Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Week 10 (Not Available)

Reminder:

• The last day of class is Monday, March 18th.  Spring term begins on April 1st, Monday.

• Don’t forget to set your clock ahead 1 hour for Daylight Savings time.  (First day of Ramadan: Sunday 3/10?).

• Watch this Video:  10 March | All About Ramadan

• Did you pay your parking permit or school fees?  If you haven’t you might not be able to register for the Spring term.  Did you need to turn in your fee waiver?

• Our last CALL class is Monday, 3/10.

• You are expected to come to class on Monday, March 18th.  This would be Week 11.  You will get your grade report and Student Advising sheet.

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What we will learn this week:  We will continue with our Unit:  Good Weekend, Bad Weekend.  We will compare the differences between using the Simple Present and the Simple Past.  We will also continue to practice using Adjectives in a sentence.  We will have one writing assignment using the Past tense.

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Listening for English in Action Textbook.  Click this

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Watch this Video:  10 March | All About Ramadan

Watch this video: The Simple Present vs. the Simple Past

GRAMMAR:  (Regular) Past Tense Verbs

Textbook:  pp 142 -145

Watch this video: Simple Past (regular verbs) – Basic Grammar Course #1| Learn English – Mark Kulek ESL

Practice: Past Tense – Regular Verbs

Was/Were
Wasn’t/Weren’t
Was/Were – Questions

ELLii: Simple Past – Grammar & Verb Tenses

LISTENING: Textbook pp. 148 – 149

READING:  Textbook pp. 150 – 151

Handouts for practice.

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WRITING: (bluebook) — Using past tense verbs, write about the day you left your old country and arrived here in the United States.  Describe what you did, what you saw, and how you felt.  (Irene will give you a handout of a sample writing).  Remember to write 6 – 8 sentences or more!!! — Due on Wed, 4/13.

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Listening to music for fun:  The Beatles – A Day in the Life

Lyrics

I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph.

He blew his mind out in a car
He didn’t notice that the red lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They’d seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords.

I saw a film today, oh boy
The English army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I’d love to turn you on.

Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.

Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.

I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
I’d love to turn you on.

 Action Words Vocabulary (interactive practice)

Typing practice:    Typing Club

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