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Summer 2018 –  Item # 1343

Smoke and Fire in Washington State

 

Thursday, August 30, 2018: 

 

Meet the teacher in Building 3

10:08:  Aziz

10:16:  Shakila

10:24:  Valentyna

10:32:  Tajinder

10:40:  Asha

10:48:  Walina

 

 10:56:  Marina 

11:04:  Nataliya

11:12  Mola

11:20:  Shamshaad

11:28:  Mina

11:36: Johanna

11:44:  Sopheap

 11:52:  Fadumo

12:00:  Thi 

12:08:  Maria

12:16:  Ruben

12:24  Mahdi

12:32:  Nooria

Edo – Go to Building 19 at 1:30

 

Wednesday, August 29, 2018: 

  1. Practice Vocabulary (Rosa Parks), below
  2. Go over Listening test (The guy’s name, not noisy)
  3. Go over Reading test (What does famous mean?)
  4. Practice Speaking and Grammar (Board game activity)
  5. Practice Spelling (Team competition)    (fa/frs fvrt, sp, de, ,mt, sps)

 

Practice Vocabulary:

On your own paper, please write down these sentences:

  1. There is nothing in the box. It is completely _____________________ .
  2. Students who are late have to go to the back to find a _____________________ .
  3. There are six chairs in the front  _____________________ .
  4. There was a crime, but the police did not make an  _____________________ .
  5.  When he became president, a lot of people went to  _____________________ .
  6. I don’t care which movie we see.  You can   ___________________________________ one.
  7. If you don’t know how to do it, you can follow the  _________________________________________ .
  8. I wanted to be there early. The bus was late,  _____________________ .
  9. The capital city of Alabama is  _____________________ .

Fill in the blanks with these words:

arrest – empty –  example – however – Montgomery – pick – police – protest – row – seat 

 

 

Tuesday, August 28, 2018: 

1.  Rosa Parks video

2. Registration forms

3. Listening Test – Start at 11:00

4. Reading Test – Start at 11:10

5. Writing Test

 

Monday, August 27, 2018: 

1. Warm up activity (vocabulary (review a powerpoint?))

2. This week’s schedule and sign-ups

3. Skills & Levels

4. Video:  Martin Luther King

5. Reading & Vocabulary: Martin Luther King  Bus Boycott-MLK-L2

6. Bus Boycott, Part 2:  Bus-Boycott-MLK-L2- part 2

8. Writing about food

 

Thursday:  

Test Results

 

 

Thursday, August 23, 2018: 

  1. Intensive ESL Class:  Presentation by Janet House
  2. The schedule for next week (~ 10:45)
  3. Vocabulary Review (~ 10:55)
  4. Free Writing:  Weekend plans in the Present Continuous (~ 11:15)
  5. Simple Present (Orange Sheet)   (~ 11:40)
  6. Food Quantifiers (Yellow Sheet)   (~ 11:45)
  7. 12:05 – Teacher Evaluations – Nazir is coming (~ 12:00)

 

#3 – Vocabulary Review (Malala)

Vocabulary Review

On your own paper, please write down these sentences:

  1. Jackie Robinson played with all white players. He was very  _____________________ .
  2.  Are you OK? Do you need to go to the   ___________________________________ ?
  3. The leader of the city is a   ____________________________________________ .
  4. A car hit him, and I hope that he  ____________________________________________ .
  5. Please, don’t  ________________________________________________________ me.
  6. Every year, the President of Highline College gives a  _____________________ .
  7. I am going to the airport at 5:30, and 8:35 is the time for _____________________ .

 

Fill in the blanks with these words:

award – boarding –  brave – hospital – politician –  shoot – speech – survives – took over

 

#4 – Free Writing:

  1. Write one paragraph
  2. Make it double-spaced
  3. Answer the following question:

What are you doing this weekend?

 

 

Homework:  Homework – A short pencil2 (2)

 

Wednesday, August 22, 2018:  Meet in the Computer Lab, Building 30

  1. Articles:  Video #1   Back Side:  Count & Noncount:  Video #1
  2. Comparisons:  Video #3 and Video #4
  3. Pronunciation:  Intermediate
  4. Pronunciation Quiz

 

Websheets –

Articles: Website activity – Articles and Count Non-count

Comparisons: Website activity – Comparatives

Pronunciation: CESite – Pronunciation Practice3 for Intl Ss

 

Tuesday, August 21, 2018:

  1. Vocabulary Review: Malala – Which-word-means
  2. Food flashcards
  3. Introduce:  Count & Noncount Nouns
  4. Food vocabulary
  5. Continue from Thursday’s game:  Compare with adjectives, Video #4 (start at 5:40)

I like dogs.                         I like dog.                    What is the difference?

