Homework: Year One Students
09-21
- Goal Sheet (Due 9-22)
- Write a description of your family (Due 9-28)
- Study Hours (9-21)
09-22
- Study New Vocabulary ( We will have a test on Monday)
- Read Chapter One of Australian Cultural Studies- Remember to circle unknown words and keep a list of new vocabulary in your notebook, and make sure to write down any questions you have from the reading to ask in class!
09-23
- Read Australian Cultural Studies- Pg. 24-26 (circle unknown words and make a list in your notebook) Due Monday
- Write a description of your family (remember the sentence forms you learned in class!) Due Monday
- Complete Crossword
- Review Grammar for Monday
- Go on the blog
- Read Study Skills introduction- Pg 9-14 Answer the following questions:
study_skills-_intro.docx | |
File Size: | 11 kb |
File Type: | docx |
7. Complete the questionnaire and write down your results and what type of learner you are: Learning Style Questionnaire
09- 27
- Past Tense Worksheet:
Past Simple-Past Continuous.doc | |
File Size: | 38 kb |
File Type: | doc |
2. Straight Forward (Pg. 18-19) Listening:
1.21 Pg.18 | |
File Size: | 1826 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
22_track22_-_disc_5e11e53b.mp3 | |
File Size: | 1310 kb |
File Type: | mp3 |
09-29
- Study Skills: Pg. 26-30. Complete # 3 on Pg. 31
- Straight Forward: Pg. 24-25 (study vocabulary)
- Assessment # 1 Due October 12th:
Assessment 1 | |
File Size: | 11 kb |
File Type: | docx |
09-30
- Study Skills: Complete Pg. 32-40
- Straight Forward: Study vocabulary Pg. 25
- Write a 250 word story about an embarrassing moment in your life.
- Assessment #1 (see file above) due October 12th!
- Get involved in a conversation on the blog.
October
10-12
- Study Skills: Read Pages 42-47. Take Cornell notes from the reading.
cornell_notes.docx | |
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File Type: | docx |
2. Practice the play with your group: You will perform the play on Thursday!
3. Review Straight Forward vocabulary (page. 25)
3. Review Straight Forward vocabulary (page. 25)
10-13
- Assessment #1 Due Tomorrow
- Australia Play will be performed Tomorrow (Please Email the script or bring a printed copy to class!)
- Straight Forward Vocabulary Test Tomorrow (from Page 25)
10-14
- Study Skills: Read Pages 48-52: Complete # 2 on page 53
- Australia Play: We will be performing the plays on Monday!
- Watch the following news broadcast video. Choose two topics from the video and write a one paragraph summary for each topic. Due Monday:
10-19
- Study Skills: Read 55-56- Answer the following questions:
study_skills_hw_10-19.docx | |
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File Type: | docx |
2. Straight Forward: Study Vocabulary Page 35
10-20
What does it look like?
What is special about it?
What do people usually eat there?
Talk about the local language…
What would you tell a foreigner to do if they wanted to travel to your hometown?
- Write a description of your hometown (250 words):
What does it look like?
What is special about it?
What do people usually eat there?
Talk about the local language…
What would you tell a foreigner to do if they wanted to travel to your hometown?
2. Complete the following grammar worksheet:
prepositions_of_time.doc | |
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File Type: | doc |
10-21
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
What is the solution?
- Reading Comprehension: Read the following article and answer the following questions (as discussed in class):
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
What is the solution?
2. Review the following Vocabulary from Module 3:
module_3_vocabulary.docx | |
File Size: | 13 kb |
File Type: | docx |
3. Writing & Reading: Rearrange the following story in the correct order.
paragraph_scramble.docx | |
File Size: | 14 kb |
File Type: | docx |
10-26
- Choose one of the following places. Using the internet for research, describe (in about 100 words) some of the unusual or interesting wedding traditions of the place: Siberia, Sahara, Kenya, Tibet, Japan, Nigeria, Hawaii, Hawaii, Bulgaria.
- Study Skills: Read Page 59: Answer the following questions:
- What is quantitative research?
- Where is quantitative research used?
- What is quantitative research used for?
10-27
- Today you learned about film genres and the elements that make up these genres. Watch the following new movie trailers and answer the following questions for each:
- What is the genre of each film?
- What audience is this film appropriate for? (Children, Teens, Adults)
- What kind of predictions can you make about each film?
10-28
- Reading Comprehension: Read the following article and answer the questions below-
WHO is responsible for the enactment of some unusual rules in China?
WHAT are some of the other local edicts in China?
WHERE is Luolang Elementary School located?
WHEN was a regulation enacted in Sichuan Province that banned male officials from hiring female secretaries?
WHY was the saluting rule created?
HOW many villages are in China?
2. Straight Forward: Review Vocabulary Page 55
WHAT are some of the other local edicts in China?
WHERE is Luolang Elementary School located?
WHEN was a regulation enacted in Sichuan Province that banned male officials from hiring female secretaries?
WHY was the saluting rule created?
HOW many villages are in China?
2. Straight Forward: Review Vocabulary Page 55
November
11-03
- IELTS Listening: Listen to the following link and answer the questions below:
how_long_did_he_stay_in_london_11-03.docx | |
File Size: | 13 kb |
File Type: | docx |
2. Complete Assessment #2
11-04
- Complete an outline of your short story (Bring to class on Wednesday) Remember to save all parts of the writing process to bring to class on 11-09: clustering, brainstorming, drawings, etc.
11-06
- Complete Short Story: Due Monday
11-17
- Write your opinion about internet censorship on our blog: minimum 35 words!
- Straight Forward: Complete Pg. 60-61
- Assessment #3 Due Thursday (11-19)
11-19
- Re-write assessment #3, making corrections and using the vocabulary we went over in class.
December 2009
12-29
- We will be preparing for the final test this week. The final test will be on January 5-6