Note: This site will change frequently. New assignments will be added after they are announced in class each week.
Spring 2009
Final Exam Week: May 11 - 14
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Click Here for the final exam study guide!
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Week 16: May 4 - 7
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On Wednesday, 5/6 and Thursday 5/7, we'll review the conditional in class.
For homework, students will take one more quiz that reviews all 4 types of conditionals: http://www.quia.com/quiz/1818004.html For the evening students who have been wondering what comes after level IV ESL, Click here for a Powerpoint version of a flowchart for the English language courses available at EMCC. After you click on the link, click on open, and then click the F5 key at the top of your keyboard to see the page. If your computer will not open a Powerpoint slide, click here for the same chart in a webpage version (to see a better image of the webpage, click the F11 key at the top of your keyboard. This will make the web browser area larger. In class Monday 5/4 & Tuesday 5/5:
Homework for Wednesday 5/6 &
Thursday 5/7: |
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Part 2 Video (8 minutes) |
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Practice Exercise 1 Graded Quiz - 3rd Conditional (Past Unreal) - 10 points Make sure you've done the other earlier quizzes too: Graded Quiz on the Second Conditional (10 points) Graded Quiz on the First Conditional (10 points) Graded Quiz on the Zero Conditional (10 points)
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Week 15: April 27 - April 30
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In class
on Wednesday 4/29 and Thursday 4/230, students will discuss the 2nd
conditional. |
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The conditional then and now - the English Language (and entertainment business) is changing!
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If I Had a Million Dollars - song example of the 2nd Conditional
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What about you? Watch the video and take a quiz: http://www.eslvideo.com/view_quiz.php?id=673 | ||||
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9-minute Video on the Second Conditional (or
click on the triangular button below to watch the video on the
second conditional) Graded Quiz on the Second Conditional (10 points) |
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In class on Monday 4/27 and Tuesday 4/28, students will discuss using zero and 1st conditionals |
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9-minute Video on the Zero Conditional (if that link doesn't
open, try this one.
If that doesn't open, try clicking the play button in the embedded
video below. |
Homework for Wednesday 4/8 & Thursday 4/29 do the exercises and graded quiz below:
Graded Quiz on the Zero Conditional (10 points)
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7-minute Video on the First Conditional (or click on the triangular button on the right to watch the video on the first conditional)
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MORE Homework for Wednesday 4/29 & Thursday 4/30 Do the exercises and graded quiz below also:
Graded Quiz on the First Conditional (10 points)
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If you want more information or practice, please click here for a webpage with many links on the conditional. |
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Week 14: April 20 - April 23
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In class on Monday 4/20 and Tuesday 4/21, students will: 1.
Discuss using "whose" and "if" in noun clauses. 3. Practice noun clauses with if/whether with a partner. Click here for the powerpoint.
Homework
for Wednesday 4/22 & Thursday 4/23: Click here to download the Study Guide if you were absent from class Monday/Tuesday and didn't get it.
Click here to download a
summary of noun clause (embedded questions) formation if you were absent
and didn't get it in class. B. Good for review: 1. Computer self-check quiz on noun clauses (indirect
questions):
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/indirectques.html 2. Computer
type-in-the-sentence quiz on noun clauses (embedded questions):
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/Interactive/embdques1.html
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Type-in-the-sentence quiz on noun clauses beginning with if or whether:
http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/eesllessons/nounclauses/nclsifwhetherfib.htm 4. Examples & Video to
review adjective clauses:
http://learnamericanenglishonline.com/Orange%20Level/O8%20Adjective%20Clauses.html |
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Week 13: April 13 - April 16
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In class on Monday 4/13 and Tuesday 4/14, students will: 1. Discuss prepositions and using "whose" in adjective clauses. 2. Click here for a Powerpoint to do in class with a partner to help you with Ex. 20 on page 360.
Homework
for Wednesday 4/15 & Thursday 4/16: 2.
In the textbook,
do Exercise 16 page 356 and Ex. 21 pages 360-362.
c. A practice quiz on adjective clauses -
http://www.quia.com/quiz/737020.html In class on Wednesday 4/15 and Thursday 4/16, students will:
Homework
to be finished by Monday 4/20 & Tuesday,
4/21 B. Watch a video about embedded questions (noun clauses starting with wh-words): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGnU7DBwQ4Q
C. Computer exercises: |
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Week 12: April 6 - April 9
 Wish
Diane good luck on her conference presentation that is on Tuesday.