Homework:  Homework – A short pencil2 (2)

 

Monday, August 20, 2018:

  1. Warm up: Compare with adjectives, Video #3
  2. Reading:  Malala Yousafzai (L2)
  3. Writing a paragraph, below

Writing:

What are you doing tomorrow?

What are you doing this week?

  1. Write a paragraph.
  2. Use Present Continuous

Homework:  Hard copies only

 

Thursday, August 16, 2018:  

  1. Vocabulary Review, below –
  2. Video: Compare with adjectives, Video #3
  3. Comparative Classmates:  8.5×14 Comparatives – Group Grid

Homework:  Homework – A short pencil1

Vocabulary Review

On your own paper, please write down these sentences:

  1. My brother’s favorite sport is _____________________ .
  2. In American football, each team has eleven _____________________ .
  3. These days, people write e-mail, but 30 years ago they wrote _____________________ .
  4. In Afghanistan and India, baseball is not famous, but there are a lot of cricket _____________________ .
  5. In the 2018 World Cup,  each country had a  _____________________ .
  6. The opposite of weak is _____________________ .
  7. My friend helped me with my computer, but I need to call a _____________________ .

 

Fill in the blanks with these words:

award – baseball –  fans – letters – members –  players – professional – strong – team

 

Wednesday, August 15, 2018:

  1. 10:30  Is it flat or round?  – Students write questions on the board –
  2. 10:45  Student teams:  Johana, Jaziz, Mina & Shamshad will be on different teams.
  3. 11:15  Students go to different classes for the Listening Test
  4. Ruben, Sopheap, Walina & Jaziz – Stay here

Homework:  Test Day, No homework

 

 

Tuesday, August 14, 2018:

  1. Occupations:  Powerpoint – Occupations
  2. Vocabulary Review:  Jackie Robinson – Which-word-means
  3. Post-Reading – Jackie Robinson Questions – Groups 0f 3-4
  4. Post-Reading – Jackie Robinson Questions
  5. Adjectives 9 – a short pencil
  6. Adjectives: Adjectives 7 – Objects in a bag
  7. Objects in a Bag:  The teacher demonstrates
  8. Objects in a Bag: Student groups (4-5 Students per group)

 

Jackie Robinson Questions:

If you were absent yesterday, join a group with two or three students who were not absent.

  1. Who was Jackie Robinson?
  2. Why was he famous?
  3. What was the name of his baseball team?
  4. How did the white players on other teams feel about Jackie Robinson?
  5. Why did they feel that way?
  6. What is the relationship between blacks and white in the United States (America)? 

 

 

Monday, August 13, 2018

  1. On the board:  Nouns, verbs & Adjectives (Six letters or more)
  2. Nouns, verbs & Adjectives:  Nouns Verbs & Adjectives
  3. Video:  Jackie Robinson
  4. Pre-Reading:  Jackie Robinson (L2)

Homework:  Worksheet – They Playing Cards

 

Adjective Powerpoints:  

Adjectives 1

Adjectives 2

Adjectives 3

Adjectives 4

Adjectives 5 – with pronouns

Adjectives 6 – with & wo pronouns

Adjectives 9 – a short pencil

 

 

Thursday, August 9, 2018

  1. Vocabulary Review – Amelia Earhart
  2. Nouns, verbs & Adjectives:  Nouns Verbs & Adjectives
  3. Compound words – A word made from two words (flashlight, firefighter)
  4. Compound sentences (,and ,but ,so ): Dogs Cats & Conjunctions
  5. Group Grid – Two verb tenses:  Group Grid – 2Present Tense Health

Homework:  Homework – Comma Splices&Compound sentences

 

Vocabulary Review

On your own paper, please write down these sentences:

  1. Amelia Earhart was a famous ______________ .
  2. George Washington was the first president. People in the USA consider him a ______________ .
  3. Many singers and actors are very  ______________ .
  4. Is it easy, or is it a  ______________ ?
  5. I am travelling from Seattle to Moscow, Russia.  It is going to be a long __________________ .
  6. Where do people play football? They play it on the football  __________________ .
  7. I got on the bus in Des Moines. It took me more than one hour to __________ Seattle .
  8. In this class, every group has three or four  __________________ .
  9. The weather is very windy and rainy. It will be difficult to  __________________ the airplane.

