07/31/13

Review your Chapter 4&5 Study Guide vocabulary for the quiz tomorrow. You will be asked to spell 10 words and then choose 5 of those words to write a sentence.

Continue to work on your Chapter 5 Study Guide which is due on Friday.

These are the Week 5 TOEFL words for Friday's Quiz:

exodus	exotic	expatriate	extemporaneous	exultation
elucidate	dolorous	ephemeral	extinct	facetious
entreat	exploit	exculpate	erudite	ennui

07/30/13

Complete your TOEFL Week 5 Vocab Charts. We will review the words you chose together tomorrow.

Remember that these words as well as the words from Weeks 1-4 will be on the midterm exam next Thursday (08/08/13). The midterm will also review the John Muir Study Guide vocabulary and comprehension information for chapters 1-5.

You have a Chapter 4&5 Study Guide vocabulary spelling and sentence writing quiz on Thursday. (08/01/13)

07/29/13

Complete Parts A&B of Study Guide 5. We will correct and discuss these sections in class tomorrow morning. 

07/26/13

Read chapter 5 this weekend. Remember that Study Guide 5, Parts A&B are due on Tuesday. Have a wonderful weekend! :) 

07/25/13

Review the TOEFL 4 vocab for the quiz tomorrow and finish your Study Guide 4. It's due at midnight on Friday! 

07/24/13

Continue to work on your Study Guide 4 Parts C, D, & E. It is due on Friday.

These are the TOEFL words to study for Friday's quiz. You should be able to use them in a paragraph that demonstrates your understanding of the word's form and meaning.

demagogue	deplete	deity	curt	delectable
deplore	dilemma	demure	depreciate	devoid
credence	deluge	devastation	demeanor	crucial

07/23/13

For your homework, complete your TOEFL week 4 chart. I will post the words for Friday's quiz tomorrow morning.

Remember to use your own words to write an example sentence with your best grammar. Try to make a perfect sentence! :) 

07/22/13

Complete Study Guide 4 Parts A&B for tomorrow. We will correct and discuss together in class. :) 

07/19/13

Read chapter 4 this weekend. You can start Study Guide 4 if you choose. Parts A&B should be completed by Tuesday.

Have a wonderful weekend! 

07/18/13

Study your TOEFL 3 words for the quiz tomorrow. Be prepared to use them in a sentence that shows your understanding of the word. Also, your study guide for chapter 3 is due by midnight on Friday!

07/17/13

For your homework tonight, review the vocabulary from the chapter 2&3 study guides:

strict	plentiful
fascinated	backbreaking
frugal	thrashing
suffocating	barometer
contraption	quarantine
booked passage	porridge
ornithologist	imitating
shivered	exhausted
ventilated	primitive
scootchers	devout

It is also a good idea to work on completing sections C, D, & E of study guide 3. It is due on Friday.

Here are the TOEFL 3 words for this Friday's TOEFL Quiz:

candid	cantakerous	captious	castigate	chronic
cogent	capricious	coalition	consummate	compatible
consensus	caricature	celestial	civil	compensation

07/16/13

For your homework tonight, complete your TOEFL Week 3 chart.

Also, remember that you have a chapter 2&3 vocabulary quiz from the John Muir study guides on Thursday. It is a good idea to review the spelling of the words from Part A for these two chapters and be able to use them correctly in a sentence. 

07/15/13

For your homework tonight, remember to complete parts A&B of study guide 3. We will discuss and correct together in class tomorrow morning. 

TOEFL Quiz 2 Vocabulary

140 Students:

Here are the vocabulary words for TOEFL Quiz 2.

artful	askance	assiduous	buffoon
asylum	bizarre	banal
authentic	belie	awry

Study them for Friday! :)

Vocabulary Quiz on Monday (TOEFL Words Week 1)

Miss Tera's 140 students: Our quiz will be on Monday instead of today since we ran out of time.  Thanks! See you Monday :).

Miss Jillian

07/03/13 TOEFL Week 1 Words

Review these words for the quiz on Friday. Remember, you need to know them well enough to use them correctly in your own writing.

affable	arid	accord	abandon	allude
abash	abridge	adversary	alacrity	abet
	academic	allure	apathy

Continue to work on your Study Guide. It is due at 12:00 on Friday. I will try to grade them over the weekend.

I will see you next Monday when I return from my vacation, but I will be checking your folders while I am away. :) 

07/02/13

For your homework tonight, complete your TOEFL Vocab Chart for Week 1. Choose 4 words that you would like to learn and fill-in the boxes like the example. 

07/01/13

Remember to read Chapter 1 and complete Parts A (just #1-3) and B of the Chapter 1 study guide. We will correct and discuss the answers together in class tomorrow. :)