Alexandria ESL Classes

Hello everyone,

I hope you are having a good week. If you would like more practice using maps, please go to http://www.quia.com/cz/66581.html  or http://www.mcedservices.com/litex/maps.html.  A good website to practice map reading and listening is http://www.elllo.org/PagesGames/012-Directions.htm .

I have received several excellent writings for our newsletter, so thank you. 

On Monday,  I was invited over to a learner’s house for an excellent Mexican meal.  It was excellent.  Do any of you have a favorite recipe from your home country that you would like to share?  If so, please post it to this blog.  I would like to try them. 

I will be posting the class schedule for February this weekend. 

Have a good week.

The new texts for class have arrived and will begin using these Thursday Night.

The updated plan is as follows:

Thurs, January 22, 2009

5:30 – 6:30 pm            Individual Time/Blog Response

6:30 – 8:30 pm            Writing Activity : Winter in my country

Ventures 3 , p. 32-35

Workbook, P. 74 - 76

Thurs, January 29, 2009

5:30 – 6:30  pm           Individual Time/Blog Response

6:30 – 8:30 pm            Writing Activity : My favorite pet.

Ventures 3 , p. 36 - 39

Workbook P. 77 - 81

For those of you who have not yet responded, I would also like each of you to write a short paragraph about your home country for our newsletter.  You can submit it to the blog or in class.  This should be done by January 29th.  Thank you for your effort.

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone survived the record setting bitter cold we had last week. Here in Kensington we had -34 F.

We have several important events coming up this week.  On Monday the 19th is Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  This is a day that we celebrate the great things that this Civil Rights Leader did in the 1950’s and 1960’s.  You can find out more about this inspirational man at http://www.mlkonline.net/

You can also watch his most famous speech, ‘Ihave a Dream’, at http://www.mlkonline.net/video-i-have-a-dream-speech.html  .

On Tuesday the 20th, the US will inaugurate it’s first African American president, Barack Obama.  He is giving everyone the opportunity to speak up on what they think are the important issues at http://www.change.gov .  You can check out his first weeks in office at http://www.whitehouse.gov/  .  You can watch the inauguration live at http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx  .

Do you think Barak Obama will be a good President?  Why or Why Not?

Here is the plan for Thursday Night.

Thurs, January 15, 2009

5:30 – 6:30 pm      Individual Time/Blog Response

6:30 – 8:30 pm      Writing Activity : Winter in my country.

Reading Activity : Easy English News

Grammar : Write Away p. 127 – 131

I would also like each of you to write a short paragraph about your home country for our newsletter.  You can submit it to the blog or in class.

The holdays are finally over and I hope everyone had a happy holiday season.  But now it is time to go back to class, so here is what we will be doing in January of 2009. 

 Monday

Class Notes – ESL Class – Jan. 5, 2009

Review : Fill out Brown Cards

Idiom Conversation Activities

All Star 4: P. 22-23       

Sentence Structure Handout : P. 17

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 Class Notes – ESL Class – Jan. 12, 2009

Review : Fill out Brown Cards

All Star 4: P. 24-25

Idioms : all-right, dicey, run down

Noun Clauses Handout

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 Class Notes – ESL Class – Jan. 19, 2009

Review : Fill out Brown Cards

Reading : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

http://www.mlkonline.net/

All Star 4: P. 26 - 27

Map Reading 101Handouts

Idioms : be over, a low blow, under the weather

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Class Notes – ESL Class – Jan. 26, 2009

Review : Fill out Brown Cards

All Star 4: P. 28 – 29 

MN Hiway Map Exercise

Idioms :  cost an arm and a leg, fender-bender, rain or shine

Sentence Structure Handout : P. 18

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Wednesday