NO POTLUCK!

This class is officially finished.
Your grades (credit) will be submitted by Friday.

FINAL EXAM: WEDNESDAY 08/09/17

Assignments - Tuesday 08/08/17

FoEG
Do exercise 46 (writing) on page 256.
Study charts 13-7 (page 357), 13-8 (page 358), 13-9 (page 361), and 13-10 (page 364).
Then do exercises 28, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, and 47 on pages 357 to 369.

Assignments - Monday 08/07/17

FoEG
Study chart 13-1 (page 342), chart 13-2 (page 344), chart 13-3 (page 346), chart 13-4 (page 347), chart 13-5 (page 352), and chart 13-6 (page 355).
Then do exercises 2, 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, 25, and 26 on pages 342 to 356.

WoR2
Read "Finding a Wife" on pages 100 to 103.

Assignments - Thursday 08/03/17

FoEG
Do exercise 31 on page 336.
Do exercise 37 on pages 339-340.
Study chart 9-9 (page 245) and chart 9-10 (page 246).
Then do exercises 30, 32, 33, 34, and 39 (pages 245-251).

WoR2
Read "Googling Your Date" on pages 95-96.

Assignments - Wednesday 08/02/17

FoEG
Study chart 11-9 (page 315) and chart 11-10 (page 317).
Then do exercises 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, and 41 on pages 310 to 320.

Assignments - Tuesday 08/01/17

FoEG
Study chart 11-4 (page 295), chart 11-5 (page 297), chart 11-6 (page 300), and chart 11-7 (page 302).
Then do exercises 10, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, and 24 on pages 295 to 304.

WoR2
Read "Untitled" on pages 90-91.
Then find the meaning of all the words you don't know.

FINAL EXAM: WEDNESDAY 08/09/17

Assignments - Monday 07/31/17

FoEG:
Study chart 9-5 (page 240), chart 9-6 (241), chart 9-7 (page 242), and chart 9-8 (page 244).
Then do exercise 10 (page 236), exercise 11 (page 236), exercise 13 (page 237), exercise 17 (page 239), exercise 19 (page 240), exercise 20 (page 240-241), exercise 21 (page 241), exercise 26 (page 243), and exercise 28 (page 244).

WoR2:
Read "Students Think Love Conquers All" on pages 85-86.
Then find the meaning of all the words you don't know.

Assignments - Thursday 07/27/17

FoEG
Study chart 8-6 on page 221.
Then do exercise 24 (page 221), exercise 25 (pages 221-222), exercise 26 (page 222), exercise 27 (page 222).
Study chart 8-7 on page 223.
Then do exercise 30 (page 223), exercise 32 (page 224), exercise 35 (page 226), and exercise 36 (page 227).

Assignments - Wednesday 07/26/17

FoEG
Do exercise 39 on page 281.
Do exercise 47 on pages 284-285.

Do exercise 54 on pages 289.

WoR2
Read "21" on pages 76-77.
Find the meaning of all the words you don't know.

Assignments - Tuesday 07/25/17

WoR2
Read "Advertisers Try New Ways to Get into Your Head" on pages 71-72.
Check the meaning of all the words that you don't know.

FoEG
Review the chapter on Passive

Assignments - Monday 07/24/17

FoEG
Do exercise 9 on page 264.
Study chart 10-4 on page 265.
Then do exercises 12, 13, 14, and 16 on pages 265 to 268.
Do exercise 20 on page 270.
Study chart 10-6 on page 271
Then do exercises 22, 23, 24, 25, and 27 on pages 272 to 274.

WoR2
Read "Multitasking Madness" on pages 60-62.
Check the meaning of all the words that you don't know.
("that you don't know" is an adjective clause)
Read "In the Blink of an Eye" on pages 66-67.
Check the meaning of all the words that you don't know.

