Unit 2 December 20: Broad Rock

I hope Santa is good to you next week!

1. Homework review: workbook p.15, exercise 15
2. Quiz: Unit 2 The community, workbook p.85-86
3. Video: Crossroads Cafe "No Vacancy" Cultural Clip and Part Two
4. Happy Holidays! Return Saturday January 3, 2009

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

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'