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Passive: Notes
Intro to passive, present tense passive, simple past passive, present progressive passive, past progressive passive, present perfect passive,
Active or passive 1, Active or passive 2, Change the sentence from active to passive, Correct the mistakes in these passive voice sentences, past passives, passive and space exploration, multiple choice, Harry Potter, Include the agent?,
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Summer Opportunities

  • Adler Planaterium Volunteering
  • After School Matters Teen Programs
  • Chicago Botanic Gardens
  • Depaul Summer
  • Discovering Healthcare Careers through Lurie Children's Hospital
  • Fermilab Target Program
  • Field Museum Internships
  • National Museum of Mexican Art--YolloCalli
  • Open Books Publishing Academy
  • UIC Chance Program
  • University of Chicago Summer Session
  • Youmedia at Chicago Public Library

Chapter 12: Tag Questions

  • Tag Questions: British Council
  • VOA: You Want to Learn About Tag Questions, Don't You?
  • Question Tags Exercise 1
  • Tag Questions 2
  • Tag Questions 1
  • Tag Questions "Fun Grammar"
  • Brain Pop Tag Questions

Chapter 11: Modals and Phrasal Modals of Advice, Necessity, and Prohibition

  • Had Better/Had Better Not
  • Modal Verbs Exercise 5
  • Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission - Exercise 2
  • Modals of Necessity, Prohibition, and Permission - Exercise 1
  • Modals of Advice 2 - Should, Ought to, Had better
  • Modals of Advice 1
  • Should / Must / Could / May / Need

Modals of Request, Permission, Desire, and Preference

  • would rather, had better
  • Would Rather or Would Prefer to
  • Modals of Preference Exercise 2
  • Modals of Preference Exercise
  • Modals of Preference
  • Modals of Permission and Request Exercise
  • Modal Verbs of Permission #2
  • Modals of Permission: Explanation and Exercises

Modals of Ability and Possibility

  • Can Could Be Able To
  • Video with exercises
  • Notes on Modals
  • Modals of Ability 2
  • Modal Verbs of Ability Exercise
  • Modal Verbs of Ability Exercise 1
  • Modals of Ability 2 - Can, Could, Be able to, May, Might
  • Modals of Ability 1 - Can, Could, Be able to, May, Might
  • Future Possibility and Probability Modals - Exercise 2
  • May be or maybe?

Future Time Clauses and If Clauses

  • A powerpoint review of future time clauses and if clauses
  • Time Clauses: Pick the answer
  • Time Clauses: Pick the answer 2
  • If Clauses: Choose the Answer
  • If Clauses: Type the answer

Future Time: Be Going To, Will, & Present Continuous

  • Notes: Future Time
  • VOA Will/Be Going To Video
  • Will/Be Going To - Choose the Correct Answer
  • Will / Be Going To -- Fill In the blank
  • Will / Be Going To - Fill In the Blank
  • Making Present Continuous for Future
  • Present Continuous For Future Flashcards
  • Exercise: going to/will/present continuous Fill In the blank
  • Game: Will, Going To, Present Continuous
  • WILL / GOING TO / PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Vocabulary and Learning English

  • Connect With English
  • Duolingo - the basics in any language!
  • ESL Pod
  • Lingvist
  • Prefix and Suffix Vocabulary (Communications)
  • Randall's ESL Cyberlistening
  • The Word Within The Word Morpheme Presentation Organizer
  • The Word Within The Word Vocabulary Lists
  • Tu Inglés!
  • USA Learns

The Paragraph (MEL-Con)

  • A.W.E.--When do you quote and how do you do it?
  • Basic Paragraph Bubble Outline
  • Choosing Evidence, Citing, Attributing, Quotation Marks
  • Citefast--make your citations and references
  • Elaborations and Returns
  • Main Ideas
  • MEL-Con Basics
  • MEL-Con Outline
  • MEL-Con Reminders Powerpoint
  • Sample Paragraphs Basic to MEL-Con
  • Support Sentences
  • Transitions & How to Say it
  • Typical MEL-Con Problems

Past Continuous (Past Progressive)

  • Past Continuous Flashcards
  • Past Continuous
  • Past Progressive, Past Continuous, Past Simple, Verb Tenses, ESL Grammar
  • Past simple and past continuous
  • Past Simple or Past Continuous Exercise
  • Simple Past or Past Continuous

The Essay

  • Body Paragraphs
  • Conclusion Outline
  • Conclusions
  • Essay Review
  • Introduction
  • Introduction Outline
  • Thesis Statement
  • Transitions Between Paragraphs
  • What is an Essay?

Literature and Literary Analysis

  • Character Traits List
  • Characterization
  • Literature Terms Powerpoint
  • Personification and Hyperbole
  • Poetry Terms
  • Theme-What is it? How do you find it?
  • Tone and Mood

Research

  • CPS Databases (available at school only)
  • Foreman Library
  • Google News
  • InstaGrok
  • Wikipedia

Grammar Links

  • Colons and Semicolons
  • Comma with Introductory Elements
  • Comparatives and Superlatives 16-19
  • Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
  • Homophones, Contractions, Apostrophes
  • Introductory Elements
  • Items in Series
  • No Red Ink
  • Nonessentials
  • Parentheses and Dash
  • Quotation Marks & Ellipses
  • Sentence Structure

Strategies, Notes, Organizers

  • Blooms & Costas Taxonomy
  • Cornell Notes
  • Cornell Notes: How To Take Them
  • DIDLS For Identifying Tone
  • GIST Presentation
  • Inferences
  • Main Idea and Supporting Details
  • OPTIC-Analyzing Visual Texts
  • Reading Strategies Powerpoint
  • SIFT Method of Literary Analysis
  • SOAPStone--For Analyzing Non-Fiction
  • STEAL Characterization Chart
  • Socratic Seminar Powerpoint
  • TP-CASTT

Reading and Writing Activities

  • Newsela
  • How to Read an Article
  • California Distance Learning
  • U.S.A. Learns
  • TV 411

Speech Resources

  • Annotating
  • Another School's Speech Website
  • Attention Getter Video
  • Conclusions Video 1
  • Conclusions Video 2
  • Creating and Using Presentation Note Cards
  • Elaborating
  • Giving The Perfect Presentation from KIS
  • Giving The Perfect Presentation from KIS
  • Six Ways to Control Stage Fright
  • Speech Vocabulary
  • The Poetry Foundation
  • What not to do video

College

  • College.gov
  • Financial Aid--FAFSA

Syllabi and other Administrative

  • REACH Performance Tasks

Simple Past and Used To

  • Irregular Verbs Game
  • Irregular Verbs Game 2
  • Irregular Verbs: Play Speed Words
  • Negative Sentences in Simple Past
  • Past Simple or Used to
  • Positive Statements in Simple Past
  • Questions in the Simple Past

Present Perfect

  • Video Explanation: VOA Everyday Grammar
  • Present Perfect Notes
  • Learn Your Irregular Past Participles
  • Practice Making the Present Perfect - Choose the right form
  • Practice Making the Present Perfect
  • Present Perfect with For and Since
  • Simple Past or Present Perfect -Choose the correct form
  • Simple Past or Present Perfect 1
  • Simple Past or Present Perfect 2
  • Simple Past or Present Perfect 3

Vocabulary

  • Quizlet
  • Vocabulary Spelling City
  • Vocabulary.com

Teaching Resources

  • Learn Zillions
  • knowmia.com
  • Share My Lesson
  • The Teaching Channel

Race

  • Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
  • The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America
  • Museum of the African Diaspora
  • African Race
  • Black Hispanic and Latino Americans
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