This class for students in English Level
4A and 4B was held every Friday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in
Room 280.
The textbook we are using is called
Pre-GED Reading available for sale
at $20.00 from your teachers in Room 184 or in class.
Your weekly assignment
for Brad's class can be found below,
so if you miss class, you can still be up to date. Check
for class notes, too
.
Worksheet on "The
Road Not Taken" due on October 15
Assignments
due
October 8, 2004
Read the poem, “The Road Not Taken” in your
text on page 195.
Write five vocabulary sentences using new
words from the poem.
Write a short, three-sentence, summary of
the poem.
Write an answer to the question on page 194
(about an important decision you have made).
Worksheet due
October 8
Assignments
due
September 24, 2004
Write a short paragraph that explains three
things you learned about poetry from your study of the poem,
“Sympathy.” Use examples from the poem as your details. Write
a good topic sentence and concluding sentence for your
paragraph. The paragraph should be about 100 to 125 words
long. Bring your homework to the next class
on October 1.
Worksheet due October 1.
Assignments for
September 17, 2004
• Read the poem, “Sympathy” in your book,
Pre-GED Reading.
• Write a three sentence summary of what the
poem says to the reader.
• Write three sentences using new words of
vocabulary found in the poem.
• Bring all your homework to class next
week, on September 24.
Assignments for
March 5, 2004
We will work in class
today on reading the story, "Bless Me, Ultima." See
your worksheet here.
Assignments for February 28, 2004
We will work in class
today on writing a short piece of drama (in the style of A
Raisin in the Sun). There is NO homework this week!
Assignments for February 20, 2004
Complete your writing assignment from class
this week.
Read A Raisin in the Sun. Write a
three-sentence summary of the reading. Write five sentences
using new vocabulary from your reading.
Bring your completed work to class for
Friday, February 20.
Assignments for February 13, 2004
We have all made decisions in life that, in
future, we may tell others about “with a sigh.” Such decisions
have “made all the difference” in our lives either for the
better (or the worse).
Write about a decision you have made that,
like the speaker in Frost’s poem, you have some regrets about
making. Your decision will have made a large difference to
your present life.
Write a paragraph of about 125 words and
bring it to class on Friday, February 13.
Assignments for January 23, 2004
Complete your three
sentence summary of the poem, "A Picture on the Mantel." Bring
your three sentences on a new word of vocabulary to the class
on Friday.
Our new worksheets are
ready: Showing
versus Telling and
Group Work
for our class on January 23.
Assignments for November 14, 2003
We will discuss the reading, “Double Face”
together and then develop a good writing topic, together. This
topic paragraph is due on Friday, November 28.
“Double Face”: Discussion
What has happened to the mother and
daughter’s relationship?
How does moving to America make a
difference in this relationship?
What other problems have you experienced
with children who are growing up in a new and very different
culture from your own?
What would be a good writing topic on this
subject?
Homework Assignment: “Double Face” :
Your topic will be decided in class today.
Use vivid language and at least one line
of dialogue (spoken words in quotation marks).
Make a conflict clear to your reader
between two people or between one person and an outside
force.
Include one or two details about the
setting (place, time, feeling).
Your paragraph can be from 80 to 125 words
long
Last class is on November 28. Come for a
review of writing and test writing skills.
READING for November 14:
Page 50, "Double Face," by Amy Tan
There will be a multiple
choice comprehension quiz on the reading.
We will talk about our
experiences, good and bad, with technology. After this,
students will write a paragraph telling the story about one
bad day you had while using a high technology device.
Your paragraph is
due on Friday,
November 14
A Bad Day with Technology: Group Discussion
What good experiences
have you had with high technology devices? (e.g. a DVD player)
What bad experiences have
you had?
What is the worst day you
ever had with a high technology device?
Homework Assignment: A Bad Day with Technology
Write about your bad day.
Use vivid language and at least one line of dialogue (spoken
words in quotation marks).
Make the conflict clear
to your reader.
Include one or two
details about the setting (place, time, feeling).
Your paragraph can be from 80 to 125 words
long.
Assignments for October 10, 2003
READING for October 17:
Page 20, "I, Robot," by Isaac Asimov
Today, we will review what makes a good
paragraph. Then, students will begin to write a paragraph.
Your paragraph is due on Friday, October 17.
What Makes a Paragraph Good?
Your thoughts? Write down five ideas you have.
Homework Assignment: Writing a Paragraph about
Conflict
Think of a time in your life when a younger
person had a conflict with someone older. Write down three
things each person would say in such a conflict. (six sentences
of dialogue).
Now, choose one or two exchanges (one person
speaks, the other answers) and include them in a paragraph that
makes clear the conflict to a reader. Use quotation marks for
direct speech.
Your paragraph can be from 80 to 125 words
long.
Assignments for October 3, 2003
WORD LIST (for vocabulary
quiz on Friday) for your reading The Flower Drum Song on
page 8 of your textbook.
halted, perspiration,
wound, glowing, frowned, yielded, amiable, trudging, greedy,
spacious, lattice, reputable, tensely, economical,
restraining.
