CALL for Level 3 (morning) Spring 2026
Friday, June 5, 2026, 2026
Agenda
1. During whole class — help with registration for Summer term
2. Listening — Katie talks about her day off <– Click here for the audio. With the handout (<–), listen and fill in the missed regular past tense (-ed) verbs. The answers <– are here.
3. Dictation: Past tense questions <– Click here for the audio. Listen and write the questions that you hear in your notebook. Check your answers here <–.
4. Past tense questions
- Past Tense Questions 1
- Past Tense Questions 2
- Past Tense Questions 3
- Past Tense Questions 4
- Past Tense Questions 5
- Past Tense Questions 6
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Friday, May 22, 2026
Agenda
1. Review computer vocabulary & terms for this class — Review the Keyboard & talk more about the Computer
2. Practice with regular past tense
- pronunciation rules of “ed” — group discussion
- videos
- Simple Past Tense with Todd — explanation of “ed” sounds
- Katie talks about her day
- Meg and Todd talk about their life story
- regular and irregular verbs — Note: You need your myPCC username & password for this video.
- grammar & spelling practice
3. Write an email — group activity
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Friday, May 15, 2026
Agenda
1. Review computer vocabulary & terms for this class — Review the Keyboard & talk more about the Computer
2. More listening with elllo.org <– Click here for the audio. Click here –> for the handout. To print, press CTRL P. Listen and fill in the missing words. Check your answers here. Note: This is the same as the homework from last night.
3. D2L practice quizzes. Note: You need your myPCC username & password.
- Comparative adjective quiz
- More comparative adjectives
- Superlative adjectives quiz
- Mixed past tense verbs
4. Writing: Please write a few sentences or a paragraph. Compare two cities that you have lived in. You can use Google Docs (account required) or Word (click on the blue squares at the bottom of the page and click on WORD.) –-> Example here <–. When you finish, print out 2 copies of your writing (CTRL P) and give me one.
5. Grammar videos —
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- Adjectives – English Grammar Lessons
- Comparative Adjectives – English Grammar Lessons
- Superlative Adjectives – English Grammar Lessons
- Cutting Edge Basic “Comparing” — This is a longer video, but it also has more examples and vocabulary practice.
Friday, May 8, 2026
Agenda
1. Review computer vocabulary & terms for this class — Review the Keyboard & talk more about the Computer
2. Online grammar practice with comparative adjectives <– This page has many exercises to choose from. When you finish an exercise, please check your answers and repeat the exercise. Then click the back arrow (<–) or close the tab (for some pages), and select another exercise to try.
3. Interactive game with audio about comparative adjectives <– This is a single page with an interactive game.
4. Listening practice:
- Todd talks about the weather
- Todd compares San Francisco and Los Angeles <– Click here for the audio. The handout for this site is HERE <– Click and press CTRL P to print.
5. Grammar videos —
Note: All the videos are you Youtube, so you need to SKIP ADS.
- Adjectives – English Grammar Lessons
- Comparative Adjectives – English Grammar Lessons
- Superlative Adjectives – English Grammar Lessons
6. Reading: News articles about Oregon <– Click here for articles about interesting things in Oregon. All the articles have audio and exercises. Click on “Contents” on the left and select an article to read & listen to. (See image below.)
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Friday, May 1, 2026
Agenda
1. Review computer vocabulary & terms for this class — Keyboard & Computer
2. Verb practice
- Links from Tara — This link has many exercises from your teacher, Tara, about past and present verbs. Today, please practice the Week 5 verbs.
- Interactive past tense game with audio
3. Grammar
- Simple present — affirmative, negative & questions <– This page has many exercises. You can check your own answers. Click the back arrow (<–) to select another exercise.
- Wh- questions <– This page has many exercises. You can check your own answers. Click the back arrow (<–) to select another exercise.
4. Videos
Note: You need headphones.
- “Yesterday was amazing!” <– Short humorous video with past tense. Includes exercises. From learningenglish.voanews.com/.
- “I passed it!” <– Short humorous video with past tense. Includes exercises. From learningenglish.voanews.com/.
- “A long time ago” <– Short humorous video with past tense. Includes exercises. From learningenglish.voanews.com/.
- Simple past <– Note: This video is on Youtube, so you may need to SKIP ADS.
- Past tense regular verbs (-ed) <– Note: This video is on Youtube, so you may need to SKIP ADS.
- Common irregular past tense verbs — Note: This video is on Youtube, so you may need to SKIP ADS.
5. Reading: News articles about Oregon <– Click here for articles about interesting things in Oregon. All the articles have audio and exercises. Click on “Contents” on the left and select an article to read & listen to. (See image below.)
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Friday, April 24, 2026
1. Purpose of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) class
2. Introduction to my website — CALL & audio pages
3. Computer vocabulary & terms for this class — Keyboard & Computer
4. Verb practice — links from Tara — This link has many exercises from your teacher, Tara, about past and present verbs.
5. Online exercises with Wh- question words (who, what, where, when, why, how, how much/many/…, etc.)
- Question Words 1
- Question Words 2
- Question Words 3 — This exercise includes Whose, which is for possessive questions: Whose book is this?
- Question Words 4
- Question Words 5
- Question Words 6
6. Videos
Note: You need headphones.
Note: These videos are on Youtube, so you may need to SKIP ADS.
- Yes/No questions (ESL Library)
- Wh- questions in the simple present (ESL Library)
- Past tense regular verbs (-ed)
- Common irregular past tense verbs
7. Reading: News articles about Oregon <– Click here for articles about interesting things in Oregon. All the articles have audio and exercises. Click on “Contents” on the left and select an article to read & listen to. (See image below.)
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Friday, April 10, 2026
Agenda
1. Purpose of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) class
2. Introduction to my website — CALL & audio pages
3. Computer vocabulary & terms for this class — Keyboard & Computer
4. Introduction to useful websites & practice options
- Listening with Student Book audio for page 19, Exercise C + handout
- English-4u.de — Grammar only.
- LearningChocolate.com — Vocabulary with listening, reading and writing practice.
- Games to Learn English (gamestolearnenglish.com) — Different interactive exercises with vocabulary, listening, writing & reading.
- Let’s Learn English video series — Humorous video series with captions about American life with speaking exercises.
- ESOL News Oregon — Short news articles (beginning, intermediate and advanced) about current Oregon topics. All have exercises. Some have audio and video.
5. Past tense verb practice