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12/07/09 ( Nguyen Hoang) HW: Working on your presentations for final exam! have good research and a good presentation!

12/04/09 **__Feifeng Chen__** ( Sorry about that, I posted homework late ) Today we do P155-163 exercises.

1. Study Chapter 3 and 5 for final exam. 2. Begin preparing for your final exam speaking project ( slavery song presentation ). 3. Write 5 things about the Underground Railroad from the link in Class Topics.

Link of Braham's Slave Songs, we have to sign in and we have to pay for it.

12/02/09 (NAJIA IBRAHIMI ) Today we listen everyone voicethread which is about abolitionist and we write the note and discuss its information in the class. Homework page 160,161 (spirituals) (A,B,C,D) page 162,163 listen Quest cd (A,B,C)

11/30/09 1.Today we shared about the daily living conditions of the slaves. 2.listened P153-154 A. B C and answered it. H.W 1.Research your abolitionist- tell a little about their lives and what they did to help end slavery. 2.Make this into a voicethread use a picture of your abolitionist.
 * 11/25/2009 By Fanyi**

Today we watched a video during class about slaves. We talking about A Former Slave's Memories by Mr. Franklin Hughes, and we did the chapter. We began chapter 5, read the text on P.147 and did exercises on P.149 D and P151 A.

H.W.: 1. Read about the daily living conditions of the slaves in the link "Daily Living Condtions of Slaves" in the class wiki, write 5 things about how slaves lived. 2. VOC. P152 B 3. Listening - Quest CD's-wiki P153--154 A,B,C

11/23/09 (Dongmei)
 * Today we** **continued practice presentations.**

2. make sure you finish p150 E
11/18/09 Jia Today we** **continued practice presentations.**
 * HW

11/14/09
So....many of you have not responded to the Slavery voicethread. Please finish that!! Here's another interesting account of a former (previous, not now) slave's life in his own words. 1. Open and print the word document with questions about the article first. Read the questions, so you know what information you are looking for as you read the article. 2. Read the article and listen to Mr. Hughes' story and answer the questions. Bring your answers to class next Wedenesday. [|Mr. Franklin Hughes]

See you soon!

11/12/09
Hi everyone! I noticed that most of you are not finished with the work from Monday, so please keep working on them. You should complete everything by Sunday November 15. No new assignments to give you time to finish the others.

Vicki

11/09/09
Good morning ESL 182 LS students!! Today you will begin a new chapter, Chapter 5 "The Days of Slavery". This will give you some interesting information about slavery in America, a sad part of American history. 1. Look at the pictures on p. 146. Think about the questions on p. 146 A. 2. Read African Americans and Slavery p. 147-149 3. Fill in the timeline on p. 149 4. Complete E. Vocabulary p. 150 5. Answer the questions I ask you in [|voicethread.] 6. Go to the Slave Memories link in Class Topics. Listen to one of the former slaves telling their story. Go to the slavery voicethread and tell us what you heard by commenting on the slave ship page.

===hey ayah i am trying to send u a email but some how it wont let me send u..can u please send me email so we can do our power point please....well i chose donkey..u tell me whick animal u would like to do it...deepti===

11/04/09(Kelly)
Today we listened to the vedio about Humans and Non Humans and we filled the chart and finished with 105-107.

HW Make a Animal communication presentations with your partner and put it in the power point and the due date will be 11/18/09.

11/02/09(Kanishka)
Today we devided into groups and we talked about animals and Human(animal) then we did search on the Sea otters and Monkeys and we did the practice on page 103-104.

HW 1-Explore nonverbal. 2-Notes in the chart p-105 and listen under the quest CD tracks in the Wiki.And fill the chart on you'r book p-105.

