Reading Help

Need help reading? Do you want to hear how words are said, and finding out what they mean?

Try this site: http://www.esldesk.com/reading/esl-reader

You can cut and paste your spelling lists, and hear the words and look them up in BILINGUAL dictionaries! You can cut and paste text from google or any other site...whatever you want. Try it out!

(There are also great reading practice books in our classroom, with listening links, listed on our site list.)

THIS WEEK: Please write a description of someone important to you. (See our handout for details.) Good luck!

Mooncakes, moonlight.....

We had an interesting class with a moon theme! Thank you Nhan and Xuan-Dung for the MOONCAKES!

TRY THESE SITES FOR ADJECTIVE PRACTICE:
Pretty Easy:
http://www.grovetoenglish.com/opposites.htm
A little difficult:
http://www.grovetoenglish.com/personality.htm

Comparing Things

Class! Please use your recent adjective list to write 3 sentences.
1. Compare two places.
2. Compare two people in your family.
3. Compare two people in the class.
Example: My hometown is bigger than Renton. I am taller than my sisters. Viktor is more talkative than Yuriy.
ILLUSTRATE your words with an image.
Portland, Oregon

Jan. 26th Assignment

TONIGHT: Please divide your time between:
1) Spelling Practice
2) Typing Practice
3) English practice - your choice (reading/listening to stories, Rosetta Stone, English Central, etc.)

Advanced Reading Students: Please respond to yesterday's essay. Use one or more of these questions as a jumping-off point:
- How is this experience different or the same as yours?
- Do you think the writer is unrealistic about how "good" life was when they were poor?
- What do you think this essay says about the "American Dream?"
- What do you think the most important thing for personal happiness is?
- Describe a childhood scene that sticks in your memory.

Here is a useful spelling test site to work on words in English.
It starts with First Grade - after you have mastered that, move on. Good luck!
http://www.esldesk.com/spelling/grade/

For students interested in trying English Central, computers R7, R8, and R10 are now ready.
You can join my online class there by going to: http://class.englishcentral.com/esltime

I have a dream: Listening/Reading Practice

I have a dream...

Students! You can listen and watch Martin Luther King give his speech at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk



Writing about neighbors: Please write about where you live and what kind of neighbors you have.

Pros and Cons of Malls

What do you think of malls? Write a paragraph that explains why you like them or don't like them. (Higher-level students can write two paragraphs.) Add an image to illustrate your words by using keywords in google images. Good luck!

A new site....

What was the best part of class this week? Write your comments in the comment box below.
EVERYONE! CHECK YOUR BLOGS COMMENTS FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT!
Also.....
Here's a site I just found that you might want to explore: englishcentral.com

Winter Quarter Begins....

Winter Quarter

Welcome to Winter Quarter!
Your assignments are in "comments" at your blogs.


Combine spelling practice and typing practice! Here is a good site for all levels -
The most common English words: http://www.esldesk.com/spelling/words
Twenty-five words at a time are given. Good luck!