Challenge Listening: test anxiety

The best way to overcome test anxiety is to relax and take a LOT of tests.  On a reading test, the answer is always there.  Breathe, find your key words, match up the idea and move on. 

Did you take a lot of tests when you were young?

Tests are easy if you love reading and don't get too nervous

What is the most important test you took?  Was it difficult?  How did you prepare?.

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Practice game: comparative

Slide show from class

Student Examples:  Spring 2025

Study and Practice Using Comparatives and Superlatives

What are your best attributes?  Write about two of your friends.  Who is taller?  Who is younger?  Who is funnier?  Who is farther away?

We're not broken, just bent

 

What things can be fixed?  What needs to be replaced?

The time of our lives

"Let's have the time of our lives"  means let's have the most fun ever.

Write about a time you had fun! Where did you go?  What did you do?

Can you use "Let's _____(base verb)" to suggest fun activities?

Let's Go Fly a Kite

 

How do you recommend I make this class better?

What was your favorite activity when you were a child?

Let's go!

Let's have fun!  What are you going to do today?

Let's Get LOUD!

Gotta ______(base verb) is an informal way to express "have got to ______(base verb) 

which means must ____ or have to _____.
Ain't nobody is an informal way to say, "there isn't anybody that"

What do you have to do this weekend?  What do you want to do?