Grades

Many thanks to all who participated in the potluck on the last day!  We had lots of fun.  :-)
Your grades will be posted by Tuesday, May 30th.

Last Day - Wednesday 05/24/17 - 7:30PM

On Wednesday, we will have a celebration starting at 7:30pm.
I will bring plates, spoons, forks, knives, cups, and napkins.
I will also bring some appetizer/food.
You can comment (below) what you would like to bring.

Also, on Wednesday, I will return your graded final exams to you.
Your final grade will be posted on "MySite" next week.

FINAL EXAM - MONDAY 05/22/17 @ 7PM

Final Exam Schedule

Monday - 05/22/17
7PM - 9:15PM

Assignments - Wednesday 05/17/17

Review.

Movie: DAVE

1 - Why does Dave invite his friend to the White House?

2 - How does Bob Alexander react to the unscheduled review of the budget?

3 - How does the First Lady find out that Dave is not her husband?

4 - Why does the First Lady want to leave the White House?

5 - Why does she change her mind and decide to stay?
6 - What happens to Bob Alexander?

7 - What kind of person is the vice president?

8 - How do Dave and the First Lady "end" Bill Mitchell's presidency?

9 - What plans does Dave have for his future?

10 - In your opinion, what will happen in the future?

Assignments - Monday 05/15/17

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 36 and 37 on page 474.
Study charts 15-7 & 15-8 on pages 475-476.
Do exercises 39, 40, 41, 42, and 43 on pages 475 to 478.

Review Chapter 7.

Assignments - Wednesday 05/10/17

Basic English Grammar:
Review charts 15-1, 15-2, and 15-3 on pages 445 to 460.
Do exercise 23 on page 466.

More True Stories:
Review all the vocabulary in units 21 & 22.

Assignments - Monday 05/08/17

Basic English Grammar:
Review Chapter 6 (Nouns & Pronouns)
Study chart 15-3 on page 460.
Then do exercise 19 on page 460.

More True Stories:
Review all the vocabulary in units 18, 19, and 20.

Assignments - Wednesday 05/02/17

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 on pages 452-459.
Review chapters 8 & 9.

Assignments - Monday 05/01/17

More True Stories: 
Review all the vocabulary in units 15, 16, and 17.

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 37, 38, 41, 43, and 44 on pages 438-444.
Review chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Assignments - Wednesday 04/26/17

More True Stories: 
Review all the vocabulary in units 12, 13, and 14.

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 24, 25, and 26 on pages 429-431.
Study chart 14-5 on page 431.
Do exercise 28 on pages 432-433.

The Twins of Siam

http://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/04/24/chang-and-eng-bunker-the-original-siamese-twins-had-22-children-by-2-sisters/

My Fall Classes

STUDENTS CAN NOW REGISTER FOR FALL 2017. 

Some students asked me which classes I would be teaching this fall, and I promised to post them on this blog... so here they are:

ESL 332 - INTERMEDIATE CONVERSATION (10065A & 10065D)
OFF-CAMPUS @  Silverado High School 25632 Peter A Hartman, Mission Viejo Classroom 23
Monday  6:00pm-8:50pm

ESL 333 - INTERMEDIATE PRONUNCIATION (17535A & 17535D)
OFF-CAMPUS @  Silverado High School 25632 Peter A Hartman, Mission Viejo Classroom 23
Monday/Wednesday 4:15pm-5:30pm

ESL 335 - INTERMEDIATE WRITING I (17545A & 17545D)\
OFF-CAMPUS @  Silverado High School 25632 Peter A Hartman, Mission Viejo Classroom 23
Tuesday/Thursday 4:15pm-5:30pm

Assignments - Monday 04/24/17

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 2, 3, 6, and 7 on pages 414-417.
Study the chart 14-2 on page 418.
Then do exercises 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 on pages 419-423.

More True Stories:
Read "The Surgeon" on page 71.

My Summer Classes

Some students asked me which classes I would be teaching this summer, and I promised to post them on this blog... so here they are:

ESL 331 - INTERMEDIATE MULTISKILLS II (10345A & 10345D) - Saddleback College Campus
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 7:00pm-10:05pm
Classroom LRC105

ESL 322 - BEGINNING CONVERSATION (80210A & 80210D) - Off-Site / Cap Adult *
Tuesday/Thursday 1:30pm-4:35pm
* Capistrano Adult School 31351 El Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano
Classroom 20

Assignments - Wednesday 04/19/17

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 39 and 41 on pages 409 to 411.

