Blogging and Unit 2 Review

pictured above: studying during a power outage (no blogging)

1. Review Tuesday's blogging experience
2. Idiom: ""have a knack for something" = have a special or nature ability (from esl-lab.com) example - Leonardo has a knack for computers and blogging.
3. Textbook: p.27-28, exercises C-F (composition)
4. Homework: workbook p.85-86, Skills for test taking
5. Optional: work on your building your blog

Learning to Blog

1. Homework review: workbook p.16, exercises 17-18
   
2. Learn to blog with special guest Adam Nathanson
   
3. Optional homework: Go to http://www.rvablogs.com/ to see Richmond blogs

Unit 2 Review

above: a trailer park (a type of housing)

1. Homework review: workbook p.15, exercise 16
2. Idiom: "call it a day" = stop working on something after a long period of hard work
3. "After two hours studying English on Tuesday, it was time to call it a day."
4. Textbook: View Unit 2 Review p.26, create stories and conversations in pairs
5. Homework: workbook p.16, exercises 17-18
6. Optional: 'Types of Housing'

Unit 2 More home repairs

photo above: a home electrical problem

1. Homework review: workbook p.15, exercise 15
2. Student comments on HUD website, if anyone looked at it
3. Idiom: "teed off" = upset, angry (from esl-lab.com)
   "She was really teed off because the landlord wouldn't fix her toilet."
4. Textbook Listening comprehension p.27, exercise B
5. Homework: p.15, exercise 16
6. Optional: Listen to "Home Improvements: Fixing Your Place Up"

Unit 2 Housing rights

1. Homework review: Workbook p.16, exercises 17-18
2. Idiom: "until/when hell freezes over"
3. Textbook: Authentic practice p.23; exercise F self-test
4. Textbook: exercise G pair work with another student
5. Homework: if possible visit the following government website; http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/promotingfh/atyourservice.cfm
6. Related homework: workbook p.15, exercise 15
7. Optional: read about Richmond organization Housing Opportunities Made Equal

Unit 2 Advice for Apartment Hunters

above: beware of ants, mice and roaches

1. Homework review: Workbook p.15, exercises 15-16


2. Idiom: "live out of a suitcase"


3. Texbook Authentic practice p.22 Listen to CD, then answer questions


4. Homework: Workbook p.16, exercises 17-18


5. Optional: "Apartment: Renting a Place of Your Own"

Unit 2 Housing policies

pictured above - a slumlord and his tenants

1. Homework Review: Workbook Authentic practice p.13 exercises 11-14


2. American slang: "slumlord"


3. Textbook: Authentic practice Challenge - Listen to p.20 Exercise B as dictation. Write what you hear


4. Homework:Workbook p.15, exercises 15-16


5. Optional: esl-lab.com "Housing Complaints" difficult

Unit 2 Renting a house or apartment

1. Homework Review: Workbook Challenge p.12, exercises 9-10


2. Idioms "high end" "roomie" "dirt cheap"


3. Texbook Authentic practice p.20 Listen to CD and read along, then answer questions


4. Homework: Workbook Authentic practice p.13 exercises 11-14


5. Optional: esl-lab.com "Great Apartment Living" (medium difficulty)

Unit 2 Present Perfect Verb Tense

pictured above: a fixer upper home

1. Homework Review: Workbook Practical Grammar p.11, exercises 6-8


2. Idioms "a fixer-upper" "needs TLC"


3. Textbook Practical Grammar p.18 A & B


4. Homework: Workbook Challenge p.12, exercises 9-10


5. Optional: Online Present Perfect Verbs Quiz (click here)