Fall 2022 (Bethany)

Week 1

Welcome to Advanced English! Watch this introductory video to learn about what we're practicing this week:

Practice matching this week's vocabulary words to their definitions:

Additional information about Parts of Speech can be found using this website: English Parts of Speech (english-grammar-revolution.com)

Practice: Parts of Speech Quiz | Grammar | EnglishClub

Week 2

Additional information and practice exercises can be found at this website: Phrasal Verbs Vocabulary Quiz | Vocabulary | EnglishClub

Phrasal Verbs Exercise 1 (perfect-english-grammar.com)

Week 3

Additional information and practice exercises can be found at this website: Comparative Adjective Exercises | Games4esl

Week 4

Additional practice for Tag Questions can be found here: Question tags: negative - exercises (agendaweb.org)

Week 5

You can practice passive voice using the following link: PA020 - Active to Passive Sentences (english-grammar.at)

In order to use Passive Voice, you need to know Past Participles of verbs. Here is a list of Past Participles:
Passive: Present Simple Grammar Summary - BrainPOP ELL

You can practice past participles here: Past participle exercises (agendaweb.org)

Listening Practice:
Debate over genetically modified foods continues amid confusion | PBS NewsHour

Week 6

For more information on Gerunds and Infinitives, you can click on the following link.
Gerunds & Infinitives - Meaning, Examples & Exercises (gingersoftware.com)

There are many examples of sentences that use gerunds and infinitives at the following link.
Microsoft Word - Using Gerunds and Infinitives.doc (cuny.edu)

For a practice exercise, click on the link below.
Infinitives and gerunds - exercises (agendaweb.org)

Week 7

Vocabulary:

This week we will work on a special unit on Afton State Park which ends in an optional field trip on Thursday. I've set up a list of related vocabulary words on www.vocabulary.com/. Log into your account and practice the vocabulary words of the week.

Tundra:

Very cold and dry year-round
Few plants grow here
During the summer, it is daylight 24 hours a day!

Coniferous forest:

Most of the trees in this forest are evergreen; they do not lose their leaves during the winter
Can be cold in winter but warm in the summertime
Found in northern Minnesota

Deciduous forest:

Found through most of North America. This is the most common biome in the twin cities!
Most of the trees lose their leaves in the winter
Hot in the summer, with large amounts of rain.

Tropical Rainforest:

Found close to the equator.
Very wet and very hot year-round
Many plants and animals live in this biome

Deserts:

Found in areas that are very hot and dry year-round.
Plants that grow here can store water for long periods of time

Prairie/grasslands

Found in places where there is not enough water for trees to grow. The plants that are most common are grasses.
Found in western Minnesota

Week 8

You can practice pronouns using this link: agendaweb.org/grammar/pronouns-mixed.html

Follow this link to a related reading activity: www.readingskills4today.com/minnesotavoterregistration

Week 9

Do you know what political party you most agree with? Here's an online quiz that can help you understand the two major political parties in the United States.

www.pewresearch.org/politics/quiz/political-typology/

You can view a copy of your ballot here:

Voter Information Portal (state.mn.us)

You can practice using articles using the following link: www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar-exercise-articles-2.php

Week 10

It's Journey's Week at Neighborhood House!

What is Journey's week? Students are working on a story that tells a little bit about their lives before and after coming to the United States. Students can submit their stories to Journeys, which is a student magazine in Minnesota.

If you would like to see a copy of a Journey's Magazine, you can find an older copy here.