HW Due Monday September 30th

Copy this table into your grammar notebook then add "Can't stand" to it along with some examples.

	Love	Like	Don't mind	Don't Like	Hate
Noun (coffee)	I love coffee.	I like coffee.	I don't mind coffee.	I don't like coffee.	I hate coffee.
Pronoun (him)	I love him.	I like him.	I don't mind him.	I don't like him.	I hate him.
Verb (flying)	I love flying.	I like flying.	I don't mind flying.	I don't like flying.	I hate flying.

Extra practice!!!

We all know you just CAN'T get enough homework so...

Affirmative Sentences

Choose the correct form.

1.            We sometimes read/reads books.

2.            Emily go/goes to the disco.

3.            It often rain/rains on Sundays.

4.            Pete and his sister wash/washes the family car.

5.            I always hurry/hurries to the bus stop.

Affirmative Sentences

Put the verbs into the correct form.

1.            I _________(to like) lemonade very much.

2.            The girls always _________ (to listen) to pop music.

3.            Janet never _________ (to wear) jeans.

4.            Mr Smith _________ (to teach) Spanish and French.

5.            You _________ (to do) your homework after school.

Simple present with 'have' and 'be'

Fill in the correct form of the verbs.

1.            We _________ (to have) a nice garden.

2.            She _________ (to be) six years old.

3.            Simon _________ (to have) two rabbits and five goldfish.

4.            I _________ (to be) from Vienna, Austria.

5.            They _________ (to be) Sandy's parents.

Negative Sentences

Make negative sentences.

1.            My father makes breakfast. →_________

2.            They are eleven. →_________

3.            She writes a letter. →_________

4.            I speak Italian. →_________

5.            Danny phones his father on Sundays. →_________

Questions

Make questions.

1.            you / to speak / English →_________

2.            when / he / to go / home →_________

3.            they / to clean / the bathroom →_________

4.            where / she / to ride / her bike →_________

5.            Billy / to work / in the supermarket →_________

Meno is one of Plato's characters!

The Meno is probably one of Plato's earliest dialogues, with the conversation dateable to about 402 BCE. The dialogue begins with Meno asking Socrates whether virtue can be taught, and this question (along with the more fundamental question of what virtue is) occupies the two men for the entirety of the text. Important and recurring Platonic themes are introduced in the Meno, including the form of the Socratic dialogue itself. Socrates attempts to dissect an ethical term by questioning a person who claims to know the term's meaning, and eventually concludes that neither he nor the "expert" really know what the term means. Other important themes raised here in an early form include that of anamnesis (the idea that the soul is eternal, knows everything, and only has to "recollect" in order to learn) and that of virtue as a kind of wisdom. Socrates also makes a number of essential points about the nature of a definition.

Socrates and Meno work through a number of possible definitions of virtue, each suggested by Meno and dismantled by Socrates. At one point, the question is raised whether it is even possible to seek for something one does not yet know (as in the case of seeking a definition of virtue), and Socrates performs a scale-model elenchus with Meno's slave to solve the problem via the theory of anamnesis.

By the end of the dialogue, the participants (which include Anytus, who enters toward the end and has a minor role) have arrived at the classic state of Socratic aporia--they still do not know what virtue is, but at least they now know that they do not know.

Grammar HW Due Thurs. Sep. 19. Present Simple

Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense form of the verb (in parentheses):
 e.g.: Jim reads (to read) every day.
Ex. I Affirmative:
1. My sister ____________________ (to talk) very fast.
2. My brother and I ____________________ (to speak) Japanese.
3. They ____________________ (to live) in Portland.
4. Peter____________________ (to work) a lot.
5. Our neighbors ____________________ (to be) very quiet.
6. We ____________________ (to go) to the movies every Friday.
7. My cousin ____________________ (to be) thin.
8. My mother ____________________ (to clean) the house every Sunday. 
9. Robert's cat ____________________ (to like) to chase birds.
10. I ____________________ (to love) my boyfriend. 

Ex. II Negative:

1. My brother ___________________ (not go) to college.
2. I ___________________ (not understand) English.
3. My friends  ___________________ (not laugh) at my jokes.
4. The weather in Mexico ___________________ (not be) perfect.
5. Our cats ___________________ (sleep) all day.
6. Your tattoo ___________________ (not look) very pretty.
7. My sister ___________________ (not walk) very quickly.
8. We ___________________ (not make) mistakes when we speak Chinese. 
9. I ___________________ (not recommend) visiting Acapulco.
10. My brother ___________________ (not have) a dog. 

Reading HW due: Fri. Sept. 6th

Fill in the graphic organiser with information from the story: "Line drive" 

Conflict:

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Plot Events:

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2-____________________________________________________

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Resolution:

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Minnow is a FISH! :)

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Discover the minnow!

Vocabulary HW due Wed. 04/09/2013

Vocabulary homework

1. If a person is exhilarated, is he completely bored or wildly excited?     ______________

2. If an area is designated for swimming, can you swim there or must you stay away?    ______________

3. If someone is a chess maven, is she a beginner or an expert?

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4. If a person is conceited, does he mostly praise himself or praise others?    ______________

5. If you see a woman with a smirk on her face, is she likely to be kind or unkind?    ______________

6. If a girl felt mortified, would she more likely dance or hide in a corner?   ______________

7. If a boy reigned on a baseball diamond, was he the best player or the worst player?   ______________