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Wednesday 12/10/08 By Yueping At the first, we were back to the original group on last friday. In a short time we collected and organized the each role's paragraph about the colonial taxes. Then each group expressed their opinions, we shared each other.At the last, Vicki told us the important thing--the final exam on Monday, Dec 15, 9:30---11:30.

You can get the infromation from a file named ESL 182RW Final Exam Study Guide.doc in Learning Links for Class Topics.
Home work:
 * 1) Grammar Cafelevel 3 unite 13 Can/Could and level 4 unite 14 Causatives
 * 2) Review for final and write questions about Study Guide in Learing Links for Class Topics.

Monday 12/08/08 By Daniel today we read about " The Road to Rebellion", then we listened other groups explain the most important part in the lecture. After that we continued working in differents groups and talk about differents roles during "The American Revolution". Homework: Bring the ideas about the people than we are represent and then how to respond to England.

Friday 12/05/08 By Yueping At the begining of the class, Vicki showed us how to post the famouse colonist paragraph in wikispaces, how to insert a picture into the text. Next, three students represented their the famouse colonist paragraph to shared with us. Ater that, we did exercies B in P128 in groupshow to use a Venn diagram to organize and show similarities and differences.Then Vicki told us the requirements about our homework, and provided us several useful links in Learning Links for Class Topics or we can use Google to search.(just put "women during the American Revolution/Merchants during the American Revolution/wealthy citizen during the American Revolution" in the searching blank) The rest time of calss, we were divided into several groups, every one in each group choosed a role during the American Revolution. Then, serched the the information about your role online. Next Monday we will share the information each other. Homework:
 * 1) Research your role as a woman, merchant, or wealthy citizen during the American Revolution. How do the taxes that England possessed affect your life?What can you do?
 * 2) Read P132-133 "The Road to Rebellion" to Understand more down the British taxes.

Wednesday 12/03/08 By Elsa Today, we shared our paragraph about a famous colonist that we chose in the past class. We had a classmate share that. Then, Vicki gave us a page with questions about our partner's paragraph. We checked those questions based on their famous colonist information. Then, we were together with other classmates to discuss that famous colonist. Next, we talked about our famous colonist infront of our classmates. We shared the information talking one by one about our famous colonist. 1) Post your paragraph in Wikispaces to share it. 2) Finish your famous colonist paragraph. (if not completed) 3) Search the meaning of the colors on the flag of the United States of America.
 * Homework:**

Wednesday 11/26/08 By Vicki Wow!! Today Vicki almost fainted when we all saw that the entire Wiki appeared to be deleted. However, because she enjoys technological challenges, she was able to not only restore our wiki, but also create a page on colonial America that now has the links to all of our pages we created. To see your colonial America page, click on Wiki Pages on Colonial America, and you will see a list of all the pages. We have no homework due to the holiday!!

Monday 11/24/2008 By Rina. Today, we finished our page to post in wikispaces. We listen diferent groups talking about diferent things like: religion,education,money,entertainment during the colony.

Homework:

A) Read this pages in wikispaces: 1.Education in colonial america. 2.Entertainment in colonial times. 3.Money of colonial America. 4.Religions in colonial america.

B) Be ready for show to other student your topic on wednesday.

Friday 11-21-08 Braham Today,we workedin the class about Colonial Amercia.We worked in group.Wiki helped every one in the class room.Most student are ready to go .Most student are not ready.Most important thing please don't copy the information to the internet because many students did not understand the words,so write your own words. We will work on monday who did not finish.So keep working on your paragraph.The people who done please post in to wikispaces so other student can see.See you monday!

Home Work:- keep working on your paragraph.

Wednesday 11/19/08 By Elsa Today, we watched videos about Colonial America. We saw one video about a blacksmith that uses the old approach. Another video showed us which gender roles were in Colonial America, and which types of people lived in those days (upper class, middle class, slaves). Next, we shared our answers of page 123 with our classmates. Then, we were in groups still working on our questions about Colonial America.