More True Stories:
Read "The School and the Stamp" on page 63.

Assignments - Monday 04/17/17

More True Stories:
Review all the vocabulary in units 8, 9, and 11.

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 28, 29, 30, and 33 on pages 401 to 404.

Crime Vocabulary

Here's some vocabulary which will be useful for your future writing assignment...
Pay attention to the highlighted words and their colors:
noun - person
verb 
noun - thing/act


A thief steals. 
It's theft.
He takes something that isn't his.

A burglar burgles. 
It's burglary.
He breaks into a building and steals stuff from it.

A murderer murders.
It's murder.
She kills someone on purpose.

A robber robs.
It's robbery.
He steals from a place while people are still there, usually using violence.

An arsonist commits arson.
It's arson.
She likes burning down buildings.

A mugger mugs. 
It's mugging.
He steals your stuff from you in the street using the threat of violence.

A forger forges.
It's forgery.
She makes fake replicas of things like money and paintings.

A vandal vandalizes.
It's vandalism.
He likes damaging or destroying public property.

Assignments - Wednesday 04/12/17

More True Stories:
Read Unit 15 - Money to Burn - on page 59.

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 1 & 2 on pages 383-384.

WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Don't forget to fix your paragraphs on how your partner met his/her wife/husband.

If you were absent on the day of the assignment, write five sentences about how you met your wife or husband.

Assignments - Monday 04/10/17

Basic English Grammar:
Study chart 12-7 on page 376.
Do exercises 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 on pages 378-382.

More True Stories:
Read Unit 14 - The Auction - on page 55.

Assignments - Wednesday 04/05/17

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 9, 11, 12, 19, and 22 on pages 365-372.

More True Stories:
Review the vocabulary in Units 4, 5, and 6.

Assignments - Monday 04/03/17

Basic English Grammar:

Do exercises 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 17, and 18 on pages 336 to 344.

More True Stories:

Review the vocabulary in Units 1, 2, and 3.

Assignments - Wednesday 03/29/17

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, and 48 on pages 325 to 330.

NO CLASS 03/20/17 & 03/22/17

ENJOY SPRING BREAK!
SEE YOU MONDAY 03/27/17!

HAPPY NOWRUZ!

Assignments - Monday 03/27/17

More True Stories:
Read "Margaret Patrick... Meet Ruth Eisenberg" on page 43.

Basic English Grammar:
Study the chart 10-3 on page 309.
Do exercises 14, 15, 16 and 20 on pages 310-314.

