Note: This site will change frequently. New assignments will be added after they are announced in class each week.
Summer 2008
Mon. 7/28 - Final Grades
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Hello ESL021 Summer 08 students! Congratulations on surviving the final exam. I have graded all the tests and final homework assignments. To learn what your final grade for the class is, please follow these instructions: 1. Click on your name in the list below. 2. You will go to another web page with a voice board. Type in the same email address and password that you have been using to do your computer speaking assignments for this class in the box under the words "Or enter your login information" (don't put anything in the box after the words Screen name) 3. Click the Submit button. 4. You will see the words, "Click here for your final grades from Diane Stonebrink". Click on that sentence 5. You will see another box appear below the top box with the sentence you just clicked on with your final points typed there. You will also see a play button appear to the right above the second box. Click on the black triangular play button to hear Diane's comments on your final exam and class grade. I have made these voice boards private, so no other students will be able to see or hear the comments about your final grades If another student clicks on your name, he or she will not be able to enter the voice board. Only you can see and hear your own grades by using your login name (email). If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to type or record a message for me, or you can email me at diane.stonebrink@estrellamountain.edu Enjoy the rest of your summer break! I hope
to see you in August when the Fall Semester begins! |
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Diana | Anita | Betsabe | Altina | Jose | Nana |
| Bach N. | Bach T. | Joo Ho | Myung | Jairo | Marichelo | |
| Gerardo | Nu | Marbella | Guadalupe | Jesus | Nency | |
Tues. 7/22
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In class, students will: 1. Review using couldn't, wasn't/weren't able to and other past time expressions to talk about abilities 2. Do Unit 11 - talking about health and giving advice using have to and must 3. Do the last listening assignment - A Healthy Lifestyle: http://www.esl-lab.com/health/healrd1.htm
For homework, students
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Thurs. 7/17
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In class, students will: 1. Review using simple past and past progressive to describe problems and accidents. 2. Do Unit 10 - talking about past and future abilities For homework, students need to: 1. Do Speaking Assignment 7 - Wimba (computer) Units 9-10 Accidents & Abilities (20 points) - http://maricopa.horizonwimba.com/maricopa/login 2. Please complete the 2-page written handout to practice material from Unit 10 3. Begin reviewing for the final exam! Start with Unit 1 in the textbook and keep going..... |
Tues. 7/15
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In class, students will: 1. Do Unit 9 on describing problems and accidents in the past For homework, students need to: 1. Do Speaking Assignment 6 - Tell a story about an accident, problem, or funny experience from your past on the computer voice board. Listen to another student's story and record a question about it. Try to speak for at least one minute minimum. Click here to Enter the Voice Board , or look below these instructions and type your name in the Screen Name box below OR type in your email address (the one you usually use to do the computer speaking assignments) for the username and diane for the password. Please follow the instructions on the handout Diane gave you in class Tuesday night. If you were absent from class and didn't get the handout, please click here to download the instructions. |
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Week 6
Thurs. 7/10
 
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In class, students will: 1. Complete Test 2 on Units 5-8 2. Practice using if and might to give advice/warnings 3. Start Unit 9 - using the past progressive and simple past verb tenses to talk about accidents and problems
For homework, students
need to: B. Please complete the 2-page written handout to practice material from Unit 9. C. Prepare 2-3 stories about bad days (problems, accidents) or funny or embarrassing events that you or family/friends have experienced in the past. You'll share at least one of these stories in class and you'll record another story for your classmates and teacher to listen to on the computer next week. |
Tues. 7/8 - Hope you had a restful Independence Day holiday and are ready to get back to learning English!
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In class, students will: 1. Review using comparative and superlative forms while discussing questions about roles of women and men. If you were absent and did not get the handout, click here. 2. Finish Unit 7 p. 67 3. Practice giving each other directions to places near EMCC. Click here to use mapquest.com to search for places to shop or eat near EMCC and give directions to them, or use maps.google.com (see map at right). 4. Practice using adverbs in Unit 8
For homework, students
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Week 5
Tues. 7/1
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In class, students will: 1. Discuss differences between the city they live in now and cities they lived in before moving to Arizona 2. Finish Unit 6 on speaking with superlative forms 3. Start Unit 7 on giving directions
For homework, students
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Thurs. 7/3
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NO CLASS! The college is closed for in honor of the 4th of July (Independence Day) holiday. See you in class next Tuesday, July 8. |
Week 4
Thurs. 6/26
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In class, students will: 1. Finish Unit 5 on speaking with comparative forms 2. Start Unit 6 on speaking with superlative forms 3. Look at shopping advertisements and compare prices at local supermarkets For homework, students need to: 1. Do Speaking Assignment 4 - Wimba (computer) Units 5-6 Comparisons (20 points) - http://maricopa.horizonwimba.com/maricopa/login 2. Complete the 2-page written handout to practice what you learned in Unit 6. |
Tues. 6/24
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In class, students will: 1. Review asking/answering questions about past and future actions. 2. Take Test 1 on Units 1-4 3. Start Unit 5 on speaking with comparative forms
For homework, students
need to: 2. Please complete the 4-page written handout to practice what you learned in Unit 5. |
Week 3
Thurs. 6/19
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In class, students will: 1. Continue Unit 4 2. Review asking/answering questions about past and future actions. 3. Discuss what will be on the test next Tuesday night (June 24).
