Advanced Summer 2020 Lessons (archive)

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Week 11: Outdoors & Past Continuous

1. Do the reading "A Cobra in the Garden" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
​3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1  &  Exercise 2   & Exercise 3

    6. Writing Practice

Week 10: Household Tasks & Past Continuous

1. Do the reading "Safety of Numbers" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
​3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1  &  Exercise 2   & Exercise 3

    6. Writing Practice

Week 9: Automobiles, Driving & Pronouns

1. Do the reading "Route 1 North" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
​3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1  &  Exercise 2   & Exercise 3

    6. Writing Practice

Week 8: Elections & Contractions

1. Do the reading "The Election 1860" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1  &  Exercise 2   & Exercise 3

    6. Writing Practice

Week 7: Learning Styles & Listening

1. Do the reading "How Autism Freed Me to be Myself" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1  &  Exercise 2   & Exercise 3

    6. Writing Practice
English at the Movies (click on this link)

Week 6: Natural Disasters & Noun/Adjective Clauses

1. Do the reading "Hurricanes, Cyclones, & Typhoons" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1    &    Exercise 2   

    6. Writing Practice

Week 5: Money & Dependent vs. Independent Clauses

1. Do the reading "Capitalism" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1    &    Exercise 2   

    6. Writing Practice

Week 4: Government & Figurative Language

1. Do the reading "I am the People" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil

    6. Writing Practice

Week 3: Compassion & Transition Words

1. Do the reading "Self-Concept" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1    &    Exercise 2    &    Exercise 3

    6. Writing Practice

Week 2: Gardening & Reported Speech 2.0

1. Do the reading "Why are bees vanishing?" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1    &    Exercise 2    &    Exercise 3

    6. Writing Practice

Week 1: Transportation & Reported Speech

1. Do the reading "The Wright Brothers" at CommonLit.org
​           ​Please use your CommonLit.org account. Click here to learn how.
2. Watch the vocabulary video below.
           You need paper and a pen/pencil
3. Practice the vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (click here)
        ​Please use your vocabulary.com account. Click here to learn how.
4. Watch the video about grammar.
​           You need paper and a pen/pencil
5. Practice grammar online here:  Exercise 1    &    Exercise 2    &    Exercise 3

    6. Writing Practice

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