Fill in the blanks with these words:

challenge – famous – field – hero – journey – land – members –  pilot – reach

 

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

  1. Present Simple or Present Continuous (yellow):  Second video on the left
  2. Adjectives (golden): First video, on the top
  3. Family Album USA (blue): First video, on the top

Learning Chocolate:

Describing pets: Thi, Sopheap, Faduma & Asha

Action Verbs 3: Thi

Homework: No homework Wednesday – Continue to practice with websites after class.

 

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

  1. 10:30:  Vocabulary Review, below
  2. Verb tense grid
  3. Reading and Vocabulary Preview,  “Amelia Earhart”: Amelia Earhart
  4. Reading –  Amelia Earhart

Homework: They is watching

 

 

Vocabulary Review

On your own paper, please write down these sentences:

  1. If you don’t feel well, you should see a ______________ .
  2. A person who cleans the classroom is called a  ______________ .
  3. The boss of the kitchen is the  __________________ .
  4. A moviestar is also called an  __________________ .
  5. In a hospital, there are many doctors and  __________________ .
  6. You can buy lunch from one of the __________________ on the street.
  7. At the store, you should give your money to the  __________________ .
  8. Before I pay taxes, I see an __________________ .
  9. A person who builds houses is called a  __________________ .

Fill in the blanks with these words:

accountant – actor – cashier – carpenter – chef – doctor – janitor – nurses –  vendors

 

Monday, August 6, 2018

  1. 10:30:  Verb tense grid
  2. 10:50:  Is you listening? – Editing (Yellow): Worksheet – Edit – Is you listening
  3. Occupations – Vocabulary
  4. Group activity:  “This is a person who _______________ “

Homework:  Worksheet – Correct the Sentences2

 

Thursday, August 2, 2018

  1. 10:30:  Vocabulary Review – below:
  2. Review paragraph structure – Messy Roommate:  Order a paragraph
  3. Write a topic sentence – Messy Roommate
  4. Start by 11:35 –  CASAS Reading
  5. After test activity – Numbers – Spell and wordsearch

 

On your own paper, please write down these sentences:

  1. I often go to the gym and  _________     ________ .
  2. I can’t see in here! Do you have a   __________________ ?
  3. No thanks. I am sure it is delicious, but I’m trying to lose  __________________ .
  4. I have a test tomorrow, so I have to  __________________ .
  5. The energy you get from food is called __________________ .
  6. When you learn English, there are many   __________________ .
  7. My roommate is very messy. In my room, it looks like there was an  __________________ .

Fill in the blanks with these words:

benefits – calories – cover – earthquake – flashlight – focus – weight  – work out

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

  1. Simple Present, Part 2
  2. Simple Present or Present Progressive?
  3. Family Album USA, Part 2

 

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

  1. Warm up – (A) Write sentences   –   (B) Students write on the board
  2. Vocabulary Review :  Which word means (half sheets)
  3. The Yoga Paragraph (Structure): Earthquake & Yoga Prgrphs – structure  Pass out golden sheets to absent students
  4. Tomorrow’s Websheets – (1) Simple Present 2  – (2) Family Album USA 2
  5. Editing –  Is you listening?:  Worksheet – Edit – Is you listening

Supplemental: Conversation Quiz

Homework:  No soft copy available

Earthquake:  from Free Images.com

Yoga:  from Free Images.com

 

 

Monday, July 30, 2018

  1. Warm up – Students write on the board  – Six different sentences
  2. Simple Present Tense markers (usually) & Present Progressive markers (right now)
  3. Reading – Warm up: Earthquakes and Yoga:  Earthquake & Yoga Prgrphs – Vocabulary
  4. Paragraph Structure:  Earthquakes and Yoga:  Earthquake & Yoga Prgrphs – structure

Homework:  No soft copy available

 

 

Thursday, July 26, 2018

  1. Warm up – Two verb tenses – Students write on the board  – (Like Tuesday, but you’ll do it more easily)
  2. Words used with Simple Present
  3. Words used with Present Progressive
  4. Clothing Powerpoint:  Clothing powerpoint – She is wearing
  5. Writing:  “I am wearing”
  6. He/ She is wearing
  7. Group Grid – Two verb tenses:  Group Grid – 2Present Tense Health

Supplemental: Conversation Quiz

Homework:  No soft copy available

 

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Meet in Computer Lab:  Building 30, Room 318

  1. Spelling & Pronunciation (yellow)
  2. English with Sound & Light – Present Progressive
  3. Family Album USA 1

If any students finish with all of these, they can go to Learning Chocolate.

