Tuesday, August 21st

Greetings everyone!

I hope that you had a great day today.  Everyone worked very hard today with learning the new grammar.  For those of you that need to review what we learned today, please click here to see the grammar 8-1.

As for your homework, please click HERE.  This will open the grammar exercise 8-2.  Please do part one and two and either email it to me or bring it to the start of class tomorrow. 

Thanks again everyone for all the hard work.  See you tomorrow.

Test Day - 8/20

Greetings everyone!

Thank you for working hard on your tests today.  Good job!

Today, we started unit 8 - Environment, as well as went over the vocabulary in class.  I have emailed the vocab slides to all of you, so please check your USA emails for additional study.

HOMEWORK:

You have two homework assignments:

1.  Make 5 vocabulary sentence questions.

Example for your homework:

                You can find a lot of _________ on Mt. Spokane. (wildlife)

 
Please make 5 sentences similar to the one above. Please email these to me by the start of class tomorrow. 

2.  Please email me your essay you want to edit on Wednesday.  This will be the essay you will turn in on Sunday for your final.

Thank you very much everyone, and I hope you have a great day.

August 14th - Reading

Greetings everyone!

Good job today with the reading and its activity.  I hope that you enjoyed learning about two of the most famous bands in recent history.

If you did not make it to class today, the reading can be found here.  Remember, expect to see some questions about the reading on the test next Monday.

Tomorrow, we will have a peer editing session from your essays from last week.

Thanks again!

Monday, August 13th

Greetings everyone!

It is good to be back.  I missed everyone.  Today, we had our test, and I hope everyone did well on it.  I know that you worked hard.

We also introduced the vocabulary for unit 7 - Art and Music.  For your homework today, please do the vocabulary exercise.  Answer all 20 questions and then email your work to me.  The assignment can be found here.

Thanks again everyone for all of your hard work.  See you tomorrow.

Writing for This Week

Greetings everyone!

For this week's writing, you will have to write about this topic:

"How important is fashion to you in your life? Why is it or why is it not important?"

You will need to write five paragraphs; no more and no less.  Please try to write exactly five.   The essay is due on Sunday, August 5th by midnight.

Good luck and I will see you in a week!

Articles!

Greetings everyone!

Let's talk about articles. There are two types of articles in the English language; indirect and direct.  Indirect articles are "a" and "an," and direct articles are "the."

Remember, indirect articles are used with nouns that are:

• General,
• Singular,
• And a count noun.

Direct articles are used with:

• Specific nouns
• Can be used with singular or plural nouns
• And can be used with count and uncount nouns.
• As long as it is specific.

We looked at three different parts of how to use articles.  First was with known and unknown nouns.  The first time you introduce a noun, you use an indirect article.  The second time the noun is mentioned (and every other time after that), you use a direct article.

The second one was unique nouns.  When a noun is unique because it is one of a kind (the sun), or we know that we are talking about something specific (I bought a new computer. The computer is amazing.), we use a direct article.

Lastly, we talked about plural count nouns in general.  When we are talking about a group of things in general, we use NO article. (I really hate sweets.    OR      Turtles make wonderful pets.)

Look over what we studied, and try to use it in your next writing.

Cheers!

The Last Day of July!

Hi everyone!

Good job today.  Everyone worked very hard.  I hope that you enjoyed the reading and learned about the future of clothing.

For those that did not make it to school today, we read the Unit 5 reading exercise.  Click here for a link to the essay.

Please make sure to review this essay over the weekend because you will see a few questions about it on next Monday's test.

We did not get to our impromptu speeches today, but do not worry.  We will do them at the start of class after lunch.   YAY!!!!

Thank you for trying your best, and I will see you tomorrow.

Monday, July 30th

Happy Monday, everyone!

Today, we had some new students join our class! YAY!

We also started introducing the vocabulary for our new unit - Unit 5 Fashion.  Here is a link to the vocabulary. 

Please read over the words, and we will finish going over them tomorrow morning.  Also for tomorrow, we will do the reading in unit 5 as well as do our impromptu speeches.  Therefore, you should get ready to talk after our reading tomorrow.

I hope that you having a great day, and I will see you tomorrow.

Tuesday, July 24th

Greetings everyone~

We had a small class today, but we all worked very hard.  This is what we did today:

• We went over the "Dream House" essays 
• going over my corrections
• Did reading 4-1 "William Shakespeare" 

For those of you who didn't make it to class, please read 4-1.

Tomorrow, we will have impromptu speeches as well as work on our writing. 

See you tomorrow!

Monday, July 23

Greetings everyone!

