IEP 200 students: In class: a) Breaking News English – Obama Praises Mandela as an “Inspiration” http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1307/130701-nelson_mandela.html Vocabulary: inspiration, hail, sacrifice, obtrusive b) Peer editing of neighborhood paragraph c) Fast Listening – So, What’s the Matter? http://www.esl-lab.com/sick1/sick1.htm Homework: 1. Grammar in Context…

IEP 200 students: In class: a) Breaking News English – Ex-US President Shaves Head to Help Boy http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1307/130727-leukemia.html Vocabulary: cancer, donation, raise b) North Star 2 R&W: “Revise: Writing a Concluding Sentence” on pages 222-223 c) Jungle Love Chapter 3 on…

In class: a) North Star 2 R&W: “Write: A Paragraph Based on an Outline” – #1-3 on pages 221-222 b) Quiz 2 c) Jungle Love Chapter 3 on pages 19-20 d) Fast Listening – Party Time! http://www.esl-lab.com/party/partrd1.htm Homework: 1. Grammar in Context…

IEP 200 Students: In class: a) Breaking News English – Scientists Discover Depression Molecule http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1307/130725-depression.html Vocabulary: depression, regulate, miserable b) North Star R&W 2: “Writing – Prepare to Write: Taking Notes from a Reading” on pages 219-220 c) Jungle Love…

IEP 200 Students: In class: a) Breaking News English – Superman and Batman To Be In Same Movie http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1307/130723-superman_batman.html Vocabulary: star, expect, hero   b) North Star 2 R&W: “Grammar: Expressing Predictions and Future Plans” on pages 216 – 218  …

IEP 200 Students: Excellent job making grammatically correct sentences today. In class: a) Breaking News English – U.S. City of Detroit Goes Bankrupt http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1307/130721-bankruptcy.html Vocabulary: bankruptcy, pension, decline, sustainable b) Grammar in Context 1: “7.4|Questions with Be Going To” & “7.5|Questions…

IEP 200 students In class: a) Breaking News English – Palm Surgery to Change Your Future http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1307/130719-palm_reading.html Vocabulary: fortune, heal, natural b) Jungle Love pages 13 & 14 c) North Star 2 R&W: “Focus on Writing – Vocabulary” & “Integrate Readings…

IEP 200 Students: In class: a) North Star 2 R&W: “Read for Details, Make Inferences, Express Opinions & Reading Two:     The Penan” on pages 206 – 210 b) Quiz 1 c) Jungle Love pages 10 – 12 d) Fast Listening…

IEP 200 students: In class: a) Breaking News English – Typewriters to Stop Russian Computer Leaks http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1307/130715-computer_leaks.html Vocabulary: typewriter, scandal, old-fashioned, suggest b) Grammar in Context 1: “Planning For A Wedding” & 7.1 Future with Will, 7.2 Future with Be Going…

IEP 200 students: a) Breaking News English – No Frying Eggs in Death Valley, Says Park http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1307/130713-fried_eggs.html Vocabulary: refrain, discarded, dispose, inundate b) North Star 2 R&W: “Focus on Reading – Reading One: Will Indigenous Cultures Survive? & Read for Main…