Thank you all for joining the class.  Since next Monday is Labor Day (a holiday), there is no class next week. So today is the last day of class! 

In our last lesson we watched a YouTube video on WH Questions and played a WH Question game. Then, we said our goodbyes with one final game on Greetings and Goodbyes. 

I hope you enjoyed your introduction to English and will continue with your English language journey. Good luck and hope to see you again!

Unit 11 from English Made Easy, Volume 1 focuses on imperatives and vocabulary about the human body. Watch the video and play the games on Baamboozle: Spanish to English Imperatives, Body Parts, and Simon Says.

We also learned about WH Questions that are great for small talk conversations.

Homework: Read Unit 11 from English Made Easy, Volume 1 (pages 92 - 99)

Thanks Yesenia for the great conversation! I really enjoyed hearing about your family reunion during Easter break and learning more about your family including your crazy dog Tokyo. I urge everyone to go to your husband's restaurant El Kiosko Del Mofongo. The food looks delicious!

Happy Easter! There is no class tonight for Easter Monday. Enjoy this time with your family and friends and I will see you next week, Monday, April 8th.

Thank you to those who attended today's quiz. You will get the results after Easter break and we will review the answers after everyone has completed their quiz.

If you missed the quiz today, you will need to make-up the quiz.

Don't forget, next week is a holiday, so there is no class on Monday, April 1st.

Today’s lesson focused on Unit 9, and simple adjectives. You can find the videos and games for practicing adjectives for people, weather, food, and places on the Padlet. The Padlet also reviews Units 6 - 10 which will be on the second quiz next week, March 25th, 2024.

Today’s lesson focused on Unit 8, “I’m going to New York.” We worked on useful phrases for travel such as asking, “How much is/are…?” We also talked about calendars/dates and countries/nationalities.

We then began Unit 9, “This one is better.” We reviewed yes/no questions with “Do you like…?” and also talked about what we like to do. 

Next week, we will continue with Unit 9 and learn about adjectives. Don’t forget, you have an upcoming quiz for Units 6 - 10 on March 25th. Have a wonderful week!

Today, we reviewed your first quiz covering Units 1 - 5 from your textbook. Great job everyone!

Then we covered two new Units (6 and 7) focusing on:

• singular/plural nouns

• Yes/No questions

• occupations

You can find the games we played from the links attached. Have a great week!

Congratulations to the students who completed their first quiz today. Everyone did a great job. We will review the answers in the next class. 

If you missed the quiz, you must do a make-up quiz in the next class. A new link will be provided to you.

Hooray! We have reviewed the first five units from English Made Easy, Volume 1. 

To review what we learned, you will take a quiz in class for Units 1 - 5 next Monday, February 26th. You must complete all class quizzes and the final exam to complete the course.

Quizzes and exams are all open-book. This means you can use your notes, your dictionary, your book, online sources, and previous activities to answer the questions. However, you may not ask another student or any other person to help you with the answers. You must answer the questions yourself.

Quizzes and exams are only taken during class time. This means that the link is only available to you while you are logged into Google Meet. You have the entire class time to finish the exam. When you are finished, you can log off of Google Meet.

We will review your quiz when everyone has completed the exam. To study for the quiz, use the following Padlet link to help you review the first five units and read Unit 5 (pp. 38 - 47) from English Made Easy, Volume 1. Make sure to complete the exercises and activities.

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¡Hurra! Hemos repasado las primeras cinco unidades de English Made Easy, Volumen 1.

Para repasar lo que aprendimos, realizarás una prueba en clase para las Unidades 1 a 5 el próximo lunes 26 de febrero. Debes completar todas las pruebas de la clase y el examen final para completar el curso.

Las pruebas y los exámenes son todos a libro abierto. Esto significa que puedes usar tus notas, tu diccionario, tu libro, fuentes en línea y actividades previas para responder las preguntas. Sin embargo, no puedes pedirle a otro estudiante ni a ninguna otra persona que te ayude con las respuestas. Debes responder las preguntas tú mismo.

Las pruebas y exámenes sólo se realizan durante el horario de clase. Esto significa que el enlace solo estará disponible para usted mientras esté conectado a Google Meet. Tienes todo el tiempo de clase para terminar el examen. Cuando haya terminado, puede cerrar sesión en Google Meet.

Revisaremos su cuestionario cuando todos hayan completado el examen. Para estudiar para el cuestionario, utilice el siguiente enlace de Padlet para ayudarle a repasar las primeras cinco unidades y leer la Unidad 5 (págs. 38 - 47) de English Made Easy, Volumen 1. Asegúrese de completar los ejercicios y actividades.

Today we reviewed the important verbs “to be” and “to have” from the Unit 1 Padlet. Then, we played two games on Baamboozle:

• Vocabulary (jobs/occupations) Unit 3 

• “To be” and “to have” in their positive and negative form.

We ended today’s class with an introduction to adjectives which can be found on the Unit 4 Padlet.

Have a great week and see you next Monday!

Homework: Read Unit 3 and Unit 4 (pp. 22 - 37) and complete the exercises from your coursebook.

Great to see everyone again! We played a game to review Unit 1 Vocabulary on Baamboozle. Then we completed a task where you introduced yourself and your family on Padlet. We ended the class with an introduction to the vocabulary on Unit 2.

Homework: Unit 2 DUE February 12, 2024

• Read pages 14 - 21 from English Made Easy V1 

• Memorize the vocabulary words on page 14. 

• Complete the dialogue for pictures 4 - 6 on page 17 AND pictures 3 - 4 on page 20.

This is a friendly reminder that there is no class on January 29, 2024 because of Duarte's Day. Enjoy your holiday!

Homework: Unit 1 DUE February 5, 2024

• Read pages 6 - 13 from English Made Easy V1 

• Memorize the vocabulary words on page 6. 

• Complete the dialogue for pictures 5 - 8 on page 12.

Welcome to Basic English I. I can't wait to meet everyone, discover your goals for the course, and learn about the Dominican Republic culture over the next 16 weeks. 

For the first week, we will just have introductions and play some ice breaking games to get to know each other. 

Don't hesitate to contact me via WhatsApp (+33 6 82 74 59 63) or email (jessyinglee@gmail.com) if you have any questions or recommendations for the course. You can find my information on the "People" page.

We will use English Made Easy Volume One by Jonathan Crichton and Pieter Koster for English Basic One. You can download the course book from the photo on the right.