Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Innovative Product Presentation

Hi guys!

For this presentation, I expect a lot of hard work. You need to carefully think about what kind of product you want to create, but you must also think about why it will be successful, how it will make a profit and what your business plan for it will be.

Don't forget about these things:

--name of product/service and a description of what is it and does
--statistics about your product/service and why you think your customers will buy it
--info about your business plan (marketing and manufacturing)
--what kind of profits you expect to make

You must also include vocabulary from our business chapter in Lecture Ready; comparatives and superlatives; correct article usage; and modals of ability.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Happy Valentines Day!


Hey Students!

I thought we could learn more about the history of Valentine's Day together!

Please click on this link and watch the video. Then answer the questions to check your listening comprehension!

Then, watch this short video from chef Jamie Oliver. When you have finished, check your listening comprehension here!

Afterwards, you can practice your knowledge of articles here.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

SNOW DAY

Hey Students,
So the Level 2 teachers have decided to postpone the Grammar test until Thursday. That means we have one more day to review before the test! :)
However, please continue to review and study independently and come to class tomorrow prepared with any questions you have.
Enjoy your snow day and stay warm!
Nikkie

Friday, January 28, 2011

Preparing for your Grammar Test!

Hey Everybody!

Our grammar test will be this Wednesday, and there are lots of things you should practice in order to get ready for the test.

Click on the links below to practice the different types of grammar.


1) Adverbs of Frequency; more practice with Simple Present and adverbs of Frequency

2) Review the rules for Stative verbs here; then try some practice.

Stative verbs with Simple Present or Present Progressive

Stative vs. Dynamic verbs

3) Irregular past tense verbs ; Play a game with 2 players :)

4) Simple past

5) Past and Past Continuous

6) More practice with Simple Past and Past continuous

If you finish all of these, have some FUN in the pool :)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Just some practice for you!

Today, I want to give you an opportunity to practice the modals we have been studying. Now that we have finished Units 5 and 10, you will be able to put it all together.

Please work through the following websites:

1) Modals of Advice. Practice with "Should, Ought to, and Had Better"

2) General Modals. Practice with "Could, Can, May, Must, Might and Should"

3) Modals of Deduction. Practice with " Must, Might, Could, Can't"

**Each website is different. Don't forget to READ THE DIRECTIONS!**

Afterwards, you can log on to Tell Me More and have fun! :)

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Wednesday, Oct. 27th! Modal Adventure Time

Hey guys, so we're going to try to get through a couple of different things in the lab today.

1) First, I'd like you guys to practice modals.
There are so many, and each of them has multiple uses that although the form is quite easy, learning all the different ways to use them takes a lot of time. Please practice your modals on the websites below.

This exercise is a little tricky, but it will give you good practice for the subtle differences in can, might, may, could, and must with probability.

This exercise is a good one to practice the modals must, have to, should and ought to with advice.

This exercise gives you lots of practice with the forms of should, ought to, and had better for advice.


2) After you have finished these three exercises, please log on to Tell Me More. Please work on listening or pronunciation exercises. Remember, I recieve an email report with your scores, so please do your best. You will be graded for your TMM work today!


PS: This is a good website to bookmark in your home computer. It has lots of grammar lessons and practice with ALL of the English modals. You can practice with this website for a long time and always have something new to do! :)

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Preparing For Your Grammar Exam!

We have our test next week and I hope you are studying! Please review the different websites you can use to practice the grammar that will be on the test. Do any or all of them--start with the grammar you need to work on the most!

Present Simple vs. Present Progressive: Exercise One and Exercise Two

Present Progressive: Focus on Form Listening

Stative and Dynamic Verbs: Reviewing Stative verbs and Understanding Time in Stative verbs

Articles: Exercise One, Exercise Two, and Exercise Three

Count and Non-Count nouns: Recognizing Count/NonCount , Quantifiers with C/NC and Quantifier Cloze

Good luck and remember to ask for my help if you don't understand your mistakes!