Assignments - Thursday 07/20/17

Click on the following link and learn all about tag questions - rules & exceptions:
http://www.grammar.cl/Intermediate/Question_Tags.htm

Click on the following link and learn more about the use of commas in adjective clauses.  Then do the exercises:
https://www.englishgrammar.org/identifying-nonidentifying-relative-clauses/


Watch the following video on passive sentences (15 minutes):
https://youtu.be/pxbQ2U3Uuv0

FoEG
Study chart 7-15.
Then do exercises 52 and 55 on pages 204 to 207.

Assignments - Wednesday 07/19/17

FoEG
Study chart 7-9 on page 193, chart 7-10 on page 195, and chart 7-11 on page 197.
Then do exercise 33 on page 195, exercise 35 on page 196, exercise 37 on page 197, exercise 38 on page 198, and exercise 40 on page 198.

WoR2
Study "collocations" on page 56.

Assignments - Tuesday 07/18/17

FoEG
Study charts 7-7 and 7-8 on pages 190-191.
Do exercises 27 & 28 on age 192.

WoR2
Read "(Un)American" on pages 51-52.
Find the meaning of all unknown words.
Do the Comprehension Check on page 53.

Assignments - Monday 07/17/17

Practice the different forms of "other"
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/anothertheother.html


FoEG
Do exercise 60 on page 177.
Study chart 7-4 on page 184, chart 7-5 on page 187, and chart 7-6 on page 189.
Do exercise 15 on page 185, exercise 19 on pages 187-188, and exercise 22 on page 189.

WoR2
Do the vocabulary exercises on pages 41-42.

Assignments - Thursday 07/13/17

FoEG

Study chart 6-11 on page 166, chart 6-12 on page 168, and 6-13 on page 169.
Then do exercises 42, 43, 46, and 48 on pages 166 to 170.

Study chart 7-1 on page 178, chart 7-2 on page 180, and 7-3 on page 182.
Then do exercises 2, 4, 5, 10, and 11 on pages 179 to 183.

PICNIC / POTLUCK / BBQ

From Saddleback College... Merge onto I-5 S via the ramp to San Diego
Take exit 79 for CA-1	0.3 mi
Continue onto CA-1 N	1.0 mi
Turn left onto Dana Point Harbor Dr	0.1 mi
Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Park Lantern Destination will be on the left.	0.2 mi

 

 The  PICNIC / POTLUCK / BBQ is on Sunday, July 16, ALL DAY (from 6am to 4pm) at Lantern Bay Park in Dana Point.

Prepositions of Place

http://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Prepositions%20of%20Place.pdf

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/2/14/35

Assignments - Wednesday 07/12/17

FoEG
Study chart 6-8.
Then do exercises 30, 31, and 32.

WoR2
Read the two texts on pages 37 to 39, and check the meaning of all unfamiliar words.

Friends - The One with the Blackout

Here's the script for the Friends episode "The One with the Blackout"
http://www.livesinabox.com/friends/season1/107towbo.htm

Assignments - Tuesday 07/11/17

FoEG:
Do exercise 19 on page 155.
Study chart 6-5 on page 156.
Do exercise 21 on page 156.

WoR2:
Read "People on the Move" again.
Find the meaning of all difficult/unfamiliar words in the dictionary.

Assignments - Monday 07/10/17

FoEG:
Study charts 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-13, and5-14 on pages 127 to 138.
Then do exercises 32, 33, 39, 40, 41, 43, and 52.

WoR2:
Page 27 - Writing Assignment
Email me your assignment by 11pm on Sunday 07/09/17 to noosharavaghi@gmail.com

Assignments - Thursday 07/06/17

FoEG:
Study charts 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4 on pages 114 to 119.
Then do exercises 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, and 17 on pages 115 to 120.

Assignments - Wednesday 07/05/17

WoR2:
Study the word chart on page 25.

