Navigation: Prompts  Reading  General Vocabulary   Reading Resources by Author     Spell Checker

Index Page      Han's Cartoons   Hans Lee's old Study Guide!   

humanities (culture, grammar, geography, history, Cultural History - 1960-1969   Spanish religions, Science ,  geometry, PE  Biofuels   other resources  Eugene's Page  Art, Band, Music, Persian Music, Blues, Jazz
  Labs http://Hans0mail.googlepages.com/     Labs Explore Google's technology playground

     Navigation:  Assignments, Word List, Archive, ERB Test ,   Authors and Reviews 

 
Hans' Assignment Page  Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Cribbage  Resource Page   Eugene
Hans10181994@hotmail.com  Open Directory - Sports: Basketball
Currently learning about
China  Now is working on Biofuels

We will be meeting on Saturday, December 6th, at 1
0:15 am at Beaverton Library 
   www.WritingResource.info/hansassignments.html

  If you need me for anything before that date, my phone number is 503-697-1670

   
1.    Bring in school assignments, or you could bring in the transportation essay you wrote.         
         Eventually you can write a
 cause and effect essay, and be sure to
        look at the resources available on essay types.

        here is an alternative assignment. 

Grade 8

Writing Situation: Many young people would like to visit someplace new.

If you could visit any place in the world, where would you like to go?  Why would you choose that place? 
Why would you want to go there?   Directions for Writing: Now explain in an essay where you would go and why.  Support your ideas with examples and specifics.  Be sure to think about why people might say you
should not go there, and refute their arguments.  And be sure to have a strong conclusion.


      
2.    Music Smiley 24  Bring in your Vocabulary Words  
        in
sentences you wrote using the Dictionary Resource   
      
homozygous - adj  sinister - adj   sobriety - n   diminutive - adj
    allotment - n   antiquate - adj   banister - n   recoup - v   satchel - n
selectivity - n   discordant - adj    revered - v     
malefactor
malicious      mesmerize    facsimile    misgiving    modicum   eligible       epic  
erroneous     exceptional    extremity   extricate 

Be sure  to know the meanings and parts of speech of each word.   
Use each word in a sentence.  Please look them up first!

3.  Do this exercise at home, mark the ones you miss, and bring it in. 

    Verb Tense Exercise 28     Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous

4. Prepositions
     Read the next one of these topics for next week.   

Prepositions of Direction
Prepositions of Spacial Relationship
Prepositions of Location
of Time, of Place and to Introduce Objects

5.  Pronouns

Print out the Handout, then do the exercise and mark which ones you get wrong.  We will review the ones you miss.

Exercise 1

Study the hi-lighted topics 

Topics in the left-hand column highlighted in these colors need be reviewed according to these priorities: 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th.
Topics  http://www.WritingResource.info/ Adventures in Writing* Links and references
Active & Passive Voice   Active or Passive Voices 173, 227, 411, 246 Active vs. Passive Voice
Adjectives (see nouns)  Adverbs   Verbs adverbs:  412, verbs and adverbs: 173,227-232, 236, 239-246, 411
adverbs   Adverbs Adverbs      What is an Adverb? Adjective/ Adverb  Quiz1 Q2
 Guide to Apostrophes   Apostrophes... 270,334,409 Quiz     Apostrophes
Apostrophe Catastrophe The Apostrophe  & possessives The Apostrophe  Quiz #2  Apostrophe Quiz 3
Articles   Articles 221 Article Use:  (OWL)

Articles/Definite/Indefinite

 PRACTICE:  ARTICLES A/AN

              Using Articles

Quiz  Quiz 2  Quiz 3  Quiz 4

Bias   Logical Fallacy Satire  Propaganda, what is it?   Poetry  Political Cartoons
Business and English Business vocabulary & grammar 414 Business English
Capitalization Rules   Capitalization Guidelines 286-293
Capital Letters  [Printable Handout}    Capital Letters in Titles   Capitals, Italics, Punctuation       Capital Letters   
Colons and Semi-colons Colons and semicolons                        325-326, 408          colons semicolons   colon
Commas   comma game  Three comma rules!   All commas rules!  189,313,406   Comma Use Commas quiz  Quiz 2 
  Comparative Forms
Computers www.ComputerResource.org/ 113, 143-147 Writing with Computers
Search Engines, Robots,  & Spiders 
Conversation Resource  American Accent Training

American Pronunciation

Useful Expressions
Conclusions Conclusions 88 writing conclusions
Conclusions Search Engines, Robots,  & Spiders 
dangling participles Dangling Modifiers Modifier Placement  
Gerunds       Gerunds Gerunds/Participles/Infinitives 239    Gerunds and Infinitives ESL Quiz - Gerund
 Essay:Compare&Contrast  Fine-Tune Essay      Essays
 Gerunds & Infinitives Interactive verbal quiz #2