I hope that you are having a wonderful day.  It's Ramadan.  I know many of you are working extra hard.  If you need any extra assistance or need help with our daily grammar, please let me know.

Today, we introduced unit 4 and started working on the vocabulary.  We did not finish it in class, so we will continue with the vocabulary tomorrow morning.

There is no homework today.  Please look over the grammar in unit 4 and bring questions to class tomorrow.

Everyone worked very hard today.  See you tomorrow



Sunset is at 8:35 PM today 

The Move

Hi everyone!

I hope that everyone is doing well today.  There was a lot going on today.  Please remember that if you have any questions or need someone to talk to, I am always available. 

As for class today, we had a lesson on writing.  We learned about some of the main mistakes that were seen on last week's writing assignment (punctuation, fragment sentences, and run-on sentences). 

We also assigned this week's writing assignment.  Please write at least one paragraph  about one of these two topics:

• "Describe the worse disaster to hit your home city or country"   

OR

• "Write about a natural disaster you experienced.  What was it and what happened?"

The paragraph is due by Sunday July 22nd by midnight.

If you have any questions, please send me an email.  Thanks and I'll see you tomorrow.

Monday, Monday

Greetings!

I hope that everyone did well on there tests.  You all worked very hard on them. 

This week, we will be studying unit three "Our World."  We will learn about past events in the world such as past natural disasters.  The grammar for this week will be covering past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past passive.

Today, we were introduced to unit 3 as well as the vocabulary.  Please review the vocabulary and do not forget to do your homework.

HOMEWORK:

Write 30 original sentences with one vocabulary word per sentence.

Extra Credit:

There are 63 vocabulary words this week.  For every 5 additional sentence, you may earn 1 point (max: 6 points)

Have a great night and I will see you tomorrow.

July 11th

Greetings everyone!

Today, we started our writing portion of our class.  Every Wednesday, we will practice writing as well as learn new writing techniques.  Here is what we covered today:

• Topic Sentences
• Supporting Sentences
• Concluding Sentences (Structure 1-1)

You also have a writing assignment this week.  Please write one paragraph using that we learned in class about "your dream home."  This paragraph is due on Sunday by 12am (and not a minute later!!!)

Remember, if you try your best and practice everyday, your writing will improve greatly.

Good luck everyone!

Tuesday, Juy 10

Greetings everyone!

Today was a busy day.  Let me recap on what we did.

• Reviewed grammar 2-1
• Did reading 2-1
• Starting our impromptu speech

Everyone did a great job.  We will finish our speeches tomorrow before we start our lesson on writing a paragraph. 

Do not forget to do your homework.  Please make 10 questions using the grammar we learned today and bring them to class.  Late homework will NOT be accepted.

Have a great night tonight!

The day before the fouth

Hi everyone!

I hope that you had a great day.  Today, we went over grammar 1-1 and answered your questions. 

For your homework, please do exercise 1-1 and read Reading 1-1.

Have a safe 4th, and I will see you on Thursday.

Cheers

Welcome to Summer Quarter

Greetings!

How was your first day of the quarter?  Let me tell you what we did:

• Introduced the class
• Went over the syllabus
• Started Unit 1 - Health and Body
• Went through the vocabulary

 Do not forget to do your homework.  Please write 25 sentences with two vocabulary words in each sentence.

Thanks again everyone.  I'll see you tomorrow

Cheers~

June 20th

Greetings everyone,

Today, we worked on our final essays.  Everyone did a great job today.

 Do not forget to finish your final drafts of your essay by Friday and send it to me by midnight. 

Tomorrow, we will have a class discussion.

See ya then~~

June 19th - A Heatwave in English 120

Hello everyone!

It was a hot one in our class today.  I hope that the heat did not make you too tired.  Let me recap on what you learned today:

1. Reviewed Vocab
2. Learned Grammar 9-1 1st Conditional and Time Clauses
3. Did reading 9-1

There is no homework tonight, but please bring your essays to class tomorrow.  We will be working on them during the 1 o'clock hour. 

Remember:

Your final essays are due on Friday the 22nd by midnight.

Thank you everyone, and I will see you tomorrow.

June 13th

Greetings everyone!

Today's grammar was pretty tricky, but I know all of you will fully understand it by the end of the week.  We will practice using the grammar tomorrow and Friday.

Let me recap on what we did today:

• Reading 8-1 (it would be a good idea to read this for Monday!!!)
• Grammar 8-1 Review
• Exercise 8-1 #1 and #2
• Learned Grammar 8-2
• Practiced using Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous
• How they are different
• How they are used

Since we needed more practice with the grammar from yesterday and today, we will do our peer review tomorrow morning. 

Homework

*If you have not emailed me your essay, do so tonight.

