F2F Class Notes (Nick)

Work on making complete sentences and using the proper verb tense (past, present, future). Use the article Nemo gave you; give a summary of the most important points.
A complete sentence is one with a person, and a verb, and some description:
e.g. I took a walk (today, with Jesse, to the mall, etc.)

Vocabulary

Visually impaired – the first is about a person’s ability, if a person can see; the second is about whether

Arrange – to put something some order
e.g. We arranged the chairs in a circle.

Freshman, Sophomore (Sof-more), Junior, Senior – what the four years of high school and college are called

School levels (in the US):
Preschool – 3-4 years old
Elementary School – Kindergarten, grades 1-5 (maybe 6) years 5-11 (12)
Middle School – grades 7-8   ///   Junior High School – 6-8 years 11 – 13
High School – 9 – 12 years 14 – 18
College – a more general term, which could be either 2 or 4 years, but usually means the same as “university”
University (undergraduate) – always four years
Graduate – studies after the first four years (includes Master’s, Doctoral, some professional degrees – law, medicine)

Grammar

Visually impaired vs. “eye impaired” – you say that a person is visually impaired, because they do not have the ability to see; when something doesn’t work properly, you can say that it is impaired
e.g. He can only see ten feet away; he is visually-impaired.
e.g. His eyesight is impaired; he can only see ten feet away.

My English (skill) has improved little vs. a little –
The first means that it has not gotten much better; it hasn’t improved
The second means that there has been some improvement, but it just isn’t going very quickly