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Monday, April 15, 2024

Hello students,

Sorry for the delay!  We met volunteer Julie yesterday.  Welcome, Julie!  We also ate delicious donuts from Adam.  Thank you, Adam!  🍩
Homework due Wednesday, April 17

1.  Write your homework on paper.  Davida will collect your work.

    Complete Exercise C on page 9.  Write the questions and answers.

    Complete Exercise B on page 16.  Use the audio. https://eltngl.com/sites/englishinaction3/student

  Select “Student Book.”  Write each conversation.

 2.  Text or email Davida a picture of a famous person you like (from your country or a different country).  Write three sentences about the famous person.  Write three questions about the famous person.  Look at Exercises C and D on page 9 for examples to help you.  You will stand in front of the class and talk about your famous person to the class.

3.  Finish all of the pages in the Welcome Unit packet.  Use the audio link. https://eltngl.com/sites/englishinaction3/student  Select “Workbook.”  You will show Davida your work in class.  We will correct the packets together.  Take your packet home to study for the test.   Davida will collect your completed packets on Friday, April 19.  The Welcome Unit test will be on Friday, April 19.

Here are the slides from Monday:  Level 2 Monday, April 15 Slides
We talked about some words to know:
contraction
possessive
pronoun
BE verb:  am, is, are
singular
plural
negative
question
short answer
simple present
present progressive
We looked at how to form questions in the simple present with the BE verb:  Level 2 BE Verb Questions

Is she in her classroom?

Is he in his classroom?

Are they in their classroom?

Are you in your classroom?

Are we in our classroom?

Is it in its classroom?

Am I in my classroom?

Is our class in the morning?  Yes, it is.

Is our school large?  Yes, it is.

Are the students from the United States?  No, they’re not.  No, they aren’t.

We practiced asking and answering questions with the BE verb in the simple present:  Level 2 Negative and Question Speaking Practice

Let’s Talk.  Say these sentences using a contraction.

1.  We are at school.

2.  You are in the classroom.

3.  They are in Room 5.

4.  I am single.

5.  He is at work.

6.  She is a student.

7.  He is not absent.

8.  It is not on my desk.

9.  She is not here today.

10.  We are not at home.

11.  They are not married.

12.  I am not a teacher.

Let’s Talk.  Ask your partner these questions.  Listen to their short answers.  Listen to your partner ask you the same questions.  Use short answers.

1.  Are you a student?

2.  Are you at school now?

3.  Are you in Level 1?

4.  Are you single?

5.  Is your teacher from the United States?

6.  Is your teacher at school today?

7.  Is your teacher in the classroom?

8.  Are the students from the United States?

9.  Is your school large?

10. Is today Monday?

Let’s Talk.  Ask your partner these questions.  Listen to their short answers.  Listen to your partner ask you the same questions.  Use short answers.

1.  Are you married?

2.  Are you from Japan?

3.  Is this school in Arizona?

4.  Is the teacher from North Carolina?

5.  Are the students in class?

6.  Are you hardworking?

7.  Is our class in the morning?

8.  Is the classroom on the second floor?

Let’s Talk.  Talk to five students in your class.  Complete the information about each person.

What is your name?

How do you spell your name?

Where are you from?

How do you spell your country?

Name Country

Optional (Your Choice)
 
I’m so sorry I didn’t send this out in time, but you can go next week to Talk Time Cafe on Zoom!  It’s the same Zoom link every time.
 

Every Monday

on Zoom

3:00 to 4:00

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78206030566?pwd=dm29ZWAerFpXqgWAnVIGWXlkCUHFyb.1

There is also Talk Time Cafe in person every Wednesday from 1pm to 2pm in the CC Building, Room 215.
The Panther Pantry will be open every Wednesday for free food in the CC Building.