Welcome to Level-4 Yazmin Vanegas

Counseling and Guidance Make an appointment with: Dr. John Pellitteri (909) 594-5611 Ext. 5232 Michael Nguyen (909) 274-5003 Bertha Rodriguez (909) 2745715

Parking Permit: Where : Building 9-A When: M-Th.: from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fees: $40 Spring or Fall Semesters $25 Replacement fee $20 Winter or Summer Intersession $12 Replacement fee A Parking Permit is required 24 hours a day,7 days a week. Park only in the Student Lots. Student ID Card: Building 9-B $10

Attendance If you are absent 33 hours (9.5 days) for whatever reason, you will lose your priority for registration, and you might be dropped from this class. Please, let me know if you are going to be absent 2 or more days.

Student’s Responsibilities You should……. You must not……. be on time come to class every day participate in class activities ask questions during class when you do not understand raise your hand when you want to speak up be polite to people around you copy during a test take pictures of the tests keep the tests use your cellular phone in class

Textbook Idioms in American Life $45.25 (new) $ ? (used) All of the units in your textbook will be covered. A quiz is given after every four lessons.

Class Materials Scantron package of 6 Number 2 pencils

Grammar Textbook for Levels 4 and 5 Fourth Edition Textbook and MyEnglishLab $66.00 Textbook with CD only $53.35 Textbook and workbook $69.35

MyEnglishLab To register to MyEnglishLab go to:   1. http://www.myenglishlab.com/focusongrammar 2. Click on the green REGISTER button. 3. Click on the yellow I Accept button. 4. Click on the NO button. 5. Create a Login Name (at least 4 characters): ……………………………………………………………………………………… 6. Create a password (at least 8 characters): 7. Re-type your password. 8. Type your access code. (from your book) 9. Click NEXT. To join my Level-4 class: 1. Click on Settings link at the top of the page. 2. Click on the Join Your Instructor’s Course button. 3. Type: Vanegas05830MF 4. Click Submit. 5. Click on Click Here to Start Working.

Unit Grammar Topic Test 1 Simple Present and Present Progressive 2 Simple Past and Past Progressive 3 Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive, and Simple Past 4 Past Perfect and Past Perfect Progressive 5 Future and Future Progressive 7 Negative Yes/No Questions and Tag Questions 8 So, Too, Neither, Either, But 9 Gerunds and Infinitives 10 Make, Have, Let, Help 11 Phrasal Verbs 12 Phrasal Verbs: Separable and Inseparable 13 Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns 14 Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns 18 Passive Voice: Simple Present and Simple Past 6 21 Factual Conditional: Present

Tests, Quizzes, Midterm, and Final Listening Comprehension Reading Comprehension Vocabulary Grammar Idioms Quizzes: A quiz after every four lessons (5 total) Midterm: Grammar: Units 1-8 Final Test: Grammar: All the units covered in Level-4 No make-ups will be given. No cell phones or dictionaries will be allowed while you are taking a test or doing your writing.

Grading To be promoted to level-5, you must: Have good attendance Pass the 6 listening, reading, vocabulary, grammar quizzes with a 70% average Pass the 5 idioms quizzes with a 70% average Pass the midterm and final test with a 70% average Turn in 2 in-class writing examples Do your role-play and oral presentation

EL Civics: Environmental Problem Role Play: Telephone Conversation: October 22nd Possible points: 20 Make-ups: November 18th from 9 to 10 2. Power Point Presentation: LLC: Research EL Civics Topic  Oct. 17th Lab: Power Point Workshop  Oct. 24th Presentations: November 10th – 20nd Four students a day Possible points: 26

Usual Class Schedule 8:00-9:30: Grammar review Correct homework Introduce new topic 9:30-9:50: Break 9:50-11:30: Idioms or/and Listening Reading and vocabulary EL Civics

Useful Websites Level-4 : http://mtsaclevel-4.pbworks.com www.edmodo.com Focus: www.myenglishlab.com Listening: www.es-lab.com Grammar: www.englishpage.com Reading, Vocabulary, listening, pronunciation: www.literacynet.ort/cnnsf/home.html www.spellingcity.com http://usalearns.org www.cdlponline.org www.eslfast.com www.eslvideos.com

Important Dates August 25th…..………………….. First day of class August 29th .…..…….……….….. Meeting (class from 8:00 to 10:00) September 1st …………………… Labor Day (No class) September 3rd ……..……..……. CASAS Test #1 September 4th ….………..…….. LLC Orientation from 10:25 to 11:15 September 8th ………...………..Oral Evaluation from 8:45 to 9:45 September 12th ……..…..…..… In-service (class from 8:00 to 10:00) October 3rd …………......………. Midterm workshop (class from 8:00 to 10:30) October 8th ………..……..….….. CASAS Test #2 October 15th ………..…..………. Midterm October 16th ……………………... Choose a topic for EL Civics presentations October 17th …………….………. Sign progress report / Research EL Civics project October 22nd ….…………....… EL Civics Role Play Evaluation from 8:45 to 9:3 October 24th …………...….….. Power Point Workshop (LLC) November 11th .…..…………… Veterans Day (No class) Nov. 10th to Nov. 20th ..........EL Civics Presentations Nov. 14th …….……………..……. Role-play make-ups November 19th ……….….……. CASAS Test #3 Nov. 28th – 29th .……………….Thanksgiving Day (No class) December 9th .…..…………….. Priority registration December 10th ……..…….…… Final test December 12th ………………… Last day of class November 16th ….…………….. No priority registration Jan. 5th – Feb. 12th ….....….. Winter Session

Please turn your cellular phones off during class meetings.