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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Zoom online meetings will be held at 10 AM every M,W,F, from 4/20/20 to 5/15/20

Monday, 4/20/20

Announcements

1) We will meet at 10:00 AM every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday online at zoom.com for the rest of the semester, beginning today (Monday, April 20th).

I have sent you the meeting link and information by email and text. You will use the same link, meeting ID, and password for the rest of the semester. The last online meeting will be Friday, May 15th, 2020 (which is the last day of the spring semester).

2) At today's meeting, we will go over the Unit 12 grammar review on p. 256 of the textbook. We will also practice screen sharing and writing on the whiteboard on Zoom. Finally, we will do some work on Burlington English and make sure everyone understands how to log in and use the BE website.

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:

No Online Zoom Meeting on Monday, April 13, 2020

Monday, 4/13/20 Announcements

We will not have a Zoom meeting today. We will meet again on Zoom.com tomorrow (Tuesday, 4/14/20). Check this blog later today for assignments and more announcements.

We'll repeat the online Zoom meeting tomorrow, April 9th, at 10:00 a.m.

Updated 4/13/20 to add link for how to use Zoom meetings on iPad (see below)

Remember that Friday, April 10th, is a holiday, so there will be no assignments or blog posts.

If you received any emails Wednesday evening that said you're registered at Zoom or that a Zoom meeting was canceled, just ignore them and delete them. Like I said, I'm still learning. 

We are meeting online again on Zoom tomorrow (Thursday, April 9th). 

Use the same link, meeting ID, and password that we used yesterday. I cannot post them here on the blog for security reasons, so open the same invitation to Zoom email or text that I sent yesterday. The link, meeting ID, and password are there.

Congratulations to those of you who were able to participate in the online Zoom meeting this morning! 

We had some trouble, but we managed to see and hear each other. I'm still learning how to do things like share my computer screen with everyone during a meeting. Hopefully I'll get better at it.

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

Online meetings start Wednesday, April 8, at 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Remember, there will be no class, homework, or blog post on Friday, April 10 (Good Friday).

Today I sent out an invitation (both by text and by email)  to join our online meeting tomorrow (Wednesday, 4/8/20) at 10:00 a.m. I look forward to seeing and talking to you tomorrow. I included instructions in the invitation message, but below are some direction with pictures that might be helpful. 

I probably forgot something in these instructions. If you don't understand them or have any kind of trouble when you try to join the meeting at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, simply call me on my cell phone (309) 948-9615 and I will help you.

1) A few minutes before 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, open the text or email with the invitation and click on the link I provided. The link will take you to the Zoom website.*

*If you have trouble getting the link to work, simply open the web browser on your computer or smart phone (Chrome, Explorer, Safari, etc.) and type Zoom.com in the address window. At the Zoom website you will then click Join a Meeting at the top of the screen. You will be asked to type in the meeting I.D. and then the password (you will find these in your invitation message). The screen on your device will look like this:

2) If the link works, it will automatically take you to the meeting site at Zoom.com. Click where it says Open Zoom in the smaller box at the top of your computer or phone screen.

4) If you have never used Zoom before, you will probably have to download Zoom to your computer or phone. If you need to download Zoom, click on the screen where you see the words download & run Zoom. After that you can click Open Zoom again.

5) When the meeting screen opens, you may need to click a box that says Connect with Video. You will then be able to see the people in the meeting. 

6) You may see a box that looks like this:

On your screen, click the box that says Join with Computer Audio     

If you have trouble with the audio, there is also a way to use the audio on your smart phone. On your computer or phone, click Phone Call (upper left of the box). Then you will call a number with your smart phone. You will be asked to type in the meeting I.D. and then the password (these are provided in your invitation). The phone number to dial is (312) 626-6799.

I probably forgot something in these instructions. If you don't understand them or have any kind of trouble, simply call me on my cell phone: (309) 948-9615 and I will help you.