Friday, September 25, 2009

Homework for Monday

Your homework for Monday's class is to do 3 things -
(1) email book (p. 50) "Try It Out" to me
(2) finish blog comments if you didn't finish already
(3) read and do book p. 51 - 53

Thank you for your dilligent work!

I hope you have a great weekend! I'll see you on Saturday, if you go to Disneyland! :-)

Amy

Happy Friday!

Hello class - Happy Friday!  

Today I want you to do 3 things
(1) put your "Memorable Event/Experience essays on your blog (with corrections)
(2) write a blog of 15 - 20 sentences based on the topic of your choice.  - It's free-choice blog day.   :-)
(3) please read and comment on 4 different people's blogs
      (a) two people's "Memorable Event"
      (b) two people's free-choice blogs

Please do as much as you can in class.  Everything is due by Sunday night at 10:00 PM

Thank you!

I hope you have a great weekend!

Amy

Friday, September 18, 2009

New Homework

Dear Class, 

Thank you for your work today in the computer lab.  I was really happy to see everyone working so hard! 

Your homework:

   - Please email your "Memorable Experience/Memorable Event" to me if you did not give it to me, or send it already.
 
 - Please read and do pages 38 - 42 in your book for Monday's class.

I hope you have a good weekend!

See you Monday!

Amy
Happy Friday! :-)

Today I will ask you to do 3 things on your blog.

(1) Choose one of the following and blog. (15 - 20 sentences).

A) What is something you would change about yourself if you could and why? What do you not want to change?

B) If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? What has been your favorite place to visit?

(2) Please type or copy and paste your "Person Who Has Made a Difference" composition into your blog.

(3) Read and comment on 4 people's blogs:

A) Read 2 people's blogs about something they would change or a place they would go and comment.

B) Read 2 different people's blogs about their "Person....Difference" and comment.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

homework for Friday

Hello I 4 Comp students!

I apologize for not posting this yesterday. I forgot! I'll post quicker in the future.

Your homework was the writing assignment on p. 36 -
Write a rough draft about "a memorable event or memorable experience." Write 15 - 20 sentences.

Please remember that you have a quiz in class tomorrow. The quiz includes:
- fragments (p. 14), simple sentences (p. 11), and compound sentences (p. 30)
- coordinating conjunctions (p. 30)
- use of commas (p. 33)
- subject/verb agreement (p. 11)
- time order (p. 25)
- correction symbols (p. 184 only this week)

Have a good night, and I'll see you in the morning.

Thank you!

Amy

Friday, September 11, 2009

Dear students,

I re-read all of your self-introductions and the comments by your classmates. It looks like you are enjoying learning about each other and writing to each other. I am glad!

For today, I will ask you to blog about either:

1) What is something you would change about yourself if you could and why? What do you not want to change?

2) If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? What has been your favorite place to visit?

Please write a paragraph (15 - 20 sentences).

Thank you!

Friday, September 4, 2009

Welcome to our class blog!

Hello Intermediate 4 Composition students!

I'm very happy to be working with you this semester. I know that you are a hard-working and motivated class, and I'm happy to assist you with your writing. I think we will have a great semester!

This is our class blog which you will use every week as part of your class work.

Today you will create your blogs, and you have four assignments to complete on your blog! What you do not finish in class, will be homework for you.

(1) Type your self-introduction for your first blog. Please include the corrections that I made on your papers.

(2) Download (or copy and paste) your classmate introduction for your second blog. Again, please include the corrections that I made on your papers.

(3) Please read three classmates' self-introduction blogs and make a comment, or ask a question on their blog.

(4) Please read two classmate introductions and make a comment on those blogs. (You need to read different blogs than the ones you read in #3.)

Thank you for your work!

Amy