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with Ms. Brown: No surfing pages other than the links on one of Ms. Brown's pages No checking email No playing games other than the ones found on pages linked to Ms. Brown's page No Instant Messaging |
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Assignment for July 27, 2006 Today you are free to go to any of the links on your page, the 10:00 page, or the TOEFL HELP page. If you want to find help with any particular problem area for you, let me know, and I will direct you to some links. Remember the rules. See them above. |
| Assignment for July 20, 2006 Improve Your Reading - Read this page and then summarize it. You will turn this in to me at the end of class. Reading and Vocabulary2 - Read one selection from Sociology and one from Criminology. On the same sheet of paper you summarized the above, write the title of both of the selections you chose. Kenmei Internet Reading Lab - Readings from 'America- Today and Tomorrow - Read Melting Pot or Salad Bowl and complete the quiz. English Works Reading Exercises - Read one of the selections and complete the quiz that goes with it.
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Assignment for July 13, 2006
Explore the following links. I expect you to work the complete class time on vocabulary.
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Reading and Vocabulary 2000 Basic Words and other lists Vocabulary WorkShop - explore word families, and prefixes, suffixes, and roots Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun ESL Resources for Students Check out the idioms and vocabulary links Develop vocabulary while reading Massey University Academic Word List |
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First Assignment (already completed)
Please visit the following links and follow the directions below each link.
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The purpose of this assignment is for you to discover some of the tools for learning available to you on the internet. Your assignment is to explore the links below. You do not have to visit them all. You may also explore the other classes' pages. Your participation grade will be based on whether or not you stay busy and whether or not you follow the rules for being in lab. I will be walking around the lab. If you need any help, let me know! For homework (due by Monday), send me an e-mail giving me feedback on the value of today's work to you. Please, let me know which pages you found most helpful.
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Vocabulary links:
http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/academic/pau/course/webesl.htm This is the link to the vocabulary program we are using.
http://www.edumatic.qc.ca/English/activities/vocabularypower3.asp
Reading Links:
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2
http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/AmericanStories/as-brucelee.html
http://literacyworks.org/learningresources/ --- click on current story
http://www.geocities.com/yamataro670/readinglab.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index.htm http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM -- this is the link to go to if you want to read faster
Other Links:
http://www.englishclub.com
http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/mmcportal.htm#Modals
Also, check out my link page.