Thursday, April 25, 2013

Unit 5 Exam Monday April 29

Here's the 411 for the exam!!


  • Grammar - present perfect vs. past simple & present perfect simple vs. present perfect continuous
  • Vocabulary - from "In the News 5-1-Internet Addiction",  "Media 5-1 - Net Neutrality"  Part A only, and "Media 5-3 - The Social Media Revolution" Part A only
  • Reading - an article about internet security
  • Listening - an interview (dialogue) about using English and the internet
  • Writing - advantages and disadvantages of using the internet (document shared with you)
  • Speaking - talking about the internet using the grammar studied in class
Any questions, please email me!

Have a super weekend :)

P.S.  Thanks for all your hard work this week - you were all amazing :)

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

grammar link

Link for extra practice with modals:

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/modalsum.html

Scroll down to where it says "Degrees of Certainty" - this is extra practice for what we studied today "modal verbs of probability"

Any questions, please ask :)

Friday, April 12, 2013

Exam Monday April 15 2013

Here is the info for the exam on Monday:

Grammar:  Quantifiers
Vocabulary:  from In the News 3-1:  Black Day, The History of April Fool's Day, Media 3-1: Super Bowl Sunday
Reading:  general reading comprehension about holidays
Listening:  general listening comprehension about holidays
Writing:  Describe a holiday from your country (shared document)
Speaking:  Holidays + Quantifiers

Have a super weekend everybody - any questions, please email me :)

Friday, April 5, 2013

Exam Monday April 8

Here is the information for the exam on Monday:

Grammar - Future Tenses - Will/Be Going to/Present Simple/Present Continuous/Future Perfect/Future Continuous
Vocabulary - from In the News 2-1, In the News 2-2, Media 2-2:  Bad Jobs
Reading - the future of jobs
Listening - the future of jobs
Writing - Where do you see yourself, career-wise, ten years from now?
Speaking - (your) future jobs/careers


If you have any questions, please email me!  Have a super, rainy weekend :)