Period 8 Classwork - Due Thursday, 12/21

Please complete questions 1-6 and question 8 on pages 146-147. Thank you!

Period 7 - Past Participles

Here is the link https://quizlet.com/_1tx86d to study past participles on quizlet. Use your student google account to sign in and you can compare your stats with others!

Period 6 Homework

Please complete exercises 1 and 2 on page 75 of your packet. Thank you!

Period 7 Homework

Read up to page 32 of Persepolis and add one more "conflict" to your t-chart. Give the page and state if it is an internal or external conflict.

Period 8 Classwork today

Please complete exercise 19 on page 187-88, exercise 21 on page 188, and exercise 22 on page 189.

Thanks!

Per. 2/3 Classwork (Beginner)

Please complete pages 68-71 in your blue English in Action workbook. Thank you!

Period 7 Homework

Please complete pages 122-123 of your grammar packet about possessive forms and pronouns. Thank you!

Period 6 Homework

Please complete Exercise E on page 87

Link to join Quizlet

The link to join the class for 2017-2018 is: https://quizlet.com/join/HknuSm4Hd

Period 5 and 7 - Review Paragraph

By the end of class on Wednesday, Sep. 13, complete one paragraph on Google Drive.
Your paragraph must:

• Discuss last school year, your summer, and this coming  school year
• Consist of 5 to 8 sentences
• Use past tense, present tense, and future tense

The paragraph counts as a quiz, and you will receive full credit if you do those three things.

On Thursday, be prepared to show your classmates one example each of past tense, present tense, and future tense from your paragraph.

All ESL Classes - Summer Study Assignment

All students who will be in ESL next year, click on this link for your summer study assignment.
This document is a template you can use to make your study log.

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My end-of-year message to all of you,

First, I'm so proud of each and every student and how much you have all grown this year. Everyone is getting better at English, and I'm so happy to be here with you to watch it happen. That's also why it is so important to make sure you keep reading, writing, speaking and listening in English over the summer. Here is my advice:

Your summer assignment is to practice English (formally) at least once a week. But....

Try to use English (informally) at least once a day, every day. Listen to a song, text a friend, watch a TV show, or read a book or a magazine article. This will help you continue to learn new words, understand more, and stay comfortable with what you have already learned.

Have a great summer, and I'll see you in September!

Thanks for making this year special,
Mr. Mandel

Period 3 Classwork

Check out these news reports of how Japanese Americans - including survivors of Manzanar and their descendants - are remembering their past. Why do they consider it important to remember the past? How does their experience relate to the present?

Write your answers as a paragraph on Google Drive.

For more information on Manzanar and other Japanese-American internment camps in World War II, see these websites:

https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/historyculture/japanese-americans-at-manzanar.htm
http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/documentary/viewguide2.html#Anchor-Facts-11481
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation#

Period 2 Classwork

What causes the aurora borealis?

Read this article: earthsky.org - What Causes the Aurora Borealis? and listen to this video NOVA Science Now - Tyson on the Aurora that explain what causes the aurora. Then answer the questions:

Use these vocabulary words to answer 1 through 4:

atmosphere
particles
poles
react


1. The sun sends _______________ out into space.

2. The particles are attracted to the earth's magnetic ______________ (north and south).

3. Atoms in Earth's _______________  become "excited" when the sun's particles hit them.

4. The atoms ________________ by releasing colored lights.

5. What causes the different colors of the aurora?

Write your answers in a new document in Period 2.

Thank you!

Period 8 Classwork - Author's Point of View and Purpose

Each student should choose a region of the United States - Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Great Plains, Northwest, Hawaii / Pacific, or Alaska - and read the article on how climate change is affecting that region of the United States.

Articles can be found here:
https://newsela.com/text-sets/198010/climatechangeeffects

Don't forget, you can change the level of the text so that it matches your reading level.

After you read your article and answer the questions, write a short paragraph describing the author's point of view (or purpose). Was  the author trying to inform, entertain, or persuade? Was the author successful?

Period 7 Classwork - 5 number ones

Using superlative forms.

Make a short presentation on Google Slides to practice using superlative forms. Choose 5 different examples of the same kind of thing, and explain how each one is "the _____est" or "the most _____."

See example:

Five stringed Insruments

1. The violin is the most beautiful instrument, and the most important for the orchestra.
2. The guitar is the easiest to learn and play, so it is the most popular. It is also the most versatile, because you can play many different styles of music.
3. The bass is the biggest and has the lowest sound.
4. The banjo is the most modern, and the most uniquely American.
5. The harp is the oldest and the simplest of the stringed instruments.

Per. 5 and 7 Classwork

Now and Then - Comparisons

Choose a location or a site in a city that has changed over time. Here are some good websites:

https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/new-york-then-and-now/
http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/landmark-architecture-then-and-now-slideshow/all
https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rental-market/real-estate-news/washington-dc-past-and-present-a-visual-tour/

Write a paragraph, comparing the place "then and now." You must use three types of comparisons in your paragraph:

____-er

Example: The new apartment building is much larger than the old building.

more ____ than

The neighborhood used to be residential. Now, it is more commercial than it used to be.

(not) as _____ as

The previous cathedral was not as tall as the new one.
The new cathedral is just as beautiful as the old one.

