Unit 3 December 16: Downtown

above: blogger Jason Guard in a Richmond magazine food article

1. Homework review: Authentic practice, workbook p.24, exercise 17
2. Guest speaker: Jason Guard , writer of Carmelized OpiNIONS blog
3. Homework: write one paragraph based on the information in Jason's Guard's presentation

Unit 2 December 6: Adam's Broad Rock Library class

1. This Saturday I will bring laptop computers.
2. We will go online and everyone will get a free email address
3. We will go to blogger.com and register in order to use richmondelcivics.blogspot.com (this blog)
4. You will be able to study and communicate with us when you cannot come to class!

Blogging and Unit 2 Review

pictured above: studying during a power outage (no blogging)

1. Review Tuesday's blogging experience
2. Idiom: ""have a knack for something" = have a special or nature ability (from esl-lab.com) example - Leonardo has a knack for computers and blogging.
3. Textbook: p.27-28, exercises C-F (composition)
4. Homework: workbook p.85-86, Skills for test taking
5. Optional: work on your building your blog

Learning to Blog

1. Homework review: workbook p.16, exercises 17-18
   
2. Learn to blog with special guest Adam Nathanson
   
3. Optional homework: Go to http://www.rvablogs.com/ to see Richmond blogs