White Collar - The Pilot

1. What is Neal wearing when he walks through the prison hallways?
2. Why does Neal buy a yellow jacket?
3. Why does Agent ask, “How many of you went to Harvard?”?
4. Why are US Marshals requesting Agent Burke’s help?
5. Why do the marshals and Burke agree that Neal’s escape is “unusual”?
6. How long did Agent Burke chase Neal before he arrested him?
7. How much head start does Neal have?
8. Where did Neal get his guard uniform?
9. Whose credit card did Neal use to buy the uniform?
10. What kind of credit card did Neal use?
11. What kind of car did Neal use to escape?
12. What does Peter Burke find inside the book in Neal’s prison cell?
13. Why is Neal shaving his beard important to the story?
14. How often did Kate visit Neal before she disappeared?
15. Where does Peter find Neal?
16. How long did it take Neal to escape prison?
17. How much time will Neal get for escaping prison?
18. Neal offers to tell Peter what he finds on his coat in exchange for what?
19. Why are the Canadians upset about Peter finding the security fibers for the Canadian hundred dollar bills? 
20. Why does Peter call the criminal he is chasing “the Dutchman”?
21. What does Neal offer to do in exchange for getting out?
22. What does Neal say about the new GPS tracking anklets?
23. Why does Peter stay up on that particular night?
24. What is Neal wearing on his ankle when he gets out in Peter’s custody?
25. What will happen if Neal runs again?
26. What is the condition of making Neal a permanent FBI consultant?
27. How far can Neil go from the Motel he is supposed to stay in?
28. Where does Neal go right after Peter leaves him at the motel?
29. How do Neal and June meet?
30. Why does Neal ask June if she lives nearby?
31. Why does Peter think he has the wrong address?
32. What is Peter’s reaction to Neal new living arrangements?
33. Neal says he helps out in addition to the $700 rent he pays.  What are his responsibilities?
34. What does June’s granddaughter do?
35. Why does Peter think the book is not rare?
36. Why was Tony Field killed?
37. Does the FBI have a policy against hiring homosexuals?
38. Why are the books valuable?
39. Where did Tony Fields go before he left for Spain?
40. How many times did Fields visit that place?
41. What does he do each time?
42. Why did Fields go through the trouble of making a nice forgery?
43. Why did Fields put the forgery at the National Archives?
44. When Elizabeth calls Peter, what does she lie about?
45. What happens to the dinner El cooked for Peter?
46. Why does Peter suddenly stop the car in the middle of the street?
47. Where is Mozzie waiting for Neal in the dark?
48. Why does Peter go through his wife’s things?
49. Why does Jones call Peter at home?
50. Why did Neal go to Peter’s house?
51. How did Neal find out who the Dutchman is?
52. Where do Peter and Neal go on the way to the office?
53. Why is the church closed to the public?
54. Why does Neal “lie” to the priest?
55. Why does Neal ask Peter if he thinks Diana is attractive?
56. Why does Peter go through his wife’s visa bill?
57. What was the bottle a symbol of for Neal and Kate?
58. How much time does Neal have to help catch Curtis Hagen?
59. What happens if they lose Curtis Hagen?
60. What did Mozzie find about Kate?
61. Is Mozzie a smoker?
62. Why is he smoking?
63. What’s hidden in the filter?
64. Why doesn’t Peter go to the warehouse and arrest Hagen?
65. What does Neal do to help Peter?
66. What does Peter think when he gets the phone call in the middle of the night about Neal?
67. How does Neal get in the warehouse?
68. What does he explain he’s doing with the camera?
69. What does Peter Burke say to his agents when they get to the warehouse?
70. What do they find in Hagen’s office?
71. How does Peter surprise El?
72. What does Peter show El when they’re on Neal’s roof?
73. Does Neal show Kate’s picture to Peter? Explain.
74. What do you think will happen next?

Assignments - Wednesday 03/15/17

More True Stories:
Read "Please Pass the Bird Brains" on page 39.

Basic English Grammar:
Study chart 10-2 on page 307.
Do exercises 8 & 9 on pages 307-308.

Everybody's Baby

https://www.littlethings.com/baby-jessica-well-update/

Assignments - Monday 03/13/17

Basic English Grammar:
Finish all the exercises in Chapter 9.

More True Stories:
Read "Pay It Forward" on page 35.

Assignments - Wednesday 03/08/17

More True Stories:
Read "Pay It Forward" on page 35.

Basic English Grammar:
Do exercises 1, 2, 3, 6, and 9 on pages 265 to 270.

Assignments - Monday 03/06/17

Basic English Grammar:
Review chart 8-2 on page 226.
Do exercises 29, 36, 39, 43, 46, 52, 57, 60, 61, 62, and 64 on pages 241 to 263.
Review the irregular verbs on the back cover.

More True Stories:
Read "Why Can't They Quit?" on page 27.

Pronunciation - Syllables & Stress

Stress & Syllables

https://youtu.be/2xMGeNQ9lBI

https://youtu.be/08qBN29mIBs

Assignments - Wednesday 03/01/17

Basic English Grammar:

Do exercises 13, 16, 18, and 19 on pages 230 to 234.

Review the irregular verbs (back cover).

Common Assessment Pilot Test

March-April 2017
Common Assessment Pilot Test

To participate in the CAI Pilot Test, you will need a photo I.D. card, you
must be 18 or older and know your Saddleback username & password.
When: see Dates & Times (left) for available check-in hours
Where: Matriculation Office in Village 8-5
Time: Allow approximately 1 hour per test.

Your participation will help future students statewide, across 113 California
Community Colleges. Saddleback College is one of only 12 colleges in the
entire California Community College system to pilot the new Common
Assessment Initiative (CAI) platform. To validate the questions and earn a
gift card, you will need to spend about 60 minutes taking the pilot test.
Due note, the pilot test will not give you a score nor a course placement.
The Common Assessment Pilot Test is for data collection only and
part of the validation process towards eventual full release.

DON’T MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY
TO EARN $20 OR $40!