Homework: No homework Wednesday – Continue to practice with websites after class.

 

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Tuesday vocabulary:  disaster, spill, disgusting

  1. Warm up – Two verb tenses – Students write on the board
  2. Words & Verb tenses (Verb tense time markers)
  3. Powerpoint:  Question the answers w Present Continuous
  4. Group Work:  My messy roommate (Reading activity)
  5. Group Work:  What is the question – group activity

Homework:  HW – 2 Tense Sentence Correction – 2015

 

Monday, July 23, 2018

  1. Warm up – HW – 2 Tense Sentence Correction – 2015 Yellow (Writing)
  2. Back side – Write your own sentences & ask your partner
  3. Two verb tenses: 3 tense review &Ask yr partner
  4. Speaking wheel (Speaking)
  5. In-class Worksheet – Change SimpPres to PresCont
  6. My messy roommate (Reading activity)

Homework:  No soft copy available

 

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Vocabulary for Thursday:  pyramid, general, specific

  1. Warm up – T’s own Distinction Worksheet (yellow)
  2. Pair work (white) – Writing Questions in Simple Present or Present Progressive
  3. Go over websheets from yesterday:
  4. In, On, At (Light gold websheet)
  5. Simple Present Quiz (Use with blue websheet)

Homework: T’s own Distinction – Homework

 

Meet in Computer Lab:  Building 30, Room 318

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

  1. Simple Present Quiz (Use with blue websheet)  – No headsets needed
  2. In, On, At (Light gold websheet)  Need headsets
  3. Simple Present 1 –   Need headsets
  4. Ran out of time:  Use next week:
  5. If there is time, students can practice listening and spelling with Pronunciation 3 (yelllow). For some, this will be review/ second attempt.

If any students really finish with all of these, they can go to Learning Chocolate.

Homework: No homework today

 

 

Tuesday, July 17, 2018:  

  1. Warm up – Pronouns #2 (yellow)
  2. On the board:  Nouns, verbs and adjectives
  3. Do you/ Are you?  (Students absent on Monday)
  4. Video:  Simple Present or Present Progressive
  5. Video:  Present Progressive Only
  6. What am I doing?
  7. Practice:  Edit the sentences, then ask partner (gold color)
  8. Reading Skill: Pronoun Reference (gold color)

Homework:  Use Present Progressive only:  Worksheet – Clip Art Pres Continuous

 

#2 Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives:

  1. Come to the board.
  2. Write one noun, one verb and one adjective.
  3. Give the marker to another student on your team.

#4 What am I doing?

  1. Look at the board.
  2. Choose one verb from the board.
  3. Act on the verb.
  4. Team members say:  “You are _________ ing”.

 

Thursday – Board grid:  Simple Present & Present Progressive

Monday, July 16, 2018:  

  1. Warm up – Pronouns (yellow)
  2. Powerpoint – Making Questions – Questions the Answers – 2016 – Level 2
  3. Noun, verb or adjective
  4. Introduce forms: Simple Present OR Present Progressive
  5. Video:  Simple Present or Present Progressive
  6. Find Someone Who (yellow)

Homework:  Homework -Answer the questions1 and Homework -Question the answers1

 

Homework from Thursday:  

  1. Read the story about the Sanchez family (Read the yellow paper).
  2. Answer the questions on the blue paper.
  3. Look at the information, below:

The dog is seven years old.

The cat is eight years old.

 

Thursday, July 12, 2018:  

  1. Warm up/ Review (yellow)
  2. Pre-Reading – Sanchez (display white)
  3. How old are the pets (below)
  4. Pre-pronounce:  NOUNS: couch, VERBS:  barks, chase, gather and relaxes
  5. Reading/ Pair Work (yellow)
  6. Pairwork – Ed’s Schedule & Marie’s Schedule (Student B: White – Student A: Yellow)

Homework:  HW – Sanchez Family Questions

 

 

Wednesday, July 11, 2018:  Computer Lab Day

  1. Warm up/ Review (yellow)
  2. About 11:05 – Go to the computer lab
  3. Spelling Self-Quiz
  4. Back side:  Capitalization Self-quiz
  5. Spelling & Pronunciation (yellow)
  6. In, On and At (medium yellow)
  7. Simple Present 1 (dark yellow)

Building 30, Room 318

 

