Congratulations Students of ESL 800!

I enjoyed working with all of you and have a great summer!

Class on 12/9/19

Final Exam Study Guide

Practice Exam:

Change the following base verbs to simple past:

1. Pay         paid
2. Say         said
3. Take      took
4. Go         went
5. See        saw
6. Give       gave
7. Get        got
8. Think     thought
9. Tell         told
10.  Feel       felt
11.  Bring      brought
12.   Keep     kept
13.   Write     wrote
14.   Lose       lost
15.   Fall         fell
16.   Build      built
17.   Understand  understood
18.   Break    broke
19.   Speak    spoke
20.   Buy        bought

Change the following base verbs to formal future tense:

1.       See        I will see Frozen 2 tomorrow.

2.       Give       I will give the test on Wednesday

3.       Read      I will read the other stories in the workbook.

4.       Build      I will build a rocket ship and fly away

5.       Meet     We will meet in Paris next year.

Change the following base verbs to informal future tense:

1.       Shop      On Wednesday, I am going to shop all day.

2.       Study     Tuesday evening, I am going to study all night!

3.       Walk      On Tuesday, I am going to walk in the park.

Use the following infinitives in the command form to

write sentences you might have in a recipe:

1.       To cut     Cut the carrots in half lengthwise.

2.       To slice  Slice the tomatoes thinly.

3.       To boil    Boil the sauce for 10 minutes

4.       To brown  Brown each side of the fish.

5.       To heat  Heat the sugar for 5 minutes.

Answer the following questions truthfully.

Use the correct tense and negative form if needed.

1.       Did you jump out of an airplane last weekend? No, I didn’t.

2.       Last weekend, did you go to church? Yes, I did.

3.       Last weekend, did you visit your friend?

4.       Last Monday, did you go to school?

5.       Last weekend, did you drive to Seattle?

6.       Where did you go last weekend?

Read the essay on pages 113 and 114.

Then answer the following questions:

1.       Describe what makes SM unique.

2.       Where was SM born?

3.       How did Obama describe SM? “She is a symbol of the American dream.”

4.       When was she appointed to the SC? 2009

TIP: Study the other 4 stories/essays that we have not read.

Read the essay on pages ___ and ___. Then answer the following questions:

  

Read the essay on pages ___and ___. Then answer the following questions:

Homework:
Read Pages 113 and 114
Write three questions from the reading. Design them as if they were on the Final Exam.
Practice your Final Presentation one more time

Class on 12/2/19

Homework:
Practice your Vacation Story Presentation with one listener/audience.
Add details about the people you were with on your best vacation.


December Syllabus

Class on 11/25/19

Homework:
Read pages 99 and 100
Complete page 101

Class Schedule

12/2/19                Last Quiz, Final Presentation First Draft, Verb practice

12/4/ 19               Second Draft (final presentation)

12/9/19                Final Presentations and Study Guide for Final Exam

12/11/19              Final Exam

12/16/19              Final Exam returned/graded & Potluck Celebration

Class on 11/20/19

Homework:

Read pages 91, 92, 93 and 94
Study the reading for Quiz #10
Practice your recipe presentation if you did not present on 11/18/19

Class on 11/18/19

Review of past tense and future tense questions and answers in the negative:

"Did you play soccer? No, I didn't."

"Will you walk in the park on Saturday? No, I won't have time."

Page 75 Small group discussion on the origin of discrimination:

           Is Discrimination:

Learned       or           inherent?

nurture          vs           nature?

Do we all discriminate in subtle ways? When have you discriminated against someone based on how they dress?

Whole class: Workbook Pages 82 and 83

Homework: Workbook Pages 86, 87 and 88