For homework, students
need to:
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Tues. 6/17
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In class, students will: 1. Review asking/answering questions about past and future actions. 2. Practice the conversations from Unit 1 pages 6-7 and start Unit 4 3. Listen to stories about gift-giving: Anna's Valentine's Gift to her Husband - http://www.elllo.org/july/anna/agift.htm John's Valentine's Gift from his Wife - http://www.elllo.org/august/john/jfrog.htm For homework, students need to complete:  1. Written Homework 3
(10 points) - Complete the 4 pages
of handouts that Diane gave you in class Tuesday night to practice what
you learned in Unit 4 of the textbook.2. Speaking Assignment 3 - Wimba (computer) Unit 4 Will & Might (20 points) - http://maricopa.horizonwimba.com/maricopa/login |
Week 2
Thurs. 6/12
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In class, students will: 1. Review asking/answering questions about likes/dislikes. 2. Practice speaking with phrases from the handout "Idioms with Go" 3. Discuss pronunciation of past tense regular verbs. Click here for a handout on pronunciation rules. 4. Practice the conversations from Unit 1 pages 3-5 For homework, students need to complete:  1. Speaking Assignment 2 - Wimba (computer) Unit 1 Future & Past (20 points) - http://maricopa.horizonwimba.com/maricopa/login 2.
Listening Assignment 2 - Ebony's and Ann's Likes &
Dislikes (12 points) - Listen to two women talking about things
they like and don't like.
Click here to listen to the mp3 file of Ebony talking, and
click here to listen to the mp3
file of Ann. While you listen, write in the missing words
on the handout Diane gave you in class on Thursday night.
If you were absent and did
not get the assignment handout,
click here and
here to download the Word documents. 3.
Written Homework 2
(10 points) - Complete the 4 pages
of handouts that Diane gave you in class Thursday night to practice what
you learned in Unit 1 of the textbook. |
Tues. 6/10
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In class, students will: 1. Practice the conversations from Units 3 and 1 in the textbook. 2. Discuss the information on the handouts "Infinitive or Participle?" and "Idioms with Go" 2. Do Speaking Assignment 1 Units 2-3 Let's Make Something! - 20 pts:
Wimba Voice Tools Link: http://maricopa.horizonwimba.com/maricopa/login If you were absent the first day of class and did
not get the handout with instructions on how to use the
For homework, please: 2. If you did not finish Speaking Assignment 1 Units 2-3 Let's Make Something!, complete it at home on your computer or in the Information Commons at school. |
Week 1
Thurs. 6/5
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In class, students will practice the
conversations from Units 2 and 3 in the textbook. They will complete the
Computer Questionnaire.
They will do
Listening Assignment 1 Picnic Preparations & Favorite Foods - 12
pts:
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http://elllo.org/august/steve/spizza.htm 2. http://elllo.org/mar/marika/mbread.htm 3. http://www.esl-lab.com/picnic/picrd1.htm If you were absent and did not get the assignment handout, click here to download the Word document. For homework, students need to complete the Language Abilities Survey and the Technology Attitudes Survey. They also need to complete the handouts that review the vocabulary and grammar from Units 2 and 3 and give these to Diane on Tuesday, 6/10 (Written Homework 1 - Units 2 & 3 handouts pp. 14, 15, 18, 24 10 pts.) For extra listening practice about food, check out some links by clicking here. |
Tues. 6/3 We discussed information on the course syllabus, watched a short movie about how to get to Estrella Hall (where Diane's office, the Information Commons with computers for students to use, and the tutors in the Learning Enhancement and Writing Support Center are). Students got to know each other by completing a conversation questionnaire (click here). Students also learned how to use the computers on campus.
Listening Practice - Tell me about yourself - http://www.esl-lab.com/selfintro/selfintrord1.htm
Nice to Meet You - http://www.esl-lab.com/childintro/childintrord1.htm
Where are you from? - http://www.esl-lab.com/intro2/intro2.htm
Introductions - http://www.elllo.org/apu/Mixer/17-Introductions.html
Meet the Family - http://www.elllo.org/english/0601/613-Shuan-Family.html
Speaking Practice - Wimba Voice Tools Link: http://maricopa.horizonwimba.com/maricopa/login
If you were absent the first day of class and did
not get the handout with instructions on how to do
Wimba Oral Assessments:
click here to download the Word document.
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Your Instructor: Diane Stonebrink Office Location: Estrella Hall, 126E (in the Information Commons) Telephone: 623-935-8584 
Click here to watch a four-minute movie that shows how to walk from your classroom in Ocotillo Hall to Diane's office in Estrella Hall. |
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Course Textbook - Side by Side 2 by Steven Molinsky &
Bill Bliss Click here to download Course Syllabus Click here to watch an eight-minute movie about some of the Student Support Services at EMCC. Click below to watch a short movie that explains how to login to Blackboard: |
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Study for Test 1
on Units 1-4- If you were absent from
class on Thursday night and did not receive the study guide handout,
please