Weekend Homework

• Write the summary  of the cruise ship story.  Follow the directions on the handout.  Talk about ONLY the main points AND use your own words.
• World of Reading:  p. 85 - 88
• Writing:  p. 91 & 92

GO TO THE LAB - BE 3184 - AT 1 PM ON TUESDAY!!! 

Conditionals Practice

1. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/thirdconditional/exercise2.swf
2. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/thirdconditional/exercise3.swf
3. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/thirdconditional/exercise1.swf
4. http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/g-grammar-thirdconditional1.html
5. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html

Test yourself – PRESENT UNREAL – conditionals.

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/if-clauses.html  

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_conditionals1.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/36.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/quizzes/conditional_quiz.htm

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/secondconditional1.htm

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/condit22.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/condit23.htm

YouTube explanation:

Present Unreal (Type 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7O-2nQKc-g

Lab Assignment for Friday, February 17

STEPS

• Read the story
• Complete the worksheet
• Show it to Debbie
• Go on to the next one

http://newsforyouonline.com/index.asp  

1. Whooping Cranes Find Little Food in Texas (Complete the chart).
2. In Libya, Students Attend First Gadhafi-Free School Year (Answer the True/False questions).
3. Grounded Cruise Ship Removal May Take Months.  (Choose main points)
• Finish the SUMMARY for weekend homework. 

Extra Credit - SCCC Survey

  Earn 10  Homework points oby completing this survey.  Just take the survey and tell me about one question you answered. :   http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IEP2012

Online Reading Practice

If you want more practice with reading, try any of these websites which have readings, questions and answers.  It's a great way to measure your reading comprehension.  You can take any of these into the tutoring center too and work on your reading that way.

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/practicereading.html   
http://www.grammarbank.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets.html  
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM 
http://www.eslhome.org/ESLstudent/read/readdo1.html#uvic

Homework for Monday, February 13

http://newsforyouonline.com/index.asp 

Choose ONE story from this week's News for You.  Write two paragraphs. 

Paragraph 1:  SUMMARIZE the story in a paragraph.

Paragraph 2:  RESPOND.  What do you think about this story?  You can write your opinion or feelings related to what you read. 

Check out the post below for some passive voice practice too!

PASSIVE VOICE PRACTICE

 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

Weekend Homework for February 6

1.  Do FIVE Main idea practices from the Quia website below.  We'll have a super short quiz.
2.  News For You: 

• Read the SPORTS story about the woman bungee jumping in Africa and the WORLD story about the punk musicians in Indonesia. 
• Do the exercises for each one. 
• Write the TOPIC and the CONTROLLING IDEA for each one.

• Write three questions to ask your classmates about each story.   You will turn these questions in to me WITH the answers. 

Main Idea Practice

http://www.quia.com/pop/120023.html?AP_rand=1618769909