ANSWERS

http://www.glendale.edu/home/showdocument?id=33449

White Collar - Pilot (QUESTIONS)

White Collar - Season 1 - Episode 1 (Pilot) - Questions

1. What is Neal wearing when he walks through the prison hallways?
2. Why does Neal buy a yellow jacket?
3. Why does Agent ask, “How many of you went to Harvard?”?
4. Why are US Marshals requesting Agent Burke’s help?
5. Why do the marshals and Burke agree that Neal’s escape is “unusual”?
6. How long did Agent Burke chase Neal before he arrested him?
7. How much head start does Neal have?
8. Where did Neal get his guard uniform?
9. Whose credit card did Neal use to buy the uniform?
10. What kind of credit card did Neal use?
11. What kind of car did Neal use to escape?
12. What does Peter Burke find inside the book in Neal’s prison cell?
13. Why is Neal shaving his beard important to the story?
14. How often did Kate visit Neal before she disappeared?
15. Where does Peter find Neal?
16. How long did it take Neal to escape prison?
17. How much time will Neal get for escaping prison?
18. Neal offers to tell Peter what he finds on his coat in exchange for what?
19. Why are the Canadians upset about Peter finding the security fibers for the Canadian hundred dollar bills? 
20. Why does Peter call the criminal he is chasing “the Dutchman”?
21. What does Neal offer to do in exchange for getting out?
22. What does Neal say about the new GPS tracking anklets?
23. Why does Peter stay up on that particular night?
24. What is Neal wearing on his ankle when he gets out in Peter’s custody?
25. What will happen if Neal runs again?
26. What is the condition of making Neal a permanent FBI consultant?
27. How far can Neil go from the Motel he is supposed to stay in?
28. Where does Neal go right after Peter leaves him at the motel?
29. How do Neal and June meet?
30. Why does Neal ask June if she lives nearby?
31. Why does Peter think he has the wrong address?
32. What is Peter’s reaction to Neal new living arrangements?
33. Neal says he helps out in addition to the $700 rent he pays.  What are his responsibilities?
34. What does June’s granddaughter do?
35. Why does Peter think the book is not rare?
36. Why was Tony Field killed?
37. Does the FBI have a policy against hiring homosexuals?
38. Why are the books valuable?
39. Where did Tony Fields go before he left for Spain?
40. How many times did Fields visit that place?
41. What does he do each time?
42. Why did Fields go through the trouble of making a nice forgery?
43. Why did Fields put the forgery at the National Archives?
44. When Elizabeth calls Peter, what does she lie about?
45. What happens to the dinner El cooked for Peter?
46. Why does Peter suddenly stop the car in the middle of the street?
47. Where is Mozzie waiting for Neal in the dark?
48. Why does Peter go through his wife’s things?
49. Why does Jones call Peter at home?
50. Why did Neal go to Peter’s house?
51. How did Neal find out who the Dutchman is?
52. Where do Peter and Neal go on the way to the office?
53. Why is the church closed to the public?
54. Why does Neal “lie” to the priest?
55. Why does Neal ask Peter if he thinks Diana is attractive?
56. Why does Peter go through his wife’s visa bill?
57. What was the bottle a symbol of for Neal and Kate?
58. How much time does Neal have to help catch Curtis Hagen?
59. What happens if they lose Curtis Hagen?
60. What did Mozzie find about Kate?
61. Is Mozzie a smoker?
62. Why is he smoking?
63. What’s hidden in the filter?
64. Why doesn’t Peter go to the warehouse and arrest Hagen?
65. What does Neal do to help Peter?
66. What does Peter think when he gets the phone call in the middle of the night about Neal?
67. How does Neal get in the warehouse?
68. What does he explain he’s doing with the camera?
69. What does Peter Burke say to his agents when they get to the warehouse?
70. What do they find in Hagen’s office?
71. How does Peter surprise El?
72. What does Peter show El when they’re on Neal’s roof?
73. Does Neal show Kate’s picture to Peter? Explain.

