Class 15

We're just about at the end...

All that's left is our final exam, which will be similar to the quizzes (a reading section and a vocabulary section), except that the final exam will have two readings instead of one.

Here is what you should study:

• The vocabulary from units 8, 9, and 12 (in the boxes at left)
• Main ideas in paragraphs
• Reference words (for an example, see #6 on the top of page 9)
• Linking words (see page 44)
• Facts and opinions (see page 75)
• Used to / Be used to (page 72 and my in-class explanation)
• Stop / Stop to / Try / Try to (page 82)
• -ing and -ed adjectives (page 111)

Good luck studying, and thanks for all your efforts in this class.

Class 14

Next week we will have our Listening Exam.

This will consist of two listenings, the texts of which will be two of the twelve readings we have done in this course. The question types will be similar to the ones that have appeared in the listening practice exercises we have done every two weeks.

To study for this exam, review those listening practice sheets and the twelve readings (two each from units 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 12) that we have done.

I will also return your vocabulary notebooks to you next week, and inform you about the final Reading Exam.

Class 13

As I mentioned in class today, we will have a quiz next class on Units 9 and 12. You should study:

• the vocabulary from Units 9 and 12 in the boxes at left
• main ideas in paragraphs
• stop doing / stop to do / try doing / try to do (p. 82)

To prepare, you can also do the two unit reviews (p. 94 and 113) and check your answers with the answer key I have provided in the blog entry below.

Don't forget that your Vocabulary Notebooks are also due next class. Make sure you have:

• formatted it according to the guidelines on the back of the syllabus I gave you on the first class
• pasted your Reading Rate Chart into the inside back cover of your Notebook
• written your name in romaji on the cover.

That's it for now. See you next year!

Answers to Units 9 and 12 Review

Unit 9 Review (p. 94)
Exercise 2:

1-c
2-f
3-a
4-b
5-e

Exercise 3:
1. role-playing
2. hooked on
3. journal
4. witchcraft
5. online games
6. virtual

Unit 12 Review (p. 113)
Exercise 2:
1. N
2. NG
3. Y
4. Y
5. NG
6. Y

Exercise 3:
1. articles
2. browsing
3. reviews
4. websites
5. subscription
6. read up on
7. advertisements
8. flipping through

Class 12

Next week (our last class of 2011) we will begin Unit 12. Please do Pre-Reading 1 on page 104 to prepare.

On our first class in the new year (January 6) we will have a quiz on Unit 9 and the first half of Unit 12. I will also collect your Vocabulary Notebooks on that day.

Our Listening Exam will be on the last class, Thursday January 12.

Class 11

Good work today. Next week we will do the second half of Unit 9, including another practice listening quiz.

Make sure to keep your vocabulary notebooks up to date: they will be due on January 6.

Answers to Unit 8 Review

Here are the answers to the Unit 8 review on page 77:

Exercise 2:
1-e
2-d
3-f
4-a
5-c
6-b

Exercise 3:
1. dyed
2. dress up
3. conservative
4. make-up
5. high heels
6. daring
7. models
8. had on