Best things to do during the spring break

Go to Austin to the rally. Save Our Schools, Austin, March 12, 2011.

Practice yoga.

Do origami.

Wash the blue car.

Comments posted on Monday by some students try to convince the readers that the best way to spend the spring break is studying. Some people have a different opinion.
Who do you agree with? Give your reasons.

Students, please submit your comments

104 Irregular Verbs – Sets 4 and 5

Set 4

begin
drive
go
lead
leave
put
quit
ride
run
shut
slide

Set 5

bite
buy
drink
eat
feed
forget
have
lose
meet
pay

104 Irregular Verbs – Set 3

blow
break
build
cost
dig
draw
feel
fly
hit
shake
sink

104 irregular verbs – Set Two

Tuesday is Super Hero Day at Nimitz HS. Who’s your Super Hero? Can you write a story about your hero using the verbs in Set 2?

become
choose
dream
fight
give
hold
keep
know
seek
win

104 Irregular Verbs

March 3 – 13 VERB MARATHON
Your goal is to master the spelling and usage of 104 irregular verbs by the end of the Spring break.
Pacing is important. Study 10 verbs every day before the Spring break. Start today with Set 1. Look at your grammar cast – photographs of family, firends, school staff, and celebrities that you put together last fall. Think what these people did, write sentneces, and post examples as blog comments. Review and practice during vacation. Come back to class empowered by knowledge of the irregular verbs.

Use resources:

Irregular verbs – lists, exercises, flash cards –

http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html

Goldilocks –

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/goldilocks

Overview of verbs and quizzes –

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verbs.htm

Set 1

be

bring

come

do

find

get

make

see

take

tell

As soon as I came home, I took my dog to the dog park. While we were there, she found an old ball. She brought it home with her, but I saw it and told her to leave it outside. She did what I asked her to do. She got a treat as a reward for good behavior. She made me happy.

What’s your story?