Week 1 - January 24 - 28
- Monday - Introductions, Syllabus, Parking information
- Tuesday- Getting to know each other Six questions for three students. Interviews and Introductions.
- If you weren't in class today and didn't fill out the student questionnaire, please print it out and bring it to class. If you can't print it, ask the teacher for the questionnaire next time you're in class.
- HOMEWORK - Contact the teacher either by email or voicemail. My contact information is on the syllabus. You'll always get a machine when you call, so you may call any time of the day or night, and of course you may write at any time also. If you haven't done this yet, please do it now, since you're already at a computer!
- Wednesday - Cooperative Crossword Puzzle 4
Information about Class Presentation #1 - "Something I Own"- HOMEWORK - Think about your presentation. Tell me by Friday what you'll be talking about. And if you didn't call or email me yet (the first homework), please do it now.
- Thursday - Begin All-Star 4, Unit 5, page 76 & 77 - "Everything must go."
- HOMEWORK - All-Star workbook, page 82.
- Friday - Continue All-Star
- HOMEWORK - Prepare your presentation.
Week 2 January 28 - February 4
- Monday - Begin class presentations - "Something I Own"
- Presentations will continue through the week until everyone has had a chance to talk. We will do other class activities also.
- Tuesday - Continue presentations
- Wednesday- MATC IS CLOSED BECAUSE OF SNOW (15")
- Thursday - Continue presentations, play word-finder game.
- Friday - All-Star pages 78 & 79- Tips for Consumers.
- HOMEWORK - Workbook page 84 exercise A.
Week 3 February 7-11
- Monday - Finish presentations. Workbook page 84 - 85.
- HOMEWORK - finish workbook exercise B p. 85
- Tuesday - Reviewed All-Star pages 78-79.
- Wednesday - Workbook page 85 exercise C.
- Thursday - All-Star page 80-81, Listening to CD and discussion
- HOMEWORK - Workbook pp. 86 and 87.
- Friday -The Main Parts of Speech handout.
- HOMEWORK - Workbook, pp. 88 and 89. Read p. 89 before doing p.88 ex. B
Week 4 - February 14-18
- Monday - pp. 80-81 "Do you have your receipt?"
- Tuesday - Weight and liquid measures.
- Handout for Presentation #2 - Presenting a Recipe
- Handout: Recipe Words
- HOMEWORK (for next Monday) - Email your recipe to the teacher.
- Wednesday - Continue with recipe words
- Thursday and Friday - No ESL classes
- Handout for Presentation #2 - Presenting a Recipe
Week 5 - February 21-25
- Monday-Wednesday All-Star pp. 84-85 and Workbook pp. 90-91 - Tag Questions
- Thursday-Friday - Recipe Presentations . Here's our class recipe book.
Week 6 - February 28 - March 4
- Monday - Tuesday Continue with recipe presentations.
- Wednesday - Tag question/short answer review. All-Star p.88, 89 - Listening and Vocabulary Review
- HOMEWORK - Workbook Practice Test, p. 96-97.
- Thursday - Go over homework, All-Star p. 89 - crossword puzzle, review.
- Friday - What do you think? What languages are spoken in the USA? (See www.MLA.org/map_data to find out what languages people are speaking in your neighborhood.)
Week 7 - March 7-11
- Monday - Begin All-Star Unit 6, Rules and Laws - p. 94 and 95.
- HOMEWORK - Book page 94. Read "My Journal" and do exercises 2 and 3.
- Tuesday - More discussion of courtroom/jury duty vocabulary
- HOMEWORK - Workbook pp. 102-103, ex. A, B, and C
- Wednesday - Book p. 96-97 - Felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions
- Thursday - continue All-Star
- Friday - Twelve Angry Men vocabulary/introduction. Handout includes vocabulary and questions.
Week 8 - March 14-18
- Monday - Tuesday - continue Twelve Angry Men vocabulary
- Wednesday - Friday Twelve Angry Men - watch and discuss
- If you want to watch this again at home, you can get it FREE at your local library
- Homework (each day) - Complete questions on handout after each section.
- If you want to watch this again at home, you can get it FREE at your local library
Week 9 - March 20-25
- Monday - Begin adjective clauses, page 102
- HOMEWORK - workbook page 110 exercise A
- Tuesday - page 103
- HOMEWORK - workbook page 111 exercise C
- Wednesday - Workbook pp. 110-111
- Thursday - full/fool pronunciation exercise
- Friday - Association Dominoes game
Week 10 - March 28 - April 1
- Monday - Finish Unit 6, end-of-unit test.
- Tuesday - Begin Unit 7 - Career Paths Big Picture p. 112-113
- Wednesday -Job Descriptions p. 114-115
- Thursday - Workbook pp. 122-123
- HOMEWORK- workbook p. 124
- Friday - Job Applications, pp. 116-117
Week 11 - April 4 - 8
- Monday - group conversations - find something you have in common with other students.
- HOMEWORK - workbook, page 126-127, ex. A and C
- Tuesday - Performance Evaluations, pp 118-119
- Wednesday - Performance Evaluations, workbook
- Thursday - Class Presentations - talk about your job - past, present, or future
- Friday - Class discussion. Last day to pay for Museum trip/Mummy Exhibit
Week 12 - April 11-15
- Monday - Wednesday - Past Perfect, All-Star pp. 120-121. Handout: Irregular Verb Chart.
- HOMEWORK - workbook pp. 130-131
- Thursday - Visit by Assistant District Attorneys Ben Wesson and Chris Ladwig. Level 6 b&c classes meet in C334.
- Friday - First day of SPRING BREAK - no classes
Week 13 - April 18-22
- SPRING BREAK - no classes
Week 14 - April 25 - 29
- Monday - Class trip to Public Museum to see the Mummy Exhibit. Meet in Maureen's room (C334) at 8:50.
- Tuesday-Thursday - finish chapter 7, through Learning Log.
- Friday - When to use do/make/take/have: information and exercises
Week 15 - May 2-6
- Monday - Historical Walking Tour of downtown Milwaukee, 9:00 - 11:00. Tour guides: Maureen and Dena.
- Tuesday - Wednesday Begin Chapter 8 - Money Matters, pp. 130-131, Workbook pp. 142-143
- Thursday - Friday - All About Money, pp. 132-133, workbook pp. 144-145
Friday is the last day to register for summer with your teacher! Cost: is $11.00.
The next time to register is Friday, May 20 in C344.
Week 16 - May 9-13
- Monday - Picture Differences 4 A & B
- Tuesday - Wednesday Credit Card Fraud, pp. 136-137, workbook p. 148
- Thursday - Friday - Using verbs with gerunds and infinitives
- Verbs followed by gerunds
Verbs followed by infinitives
gerund vs. infinitive exercises - Verbs followed by gerunds
Week 17 - May 16- 18
- Monday - continue with verb practice
- Tuesday - P. 143, crossworkd puzzle and learning log
- Fill out Student Course Evaluations.
- Wednesday - Last day of class, certificate awards, and party with Level 6 classes, room C387.