, Marth 20th: You'll check your mistakes and you'll do an exercise on the board. Then, you'll fill in the blanks with the correct verb tense. We'll practice this all the class period. For HOMEWORK: you will upload verbs used for cooking. There must be at least 20 of them. You also need to have lessons 1 & 2 of the workbook done.

Wednesday, March 21st: We'll start Lesson 3 in Unit 10 pg. 84. We'll check some words that don't use the present participles. You'll do the Grammar Practice (ex2) for a grade. Then, individually, you'll write about Suzanne's weekly schedule and upload it in your blog. For HOMEWORK, you'll do lesson 3 in your workbook.

Thursday, March 22nd: Lab day! Today, you're going to come during the day to do the exercises. I'll tell you which ones you'll do. We'll have regular class today.We'll do the Pronunciation exercise (5) pg. 85 and the conversation model. We'll also do the Reading Section on pg. 86 that will be practice for your project. You'll have the Unit Test tomorrow. If you have any doubts, we can check the workbook at 5 pm, so you can clear up doubts for the test. Your' project is for Monday. You will bring what you made to eat in class.

Friday, March 23rd: Unit Test 10

Have a very happy weekend!

Your teacher,

Martha

This is what you need to have in your blog for Unit 9

Hi! In order to give you your final grade for Unit 9, you need to have the following uploaded in your blogs:

1. Pictionary of vocabulary words about the weather.

2. The 4 structures for the Present Continuous Tense

3. 2 sentences in all 4 forms

4. 1 picture - 5 affirmative sentences in the Pres. Cont. Tense discribing it and 5 in the negative form.

This assignment is for tomorrow. You also have to hand in all the Workbook Lessons for Unit 9.

Thanks,

Martha

Week of March 12th to 16th

 Hello! This is the plan for this week:

 Monday, March 12th: You're having Unit 9 Test.

Tuesday, March 13th: We're going to start Unit 10: Food pg 80. We're going to see the Unit Goals, define what "ingredients" is, listen and repeat the vocabulary words (ex 1) and the ones on page 132. Then we're going to do the Listening Comprehension exercise (2). I'm going to explain the difference between "much" and "many" for count and noncount nouns - Grammar (ex 4) and we're going to do ex 5 & 6 orally in class. The project for this unit is to videotape yourself preparing a recipe and bringing your food to school. For HOMEWORK, for tomorrow, you will look up and upload 20 different words or phrases related to food or to cooking and for Wednesday, a pictionary with the vocabulary words on both pages and there will be a dictation on those words.

Wednesday, March 14th: You're going to listen and read the Conversation Model on pg 81. Then you're going to role play it with your own information. We're going to start Lesson 2 with the vocabulary on non-count nouns. We're going to do some drills with count and noncount nouns when we see the Grammar section (3, 4, & 5). Remember that your HOMEWORK is the pictionary in your blog. Study for dictation. Oh, and the Lab Test.

Thursday, March 15th: Lab Day. I'll tell you what exercises you'll do in the lab.

Friday, March 16th: You'll do the dictation and then we're going to study the containers. You'll do Grammar Practice (7) pg 83 and the Grammar Booster pg 143 for a grade. We're also going to do some activity for the Conversation Model. Your HOMEWORK is to do Lesson 2 in the Workbook.

Have a great loooong weekend!
Your teacher,
Martha

Week of March 5th to 9th

Hi!
This is what we're going to do this week:

Monday, March 5th: Last week we didn't finish what was planned for Friday. We're going to do ex. B on pg 78 reporting what the characters in the pictures are doing. Then, we're going to do the pronunciation section on ex C. Your HOMEWORK is to study the phrases of activities on ex D, the numbers from 0 to 1000, and the alphabet because we're going to play charades and another game using letters and numbers. This is going to have a grade, so please study so your team can win!

Tuesday, March 6th: We're going to play the game mentioned above. Then you're going to do the listening comprehension exercise on pg 79 that will be graded. We're going to listen to the Conversation "Make a polite call". You're going to practice it and role play it with your own information. Your HOMEWORK is to have the Workbook lessons 1 and 2 ready for tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 7th: We'll start Lesson 3 in the text pg 80. You will learn some time expressions and how to use the present continuous tense for future plans. You'll also do ex C individually in class for a grade. Your HOMEWORK is to practice the Conversation: Discuss plans pg. 81 with a partner and hand in a conversation about your plans for the weekend and finish the Workbook.

Thursday, March 8th: Lab day! You can have 2 choices: either go to the lab and come in the afternoon to check your workbook as a review for the test, or have the review for the test this period and you come to the lab whenever you can today or tomorrow, but not in class period.
Your HOMEWORK is to study for the test... Your project must be handed in before the test.

Friday, March 9th: Unit 9 Test.