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In class on Monday 4/6 and Tuesday 4/7, students will: 1. Start Chapter 12 on Adjective Clauses
Homework
for Wednesday 4/8 & Thursday 4/9:
In class on Wednesday 4/8 and Thursday 4/9, students will: 1. Continue in Chapter 12 2. If we have time - Click here to do an exercise that is from a different Azar textbook with a partner on the computers in class. Homework for Monday 4/13 & Tuesday 4/14: A. Textbook Exercises:
Ex. 11 p. 351 3. A practice quiz on adjective clauses - http://www.quia.com/quiz/737020.html |
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Week 11: March 30 - April 2
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Remember, the test for Chapter 11 is on Wednesday evening, 4/1, for the evening students and on Thursday, 4/2, for the day students. Both groups, please study pages 312-335 and the last part on using "the" with names on page 338 in the textbook to prepare.
In class on Monday 3/30 and Tuesday 3/31, students will: 1. Discuss the homework exercises assigned last week for Chapter 11 - indefinite article a/an or no article vs. definite article the 2. Learn about article usage with geographical features (textbook page 338) 3.
Practice using articles to describe geographical features around the
Phoenix/Avondale/Goodyear metropolitan areas and near students' hometowns by
using google.maps.com:
Homework
for Wednesday 3/30 & Thursday 3/31: Go back
through the exercises we did in the textbook and make sure you did th
computer quiz: |
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Week 10: March 23-26
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Welcome Back from Spring Break!
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In class on Monday 3/30 and Thursday 3/31, students will: Continue Chapter 11 - indefinite article a/an or no article vs. definite article the
Homework
to be finished by Monday 3/30 & Tuesday 3/31: a. Choosing between the or nothing - http://www.better-english.com/grammar/the3.htm b. Indefinite and Definite Articles Practice - http://www.quia.com/quiz/980696.html c. Famous
People -
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/fampeople.html Nouns that are
countable & uncountable prt. 11-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vItvFbUJg1k
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In class on
Monday 3/23 for evening students and Tuesday 3/24 for day
students, we will: 1. Continue Chapter 11 |
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Day Students: homework due Thurs. March 26: 1. In the textbook, do Exercise 12 p. 319 & Ex. 14 pp. 320-321 |
Evening Students: homework due Wed. March 25: 1. In the textbook, do Ex. 14 pp. 320-321, Ex. 15 pp. 322-3, and carefully read pages 326-9. |
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Week 8: March 9-12
An
elephant is the symbol of
the Republican Party.  A donkey is the symbol for Democrats. |
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In class on
Wednesday 3/11 for evening students and Thursday 3/12 for day
students, we will:
1. In the textbook, do Exercise 6 page 315 & Ex. 9 page 317 (evening students do Ex. 12 page 319 too) 2. On the computer, do: A timed quiz to choose between a, an, or nothing (see if you can beat me - I got 18 points) - http://www.manythings.org/qs/a_an.html 3. Watch a few more videos: In class on
Monday 3/9 for evening students and Tuesday 3/10 for day
students, we will: |
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Week 7: March 2-5
Quick
reminder: Test 2 on the Passive Voice has been moved from Monday/Tuesday
to Wednesday/Thursday this week. We'll check the last few Chapter 10
exercises and review question forms and the passive with get in class on Monday
night and Tuesday morning. Here's the page with all the links you will
need to review for the passive test this week:
http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/stonebrink/ESL040/Chapter10PassiveLinks.htm
Click here for free download of Powerpoint viewer
Week 6: February 23-26
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In class on Thursday 2/26,
day students will
discuss: 1. Exercises 14 & 15 on pages 290-1. 2. Participial Adjectives and do Exercise 21 on pages 297-8. 3. The use of Get + Adjectives & Past Participles on pages 300-2
For
homework due
Tuesday 3/3, evening students will: In class on Tuesday 2/24, evening students will: For
homework due Thursday 2/26, day students will: Questions in the passive voice quiz at http://www.quia.com/quiz/1495433.html
Modals in the passive voice
quiz at
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1495494.html 3. Other computer exercises can be tried
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In class on Wednesday 2/25, evening students will
discuss: 1. Exercises 14 & 15 on pages 290-1. 2. Participial Adjectives and do Exercise 21 on pages 297-8. 3. The use of Get + Adjectives & Past Participles on pages 300-2 For homework due Monday 3/2, evening students will: 1. Do Exercises 22-23 on pages 299-300. 2. Do Exercise 24 pages 302-3 3. Do 2 Graded Quizzes (10 points each): Questions in the passive voice quiz at http://www.quia.com/quiz/1495433.html
Modals in the passive voice
quiz at
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1495494.html
2. Watch a video: Modals in the Passive Voice 3. Do a practice computer exercise- Snakes can be found in... and Shoreline College (practices active & passive voice modals)
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Week 5: February 16-19
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In class on Tuesday 2/17 and Wednesday 2/18, students will:
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For homework due Thursday 2/19, day students will: 1. Complete the Passive 1 Homework Handout - Worth 10 points towards your final grade! If you were absent from class on Tuesday and didn't get the handouts, please click here to download it. 2. Watch some more videos: Present
Continuous in the Passive -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OokwlcMvaCc
3. Do some computer exercises-click
on the title of the exercise below to go to it:
Active or Passive
Voice?