White Collar - Pilot (SCRIPT)

http://whitecollar.wikia.com/wiki/Pilot_Transcript

Assignments - Monday 07/03/17

FoEG
Study the charts on pages 94 to 107.
Then do exercises 22, 23, 24, 29, 33, 35, 38, 39, and 40.

WoR2
Read "It's OK to Be Different" on pages 15-16.
Do the Comprehension Check on pages 17-18.

Common Assessment Pilot Testing

What: Common Assessment Pilot Testing (will not be used for student grades, placement, or records of any kind). 100 test questions: 20 pre-questions, 70 test questions, 10 post-test questions.



Where: Village 8-5


When: Mon-Thurs 8:00am-2:30 and Friday 8-12; June 26-July 15 (closed July 4 and July 14)

Also available on Thursday, June 29 5:00pm-8:00pm by appointment



How long the test takes: 1-2 hours



Receive: $20 Amazon gift card for completing the test

Important Notes...

Mahzad, please register for the class as soon as possible.

Makiko, please re-register for the class as soon as possible.

Thanks!

Assignments - Thursday 06/29/17

FoEG
Study the charts on pages 81-90.
Do exercises 7, 9, 11, 16, and 18 on pages 85-92.

Assignments - Wednesday 06/28/17

FoEG
Do exercises 29, 30, 32, 37, 42, 43, and 45 on pages 70 to 79.

Unauthorized Classroom Recordings

Please pay attention to this section of your syllabus:

Unauthorized Classroom Recordings: "Other than Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) directed auxiliary aids and academic accommodations, the use of any electronic listening or recording device in any classroom is prohibited without the explicit prior consent of the instructor (CA Ed Code Sec. 78907). It is in violation of South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) policies (BP 5401 & AR 5401) which address student conduct. It is also a crime to record any private communication, such as a classroom lecture, without the consent of all parties to the conversation (Cal. Penal Code § 632). Violation of such rules may result in disciplinary action."

Syllabus:
 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yemZDNVlPLUsteTQ/view?usp=sharing

"MAKE" VERSUS "DO"

https://www.espressoenglish.net/difference-between-do-and-make-60-collocations/

Assignments - Tuesday 06/27/17

FoEG
Do exercises14 and 15 on page 63, exercise 18 on pages 64 and 65, exercises 20, 21, and 22 on pages 66, and exercises 25 and 26 on pages 68 and 69.

WoR2
Read "Peer Influences on Achievement" on page 10.  Then answer the questions on page 11.

Assignments - Monday 06/26/17

FoEG
Study all the charts in chapters 1 & 2 (pages 1 to 54).
Do exercise 7 (pages 5-6), exercise 16 (page 11), exercise 17 (page 12), exercise 23 (page 15), exercises 28, 29, 30, and 31 (pages 17-19), exercise 32 (pages 20-21), exercise 36 (pages 22-23), exercise 38 (page 25), exercise 7 (pages 29-30), exercise 10 (page 33), exercise 13 (pages 34-35), exercise 26 (page 43), exercise 27 (page 44), exercises 32 and 33 (page 47), exercises 36, 37, and 38 (pages 49-50), exercise 41 (page 52), and exercise 44 (page 53).

Assignments - Thursday 06/22/17

Grammar Practice:
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-exercises.html

WoR2:
Review the vocabulary on pages 5 to 7.

Assignments - Wednesday 06/21/17

Click on the following links and study:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yN043V1NIN05PQm8/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yVldfTEJEOGthVm8/view?usp=sharing
 http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-use.html

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/future.htm 

Assignments - Tuesday 06/20/17

Study the syllabus carefully.  Be ready to answer questions.

Write a paragraph (5 to 6 sentences) about yourself and email it to me by 6pm on Tuesday.

SYLLABUS - SUMMER 2017

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yemZDNVlPLUsteTQ/view?usp=sharing

WELCOME TO ESL 331 - SUMMER 2017!