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=English Language Learners 9-12 = With the help of this site and various other materials, students will be better able to recognize and correctly use:
 * basic grammar
 * simple and complex sentences
 * construct sentences when given a noun and verb
 * vocabulary samples

All activities in **red ** are to be performed every class period. Activities in **green ** have quizzes assigned to them which are to be printed off and passed in to the teacher.

**TONGUE TWISTERS**
 * __Daily __ ****__ warm-up exercises__ **for your tongue, take 5-10 minutes to read to yourself or to a partner.
 * She saw shy sheep.
 * Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
 * How much wood would a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood?
 * Moses supposes his toeses are roses,/But Moses supposes erroneously./For Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses,/Like Moses supposes his toeses to be.
 * The Leith police dismisseth us, which causeth us dismay.
 * A fly and a flea in a flue,/Were caught. So what did they do?/Said the fly, "Let us flee!"/Said the flea, "Let us fly!"/So they flew through a flaw in the flue. ]
 * This snail is stale./It's tail is stale./And this is stale tale.
 * " Betty Botta bought some butter./"oh," she said, "this butter's bitter!/If I use this bitter butter/It will make my batter bitter./I need a bit of better butter/ Just to make my batter better."/ Betty bought a bit of better butter./ Now Betty's batter isn't bitter.
 * Round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
 * This isn't really a tongue twister, but it makes an excellent example of the ambiguities, and humor of the English language:Time flys./You can't./They fly too fast.
 * Roger Rocket ran around the river and rented a raft to ride on.
 * Phineas Foster fishes for fat flounder. Veronica Victor vowed to view the vanity.
 * Minnie Mouse makes many marshmallows for Mickey Mouse to munch on.
 * Which noise annoys an oyster most? A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

Please click [|here] http://www.englishmedialab.com/higherlevels/comparatives/comparatives.html Then take the **corresponding quiz, ** print out the results and pass them in to your teacher.
 * Activity One:**
 * __Listening skills are to be performed every class__ .** Choose a different topic each class by clicking here.

Gaming pages for you. http://www.teflgames.com/interactive.html
 * Activity Two:**

Use your __Sentence__ workbook and complete the pages assigned by your teacher.
 * Activity Three:**

__**Sharpen your grammar skills here. **__
 * Activity Four:**

Use these links to gather information and write 5 complete sentences about:  
 * Activity Five:**
 * 1) Week one-Maine
 * 2) Week two-Lao
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Geneva">Week three-Augusta, Maine
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Geneva">Week four-Vientiane
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,Geneva">Week five-George Washington