Participate in 1-2 hour CAI Pilot Test at Saddleback College
& earn $20-40 in Amazon Gift Cards!
You’ll be rewarded for your efforts with a $20 Amazon Gift
Card for each pilot test you take, for a maximum of $40.
Pilot the Math test, earn $20!
Pilot the English Language Arts test, earn another $20!
Each pilot test takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

900 Saddleback students are needed to participate between March-April 2017.

For further information about the Common Assessment Pilot Test, call 949-582-4970
or visit our website at: www.saddleback.edu/matriculation/CAI

Check-in Dates & Times
March 2017
Check-in hours are between:
Wed. 3/1 9AM-3PM or *5PM
Fri. 3/3 9AM-12noon
Mon. 3/6 9AM-3PM or 5PM
Tues. 3/7 9AM-3PM
Wed. 3/8 5PM-5:30PM
Fri. 3/10 9AM-12noon
Mon. 3/13 9AM-1PM
Tues. 3/14 5PM-5:30PM
Wed. 3/15 9AM-1PM or 5PM
Fri. 3/17 9AM-12noon
Mon. 3/20 9AM-3PM or 5PM
Wed. 3/22 9AM-3PM or 5PM
Mon. 3/27 9AM-1PM
Tues. 3/28 9AM-3PM or 5PM
Wed. 3/29 9AM-3PM or 5PM
Fri. 3/31 9AM-12noon
*When 5PM is listed, check-in is
available between 5PM-5:30PM.
April 2017
Check-in hours are between:
Mon. 4/3 9AM-3PM
Tues. 4/4 9AM-3PM
Wed. 4/5 9AM-1PM
Thurs. 4/6 9AM-3PM
Fri. 4/7 9AM-12noon
Dates & Times are subject to
change without notice.

Assignments - Monday 02/27/17

Basic English Grammar
Review Chapter 7
Preview Chapter 8 (pages 224 - 227)

More True Stories
Read "The Baby Exchange" on page 15.

NO CLASS ON MONDAY 02/20/17

ENJOY YOUR LONG WEEKEND!
&
DO YOUR HOMEWORK!

SEE YOU WEDNESDAY!

NOOSHA :-)

Assignments - Wednesday 02/22/17

Basic English Grammar
Do all the exercises (exercise 35 to exercise 53) from page 211 to page 223.
Review Chapter 3.

More True Stories
Read "The Twins of Siam" on page 15.

Assignments - Wednesday 02/15/17

Grammar:
Review "possessive adjectives," "possessive pronouns," and "object pronouns."

Writing:
Revise the 20 sentences that you wrote about the film, and bring them to class.
I will collect them on Wednesday.

MOVIE 2/13/17

We will finish the movie (part 3) on Monday 2/13/17.
Please come to class on time.

Assignments - Monday 02/13/17

Basic English Grammar:Review chapter 1 completely.
Review pages 149-150.
Do exercises 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 on pages 197 to 201.

Assignments - Wednesday 02/08/17

More True Stories:

Unit 4

Basic English Grammar:

Review

Assignments - Monday 02/06/17

Basic English Grammar:
Chapter 6 - Review the exercises in Chapter 6.

More True Stories:
Unit 3 - Read "Bad News, Good News!" on page 11.

Assignments - Wednesday 02/01/17

Basic English Grammar:
Chapter 5 - Review the exercises in Chapter 5.

More True Stories:
Unit 2 - Read "Surprise! It's Your Wedding!" on page 7.

Assignments - Monday 01/30/17

Basic English Grammar: 
Study and do all the exercises in Chapters 1, 2, and 3.

* EVERYONE MUST HAVE BOTH TEXTBOOKS ON MONDAY.

REVIEW. REVIEW. REVIEW.

Assignments - Wednesday 01/25/17

Click on the link below and study the content:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yN043V1NIN05PQm8/view?usp=sharing

Notes...

"do" homework
"make" mistakes

Assignments - Monday 01/23/17

A - Be ready to answer the following questions:
1. What is your professor's full name?
2. What time does the class start / end?
3. What is the name of the grammar book?
4. What is the name of the reading book?
5. List three learning outcomes for this course.
6. How many textbooks are required for this class?
7. What is the blog address?
8. How long should students expect to wait to get a response to an email message?
9. What should students do if they have a question about a post on the blog?
10. When is the deadline to drop the class?
You can find the answer to most of these questions in the syllabus.
The answer to question 9 is:
"Students can ask their question about a post by using the 'comment' on the post."

B - Get your textbooks.  You must have them by Wednesday 1/25/17.

SPRING 2017... WELCOME TO ESL 321!