Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Announcements and Assignments

Wednesday, 5/13/20

Announcements

1) Below is some information Ann O'Leary sent to the teachers, about testing and registration for fall classes. Please read it carefully:

Registration and Testing for Fall Classes

IF we can be at school

Outreach Center

301 Avenue of the Cities, East Moline, IL

309-796-8245

You must register and test to attend fall classes. We hope to be at school for registration and for classes. IF we cannot be at school, we will let you know what you can do.

Only 10-15 people will register at a time. We will practice social distancing when possible. Plan to wait or come back. You must wear a face mask.  No children under 18 allowed.

 

If we are full, we will ask you to wait or come back another day.

More registration dates will be added.

Registration will be at 9:00, 2:00, and 5:30. Please be on time.

July 6, 8, 13, 15

August 3, 5

If there is room in your class, you will start on Monday, August 17. If the class is full, I will call you when you can begin class.

2) Our last online class is Friday, 5/15/20. I appreciate your patience and attendance as I was learning how Zoom meetings work. I am also very happy that many of you have been practicing on Burlington English regularly. Please continue to do so this summer, for as long as you have access (you should be able to use it at least through June).

3) The answers to all class assignments through Monday, 5/11/20 (except for those on Burlington English), are now posted in the Homework Answers section.

Assignments from Wednesday, 5/13/20 (due Friday, 5/15/20)

1) Future English 3 textbook, pp. 190-192 

p. 190--Study the grammar boxes at the top of the page (on participial adjectives). Do exercises A and B

p. 191--Do exercises A and B

p. 192--Study the words for internal parts of the body in the box. If you don't know what a word means, look up the definition in your language. Do Exercise A: write the number of the body part next to the name for it in the box.

2) Future English 3 workbook, p. 112

p. 112--Do exercises A and B

You do not have to send me the above two assignments. We will go over the answers in class, then I will post the answers on this blog.

3) Burlington English Lower Intermediate Core
    
Do Lesson 5 (Health), section 6 (Grammar: Adjectives with -ed and -ing)

4) Extra (optional) work:

I have two posts on this blog which help you understand the difference between an adjective with an -ed ending and an adjective with an -ing ending. Click the links below:

LINK: Cartoon and examples of using adjectives ending in -ed and -ing

LINK: Participial adjectives--short animated video

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.

Friday, May 1, 2020 Announcements and Assignments

Friday, 5/1/20

Announcements

1) On Burlington English, I have now given registered students access to all four levels of the Burlington Core courses. If you find the Low Intermediate too difficult or if you want to go back and review the lower level lessons, you now have access to them. 

2) For instance, you can review comparative and superlative adjectives in the High Beginners level, Lesson 4: Money Matters.

Assignments

1) Future English 3 Workbook, pp. 98-99, Ex. A, B, C, and D

We did p. 98, Ex. A and B, in class on Friday (today, 5/1/20), so please do this exercise on your own if you were not in the zoom meeting today. We will go over this work in class on Monday. 

YOU DO NOT NEED TO SEND ME THIS ASSIGNMENT.

2) Future English 3 Textbook, p. 170-171

Read and study the Grammar section at the top of the page on using one or ones in place of nouns. Be sure to read the "Grammar Watch" box for specific point.

HOMEWORK: Do Ex. A and B on p. 170, and do Ex. A and B on p. 171. 
Please send me your answers to these exercises by text or email.

3) Burlington English

Please continue to work in BE at your own pace. If you like, you may select a different level of the CORE course to work in (see the announcements above).

For the weekend, please go into the READERS section of the BE menu. Choose a story and read it over the weekend. There are three different reading levels (beginner, intermediate, and advanced), and you may choose a story from any level. I will be able to check BE and see what you read, so that counts the same as sending me the assignment! 

Next week, I will ask you to answer a few questions about the story you read, so expect to see those questions on Monday.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Announcements

1. I have been late getting some of the assignments and homework answers published on the blog, and for this I apologize. I have caught up with posting last week's homework answers, and the homework I assigned at our Monday Zoom meeting is now listed below.

2. Thank you for those of you who have sent me your answers to the Unit 12 test. We will go over the answers at tomorrow morning's Zoom meeting (Wednesday, 4/28/20 at 10 a.m.). 

3. Remember that you can now join our online Zoom meetings through the Burlington English website. Simply log in with your user ID and password, click "away from school," and click on "virtual class schedule." Then click on the date of the meeting. You will be able to join the meeting 5 minutes prior to the start of the meeting.


Assignments

1. Future English 3 Textbook, p. 158--Do exercises 3B (fact vs. opinion) and 4 (matching).
2. Future English 3 Workbook, p. 90--Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.

You do not need to send me this assignment. We will go over the answers on Wednesday in our online meeting at 10 a.m.

You can now join our Zoom class meetings on the Burlington English website!

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Announcements

1) You can now join our online Zoom meetings (each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:00 a.m., through May 15th) at the Burlington English website. Just go to the BE website (the link is below), log in, and follow the instructions in the picture beneath the link:

LINK: Burlington English website

Monday, April 20th Announcements and Assignments

Monday, 4/20/20

Announcements

1) The Zoom meeting website was crashing this morning, so if you tried to join the meeting and were unable to, that's why. We eventually were able to meet with several people. The next meeting is Wednesday, 4/22/20 at 10:00 a.m., using the same link and meeting information as before.

2) Thank you to those of you who have sent me your work from Friday's assignments. We discussed it briefly in the meeting this morning, and you can double check your answers under the "Homework Answers" section of this blog. I will be getting back to you with comments on your individual work.

3) Remember that I can view your progress in Burlington English. Thank you very much, those of you who have completed Lesson 1 in Burlington Core--Low Intermediate (last week's assignment). 