*Please do Grammar Exercise 8-2.  Please do not look at the answers because we will correct them tomorrow in class.  I want you to try your best and see if you understand the grammar so far.  Remember, cheating only cheats yourself.

I hope that everyone has a great night.

Thank you for being awesome!

June 12th

Greetings everyone!

Today was a busy day.  Let me recap on what we did:

• Finished learning the vocabulary for unit 8
• Practiced using the vocab in sentences
• Learned grammar 8-1: Present Perfect Simple for Explain Present Actions
• Practice using the grammar

We will review the grammar tomorrow, so if you have any questions, please ask.

As for your homework, you have two things to do:

1. Please read Reading 8-1

2. Please finish editing the essay you will use in tomorrow's peer review and email it to me by midnight.

Tomorrow will be another full day, so please get some rest and have a healthy breakfast.

See you tomorrow~

June 11th - Test Day

Hello everyone,

I hope that you had a good test.  Here is what we did today:

• Took a test
• Went over the scores
• Started vocabulary Unit 8

We will finish our vocabulary tomorrow as well as start the grammar for this week.  We are continuing our study of the perfect tense.

Do not forget to do your homework.  You must write 5 sentences using synonyms of the vocab words.  Use this format:

• EX. I ate some very terrible___________ pizza yesterday.  (bad)

In this sentence, terrible is the synonym of bad.  Please put a space (_______) after the synonym and the vocab word in parentheses ( ) at the end of the sentence.

Please email these sentences to me before the start of class.

Thanks!

June 7th

Greetings everyone~

Let me recap on what we studied today:

• Reviewed grammar 7-1 and 7-2
• We answered questions and practiced using the grammar
• We learned about the action verbs of Put and Take (two of Adam's favorite verbs!)
• Practicing them in class through several group exercises
• In the afternoon, we had inter-class discussions.

I will not be in tomorrow, so please do not forget to study for your test and work on editing you essays for Tuesday. 

If you want extra practice for this weeks grammar, please do THIS EXERCISE.

Have a good weekend everyone~

June 6th - Writing

Greetings everyone,

We had a very good peer editing class today.  All of you worked very hard at helping each other with your essays.  I enjoyed hearing all of your ideas.

For next week, I want you to pick one essay that you have written this quarter and start editing it.  This essay will be your final writing project.  Please email that essay to me by Tuesday, so we can have another peer editing session. 

Josh will be on vacation for the next week, so please check this blog daily for updates about class.

Thank you very much, and I hope that all of you have a wonderful night.

June 5th

Greetings everyone,

All of you had some great impromptu speeches today.  I am glad to see everyone trying there best.  Other than our impromptu speeches, we also read the story from reading 7-1 and learned about the bands The Beatles and U2.

As for tomorrow, we will be starting our peer reviews for essay #7.  Remember, these essays are due by midnight tonight.  Please email me the essays, so I can share them with all of you tomorrow.  All of the information about this essay and our final can be found on my post from last Wednesday.

Thank you very much, and if you have any questions, please email me.

Monday, June 4th

Greetings everyone,

Good work today.  All of you worked very hard on your vocabulary.  Today, during the one o'clock hour, we finished our vocabulary for our unit this week and practiced using the vocabulary with a speaking exercise.

Tomorrow, we will do the reading for this unit as well as practice our speaking with impromptu speeches.  If you want to get a head start with the reading, we will be doing the reading titled "Two Famous Bands" (Reading 7-1).

Do not forget to do your homework!

May 30th - Writing and Finals

Hello everyone,

We talked a lot about writing today. I hope that the outlines we worked on in class helped you start your essays.

First, let me tell you about this week's writing assignment:

For writing #7, you will need to choose one topic

1. What is the most popular sport in your country? Why do you think it is the most popular?
2. What is something that is very popular in your country? Why is it popular?

This assignment has to be at least 5 paragraphs long, and it is due Tuesday, June 5th. We will edit the essay in class; practicing peer editing.

The second topic we talked about today is our writing final. Here is the information:

For our final, you will choose one essay you have written this quarter and edit it into a final draft. A final draft has very little to no mistakes and will use everything we learned this quarter. The final draft is due June 22nd, and we will be working on these every Wednesday for the rest of June.

I am looking forward to reading a lot of great essays.

Adam

May 29th

Greetings everyone!

We had a pretty full day after the long weekend.  Let me recap on what we did:

• We took a test
• Learn the new vocabulary for Unit 6
• Introduced gerunds

Thank you for working hard today. 

Homework

Please use all the vocabulary words in sentence; showing Josh and myself that you understand how to use each word correctly.  Also, please read the grammar 6-1 to prepare for tomorrow's class. 

