Friday, November 30, 2007

Have a great break everyone! See you in January!

Thanks everyone for a great quarter! Keep working hard and don't foget everything you have learned! Have a wonderful holiday!

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Bring your Course Evaluations!

Come to class to pick up your grades!
Have a great break!

Tips to improve or keep up your English during the break:
  • choose newspaper articles from hard copy or on line; read them; summarize and give your opinion on your blog
  • write daily on your blog for 15 minutes on any topic
  • keep posting new sentences that you like
  • notice how writers use grammar and imitate to create your own sentences
  • read a novel of your choice; make sure your understand 70% or so that you can enjoy it, and then respond to what you have read

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Bring your cameras and food!

Bring food to snack on if you want to!
Last chance to take a Class Picture!
Gail will return as many papers as she can.

Thursday will be grade day!

Monday, November 26, 2007

Prepare for Grammar Review Quiz tomorrow

Review Chapters 28-32 Try the review exercises at the end of the chapters.
Last Blue Book Assignment - Grammar this quarter, and/or Thanksgiving Holiday

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Rewrite last Friday's (Nov 16th) in class proficiency test!

Send an e-copy!
Bring hard copy with original on Monday!

Make sure that you are caught up with all assignments!
Read your classmates blogs and make comments!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Prepare for Final Proficiency Writing Test tomorrow!

Sorry, I can't give you the topic, but I will give you 3 choices. Review Cause & Effect Language, Definition, and Comparison & Contrast.

Rewrite your inclass writing test that you did last Friday, November the 16th. Please do it on the computer for next Monday, November 26th! Send an e-copy, and bring your hard copy with the original to class. Thank you.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Chapter 22 - Revising for Language Awareness

Page 322 - 324 Practice 1 Do #'s 4 and 5

Blue Book Assignment: Chief Factors in Why Wtudents Fail Academically - Think about causes and effects. What are the reasons? What are the effects? Focus on whatever is meaningful for you regarding this topic.