Advanced English – Spring Quarter 2019 Neighborhood House April 8 – June 7 M-F, 9am – 11am
Teacher: Kaija Bergen Number: 651-789-2558 Email:
[email protected]
Week
Theme
Grammar
Vocabulary
Week 1 April 8 - 11
LEARNING TO LEARN “The best way to deal with failure”
PARTS OF SPEECH/ TENSE REVIEW/SUBJECTVERB AGREEMENT
cope, mainstream media, move on, upside, evolution, signal, associate, paradigm, task redeem, rig, unrelated, dwell on, defensive, parse, trigger, endeavor, rationalize, debilitating, inconsequential
Week 2 April 15- 18
HOBBIES & HEALTH “Five reasons why being kind makes you feel good”
GERUNDS & COMPARATIVE PHRASES
appreciate, selfless, cunningly, reap, cooperate, addictive, term, basis, mechanism, contagious, activate, set off, humanitarian, charity, tackle, demonstrate, aspect, reciprocity, life someone’s spirits, boost
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
retire, medieval, quaint, picturesque, moderate, pension, contentedly, vitality, mountainous, exceptionally, credit, fountain, typical, conclude, rural, inhabitant, on the surface, integrate, longevity, moreover
Week 3 April 22-25
Week 4
FRIENDS, FAMILY & COMMUNITY “La Dolce Vita”
AT SCHOOL “It’s Never Too Late, Part I”
April 29 – May 2
Week 5 May 6 – 9
AT SCHOOL “It’s Never Too Late, Part II”
Week 6 May 13 - 16
HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOODS “Neighborhood Feuds”
SENTENCE & PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
breeze, outsider, blind, orphanage, tough, survival, punish, tease, drop out, jail, convict, finely-tuned, revolving door, revenge, poetry, awkward, term, savior, doomed
SENTENCE STRUCTURE & FRAGMENTS
fresh eyes, fit in, transform, express, scar, shudder, experience, sense impression, furniture, couch, console, shell, simile, metaphor, swollen, crush, duality, mourning, recipient, appeal
ADVERB PHRASES
feud, boundary, nickname, accuse, charge, deny, infuriate, evidence, verdict, grumble, heartbroken, fistfight, escalate, rumor, assure, restore, rage, generation, descendant, reunion, mingle
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Week 7 May 20 - 23
Week 8 May 28 - 30
Week 9 June 3 - 6
HOUSING & DESIGN ”Paul Revere Williams, the architect of Hollywood”
GREEN LIVING “Dirty Air Can Harm Your Brain and Stress the Body”
GREEN LIVING “What is environmental Justice?”
PRESENT PERFECT & SIMPLE PAST
mansion, futuristic, golden era, construct, design architectural, peer, pursue, ambition, cobble, influence, put someone at ease, sketch, tirelessly, found, track down, span, relatively, visibility
FUTURE
alter, smog, inhale, pose, chronic ailment, fume, pollutant, naked eye, spew, membrane, inflammation, exhaust, abnormality, gene, disturbing, fluctuation, hunch, zone, exposure, air purifier *No school Mon, May 27th : Memorial Day*
PHRASAL VERBS
environmental justice, regardless of, implementation, enforcement, contamination, toxic waste, corporation, dump, hazardous, compensation, liability, landfill, coverage, solidify, people of color, summit, executive order, impact, indigenous, pipeline *End of Quarter Party*
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