Thank you again everyone, and I hope that you have a wonderful night.

Wednesday, May 23th

Greetings everyone!

Today, we covered a lot of topics.  Here is what we did:

1. We did our impromptu speeches
2. Then we reviewed structure 5-1 and 5-2
3. We then learned how to make words with "some", "any", and "no" (Structure 5-3)
4. Finally, this week's writing assignment was introduced (Writing 5-1)
1. This writing is due on Sunday by midnight

Also, for your homework tonight, please read Reading 5-1 for tomorrow's class discussion.

Thanks everyone!  See you tomorrow!

Tuesday, May 22nd

Greetings everyone,

Today, we worked on writing and structure. 

We looked at using the words "some", "any", and "no" in positive/negative sentences (structure 5-1).  Please remember that "any" and "no" share similar meanings.  It is just that "any" must have a negative word (like not) in the sentence and "no" does not.  For example:

I did not have any pants on today.   = negative sentence/negative meaning
I have no pants on today.                 = positive sentence/negative meaning

After practicing, we then moved to using "some" and "any" in questions (structure 5-2).  Please review these units as we will continue tomorrow at the beginning of class.

Also, be ready to speak tomorrow for our impromptu speeches. :)

See you then!

Monday, May 21st

Greetings everyone!

Today, we finished the vocabulary you started in class.  All the vocabulary can be found HERE.

Also, it looks like my last post about our writing assignment last week did not get posted.  Therefore, I have extended the deadline for the writing assignment to Wednesday, May 23th by midnight.  Here is what you have to write:

Pick one movie, book, or singer that you like. Please explain why you like it and why Adam should listen/read/watch it.  Remember, you only need to pick one thing.

Good luck everyone, and have a nice day.

Structure and Writing

Greetings everyone,

Today, we learned about articles and complex sentences. 

We reviewed your earlier lecture on articles, and practiced using them.

We also reviewed simple sentences (Structure 3-1), compound sentences (structure 3-2), and learned about complex sentences (structure 3-3). 

For your homework, please do the eight practice sentences at the bottom of structure 3-3 and bring them to class.

Good work everyone.  I'll see you tomorrow.

Welcome back from Midterm Week

Hi all,

I hope that you are doing well.  I am happy to see some new faces in our class.  Let's work together to finish up a great quarter. 

Today, we introduced Unit 4: Literature and studied the new vocabulary for this unit.  We went through the words; writing sentences for each.

Please remember to do your homework tonight.  You must pick 20 new vocabulary words, find synonyms for those words, and then write one sentence each.  Please bring the homework to class tomorrow morning.

Thank you for working hard today.  I'll see you tomorrow.

Midterm Week ⁿoⁿ

Greetings everyone,

This week is midterms.  I hope that everyone is studying very hard. 

Today, we studied other forms of simple sentences and learned about compound sentences.  Taking what you learned from today's lesson, I want you to write a paragraph about a topic of your choice.  This writing assignment is due on Sunday by midnight.

You can earn extra credit if you write a five paragraph essay, but you must use simple and compound sentences correctly to earn full points.

As for tomorrow, we will review the vocabulary from this quarter, and I will answer any questions you might have with the grammar. 

Thank you for trying your best, and I will see you tomorrow.

A Day Full of Reading

Hi everyone!

Great job today.  Everyone worked very hard.  We worked on the reading 3-1 "Stories about Natural Disasters," and answered the questions in groups. 

Tomorrow, there will be pizza for everyone during lunch, and we will work on a class project during the 1 o'clock hour.  As for the impromptu speeches, we will do them on Thursday before class discussions.

Thanks again, and I will see you tomorrow.

Today's Class

Greetings everyone!

I hope that you are enjoying the rest of the day.  Let me recap what we studied today:

• We introduced grammar 3-1: Past Simple and Past Continuous
• We reviewed regular and irregular verbs as well as the pronunciation of -ed in regular verbs
• Then we learned about the usage of past simple 

Tomorrow, we will review the grammar learned during the AM class period and doing the reading for this unit.

Keep up the good work everyone.  I'll see you tomorrow.

Reading and Writing

Greetings everyone!

I hope that you are having a wonderful day.  Let me recap on what we did during the 1 o'clock hour:

• Finished reading 2-1 and answered questions
• Learned about creating simple sentences, using correct punctuation, and avoiding fragment and run-on sentences
• Assigned two homework assignments - Editing a paragraph and "My Dream House" Writing

For your homework, please read and correct the paragraph I emailed you.  You must email me this corrected paragraph by midnight tomorrow.

