Thursday...with a bit of sun....

Tonight, please finish the assignments from this week.  New students, add your photo to your blog.  (If you don't have enough time to do everything, focus on what is MOST USEFUL for you.)

Tonight's writing: Future Tense -- What are you going to do this weekend?  Write at least 3 things, with a comment for each.  (If you aren't sure, then just guess.)  Here is Liz's example:

I am looking forward to this weekend. On Saturday I am going to pick up and clean the house in the morning.  I don't have time during the week, so I usually do that on the weekend. Then, I am going to meet a friend for lunch at the mall.  She teaches ESL at the University of Washington, and we always have a lot to talk about.  On Sunday, I am going to relax...I will probably take a walk outside if it is nice.  Of course, I am also going to get ready for next week's classes!

Wednesday: VERB practice!

NEW STUDENTS: You can add photos of yourselves working at the computer to your blog. Please let me know if you need help!

EVERYONE- after you have finished the previous assignments, you can work on these online quizzes:
1. DOES or DOESN'T? quiz

2. IS, AM or ARE --  "Yes S" or "No S"? Match the subject and verb!  20 questions

3. Present or Past?  Read them carefully! Present/Past

GOOD LUCK!

Tuesday with Mr. Putter

Please continue to work on yesterday's assignment.

Also, listen to "Mr. Putter and Tabby Make a Wish".....

GOOD LUCK!

Second week of the Quarter!

This week we will be talking some more about birthdays.
EVERYONE: Please practice listening and repeating this conversation:
english speak - birthday dialogue
Practice with a partner, if possible.

For days and dates, remember: IN (month) ON (day).
For example:
My birthday is in July.  It is on July 20th.

TONIGHT: Please write a short paragraph about the birthdays of your classmates.  How many people have birthdays in October?  Who has a birthday close to yours?  Etc.

It is raining...it must be THURSDAY!

Hopefully the rain will stop before the weekend!

TONIGHT - EVERYONE:  Please edit your blogs with the changes in the comment box!  ASK ME IF YOU NEED HELP!

THEN:  Write a short summary of "Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears" on your blog.  What happened in the story?  Try to include 3 new vocabulary words.

REMEMBER:  When you finish the Mr. Putter spelling test,  PRINT IT and show me. GOOD LUCK!

Poodles and more!

For all of you who did not know what a poodle is, here is a photo.

TONIGHT! Check you "comments" and make the changes I suggested at your blogs.

LISTEN and REPEAT:  Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears

ALSO:  Go to spellingcity.com -there is a list of words from "Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears".  Practice those words, and when you are able to write them correctly, please tell me.

Good luck!

We're off to a good start....

Last night, new students made blogs and everyone took the survey.  GOOD JOB!
Everyone did a great job gathering information from each other in the class time as well.
TONIGHT:  Returning students, please put a new "look" on your blog.
EVERYONE:  Please write a paragraph on your blog about the information you collected yesterday.
Make sure you use the correct "Yes S" or "No S" forms!
For example:
In our fall quarter class, there are 5 people who like to cook and 2 people who don't like to cook. Mary and John like to take walks.  Joe doesn't like to do the dishes, and Amy doesn't like to vacuum, but Martin loves to clean the house! Sam likes to dance, but doesn't like to sing.  
GOOD LUCK!

WELCOME TO FALL QUARTER!

It looks like we are going to have a very busy quarter!
This week: Returning students, please change the DESIGN on your blogs. NEW STUDENTS: You will open a blog. This will be where you write many assignments. Returning students will help you with that. In this class, we all help each other, and everyone learns more that way (including me!)
TONIGHT!
Please take a survey at Quia! You can find it at:
Quia survey .  THE SECRET WORD IS: SURVEY.

EVERYONE!! Let's see how fast you can type this week. Then, at the end of the quarter, you can compare.
I went to:typingtest.comand my result was: 62 words per minute, 88% accuracy: ADJUSTED SPEED: 55 words per minute. (I chose the topic, "Baseball" and typed for one minute.)
PUT YOUR CURRENT SPEED ON YOUR BLOG! GOOD LUCK!!