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Week 2 (January 13 to 16, 2025) homework

Note:  Please try to finish the homework before the next class.  You don’t need to send it to me because we usually talk about the answers in class.  Also, when you finish the homework & prepare for class, it helps me decide if you will be ready for the expectations of Level 4 or not.
Homework from Monday, January 13, 2025:

1. Student Book pages 12 & 13.  Read and listen to “English is Frustrating!” (<– click here for the audio) on page 12.  Then read the suggestions on page 13 in Exercise B.  You only need to read and circle new vocabulary or other words that you want to remember.  We’ll talk about these and how you can use them in class on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

2.  Student Book pages 18 & 19.  Look at the picture on page 18 and try to identify the objects that you see. Try Exercise A ; please don’t look at the answers at the bottom! On page 19, Exercise B, answer the questions with your information.  For extra writing practice, copy the sentences into your notebook.  We’ll talk about this information about the “Average American” in class on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

3.  Student Book page 31, Exercise E.  Look at the sentences and correct the verb mistakes.  If there is no mistake, write correct on on the line on the right. We’ll check your answers in class on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.

4.  Ask a friend, family member (or another person you are comfortable with) about their goals.  Ask them about two education goals, two personal goals, and two material goals.  Make notes about the answers to discuss in class this week.

  • What are two of your educational goals?
  • What are two of your personal goals?
  • What are two of your material goals?
Homework from Wednesday, January 15, 2025:

1. Review Student Book pages 18 & 19.  Look at the picture on page 18 and try to identify the objects that you see. Try Exercise A ; please don’t look at the answers at the bottom! On page 19, Exercise B, answer the questions with your information.  For extra writing practice, copy the sentences into your notebook.  We’ll talk about this information about the “Average American” in class tomorrow, Thursday, January 16, 2025.

2.  Listening only “English is Frustrating!” (<– Click here for the handout I gave you in class.)  Listen to the audio (<– click here).  Listen and fill in the missing words.  Please do not look at the answers in your book.  This is to help you listen for specific vocabulary!  We’ll check your answers in class tomorrow, Thursday, January 16, 2025.

3.  About Lian & Ketsia (Student Book page 12).  Write a few sentences each about Ketsia’s and Lian’s goals for learning English. Use wants to.  Examples:  Ravi wants to use past tense.  Maria Luisa want to find opportunities to practice.  Write the sentences in your notebook.  We’ll talk about these in class.

4.  Review Student Book page 13, Exercise B.  Just (only) read and circle new vocabulary or words that you want to remember.

Reference:  Here is the list of ways to improve your English (<– click here) that we talked about in class

Homework from Thursday, January 16, 2025:

1. Workbook pages 8 & 9, Exercises A to C.  Complete the exercises in your workbook, or, for extra writing practice, copy them into your notebook.  We’ll check the answers in class on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

2. Student Book page 21, Exercises C & D — Pronunciation practice with -s.  Open your Student Book to page 21 and listen to the audio for Exercises C & D (the links are below).  Follow the directions for each exercise. We’ll discuss this and check the answers in class next week.

3.  Student Book page 13, Exercise D.  Complete the exercise about yourself and your information.  For extra writing practice, copy the exercise into your notebook.  We’ll discuss this in class next week.

4.  Writing practice with should/shouldn’t.  Refer to Student Book pages 12 & 13. Write two suggestions each for Ravi, Maria Luisa, Lian & Ketsia.  Use should or shouldn’t + verb.  Use the information from the suggestions in Exercise B on page 13, or think of your own suggestions. Example:  Ravi should find a study partner. Ketsia should read the news in English.  *Please* write your sentences on another paper (regular notebook size), use blue or black pen, and skip lines.  You will turn in (that means “give me”) these sentences next week.

Please remember —
**No class Monday, January 20, 2025** in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

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