Homework 8th and 9th grade for next week.

9th A for Monday May 31st.

Write this information in your notebook, we will practice it next class.

"READING SECTION: INFERENCE QUESTIONS".

Inference questions strategies.

-Understand what the question is asking and know where to find the answer in the passage.

-Relate the information in the answer choice to a synonym of information in the passage.

-Determine what is true and not true in the answer choices.

-These questions are usually in order according to the information of the passage.

-Use skills of skim and scan to locate the information.

-Use logical reasoning to draw conclusions and make predictions.

Example of inference questions:

-It can be inferred form the passage that…

-Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

-Which of the following generalizations is supported by the passage?

-Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the passage?

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STUDY GUIDE FOR TOEFL EXAM 8TH AND 9TH GRADES.

-Definitions of skim and scan.
-Predict questions from a text.
-Definitions (notebook).
-Strategies for Reading Section.

Study from the TOEFL notebook.

8th grade exam on Thursday May 6th.
9th grade exam on Friday May 7th.

Homework 9th grade, and 8th grade.

Copy this information in your notebook. For Monday March 22nd.
Topic: Reading Skills.

The reading skills of skimming and scanning are very important when you need to read quickly for information.
Skimming means reading quickly for general meaning. You skim reading material to find out about the topic, the main ideas, etc.
Scanning means knowing what information you need to find before you read. Then your eyes move quickly to find that particular information. You scan when you are looking for a fact or a detail or a particular voculary word.
The TOEFL is a timed reading situation, reading quickly for meaning is very important in order to finish the test and to answer questions correctly.

Homework 9th grade.

Copy this in your notebook.
9th A due on Monday February 8th.
9th B due on Wednesday February 10th.

Topic: Expressions of Quantity.

Some English expressions of quantity are used only with countable nouns (nouns whish can be made plural: boy-boys, pencil-pencils). Other expressions of quanity are used only with uncountable nouns (nouns that normally cannot be made plural: happiness, research, trouble).
USED WITH COUNTABLE NOUNS.
many
number of
few
a few
none
some
any
a lot of
one, two, three, etc...

USED WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
much
little
a little
less
none
some
any
a lot of

Homework. 9thA due on Feb 2nd / 9thB due on Feb 3rd.

Copy the sentences, underline the subject and circle the verb.

1. Roses are beautiful plants.
2. Laura gave Jane a book for her birthday.
3. Engineers need to work on the new building.
4. The exam was very difficult.
5. The new computer program provides a variety of applications.
6. Lucy got a 10 in the Biology exam.
7. Rob is playing in the yard with Juan.
8. The chapter taught by the professor this morning will be on next week´s exam.
9. The box can be opened only with a special screwdriver.
10. The assigned text for history class contains more than twenty chapters.

Homework for 9th grade.

Copy in notebook.

"General Strategies for Structure and Written Expression."
1. Be familiar with the instructions before you take the TOEFL. Then, during the test, it is not necessary to spend time reading the directions carefully. You should be completely familiar with the directions before the test.
2. Use your time wisely. You have only about 35 seconds to complete each question in this section.
3. Try to identify the grammar point being tested in each question you read. You can often discover the correct answer right away if you do this.
4. Never leave any answer blank on you answer sheet.

Listening Comprhension: SECTION C

1. If you have time, preview the answers to the Listening Part C questions. While you are looking at the answers, you should try do the following:

• Anticipate the topics or the talks you will hear.
• Ancticipate the questions for each of the groups of answers.

2. Listen carefully to the first line of the talk. the first line of the talk often contains the main idea, subject, or topic of the talk, and you will often be asked this type of question.

3. As you listen to the talk, draw conclusions about the situationof the talk: who is talking, where or when the talk takes place, which course the this lecture might be given in. You will often be aske to make inferences about the talk.

4. As you listen to the talk, follow along with the answers in your test book and try to determine the correct answers. Detail questions are generrally answered in order in the talk, and the answers often sound the same as what is said on the recording.

5. You should guess even if you are not sure. Mever leave any aswers blank.

6. Use any remaining time to look ahead at the answers to the questions that follow.