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Week 4 (Apr 22 – Apr 26)

What we will study this week:  After Test 1: we will begin Unit 3:  The Home.  We will continue reviewing present tense verbs, and study prepositions of location.  
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
  • COMPUTER / CALL Class on Mondays:  Room 101 downstairs; time: 6 pm – 7:00 pm.  We will take a 15-minute break and then meet in the classroom upstairs.
  • Did you send me the Week 3 recording homework?
  • Test#1: Welcome Unit on 4/22 after CALL class; a writing test will be included.
  • Students who do not have a PCC student ID can get one on Wednesday, 04/24; Please bring another picture ID (driver’s license, passport, green card, or OR identification card).  Also, make sure you have your G#.
  • U.S. Citizenship classes through SOAR.  Click this link for the class schedule.
  • Reminder:  We have a PCC Library tour scheduled for Week 5 – Wednesday, 05/01.
READING:  Continue with “The Escape from Cuba”; answer comprehensive and vocabulary questions in the handout.  We will practice reading the story out loud.  We will record ourselves reading the story in the weeks to come.
DICTATION PRACTICE: 
At home (1) (Listen and Type)
 At home (1) (Listen and Read)
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IMPORTANT INFO FOR LISTENING TO TEXTBOOK AUDIO:
  1. Listening for English in Action Textbook.  First,  Click this
  2. Then, choose (select): Student Book
  3. Finally, choose (select): whatever UNIT we are doing
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NEW LESSON (TEXTBOOK) — UNIT 3:  “HOME” (pp  49 – 66) 
Dictionary:  An Apartment Building (Textbook pp 50 – 51)
Classroom resources:  The Heinle Picture Dictionary and the Oxford Picture Dictionary
Rooms & Furniture (Textbook p. 52) 
Watch this video: At Home – Rooms, Family and Furniture | Learn English – Mark Kulek
GRAMMAR:  Preposition (Textbook p. 53)
Watch this video:  English Grammar: Prepositions in/on /under
Practice: Prepositions – 2
READING:  Word Builder (Textbook. p 54) — abbreviations
“Perminder Looks for a Home”

 

Grammar Review: (From Week 3)
Watch this video:  Simple Present – Grammar & Verb Tenses
For extra practice:
*** Practice: How to view the WebEasy Page***
Action Words Vocabulary (interactive practice)
Typing practice:    Typing Club

 

See the Tutoring Services website: https://www.pcc.edu/tutoring/ for more information, including how to make an appointment, and let me know if you have any questions.