Those of you who have not been working in Burlington English, please try to spend 30 minutes, on at least 4 days per week. It's a great review and reinforcement of your English skills. Do let me know if you have trouble logging in.

Assignments

We have now completed the work in chapter 12 of our Future English 3 Textbook. I have not given a unit test on other chapters in the book before, but I think it will be a useful review of the important skills and grammar in the unit.
Tomorrow I will post on this blog a Unit 12 Review Test. You may use your book when you take the test, and you will have until Monday, 4/27/20, to send your work back to me.

There are four units in the textbook that we have not yet studied: units 8, 9, 10, and 11. Since we only have 4 weeks of class left (counting this week), we can't do everything in these units. I will assign specific sections. 

1) Today's assignments--due Wednesday, 4/22/20

Unit 8: Staying Healthy (textbook)

    Lesson 4, p. 152--Read a nutritional label

• Please read the two nutritional labels for corn chips on p. 152. Then answer the questions in Practice 2 at the bottom of the page. You do not have to send me these answers; I will post the answers on Wednesday.

    Lesson 6, p. 156--Talk about family health

• Study the grammar chart on using gerunds as the object of a verb. Remember, a gerund is what we call the -ing form of a verb when it is used as a noun in a sentence. Certain verbs are often followed by a gerund, such as enjoy, like, and the verbs listed in the "Grammar Watch" box at the top of p. 156.

• Complete exercises A and B on p. 156 of the textbook and text or email me your answers.

• Write four sentences that are true for you, by combining phrases from Group A and Group B below. Text or email me your sentences.

Group A                       Group B

I dislike                              baking cakes.
I love                                  cooking meals.
I enjoy                                watching movies.
I can't stand                        playing sports. 
                                           reading books.
                                           driving.
                                           studying.
                                           cleaning.
                                           working hard.

2) Assignment on Gerunds from Burlington English--complete by Friday, 4/24/20

• Go to the Burlington English website (click on the link below or type burlingtonenglish.com into the address bar of your web browser)

LINK: Burlington English

• Log in with your ID and password, and click "Away from school"
• Click on "Courses"
• Click on "Burlington Core--Low Intermediate"
• Click on "Student Lessons"
• Click on 3. Getting a Job  (see picture below)
• Click on 2. Grammar: Gerunds and complete all 9 parts of this section by Friday, 4/24/20

I will know you have completed this assignment because I can view your progress on the Burlington English website.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Announcements and Assignments

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Announcements

1) Zoom meeting today at 10:00 a.m. We will discuss how to log in at Burlington English and watch a video about using the Burlington English website.

2) We will also decide on regular Zoom meeting days--how often, which days, etc. 

3) Homework assignments will continue to be given on this blog, so please check daily.

Assignments

1) Grammar review for Unit 12 of the textbook

Please do all exercises on p. 256 (A, B, and C) of the Future English 3 Textbook. Send the answers to me in an email or text by Friday, April 17th. You can send me  a picture of your answers or write them down in the email or text.

2) Go to the Burlington English website at this link:

LINK: Burlington English

Log in to the website using the ID and password I sent you yesterday. 

Then click on "Away from School", then on "Courses."

Click on General English--Burlington Core--Low Intermediate:

Click on "Student Lessons," then click on Lesson 1 and begin work on the lesson.

Continue at your own pace.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Announcements

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

UPDATE--THE ZOOM MEETING THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. WE WILL HAVE THE ZOOM MEETING ONLINE ON WEDNESDAY, 4/15/20, AT 10:00.  I WILL SEND OUT THE NEW MEETING LINK LATER TODAY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION!

Announcements

1) We will have a Zoom meeting online at 10:00 a.m. today (Tuesday, April 14, 2020). Please use the same link, (or meeting ID and password) that we used for previous meetings. This information was sent out last week both by email and text message. I also sent out an email this morning with the same information.

2) Last week I posted links to videos on how to use Zoom meeting on your computer or phone. I have added a link to a video on using Zoom on an iPad. Remember to download the app "Zoom for Cloud Meetings" if you are using a phone or iPad. Here are the links to video instructions again:

Below I have posted some links to YouTube videos that give instructions for using a cell phone to join a Zoom meeting.

Click the links below to watch videos on how to install the Zoom app and join a meeting on a Samsung phone, which uses the Android operating system (1st and 2nd links) or on an iPhone (3rd link) or iPad (4th link).

At the end of the post, there are also instructions for how to chat on Zoom if you have an Android phone like the Samsung. 

LINK: How to install Zoom on Samsung phones

LINK: How to join a meeting on Zoom with an Android phone

LINK: How to join a Zoom meeting on an iPhone

LINK: How to use Zoom meeting on iPad

How to chat in Zoom (mobile app)

1. Download the Zoom app for iOS or Android.
2. Open the app and start or join a meeting.
3. Tap the screen to make the controls bar appear. 
4. Tap on Participants. 
5. At the bottom of the list, tap Chat.
6. Type your message and tap Send. If you want to send to a specific person, tap the arrow next to "Send to:" and choose from the list.
7. When new chat messages are sent, they will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Tap Participants, then Chat to view them.

The above instructions were found at this link: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/how-to-chat-in-zoom

3) This morning I sent a text message to each of you with your login information for Burlington English. If you did not receive this message, please text or email me and I will send it again.
309-948-9615
calderk@bhc.edu

4) It is no longer necessary to download an app for using BE. You can go directly to the website and type in your login information.

Type burlingtonenglish.com into the address bar of your web browser, or click on the link below to go to the website:

LINK: Burlington English

Once you are at the website, click on this symbol to type in your user ID and password:

5) Please click on the video below to watch instructions on using Burlington English: