Class on 3/18/13

Students practiced appropriate phrases to inform an employer if they need to call in sick or to state a reason that they were late to work.

Students interviewed 7 students each to find out the answers to seven different past tense questions. Some examples were:

Did you ride a rollarcoster this weekend? I rode a rollarcoster this weekend
Did you ride a bicycle this weekend? I rode a bicycle this weekend.

Did you travel outside the bayarea this weekend. No I didn't
Did you dance at a party. Yes, I danced at a party.

Students filled out CBET Student Survey


HOMEWORK:
1. Read The following from your reader: "Chapter 2 Finding a Job" handwritten pages 19 to 24. Stop when you get to "Looking for a job in the newspaper"

2. Choose one page and re-read 3 times. Find some one you can read out loud to

3. Build your own vocabulary list (from the reading): be ready to explain the meaning of the word in your own words

4. If you have not yet gone to Cañada's Leaning Center remember to visit tonight, Thursday or Friday this week. This link leads to you assignments https://sites.google.com/site/professorbunse/attachments

Class cancelled for 3/11/13 and 3/13/13

Your instructor is ill. Class is scheduled again for Monday March 18.


 

Class Cancelled

Garth is sick. Class is cancelled. See you on Monday. 

Class on 3/4/13

Students explored the informal uses of gonna and wanna.

The instructor reviewed the latest paragraph and discussed common errors. Students reworked their paragraphs and practiced connecting multiple ideas into one.

Students practiced reading out load and volunteers read to the whole class


Homework:

Reread: "Looking for and Finding a Job"
Build your own vocubulary list: remember to use a dictionary to inform you but then to use your own words.
Complete and copy part A  (handwritten page 16) on to seperate paper. 

Class on 2/27/13

Homework:

1. Write one paragraph:

Discuss something you are willing to change to "fit in" to American Culture.
         OR
Discuss something you are NOT willing to change to "fit in" to American Culture.

2. Build a vocabulary list from the reading: "Cultural Difference: Being on Time"
Remember to use your own words

Class on 2/20/13

Students reviewed common mistakes with 15 original sentences.

Students reviewed differences between Present Tense, Present Progressive and Simple Past Tense


Homework:
1. Write a paragraph that answers one of the following questions:
           What is American Culture?
           What are five aspects that represent American Culture?
            What is the difference between American Culture and American Pop Culture?

2. Study the following verbs for a quiz on Monday:

base/present         Past Tense

1. write                    ____________

2. ____________            won

3. understand            ____________

4. throw                    ____________

5.                               ____________     

6.                               ____________

7.  ____________                     left

8. get                           ____________

9. feel                        ____________

10. brake                   ____________

11.                            ____________

12.                             ____________

13.                              ____________

14.                               ____________

American Popular Culture

Students were asked to make choices that represent American Popular Culture and to foward video clips. Here are selections from our class:

JJN- Wizard of Oz motion picture from the 1930s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=louBM-Mix7s

SG- Lady Gaga's Bad Romance: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I

ES- Simon Pegg's Comedy Troupe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxUm-2x-2dM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

CC- Journey's song from early 1980s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcjzHMhBtf0

Just a small town girl

living in a lonely world

she took the midnight train going  anywhere.

Just a city boy

born and raised in south Detroit

he took the midnight train going anywhere.

A singer in a smoky room

a smell of wine and cheap perfume

for a smile they can share the night

IG- Seinfeld: The Marine Biologist: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8KUgUqprw

AS- Frank Sinatra's New York, New York: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcxGp-2p5aQ
or  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xMfz1jlyQrw