Homework due on Friday: 1) Continue to find information, pictures, links, and videos for your wikipage. 2) You will get points for: a) accuracy of information. b) correct writing/spelling. c) creativity. d) good variety of media: audio, video, pictures, links.

monday 11/17/08 sheida Today,we started a new chapter (chapter 5). We talked about people in colonial americans on page 120. We worked in small groups to talk and search about some questions like: how people in colonial america lived, what was their religion, about their educations, and .... . homework due on wednesday: 1) search on wikispaces or other sources on computer about these questions for your group. 2) read page on 121 and 122 and then answer the chart on page 123.

Wednesday 11/12/08

By Thanh Le

Today, we keep working in groups on the rules of grammar and show the Guidelines for the Animal Report to teacher.

Homework: Continue writing Guideline for the Animal Behavior Report and bring it to the class on Friday 11/14/08.

Monday 11/10/08

By Olga Budagyan

Today, we worked in groups on the rules of grammar. Each group had a specific rule, there were these rules: Combining Ideas, Using Direct and Indirect Objects and Using Articles: A, An, and The. Each group had to make a small presentation on their rule. After, we made sentences using each rule for our own Animal Behavior report.

Homework-Writing Guidelines for the Animal Behavior Report

Wednesday 11/5/08

By Braham R Singh

Today, we told wiki about the home work. The one is about innate behavior.We were in the group.Each person told diffrent behavior about animal.We aslo talked about habituation,reflex,association and migration.After,that we talked about using direct and indirect object.We wrote example on the white board.It's on page 86 to 89.

Home work- Grammer cafe level 6 unit 20 Articles- A.,AN, THE

Monday 11/3/08

By Cam Trang

Today, we review a little about habituation,imprinting, trial and error, association and insight behavior. After that we did the exercises on pages 81 and 82. And then Vicki gave us a paper to show how to make a simple and compound sentence. Some of students wrote some example on the board. Next we got a flat top to go on grammar cafe-level 3 unit 3 and 4 while we did that Vicki gave back to us the out line.

Homework due on Wednesday 11/6/08 is: Is the behavior you are reporting on innate or learned? Why ? Write a short paragraph. Marisa Ambriz

Friday we talk a bout Animal Behavior, Habituation, Imprinting, Trial and Error, Association, and Insight. We also watch videos on youtube about how dongs learn how to association and observation, have finish our outline.

By Bella Chang
 * Wednesday 10/29/08**

Today, we talked about "topic sentence" and the teacher explained it should be a sentence, that is, subject + verb. Then, everyone wrote a thesis statement on a specific type of behavior or communication for a chosen animal and wrote it on the board after approval by teacher. By following, we went through the animal's innate and learned behavior on the reading of "How do Animals Learn?". We also watched some vedios from Youtube which were related to the learned behavior in habituation and imprinting. Certainly, we were impressive by those interesting vedios.

- Fill in the outlines on Informative Essay Outline Handout
 * Homework due on Friday (10/31/08):**

Monday 10/27/08

by Jou Hua wu

Today, we discuss the article animal communication page 74 and did the "check your understanding" teacher gave us the outline in the wikisplace, which we need to follow the direction to write the paragraphs I """' animal. 1. Type of animal 2. Where are they live 3. Other information (2) behavior animal's communication example

Homework:

1. Hightlight the animal communication 2. Teacher would check the word jounal 3. Reading the articel page79 "How do Animal Learn?

