Lab Activity August 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktu1Swhw0gs

Homework about the Inuit for Tuesday

Group 1:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x30lPvBuFA4&feature=fvwrel

Group 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFWRjQ5G0qM&feature=related

Watch the video and take notes.  Write down 5 interesting things to tell your partner from the other group. 

Inuit Videos for class

Inuit clothing  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0KDVUdunac

Inuit way of life  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btz4LNaxF4c&feature=related 

Eskimo kiss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB4P0B5gT0U&feature=relmfu

End of Quarter Schedule

We're almost finished!!  It's gone by really quickly, hasn't it?  Here's what we'll be doing for the rest of the quarter.  Good luck to all of you!

Aug 6 - Aug 9:  Pathways Unit 9; Grammar - comparatives/superlatives

Aug 13: 

• Turn in your presentation notes and email your ppt to me.
• Final Speaking Test (conversation with Debbie)
• Final Listening Test

Aug 14:

• Seattle Neighborhood Presentations
• Final Grammar Test 

Aug 15:  Get grades and have a party or watch a movie - you tell me!

Aug 16:  Register for fall quarter (your RWG teacher will tell you what time to come) 

Then... Have a great break!!!  Hope to see you in September!!

Weekend Homework

1. Visit your neighborhood with your group/partner and interview.  Have fun!
2. Make a vocabulary study sheet for Pathways Unit 9.  Write the new words on page 164 (10 words in a purple box), page 165 (4 words in a purple box), and page 166 (5 underlined words).Write the definition in your language AND in English.
3. Find out two interesting facts about the Maasai of Kenya, the Sami  of Finland and Norway, and the Aborigines  of Australia. 

Homework for Thursday, August 2

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/videos3.html

Watch 5 (five) video trailers and answer the questions.  Write down the name of the movie, how many questions you got right, and a one sentence summary (a complete sentence!) of what you saw. 

Loving You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg 

Gerund or Infinitive Practice

http://academic.cuesta.edu/ahalderma/gerinfinq.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz97mkm.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_verbform1.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/420.html
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/ger-inf01.html

WORD LISTS FOR GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verblist.htm

Homework for Monday, July 30

Go to the following website and watch 5 (five) movie clips and answer the questions.  On a piece of paper, write down which 5 clips  you watched, how many questions you got right, AND what happened in the clip  you saw  (one sentence summary).   http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/index.html

Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk

Homework for Thursday

Listen to the following video and take notes.  We'll have a quiz on Thursday and you can use your notes!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAFEuXXY9Is&feature=related

WORDS THAT MIGHT HELP!
 glacier     iceberg     fjord     trout     kayak     Vikings

Lab Activities, July 24

1.  http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/

Listen to Gunman Terrorizes Moviegoers At Batman Film and Disney Comes To North Korea   

2.  Listen to and read Criminals, Terrorists and Counterfeit Goods  http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/counterfeit-goods-links-to-crime-terrorism/1404652.html

Cambodians and Skateboarding  http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/cambodians-get-lessons-in-skateboarding-and-life/1363495.html

3.  Go to the “Classroom” site and listen to the videos named on  your worksheet.    http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/theclassroom/activities/#  

Practice "i" and "eee"

Eat or it?  What do you hear?  http://www.manythings.org/mp/m30.html

Lab Activity July 17

What Do You Do for a Living?" 
Find out about people's jobs and write what you hear on your worksheet.  http://www.manythings.org/b/e/tag/livesensei

Present Perfect Practice

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_pastorperfect1.htm 
http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/presperf1.html
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect_quiz.htm
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1D.html

Have You Ever?

Have You Ever?  by Brandy 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0TjZd33C0s 

Lab Activity, July 10

Tales from America
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-videos/tales-from-america/nosubs.htm 

• Follow the directions on the worksheet.  Listen the first time WITHOUT subtitles.  You may listen the next time with subtitles if you want. 

IF you have extra time, listen to the news on this website. 
http://edition.englishclub.com/category/listening-news/  

Pronunciation Practice

Go to one of these websites and practice pronunciation.
 http://www.manythings.org/e/pronunciation.html

http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

Practice the Future Tense

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_futureforms.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/0101/sv-goingto.html 

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-m_future_quiz.htm  

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ai116/esl-test.php

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_future.htm

Past Tense Practice

  http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_quiz.htm

2.  http://english-quiz.net/past-simple-tense-quiz.html

3.  http://www.eslgo.com/quizzes/pastsimpleirreg.html

4.  http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/pastpastcont.html

5.  http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/quzpaans2.html

6.  http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/past-diagnostic.html

Lab Activities, July 3

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Practice with the Easy Listening quizzes and complete your worksheet. 

Lab, June 25

Masa and Mae:  http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1380

Favorite Place in the World:  http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1373

Present Tense Practice

Test yourself with these on-line quizzes!

Simple Present

http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/psv.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/65.html

http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_bgpressimple.htm

http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/presprog.php

Present Continuous

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_bgprescont.htm

Welcome to SLG2!

You'll use this blog for links to web assignments, for the lab every Tuesday and for some listening homework.  If we all try, we can have a productive AND fun summer!  Good luck!