Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Homework for Next Monday

  1. Complete Q Online Practice up to Unit 3.
  2. Edit paragraph 2 "My Favorite Job" and  if you don't have a grade on your 1st paragraph "A Name I Like" edit that too.
  3.  Write a new paragraph entitled 
A Famous Immigrant
Write about a famous immigrant from your country who is successful in another country.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Q Online Practice Registration

Go to the Q Online Practice Page and register (click the Register button under "Are you a first-time user?").

Skills for Success Reading & Writing 1

Access Code: on the card attached to the inside back cover of your book. 
Class ID CODE: C-118-399-0292

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Video Clips

Click on Links above and have a look at the Electric Company video clips I added about pronunciation.

Topic Sentences

Write 3 topic sentences to answer the question "How much vacation time do you need?"  Links to help you are here:
http://eslbee.com/topic_sentences.htm

Monday, May 21, 2012

Most Common Mistakes



In my family there is my mother, my father, my sister and me. Subject-Verb Agreement (there is or there are)
In my family there are my mother, my father, my sister and me. OK
There are four people in my family: my mother, my father, my sister and myself. BETTER

My family is very big, had nine peoples. Plural/Singular error OR Count and Noncount nouns. People not peoples.  Had would be better as has. Wrong Word Choice.
My family is very big. We are nine people.

She bore two lovely daughters. Best: She has two lovely daughters.

My father named Joseph. My father is named Joseph. Missing Verb error. Check all your sentences to make sure they have a VERB.

My parents work at father’s own restaurant. My parents work at my father’s restaurant.

Her dream is own fashion shop by herself. Her dream is to have her own fashion shop. To+infinitive

My mother made breakfast every day and she said “I can’t give you any money or a gift but I will take care your healthy.” … of your health OR: I can make you healthy food.

My second brother he’s name Mohammed, he is 28 years old he’s married in 2008, and he has two children one boy and girl their names are Omar and Saga,  so I am -- aunt to two beautiful children.

He is retired next year. He will retire next year.  Check your VERB TENSE.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Sentence Autopsy

The following sentences died! See if you can find out what went wrong and try to repair the damage.
  1. So, I want to know of solve problem and it like of me.
  2.  I' am only many different people saw.
  3. But I think we shoud always good food.
  4. I need to a new job.
  5. Actuall, I worry too much thing on daily.
  6. I eat healthy food and get a lot of exercise, this is healthy and fit feel me.
  7. I'm took school in there country, there are many different people lives, so I know many different people.
  8. Because I came in New York. And I'm meeting yours. (classmates).
  9. I tried to understand as different me.
  10. I know a lot of different peoples from another countries, think and culture.
  11. I plan to study spnish and learn more language

Friday, April 20, 2012

Assignment: Roots of Words

Find one word (new or unknown). Look up the meaning in a dictionary and try to identify which part of the word is the Root. Search for 4 more words that have the same Root.
Example:
broadcast
broadcaster
broadcasting
podcast
cast

Due: Monday

Friday, April 13, 2012

Conjunctions

for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so

Clause 1, and clause2.  Comma before the conjunction.

And I like this job very much. Incorrect
I think this is a good job for me, and I like this job very much.  Correct

If you want to start with a connecting word use the bigger words:
Therefore,
However,
Also,
In contrast,
Besides,
Despite this/that,
Because A, B.  Because the books were late, we had to study from copies.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Today!

Title

          First sentence must be INDENTED. Every sentence must have a period (.) at the end. All sentences 

must be in continuous writing form. Subjects and Verbs must agree (final -s on normal verbs and am/is/are

 for the verb BE). Check spelling. Check capitalization. Skip a line or double space.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Parts of Speech

The brown dog ate the food quickly and it got sick.

Subject: The dog=Who or what the sentence is about and doing the action of the verb.
Verb: Ate=action of the sentence.
Noun: Dog, Food=Person, place, thing, idea or feeling.
Adjective: Brown=Describes the noun.
Pronoun: It=In the place of a noun. Refers to a noun.
Conjunction: and=Connector. Combines similar parts of a sentence.
Adverb: Quickly=Modifies or adds information to a verb or other part of a sentence. How did the verb do something?
Article: The, a, an.
Preposition: Show position or location of something. In, on, at, etc.
Objects: Always come after the Verb: S-V-O (Subject, Verb, Object)