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Spring 2011 Monday & Wednesday 10:00-11:20AM
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for Textbook Video Explanations & Extra Practice
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1. Test 3 is on Wednesday, 4/20 Study Chapter 4 in the textbook. Click here for the study guide.
2. Optional - Watch videos for Chapter 4 at http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/stonebrink/1grammar.htm |
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In class on Monday, April 4 & Wednesday, April 6, students will:
Continue Chapter 4 - the Present Progressive
Verb Tense negative & question forms
For homework due Wed. 4/6 Page 102 Chart 4-4 Present Progressive Questions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzDEcqqbmrE
For homework due Mon. 4/11 |
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In class on Wednesday, March 30, students will:
1. Begin Chapter 4 - the Present Progressive
Verb Tense
For homework due Mon. 4/4
3. Optional: Watch these videos:
Page 97 Chart 4-2 Spelling of - ING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjvvt0Ufmto |
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1. Test 2 is on
Monday, 3/28! Study chapters 2 and 3 in the textbook.
Click here for the study guide.
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Optional - Watch videos for Chapter 3:
In class on Wednesday 3/24: 2. Practice using do/does to make questions |
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Welcome back from Spring Break! In class on Monday, March 21, students will:
1. Review using don't/doesn't + main verb for simple present negative
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For homework due Wed. 3/23: 1. In the workbook, do Practice 23-31 on pages 36-42 |
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In class Monday, 3/7, students will continue Chapter 3. They will: 1. Practice frequency adverbs and discuss spelling rules. |
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For homework due Wed. 3/9:
1. In the workbook,
do Practice 10-15 on pages 28-32.
Page 59 Chart 3-4 Using
Frequency Adverbs with Be -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-19CWBLC0s |
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In class Wednesday, 3/2, students will start Chapter 3. They will:
1. Discuss the affirmative simple present tense. |
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For homework due Mon. 3/7:
1. In the workbook,
do Practice 1-9 on pages 24-28. Page 56 Chart 3-2 Using Frequency Adverbs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS8BPvp_dkU Page 58 Chart 3-3 Other Frequency Expressions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDZ6nCsSjnQ |
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In class Monday, 2/28, students will finish Chapter 2. They will: 1. Practice demonstratives (this, that, these, those) 2. Discuss questions with who and what. |
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For homework due Wed. 3/2:
1. In the workbook,
do Practice 16-23 on pages 19-23. |
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In class Wednesday, 2/23, students will continue Chapter 2. They will:
1. Practice possessive adjectives |
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For homework due Mon. 2/28:
1. In the workbook,
do Practice 13-15 on pages 17-19 . Page 38 Chart 2-6 Using This and That - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaoOxWNDK1g Page 40 Chart 2-7 Using These and Those - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mVBZOS3eZ8 |
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In class Wednesday, 2/23, students will continue Chapter 2. They will: 1. Practice questions with the verb Be on pages 26-7
2. Discuss the verb Have page 30. |
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No class Monday, 2/21 - College closed for President's Day
For homework due Wed. 2/23: 1. In the textbook, finish Exercise 9 on pages 30-31. 2. In the workbook, do Practice 9-12 on pages 16-17. |
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In class Monday, 2/14, students will start Chapter 2. They will: 1. Discuss yes/no questions and short answers with the verb Be pages 24-26 2. Discuss information questions with "where" and the the verb Be pages 28-29. |
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For homework due Wed. 2/16: 1. In the workbook, do Practice 1-8 on pages 12-15.
2. Optional - Watch videos for Chapter 2: Page 28 Chart 2-3 Questions with Be: Using Where - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7hQ8ZvlWto |
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In class Wednesday, 2/9, students will have a TEST on Chapter 1. There is no homework due Monday, 2/14. We will start Chapter 2 in class on Monday. |
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In class Monday, 2/7, students will continue Chapter 1. They will: 1. Check the homework (Ex. 18 & 20) in the textbook. 2. Practice Be + adjective 3. Discuss Be + location |
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For homework due Wed. 2/9: 1. In the workbook, do Practice 19-25 on pages 8-11.
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In class on Wednesday, 2/2, we will: 2. Discuss adjectives with Be |
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For homework due Mon. 2/7:
1. In the textbook, do Exercises18 on
page 13 and Exercise 20 on page 14. |
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In class on Monday, 1/31, we will: 1. Continue Chapter 1 - the verb Be with pronouns, contractions, negatives
For homework due Wednesday 2/1, students will: |
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In class on Wednesday, 1/26, we will: 1. Discuss what nouns, pronouns, and verbs are & discuss information on the 3 uses of the verb Be 2. Work in Chapter 1 - the Verb Be
For homework due Monday 1/31, students will: |
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In class on Monday, 1/24, we will:
1. Discuss information on the
course syllabus. 3. Discuss what nouns, pronouns, and verbs are & discuss information on the 3 uses of the verb Be For homework due Wednesday 1/26, students will:
1. Buy the textbook and
workbook "Basic English Grammar" |
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Course Textbook - Basic English Grammar, Third
Edition, by Betty S. Azar & Stacy A. Hagen Click here to download Course Syllabus for the Monday & Wednesday 10:00-11:20AM class Click here to set up your username and password to use the EMCC campus computers, and Click here for more information about the college computers Click here to watch an eight-minute movie about some of the Student Support Services at EMCC. |
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