EXAM DATES and requirements

ESL EXAMS 
- will be the last two days and periods of ESL, Thursday, 6/12, and Friday, 6/13

Thursday, 6/12, P1
- grammar, multiple-choice and short answer
- reading, multiple-choice and short answer

Friday, 6/13, P2
- listening, multiple-choice and short answer
- writing, longer answers in paragraph and short essay form

Use and bring
- pencils, pens, etc
- English or English-Japanese/Korean/... dictionaries that do not have any Internet connection (paper or electronic)
- spare blank paper

Do not use
- smartphones or tablets, or other Internet devices (leave in bag with sound off)
- paper with notes written on them

Pathways 2, Unit 1: Happiness

We'll work on rough copy tomorrow to Friday, this week

Content:

- write an essay about happiness in your community
- include a clear topic-sentence in each paragraph of the body
- use vocabulary from the unit, and other vocabulary

Due dates: 

- rough copy is due Friday, 05/30, so that we can peer edit, especially for paragraphs and topic sentences

- good copy is due Monday, 06/02 (emailed and printed before the start of class!)

- presentations will be Thursday, 06/05 and Friday, 06/06

How to present it:

- the text must be three hundred to five hundred words, and you must print me a copy

- the font must be 'Times New Roman', size 12.  It must be double-spaced
- you must read the essay, or pre-record the essay to play it

- you should make this more interesting than simply a reading

- use pictures or video, of your own or other

- don't make a Power Point text-heavy presentation

Blog post for Monday, 5/19

Good morning, and welcome back from Golden Week.

You have a blog post due for Monday, 5/19.  The topic is your choice: I suggest something about your week off during Golden Week, or the JHS/SHS field trip.  Usual length, etc.

ESL Golden Week homework!

Conditionals Test on Monday, May 5/12

CONDITIONAL TENSES: 'If'
Begin practicing for the conditional on your apps and here:
- British Council Conditionals 1, explanation and exercises
- British Council Conditionals 2, explanation and exercises
- Explanation of all types 

Conditionals

A conditional sentence is a sentence containing the word if. There are three basic types of conditional sentence:

1. if clause > present simple tense : main clause > future tense (will)
   • If you help me, I will help you.
   • If I win the lottery, I will buy a new car.
   • If it snows tomorrow, we will go skiing.
2. if clause > past simple tense : main clause > would
   • If you knew her, you would agree with me.
   • If I won the lottery, I would buy a new car.
   • If it snowed tomorrow, we would go skiing.
3. if clause > past perfect tense : main clause > would have
   • If you had helped me, I would have helped you.
   • If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a new car.
   • If it had snowed yesterday, we would have gone skiing.

Of course, it is possible to start conditional sentences with the main clause:

• I will buy a new car if I win the lottery.
• I would buy a new car if I won the lottery.
• I would have bought a new car if I had won the lottery.