Assessment of Your Learning

What have you learned this quarter?
Below is a list of the subjects we studied this quarter. Which subjects were especially helpful to your English learning? Why? Which ones weren't as good? Why? What would you have liked more of? Use a personal letter format to write me a letter telling me about your learning this quarter.

Grammar: gerunds and infinitives, embedded questions, reported speech, using conjunctions to fix run-on sentences, future perfect tense, past perfect continuous tense, used to
Vocabulary: writing sentences using nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
Reading: Balancing your Life: Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences, Career Pathways, Goal setting, Setting priorities, motivation Personal Finance: Creating a budget(Money out), Organizing finances, Creating financial goals, Managing Money, Investing Wisely, 4 Keys to Great Credit, Maintaining Good Credit, and Identity Theft
Writing: Sentences with the vocabulary, Personal letters, Goal Statement, Summaries of internet research, Thanksgiving Essay, and editing your writing
Speaking and Listening in groups about the readings
Computer Lab: WOIS search, grammar practice, internet research
Transition: WOIS Career and Educational Plan, Transition Day, pre & post, Transition Portfolio assignments

Using What you Have Learned

Today, we will review what you have learned about using 'used to' to talk about a past habit, routine or process. Also, we will look more closely at reported speech.
Finally, you will write a letter using these forms.

• Used to
• Reported Statements
• Quiz 1
• Quiz 2 with Time Expressions
  
• Reported questions
• Quiz 1
• Quiz 2 with Time Expressions
• Reported Commands
• Quiz Affirmative
• Quiz Negative
• Using Say or Tell

Write a letter to a family member about your memories of living together. Talk about what you used to enjoy doing together. What kinds of questions did you used to ask? What were your responsibilities at home; what did people used to ask you to do?