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. All-Star Workout CD-ROM--Unit 10. Do all the exercises. Vocabulary--Jobs and Professions: Who Am I? Listening--Listen to these conversations: How to Find a Job, Job Interview 2, and Asking Questions at an Interview. Listen as many times as you need. Multi-Skills--USA Learns--Supervisors and Teamwork. Click on Start Now. Then click on 2nd English Course Low-intermediate English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Click on Workers and the Workplace and then choose Supervisors and Teamwork. Do all the exercises. Click on Activity Menu to go back to the lesson links.

Old Lessons
Date	Lesson
December 12	Reading--Earthquake. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Listening--Conversations: Negative Questions. Grammar--And-But-Or. Grammar--Grammar Quiz--Using too, either, and but. Do Side By Side 2B Unit 51, Helping People, Reporting Past Events. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
December 6	All-Star Workout CD-ROM--Unit 9. Do all the exercises. Listening--A Bad Day. Multi-Skills--Managing Family Life. Click on Visitor. Choose Episode 5. Start with the Introduction and watch all the videos and do all the exercises on this page. Listen to each video once with no text, and the second time click on View Text of Video. You can do all the videos and exercises if you select Continue or Next on the bottom of each page. Reading--Where Is His Wife? (1). Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Reading--Where Is His Wife? (2). Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises.
December 5	Reading--Finding an Apartment. Listening--Safety. Choose several conversations to listen to about safety. Reading--Schools Give Students Tools to Fight Back against Bullying. Read the story. Click Listen at the bottom of the story to hear the same story. Click Next to go to the exercises. Do all the exercises. Grammar--Exercise 3. Grammar--Exercise 4. Do Side By Side 2B Unit 52, Repair Problems. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
November 29	Reading--911 Calls. Read the story. Click Listen at the bottom of the story to hear the same story. Click Next to go to the exercises. Do all the exercises. Grammar--A Ski Accident--All Tenses. Listening--Housing. Listen to conversations on the topic of Housing. Write down any unfamiliar vocabulary and ask your teacher. Do Side By Side 2B Unit 43, Describing Past Activities. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
November 28	All-Star Workout CD-ROM--Unit 8. Do all the exercises. Listening--Following Directions on the Phone. Multi-Skills--On the Job Health and Safety. Click on Visitor. Choose Episode 2. Start with the Introduction and watch all the videos and do all the exercises on this page. Listen to each video once with no text, and the second time click on View Text of Video. You can do all the videos and exercises if you select Continue or Next on the bottom of each page. Reading--Losing Weight. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises.
November 22	A Thanksgiving Song--I'm Thankful. Listen to the song and try to sing along. Listening--History of the First Thanksgiving. Watch the video. How did the first Thanksgiving begin? Grammar--Modals. Reading--His Back Goes Out. Read and listen to the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom of the page to do the exercises. Do Side By Side 2B Unit 48, Medical Advice. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
November 21	Listening and Vocabulary--Health English. Click on the pictures and do all the exercises. Reading--Teen Drinking. Read the story. Click Listen at the bottom of the story to hear the same story. Click Next to go to the exercises. Do all the exercises. Grammar--Can for Requests. Do Side By Side 2B Unit 47, Nutrition and Medical Advice. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
November 15	All-Star Workout CD-ROM--Unit 7. Do all the exercises. Grammar--Call this a party! (Someone, no one, etc.). Reading--A Cigarette for Grandpa. Read the story. Do all the exercises at the bottom of the page. Reading--The Wedding Invitation. Read the story. Do all the exercises at the bottom of the page. Grammar--Subject Verb Agreement.
