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Fidelia Twenge Jinings

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Week 8

Homework for Wednesday, November 16th:

  • Textbook, page 152
    • A – read the restaurant review
    • B – write a review of a restaurant you know well
      • include:
        • name of restaurant
        • date of review
        • how many stars
        • 8-10 sentences – describe your experience there and the food
  • Textbook, page 247 (Unit 8)
    • Study the “Past of be”:
      • affirmative, negative, yes/no questions, short answers
  • Study the 3 pronunciations of “-ed”:
    • Please watch the video a few times and take notes

 

Homework for Friday, November 18th:

  • Past Tense
    • Review -ed pronunciation with these sites
      • video
        jeo labs game–good practice

Plan for Next Term:

  • Think about your skills and your plans. Do you think you need another term in Level 2? Or are you ready to move up to Level 3?
  • Look at the Winter 2023 schedule of English classes. Click here. Choose the class you want.
  • Thursday class will only be private meetings one by one with the teacher. We will talk about your plan for next term, and we will talk about how you are doing in class. Only come to the Zoom at your scheduled time.

 

Homework for Monday, November 21st:

  1. Writing
    • Write a paragraph in Google docs and share it with Fidelia.
    • Write 8-10 sentences in theÌýpast tenseÌýabout what you did yesterday (the day before writing).
    • Use paragraph format.
  2. In a private voice memo (in WhatsApp, or text message), please read the sentences and send them to Fidelia. Practice the sentences before you record them. Think about how to pronounce the past tense (-ed) words.
    1. When they moved to Alaska, they rented a truck and carried their stuff across the country.
    2. She created a new google doc, typed her homework and checked her spelling.
    3. Have you ever lived in another state?
    4. Yesterday, he waited in traffic, so he arrived late, but he worked quickly, so his day ended early.
    5. Who painted your house?
  3. Online Grammar Practice:





  4. Reading
  5. Parts of Speech
    • Label the underlined words below, with these parts of speech:
      • subject (S)
      • verb (V)
      • object (O)
      • adjective (ADJ)
      • adverb (ADV)
      • prepositional phrase (PP)
        • 1. Mason Ìýdrives ÌýhisÌý newÌý redÌý carÌý tooÌý fastÌý on the freeway.
        • 2. Sam Ìýis Ìý a Ìý good Ìý Ìýchef Ìý at the restaurant.
        • 3. TheyÌý Ìýwalked Ìý Ìý ÌýslowlyÌý Ìý on the trail.
        • 4. He Ìý Ìýgave Ìý her Ìý Ìýa Ìý Ìý gift Ìýfor her birthday.
        • 3. She ÌýreallyÌý Ìýloves Ìý Ìýher Ìý Ìýchildren.