Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 2 to 4
ESL 83
Name:_____________________
Instructor: __________________________
Materials:
Scores for Practice Exercises:
Materials: Focus on Grammar 3 (COMPUTER)
A: __/__ B: __/__ C: __/__ D: __/__ E:__/__
GRAMMAR
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FOG 3 PART 1 - UNIT 1 – Simple Present and Present Progressive
Go past the “Discover the Grammar” exercises by clicking the forward arrow
at the bottom of the page. Go to the Practice Exercises. Complete as many
practice exercises as you can from A to E in 30 minutes. Show the instructor
your work before you exit the program. Complete the task.
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OR
FOG 3 PART 1 - UNIT 4 – Simple Past and Past Progressive
Go past the “Discover the Grammar” exercises by clicking the forward
arrow at the bottom of the page. Go to the Practice Exercises. Complete
as many practice exercises as you can from A to E in 30 minutes. Show
the instructor your work before you exit the program. Complete the
task.
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READING
Goal: Comprehension and summarization
VOCABULARY
Task:
Goal: Review simple present, present progressive, simple past, and past
progressive
Materials: News For You (NEWSPAPER), Readers (BOOKS)
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Read one article in News For You. Complete the task.
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OR
Read a Level 3 Penguin Classic Reader or Oxford Bookworm reader for 30
minutes. Complete the task.
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Goal: Manipulation of new vocabulary
Materials: Readers (BOOKS)
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On a separate sheet of paper, write 4 original sentences
using the tenses you have studied. Write 2 statements, 1
negative, and 1 wh-question. Attach the paper to the back
of this paper.
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News For You: Complete the worksheet exercise on the
article. Attach the exercise to the back of this paper.
OR
Reader: On a separate sheet of paper, write the title of the
book and the author. Write a 5-sentence paragraph about
what you have read.
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Read a Level 3 Penguin Active Reader or Oxford Bookworm for 30 minutes.
Complete the task.
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Fall 2011
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Find five new words. On a separate sheet of paper, write
the sentences they are in, definitions (from the dictionary:
www.ldoceonline.com), and your own original sentences
using the words.
OR
Find five new words. Write a paragraph about yourself
that includes these words. Underline the words you use.
Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 5 to 7
ESL 83
Name:____________________
Instructor: __________________________
GRAMMAR
Materials:
Goal: Present perfect, present perfect progressive, capital letters, commas
UNIT: _____
Materials: Focus on Grammar 3, (COMPUTER)
Scores for Practice Exercises:
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A: __/__ B: __/__ C: __/__ D: __/__ E:__/__
FOG 3 PART IV – UNITS 16 - 20 – Present Perfect and Present Perfect
Progressive. Choose one unit. Go past the “Discover the Grammar”
exercises by clicking the forward arrow at the bottom of the page. Go to the • On a separate sheet of paper, write 5 sentences
Practice Exercises. Complete as many practice exercises as you can from A
about yourself using the tenses you have
to E in 30 minutes. Show the instructor your work before you exit the
studied. Attach the paper to the back of this
program. Complete the task.
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paper.
READING
Goal: Comprehension and summarization
Materials: News For You (NEWSPAPER), Readers (BOOKS &
COMPUTER)
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Read one article in News For You. Complete the task.
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OR
Read a Level 3 Penguin Classic Reader or Oxford Bookworm Reader for
30 minutes. →
Goal: manipulation of new vocabulary
VOCABULARY
Task:
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Materials: Readers (BOOKS),
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Read a Level 3 Penguin Classic Reader or Oxford Bookworm reader for
30 minutes. Complete the task.
→
Fall 2011
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News For You: Complete the worksheet
exercise on the article. Attach the exercise to
the back of this paper.
OR
Reader: On a separate sheet of paper, write the
title of the book and the author. Write 5
sentences about what you have read. Attach the
paper to the back of this paper.
Find five new words. On a separate sheet of
paper, write the sentences they are in,
definitions (from the dictionary:
www.ldoceonline.com), and your own original
sentences using the words.
OR
Find five new words. Write a paragraph about
yourself that includes these words. Underline
the words you use. Attach the paper to the back
of this paper.
Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 8 to 10
ESL 83
Name:________________________
Instructor: __________________________
Materials:
GRAMMAR
Goal: Review of definite and indefinite articles
Materials: Focus on Grammar 3 (COMPUTER)
READING
Scores for Practice Exercises:
A: __/__ B: __/__ C: __/__ D: __/__ E:__/__
FOG 3 PART V - UNIT 22: - Definite and indefinite articles
Go past the “Discover the Grammar” exercises by clicking the forward • Write a 5 sentence paragraph about people and
arrow at the bottom of the page. Go to the Practice Exercises. Complete
things you can see in the Skills Center right now.
as many practice exercises as you can from A to E in 30 minutes. Show
Underline all the articles you use. Attach the paper
the instructor your work before you exit the program. Complete the
to the back of this paper.
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task.
