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.