Advanced English – Fall Quarter 2019

Neighborhood House Teacher: Kaija Bergen

Aug 26 – Dec 20 Number: 651-789-2558
M-F, 9am – 11am Email: kbergen@neighb.org

Week Theme Grammar Vocabulary

education, industrialization, meet the need, expand, level,
Week 1 Different Kinds of School Parts of primary school, compulsory, secondary school, score,
“Education Around the
Aug 26 – 30 Speech emphasize, opportunity, pass, chance, elsewhere, place,
World”
attend, curriculum, vary, impact, productivity
leisure, look after, transform, factory, workday, workweek,
Week 2 take off, efficient, as a result, get around, entertainment,
Jobs & Job Skills Phrasal Verbs public, go out, picnic, get away, go up, economy, in contrast,
Sept 2 - 6 “Work & Leisure”
similar, significant
*No school Mon, Sept 2: Labor Day*
transmit, live (adj), technology, convenient, bulky, battery,
Week 3 Technology & Media Comparative portable, far-reaching, negative, force, influence, broadcast,
Sept 9 - 13 “History of Electronic Media” Adj. & Adv. global, available, view, revolution, pace, sole, digital media,
smart phone
Technology & Social vast, social media, candidate, scandal, search engine,
Week 4 Media Past Simple & founder, user data, access, privacy setting, preference, insist,
Sept 16 - 20 “There is almost no privacy in Tag Questions advertiser, demographic, app developer, end result,
the vast social media world” determine, characteristics, mine, regulations, guidelines
Eating Healthy Food selective breeding, yield, encounter, variety, flesh, folklore,
Week 5 “It’s a long story – How we got produce (n), genetically modified organism (GMO), crop,
Passive Voice
Sept 23 - 27 the best & brightest fruits & under suspicion, resilient, on the cob, consumer, potentially,
veggies” monoculture, greenhouse, clone, resistance, fungus, extinct
couch potato, risk, light activity, health, sedentary, associate,
Week 6 Healthy & Exercise Gerunds & diabetes, heart disease, moderate exercise, questionnaire,
“Study says stop being a
Sept 30 – Oct 5 Infinitives physical exam, arthritis, high blood pressure, obesity, tend,
couch potato”
suspect, regardless, gadget, vigorous, nursing home

Housing coastline, habitat, foster, settlement, buoyant, self-

Week 7 “Floating Cities: One Group’s sustaining, withstand, proposal, vulnerable, scarce,
Modals
Oct 7 - 11 Idea for Adapting to Climate unconventional, architecture, low-rise, stack, mass-produced,
Change” cramped, venture, turbine, sheltered, weave
journey, descendant, continent, archaeologist, migrate, Ice
Native People in the US Simple Past & Age, tribe, cultivate, llama, pasture, graze, efficient,
Week 8
“An Overview of Native Past extensive, cargo, colonize, immunity, overpower, surrender,
Oct 14 - 16
American History” Continuous reservation, boarding school
*No school Thurs, Oct 17 – Fri Oct 18 : MEA*
Simple Past & territory, impose, chart, lay claim, concession, cede, treaty,
Week 9 Minnesota History intersection, negotiate, term, annual, boundary, settler,
Present
Oct 21- 25 “MN History & Census” homestead, fertile, reservation, census, county, occupation,
Perfect illiterate
conduct, decennial, apportion, benefit, fair share, developer,
Week 10 Civics: Census initiative, legislation, mobile, snowbird, confidential,
“Why We Conduct the Phrasal Verbs
Oct 28 – Nov 1 statistical, compilation, transfer, mandate, redistrict, based
Decennial Census”
on, calculate, relative, project

*If you can’t come to class, please call or email me to let me know*
 interpretation, expression, controversial, hate speech, ethnic,
Week 11 Civics: US Bill of Rights minority, characteristic, constitutional, offensive,
Articles
Nov 4 - 8 “Freedom of Expression” homosexual, threatening, symbol, encourage, inequality, role,
harm, extreme, prohibit, performance, intend

Week 12 Personal
Journeys Writing No vocabulary this week
Nov 11- 15 Essays

Week 13 Consumer Economics Adjective hurricane, illustrate, economy, affect, rise, demand, figure,
“Supply & Demand in the table, fall, supply, surplus, crop (review), effect, consumption,
Nov 18 -22 Clauses
Global Economy” ethanol, skyrocket, double, protest, tortilla, kebab

Thanksgiving & Class Native American, survival, invasion, Pilgrim, lyrics, masses,
Week 14 Reflection Modals pitiful, slave trader, based on, initial, cultivated, smallpox,
Nov 25 –26 “Why I Celebrate review hidden, greed, self-righteousness
Thanksgiving” *No school Wed, Nov 27 – Fri, Nov 29 : Thanksgiving*
patrol, dig through, content, ruling, warrant, reasonable
Week 15 Law Enforcement Present suspicion, come about, scroll, convict, appeal, snoop, violate,
Dec 2 - 6 “Police & Phones” Perfect verdict, associate, deter, abuse, obtain, rummage, merely,
seizure

Present right to remain silent, amendment, accuse, kidnap, assault,

Week 16 Law Enforcement prosecution, evidence, convict, appeal (review), testimony,
“You Have the Right to Perfect
Dec 9 - 13 count, confession, prior, recite, version, minor, mentally,
Remain Silent” Progressive analyze, suspect, intentionally
Buddhist, nestle, foothill, dash, cottage, sash, squint, scowl,
Week 17 Readings from Literature Grammar trample, brush, chant, weep, chime, fortune, graze, swiftly,
Dec 16 -20 “Yeshi’s Luck” Review gallop, buck off, moan, grimace
*End of Quarter Party*

Advanced Class Website ReadTheory

advancedenglishfall2019.weebly.com www.readtheory.org
Practice weekly vocabulary, do grammar activities, & Reading comprehension, grammar, & vocabulary
other online assignments. You can also email me practice! Great way to improve your reading skills.
here.

* Winter Quarter begins January 6th, 2020*