Period 5 and 7 Classwork

To do today's assignmment, visit this youtube channel - "How It's Made"

Period 2 Homework

Please complete exercises 1 and 2 on pages 308-309 of your "count and non-count" packet. Thank you!

Period 5 Homework

Please complete Exercise 15 on page 185. Thanks!

Period 8 GMO Persuasive Essay

Using three sources, take notes to write a pros and cons list about GMO foods. Later, you will use your pros and cons list to write a persuasive essay!

The three sources are:

The Battle for Biotech Foods

(Reading Explorer 4, pages 44-47)

A clip from the documenter film Food, Inc.:

https://youtu.be/FfIxmI-Q3fY

[ A response to the movie from the company Monsanto:

http://www.monsanto.com/food-inc/pages/default.aspx ]


Can Genetically Modified Food Feed the World?

https://www.thebalance.com/can-genetically-modified-food-feed-the-world-375634

Use information from at least three sources to write your pros and cons list.

Period 8 Classwork

Visit this website to find topics: procon.org

Period 6 HW

Please read, "The Fight to Survive," and find 5 new vocabulary words in the text for Wednesday. Thank you!

Period 3 Classwork Today

Please complete questions 1 to  4 on page 138 in your orange book. Be sure to write complete sentences and use the vocabulary words in your answers.

Thank you!

Period 2 Classwork Today

Please complete page 147 (exercise A) and page 149 (exercises A & B) in your blue English in Action book.

Thank you!

Period 8 Classwork today

For class today, please visit newsela.com, login with your school google account.

Read an article of your choice (don't forget you can adjust the level!) and complete the quiz associated with it.

Thank you!

Period 8 Classwork Friday

Good afternoon, gentlemen.

Please visit: https://b.socrative.com/login/student/ and enter the room "ESL27." The reading comprehension quiz is waiting for you.

Have a nice weekend!

Period 6 Homework

Please re-write the sentences in "Activity 7," # 1-4. Use descriptive adjectives!

Period 5 Homework

Please complete Exercise 18 - parts I and II, on pages 217-218 of your "Connecting Ideas" packet. To be collected tomorrow!

Thank you!

Period 3 Homework

Please complete both sides of your vocabulary worksheet for "I <3 Pluto."
Thank you!

ACCESS for ELL's Practice

Directions: You will visit a website with some sample items for the ACCESS for ELL’s test. Some of them are very easy, and some of them are more difficult. The purpose is to get accustomed to how the test works.

• Go to the website:

            https://wbte.drcedirect.com/WIDA/      

• Click on “View Sample Items”
• Click on “Grades 6-8”
• Click on “Listening Sample Item Tier C”

• Record your answers on an index card.

When you’ve finished the test, click “back”

• Click on “Grades 9-12”
• Click on “Reading Sample Item Tier A”

• Record your answers on an index card.

When you’ve finished the test, click “back”

• Click on “Grades 9-12”
• Click on “Speaking Sample Item Tier A”

When you’ve finished the test, click “back”

• Click on “Grades 6-8”
• Click on “Writing Sample Item Tier B / C”

 VERY IMPORTANT!!! Do NOT click “Next” when you finish your writing. It will disappear if you do. Call me over! Thanks.

Period 7 Homework

Please complete part II of exercise 18 on page 218 by Friday. Thank you!

Link to Join Newsela

https://newsela.com/join/#/3DH9QY

Period 5 and 7 Homework

Please complete exercise D on page 138 to complete your packet! Thanks

Period 8 Classwork

This is an example literary analysis essay.

This is the document with the themes and parallels.

Period 7 Homework

Please complete exercise C on page 129. Thanks!

Period 2 Homework

Page 117 in your Blue Book. Thank you!

Periods 5 & 7 Study Guide

Irregular Verbs, Groups 1 through 8:

https://quizlet.com/_30ht6x

Period 2 Homework

Please complete exercise 20 on pages 244-245. Thanks!

Period 7 - Homework

Please complete exercise C on pages 73-74 of your new worksheet on "used to." Thanks!

Period 8 Homework

Please finish reading section II.ii - up to page 106 - for Monday.

Thanks and enjoy your weekend!

Period 8 Questions

Click this link - Questions on Part II.i - to answer questions about the second part of the Monkey King's story.

Period 5 Homework

Please complete exercise 7 on page 85 of your packet. The packet will be collected tomorrow. The following exercises should be completed:

p. 85, ex. 7
p. 87, ex. 11
p. 88, ex. 12
p. 89, ex. 15
p. 92, ex. 18, 19
p. 93, ex. 20

Period 8 - Survey

Take this survey about the first three sections of American Born Chinese.

ACCESS Practice

Once you have finished working on your benchmark, please get a chromebook and a pair of headphones.

Visit this website for ACCESS Practice.

Check out these sample items:

Grades 9-12 Reading
Grades 6-8 Writing

You can also view the "test demo" video.

Period 8

Please read pages 7-20 of American Born Chinese for tomorrow. Thank you!

Period 3 Homework

Please complete your vocabulary worksheet for "Abuela Invents the Zero," both sides (front and back).

Thanks!

Period 2 Homework

Please complete page 226 - practice the spelling of the past tense of regular verbs with "ed."

Thank you!