Class on 2/12/14

Warm Up:
Whole class pronunciation of adjectives listed on page 5 of Student Book.
Partner discussions: students chose from the same adjectives Example: "I was frightened when the nurse called me from my daughter's school."

Students wrote 3 past tense sentences about activities last night. Then they interviewed a new partner. Then they prepared a very short oral presentation on the person they talked to.

Micro Presentation Rules

1. Stand up
2. Scan the room one time
3. Choose one person to look at the whole time
4. Say: "Good evening. I talked to _________________. She (and mention three past tense verbs). Thank you."

Students got Quiz #1 returned.

Whole class reviewed pages 3 and 4 in the Student Book.

Whole class discussion of the difference between:

• Copy

• Quote

• Paraphrase (use your own words)

Homework: 

• Complete Workbook pages 2 and 3. 
• Write 10 sentences about your time off this week. Try to use new simple past tense verbs

Class on 2/10/14

Homework:

1. write 10 sentences describing the skills you have used in current or past job. Discuss both Hard and Soft skills. 

2. Read and study page 4 of the student book. 

Class on 2/5/14

Warm Up: Students wrote 8 sentences on 4 topics. They practiced their responses with a partner.

The instructor demonstrated how to give a very brief presentation. Rules included:

• Stand up.
• Scan the room.
• Make eye contact with one person (in the center of the room).
• Talk to that one person only.
• Say the following:
• "Good Evening. My name is _________. (insert one sentence from practice). Thank you."
• Sit down. 

Each student gave their short presentation. The instructor gave some general and specific critiques.

In pairs students researched current news stories on CNN.com or NPR.org.
The students answered the following:  Who? What? Where, and When. Single word answers were satisfactory. Each pair read their title allowed. Some pairs volunteered to read their other answers.

Students took a practice quiz on the following:

1. is       was
2. came  come
3. stand  stood
4. eat      ate
5. go      went
6. have   had
7. make  made
8. visit    visited
9. walk   walked
10. drive   drove
11. English
12. daughter
13. sandwich
14. lunch
15. Cañada College

Homework: Study the list above for a Quiz on Monday. Also read page 2 and 3 of Ventures Transitions. Listen to track 2 of the CD. On paper (Do Not Email) answer the following:

What 2 Hard skills do you have? Be specific.

What 2 Soft skills do you have? Be specific.

Class on 2/3/14

Class was Cancelled

Next class will meet on 2/5/14. 

Class on 1/29/14

Students Practiced with various verbs for eating and drinking.

Students wrote 5 sentences about what they ate for lunch.

Students read a short essay on Goal Setting (page 6 in the Ventures: Transitions).

The instructor discussed the definition of a paragraph and wrote out 5 rules for writing paragraphs in ESL 911. Students read selected paragraphs from the essay and discussed if they followed the rules of paragraphs and the theme or topic of each.


Homework:

Go to this Link:

What Happened in Atlanta?

email your teacher and answer the following questions:

Where did the story take place?

When did storm happen?

Why are there still cars on the highway?

Did anyone get hurt?

Class on 1/27/14

Students practiced answers in class to the following questions:

Are you hungry?
How are you?
Do you feel cold?

Review of simple present and simple past of To Be:

Students created three statements about themselves and then three questions. They then talked to two other students

Surveys: Students were assigned various questions and interviewed/questioned 5 or more students for their answers.

What did you do last weekend?

Review of simple past tense verbs (spelling and pronunciation):

eat      ate
go      went
have   had
talk     talked
play    played
make  made
cook   cooked
visit    visited
walk   walked
drive   drove

Homework: Write ten sentences to describe your family. Follow your own definition of family. Turn in your homework on paper.

Class.on 1/22/14

Introductions:
Students used a template to introduce themselves.

Syllabus:
Whole class reviewed the syllabus while the instructor asked questions regarding its content

Interviews;
Students were given 4 questions. They then interviewed another student. They then reported their findings to the whole class.


Homework:
Email your teacher and answer the following question: "What color was Garth's shirt?"