group one _ Session 9

Thursday, June 11th, 6:30pm

Warm Up
the "Bickersons,"
website, sitcom video
video (poor audio), video, youtube channel,

Grammar
Review in general.
specifically: 'have to' 'got to' 'must'
'to have' 'got'
'to get'
The Articles: the, a, an

Reading, Listening, Conversation
"An SM/MM free-for-all"
- or -
"The Art of Travel" by Alain Boton
(warning: british -vs- american English)
introduction, listen: "On Anticipation", "Extract", Watch, Note at WordPress
- or -
more William Blake, a critical review
- or -
"Abroad" by Thomas Crane. A childrens' travel story set in Victorian England. flip book, description

Closure
Ideas for the Eno cards applicable to CLL.
such as ideas, words, phrases from your personal Vocabulary sheets
and from

Homework
whenever you're ready
the best, open resource I've found yet link
grammar, vocabulary, quizzes, tests, games

group three _ Session 4

Monday, June 8th, 8:00pm
Caia, Noemi, Alessia, Veronica

Warm Up
Where did you go for the holiday?
Visual Thesaurus
from 'Online References' in the sidebar link
give me one word each and we'll find synonyms

Review
review of sessions to date
what have we covered/studied/learned?
'like' _ dictionary link
metaphor _ 'I am a Rock
traveling _ San Diego, helicopter ride (a better video)

Vocabulary
review personal vocabulary pages
what are your new words?
make sentences

Reading, Writing, Conversation
"Abroad" by Robert Crane. A childrens' travel story set in Victorian England. flip book, description
'Tell me about this picture.'
write questions, ask them among ourselves

Closure
notice new aspects of blog and website

Forming Questions: placement of "do"

re: the placement of "do" in a question.

Closed questions demand an answer of
yes/no,
true/false or
right/wrong.

For example:
Question: Does she an English book?
Answer: Yes, she has an English book.

Question: Do you want to go to the store?
Answer: No, I don't want to go to the store.

Object Questions ask about the object of a sentence. The question requires the use of the auxiliary verb 'to do'.

Question: Which train did you catch?
Answer: I caught the train to Boston.

Question: What movie did you see yesterday?
Answer: I saw a film called 'Pulp Fiction' yesterday (on DVD).

for further explaination see: "Forming Questions"

group four _ Session 1

Thursday, June 4th, 12:30pm
Elena, Andrea, Michela, Chiara

Warm Up
Monte Python's "Lumberjack Song":
video, lyrics

Intro
Mike's Lexicon

Review
Placement session

Vocabulary
I'm thinking of a word, fast
Something you'd say on the phone
link to slideshow or website

Closure
saying goodbye

group one _ Session 8

Thursday, June 4th, 6:30pm

Warm Up
what have we covered in the past sessions.

Grammar
Review in general.
specifically: 'have to' 'got to' 'must'
'to have' 'got'
'to get'

Reading, Conversation
freestyle open
- or -
"Abroad" by Robert Crane. A childrens' travel story set in Victorian England. flip book, description
- or -
more William Blake, a critical review

Closure
say goodbye, mike

Homework
Ideas for the Eno cards applicable to CLL.
such as ideas, words, phrases from your personal Vocabulary sheets
and from
Mike's Lexicon