Low Intermediate ESL 

 

 

                   Fall 2004 Schedule  
Date Day Quiz Homework Classwork
08/23 Mon1     Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Listening
08/24 Tue     Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Structure
08/25 Wed     Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Reading
08/26 Thu     Chapter 1: Using Be Verbs, pp. 20-25 in Basic English Grammar
08/27 Fri     Using Have/Has and Possessive Pronouns, pp. 26-33.
         
08/30 Mon2 The Zipper, page 5   Chapter 2: Simple Present and Frequency Adverbs, pp. 44-48
08/31 Tue   Zipper exercises ABCDF, pp. 6-8 Pronunciation and Spelling of the Final -s on Verbs, pp. 49-56
09/01 Wed The Stamp, pages 10-11   Simple Present Negative and Yes-No Questions, pp. 57-63
09/02 Thu   Stamp exercises ABCDF, pp. 11-13 Information Questions with Where, When, Be and Do, pp. 64-71
09/03 Fri Pencils & Pens, pp. 15-16   Expressing Time and Weather with It Is, pp. 72-75
         
09/06 Mon3 Labor Day Holiday    
09/07 Tue   Pencils exercises ABCDF, 16-19 Review of Chapter 2: Simple Present, Part I, pages 76-83
09/08 Wed Umbrellas, page 21   Test of Chapter 2: The Simple Present, Part I, pages 44-83
09/09 Thu   Umbrellas ex. ABCDF, pp. 22-24 Chapter 3: Present Progressive Verb Tense, pages 84-89
09/10 Fri Metric System, pp. 26-27   Progressive and Simple Questions Compared, pp. 89-95
         
09/13 Mon4   Metric ex. ABCD, pp. 27-29 Non-action Verbs, See/Watch and Need/Want, pages 95-99
09/14 Tue Unit 1 Reading Exam   Would Like and Think About, and Review, pages 100-106
09/15 Wed Thai Boxing, page 41   There Is/There Are and Location Prepositions, pages 106-114
09/16 Thu   Thai Box ex. ABCDF, pp. 42-44 Several Vocabulary Checklists, pages 115-122
09/17 Fri Curling, page 46   Review of Chapter 3: Present Progressive, pages 123-126
         
09/20 Mon5   Curling ex. ABCDF, pp. 47-49 Test of Chapter 3: Present Progressive Verbs, pages 84-126
09/21 Tue Lacrosse, page 51   Teacher Out: Ch 4: Subjects/Objects/Adjectives, pp. 127-131
09/22 Wed   Lacrosse ex. ABCDF, pp. 52-54 Subject/Object Pronouns and Plural Nouns, pages 131-138
09/23 Thu Sumo, page 56   Irregular Plurals, Count/Non-counts, and A/An, pp. 139-144.
09/24 Fri   Sumo ex. ABCDF, pp. 57-59 Using A, An, and Some before Nouns, pages 145-150.
         
09/27 Mon6 Tarahumara, page 61   Measurements with Non-counts and Vocabulary, pp. 150-156.
09/28 Tue   Tarahumara ex ABCDF, pp. 62-64 Using The, No Article, Some, and Any, pp. 157-162.
09/29 Wed Unit 2 Reading Exam   Indefinite Pronouns and Chapter Review, pp. 163-170.
09/30 Thu Puffer Fish, page 79   Test of Chapter 4: Nouns, Adjectives and Pronouns, pp. 127-170
10/01 Fri   Puffer Fish ex. ABCDF, pp. 80-83 Chapter 5: Past Time: Was/Were, Negative and Questions, 171-76
         
10/04 Mon7 World Food, pages 85-86   Past Tense -ED and Yesterday, Last, and Ago, pages 177-183
10/05 Tue   World Food ex. ABCDF, 86-89 Spelling -ED Verbs and Spelling of Two-Syllable Verbs, 184-189
10/06 Wed Chocolate, pages 91-92   Simple Past Irregular Verbs and Negatives, pages 190-194
10/07 Thu   Chocolate ex. ABCDF, pp. 92-95 Simple Past Yes/No Questions and Irregulars, pages 195-202
10/08 Fri Healthy Hunza, pp. 97-98   Simple Past with Where, When, What Time, and Why, pp. 203-208
         
10/11 Mon8   Hunza ex. ABCDF, pp. 98-101 Questions with Who, What Does and Irregular Verbs, pp. 209-215
10/12 Tue Future Food, 103-104   Before, After and When in Past Verb Time Clauses, pp. 216-223
10/13 Wed   Fut Food ex ABCDF, pp. 105-108 Review of Chapter 5: Past Verb Forms, pages 224-229
10/14 Thu Unit 3 Reading Exam   Test of Chapter 5: Past Time Verbs, pages 171-229.
10/15 Fri Marie Celeste, pp. 123-24   Chapter 6: Expressing Future Time: Be Going To, pp. 231-241
         
10/18 Mon9 Fall Break: No Class    
10/19 Tue Fall Break: No Class    
10/20 Wed Poltergeist, pp. 130-131 Marie ex. ABCDF, pages 124-128 What + Do and May/Might vs. Will, pp. 242-254
10/21 Thu   Poltergeist ex. ABCF, pp. 131-34 Maybe vs. May Be and Future with Before/After, pp. 255-260
10/22 Fri Roanoke, pp. 136-137  Roanoke ex. ABCDF, pp. 137-41 Clauses with If and Habitual Present with If Clauses, pp. 260-266
         
10/25 Mon10 Easter Island, pp. 143-144   Irregular Verbs and Review, pages 266-280
10/26 Tue   Easter ex. ABCDF, pp. 144-149 Test of Chapter 6: Future Time Verbs, pages 231-280
10/27 Wed Tunguska Fire, pp. 149-50   Chapter 7: Ability: Can, Know How to and Could, pp. 281-292
10/28 Thu   Tunguska ex. ABCDF, pp. 150-53 Too + Adjective + Infinitive and Adjective + Enough, pp. 293-304
10/29 Fri Unit 4 Reading Exam   Could/Would You? Imperatives and Two/Too/To, pp. 305-311
         
11/01 Mon11 Money History, pp. 170-71   At/In in Location, Past, Review, pages 311-324
11/02 Tue   Money ex. ABCDF, pp. 171-175 Chapter 8: Adjective/Noun Modifiers and Word Order, pp. 325-335
11/03 Wed Coca-Cola, pages 177-78   Subject-Verb Agreement & Possessive Nouns, pp. 336-350
11/04 Thu   Coca-Cola ex ABCDF, pp. 179-83 Whose? N + An/Or + Noun and Uses of Adjectives, pp. 351-362
11/05 Fri Bar Code, pages 185-186   Personal Pronouns Summary and Indirect Objects, pp 363-69
         
11/08 Mon12 Inflation, pages 192-194 Bar Code ex ABCDF, pp. 187-190 Explain, Introduce and Review of Chapter, pages 370-378
11/09 Tue     Test of Ch 7-8: Modals, Nouns, Adjectives, Pronouns pp 28-378
11/10 Wed World Business, 199-200 Inflation ex. ABCF, pp. 194-197 TOEFL Listening Exam
11/11 Thu Unit 5 Reading Exam   TOEFL Structure Exam
11/12 Fri   Business ex ABCDF, pp. 201-04 TOEFL Reading Exam  
         
11/15 Mon13 Sign up for Spring Class in  Dr. Monte's office in room 211 of the Liberal Arts Building.