November 14	Reading--Family Ties. This is a speed game. Read the sentence and drag the correct vocabulary word to the box. Click on Let's go to begin. You will see some directions before the game starts. Multi-Skills--Men's Changing Roles. Click on Visitor. Choose Episode 8. Start with the Introduction and watch all the videos and do all the exercises on this page. Listen to each video once with no text, and the second time click on View Text of Video. You can do all the videos and exercises if you select Continue or Next on the bottom of each page. Do Side By Side 2A Unit 33, Time Expressions. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
November 8	Listening--Family Relationships. Go to II. Listening Exercises and play the conversation. Then do the exercise. Finally, do all the vocabulary activities. Listening--Debra's Family. Click on the menu (choices) under Choose a level: and choose New Listeners. Click on the menu under Choose a topic: and choose Family. Under Choose a passage: choose Debra's Family. Click on the arrow on the upper right to hear the passage. Listen to the passage. Click on transcript at the bottom to read the words while you listen to the passage again. Click on Questions at the bottom, and try to think of the answers. Then click on Q/A to see the answers. Now choose Friends under Choose a topic:, then choose MIssing Friends in the list under Choose a passage: and follow the same directions. Grammar--Some, Any or No. Do Side By Side 2A Unit 32, Eating in a Restaurant, Recipes. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
November 7	Listening--Family English. Click on a window to go to a story. Click Listen to the story and Next after each part. Then read the story and do the exercises. Do all the windows. Grammar--Girl Talk, Using And and But. Reading--Two Sisters and the Cat. Read the story and do the exercise. Then click on Continue with the next exercise at the bottom. Do all three exercises. Grammar--Some or Any. Grammar--Another, The Other, The Others, Others. Do Side By Side 2A Unit 34, Possibility; Warnings. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
November 1	All-Star Workout CD-ROM--Unit 6. Do all the exercises. Vocabulary--San Francisco Restaurants: The Slanted Door. Do Part Two and Part Three. Idioms--English Idioms--"All". Watch the video and click on ? Quiz at the bottom and take the quiz.
October 31	Grammar--Scrambled Sentences, At a Restaurant. Click on the scrambled words to get the correct order. Then click Check to see if it is correct. Finally, click Try Next Sentence and do the next one. There are five sentences. Grammar--Verb Tense-Fill-In, At a Restaurant. Grammar--Cloze Exercise, Cooking Pasta. Grammar--Count/Non-Count, Food. Video--Halloween History. Watch the Video. Video--How to Make a Pumpkin Pie. Watch the Video. If you have time, do Side By Side 2A Unit 31, Food. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
October 25	Grammar--Prepositions of Location. Listening--Restaurant Conversations. Grammar--Countable and Uncountable Nouns. Watch the video and do the quiz. Grammar--Much/Many/A lot of. Watch the video and do the quiz. Reading--Fresh Fish. Read the story. Click on Cloze, Crossword, Sentences, and Dictation at the bottom to do all the exercises. Reading--Fresh Salad. Do the same exercises at the bottom.
October 24	Grammar--Count and Non-Count Nouns. Vocabulary--Name That Food. Listening--My Favorite Foods. Click on the menu (choices) under Choose a level: and choose New Listeners. Click on the menu under Choose a topic: and choose Food. Under Choose a passage: choose My Favorite Foods. Click on the arrow on the upper right to hear the passage. Listen to the passage. Click on transcript at the bottom to read the words while you listen to the passage again. Click on Questions at the bottom, and try to think of the answers. Then click on Q/A to see the answers. Now choose What I Like to Eat in the list under Choose a passage: and follow the same directions. Do Side By Side 2A Unit 29, Food. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
October 18	All-Star Workout CD-ROM--Unit 5. Do all the exercises. Grammar--Dissatisfied Customer. Read the story. Then do the grammar exercise. Type the missing word in the space and click Check to see if your answer is correct. Listening--Clothes Shopping. Listen to the conversation. Then do the exercises on this website. (The listening exercise is the same, but you may hear it better on the first link.) Grammar--Superlative Adjectives. Watch the Video. Then click Quiz and do the quiz.
October 17	Grammar--Comparatives and Superlatives of Adjectives. Read the introduction. Then click on Continue with the exercise at the bottom and do the exercise. Reading and Grammar--A Shorts Story. Read the story. Then do the grammar exercise. Type the missing word in the space and click Check on the right side to see if your answer is correct. The answers to the questions will help you understand the story. Listening--Shopping. Choose four different topics. Each one has four or five conversations. Listen to the conversations. Do Side By Side 2A Unit 36, Advice and Opinions. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
October 11	Listening--At the Shoe Store. Listening--Shopping for the Day. Go down the page to II.Listening Exercises and listen to the conversation. Go down the page and click on Quiz Script to see the words while you listen again. Go back to the first page and answer the questions. Finally, do the Text Completion exercise. Listening--Street Market. Go down the page to II.Listening Exercises and listen to the conversation. Go down the page and click on Quiz Script to see the words while you listen again. Go back to the first page and answer the questions. Finally, do the Vocabulary Activities. Grammar--Comparative and Superlative Adjectives. Copy the comparative and superlative adjectives on a piece of paper. Do Side By Side 2A Unit 35, Describing People, Places and Things. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
October 4	All-Star Workout CD-ROM--Unit 4. Do all the exercises. Multi-skills--Job and Career Advancement. Click on Visitor and then click on Episode 1. Watch each video clip twice, the first time with no text, and the second time click on View Text of Video. Do all the exercises. Do Side By Side 2A Unit 33, Time Expressions. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
October 3	Vocabulary--Appointments, Reservations, and Plans. Watch the video. Do the quiz at the bottom. Listening--Two Passages. Click on the menu (choices) under Choose a domain: and choose American English. Click on the menu under Choose a level: and choose New Listeners. The menu under Choose a topic: should say ALL. Go down to the bottom of the list under Choose a passage: and choose My Likes and Dislikes. Click on the arrow on the upper right to hear the passage. Listen to the passage. Click on transcript at the bottom to read the words while you listen to the passage again. Click on Questions at the bottom, and try to think of the answers. Then click on Q/A to see the answers. Now choose Colleen's Future Plans in the list under Choose a passage: and follow the same directions. Listening--Telephone Conversations. Grammar--Going to. Grammar--Use the Simple Past Tense.