Poetry Assignment (Writing) DUE Friday,
October 3
View the teacher's sample
poem,
Out on a Limb One Day
This week, we studied the poem “Sympathy” by
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
With our new knowledge of poetry, we will try
to write a short poem ourselves.
Instructions:
1. Choose a strong feeling you have
(happiness, sadness etc.) and think about this feeling for a
short time.
2. Write 8 lines of poetry that expresses your
feeling. Use about 8-10 syllables in each line.
3. Use two different rhymes at the ends of
lines (see the poem “Sympathy” for an example, “glass” rhymes
with “grass”)
4. Use a simile OR a metaphor (e.g. “river
flows like a stream of glass”) one time.
5. Give your poetry a title.
6. Bring your work to next week’s class
(October 3) for sharing.
Assignment for May 2, 2003
Read the poem, "The Road
Not Taken," by Robert Frost.
Assignment for April 11, 2003
Study the following word
list to prepare for this week's quiz.
churn, listlessly,
subside, furrow, scoop, toss, flop, swoop, lapping, bore,
shivered, glisten, wandered
This week's worksheet,
Family Stories.
Assignment for April 4, 2003
Read "Bless Me, Ultima," by
Rudolfo A. Anaya found on page 38 of your text. Remember to
complete your worksheet paragraph,
Writing about an
Annoyance.
Assignment for March 14, 2003
Reread Andy Rooney's short
essay, "Street Directions," found on page 92 of your text. Be
prepared for a vocabulary quiz on the following words and
idioms:
fella, bear, outrage,
veer, "lay the blame", direction, mislead, retain, bisect,
abruptly, semester, pretend, blunder, accurate
This week's worksheet:
Writing about an Annoyance
Assignment for March 7, 2003
Read Andy Rooney's short
essay, "Street Directions," found on page 92 of your text.
Assignment for February 28, 2003
Reread "Black Elk Speaks."
Make sure you know the following vocabulary words:
dizzy, electricity,
fire-boat, iron,
moons, Pawnees,
railway, settlers,
Sioux, storm thunder,
wagons, war-cries,
Wasichu, water
We will be working on a
writing assignment on
Feeling "Out of Place."
Assignment for February 21, 2003
Complete your
Autobiography
Paragraph. Read the next autobiography, "Black Elk Speaks"
beginning on page 86 of your book.
Assignment for November 15, 2002
Today, we will be reading
"Double Face" by Amy Tan, found on page 50 of your text. Also,
one more quiz from Paul's afternoon class on "The Ghostway."
Here are links to the three student quizzes:
"The
Ghostway" Vocabulary (3) by Student, Susan
Fill-in-the-blank quiz by a Literature and Composition 4
student. (Susan; November 14, 2002)
"The
Ghostway" Vocabulary (2) by Student, Yan Ping
Fill-in-the-blank quiz by a Literature and Composition 4
student. (Yan Ping; November 5, 2002)
"The
Ghostway" Vocabulary by Student, Ou Fill-in-the-blank
quiz by a Literature and Composition 4 student. (Ou; November 4,
2002)
Assignment for November 8,
2002
Be ready for some quick
quizzes on vocabulary from "The Ghostway" and our discussions of
"The Women of Brewster Place."
In class today, we will
discuss things (and people) we have left behind in our lives.
Then, we will begin to write a paragraph on the topic, "Leaving
it All Behind Us."
Assignment for November 1,
2002
Read the novel excerpt,
The Women of Brewster Place, on pages 33 to 35 of your
textbook. Try Louise's fill-in-the-gap quiz:
"The
Women of Brewster Place"
Assignment for October 18,
2002
Complete your paragraph
using vocabulary from "The Ghostway." Hand in on Friday,
November 1.
Assignment for October 11,
2002
Complete your paragraph on
the poem, "Sympathy." Hand in! Read the story, "The Ghostway."
Check your vocabulary with
three quizzes.
Assignment for October 4, 2002
View your assignment
here.
Assignment for September 27,
2002
Bring your text, Pre-GED Reading, to class on
Friday. We will be working on exercises on pages 1-4 of the
"Inventory" section.
Assignment for May 3, 2002
For Friday's class, we'll be reading the play
excerpt, "Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley starting on page
134 of your text. We'll have fun reading the parts aloud and
practicing our pronunciation, too!
Assignment for April 19, 2002
View
your assignment here
Assignment for April 12, 2002
View your
assignment here
Assignment for March 15, 2002
On Friday, we will be reading a book review of
Elmore Leonard's novel, Get Shorty, beginning on page 116
of your text, Pre GED Reading.
Find out more about
the movie, Get Shorty.
Assignment for February 22, 2002
On Friday, we will be reading "A Courageous
Stand" from pages 104 to 109 of your text, Pre GED Reading. See
a photo relating to Friday's topic.
Remember: Your
persuasion paragraph is
DUE on Friday!
Assignment for February 8, 2002
The reading assignment for next class is for
pages 99 to 101, "Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid."
Find the reading in your text, available for
purchase in the first class or in Room 184 anytime (see a
teacher).
Try the
Comprehension Quiz
on this reading.
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