1.Sit next to someone who does not speak your first language. 
2. Try to work on your own, but help each other out.
3. No eating or drinking, PLEASE.
4. Work only on English.  If you want to sneak a peak at something else or check personal e-mail, please wait until you have completed all your work.
5. Raise your hand if you need help.

Topics

Work to Complete in the Lab

2. In eCompanion, click on the tab: Writing Assignments and do Writing Assignment 9 in the lab.   You have 35 minutes to complete the work.

Please report to LA 243 to start class at 9:45.

• Write opinions about ideal relations in a threaded discussion
• Practice reading and grammar for chapter 9

2. Practice the Grammar for Chapter 9.  Please record your scores on a sheet of paper.

3. Review the vocabulary and do the reading exercises for Chapter 9.   Please record your scores on the same sheet of paper you used to record the grammar work.

4. If you have completed the work above, you may explore this site on relationships posted by the magazine Psychology Today.  Write a sentence or two about any of the articles you read.

• Review of grammar and vocabulary for Chapter 7
• Adjective Clauses
• eCompanion, discussion of how to stay healthy

2. Review the basics of forming sentences with adjective (relative) clauses.  Do these exercises and record your results on a sheet of paper:
Relative/ Adjective Clause Exercise 1
Using relative Pronouns- Exercise 2
Relative/ Adjective Clause Exercise 3

3. Open eCompanion through Corsair Connect (at Current Students on the SMC homepage).  Check your grades to see if you have any missing assignments.  Then enter Threaded Discussion #2 (under Homework, Classwork, Journals at the left).  Read the directions and post a response.  You should also read what your classmates have written and respond to one or two of your classmates. This is a graded assignment.

4. If eCompanion is not working, please work on the following exercises:

Pronoun Quiz

Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Quiz

Adjectives or Adverbs: If you have time, do some of the quizzes too

• Reflexive pronouns
• Clause combining (relative clauses)
• Verb + Infinitive
• Review of vocabulary for Chapter 7
• Reading Practice

2. Do these exercises to practice the grammar for Chapter 7.   Record your results on the same sheet of paper you wrote about how to live a long and healthy life.

3.Do these vocabulary and reading exercises for Chapter 7 and record your results on the same sheet of paper.

4. Print out this page and bring it to class.

5. This is an optional activity to do after you have completed your other work. Take this longevity test or a similar one.  Record your results on the same sheet where you recorded your results for the Chapter 7 work.

• Using past tense verbs
• Writing anecdotes about culture
• Review of Grammar for Chapter 6 (present perfect, superlatives, and compound sentences)
• Review of Reading and Vocabulary for Chapter 6

2. Practice the grammar work for Chapter 6.  Write your results on a sheet of paper.

3. Do these reading exercises associated with Chapter 6.  Write your results on the same sheet of paper where you wrote your results for the grammar exercises.

4. Print out this sheet.  If you have time, you can begin working on it.

Please log off by 9:20 and meet in LA 243 at 9:45.

• Writing - expressing opinions and giving reasons
• Review of Grammar for Chapter 5: verb tense, clauses & sentence structure.
• Review of Reading and Vocabulary for Chapter 5

2. Type up your writing assignment for chapter 5 (page 97, Exercise 5, Choose 1). (Open a Word document.  Type your paragraph.  Make correction in verbs, spelling, and sentence structure.  Be sure to double space it.  Put your name, date, and section number on the top right hand corner.  Turn in the paper before you leave class.

3. Practice the grammar work for Chapter 5. Write your results on a sheet of paper.

4. Do the reading exercises associated with Chapter 5.  Write your results on the same sheet of paper where you wrote your results for the grammar exercises.

5.  If you have additional time, you can work on these verb tense exercises for review and   practice:
     Regular Past Tense Verbs  Do the 2 exercises that follow.
     Irregular Past Tense Verbs  Do the 2 exercises that follow.
    

Please log off by 9:20 and meet in LA 243 at 9:45 to take Test 5.

• Netiquette
• Use of articles
• Sentence connectors: and, or, but, so (using coordinating conjunctions to form compound sentences)
• Sentence connectors: because, since, after, before, as soon as, when (using subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences
• Contributing to a threaded discussion about family.

2. Take this quiz to see what you know: http://www.albion.com/netiquette/netiquiz.html

3. Do these exercises to practice using a, an, the or no article. On a sheet of paper, record your results for this exercise and all the exercises below.

4. Read this page about combining clauses using coordinating conjunctions, and do the exercises. Record your results on the sheet of paper you used to record your results for the article exercises.

5. Read this page about combining clauses using subordinating conjunctions, and do the exercises. Record your results.

6. Threaded Discussion: Log on to eCompanion through your SMC Student Self Service System. (This is the same portal you use to enroll for classes and pay your bills.) Go to www.smc.edu ==> Current Students==> Student Self Service System==> eCompanion.  Go to the link for ESL 10W.  At this site you can check your gradebook to see your grades.  This is also where you can enter the threaded discussion for this chapter: Threaded Discussion #1. Find Threaded Discussion #1 on the left under the button: Homework, Classwork, Journals.  Follow the instructions for Threaded Discussion #1.  You must NOT PRINT OUT YOUR WORK.  Once you post your response, everyone in the class can read your answer. 