September 27	Spelling--When to double final consonants. Listening and Speaking--Jobs. Choose 4 conversations to listen to. Write down any unfamiliar vocabulary. Write down sentences in the future tense. Jokes--Jokes for ESL Students . Do Side By Side 2A Unit 28, Birthdays and Gifts. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
September 26	Multi-Skills--Work English. Click on a door to go to a story. Do all the exercises. Click Next to go to the next page. Click Home to go back to the first page. Choose all the doors and do all the exercises. Grammar--Mostly Modals. Reading--They Want a Baby. Read the story. Click on the exercises at the bottom. When you finish an exercise, click Close and then click on the next exercise. Do all the exercises. Grammar--Beginning English Grammar Review Quiz. Listening--Filling out an Application Form. Listening--What do you want to accomplish before you die?
September 20	All-Star Workout CD-ROM--Unit 3. Do all the exercises. Life Skill--Currency Converter. Do the exercises on the worksheet. Idioms--7 Common Expressions about Money. Watch the video. Do the quiz.
September 19	Grammar--Grammar Quiz. Video--Banking English. Listening--At the Bank. Multi-skills--Accessing Learning Opportunities. Click on Visitor and then click on Episode 17. Watch each video clip twice, the first time with no text, and the second time click on View Text of Video. Do all the exercises.
September 13	Grammar--Question-Word Questions. Listening--Phone Numbers 2. Grammar--First look at the Past Tenses: Irregular Forms and look at the verb forms and the rules at the bottom of the page. Then do the exercises A Disastrous Day and My Beard. For the last exercise, click on Go straight to quiz, click in the box and type the past tense form of the verb in parentheses. Then click on the arrow or press the Enter key for the next question. Grammar--The Hallowe'en Party Do Side By Side 2A Unit 27, Past, Present and Future Activities. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
September 12	Reading--At the Bus Depot. Grammar--Was-Were. Listening--Phone Numbers 1. Listening--USA Learns--Unit 12-Money and Shopping. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 12 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links. Do all the exercises.
September 6	All-Star Workout CD-ROM--Unit 2. Do all the exercises. Grammar--Simple Present vs. Present Continuous, Going to San Jose. Grammar--My Friend's Favorite Sport: Baseball. Grammar--Who's playing?/ Who plays?. This is the same website as "My Friend's Favorite Sport: Baseball." This time, go down the page and click on More Like This. Then click on the Easier version of Who's playing?/ Who plays? and do the exercises. Listening--Find Our House. Do Side By Side 2B Unit 40, Directions; Getting Around Town: Public Transportation. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
August 30	Grammar--Present Progressive Tense-1. Grammar--Present Progressive Tense-2. Listening--Listening Activities. Do the three listening activities, one on directions and two on pronunciation. Click on the Listening Activities button to go back to the first page. Do Side By Side 2A Unit 39, Directions, Getting Around Town. This is on your computer, but not on the Internet.
August 29	Grammar--Simple Present Verbs. Grammar--Simple Present Negative Verbs. Grammar--Prepositions of Location. Listening--USA Learns--Unit 13-Places in the Neighborhood. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 13 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links. Do all the exercises. Vocabulary--Places Around Town.
August 23	All-Star Workout CD-ROM - Unit 1. Do all the exercises. Reading--A Thin Man. Do all the exercises at the bottom of the page. Listening--What are the Americans like?. Write the adjectives you hear. Do the unit exercise. Grammar--Is This Good English?--1.
August 22	Introduction--Rules of the Computer Class. Reading--Kindergarten. Listening--USA Learns--Unit 1-First English Class. Click on Start Now. Then click on 1st English Course Beginning English Skills. Type any letter in the Create a name for your Course: box and click on NEXT. Finally, click on Unit 1 and the links to go to the exercises. Click on Lesson Menu to go back to the lesson links. Grammar--Simple Present Tense.