Monday October 20, 2014

1. REVIEW HOMEWORK FROM LAST WEEK
Have and Be,. Pages 28 and 29 from the Azar Grammar

2. Review the reading on EGGS! Exercises Pages 44 45 46

Introduce Past Tense,

We will study the basic form of the past tense.

3..Introduce PAST TENSE - Chris will hand out a list of REGULAR and IRREGULAR verbs and a couple of exercises.

4. We will study the negative past tense form. I was not in class. Or I wasn't in class (SINGULAR)
They were not in class OR they weren't in class (PLURAL)

4. HOMEWORK.
Study the negative form. Do exercises 6 and 7 on Page 226 (Ex 7 is optional)

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22

1. Study the negative form and practice writing negative sentences.


2. Sing a Song ! YESTERDAY, The Beatles.
We will sing a song using the past tense - YESTERDAY

Here are The Beatles performing this in 1965, in the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNG_jQI-Ejk

And here are the lyrics (like on KTV)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnaxGFO18o
"Yesterday"



Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday


Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
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WRITE A STORY in class using the past tense:

Examples:
"When I was a child."

"Memories of School"

"Growing up in China."

HOMEWORK


Finish the story.



HOMEWORK


Write a short story using the past tense.
Choose one of the following topics.

My home country.
Things I remember from when I was a child
My last vacation.



NEXT WEEK

Review the THREE BRANCHES crossword puzzle.
LIBRARY TOUR

Library - issue membership applications for the NY Public Library.

Choose a book for the autumn.