2. Consonants sound presentations
**10/23/09 (Milad)** Today we check the homework from __THE SOUND OF AMERICAN ENGLISH__ and five people did their presentation, After that we checked the yappr.com because some new section add it to that web site which help us with spelling and pronunciations, And at the end we worked on research on your groups animals.
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1. Work on the research  on your group animals power point ======

10/21/09(Kanishka)
Today we practiced with ELLLO and did ou'r homeworks with part news. and then we finished with Rico and kanzi homework and practices and we listen To the audio CD. HW Prepare you'r sound presentation with consonant words. How to make that sound, example words with that sounds. begining.like pot, medial like happy, end like stop Infrence page 101. Finish research on your groups animals

10/19/09 (Thai Nguyen)
what happened in class today? We reviewed the hw with elllo about the games and shared with partner. it was a fun games, and also went over little bit to news with elllo. We wrote on the board and shared the article how intelligent of dolphins. And reviewed hw in the book pp, 96, 97 and 99. We watched videos about Rico and Ape.

Homework: 1/ Use English practice links with elllo, listening to a news story and be ready to share at least 2 stories. 2/ Listening part Rico pp. 99 and 100 with A,B,C,D Enjoy the HW. Have a nice day to every body.

​ we reviewd our homework from website elllo Mixer everyone have one topic and we talked about it.

we interviewing with student who have pets is the pets have emotion
===we studies the changing statements into questions. H.W 1) listen and play a game at ELLLO 2) do prounciation p. 96 3) do p. 98 chart 4) do voc. p. 99 and also do read dolphins are consider intelligent.=== ​

10-12-09 - KIRK
====We discussed 13 questions about dolphins behavior after we watched video "Dolphins: An Amazing Behavior" on YouTube. We also did some group studies in Chapter 3--Part 2 "SOCIAL LANGUAGE" That Darn Cat. We knew animal has emotions and intelligence from little story in Listening Part. Finished part of "Listening For Stressed Words" exercise. ====

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1) Listen to mixer in ELLLO. Into website @http://www.elllo.org/ then click "Mixer" button under left "Useful Links" . Be ready to share what you listened with classmates on Wednesday. ======

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2) Read the article "Dolphins and Man.....Equals?" on @http://www.littletownmart.com/dolphins/. Seek 3 examples of why Dolphins are considered intelligent? ======

5) Enjoy what you learned.
10/9/09 deepti Today we went over the test in class together and next we did finish the 2 minute presentations. today we start the new chapter 3 page on 84 and we listed on the broad about how each paragraph is similar to each other. then we watch some of the video under English Practices Link about How Animal Behavior is similar to human. HW 1 p. 86 do vocab C section 2 p. 87 do survey 8 people ask them do animal feel emotion? 3 open this document [|ESL 182LS Dolphins An amazing behavior.doc] and do the question and write the answer by watching this video [|Dolphins: An Amazing Behavior].make sure you print this document or write it down on the pieces of paper..we will discussed in class on Monday....have a great weekend 10/5/09(Kanishka) Today we finished listening to and taking notes for the last lecture in Chapter 1, "The Keys to academic Success". We filled int he the outlines on pages 46-47. Finally we prepared and began to give 2 minute presentations on what two pieces of advice for new college students we think were the best. HW 1. Study for a test on Chapter 1 Career Planning The test will include: Listening Comprehension Questions Study by listening to all the chapter listening texts and reviewing the questions for each Asking for/following directions study p. 31, 34 Understanding Interjections study p. 32 Pronunciation study -th/ /s/ p. 33-34 Vocabulary study p. 36, 42 The test will be multiple choice and fill in the blank type questions. 2. If you haven't done your presntation, be ready to do it

9/30/09 deepti

Today we did the excuse page on 37 about (A) Hearing The Medial //T//. We went over the excuse by listening and repeat the number after teacher then we read the number individual and the rest of the student wrote it down. Then we did excuse (B) Hearing The Medial T in Sentences we went over and write down the answer, next we did excuse (C) page on 38 Hearing The Medial T Followed by /N/..we listen to the teacher CD and write the correct number. Then excuse (D) page on 38 Listening For The Main Idea: Section 1 we listened to the teacher CD and write the correct answer.then we went over the chat on the bottom excuse (E) page on 38 Taking Notes: Using a Graphic Organizer. we listen to the teacher CD and write the answer. Then we list on the board the different between college 50 years ago and today based on categories of Student, Classroom, Teacher, Technology from the homework then we went over and compare with the Graphic Organizer chat page on 38 on the bottom. HW 1 Do section 3 page on 39-40 H, I & J

9/28/09 **__Feifeng Chen__** Today we listened to the groups's comments on voicethread, and wrote down the different between the 50 years ago and today. We also listened to the Interjections on P32, and did B. Hw 1.F on p34 Record the conversation in Voicethread. 2.Finish listening to the groups' voicethreads, comment on each, and take notes. 3.Review "ø" vs "s" on your CD.

