Lab Activity July 24

1.  Interview with Mae and Masa: A young woman and young man are traveling in Thailand. They talk about their meeting and their future plans.

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1380

 

2.  What’s your favorite place in the World? A Canadian traveler asks other travelers a question:  What's your favorite place in the world?

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1373

3.  So Far Away:  A song by Carole King (it's an old one, but a good one!)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEY3Kgfm9ec

Weekend Homework for July 22

--> PRACTICE & REVIEW THE VERB TENSES

Simple Present http://efllecturer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/tom-and-jerry-feedin-kiddie.html

Question Forms http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/05/question-forms-beginners-elementary.html

Present Continuous http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/2012/07/mr-bean-at-olympics-2012-opening.html

Take a SCREEN SHOT of one quiz from each page and email it to debbie.turner@seattlecolleges.edu

--> PREPARE A ONE MINUTE SPEECH ON ONE OF THE TOPICS BELOW.

1. A usual day for you in Seattle
2. A usual day for you in your hometown
3. A usual day for someone in your family
4. A very good meal
5. Things you like

You MAY show pictures.  You MAY NOT read from a paper so PRACTICE!!

--> COMPLETE THE COUNT/NON-COUNT PRACTICE SHEET 

 

 

There is / There are Practice

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/km-thereisare.html

Simple Present Practice

Take all of these simple present quizzes. Choose TWO sentences or questions from each quiz to copy. Turn in your sentences and your scores for each quiz.

1. http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/psv.html

2. http://www.englishclub.com/esl-quizzes/grammar-1-present-simple.htm

3. http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present_quiz.htm
4. http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/65.html

Teardrops on my Guitar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKCek6_dB0M&ob=av3e

Lab Activity July 17

Tom, would you move the apple?
 

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1480

What Do You Hope to Accomplish Before You Die? 
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1195

Dreamhouse

http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixers/T102-Dreamhouse.htm

American Slang

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1020

Weekend Homework for July 15

Listen to the following conversations about families.

1. Go to the right and take the COMPREHENSION quiz.
2. Write down FOUR sentences from each conversation. 

http://www.elllo.org/english/0501/505-Ruth-Family.html 

http://www.elllo.org/english/0601/T613-Shuan-Family.htm

http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer076/T076-Family.htm 

Lab Activity July 10

1.  Practice family names with this game:  http://www.elllo.org/apuj/Games/G033-Family.html

2.  Go to http://www.esl-lab.com  and complete the worksheet.

3.  Concentration game with family words: http://www.manythings.org/ac/family.html 

4.  Concentration games with LOTS of vocabulary:     http://www.manythings.org/wbg/

3.  Do dictation about PLACES AND WEATHER, COMMANDS AND REQUESTS, & COMMON EXPRESSIONS if you have time.  http://englishclub.com/listening/dictations-short.htm 

Homework for Monday, July 8

1)  Go OUTSIDE!  Enjoy something new in Seattle and come to class on Monday with a short speech about what you did.   Tell where you went, what you saw, what you liked, etc.  You will talk for TWO minutes in a small group.

2)  Go to the website below and do dictations on-line.  Then write five sentences from each group (QUESTIONS, NUMBERS, PEOPLE) on a piece of paper.  That will be 15 sentences. 

 

ONLINE DICTATIONS:  QUESTIONS, NUMBERS, PEOPLE

http://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-short.htm

3)  Study Side by Side pages 42 and 43.  We will have a dictation quiz on Monday. 

 

 

July 4 Videos

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/2568/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_vQvt79no  

Lab Activity July 3

Do the exercises for these FIRST.
Dialog:  Fast Food Restaurant    http://www.manythings.org/b/e/2059 
Dialog:  Talking about the Town  http://www.manythings.org/b/e/2061

 

If you finish these activities, go to the following websites for more practice.  

Lots of different videos and quizzes!

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning_start.phpLots of different videos and quizzes! 

The website we practiced with yesterday:  http://www.esl-lab.com/