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.