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FINAL TESTS!

2010-03-15T13:49:00.000-07:00

Grammar:
There will be a quiz on "There is/are" (pages 144-148).

Reading:
There will be a short reading test.

SEE YOU WEDNESDAY AT 11:00. The two tests should take about one hour, so we will have time for our potluck from noon to 1:00.

Homework given March 11

2010-03-11T13:45:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
There will be a quiz on Unit 11 on Monday. Study the whole chapter!

Reading:
Do the Comprehension and Dialog Review (page 96) and the Story Completion (page 97) in your notebook.

Homework given March 10

2010-03-10T13:03:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Memorize the irregular verbs in Chart 11.14 on page 253. Then do exercise 5 (page 254) in your book. Do the exercises on handout page 132 (use pages AP 6 and AP 7 in the back of our book to check your answers for exercise A). On handout pages 134 and 135, do exercises A and B.
There will be a quiz on Unit 11 Monday.

Reading:
Do the dialog review (page 92) in your notebook.

Homework given March 9

2010-03-09T13:32:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do exercise 5 (page 246) and exercise 7 (page 247) in your book. Write exercise 6 (page 247) TO TURN IN. Memorize the past tense verbs in the chart on page 251 and then do exercise 2 (page 251) in your book.
Complete the exercises on the "Practice 12" handout (pages 26-27).

Reading:
Study for the vocabulary quiz!

Homework given March 8

2010-03-08T13:15:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do exercise 2 (page 244 in your book. Memorize the irregular past tense verbs in the chart on page 244, and then do exercise 3 (pages 244-245) in your book.
Complete the "Future" handout TO TURN IN.

Reading:
Do the exercises on page 88 in your book. Complete the vocabulary handout and bring it to class tomorrow. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Unit 4 (pages 68, 72, 76, 80, and 84) on Wednesday.

Homework given March 4

2010-03-04T13:02:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do exercises 4 - 6 (pages 237 - 239) in your book.
Complete the "Questions with Be Going to" handout TO TURN IN.
If you did not get a "+" on your paragraph, rewrite it as a paragraph. Correct all your grammar and spelling errors too!

Reading:
Do the story completion exercise on page 86 in your notebook.

Homework given March 3

2010-03-03T13:49:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Study the chart on page 234 and do exercise 1 (page 235) in your book.
Complete section F of the handout TO TURN IN.

Reading:
Do the exercises on page 82 in your notebook.

Homework given March 2

2010-03-02T13:29:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do the writing activity on page 208 TO TURN IN. There will be a quiz on Unit 9 tomorrow.

Reading:
Do the dialog review (page 78) and the matching (page 70) exercises in your notebook.

Homework given March 1

2010-03-01T13:35:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do exercise 4 (page 202) in your book. Study the chart on page 204. There will be a quiz on Unit 9 on Wednesday.
Complete the Gilbert page 120 handout TO TURN IN.

Reading:
Do the dialog review (page 74) and the story completion (page 75) exercises in your notebook.

Homework given February 25

2010-02-25T13:02:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Study the vocabulary on page 197 and write the part of speech (noun or verb) for each word. Do exercise 2 (pages 199-200) in your books.
Complete the Gilbert page 116 TO TURN IN.

Reading:
Study the vocabulary on page 72.

Homework given February 24

2010-02-24T13:34:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do exercises 6 and 7 (pages 193-195) in your book. Complete the Gilbert family page 114 TO TURN IN.

Reading: Study page 69. Write answers to the Comprehension questions on page 70 TO TURN IN. Do the dialog review exercise on page 70 in your notebook.

Homework given February 23

2010-02-23T14:59:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Do exercise 2 (page 190) in your book and study the charts on pages 190 and 191. Do the Gilbert family page 37 TO TURN IN.

Homework given February 22

2010-02-22T13:51:00.000-08:00

Grammar: In the Gilbert family packet, do Part B on page 33 TO TURN IN. Then do page 35.

Reading: Do page 66 in your notebook. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Unit 3 (pages 46-66) tomorrow.

Homework given February 18

2010-02-18T14:45:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do sections I, J, K, L, and M (pages 11-15) in the Gilbert family packet.

