Friday Computer Class, November 1, 2013

Welcome to our Friday Computer Assistants, Joel and Bongani. 

They are credit students at the Ocean Campus, studying Computer Science. They are both volunteers. We appreciate their help.

NOTE: Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, November 3 at 2:00 a.m.  

Turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed Saturday night. You will have the correct time when you wake up on Sunday.

Important dates coming soon:

• Thursday, October 31st - Halloween (not a school holiday) & teachers' meeting 9:45 - 10:30 a.m.
  
  
  

Apply for Business Dept. non-credit classes You must apply by October 31, so we will take a few minutes in class to do this. You will register for classes from November 12 - 30.

Wednesday, November 6
CASAS Post-Test
 Take this test one time only!

• Monday, November 11th - Veterans' Day (no school - a holiday)

• Wednesday, November 27th - Sunday, December 1st - Thanksgiving holiday  (no school)

• Monday, Dec. 2 - Tuesday, Dec. 3 - Level 6 Promotion Tests - if you have more than one L. 6 class, choose: which class will you take the test in? Tell your teacher.

GRAMMAR etc.

1. A quiz on quantifiers (i.e. much, many, few, a few, little, a little) We'll try it in class.
2. Grammar Quizzes - choose the ones you want to practice. Ask questions if you're not sure what to do. 
3. Ventures 3 (the green book) - finish Unit 5 and print your report. Let me see how you did.
4. English quizzes and games online  Ask if you need help.
5. Finally, a song for the holiday we had yesterday. This song includes exercise.

Friday Computer Class, October 25, 2013

Around Town

Here's a map of San Francisco, 

at least the part we're in.

Let's look at our city

www.staysf.com

Have you been to Coit Tower? 

Where is it?

What do people do there?

from cnn.com

Have you ever been to the Exploratorium, at Pier 15 in San Francisco? It has moved from Lyon Street to the waterfront. 

Is the Exploratorium a museum? A school? What do you think?

What places in the city are interesting to you? Why? Click here for information.

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Pronunciation
Here are three YouTube videos to practice:

 1. Here's some practice with sound comparisons

2. "100 speaking mistakes in English"

3. English Conversation with subtitles

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Go to Ventures Arcade here; click on book 3 (the green one) and choose Unit 5.

When you finish the exercises, click on REPORT. Put your name in the box and click on print at the bottom.

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Now for a song: I Only Have Eyes For You

Listen to the song. What do you think the title means? 

Friday Computer Class, October 18, 2013

Golden Gate Bridge

Something New

Ventures 3 Online

This is our textbook link. Click it to go to the Ventures Arcade and choose book 3.
Click on the Unit we are studying. OR you can practice other units that you like.

Listen to songs and read stories

This website has 1000's of songs with lyrics, and stories and articles to read. The stories and articles can be played in slower or faster versions. Try it out.

Oxford Dictionary Activities

Spelling Challenge, Hangman, and other word games to play. Have fun practicing English.

1. Practice health vocabulary here  This site gives you words for different kinds of medicines and things you get at the drug store
2. Practice Verb Tenses here - we did this in class earlier this week
3. Just for fun, learn some Internet chat vocabulary below:

4. Click here for Jennifer's website grammar section. She has many interactive exercises, with a choice of Advanced and Beginning.

5. Pronounce the alphabet with this YouTube video. It's very helpful.