Halloween Lab

How Stuff Works/Halloween

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=halloween&media=video
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Spooky Story!
http://holidays.hobbyloco.com/halloween/story2.html

Cartoons!
Popeye cartoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbbqHc1Sc94
Donald Duck cartoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skdVouumMk4&feature=related

Homework due Monday, November 2

Answer the following questions about how you are doing and how this class is going for you so far. You do not need to put your name on the paper. Give it to me anytime by next Monday.

Class: _____________________________

• Things I’ve learned so far:
• Things that I’m still confused about:
• Things that have helped me learn:
• Things that haven’t helped me learn:
• Suggestions:

Passive Voice Power Point

http://azargrammar.com/assets/fegpowerpoint/FEG_Chapter_10.pps#372,1,Slide 1

How To....

http://www.howcast.com/videos/357-How-To-Make-Homework-Less-Work

http://www.howcast.com/videos/100020-How-To-Survive-a-Bear-Attack

Passive Voice Quizzes

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/active-passive.html
http://www.eslgo.com/quizzes/raiderspassive.html
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-voice_quiz.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/passive1.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.pas.i.htm

Homework Video

http://www.howcast.com/videos/357-How-To-Make-Homework-Less-Work

http://www.learning-tree.org.uk/stickpuzzles/stick_puzzles.htm

Matchstick puzzles & solutions

These websites combine reading and listening activities and are great places to go to practice English on your own. Good luck!

Voice of America (News stories, reading and listening, in "special English")
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/topics_summary.cfm

CNN (News stories, reading and listening, along with vocabulary and comprehension activities)
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/home.html

California Distance Learning (Stories to read and listen to at the same time, along with vocabulary and comprehension activities)
http://www.cdlponline.org/

Many Things (ESL listening activities on Youtube)
http://www.manythings.org/e/listening.html

Randall’s ESL Lab (Listening activities organized by level – SUPER good practice)
http://www.esl-lab.com

Lab Activities, October 21

1. Eat-it sound listening practice
http://www.manythings.org/pp/
Scroll down to Minimal Pairs, Lesson 23: eat – it. Follow the directions for practice and quizzes.

2. How Stuff Works

Spam: http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/spam-food.htm#
Twinkies: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/howstuffworks/381-how-twinkies-work-video.htm
Krispy Kreme Donuts: http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/krispy-kreme.htm#

Go to the website for your assignment and follow the directions on your handout.

Homework for Wednesday, October 21

http://science.discovery.com/video/how-its-made.html

Find out how some common things are made! Answer the questions on your homework handout. Search crayons (How Crayons Are Made) and violins (How Violins Are Made) and listen. Then answer the questions.

Practice the Past Modals

Practice the Modals in the Past with the following quizzes.

http://www.better-english.com/easier/must.htm

http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/perfmodals1.html

http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/perfmodals2.html http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/modal2.html http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/modals1.htm http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/modalws2.htm

Lab, October 14

http://www.biography.com/video/results.do?keyword=mini+bios&type=Both

Choose three mini-bios and answer the questions on your worksheet.

Have You Ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrNb397wS-A

Urban Legend

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/search/label/past%20modal%20verb

Casino Royale clip

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/search/label/past%20perfect

VERB Quiz Review

Past, Present Perfect or Past Perfect quizzes: Get ready for your Friday Quiz!!

http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/gindex.html

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_pastorperfect1.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-perfect-simple/exercises

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/140.html

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_pastorperfect1.htm

http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/whatanif.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/140.html

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/pstperf1.html

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blpastorperfect1.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/StudyZone/410/grammar/pastpf2.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/intermediate/a_grammar/unit03/hwy_int_unit03_2/

Lab Activities, October 7

We'll start with Randall's Listening Lab today. If you haven't done this before, you can start with a few Easy listening activities. If you're familiar with Randall's, try a Medium activity and see how you do! Make sure you do all of the activities.

http://www.esl-lab.com/