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

  1. Free Writing:  What I do every week (instructions below)
  2. The meaning of “apostrophe s”
  3. Tomorrow:  Where are we meeting tomorrow? Where are we going after that?
  4. Blue cards
  5. Video:  Possessives
  6. Lisa’s family (gold)
  7. Find Someone Who (Yellow)
  8. Sentences to the Board

 

Instructions for Free Writing

  1. Use your own paper.
  2. Write one paragraph.
  3. Make it double-spaced (skip a line)
  4. Answer the question:  What do you do every week? (on weekdays/ on weekends, mornings, afternoons…..)
  5. Use the following words or phrases:

every day, sometimes, usually, every weekend, on Saturdays, Monday to Thursday, in the morning, in the afternoon, at night

 

Monday, July 9, 2018

  1. Faduma’s story – Pre-reading
  2. Faduma’s story – Gap Fill & Reading (buff)
  3. Powerpoint:  Where is the cat
  4. In/on/under – yellow sheet – Pre-pronounce:  clouds, ribbon, package and saucer
  5. Yellow sheet – Ss answer orally
  6. Who is between ___________ and __________ ?
  7. Self-quiz:  Capitals
  8. Two types of nouns:  Proper and Common
  9. Free Writing (with Proper nouns)

Thursday, July 5, 2018.

* How do you feel?  (yellow)  (15 copies)

* Verbs:  smell, yell, pet, shake, wake & wait

* Practice verbs – card readers in groups

* In, On & At:  Seasons & Time Prepositions

* In, On & At – Worksheet (dark yellow)

* Listening/Speaking activity – Christopher’s Schedule

DON”T LOOK at your partner’s paper

 

Homework:  Adverbs of frequency  HW – Simple Present – How often

 

Tuesday, July 3, 2018.

1- 10:30: How often?  Review and Expand (yellow)

2 – 11:10 – Same and Different (white) – demonstrate with two students

3 – 12:10 – Groups of 4 – How often (green)

 

Monday, July 2, 2018.

1- Correct the sentences – below

2 – Syllabus correction/ hand out

3 – Correct the sentences (yellow)

4 – Write about yourself (yellow)

5- Ask your partner & write about your partner (yellow)

6 – How often do you? (Adverbs of frequency) – blue pages

 

 Every sentence has two mistakes:

1- My computer no working.

2- I has car.

3- he likes play soccer.

4- I have two child

 

Thursday, June 28, 2018.

the third day of class

*  Powerpoint – Nouns & Verbs:  Nouns and verbs

* Verbs – Students write:  stack, stand, slap, clap & tap

* Hand out citizenship

* Practice verbs – card readers in groups

* Syllabus Quiz:  Copy the questions, below

* Syllabus (Orange)

* Pre-tests –

The Pre-tests are for the beginning of Level 2, end of Level 1

* 11:20 –??? Listening Test???

* 11:35 – Reading & Writing Tests

 

Syllabus Quiz

On your own paper, copy the questions:

2 – When is the last day of class?

3 – What time does the class finish?

4 – Which day is the school closed?

5 – What is going to happen on Wednesday, July 11?

6 – Are we going to the computer lab on August 15?

7 – Why not?

 

Homework:  Simple Present (green)

 

Wednesday, June 27, 2018.

the second day of class

*  Verbs – Powerpoint slides:    Name that verb

* Website:  ChristophersEnglishSite.com/Level2

*  Name, Language & Country

* Writing:  ____________ is from ________.   She speaks _____________.

* Verbs & Pronunciation (flyswatters):  Pronunciation – Ship or Sheep

* Verbs in Sentences

* Video:  Simple Present 1  – The worksheet is dark yellow.

Homework:  Simple Present (green)

 

 

 Tuesday, June 26, 2018.

the first day of class

*  Worksheet (yellow) – Side 1 – Do by yourself

*  Worksheet (yellow) – Side 2 – Find a partner

* Pronunciation:  Ship & Sheep

* Three verbs:  kick, swim, sit, sleep, read, eat

* One more verb:  slip

* Practice the six verbs – reading – Demo and groups of 3-4

* Find Someone Who

 

 

 Videos

 

Sound & Light video (behind, above, below, next to)

Videos:  Articles and Simple Present 2

Video:  Occupations (Jobs)

 

 Simple Present Tense 1

Describing activities

Simple Present OR Present Continuous

 

 Pronunciation & Spelling:

Pronunciation Practice (yellow paper)

Learning Chocolate

Letter Names:

ChristophersEnglishSite.com/abcs

 

Long Videos