My Personal Goals

Topics: Count/Non-count nouns, partitives, and imperatives.
Specific Objectives
At the end of the workshop, the students will be able to: 1. talk about buying food. 2. be a guest at Mealtime. 3. describe dining and food preferences. 4. order meals and eat in a restaurant. 5. discuss recipes. 6. express likes and dislikes. 7. use negative statements
Students will be able to: 1. plan and write a shopping list. 2. read and understand ads and coupons. 3. distinguish between count and non-count nouns and use the quantifies correctly when speaking and writing.

Exercise : Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 1
Are the following nouns count or noncount? Put an N next to the noncount nouns and a C next to the count nouns. If the noun can be either noncount or count depending on the context, put a D next to it.
1. world N
2. textbook C
3. vinegar D
4. flame N
5. poetry N
6. applause D
7. thought D
8. banana C
9. conduct N
10. progress N
11. biology N
12. essay D
13. gem C
14. shopping N
Exercise : Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 2
Put an X next to the words in the following list that can be used as either count or noncount nouns, depending on the context.
1. defense X
2. beauty X
3. garbage _
4. experience X
5. baggage _
6. rain _
7. rug _
8. nature X
9. bag _
10. emotion X
Topics: Future tense, Maybe, Might, Time Expressions, Contractions (will, will not)) and Personal Pronouns
Specific Objectives:
At the end of the workshop, the students will be able to: 1. use verbs in future tense, 2. express possibility (might, maybe), 3. inquire and express about probability, 4. provide warnings, 5. use time expressions, 6. use contractions for will, will not, and 7. personal pronouns. Language Objectives
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