There is no class on Friday, October 9. You can meet with a tutor on Friday if you want!
​​​ Everyone who ordered a parking permit has one now. Put it in your car so it is visible every day. Pay $50 in the SCOM building before the end of the term.
​​ Homework due Monday, October 12
1. Complete the two papers from class today. You must use the audio link. Change the speed. Make it slower. Listen again!
Click this link:
Step-by-Step Selection:
Select: Level 2
Select: Workbook
Select: Unit – Welcome Unit
Select the track number
​Check your work with eagle eyes.
You will put this in the blue box on Monday.
2.Ìý Send Davida an email with the name of your famous person you want to talk about.Ìý You can also send Davida new sentences or questions about your famous person if you want to make any changes.Ìý Here is what I have right now.Ìý Click this link:ÌýÌý.Ìý Students will start presenting their famous people to the class next week.
Classwork ​​
​ We practiced in the computer lab with Prado (from the office in Scott 106).Ìý ÌýShe helped students log in to MyÄ¢¹½´«Ã½.Ìý If you came to class today, you have a yellow card with your first name, last name, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ email address, Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ username, and Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ email password.ÌýÌý
Ìý
Keep this yellow card.Ìý It’s very important!Ìý
​ Prado will come back next week to help students use Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ email on their phones.Ìý It’s more complicated!ÌýÌýÌýIf you have a computer at home, you can practice using your Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ email.Ìý If you have problems, please stop and wait until next week.ÌýÌý
Translate and study these words for the computer lab:
shift
caps lock
keyboard
at (@)
dot (.)
username
password
​ We practiced grammar in class.Ìý We reviewed subject pronouns, contractions, and possessive adjectives.Ìý Do you understand? There is good grammar information in your textbook in the Welcome Unit and at the end of the book in the Appendix.
​Latifa gave us a great sentence with the possessive adjective:
The tree is losing its leaves.
​ There is no quiz this week because there is no class on Friday. We will have another quiz on Friday, October 16. Soon we will be ready for our first test!
Reminders ​​
​​ If you come late to class, come in quietly.
​ If you need to leave class early, leave quietly.
​ If you need a paper from Davida because you were late or because you have to leave early, do not interrupt (=stop) the class. Talk to Davida before or after class or during the break.
​ If you are absent (= not in class), you must contact Davida to tell her. Please keep in touch! You can text, call, email, or use WhatsApp.
​​​ Buy the textbook (student book, not workbook) English in Action 2 and bring it to every class.Ìý You can buy it in the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ bookstore.Ìý It costs $42.
​​​ Everyone has a free class this term.Ìý If you want a free class in winter term, you must attend 75% of the classes this term.Ìý This means you can be absent 7 times or miss 21 hours of class, including being late or leaving early.Ìý If you are absent more than 7 times or miss more than 21 hours, can you still take a class winter term, but it will not be free.
Optional (= Your Choice) ​​
​​​​Meet with a tutor in the library Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm.Ìý You can practice reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary.Ìý It’s your choice!Ìý Bring your Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ ID.​
ÌýIf you have a computer at home, you can practice using your Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ email.Ìý If you have problems, please stop and wait until next week.ÌýÌý
If you come late to class, come in quietly.
If you are absent (= not in class), you must contact Davida to tell her. Please keep in touch! You can text, call, email, or use WhatsApp.