== Today, we reviewed homework five answers and question from the article “oraganton”. We discussed “All Animal Communicate” by small group. After that, we studied article “Animal Communicate”. The teacher defines several animals’ communication style. Then, we read article “Factor Affecting Animal Communication”. The teacher explains about zebras that how their daily live are extremely stressful. And they are genetically relaxed from stress. ==

3. Read pages 76-77 do the exercises.
Wednesday 10/22/08

Mamta singh

Today, we read an artical 'A Conversation with Dr. Marc Hauser' and then discued questions in a small group. After we discussed questions, our teacher explaned the answers. Then she told us about how animals and human communicate. Then, we were divided into groups and had a really fun communication activity. Our teacher gave group A pieces of a Puzzle, but group B got the same completed puzzle. Group B instracted group A how to fix the puzzle. After giving instractions, group A was able to solve the puzzle. This was a good communication activity. Next, we all started reading 'All Animals Communicate'. Finally, our teacher explained the article to us.

Homework is due on friday 10/24/08

1-Continue reading 'All Animals Communicate' to answer the questions. 2-Highlight the article.

Friday 10/17/08

By Thanh Le

Today, we learned Chapter 3 " Animal Behavior " on pages 69 - 72. Highlighter main ideas, details, new words and discuss the questions with your group.

Homework: 1.Go to Learning Links for class Topic in the class Wiki. 2.Click on the first Animal Communication link. 3.Listen to Orangation You Podcast.... 4.Answer the questions at the end. 5.Word Journals - New words - Animal tales.

Have a nice weekend and see you Monday !!!!

Wednesday 10/15/08

By Sumitra Nayak

Today, we had a talk on resume services offered by Tri-City One-Stop Career Centers. Tri-City has a branch office at Ohlone Newark Center. Someone from Tri-City gave this talk. She gave us some tips on how to make a good resume. She also showed us how to handle a job interview. Vicki and She acted out a job interview. Some students also asked her some questions about resume. Next, we discussed our ideal job paragraph.

Homework: Vicki asked us to make sure to send the paragraph to her if anyone has not sent yet. For those who have already submitted and received comments from her, please correct your paragraph and re-send it to Vicki.

See you on Friday!!!

Monday 10/13/08

Today the teacher gave people who had already finished the ideal job the checklist sheet, which could help us have some ideas ,that such as the ouline of paragraph,and some error which we need to be careful about it.

Homework : 1. finish your paragraph revise it and sent the final draft as attachment in wetc 2. send your revised draft 3.resume bring it to class on wed

Friday 10/10/08

Yueping

Today at the beginning of the class Vicki told us something about "Tri-cities One-Stop Career Center" at Newark Campus. And gave us a paper with several questions on it. She asked us to write out the answers after we visited One-Stop Career Center. Then we went to this center. Two staffs Yanni and Hofmann told us much information about this center. It offers services and resources to job seekers and employers, at //**no cost**// to you. If you need help, you can make an appointment by phone or come here in person. Everyone filled a form to join in workshop. After about 40 minutes, we were back to the classroom to continue work. We talked about the last homework "choose a job that you hope" and learned how to determine the main idea and paragraph form, how to check your paragraph and look for mistakes.The homework due on Monday 10/13/08 is:

1. Finish answering the questions about the Tri-cities One-Stop Center. 2.Write the 1st draft of your paragraph. Use the guiding points on p.42.

Have a good weekend!!! See you all on Monday.

Wednesday 10/08/08

Today we talked about confusions abuot websites that we use to do our classwork and homework.Vicki also explained to us which website we will use for which work and their password.We work on page 39 C,page D and E with our pertners.We discussed page 40 F with all the class which gave us idea about present perfect and simple past.Then we learnt about Gerunds and Infinitives.Vicki also checked who brought headset in class and who dosen't.She expects everybody should have headsets next class. Homework for friday: 1.Gramer cafe level 2 unit 18 and 19 Gerunds and infinitives. 2.Page 41 step A choose a topic. 3.Page 42 step B.

See everybody on friday!!!

Monday 10/6/08

Braham

Today,we learned how to check our gradebook by online Next,we talked about Phrases with Prepositions. We also finished page 37 about phrases and prepsoitions.Then, we talked about simple present tense. We use simple present regular example- I go to school every day! Then, we use website myelt.henle.com for simple present:regular verbs.Finally,we spent one hour for practice.

