Today's Lesson

When you click on a link on this page, it will open in another window. Close the new window when you finish and you will be back to this page. Remember tomorrow we are having a party in Room 135. I will be there by 10:15. I'm bringing a cake. Please bring some food or juice and we will have a potluck. (A potluck is when everyone brings something different.) We will start eating at 11:00. If you need something refrigerated or heated, let me know. I will be in room 216 at 8:00. If you didn't do the reading--It Happened to Me--The Mushrooms yesterday, do it now. Grammar--Grammar Review 1H. Close the window when you finish test 1H. Vocabulary--Get + Prepositions-4. Open the Phrasal Verb Dictionary at the same time, and click on G to find the list of prepositions with Get. You can have both windows open at the same time. Listening--Great Apartment Living. Start with II. Listening Exercises. Listen, answer the questions, look at the script (see if you find the word that is spelled wrong!) and listen again, and then do the Vocabulary Activities. Grammar--Reported Speech 5 . This one is pretty hard. If you don't like it, you don't have to do it. You only have to type the part of the sentence that isn't started already. If you finish early, go to the Level 7 & 8 Blog. Post to any posts you missed, or do the Extra Activities.

Old Lessons
Date	Lesson
August 19	Grammar Review--Yes/No Questions 1. Grammar Review--Yes/No Questions 2. Grammar Review--Question Word Questions. Blog: Respond to the post called Teaching Grammar in the Grammar Category.
August 25	Grammar--Mix and Match Present Perfect. Grammar--For or Since. Grammar--Mix and Match Present Perfect/Simple Past. Reading--Recycling and the Environment. Blog: Respond to the post called Recycling in the Environment Category.
August 26	Grammar--Simple Past and Present Perfect 1. Grammar--Verb Tense Review--Karin's Knee Surgery. Idiom Story--Pocahontas. Blog: Add to the Reading Recommendations Page when you finish a book or magazine. Check to see what other students write.
September 2	Grammar--Reorganize the sentences (Present Perfect Continuous). Listening--Four Conversations. Blog: Respond to the post called Saving Energy and Water in the Environment Category.
September 8	Grammar-- Mix and Match Past Perfect 1. Grammar--Match the Questions and Answers. Grammar--Mix and Match Past Perfect 2. Reading-- Natural Home Cleaning. Blog: Respond to the post called Natural Home Cleaning in the Environment Category.
September 9	Grammar-- Mix and Match Past Perfect Continuous 1. (Sacked means fired. Grammar-- Mix and Match Past Perfect Continuous 2. Grammar-- Mix and Match Past Perfect Continuous 3. Reading--Idiom Quiz--The Witches of Salem. Listening--Find Our House. There are 4 exercises.
September 15	Grammar-- Mix and Match Past Review. Grammar-- Mix and Match Present Perfect Review. Worksheet--Amazing Americans. Blog: Respond to the post called Amazing Americans Biographies in the American History & Politics Category.
September 16	Grammar-- Past and Past Perfect. Grammar-- Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous. Reading--Idiom Quiz--Dolley Madison. Listening--Following Directions on the Telephone.
September 22	Grammar--Mix and Match--Going to or Will 1. Grammar--Mix and Match--Going to or Will 2 . Reading--Electing a United States President. Blog: Respond to the post called The Presidential Election in the American History & Politics Category.
September 23	Grammar--Scrambled Sentences--Future Continuous. Grammar--Mix and Match--Future Continuous. Grammar--Scrambled Sentences--Future Perfect. Grammar--Mix and Match--Future Perfect. Reading--Idiom Quiz Mark Twain. Listening--Conversations--Negative Questions.
September 29	Grammar--Mix and Match--Could 1. Grammar--Mix and Match--Could 2. Grammar--Mix and Match--Could have. Worksheet--Jump Back in Time. Blog: Respond to the post called Jump Back in Time in the American History & Politics Category.
September 30	Grammar--Scrambled Sentences--Could have. Grammar--Mix and Match--Could Have. Grammar--Used to and Be Used to. Reading--Idiom Quiz Johnny Comes Marching Home. Listening--At the Shoe Store
October 6	Grammar--Couldn't and Might Not. Grammar--Scrambled Sentences--Could. Grammar--Mix and Match--Had Better. Reading--Banking and Credit Listening--A Student Credit Card. Note: Spend yourself into a hole, is an idiom that means spend much more than you can afford. Unfortunately, the questions and script for this lesson use spend yourself in a hole instead, even though the tape is correct. Listen to the tape (there is no video), answer the questions, and then read the quick script if you want. Finally, do the vocabulary exercises. Blog: Respond to the post called Banking and Credit in the Finance Category.
October 7	Grammar--Mix and Match--May and Might. Grammar--Mix and Match--Should 1. Grammar--Mix and Match--Should 2. Reading--Idiom Quiz--The Chinese Railroad Strike. Listening--Restaurant Conversations
October 14	Grammar--Modals Fill-In. Type in the answers, and check them at the bottom. Note: You may try a correct answer that the exercise says is wrong. Ask me if you don't understand why it's wrong. Grammar--Mix and Match--Can and Can't have. Grammar--Modals Reading--Idiom Quiz--The Arrest of Susan B. Anthony.
