Unit 4 February 17: Downtown

above: a phone call offering a cruise or other type of vacation could really be a rip-off or a scam

1. Travel fraud from the Federal Trade Commission website - textbook p.53, exercises C &D and Do it yourself A & B
2. Idiom - "fly by night" = a dishonest business without credentials or well known history. example: "The fly by night company sold vacation packages to students, cashed their checks, then went out of business without arranging the trips."
3. Homework: Federal Trade Commission tips, workbook p.32 exercises 15 & 16
4. Optional: visit the Federal Trade Commission's website and read the alert about sweepstakes offers.

Unit 4 January 29: Downtown

above: the typical American family used to go on vacation in a station wagon

1. Discussion: Are you checking this class blog for assignments when you miss class? Do you know you can post a question about an assignment as a comment on the class blog? Adam will answer the question online!
2. Practical grammar, textbook p.46 uses of the words some and any
3. Homework: Practical grammar, workbook p.27 exercises 6-7 choose some or any
4. Optional: esl-lab.com 20 minute vocabulary mini-lesson "Hotel Reservations"