Unit 2 Apartment Problems

1. Homework Review: Workbook p.9-10, exercises 1-5


2. Idioms "a dump" and "a dive"


3. Textbook Model 2, Discuss an outage with another tenant p.17: Listen to CD then work in pairs


4. Homework: Workbook Practical Grammar p.11, exercises 6-8


5. Optional: esl-lab.com "Renting Apartments" 20 Minute Vocabulary Lesson (medium difficulty)

Introduction to Unit 2

1. Homework Review: Workbook p.8, exercises 15-16.


2. Discuss Unit 2 objectives: Textbook p.15


3. Practical Conversation listen to CD and answer: Textbook p.16


4. Idiom: "on the fritz"


5. Homework: Workbook p.9-10, exercises 1-5


6. Optional: esl-lab.com: "Home Repairs" (difficult)

Finishing Up Unit 1 - Your Life

pictured above: Ralph Edwards, the host of U.S. television program "This Is Your Life"

1. Idiom "can't make heads or tails of (something)" for more idioms click here Could you make heads or tails of what the guest speaker, Paz Ochs, was saying on Thursday?


2. Unit 1 Your Life Review: Workbook p.83-84


3. Homework: Workbook p.8, exercises 15-16.


4. Optional: esl-lab.com "Apartments for Rent"

Hispanic Liaison Office Visits Both Classes!

On Thursday, September 18 Paz Ochs from the City of Richmond's Hispanic Liaison Office will speak to the downtown English Literacy Civics class at 12pm. On Monday, September 29, Tanya Gonzalez from the Hispanic Liaison Office will come to Broad Rock Library to talk to our Southside students.

Please note: No class this Saturday at Broad Rock Library. Class will resume on Monday, September 22.

For Clay Hall's downtown class on Thursday, September 18:

1. Review student findings from Internet searches about the Hispanic Liaison Office.


2. Meet Paz Ochs and listen to her presentation


3. Brief question and answer period


4. Homework: Write a short (2-5 sentences) summary of the presentation and information provided

Unit 1 - Get Ready for Our First Guest Speaker!

This post is for Clay Hall's class at the Adult Career Development Center downtown. The homework assignments and online exercises can also be completed by students from Adam Nathanson's Broad Rock Library class who have purchased Ready to Go books.

1. Review Homework: Workbook pages 6-7, exercises 12-14


2. Listen to CD and do Group Listening Comprehension textbook p.13 exercise B
   
3. Homework: Visit the website for the City of Richmond's Hispanic Liaison Office in preparation for Thursday's guest speaker. (click here)
   
4. Optional online listening exercise from esl-lab.com: "Back to School Supplies"

Check Out the Citizenship website!

Students from our Broad Rock Library class requested more information about citizenship this week. The United States Customs and Immigration Service website offers lots of information about the requirements for U.S. citizenship (click here).

If you would like to take a Naturalization Practice Test online, click here.

We will study and compare the old and new citizenship questions throughout the year. For more information about the exam and Citizenship Requirements, click here.

Unit 1 - Declining Sales Offers

1. Review homework: Workbook pages 3-4, Practical Grammar 5-9


2. Brainstorm more ways to decline sales offers. In the U.S you can tell telemarketers to "Please take us off your list."


3. Write down the name of one charity solicitation and one sales solicitation that you have actually received.


4. Students write the names of solicitors who have called them on the board.


5. Homework: Workbook pages 6-7, exercises 12-14


6. Optional online listening exercise from esl-lab.com: "Where are you from?"


7. Optional research: Visit website for the National Do Not Call Registry and report back to the class on your findings

Week Two - Let's Get to Work!

Each month a special guest from the community will visit our class to help us learn about our city. In September, representatives of the City of Richmond's Office of the Hispanic Liaison will talk to us about their services. Check this blog for details on the specific days.

1. Review homework: Workbook Unit 1, pages 1-2, Practical Conversations 1-3
   
2. Textbook Unit 1: using Ready to Go CD, listen to Models 1 & 2 on pages 2-3, while reading
   
3. Textbook Unit 1: Models 1 & 2 C, pages 2-3 work in pairs or as a class reading the role play


4. New homework: Workbook pages 3-4, Practical Grammar 5-9


5. Optional online listening exercises: http://www.esl-lab.com/ "Tell Me About Yourself" or "Telemarketing" (very difficult)

Week One - Welcome!

above: a telemarketer

Welcome to Clay Hall's downtown and Adam Nathanson's southside English Literacy Civics class! Check this blog weekly for class assignments. The first week's work is listed below:

1. Preview textbook, discuss, and bookmark important pages as class activity


2. Textbook Unit 1 Warm up, page 1


3. Review Unit 1 objectives, page 1


4. Homework: Workbook Unit 1, pages 1-2, Practical Conversations 1-3


5. Optional: http://www.esl-lab.com/ "Nice to Meet You" online listening exercise