Wednesday, March 29, 2006

WH Question Words


WH Questions = Information Questions

1. Q: What do you do on the weekends?

A: I take my children the the park.


2. Q: When do you eat dinner?

A: I eat dinner at 7:00pm.


Click here to practice WH Question Words.

Click here for more practice!

Click here for even more practice!

Friday, March 17, 2006

Ask a Question with BE and DO


The Verb BE = Am / Are / Is

  • Am I late for class?
  • Are you a student?
  • Is she your teacher?

The Verb DO = Do / Does
  • Do you live in Oakland?
  • Does he work in San Francisco?

Practice the verbs BE and DO:



What are they doing?




What is the man doing?

What is the boy doing?

What is the woman doing?

PART 1: Click here to write your answers!

PART 2: Click on "Comment" and write the answer to this question:

What are you doing right now?

Read about a Boy and his Dune Buggy!


This man is driving a dune buggy! A dune buggy is a small car. You drive it on the sand (near the beach). It is a lot of fun!

Click here to read a story about a boy and his dune buggy.

Remember - Click on all of the words to listen to them!

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Learn a song about a Chicken!




This is a song about an old chicken. His name is "Cluck". "Cluck" is the sound a chicken makes!

He lays eggs for the railroad workers to eat.
Click here to listen to and sing the song!

Match the WORDS and PICTURES

This man needs help. He needs a cane to walk.

Click here to match the words with the pictures.

1. Click on the words.
2. Listen to the words.
3. Drag the blue word to the picture.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Computer Vocabulary - How much do you remember?

PART 1: Click on the word "Comment" (at the bottom of these pictures on the right).

PART 2: Write the Numbers and Words for the pictures you see.

  • For Example: #1 = Mouse
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Finished? Do you know what time it is? Click here!

Friday, March 03, 2006

Simple Present and Present Continuous

QUESTION: When do you go to sleep every night?


ANSWER:
I go to sleep at 10:00pm every night.


Grammar: Use the Simple Present Tense with a habit or routine (something you do every day, each week, three times a year, etc).



QUESTION:
What is she doing right now?

ANSWER:
She is singing.

Grammar: Use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about someting that is happening right now.

Click here to practice Yes / No Questions.

Yes / No Question Practice

Am I handsome?

Are you a student?

Is he a teacher?

Do you like hamburgers?

Does she work here?

Click here to practice questions!

Friday, February 17, 2006

The Verb BE


Hi! I am a new daddy! This is a picture of my first son. His name is Benjamin. My new son one week old. His name is Joseph. My two sons are funny!

Do you see the red words above? These are the Verb BE.

I want you to practice the Verb BE tonight.

Do this:

  1. Click here to go to the Verb BE exercise.
  2. Write the correct form of the verb BE in the boxes.
  3. Click on Check to see if your answers are correct.
HAVE FUN!

Count and Non-Count Nouns


English has a lot of nouns.

Nouns are PEOPLE, PLACES and THINGS.

Some nouns are COUNT NOUNS.

Some nouns are NON-COUNT NOUNS.

Here are three grammar exercises about nouns.
(Drag the words Count and Non-Count next to the nouns).

  1. Click here for exercise #1
  2. Click here for exercise #2
  3. Click here for exercise #3

Read a Story!


Dogs love bones!

Click here to read a story about a dog and his bone.

  1. Click on the words.
  2. Listen to the words.
  3. Click on the green arrow to see the next page.
  4. Click on the little ear to listen to the sentences.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Grammar Practice

1. COUNT and NON-COUNT Nouns
What fruit is this?

BANANA! I love bananas!

Is banana a count noun? Is banana a non-count noun?

Click here to practice count and non-count nouns.

2. The verb BE - present and past.

I am a student today. I was a farmer yesterday.

Click here to practice the verb BE

3. A Little and A Few

NOT Correct: I have a few money.
Correct: I have a little money.

Remember:
Use "a little" with non-count nouns.
Use "a few" with count nouns.

Click here to practice A Little and A Few.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Match Words and Pictures

Do these three things:

  1. Read the word
  2. Find the right picture
  3. Click on the picture

Click here to go to the website! Good Luck!

If you like the quiz, click on the words Next Quiz (at the bottom of the page) and do another quiz!

Word order

Can you make a question with these words?

is your What name ?

Click here to do a sentence puzzle (click on the words to put them in order).

Monday, February 06, 2006

Classroom Things


Do you know what this is?

This is a STAPLER.


We have lot of things in our classroom.

