Friday, May 8, 2020--Announcements and Assignments

Friday, 4/8/20

Announcements

1. Remember to send me your vote on whether you would like to work in unit 10 or unit 11 next week.

2. I will post the answers to Wednesday (5/3/20)'s homework this weekend, in the "Homework Answers" section of this blog.

3. Our last day of class is Friday, May 15th. Because of the virus situation, the ESL program will not have any summer school classes this summer. However, Ann O'Leary will be scheduling the usual testing/registration dates, beginning in early July (more information later). 

4. You will be able to use your Burlington English account at least through the end of June.

5. At this time, fall classes are scheduled to begin on Monday, August 17th. Of course, we do not yet know whether we will be able to meet back in our building. I will email you with more information when the college has made decisions about the fall semester.

6. I recently sent you a message by email about Teacher Linda, who is retiring after 25 years of teaching. If you were in Teacher Linda's class in the past, we would like to collect your memories or thank yous to give to her. Teacher Theresa is in charge of collecting them. Here is what the email said:

Teacher Linda is retiring after teaching ESL at Black Hawk College for 25 years!

Please help us honor Teacher Linda. How? Write 2-3 sentences about a memory. Record yourself speaking the memory or speaking a thank you. Videos should be short because many videos will be put together to make a gift for Teacher Linda.

Here are some ideas:

I’ll always remember you because_______________.

In your class, I learned ________________________.

The best thing about your class was _______________.

Thank you for ________________________________.

Send your videos to Theresa Bries at briest@bhc.edu. Put “teacher Linda” in the subject line.

Thank you so much!

Theresa

To Teacher Linda!

Assignments (due Monday, 5/11/20)

1. Future English 3 Textbook, p. 177--complete sentences in the middle of the page (#1-4)

2. Future English 3 Textbook, pp. 178-179

Read p. 178 and then do Ex. A and B
Do Ex. A on p. 179

Please send me your answers to both of the above assignments by text or email.

3. Burlington English Lower Intermediate Core

• Do Lesson 3: "Getting a job"--section 4: "Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives"

• Then do all sections of Lesson 6-"In the Workplace."

NOTE: As usual, I will be able to see what you have completed in Burlington English by looking in my teacher's account progress reports.

4. Choose a book from the "Readers" section of Burlington English. Read it and write four sentences about what you read. Tell the title and author of the story, and then tell a few things you liked (or didn't like) about the book.

Here is an example (the book I'm using is not on BE):

     I read Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My favorite person in the book is Elizabeth Bennet. She is smart and funny, and she has high standards for the person she chooses to marry. Although Mr. Darcy was rich, she wouldn't marry him until he changed his proud and insulting behavior.

This was assigned earlier in the week, but you have until Monday to send me your four sentences about what you read, by text or email.

Thursday, May 7, 2020 Announcements and Assignments

Thursday, 5/7/20

1. I have posted the answers to the homework assigned Monday, 5/4/20, in the "Homework Answers" section of this blog. You can check your answers there, and let me know if you have any questions.

2. I am late posting Wednesday's assignments for those who did not attend class that morning (5/6/20). I apologize. If you need the weekend to finish them, that's OK, but I will be giving some additional homework in Friday's class (5/8/20).

3. Please look through the contents of unit 10 and unit 11 in the FER3 textbook. Send me a message by text or email with your vote on which unit you prefer the class to study next week (it's the last week of class, so we only have time to do one of these units).  

Assignments given Wednesday, 5/6/20

1) Future English 3 Textbook, p. 176

Study the Grammar section at the top of the page, then do Ex. A and B. You do not have to send me this assignment.

NOTE: The grammar box at the top does not give much explanation. Therefore I will assign a section of Burlington English on Friday, to give you additional practice on using gerunds vs. using infinitives after certain verbs. Log into BE and click the "Courses" box. Then click "3. Getting a Job" and complete Lesson 4--"Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives." You may have all weekend to finish this lesson--it is due on Monday, 5/11/20.

2. Future English 3 Workbook, pp. 101-103

p. 101--Do exercises D and E (on indefinite pronouns)

pp. 102-103--Skim and then read the article "Succeeding in Management" on p. 102.
Then complete Exercises A, B, C, and D on p. 103.