Home work 1.Finish Exercise page-39 2. page-40 D,E,F 3.Finish Grammar Cafe-level 3 unit 6 and Unit 7

Friday 10/03/08 Ziwei Today, we were seperated in several groups and talk about the article calls " Your Major and Career: Myths and possibilities " And after the discussions each groups needs to explains what is the main idea and supporting details in the paragraph that they discuss before. next we all used laptops and go to the internet calls "grammer cafe " to help us to improves our's grammar. the website is:"myelt.heinle.com". Homework due for Monday is

1 grammar cafe begin working units in level 1 6 to 11

wednesday 10/01/08 Elsa

Today, we were sharing with a classmate: What I do best, my interests, and my values. All these are about Our Majors and Careers. Then, we did the Academic Reading on page 31. In this page we discussed in groups, exercises A and B. And exercise B: Vocabulary Preparation we highlighted the definitions that follow be or mean. After, we circled the correct part of speech for the words and phrases in that exercise. We also highlighted the most important thing in each sentence on page 36. Vicki gave us one website to help us with our journal entry, the website is: [|www.onelook.com]. **Homework due on Friday 10/03/08 is:**

1. Bring your journal entry.

2. Read pages 32-35 Your Major and Career: Myths and Possibilities, mark with highlighter: a) new vocabulary (put in your journal entry) b) questions c) most important ideas d) details



Here is some information about how to access WebCT and how to send an email with an attachment in WebCT.

Bella
 * Monday 09/29/09**

Today we were seperated in several groups and used laptops to choose a topic from [|www.abcnews.go.com], and we disscussed the main ideas and details with partners in groups, then wrote out the main ideas and/or details on the board. Each group had a different topic and most groups chose the news realated to economics, so we talked about what financial bailout is and what people's reaction to the $700 billions bailout. Also the teacher had a clear explanation regarding how this finanicial crisis happened and the influences caused by this issue, it quite helps us to understand what is happening in our daily lives. **Homework due on Wednesday 10/01/09** is:

1. Find out what happens to the bailout bill and write the main ideas + details.

//Sumitra//
 * Friday 09/26/09 **

Today, we again reviewed how to attach our homework on WEB CT account. When we started discussing words from our vocabulary journal with our partners, suddenly, the fire alarm went off and we had to leave the building. After about twenty minutes, we came back to the class and discussed “Finding the job that’s right for you” section from our textbook (pages 26 & 27). Some students shared their ideas about right and wrong job. We also completed exercises A, B & C (pages 28 & 29). We did exercise C “Using A Graphic Organizer” in groups. Vicky also introduced some online free self assessment tools. These tools can help you in discovering the careers for which you are best suited. Homework due for Monday 09/29/08 is: 1. Fill in the chart on page 30. 2. Class wiki > Learning Links for class self assessment Do one or more of the self assessment online. Have a nice weekend!!! See you all on monday 09/29/08.

Wednesday 9/24/08

sheida Today we talked about career planning at class. Also about cool jobs on page 20 and different personality that they must have it. We discussed on page 21 and 22, first teacher read these pages and then we talked about different jobs, and what they do, what qualifications they need for that job, and how they got their job. We talked in class, some of them are fun,easy, and the others are exciting, interesting or stressful. Then we had different groups to work on page 23 and fiil up the chart about different people and their job. Homework due friday 9/26/08:

1. Re-read cool jobs and mark new vocabulary with highliter. 2. Make word journal entries for the new vocabulary. 3. Make a list of 10 jobs that you think are cool. 4. Read page 26-27 finding the job that is right for you, mark with highliter : a) new vocabulary b) questions c) most important ideas

