JEminenism Lesson Plans


English MP3s

 I made the following vocabulary pack (English and French) for my private students and recorded the pronunciation of each word. I haven't yet double-checked the French translations and please note that this is American English with a Midwestern accent. I have also created an American English Vocabulary tutorial from this file and integrated the mp3s into the pages, if anyone would like to read and listen online instead of offline.

English Vocabulary - 35 pages of vocabulary lists in English and French

	Conversation Questions & Responses		Indefinites
	Alphabet		Regular Verbs - Present & Preterit/Past Participle
	Numbers		Irregular Verbs - Present, Preterit & Past Participle
	Days, Months, Seasons		Transportation & Places
	Time		Countries & Nationalities
	Weather		House & Furniture
	Colors & Shapes		Parts of the Body
	Subject & Object Pronouns		Clothing, Accessories & Toiletries
	Be & Have (Present Tense)		School
	Auxiliary Verbs		Work
	Contractions with Not		Food & Meals
	Contractions with Will, Would & Had		Fruits & Vegetables
	Interrogatives		Animals & Insects
	Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns		Nature
	Family		Sports, Games & Hobbies
	Prepositions of Place & Adverbs of Movement		American States
	Articles & Quantifiers		American Cities by Population
	Adjectives & Opposites		Vowels of American English
	Link Words		American English Homophones

Grammar

	Personal Pronouns - Review of subject & object pronouns, possessive adjectives & pronouns.
	Contractions - Contractions of be and have in the present tense; subject + verb and verb + not
	Contractions Exercise - Write the contractions for subject + verb and verb + not. Includes past, future, conditional tenses.
	Auxiliary verbs - followed by infinitive and followed by to + infinitive; word order in negative sentences and questions.
	Two Groups of Verbs - Put the verbs in the correct group depending on their word order in negative and interrogative sentences
	Word Order Exercises - correct word order with negative and interrogative sentences
	Past & Progressive Review - Exercises on forming past tense and progressive, with negatives.
	Wh- Questions Exercises - forming questions with wh- words from given answers, in present, past and progressive tenses
	Yes / No Questions - Formation of yes or no questions with all verbs, in present tense
	Short Answers to Yes / No Questions - Positive and negative short answers to yes or no questions in present tense
	Tag Questions - Exercise on tag questions in present tense
	So / Neither, Tags & Short Answers - Review of phrases beginning with so or neither, tag questions, and short answers
	Simple Past Review - Exercises on the past tense, regular and irregular verbs and negatives and questions
	Simple Past Questions - Exercise on responding to questions in the simple past, positive and negative
	Simple Past & Past Participles - Patterns in formation of simple past and past participles of irregular verbs
	Irregular Verbs Charts - Fill in charts of simple past and past participles; first corresponds to patterns of formation, second is mixed together
	Simple Past & Present Perfect Exercises - Fill in charts, complete the sentences, and choose between since or for
	Verb Tense Review - Form sentences (positive, negative, interrogative) using regular and irregular sentences in present, past, progressive, present perfect, and future tenses

Vocabulary / Pronunciation / Listening

	Basic Conversation - Common questions and phrases in English that students should master from the very beginning, includes questions/translations
	Conversations & Matching - Fill in the blank with phrases that go with the conversation, and match English & French phrases
	Family Members - Female words, male words, and French translations. Short exercise using a family tree.
	Olympics - Summer olympic events and general vocabulary matching French to English
	Adjective Opposites - Matching exercises of English to French and opposites in English (note there are two light and two short); as well as fill-in-the-blank exercise
	Common Questions - Change the instruction in French into a question in English (i.e. demande-lui si elle aime faire du ski - Do you like to ski?)
	Identify vowel sound of common words - subject pronouns, possessive adjectives, determiners, verbs in present and simple past only
	Identify vowel sound of common verbs - in present, simple past and past participle
	Dictations - Set of dictations (10 sentences each) revising auxiliary verbs, vowels, nationalities, and food

American Slang

Slang / Accents

	Review of Reduced Forms in Slangman
	Quiz 1
	Quiz 1 Answer Key
	Quiz 2
	Quiz 2 Answer Key
	Quiz 3
	Quiz 3 Answer Key
	Quiz 4
	Quiz 4 Answer Key
	Quiz 5
	Quiz 5 Answer Key
	Quiz 6
	Quiz 6 Answer Key
	Quiz 7 (Chapters 7-8)
	Quiz 7 Answer Key
	Quiz 8 (Chapters 9-10)
	Quiz 8 Answer Key
	Quiz 9 (Chapters 7-10)
	Quiz 9 Answer Key
	Quiz 10 (Final Quiz)
	Quiz 10 Answer Key

 Keep in mind that your students may have had assistants in the past who spoke with different accents and they may be confused if they don't realize that you speak with a different one. I like to expose my students and friends to as many accents as possible, so I often use Dr. Ladefoged's recordings of "Arthur the Rat" in five accents of English. The Speech Accent Archive also has a large collection of sound files of speakers of English. I hand out this list of links near the end of the semester so that students can use the internet at home to learn more about slang words and English accents: Helpful Links for Slang & Accents.