If you attend the online class on Friday, 5/8/20, we will go over the answers then. If you are not able to attend Friday's class, please send me your answers to the exercises on p. 103 by text or e-mail.

3. On Burlington English, in the "Readers" section, pick a story (if you have not already done so) to read. Please finish reading the story by Monday, 5/11/20. 

Then write four sentences about the story you read, telling the name of the book, who wrote it, and what you liked about the story. Send me your sentences by text or email, by Monday, 5/11/20.


4. Please look through the contents of unit 10 and unit 11 in the Future English 3 textbook. Send me a message by text or email with your vote on whether you prefer the class to study unit 10 or unit 11 next week (it's the last week of class, so we only have time to do one of these units).

Hints for joining a Zoom meeting from Burlington English

If you want to join the Zoom meeting from BurlingtonEnglish.com, be sure you log in with your PERSONAL ID (a number that starts with 900) and password, NOT the Zoom meeting ID and password. The Zoom meeting ID and password will be shown in the box that pops up, but I have hidden this information in the picture below.

After you log in, click "Away from school." From the menu boxes, click on the box that says "Virtual Scheduler." Then click on the meeting date, and a box will pop up that looks like this:

The timer doesn't start until 15 minutes before the meeting begins. At 5 minutes before the meeting begins, the box will look like this:

Simply click the green Join Now button to join the meeting.

You can also join by going to zoom.com and entering the meeting ID and Password listed in the box.

Monday, May 4, 2020 Announcements and Assignments

Monday, 5/4/20

Announcements

1. I learned today that some of you had trouble joining the meeting from the Burlington English website calendar. I'll check and see what the problem is. Meanwhile, remember that you can also join this way:

1.   Go to the Zoom.com website
2.   Click "Join a meeting"
3.   Click "Open Zoom" if you are prompted to do so
4.   Enter the meeting ID and click "Continue" (or whatever that button says)
5.   Enter the meeting password 

2. We have our last classes this week and next week (each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:00 a.m.). The last day of class for the spring semester is Friday, May 15th. We will continue to work in Unit 9 ("On the Job") of the FER3 textbook and workbook this week, as well as in Burlington English (see assignments below).

3. After unit 9, there are still two units in the textbook that we have not covered. Unit 10 is called "Going to the Doctor," and unit 11 is called "Money Matters." Obviously we will not have time to cover both of these units. I would like you to vote on which unit you prefer to cover, in our last three classes next week.

Please look at the "Scope and Sequence" section at the front of your textbook, on pp. x and xi. Look over the columns that tell what units 10 and 11 cover (grammar, life skills, reading, etc.). Then send me a text or email by Friday, May 8th, to let me know which unit you vote for.


Assignments for Monday, May 4, 2020
(due Wednesday, May 6th)

NOTE: I will post the answers to homework assigned Friday, May 1st (see the previous post), on Tuesday, May 6th. /So if you missed class today (5/4/20), you can check your work there.

1. FER3 Textbook, pp. 172-173

Please skim and then read "Working the Late Shift" on p. 172. 
Then do exercises 3A, 3B, and 4 on p. 173.

2. FER3 Workbook, p. 100

Do exercises A, B, and C on p. 100.

Do not send me the two assignments above--we will go over them in class on Wednesday, May 6th, at 10 a.m.

3. Burlington English Readers

One of your assignments from last Friday, May 1st, was to choose one of the stories in the BE Readers section and read it over the weekend. Please do so if you have not yet read a story. Be sure to choose a story you find interesting, not one that bores you!

Then write four sentences about the story you chose. These sentences should tell me what story you read and what you liked or didn't like about the story. Send your sentences to me (by text or email. by Friday, May 8th.

UPDATE: The due date for this assignment has changed, to give you a little more time. Please send me your sentences by Monday, 5/11/20.

4. Burlington English Core--Lower Intermediate

This is the same course we've been working on. In section 4, lesson 6, there is a section on indefinite pronouns that will give you more practice. This is the grammar term for words such as one, ones, which one, this, that, these, and those (as shown in the FER3 Textbook, pp. 170-171, which was part of Friday's homework assignment).Like the personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, him, her, etc.), indefinite pronouns can take the place of a noun.

Please complete Lesson 4, "Money Matters," section 6 (Grammar: Indefinite Pronouns), by Wednesday, May 6th. There are 8 parts to this section, but each one is short and won't take you very long.