Assignments - Monday 04/03/17

Basic English Grammar:

Do exercises 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 17, and 18 on pages 336 to 344.

More True Stories:

Review the vocabulary in Units 1, 2, and 3.

Assignments - Wednesday 03/29/17

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, and 48 on pages 325 to 330.

NO CLASS 03/20/17 & 03/22/17

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SEE YOU MONDAY 03/27/17!

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Assignments - Monday 03/27/17

More True Stories:
Read "Margaret Patrick... Meet Ruth Eisenberg" on page 43.

Basic English Grammar:
Study the chart 10-3 on page 309.
Do exercises 14, 15, 16 and 20 on pages 310-314.

White Collar - The Pilot

1. What is Neal wearing when he walks through the prison hallways?
2. Why does Neal buy a yellow jacket?
3. Why does Agent ask, “How many of you went to Harvard?”?
4. Why are US Marshals requesting Agent Burke’s help?
5. Why do the marshals and Burke agree that Neal’s escape is “unusual”?
6. How long did Agent Burke chase Neal before he arrested him?
7. How much head start does Neal have?
8. Where did Neal get his guard uniform?
9. Whose credit card did Neal use to buy the uniform?
10. What kind of credit card did Neal use?
11. What kind of car did Neal use to escape?
12. What does Peter Burke find inside the book in Neal’s prison cell?
13. Why is Neal shaving his beard important to the story?
14. How often did Kate visit Neal before she disappeared?
15. Where does Peter find Neal?
16. How long did it take Neal to escape prison?
17. How much time will Neal get for escaping prison?
18. Neal offers to tell Peter what he finds on his coat in exchange for what?
19. Why are the Canadians upset about Peter finding the security fibers for the Canadian hundred dollar bills? 
20. Why does Peter call the criminal he is chasing “the Dutchman”?
21. What does Neal offer to do in exchange for getting out?
22. What does Neal say about the new GPS tracking anklets?
23. Why does Peter stay up on that particular night?
24. What is Neal wearing on his ankle when he gets out in Peter’s custody?
25. What will happen if Neal runs again?
26. What is the condition of making Neal a permanent FBI consultant?
27. How far can Neil go from the Motel he is supposed to stay in?
28. Where does Neal go right after Peter leaves him at the motel?
29. How do Neal and June meet?
30. Why does Neal ask June if she lives nearby?
31. Why does Peter think he has the wrong address?
32. What is Peter’s reaction to Neal new living arrangements?
33. Neal says he helps out in addition to the $700 rent he pays.  What are his responsibilities?
34. What does June’s granddaughter do?
35. Why does Peter think the book is not rare?
36. Why was Tony Field killed?
37. Does the FBI have a policy against hiring homosexuals?
38. Why are the books valuable?
39. Where did Tony Fields go before he left for Spain?
40. How many times did Fields visit that place?
41. What does he do each time?
42. Why did Fields go through the trouble of making a nice forgery?
43. Why did Fields put the forgery at the National Archives?
44. When Elizabeth calls Peter, what does she lie about?
45. What happens to the dinner El cooked for Peter?
46. Why does Peter suddenly stop the car in the middle of the street?
47. Where is Mozzie waiting for Neal in the dark?
48. Why does Peter go through his wife’s things?
49. Why does Jones call Peter at home?
50. Why did Neal go to Peter’s house?
51. How did Neal find out who the Dutchman is?
52. Where do Peter and Neal go on the way to the office?
53. Why is the church closed to the public?
54. Why does Neal “lie” to the priest?
55. Why does Neal ask Peter if he thinks Diana is attractive?
56. Why does Peter go through his wife’s visa bill?
57. What was the bottle a symbol of for Neal and Kate?
58. How much time does Neal have to help catch Curtis Hagen?
59. What happens if they lose Curtis Hagen?
60. What did Mozzie find about Kate?
61. Is Mozzie a smoker?
62. Why is he smoking?
63. What’s hidden in the filter?
64. Why doesn’t Peter go to the warehouse and arrest Hagen?
65. What does Neal do to help Peter?
66. What does Peter think when he gets the phone call in the middle of the night about Neal?
67. How does Neal get in the warehouse?
68. What does he explain he’s doing with the camera?
69. What does Peter Burke say to his agents when they get to the warehouse?
70. What do they find in Hagen’s office?
71. How does Peter surprise El?
72. What does Peter show El when they’re on Neal’s roof?
73. Does Neal show Kate’s picture to Peter? Explain.
74. What do you think will happen next?

Assignments - Wednesday 03/15/17

More True Stories:
Read "Please Pass the Bird Brains" on page 39.

Basic English Grammar:
Study chart 10-2 on page 307.
Do exercises 8 & 9 on pages 307-308.

Everybody's Baby

https://www.littlethings.com/baby-jessica-well-update/

Assignments - Monday 03/13/17

Basic English Grammar:
Finish all the exercises in Chapter 9.

More True Stories:
Read "Pay It Forward" on page 35.

Assignments - Wednesday 03/08/17

More True Stories:
Read "Pay It Forward" on page 35.

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 1, 2, 3, 6, and 9 on pages 265 to 270.

Assignments - Monday 03/06/17

Basic English Grammar:
Review chart 8-2 on page 226.
Do exercises 29, 36, 39, 43, 46, 52, 57, 60, 61, 62, and 64 on pages 241 to 263.
Review the irregular verbs on the back cover.

More True Stories:
Read "Why Can't They Quit?" on page 27.

Pronunciation - Syllables & Stress

Stress & Syllables

https://youtu.be/2xMGeNQ9lBI

https://youtu.be/08qBN29mIBs