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Week 8 (February 23 to 26, 2026) 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 23, 2026

1. Writing.  Think about the questions and the paragraph on Student Book page 92.  Write sentences about how you will change your health habits.  Use “I’ll…” and “I won’t….”  Examples:  I’ll try to walk more.  I won’t eat fried food. I won’t put so much salt on my food. Write your sentences in your notebook.  We’ll share these in class on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.

2.  Grammar handout:  will or be going to? (<– Click here for the handout from class.) Complete the handout I gave you in class.  You can complete the exercises on the handout, or, for extra writing practice, copy them on to another paper.  We’ll check these in class on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.

3.   Continue to practice the clarification questions on your pink slip.  Try to memorize them and use them outside of class.

Homework from class Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Note:  Please try to review, even just for 10 minutes, for your quiz.  Students who review, even for a short time, usually get a satisfactory score on their quizzes.

1.Review these pages in the Workbook:

  • Workbook page 32, Exercise B
  • Workbook page 33, Exercise C
  • Workbook page 34, Exercise D
  • Workbook page page 35, Exercise G

2.  Review these pages in the Student Book

  • Look at all of the “blue boxes” with grammar (pages 83 to 88)
  • Student Book page 85, Exercise A
  • Student Book pages 85-86, Exercise B
  • Student Book page 89, Exercise C

3.  Review your warm-up exercises and grammar handouts from the past few weeks.

4.  Video review — Will vs. (be) going to

Homework from class Thursday, February 26, 2026

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.

1. Preview Student Book Unit 9 (pages 130 to 144.)  Look at the pictures.  Look at the blue grammar boxes. Look at new vocabulary.  Get an idea of what we are going to study in this unit.

2.  Vocabulary: Natural Disasters <– Click here for the slideshow. Scroll or use the arrow keys to move between slides. Make notes for yourself. 

3.  Workbook page 50, Exercises A & B.  Try the exercises.  You can complete them in your workbook, or, for extra writing practice, copy them into your notebook.  We’ll talk about the answers in class on Monday, March 2, 2026.

4. Irregular past tense verbs on Student Book page 117 <– Click here for the audio.  Study the irregular past tense verb list. Practice with a friend or family member:  they say the present form, and you say the past form.

5.   Regular past tense verb pronunciation <– Click here for the audio to Student Book page 116, Exercise B.  Notice how the -ed pronunciation changes.  We’ll study this more next week.

6.  Continue to practice the clarification questions on your pink slip.  Try to memorize them and use them outside of class.