Thursday, August 25, 2011

Week 1 Vocabulary and Expressions





Group 1

Proverbs:
All that glitters is not gold.
Actions speak louder than words.
look before you leap.
Birds of a feather flock together.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
No pain, no gain.

Nouns:
national anthem
detention
suspension
expulsion
progress report
report card
assembly
proverb

Verbs:
to age
summer "treated you well" = you look good!
to be fooled or tricked
to salute

Adjectives:
useful
rural




Group 2


Proverbs:
Actions speak louder than words.
Look before you leap.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
No pain, no gain.


Nouns:
bee sting
mosquito bite
routine
street performer
gang
acre
slogan
motto
proverb

Verbs:
to miss
to spend time with
to go or to be "out of town"
to do a good job
to have a good job
to have a well-paying job
to drown
to have 20/20 vision

Adjectives:
co-ed (co-educational) and single-sex schools
near-sighted
far-sighted



Monday, August 22, 2011

Welcome Back!


Welcome, returning students, to another year of English Classes!  We will have in-class registration for students who tested in the spring of 2011 for the first two weeks of school, from Monday, August 22nd until Thursday, September 1st.  We will explain some of the year's changes to you at this time.  So we hope to see you very soon!  On Monday, August 29th we will welcome new students who complete the first week of Orientation/Registration into our classes.