Monday 9/22/08

Today we talked about the diffference between a phrase ( a word or several words ) and a clause ( has a subject and verb ). Topics are phrases. Main ideas are clauses. A sentence is an independent clause that begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. We wrote a main idea sentence of the topic of pizza. Ex. Pizza ia a very healthy food. Then we added some details. Ex. Many types of pizza have all the food groups. Fpr example a pepperoni and mushroom pizza has the meat, vegetable, starch and diary food groups. We then worked on writing a paragraph about a favorite book, T.V. show, or animal. Homework due Wednesday 9/24/08:

1. Finish your paragraph. 2. Answer the editing questions on page 14 and correct your paragraph. 3. Send it as an attachment in WebCT. Go to Ohlone's home page. Click on Online classes on the left side of the page. Click on Log in to WebCT. Username= first two letters of your first name, first two letters of your last name and the last four digits of your student ID Password= student Go to mail and attach your paper to send to me.

ed if we bought a little notebook so we can write new words in it. We used the laptops because we were practicing some exercises about main ideas and details. Probably our teacher can't be with us next week since her father died. She's going to Virginia with her family, but she is going to let us know what is the homework for next week. media type="custom" key="1663087" =Class Journal=

Friday 9/12/08 Daniel will be posting a class summary soon.

I also told the class that due to a death in my family I will not be able to have classes next week. I'll return on Monday 9/22/08.

Check here to see if there are more practice exercises while I'm away.

Wednesday 9/10/08

Today we had a talk on the counseling services offered at Ohlone given by Stephanie Ramos, one of the Ohlone Counselors. Next, we checked how we had highlighted the article, "Getting the Most Out of a Textbook", Some of us still need to buy some highlighters! Then we worked in groups to share the vocabulary journal entries. All of us need to get a small notebook for keeping the vocabulary word entries. Finally, we talked about how to recognize parts of speech by where the word is in a sentence and by noticing the suffixes or endings of words. Homework due for Friday 9/12/08 is:

1. Read pages 8-9 and do exercise F 2. Do the practice exercises on Main Idea and Details found under the Learning Links for Class Topics.

See you Friday!!

Wednesday 9/3/08

Today we took a tour of the Newark campus, got to know each other in a conversation game, brainstormed our ideas of what the perfect teacher should be like, and went over the class syllabus and class wiki. The home work due on Friday 9/5/08 is: 1. Buy your textbook, Quest 1 Reading and Writing 2. Try to go into the class wiki 3. Write a paragraph describing what you think makes a perfect teacher.

See you Friday!

Friday 9/5/08

Today we used the laptops to make sure everyone knows how to access the class wiki in wikispaces. We also learned how to log into WebCT. Your username in WebCT is the first two letters of your first name, plus the last two letters of your last name, plus the last four digits of your student ID number. The letter of your first and last name need to be capital letters. The password is "student" in lower case letters. We then learned how to use Microsoft Word to type a paper and send it as an attachment in WebCT mail. We typed the paragraph from homework, what makes a perfect teacher and sent it to Vicki in WebCT email. The homework due on Monday 9/8/08 is:

1. Buy your book if you haven't yet 2. Read pages 5-8 Do exercises C,D,E

See you Monday!!

Monday 9/8/08

Today we went over how to read the corrections on your papers in WebCT email using Track Changes in Microsoft Word. Next, we worked in groups to complete a graphic organizer for the article, "Getting the Most Out of a Textbook. We discussed the idea that getting the most out of something is being able to make the best use of the thing you are talking about. We also discussed how to use context (the words and sentences around an unfamiliar word) to help guess the meaning of unknown words. It is important not to worry about knowing the meaning of every word you read. You only need to focus on the most important words. We briefly discussed word journal entries and how parts of speech can help you know how to use a word properly. The homework due on Wednesday 9/10/08 is:

1. Buy your book!! 2. Use highlighters to mark the article, "Getting the Most Out of a Textbook". 3. Read and do the exercises on p. 4 4. make a word journal entry for the words you write on p. 4. 5. Make sure you read pages 5-8 and do exercises C, D, and E.