Click here to practice your classroom words!

Friday, February 03, 2006

Monday, January 30, 2006

Basic / Level 1 - Grammar Test


Your grammar teacher is Mitchell.

Your computer teacher is Rob.

We want to help you learn grammar.

Take a short GRAMMAR TEST.

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Computer Vocabulary: Look, Circle, Listen, Write

PART 1: Look at the pictures and circle the correct word on your paper.


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PART 2: Listen and Circle the words your hear.

PART 3: Listen and Write the words you hear.
Click on this button to listen -->
this is an audio post - click to play

More Computer Vocabulary


Are you ready for some more computer vocabulary?

  1. Go to this website.
  2. Write the words you see next to the pictures on your handout.

HAVE FUN!

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Practice your typing on the Internet!

Part 1: Practice your typing.

  1. Go to http://www.senselang.com/ and practice your typing.
  2. Now go to www.mrkent.com/typingtutor/index.asp to practice some more typing skills!Choose one of the exerciese and have fun!

Part 2: Take some typing tests.

  1. Go to www.mrkent.com/typingtest/index.asp to take a typing test. Choose a test, how many sentences and then begin the test.

Part 3: Email your test results to the Teacher!

  1. Take the typing test a few times.
  2. Write down your fastest typing speed.
  3. Send Teacher Rob an Email and tell him what your typing speed is. (Don't worry, you will not get a grade for how fast you can type! I am just curious!).

Your teacher's email is: RobSwiftEciw@yahoo.com

Monday, January 23, 2006

Mouse Exercise

Do you need to practice using a computer mouse?

Let's do some mouse exercises!

When you go to the website, do these three things:

  1. Read to directions about how to hold the computer mouse.
  2. Click on the number 2.
  3. Follow the directions.

Click here to go to the website! Have fun!

Food

Are you hungry?



Let's learn about food!

Click here to get started!

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Thanksgiving Vocabulary

1. TURKEY











2. Mashed Potatoes



3. Cranberry Sauce



4. Pumpkin Pie



Do you like American Food?

1. Click on the word Comment (below)

2. Answer this question: What American food do you like?

A Thanksgiving Story

Thanksgiving is this Thursday (November 24)!

Do this:

  1. Listen to a story about Thanksgiving. (Please be patient! You will wait 1 or 2 minutes).
  2. Read the story (at the same time).
  3. Click on the word Comment (below).
  4. Answer this question: What are you thankful for?

THANKSGIVING

1. In the year 1620, some people from England came to America.

2. In England, the government said "You must pray to God our way".

3. They wanted to pray to God in their own way.

4. They came to America.

5. The first winter was very difficult.

6. The weather was very cold.

7. There was a lot of snow.

8. Many people died.

9. In the spring, the weather was warm.

10. They could plant food.

11. They were happy.

12. They had a big dinner.

13. They ate turkey.

14. They ate many good vegetables.

15. They said, "Thank You, God!"

16. What do you like to eat?

17. What are you thankful for this year?

18. Click on the word COMMENT and write about what you like to eat and what you are thankful for this year.

Monday, October 31, 2005

Boo!


Happy Halloween!

This is a picture of a "Jack-o-lantern".

Many people in America buy pumpkins for Halloween. They cut eyes, a nose, and a mouth with a knife.

Do you want to make your own Jack-o-lantern?

Click here to use your computer to make a Jack-o-lantern!
THEN...

  1. Click on a pumpkin.
  2. Drag eyes, a nose and mouth from the box to the pumpkin.

    HAVE FUN!

Thursday, October 27, 2005

LEVEL 4 Students

Tonight I want to show you how to make a survey form with Microsoft Word.

Click here to download the form we will use in class tonight.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Assignment: Fill out an Internet form!


Tonight, I want you to practice filling out a form on the Internet.
You might need to type something.
You might need to choose an answer by clicking on it.

You can help each other!

Click here to go the Internet Form!

HAVE FUN!

Teacher Rob loves to travel!



I love to travel! I love to drive, fly, walk, and hike! I love to visit new places. I have visited many countries such as Vietnam, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, England, and more!


I would like to go to your country in the future! What should I visit in your country?

Thursday, October 06, 2005

It's time to work on the ECIW wiki!

this is an audio post - click to play

Tonight, we are going to begin working on the new ECIW wiki!

Click on the Play this audio post button (above) and listen for the address of the ECIW wiki.

What is a wiki? Click here to read an article about wikis. (By the way, the article is part of the world's most famous wiki: Wikipedia)!