Goal: Comprehension and summarization
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Materials: News For You (NEWSPAPER), Readers (BOOKS)
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Read an article in News For You. Complete the task.
→
OR
Read a Level 3 or 4 Penguin Classic Reader or Oxford Bookworm
reader for 30 minutes. Complete the task.
→
Goal: manipulation of new vocabulary
VOCABULARY
Task:
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Materials: Readers (BOOK/COMPUTER)
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Read a Level 3 or 4 Penguin Classic Reader or Oxford Bookworm
reader for 30 minutes. Complete the task. →
Fall 2011
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News For You: Complete the worksheet exercise
on the article. Attach the exercise to the back of this
paper.
OR
Reader: On a separate sheet of paper, write the title
of the book and the author. Write 5 sentences about
what you have read. Attach the paper to the back of
this paper.
Find five new words. Write the sentences they are
in, definitions (from the dictionary:
www.ldoceonline.com), and your own original
sentences using the words. Attach the paper to the
back of this paper.
OR
Find five new words. Write a paragraph about
yourself that includes these words. Underline the
words you use. Attach the paper to the back of this
paper.
Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 11 to 13
ESL 83
Name:_____________________
Instructor: __________
GRAMMAR
Materials:
Task:
Goal: Equative, comparative, and superlative adjectives and adverbs
Scores for Practice Exercises:
Materials: Focus on Grammar 3 (COMPUTER)
A: __/__ B: __/__ C: __/__ D: __/__ E:__/__
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FOG 3 PART VI - UNIT 23 - 6
Choose one unit from Units 23-26. Go past the “Discover the
Grammar” exercises by clicking the forward arrow at the bottom
of the page. Go to the Practice Exercises. Complete as many
practice exercises as you can from A to E in 30 minutes. Show the
instructor your work before you exit the program. Complete the
task.
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Write a paragraph of five sentences comparing Fullerton and the
town where you come from.
OR
Write a paragraph of five sentences comparing food in your country
and food in the U.S.
Attach the paper with your writing to the back of this
paper.
Goal: Comprehension and summarization
READING
Materials: News For You (NEWSPAPER), Readers (BOOKS & COMPUTER)
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Read an article in News For You. Complete the task. →
OR
Read a Level 4 Penguin Active Reader for 30 minutes. These books have
audio under the Reading folder in the ESL folder on your computer, so you can
listen and read at the same time.
Complete the task. →
Goal: manipulation of new vocabulary
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VOCABULARY
Materials: Readers (BOOK/COMPUTER)
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Read a Level 4 Penguin Active Reader for 30 minutes. These books have
audio, so you can listen and read at the same time. Complete the task. →
Fall 2011
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News For You: Complete the worksheet exercise on the article.
Attach the exercise to the back of this paper.
OR
Reader: On a separate sheet of paper, write the title of the book and
the author. Write a 5-sentence paragraph about what you have read.
Attach the paper to the back of this paper.
Find five new words. Write the sentences they are in, definitions
(from the dictionary: www.ldoceonline.com), and your own original
sentences using the words. Attach the paper to the back of this paper.
OR
Find five new words. Write a paragraph about yourself that includes
these words. Underline the words you use. Attach the paper to the
back of this paper.
OR
Complete the interactive exercises on the computer. Write several
sentences about what you learned from the exercises.
Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 14 to 16
ESL 83
Name:_________________________
Instructor: __________
Materials:
Task:
Goal: Review of infinitives with too and enough
VOCABULARY
READING
GRAMMAR
Scores for Practice Exercises:
Materials: Focus on Grammar 3 (COMPUTER),
A: __/__ B: __/__ C: __/__ D: __/__ E:__/__
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FOG 3 PART VII - UNIT 31
Go past the “Discover the Grammar” exercises by clicking the
forward arrow at the bottom of the page. Go to the Practice
Exercises. Complete as many practice exercises as you can from A
to E in 30 minutes. Show the instructor your work before you exit
the program. Complete the task.
→
Goal: Comprehension and summarization
Materials: News For You (NEWSPAPER), Readers (BOOKS &
COMPUTER)
• Read one article in News For You
Complete the task. →
OR
• Read a Level 4 or 5 Footprints Reader for 30 minutes These books
have audio Reading folder in the ESL folder on your computer, so
you can listen and read at the same time. Complete the task. →
Goal: manipulation of new vocabulary
Materials: Readers (BOOK/COMPUTER)
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Read a Level 4 or 5 Footprints reader for 30 minutes. These books
have audio, so you can listen and read at the same time. Complete
the task. →
Fall 2011
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On a separate sheet of paper, write 5 original sentences
about yourself and your life using too and enough.
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News For You: Complete the worksheet exercise on
the article. Attach the exercise to the back of this paper.
OR
Reader: On a separate sheet of paper, write the title of
the book and the author. Write a 5-sentence paragraph
about what you have read. Attach the paper to the back
of this paper.
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•
Find five new words. Write the sentences they are in,
definitions (from the dictionary:
www.ldoceonline.com), and your own original
sentences using the words. Attach the paper to the back
of this paper.