Please log out by 9:20 and meet in LA 243 at 9:45.  If you have not completed the threaded discussion, you may finish it in the library or at home after class.

• Writing about rules, laws, and customs

• Practicing the vocabulary for Chapter 4

• Reading about travel

• Grammar review for Chapter 4: future, wh- questions, word order, phrasal verbs, articles & preposition.

2. Do the two vocabulary review exercises and read anecdotes about travel.  Then do the After You Read exercise.  Write your results on a sheet of paper.

3. If you have time, please do the following review and practice:  Grammar for Chapter 4 Write your results on the same sheet of paper where you wrote your reading results.

Please log off by 9:15 and meet in LA 243 by 9:35 for Test #4.

• Formatting a writing assignment; revising a writing assignment.
• Reading a community website (skimming and scanning for specific information).
• Writing complete sentences to answer questions.

2. Find the website for the official website for the City of Santa Monica by going to www.google.com and typing in City of Santa Monica. Print out this sheet. Use information from the website to answer the questions.  Please answer the questions in full sentences. Bring the sheet to LA 243 at 9:45.

3. Print out this exercise and bring it to class.

Be sure to log off by 9:20.

4. If you have extra time, you may work on these exercises to practice the grammar for Chapter 4.

• Capitalization
• Commas
• Reading and Vocabulary Review for Chapter 3
• Grammar Review for Chapter 3:
  quantifiers for count and non-count nouns, word order, capitalization

2. Commas- Read through this introduction to the first 3 comma rules, and do the exercise (Using Commas 1 and Using Commas 2). Record your score on the same sheet of paper you used for capitalization.

3. Grammar Review for Chapter 3- Do these three exercises and record your scores.

4. Reading and Vocabulary Review for Chapter 3- Do these vocabulary and reading exercises and record your scores.

Finish by 9:15.  Log off.
Meet in LA 243 at 9:40.
 

• Formatting and producing a Word document;
• Practice with grammar for Chapters 2 & 3: there is/there are, simple present verbs, present progressive verbs.

1. Open a Word document.  Type your Writing Assignment #2.  Be sure to check for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.  Print out the document.  Attach the first draft to the back.  Turn it in for a grade.

2. Complete as much of the following as you can.  If you run out of time, you may finish it at home.

Please finish your work by 9:15 and meet in LA 243 at 9:40.

• Vocabulary and reading practice for Chapter 2
• Reading a report about research findings
• Practice grammar for Chapter 2: There is/there are, word order with statements and questions.

     Vocabulary and Reading Exercises
     Grammar Exercises

2. On the same sheet of paper, answer the following questions based on information from this site: Click Here/ How Weather Affects Mood  Please answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES.

2.1  Where was the research in this report done?

2.2 How many people participated in the study?

2.3 When did most participants begin the study?

2.4 In what seasons does wind have a more negative effect on people's mood?

Please finish your work by 9:15 and meet in LA 243 at 9:40.

 

Daylight Savings Don't forget to move your clock ahead one hour this weekend (Sunday).

• Formatting a Word document
• Reading charts in weather websites

Please log out and leave the lab by 9:20 to allow the next class to enter.  Meet in LA 243 at 9:40.

• eCompanion
• making a tutoring appointment
• practice with grammar for chapter 1

• practice with reading and vocabulary for chapter 1

2. Find the ESL Department Homepage.  On a piece of paper, write your full name and date on the right hand corner.  On the paper, list 5 resources you can find on the SMC ESL Department Homepage and its links.

3. Practice the grammar for Chapter 1 in Interactions (Part 1, Part 2--activities 1 & 2, and Part 3).  Please write the results (scores ONLY) on the same paper you used for question 2.

4. Practice reading and vocabulary for Chapter 1 in Interactions (Vocabulary 1, Vocabulary 2, Read and After You Read).  Please write the results on the same piece of paper you used for #2 and #3.

5. At the end of the lab session, please turn in your sheet with 1) the list of 5 resources from the ESL Dept homepage; 2) results (scores) from your grammar exercises for Chapter 1; and 3) results from the reading and vocabulary exercises for Chapter 1.

Please report to LA 243 by 9:30.

Academic Life

• Lab policies and procedures
• SMC homepage
• ESL Dept homepage
• Instructors' homepages
  
  

2. Go to the SMC homepage and find the following:

• the schedule of classes for spring
• the final exam schedule for classes
• how to find department homepages
• how to find instructors' homepages
• how to sign up for a tutoring appointment

3. Find your instructor's homepage and syllabus.  Bookmark the lab page so that you may easily find it when you come to the lab.

4. Practice exercises using IS/ARE.  On a sheet of paper, write your scores for the exercises.  Put your name and date on the paper and turn it in before you leave the class.
Exercise #1
Exercise #2