HW for 2/3

Hi everyone,

Today we began to review material from Unit 1 and Unit 2.  Please try to complete the worksheets I gave you in class today, covering Units 1-4.  If you were absent I will give you those sheets when you return to class.

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday.  

HW 1/30/14

Hi everyone,

HW for tomorrow: complete 4C in the workbook, 40, 41 and 42.

Also, field trip to the SFMOMA, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Tuesday, February 4th.
We will discuss this more tomorrow.  You will need $7.80 for the round trip ticket by BART.

See you tomorrow! 

HW for 1/29/14

Hi everyone,

The HW for tomorrow:

In the student book, chapter 4B, page 58, exercise 5a and b.

For exercise 5a, write about a house where a famous person was born or has lived.  If you have not visited a house where a famous person was born or has lived, then please write about a house that you have visited and liked.  This may also include your house if you like!

Then please in the workbook, complete pp. 37, 38 and 39.

See you tomorrow!  

HW 1/28/14

Hi everyone!

Glad we went to the Berkeley Public Library today at the end of class and I hope everyone will get a library card!

HW for tomorrow - I don't have the page numbers but basically in the Student Book - complete the pages for 'What do you remember?' and the following page.  There are two pages to complete right before Chapter 4A.

Workbook - complete the exercises for chapter 4A.

See you tomorrow ~

HW for 1/27/14

Hi everyone!

Remember, we have no school tomorrow, but we do have the volunteer project in San Francisco, at the Presidio.  Meet everyone at the San Francisco school between 8:30-8:45 a.m tomorrow morning if you would like to participate.  Everyone will leave the SF school together, so BE ON TIME.  Otherwise you need to get to the Presidio on your own.

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Here is the homework for 1/27/14:

In the student book:

p. 47, read 6 and complete exercises a, b, c, d and e.

p. 49, read the letter and complete exercises a, b, c and d.

p. 50, 51, complete the exercises for Unit 3.


In the workbook:

Complete pp. 30, 31 and 32.

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HW for 1/21/14 and Martin Luther King Day events on 1/20/14

Hi everyone!  Wow we have a very long weekend ahead of us, so.... I have given you a lot of homework!

In the student book:

On page 33 please read about the Nightmare trip and answer the questions, also write a short story about a nightmare trip you may have had.

Complete the work on pages 34 and on page 38


In the workbook:

Complete the work for chapter 3A.


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Today we spoke a little bit about Martin Luther King because we celebrate MLK day January 20th.

Martin Luther King was a great political activist who worked tirelessly for the advancement of African American people and the eradication of racism.  He was a pastor and a great orator.  He was a pacifist, he believed in peaceful activism and his great hero and idol was Gandhi, from India.  One of Martin Luther King's great speeches was "I have a dream," in which he famously said:

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

August, 1963

Unfortunately Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968.  Many believe he was killed because he was too powerful of a leader.  The status quo was against the emancipation of the African American people.  Today we celebrate the greatness of Martin Luther King who worked so hard for his people and who delivered some of the most powerful oratories in American history.

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Here are a few events I found to celebrate Martin Luther King:


In Oakland, at the Scottish Rite Center, the cost is $23 in advance, $25 at the door.  I recommend this event.  I'm not sure if I can go, but I will try to! This event is on Sunday, January 19th at 7 pm.

http://mlktribute.com/

And here is a link to a song on youtube by one of the performers at this event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrQh0oSBcC4




In San Francisco at the Museum of the African diaspora, free event:

http://www.moadsf.org/visit/calendar.html?month=1&year=2014&id=842



At the Berkeley Marina -a breakfast at H.S. Lordships - you must buy tickets for this event:

http://www.berkeleymlkjrday.com/

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Hi everyone, I had to make a change on this posting, the speech "I have a dream" was from 1963, not 1968, so now it says 1963, sorry about that!

HW for 1/16/14

Please complete the HW for chapter 2C of the workbook.

Let us think about a field trip we should take together.

We can either see some art at the SFMOMA, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, or we can go to hear some music at the Herz Hall on the U.C. Berkeley campus, or we can go to walk on the Bay Bridge together!  We have to decide what we want to do and which day we should go.

See you tomorrow!

HW 1/15/14

Hi everyone!  HW for tomorrow: complete chapter 2B of the workbook.

We have been working on the present perfect continuous.  Remember that we use this tense and aspect for actions that have happened and continue as well as recent actions that have just occurred.  Also, as with all continuous aspected verbs, we tend NOT to use stative verbs.

If you did not complete the writing about 1) Your family and 2) Money - can we live without it?  Please do so for tomorrow!

See you soon ~

HW for 1/14/14

Hi everyone,

Happy Monday!

For tomorrow please write about

LIFE WITHOUT MONEY, IS IT POSSIBLE?

Write 2 paragraphs explaining your opinion, do you agree or not?   Why or why not?

Also please study the verbs on page 156, book #3.  If you do not have the new book, review the verbs on page 155 of book #2.

See you tomorrow!

HW for 1/13/14

Hi everyone,

We have already completed the first week in the new year!  How time flies!

For Monday please review chapters 1A, 1B and 1C.  Complete the workbook homework, 'What do you remember?' and please write one or two paragraphs about your family.  Is your family big or small?  Are you the oldest, middle, youngest or only child?

Also review all vocabulary from the book and what we learned in class.

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday!

HW for 1/9

Dear students,

Thank you for being flexible today when we worked with Daniel's students.  I enjoyed my day with you and with them and I found the TED talks to be very educational, I hope you did too.

Please, if you were here today, write a short summary of each of the videos for tomorrow.  Even if it is very short, it doesn't matter, I want to see what you understood.  Tomorrow we will talk about the videos a little bit more and review some of the new vocabulary.  We will also of course continue with the grammar in our book, chapter 1C!

See you tomorrow!

Welcome to the January 2014 session!

Hi everyone!  Welcome back and welcome to all of you!

I'm glad we started looking at the American Corpus today as this will be a great tool for you to examine native speaker word usage more closely.

For tomorrow please complete Chapter 1B in the workbook, also review all new vocabulary.  As always, try to speak as much English as possible, watch some videos, listen to music, or go to the movies!  Also, read, read, read as much as you can in English.

See you tomorrow!  Denise