Class on 2/1/16

Warm up exercise: Students interviewed each other

Review of Quiz #1

Review of homework

Tour or Learning Center: Students learned how about the easy access to computers, tutors, and other resources.

Whole class Workbook pages 18 through 23

Homework: Page 23 steps 1, 2 and 3. Students should really spend time building a list of possible "people who have made a difference" Then take a break, come back and carefully choose the right person for them. Then they should free write a long list of topics. Then take another break and come back and look for what is most important. 

Class on 1/27/16

Warm up: students interviewed 5 students to find out what they ate for breakfast. Each student had to respond to a question regarding the data or information they found out.

Quiz on 25 irregular past tense verbs

Review of adjective/adverb worksheets

Review of pages 12 through 14 in the workbook


Homework: read and study page 16 in the workbook. Complete pages 17 and 18

Class on 1/25/16

Warm up exercise:
Students thought about one way they helped someone that day. They were asked "What good deed did you do today?" Students answered in simple past tense.

Review of most common irregular past tense verbs. Students must study Rank 1 through 25 for a quiz on Wednesday. Quiz is on past tense (not Participles). The list is attached here:
                         Irregular Past Tense

Students read about George Lucas and discussed rules for paragraph formatting and capitalization rules.

Homework: study for quiz
                     Finish "worksheet 1" and "worksheet 2" on adjectives/adverbs worksheets: 
                     worksheets
                     Find the capitalization errors on page 12 of the workbook. 

Class on 1/20/16

Spring 2016

Welcome to ESL 923

Grammar and Writing III

In the first day of class each student had to "interview" another student. What was one of the questions?  Email Garth the answer.

Your textbook looks like this:

Final Grades

Congratulations to the Fall 923 Students. You all did a great job!

Final grades are now posted on websmart. Login and check your grades.

https://websmart.smccd.edu/

Please check here for my Spring 2016 office hours. Your corrected Final Essays and Exams will be available during my office hours for the first two weeks and then I will put in a box by the faculty mail room (second floor of Building 3) on the first week of February.

Class on 12/9/15

Homework:
Final Writing Assignment is due on 12/14/15
5 Paragraph Essay on your experience learning English

Class on 12/7/15

Homework: bring a draft of your 5 paragraph essay. This includes a conclusion paragraph reviewing your main points. Essay must be printed or at least ready for partner review.