Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Study for the Final Exam

Grammar

Here are the should and have to pdfs we used in class.

Should

Have to

Adverbs of frequency p. 100 quiz 1
Can and can't p. 134 quiz 2
Modals p. 152

I can't find man good quizzes appropriate for your level online, so just try studying from the book.

Vocabulary

All the vocabulary from chapters 6, 8 and 9

You will also have to be familiar with vocabulary and grammar for the speaking part of the exam.

Speaking

Here is the rubric and the directions for the speaking portion of the exam.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Listening Practice!




Remember our listening exam is on Thursday. try these sites to help you study.

Listening

Lyrics Training is a great site to practice your listening skills through music. One of my students told me about this site. Try it!

ESL Lab is a website that has audio clips of conversations, then quizzes you on what you heard. Please choose from the "easy" category.

Listen and Write is a listening dictation website. If you feel that you need more listening practice, this website will help you greatly. You have to sign up and take a listening test before you begin.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Cultural Agendas

Want an extra 10% on your final exam? Go to 3 caultural agendas and get your passport stamped 3 times! Make sure to get your passport from me.

You can find the schedules here: cultural agenda info

Here is September's schedule: schedule

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Tuesday's Exam



Hi Everyone!

Remember, we have our midterm exam on Tuesday.

Here is the study guide for the midterm exam. Please remember, the midterm 20% of your grade.


Here are some websites to help you study.

Wh- question words



Superlatives



Future Tense

Please look at this website. At the bottom of the page are several quizzes.







Monday, September 16, 2013

Language Gyms!


Do you need extra practice with English?

The language gyms have begun! Here are the times and locations for the level 2 language gyms.

o   Thursdays, 14:30-15:30 in 22G1 with Douglas Waters
o   Fridays, 13:30-14:30 in 23E with Rick Pittenger

Monday, September 9, 2013

Writing Assessment Tuesday and Thursday

Hey everyone,

Please print these two papers out and bring them to class on Tuesday. These are the directions for the writing assessment with your topics you can choose from and the rubric, which is how I will grade your paragraphs.

UPDATE: Here is a site which describes how to use the word should. This should be review for you.

Thanks,

Katrina

Monday, August 26, 2013

Test Tomorrow!

Hello,

Here is the reading that we did in class today.

Thanks and good luck!



Friday, August 9, 2013

Monday, August 5, 2013

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hi guys,

Next week we are going to study question words. Please watch this video about question words.


Now...

Watch this Youtube video and in the comments section write a -wh question that you would ask these men if you saw them while you were walking down the street.


Thanks everyone and have a great weekend!


Now, here's a song that I like. :)



Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Friday, July 26, 2013

Music


Hi students,

I am still making a list of websites for you to use for practice outside the class. Hopefully, I will have this finished by Monday.

In the meantime...

write a comment and tell me what type of music you like. I will be posting music on this blog that corresponds to the grammar we are learning in class.

Here is a popular song in the U.S. right now...

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

English


Hi guys! Sorry for the late post, but this is just for fun.

Do you feel like this? I hope you won't after level 2!!


Monday, July 22, 2013

Welcome to Level 2!


I'm very happy to meet you! We will use this blog in class a lot, so please check this blog everyday!

For tomorrow, you must print the writing supplement from here, or you may use the copy codI13012 at the campus copy center. 

For your first assignment, please answer the questions about yourself. You cannot comment from a tablet or a phone, but I will try to fix this. You can use the computer labs at Uninorte.

1. Do you have any pets?

2. What is your favorite food?

3. What food do you hate?

4. What month is your birthday?

5. What is your favorite color?

I will start...

1. I have 3 cats.


This is my cat getting ready to travel to Barranquilla!

2. I don't have one type of favorite food, but I love Chinese food, falafel, Indian food and sushi.

3. I don't like to eat meat. I'm a vegetarian.

4. My birthday is in August.

5. My favorite color is purple, I also like turquoise and blue.

Now, YOU! Please click on "add a comment" and write your answers. Don't forget to sign your name.



Thanks and I will see you tomorrow!