Also, you will have to do writing 2-1 "My Dream house."  This paragraph is due by midnight Sunday.  You can earn extra credit if you writing a 5 paragraph essay (like last time).

Thank you very much.  If you have any questions, please email me.

Have a great one!

Today's Class :)

Hi everyone!

Let me recap our class for today:

• We did impromptu speeches
• Worked on Reading 2-1 "A Real Estate Agent's Blog

Everyone did a great job today on your speeches.  We will finish the reading questions at the start of class tomorrow and then learn about our next writing assignment.

Keep up the good work!

April Twenty Third, Two Thousand Twelve

Hello everyone!

I hope that your test went well today.  For today, we went over the vocabulary and tried to make some sentences with them.  Please do not forget to do your homework which can be found on Joshua's blog. 

Please enjoy the wonderful weather today because we never know how long it will last.  Also, get ready to do some talking tomorrow...wink..wink

Cheers!

Let's Write Today

Greetings everyone!

Another great class today.  Let me recap:

• Impromptu speeches
• Learned about writing topic, supporting, and concluding sentences (structure 1-1,1-2,1-3)
• Assigned writing 1-1 "what do you do everyday to be healthy?"

The writing is due on Sunday, April 22nd by midnight.  You must email it to me.  You have to write a paragraph using topic, supporting, and concluding sentences.  Also, if you write an essay, you will gain some extra credit.

Thank you very much, everyone!  I'll see you tomorrow.

Class - April 17th

Greeting everyone!

Let's recap on what we learned today:

• Finished correcting vocabulary exercise 1-1 (good job team A)
• Did reading 1-1 A Journal
• Worked on Reading 1-1 questions

Do not forget to do your homework!  Spelling City (found on Josh's blog) and finish reading questions 1-1.  Please give me your reading homework by 1pm tomorrow; either a paper copy or email.

Good job everyone!  Keep up the good work, and you should get ready to do some speaking tomorrow......hint hint.....

April 16th - Class

Greetings everyone!

I hope that everyone had a great test.  I bet all of you studied very hard!

Here is what we did today during our class:

• Made a new seating chart
• Reviewed this weeks vocabulary
• Learned about synonyms
• Worked on Unit 1 Vocabulary exercise

We ran out of time when correcting each teams anwsers, so please bring your answers to class tomorrow.  Remember, the team with the most right will win a prize!

Don't forget to do your homework.  Pick 5 vocabulary words and find synonyms for them.  Then use those synonyms in a sentence.

Good job everyone!  See you tomorrow~~~

Thursday, April 12th

Greetings everyone!

Thanks for another wonderful class!  Let's recap on what we did:

• Collected your reading homework (remember late is a zero)
• Had a discussion about what you would do if you had a million dollars
• Did a listening with the song "If I had a million dollars"
• Started writing exercise 10-1

Everyone's paragraphs are looking very good.  Please remember to email me your paragraph by Sunday at 12pm.  Again, a late paragraph is a zero!!!!!!!!!

Have a great weekend everyone.  Study hard, and I will see you on Monday.

Class on April 11th

Greetings everyone!

All of you did a great job on your vocabulary name poems!  I was very impressed.  I didn't know that we had a class full of poets.

Do not forget about your homework.  Please finish the questions from the reading in Unit 9 - A Traveler's Guide to Vancouver.  Do part 1 and part 2.  You need to either email your answers to me or hand them in by the start of class tomorrow.

Study hard everyone, and I will see you tomorrow.

Cheers!

April 10th, 2012

Greetings everyone!  I am glad to be back!

I really enjoyed your speeches today.  Remember: we will have short speeches once every week, so be ready to talk in front of the class (^_^)Y

Please remember to bring your Vocabulary Name Poems to class tomorrow.  We will finish them during the first 10 minutes and then read them out loud.

Also, do not forget to do your homework.  Please write 15 sentences in a conversation using at least 15 vocabulary words from unit 9 and 10.  We will review your homework in the morning.

Have a good night!

Class on April 4th

Greetings everyone!

I hope everyone had a great day.  Let me recap what we studied:

• Reviewed today's lessons on present perfect,
• Practiced using the grammar through making questions,
• And interviewed our fellow classmates.

We had some great questions today.  Good work, everyone!

Do not forget to do your homework which is 15 sentences with the unit 7 and unit 8 vocabulary using present perfect.  Please email your homework to Joshua.

I will not be in class tomorrow and Monday.  Bergen will be in for me.  I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow and a wonderful weekend.

Cheers!

Greetings Everyone!!!!

Hello everyone, and welcome to your new class.  Let's have a great quarter!

Remember to always try your best, and if you have any questions, please ask. (^_^)