ESL Quiz Gerund or Infinitive

Gerund & Infinitive Quiz
Hyphen    

The Hyphen

336, 409  Rules for hyphens Hyphen  Hyphenated Adjectives
Idioms and Slang     Idioms and Slang

            The Idiom Connection

Self-Study Idiom Quizzes  
 Logic 
Nouns and Adjectives Nouns and Adjectives 410, 249-252 Crossword Puzzle - Adjectives
Outlining & Prewriting  Prewriting   Outline 86, 99 Prewriting 35-40 Planning (Invention)
Paragraphs Paragraphs & Transitions
Paragraphs  defines the paragraph based on unity, coherence, logical bridges, and more. It gives a good idea of what a good paragraph should contain. http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/genhteral/gl_pgrph2.html
Parallel Structure  parallel 298-301 Parallel Structures
Parts of Speech Dipthongs 410-413 The Parts of Speech

Parts Of Speech

Part of Speech Quiz

Parts of Speech Grammar - Parts of Speech
Periods 311, 406 Period          PowerPoint
Plurals Plurals 266

Plural reference:  Encyclopedia/English plurals                   

269                                             Possessives w/self-tests

Prepositions are essential   Prepositions  256, 412 QUIZ   Prepositions

Good to look up prepositions: about, at, by, for, from, in, of, on, to, with ...and use them in sentences

**Pronouns Pronouns 123,166,180,212,257,410-411,448 More on Pronouns
Proofreading & Editing Proofreading and Editing
Punctuation  Punctuation Punctuation2    Punctuation3 310-313, 326-334, 406-409 Punctuation Test
Quotations & Punctuation  Actual Quotation Resource 329,408                                      Quotations & Punctuation

Quotations/ Punctuation

Punctuating & Indenting Quotes Punctuating Quotations Quiz on Using Quotation Marks
Reading Reading List     Proofreading
Research    Resumes Newspapers  News  Oregon News Alternative News  Careers Library     Blogs   Finance
Rewriting    Edit & Rewrite Prewriting     Practical Tips 13, 145 PDF] Culling common errors
Rhetoric  (thesis) www.WritingResources.org/ 44-69 Rhetoric, linguistics & writing
Rhetoric: More!   Syntax  Rhetoric:  What is it? Rhetoric 47          Conclusions The Rhetoric Page

 Rhetoric is the art of communication which allows us to persuade or communicate ideas.

Run-on Sentences   Run-on Sentences  188 Quiz: RUN-ON SENTENCES
Sentence Structure  (SVO) Sentence Patterns  &  Syntax 172-200 Sentence Structure
Spelling         Spelling Spelling       262- 266,  Common Errors in Spelling
Spelling Rules Spelling Test 271, 273  ESL Quiz - Spelling    spell
Tense Verb  Chart        Tenses           Verb Tense Tutorial 228-230, 232,245 Sequence of Tenses

Using Verb Tenses

EnglishOntheRun-Grammar

English tenses tense  ESL Quiz-Verb Tenses
 They're  contraction  There   location   Their            possessive 282

Confused/Misused Words

** "This" and "that" 123,166,180,212,257,410-411 ESL Quizzes - Pronouns
Thinking in English      Wisdom   Translation   ESL 219-285   Conjugation Pronunciation
Transitions  Using Transitions   Transitions 116-130 Organization Transitions
Verbs Verb Tenses    Verbs 173,227-232, 239-246, 411
Vocabulary Resources Vocabulary Page   Word List 162-170    Business English-Vocabulary

 vocabulary

BUSINESS ENGLISH  Finance

Business Vocabulary

Business Speaking Skills
wordiness wordiness
Writing  Writing Resource Writing Skill  Writing  Editing 11, 145  Web Resources 26 Rules for Writing Well
Writing your resume Topics  Subjects  More Topics  Scanning, Skimming, & Organizing     Study Skills
Writing letters to editors More Letter-Writing Resource   Methods of writing evaluation     Writing Well

Word Choices (Tim will make a resource for this)

More on book reports......     Han's Current Word List   Dictionary Resource         

Spelling Problems and Vocabulary Sources:
Other Resources:

Home Work Tutor - All areas of language, grammar, spelling, books ...

Vocabulary Games & Activities

The following lesson plans offer fun tools for teaching and practicing vocabulary skills.

503-752-4538 Hans   503-449-1198 Han   503-267-9118  John
  1. Verb Tense Exercise 21    Simple Present and Simple Future

    Verb Tense Practice Test    Cumulative Verb Tense Review

    Verb Tense Final Test     Cumulative Verb Tense Review

     

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

Exercise 6