There will be a quiz on Unit 8 on Monday.

Homework given February 17

2010-02-17T13:56:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Finish exercise 4 and do exercise 5 (pages 181-182) in your book.
Gilbert family packet: Study pages 8-10 and do sections D (page 8), F (page 9) and H (page 11).

There will be a quiz on present continuous (Unit 8) on Monday.

Homework given February 16

2010-02-16T13:07:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do exercise 2 (pages 177-178) in your book; write only the questions; don't write answers.
Write long answers to the questions in the chart on page 178 TO TURN IN.
Do exercise 3 (page 179) in your book.
Complete the spelling handout TO TURN IN.
Study pages 6 and 7 of the Gilbert family handout. Underline the present continuous verbs in the story on page 7.

Reading:
Complete the story on page 60 in your notebook.

Homework given February 11

2010-02-11T13:19:00.000-08:00

Grammar:

Do exercises 6 and 7 (pages 172-173) in your book. These exercises use the present continuous tense.

Handouts:

Complete the two handouts (Using "S" and "Bus Ride") TO TURN IN. Be careful: the "Bus Ride" handout uses the simple present tense, NOT present continuous.

Complete the vocabulary section of the George Washington handout, but do NOT do the grammar section.

Have a great weekend. I'll see you on TUESDAY!

Homework given February 10

2010-02-10T13:40:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Do exercise 2 (page 168) in your book. Write exercise 3 (page 169) TO TURN IN.

Reading: Do the dialog review (page 56) and matching (page 57) exercises in your notebook. Complete the page 52 handout TO TURN IN.

Homework given February 9

2010-02-09T13:45:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Complete the handout (page 91) TO TURN IN.
Study pages 163-165 to prepare for Unit 8 (present continuous tense)

Reading:
Do the story completion exercise on page 53 in your notebook.

Homework given February 8

2010-02-08T13:48:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Do exercise 5 (page 86) and the editing quiz (page 87) in your book. THERE WILL BE A TEST ON UNIT 4 (PAGES 57-87) TOMORROW.

Reading: Study page 51 and answer the comprehension questions and do the dialog review (page 52) in your notebook.

Homework given February 4

2010-02-04T13:49:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do exercises 2 and 3 (pages 83-84) in your book. Complete the page 98 handout TO TURN IN. There will be a test on Unit 4 on Tuesday.

Reading:
Study the vocabulary on page 50.

Homework given February 3

2010-02-03T13:53:00.000-08:00

Grammar: CHECK EX. 3 (PAGE 70) AND EX. 7 (PAGE 73) TO MAKE SURE YOU DID THEM CORRECTLY. ALWAYS READ ALL DIRECTIONS BEFORE DOING AN ASSIGNMENT!! We will go over these two exercises again on Thursday.
Look at the reading on page 75 and find all of the question in it. Circle do or does and the subject of each question in your book. Then do exercises 2, 3, and 5 (pages 77-79) in your book. Complete the Exercise 13 handout TO TURN IN.

Reading: Read the dialog on page 47 and then do the Dialog Review exercise on page 48 in your book (if you bought it!) or notebook (if you borrowed the book from me).

Homework given February 2

2010-02-02T13:21:00.000-08:00

Grammar:
Do exercises 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 in your book (pages 69-73).

Reading:
Do the exercises on page 44 in your notebook. There will be a quiz on the Unit 2 vocabulary (pages 24-44) tomorrow.

Homework given February 1

2010-02-01T13:19:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Write five sentences on notebook paper about your country and culture. Use each of these five verbs once: like, have, play, go, cook. Example: American baseball teams play in the spring and summer. Then do exercises 4, 5, and 6 (pages 63-65) in your book.

Reading: Read the story on page 41 and then complete the story on page 42 in your notebook.

Homework given January 28

2010-01-28T15:40:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Re-read the story and study the vocabulary on page 59. Then study the chart on page 60 and do exercise 1 (page 61) in your book.

Reading: Read and study pages 36 and 37. Do the True or Talse exercises on page 38 on notebook paper to turn in. Just write the number and either T or F. Do the Story Completion in your notebook; if you bought your book, you can do it there.

