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Week 6 (February 10 to 14, 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 class Monday, February 10, 2025:

1. Honorable Grandfather Chapter 2 audio  (<– Click here for the audio to Chapter 2 of Honorable Grandfather. The audio is on D2L, so you need your myPCC username & password.) Read and listen to Honorable Grandfather Chapter 2 — “Where are the Old People?”.  You can read and listen at the same time, read only, or listen only.  Circle new vocabulary words or other words or phrases that you want to remember.  

Note: If you want to print out the entire story (Chapters 1 to 6), click here –> Honorable Grandfather complete packet.  You need your  myPCC username & password for this also.

2.  Video: Adverbs of Frequency (<– Click here for the video. The video is on D2L, so you need your myPCC username & password.) Watch the video.  For the “Now you try” section, pause the video and write the sentences in your notebook.

3.  Grammar handouts: Adverbs of Frequency.  (See below for the links to the handouts.)  Complete the exercises on the handouts, or, for extra writing practice. copy the sentences into your notebook.  We’ll check your answers in class on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

4.  Extra video practice:  A Typical Day (from the Cutting Edge series) (<– Click here for the video. The video is on D2L, so you need your myPCC username & password.) This is from a series that PCC subscribes to. This video has good examples of time phrases to use for talking about routines and regular activities. For captions, click on CC at the bottom right of the video player. Note:  The videos are from around 2014, and a couple of the characters are a bit rude.  Can you tell which ones they are?

Homework from class Wednesday, February 12, 2025:

1. Questions with adverbs of frequency <– Click here for the handout from class.

  • Speaking: Practice with questions with a friend or family member.
  • Writing:  Choose 5 or 6 sentences. Copy them on to another paper and answer the questions with complete sentences.  Example:  What kind of movies do you never watch?  I never watch horror movies. Write your questions and answers on another paper in blue or black pen, skip lines, and write you name and the date at the top.  Give me your writing homework on Monday, February 17, 2025.
  • Note:  You can do more than 6 sentences if you want, but it is not required.

2.  Student Book pages 26 & 27 <– Click here for the audio. Listen to the information about the Shaw family.  Write the missing information and take notes about other information you hear.  Then, on page 27, try Exercises B & C.  You can finish the exercises in your student book, or, for extra writing practice, copy them into your notebook.  We’ll check the answers in class tomorrow, Thursday, February 13, 2025.

Homework from class Thursday, February 13, 2025:

**No class because of snow and ice.**