For homework due Tuesday, 2/24, day students will: 1. Complete the Passive 2 and 3 Homework Handouts - Each worth 10 points towards your final grade! If you were absent from class on Thursday and didn't get the handouts, please click here, and here, to download them. 2. Watch a video: Modals in the Passive Voice 3. Do a computer exercise- Snakes can be found in... and Shoreline College (practices active & passive voice modals) 4. Optional Workbook: Practice 16-19 pages 201-203
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For homework due Monday 2/23, evening students will:
1. Complete the Passive 1, 2, & 3 Homework Handouts -
2. Watch some more videos: Present
Continuous in the Passive -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OokwlcMvaCc
3. Do some computer exercises-
Active or Passive
Voice?
4. Optional Workbook: Practice 16-19 pages 201-203 |
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 ESL040 Day students - see you on Tuesday, 2/17, as usual. |
Attention ESL040 evening students! Remember that there is no class on Monday, February 16. The college is closed in celebration of the President's Day holiday. See you on Wednesday, Feb. 18, as usual. | ||
Week 4: February 9-12
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In class on
Monday 2/9 for evening students and Tuesday 2/10 for day
students, we will: 1. The future in the passive voice is going to be practiced. The predictions that were written for homework will be shared. 2. The textbook exercises that were done for homework (exercises 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 on pages 279-80) will be discussed. |
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For homework for
Wednesday 2/11
- Thursday 2/12: 1. Take a quiz on the future passive "am/is/are going to be + past participle": http://www.quia.com/quiz/1477314.html 2. Prepare for your 1st test by studying Charts 10-1, 10-2, and 10-3 and Exercises 1-6 in the textbook (plus the handouts and computer quizzes). If you were absent from class on Wednesday or Thursday and didn't get the study guide, please click here to download it. 3.. Watch a series of 3 videos (each is about 10 minutes long) that were put on youtube.com by an ESL teacher named Jennifer. They are very helpful for understanding the passive voice! Here are the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xTreaklNr8 |
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Week 3: February 2-5
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In class on
Wednesday 2/4 for evening students and Thursday 2/5 for day
students, we will: 1. Focus on the present perfect in the passive voice by discussing & writing about differences between two pictures of a hotel room (Oh, No! I've Been Robbed!) 2. Discuss the 2 different future forms in the active & passive voice 3. Do Exercise 1 on p. 277 in the textbook |
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For homework due Monday 2/9 - Tuesday 2/10: 1. Write present perfect tense passive voice sentences about changes that have been made in your communities on the handout Has the Air Conditioning Been Fixed Yet? If you were absent from class and didn't get the handouts, please click on the link to download and print it out. 2. Study the examples and watch a short video on the future passive "will be + past participle" at http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G5%20Future%20Passive.html
3. Write 10 predictions in the passive voice (sentences using will be and am/is/are going to be + past participle) about future discoveries or changes that you think will be made. Write your predictions on a separate piece of lined notebook paper to give to Diane. Write 5 sentence using will be + past participle (e.g., Personal flying machines will be invented to replace cars.) and 5 sentences using am/is/are/going to be + past participle (e.g., A cure for cancer is going to be discovered by the year 2020.) 4. Do Exercises 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 on pages 279-80 in the textbook. |
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In class on
Monday 2/2 for evening students and Tuesday 2/3 for day
students, we will: 1. Review the Quia quizzes on transitive & intransitive and direct & indirect objects. 2. Review the simple present and simple past passive voice. Click here and here for handouts. |
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For homework due
Wednesday 2/4
- Thursday 2/5: 1. Learn about the affirmative forms of the present perfect tense in the passive voice by reading information and study the negative and question forms by watching a 3-minute video at: http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G12%20Present%20Perfect%20Passive.html
http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/stonebrink/Flashmcquiz2/space/spacepresperfpasstut.html
3. Look at the examples of present perfect tense passive voice sentences about changes that have been made in our community on the handout Has the Air Conditioning Been Fixed Yet? If you were absent from class and didn't get the handouts, please click on the link to download and print it out.
