Irene Penaloza

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Week 10 (Mar 09 -Mar 13) – Last day of class is 03/16th

Reminder:?

  • Please let your teacher know if you will not be taking the Spring ESOL class. She will give you the “term-off” paperwork, which will include instructions on how to register for the Spring term.
    The Spring term will start on Monday, March 30th.
    The?Fee Waiver?Form?is?now?open.? Students can start submitting?fee waiver?requests for Spring 2026.? Do this NOW!
Moving up / Continuing – EOT (Source: Sara Packer)

Homework due on Monday, March 9th.

  1. WRITING ASSIGNMENT DUE 03/09/26 (Please write in your blue books) – ESOL 20_Winter 2026: FINAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT
  2. READING PRACTICE DUE 03/09/26 “Dialogue: The Coming Weekend.” – handout

     

What we will learn this week:? Continue working with past tense verbs (regular & irregular).? We try to complete Unit 8.? We will practice pronouncing our past-tense verbs.

Warm-up review — asking questions (Textbook p. 147 C & D)

CONVERSATION PRACTICE (in-class):? Textbook p. 145 A & B

LISTENING PRACTICE: Textbook p. 148- 149 “A Terrible Flight.”

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Listening for English in Action Textbook.??Click this

Then, choose (select): Student Book?

Then, choose (select): we are on Unit? 8 (#72, #73, #75 and #76))

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LISTENING: Textbook pp 153 – 154

Watch this video:? Fun class activity in a small group –?The Restaurant | Funny Clip | Mr. Bean Official

Questions:? (Using past tense verbs in sentences to tell a story). With your group, talk about the different things that happened to Mr. Bean at the restaurant.? After your discussion, organize your sentences in the sequence that they occurred in the story.

 

GRAMMAR REVIEW:

Watch this video:? Regular Past Tense Verbs with -ed, -ied, and -d Endings

Practice:?Type the past tense form of the verbs in the boxes below.? Yesterday