2C - Lehrstoff for Schularbeit, Monday, January 16

FORMAT:

- Reading comprehension

- Grammar

- Writing

(we’ll do a separate listening later in the month)

HOW CAN YOU STUDY?

1) Go through your English Activity Journal and make a list of all the mistakes you make regularly.  Then BANISH these mistakes from your writing!

2) Go over the texts we’ve read. Summarize each of them in your own words (summary is Kurzfassung, emphasis on “kurz!”  It should cover the main message of the article and answer the questions Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?

3) Practice grammar on ego4u at this link https://www.ego4u.de/de/cram-up/tests
4) You can also practice the grammar sections in your Essentials of English Grammar book (answers in the back!)

UNITS COVERED

(includes vocabulary, idioms, grammar, Aufgabenstellungen and talking points)

Focus on Modern Technology  1

UNIT  7 . movies, Avatar, Simpsons, how to create an episode, history of film, modal verbs, passive verbs

UNIT  8, energy conversion, after the crash, directions, prepositions, listening strategies, adjectives/adverbs

Do you remember?  (modals, some/any, much/many, a little/a few)

Focus on Modern Technology 2

UNIT 1, Adventure travel, parts of a car, Outback, car troubles, directions, travel idioms, If-sentences

UNIT 2, school, describing pictures, comparisons, pushy parents, school stress, irregular plurals

GRAMMAR
passive voice

adjectives/adverbs (including irregulars, ex. good/well), esp. –ing and –ed adjectives

prepositions

if sentences (types 1, 2, and 3)

contractions

All tenses, active, passive, positive, negative, question,

irregular plurals

TEXT TYPES:
letter/email

review of a movie/series

journal entry

summary

EXTRAS:

Class rules, English activity journal, THINK before your speak, Rube Goldberg, Thanksgiving, Wien Woche