October 20	Grammar--Scrambled Sentences--Should have. Grammar--Mix and Match--Should have. Grammar--Modals--Must, Have to (Note: Use the positive or negative form to match the meaning.) Listening--Listening to American English. Click at the bottom to go to the Listening Explanations and Activities. There are twelve pages. Ask me if you have questions. Phrasal (Two-Word) Verbs--Fill-In 1. If you want to look at the list of phrasal verbs, go to the Phrasal Verbs Dictionary
October 21	Grammar--Don't have to/Mustn't. Grammar--Rearrange the Sentences--Don't have to/Mustn't. Vocabulary--Prefixes. Reading--Idiom Quiz--The Roosevelts. Listening--At the Bank Grammar--Mixed Modals (Note: Only do this exercise if you like this style. Sometimes it says you are wrong when you choose a second possible answer. Ask me if you have questions.)
October 27	Grammar--Modals 1. Grammar--Modals 2. Reading--Food Labels. Read the information and take the quiz. Phrasal (Two-Word) Verbs--Fill-In 2. Blog: Respond to the post called Food Labels in the Food and Health Category.
October 28	Grammar--Modals 3. Grammar--Modals 4. Vocabulary--Prefixes. Reading--Idiom Quiz--Ponce de Leon. Listening--A Healthy Lifestyle
November 3	Grammar--Scrambled Sentences--Noun Clauses. Grammar--Fill In--Noun Clauses (Don't use whether; just use if). Phrasal Verbs--Fill In 3 Reading--The Food Guide Pyramid. Do the test too. Go to the Level 7 & 8 Blog. Respond to the post called Food and Exercise in the Food and Health Category.
November 4	Listening and Reading--Nutrition. You need headphones for this exercise. There are many pages. Follow the directions and ask if you have questions. You do not have to do the final quiz and survey. Grammar--Grammar Review 1. Grammar--Mix and Match--Had Better. Vocabulary--Prefixes.
November 11	Writing--Interview 1. Read all the interviews that the students wrote on Friday. Take your paper from the table and make the corrections. Grammar--Mix and Match--Have to. Grammar--Noun Clauses--Is This Good English?. Reading--It Happened to Me Story--Example. Listening--Listening Activities. (Listening for individual sounds.) Vocabulary--Phrasal Verbs--Fill In 4.
November 17	Grammar--Is This Good English?-- 1. Grammar--Noun Clauses-1. If you don't know why your answer is wrong, ask me, because sometimes a second answer can be right, too. Reading--Identity Theft. Read the information and take the quiz. Blog--Respond to the post called Identity Theft in the Finance Category. Vocabulary--Phrasal Verbs--Fill In 5. If you don't like this kind of exercise, you don't have to do it.
November 18	Grammar--Is This Good English?-- 2. Grammar--Grammar Review 1A. Close the window when you finish test 1A. Reading--It Happened to Me--The Grasshopper. Listening--A Hiking Family. Do II. Listening Exercises and Vocabulary Exercises. Look at the script if you want to.
November 24	Grammar--Noun Clauses and Reported Speech. Grammar--Grammar Review 1B. Close the window when you finish test 1A. Reading--It Happened to Me--Working at the Bank. Blog--Respond to the post called It Happened to Me--Working at the Bank in the It Happened to Me Category. Vocabulary--Bring + Prepositions.
November 25	Worksheet--America's LIbrary--Explore the States Grammar--Noun Clauses-2. Grammar--Grammar Review 1C.
December 1	Grammar--Noun Clauses-3. Do the first three exercises down the page. DON'T DO EXERCISE 4 AND 5. Reading--It Happened to Me--The Cat. Blog--Respond to the post called Animals in the Animals & the Environment category.
December 2	Vocabulary--Check + Prepositions. Open the Phrasal Verb Dictionary at the same time, and click on C to find the list of prepositions with Check. Grammar--Grammar Review 1D. Reading From Alice in Wonderland--Guess Three Words Listening--Grocery Shopping. Start with II. Listening Exercises, and then do the Vocabulary Activities. Look at the script if you want.
December 8	Reading--It Happened to Me--The Cookies. Blog--Respond to the post called It Happened to Me--The Cookies in the It Happened to Me Category. Vocabulary--Get + Prepositions-1. Open the Phrasal Verb Dictionary at the same time, and click on G to find the list of prepositions with Get. Grammar--Grammar Review 1E. Close the window when you finish test 1E.
December 9	Grammar--Reported Speech 2 Grammar--Grammar Review 1F. Close the window when you finish test 1F. Vocabulary--Get + Prepositions-2. Open the Phrasal Verb Dictionary at the same time, and click on G to find the list of prepositions with Get. You can have both windows open at the same time. Listening--A Healthy Lifestyle. Start with II. Listening Exercises. Listen, answer the questions, look at the script and listen again, and then do the Vocabulary Activities.
December 15	Grammar--Reported Speech 3 Grammar--Reported Speech 4 Grammar--Grammar Review 1G. Vocabulary--Get + Prepositions-3. Open the Phrasal Verb Dictionary at the same time, and click on G to find the list of prepositions with Get. Reading--It Happened to Me--The Mushrooms