Homework given January 27

2010-01-27T14:58:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Study all of Unit Two for the test tomorrow!

Reading: Do the Dialog Review (page 34) and Matching (page 35) in your notebook.

Homework given January 26

2010-01-26T13:36:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Do the Editing Quiz on page 41 in your book. There will be a test on Unit 2 on Thursday.

Reading: Complete the handout TO TURN IN. Do the Dialog Review (page 30) in your notebook.

Homework given January 25

2010-01-25T13:03:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Write answers to exercise 3 (page 38) in your book. Write complete sentences. Study the chart on page 38.

There is now an access code for the Grammar in Context Grammar Cafe. This is the internet site that goes with our book. The code is E-47FZ5PPSHMJJT. I put an assignment on it for Unit 2. Try to do it this week. You may work on this in the Tech Lab.

Reading: Study the words on page 24. Then copy and complete the Dialog Review exercise on page 26 TO TURN IN. Complete the handout story about David and Celia. You can use words from page 14 or other words.

Homework given January 21

2010-01-21T15:50:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Do exercise 4 (page 32) in your book. We'll check it on Monday. Look at page 34 and answer the two questions.

Reading: Study all of the vocabulary in Unit 1 for the quiz on Monday.

Homework given January 20

2010-01-20T13:47:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Write out exercises 1 and 2 (page 31) on notebook paper to turn in. Write both the questions and the answers for both exercises.

Reading: Copy and complete the story on the bottom of page 20 to turn in. Use a different piece of paper than the grammar homework please!

Homework given January 19

2010-01-19T14:56:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Write the four sentences in exercise 2 (page 26) on notebook paper to turn in.

Reading: Read the story on page 15. Then write the answers (T or F) to the eight questions on page 16 on notebook paper to turn in.

Homework given January 14

2010-01-14T13:36:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Rewrite the paragraph about apples (page 22) on notebook paper to turn in on Tuesday. Change the singular nouns and pronouns to plural. Don't forget to change the verbs too! There will be a quiz on all of Unit 1 on Tuesday.

Reading: Read the "Sharing Information" questions on page 13. Do you understand each question? Think about your answers and we'll talk about them next week. Do the matching exercise (page 13) on a piece of notebook paper. Just write the number and the correct letter. (Example: 1. H)

Enjoy the long weekend. See you Tuesday!

Homework given January 13

2010-01-13T15:05:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Do exercises 3B and 4 (pages 19 & 20) in your book. Study the Editing Advice on page 21.

Reading: Study pages 10 & 11. Complete this sentence: Love is .......

Homework given January 12

2010-01-12T13:10:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Do exercises 3, 4, and 5 (pages 12 & 13) in your book.

Reading: Copy and complete the story, "An Important Test" on page 9. Use a clean sheet of notebook paper, and don't forget to put both your first and last names at the top of the page. This assignment is due at 12:30 on Wednesday.

Homework given January 11

2010-01-11T15:05:00.000-08:00

Grammar: Do exercises 3, 4, and 5 on pages 6 and 7 in your book.

Reading: Complete the handout that I gave to you in class today. Write your first and last names at the top of the page and turn it in at 12:30.

Two announcements to help you study English

2010-01-10T06:51:00.000-08:00

1. There is now a link to the ESL tech lab website in the upper left corner of this blog. Just click and go!

2. When you go to the tech lab (Room 1721), you can listen to tapes for our reading book. Just ask the lab assistant for the audio tapes for "The Chicken Smells Good". Listen to the dialogs, vocabulary lists, and more.

Homework given January 7

2010-01-07T13:22:00.000-08:00

Reading: Do the Dialog Review exercise on page 4. If you bought the book, you may write your answers in it. If you borrowed the book, please do not write in it. Instead, write your answers in your notebook or on a sticky note.

Grammar: Look at the picture and answer the two questions on page 2.

Welcome to Winter Quarter 2010

2010-01-04T18:02:00.000-08:00

I'm pleased to meet you! You can check my blog every day to get the homework assignment and read announcements about our class.

I hope you will study hard, improve your English, and have fun this quarter in ESLAB 020!

Your teacher,
Diane