This is what learning English is all about.....

COMMUNICATION!! GOOD JOB TALKING, LISTENING, AND SHARING LAST NIGHT!

TONIGHT:  Prepare for irregular verb spelling test!  ALSO - What was your favorite activity or assignment this quarter?  Write in your blog about what was most useful and/or interesting for you.

World Cup and Grammar!

Don't forget to fill in the class evaluation -  it can be found at:

ESL Class - SurveyGrammar and the WORLD CUP!! GIve it a try here: world cup grammar

Typing, writing, evaluating....

Here is a photo of Sonora Smart Dodd, the woman who started Father's Day. Tonight:

Write 3-5 sentences about your group discussion of Father's Day AND/OR practice typing 3 interesting paragraphs from the handout.

You can LISTEN and REPEAT irregular verbs at:http://www.manythings.org/repeat/
Also add to your "to do" list this week:  the class evaluation.  It can be found at:
ESL Class - Survey

Spelling Test Tonight....

We will have a spelling test tonight on the fill-in words from the "Help" story (about the broken shoelace.) We didn't have time for it on Thursday.  Get ready for it during computer lab time! Remember, on Thursday, there will be a spelling test on the 60 Useful Irregular Verbs.  Start getting ready!
Did you use English over the weekend?  When? Where? Why?  Write a few sentences in your blog about when you used it.

Coming soon: Spelling Tests!

Tonight we will be doing an in-class writing assignment.
TOMORROW we will review last night's reading and have a short spelling test on the fill-in words. You can cut and paste the whole document into the spelling site and practice the words:http://www.esldesk.com/spelling/word

I was eating dinner when I remembered that I needed milk. I was putting on my shoes to go to the store, but then my shoelace broke. I was hopping to the bedroom to find another one when the phone rang. I answered the phone; it was my best friend. As I was talking to my friend, the doorbell rang. I was hopping to the door to answer it, and I tripped and fell. The phone flew out of my hand and crashed into a vase and knocked some flowers over. A big pool of water formed on the floor, with my phone in the middle of it.
“Please call an ambulance,” I said to the door. “I think I broke my leg.”
“OK,” a voice yelled back. “But the door is locked. Can you unlock it?”
That was when I started crying.

NEXT WEEK: Spelling Test "Grand Finale!"
Next Thursday (the 24th) you will be writing verbs from our "60 Useful Irregular Verbs" list. Cut and paste the words into the spelling site to practice them:
60 USEFUL IRREGULAR VERBS

be am are was were
become becoming became
begin beginning began
break breaking broke
bring bringing brought
buy buying bought
catch catching caught
choose choosing chose
come coming came
do doing did
draw drawing drew
dream dreaming dreamt/dreamed
drink drinking drank
drive driving drove
eat eating ate
fall falling fell
feed feeding fed
feel feeling felt
fight fighting fought
find finding found
fly flying flew
forget forgetting forgot
get getting got
give giving gave
go going went
grow growing grew
have having had
hear hearing heard
hold holding held
hurt hurting hurt
know knowing knew
learn learning learnt/learned
leave leaving left
lose losing lost
make making made
meet meeting met
pay paying paid
quit quit quit
read reading read
run running ran
say saying said
see seeing saw
sell selling sold
send sending sent
sing singing sang
sit sitting sat
sleep sleeping slept
speak speaking spoke
spend spending spent
stand standing stood
swim swimming swam
take taking took
teach teaching taught
tell telling told
think thinking thought
understand understanding understood
wake waking woke
wear wearing wore
win winning won
write writing wrote

Who, What, When, Where, Why?

THE FESTIVAL WAS A BIG SUCCESS!!

Tonight: Reading Assessment!

We will be doing our end-of-quarter reading assessments the second half of class tonight.
What can you do during computer time to prepare for this? Some suggestions:

Read a few stories and answer the questions:
http://fog.ccsf.edu/~lfried/stories/stories.html

or choose a topic to listen to and read along with:
http://www.manythings.org/listen/

You can also listen to and read a "This I Believe" essay, such as this one by Bill Gates:
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/5/

Remember, reading is a great way to build your VOCABULARY, and it also helps your grammar and writing skills a lot. Tonight, read, read, and read!

Happy Birthday, Juventino, and BLOG OF (LAST) WEEK!

BLOG OF THE WEEK!
MILLIE (a.k.a. Franciois) is the winner of the BLOG OF THE WEEK!
Millie has been doing every writing assignment on her blog. Take a look and see what she wrote! You can also hear her singing a very enthusiastic solo in the video below! Congratulations on great singing and writing, Millie!

What's your favroite ESL site?

WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ESL PRACTICE SITE? Please write about it: Who, what, when, where and why.

My favorite site is.....I like it because.....I use it to work on,..... the link is........

How was your weekend?

Mine was cold, rainy, and windy. I spent each morning weeding the yard, and got very muddy and wet. They were easy to pull up, though, which is one advantage to doing yard work in the rain.

I also went shopping with my husband; the mall was packed with people! I guess everyone had the same idea that we had. I worked on our class recording a lot too - like most computer work, it took a long time, but it was interesting to do. Once I start something, I always want to finish it. My husband John and I went out for Indian food in Renton on Sunday....it was delicious! It warmed us up in the freezing cold weather!