Week of April 19

Middle school students: We are wrapping up Chapter 5 this week and will have an important test on the chapter on Monday the 26th. Students have already been quizzed on the second third of the chapter.On Wednesday of this week, each student will take home several review exercises for the the last third . These are labeled Quiz5-3A and Quiz 5-3B.These correspond to pp. 212 through 219 of the text. These are due on Friday of this week, and will be returned to your student that very day to help prepare for the test.

Level 2: The test for chapater 9 is this Thursday.

Level 3: We will practice hard this week present contrary-to-fact sentences and have a quiz early next week covering the second half of Unit XI, so that the students may feel more comfortable when they take the unit exam.

Level 4: We will practice at least one more Paper I and at least Paper IIs before exams begin.

Week of April 12th

Middle School Students: These young men will have an important quiz on Wednesday the 14th. It will stress the correct spelling of the seasons and the months of the year, in addition to conjugating regular er and ir verbs in the present tense. Helpful pages in the text are 207 and 214.

The new Level II student will begin working on chapter 9, which is structured around shopping. Among the new grammatical skills to be introduced are formal commands.

The regular Level ll student will enjoy learning a new way of talking about the past(the imperfect)-how people and things used to be. We are looking forward to an interview with a parent about his/her childhood.

Level III students will start work on their next-to-last chapter. Among other grammar skills, they will learn to construct present contrary-to-fact sentences, such as .

Level IV is very busing getting ready for two remaining IB exams for this class. We are working on spelling, accents, reading comprehension and practices taken from former exams.Best wishes for our senior who has worked hard all school year to meet these goals.