9/23/09 HW 1. Finish group voicethreads on college 50 years ago and share with the class. Comment on each groups' voicethread. 2. Voc. p. 36 3. VOA link under English Practice Links. Go to Words and Their Stories under English Learning. choose one to listen to and be ready to share 5 idioms in class. 4. Be ready to share a Yappr video if you haven't done so yet.

9/21/09 deepti Today we wrote and followed each others' directions. Some of us found our way and others got lost. Next, a few of us shared our Yappr video with the class. The rest of us will share on Wednesday. Finally, we worked in groups to upload pictures of college 50 years ago in the categories of students, teachers, technology, and classrooms, buildings, and subjects into Voicethread. WE share the voicethread with our group members to be able to edit and add our own pictures and/or comments. We will continue in groups on Wednesday. HW 1. Be prepared to share a Yappr video if you haven't yet. 2. Work on uploading pictures to your group voicethread. Write a list of differences for your group that you can record as comments on Wednesday.

09/18/08 today's class page 26 listening for the main idea and we discussed to in groups and wrote it on the boards then we did the part C,D,and A and B of the discussion and we answered the questions of page 27,28,29. HW page 31 get in the groups to give a direction in the newark compus. page 29 C-asking the right questions page 30 D-Getting information and on page 35- thinking ahead, write you'r ideas how was the college 50 years ago and today.

Class Today

9/16/09 HW
 * 1) Listen to the interviews with students giving advice to new college students. Fill in the chart on p. 26
 * 2) Be ready to share a Yappr video with the class.

9/14/09 Today we exchanged papers with the main idea and details about our listenings in ELLLO. Then, we began discussing about Chapter 1 Career Planning. We answered the questions on p. 20 in groups, and discussed Table A, B, and C. We then compared the information in the tables in the book to the new tables posted under Class Topics in the Wiki.

HW
 * 1) P. 23 E
 * 2) p. 24 Giving Advice
 * 3) p. 24 A, C
 * 4) Use Yapper under the English Practice Links. Watch a video and be prepared to share what you watched with the class.

9/11/09 1. Answer questions on paper for p. 20 2. Listen to a different listening in ELLLO. Write the main idea and two details on paper.

9/9/09 We reviewed part 2 of the lecture p. 5. We talked about majors, and we made lists of how to practice English listening and speaking skills. We discussed small talk and tag questions.

HW

1. Use the small talk chart listed in class topics to write about 5 small talk experiences. 2. Fill in tag Questions p. 10 3. Explore ELLLO and listen to one activity and do the exercises. Be ready to share. ELLLO is under the practice links of your wiki.

[|How to Write an Entry for Class Today in the Class Wiki.doc]

9/4/09(Kanishka)

HW
 * 1) Check Voicethreads
 * 2) College in the US p.2 read and listen, listen only, discuss
 * 3) Note-Taking p. 3 Read and find 3 suggestions on how to take notes, share
 * 4) Listen again-Stand up outline
 * 5) Listen to Part 2 of the lecture and fill in the outline on p.5
 * 1) Finish filling in outline for Part 2 of the lecture
 * 2) Choose a listening passage from English Listening Lounge, listen and be ready to share with the class

9/2/09 HW
 * 1) Check in- roster, wiki
 * 2) Share your speech with a partner, add information about yourself
 * 3) Voicethread Lesson
 * 4) Make a practice Voicethread.
 * 1) Make your introduction Voicethread and share it with me and two other classmates.
 * 2) Make comments on two other classmate's voicethreads.

8/31/09 10:30-12:15

HW
 * 1) Welcome
 * 2) Class Wiki/Syllabus-Join class wiki and take a tour
 * 3) Introductions via horoscope groups-When were you born?
 * 4) Discussion about characteristics for your sign. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
 * 1) Buy Books
 * 2) Explore Wiki
 * 3) Prepare a short speech about your sign and how you are like or unlike the characteristics for that sign.