4. Optional Workbook Practice: Practice 5 - 11 on pages 195-199 |
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Week 2: January 26-29
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In class on
Wednesday 1/28 for evening students and Thursday 1/29 for day
students, we will: 1. Continue discussing information on page 276 of the textbook. 2. Focus on practicing the simple present and simple past passive voice. If you were absent and didn't get the handouts to practice the simple present and past passive, click here and here. |
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For homework due
Monday 2/1
- Tuesday 2/2 students will: 1. Review the affirmative forms of the simple present tense in the passive voice by reading information and study the negative and question forms by watching a 3-minute video at: http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G3%20Present%20Passive.html
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Study the information and take the quiz on the affirmative,
negative, & question forms of the simple present tense in the passive
voice at
http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/stonebrink/Flashmcquiz2/beer/beersimprespasstut.html 3. Review the forms of the simple past tense in the passive
voice by reading information and watching a short video at:
http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G4%20Past%20Passive.html
4. Study the information and take the quiz on
the affirmative, negative, & question forms of the simple past
tense in the passive voice at
http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/stonebrink/Flashmcquiz2/grandma/grandmathiefpastpasstut.html 5. Optional Workbook Practice: Practice 1 page 193; Practice 2 pp. 193-4, Practice 4 pp. 194-5 |
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In class on Monday
1/26 for evening students and Tuesday 1/27 for day
students, we will: 1. Write sentences in various verb tenses and label them for s-v-o and other information. 2. Discuss information on pages 276 of the textbook. |
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For homework due
Thursday 1/29,
day students will: 1. Study the information on the 3-page handout showing different verb tenses in the active & passive voice in the affirmative, negative, & interrogative forms and the 1-page handout Easy as 1-2-3-4 Forming the Passive. Click on the blue links to download the handouts if you were absent from class and did not get them. 2. Write 8-10 active voice sentences that explain what people grow, manufacture, produce, export, and/or build in states/countries you are familiar with. For example: Farmers grow raspberries in Oregon. Manufacturers make raspberry jam in Oregon. Oregon companies export raspberry jam to other states. Farmers grow macadamia nuts in Hawaii. Miners mine copper in Arizona. Beer makers produce many kinds of beer in Germany. etc. You'll use these sentences in class on Thursday.
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For homework due
Wednesday 1/28,
evening students will:
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Study
example sentences of verb tenses at the bottom of
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html and
then do
as many of the Verb Tense Exercises 1-28 as you need to feel
comfortable with these tenses. 2. Study the information on the 3-page handout showing different verb tenses in the active & passive voice in the affirmative, negative, & interrogative forms and the 1-page handout Easy as 1-2-3-4 Forming the Passive. Click on the blue links to download the handouts if you were absent from class and did not get them. 3. Have some fun trying two verb tense review games. Click here for a tic-tac-toe game and click here for a quiz show game.
*Attention Evening Students!
Remember the question about whether
"spend" is a transitive or intransitive verb? It's both - it depends
on its meaning in the sentence. According to
www.yourdictionary.com: Because the sentence "I spent the night at my grandma's house" has a meaning similar to "4. pass a period of time", then my interpretation was wrong and "spend" was actually being used transitively in that sentence! |
Week 1: January 20-22
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In class on Thursday
1/22, day students will: 3. Study example sentences of verb tenses at the bottom of http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html and then do as many of the Verb Tense Exercises 1-28 as you need to feel comfortable with these tenses. 4.
Have some fun trying the verb tense review games at:
In class on Tuesday, day students will: For homework due Thursday 1/22, day students will: 1. Buy the textbook "Fundamentals of English Grammar" 2. Watch a 10-minute video of a teacher explaining what direct &indirect objects and object complements are at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaCrM_QUrF4 |
In class on Wednesday 1/21, evening students will: 1. Discuss information on the course syllabus. 2. Review key grammar terminology by brainstorming definitions and examples for: noun, common
noun, proper noun, subject, 4.
Discuss transitive & intransitive verbs and direct & indirect objects:
Click here
for the web-based explanation with exercises. For homework due Monday 1/26, evening students will: 1. Buy the textbook "Fundamentals of English Grammar" 2. Watch
a 10-minute video of a teacher explaining what direct &indirect objects
and object complements are at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaCrM_QUrF4
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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 - Fundamentals of English Grammar, Third
Edition, by Betty S. Azar Click here to download Course Syllabus for the Tuesday-Thursday 1:00-2:15PM Day class Click here to download Course Syllabus for the Monday-Wednesday 5:45-7:00PM Evening class 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: |
Good site for grammar review - Learn American English Online - http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/index.html
Have you been having
fun reviewing for the final exam?
