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 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

Textbook Focus on Grammar Book 4 (for L-4 and L-5) textbook $48.39 (new) $33.69 (used) textbook and workbook $52.99 textbook, workbook and CD $58.76

Unit 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 22 Factual Conditional: Past

Textbook Idioms in American Life $32.29 (new) $22.99 (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

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 3 in-class writing examples Do your role-play and oral presentation

EL Civics: Environmental Problem Role Play: Telephone Conversation (May 4th) Possible points: 20 2. Power Point Presentation: LLC: Research EL Civics Topic LLC: Power Point Workshop (May 3rd) Presentations: May 14th – 25th) Three to 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

Useful Websites www.literacynet.ort/cnnsf/home.html Level-4 : http://mtsaclevel-4.pbworks.com Focus: http://llc.mtsac.edu Listening: www.es-lab.com Grammar: www.englishpage.com Reading, Vocabulary, Pron.: www.cdlponline.org www.literacynet.ort/cnnsf/home.html www.spellingcity.com http://usalearns.org

Important Dates February 27th ………………….. First day of class March 2nd …………..…….… ….. Meeting (class from 8:00 to 10:00) March 7th ……….………….…….. Oral Evaluation from 10:00 to 11:00 March 10th ……………..………. CASAS Test #1 March 23rd ……………..……..… In-service (class from 8:00 to 10:00) March 30st ………………………. Caesar Chavez Day (no class) April 6th ………………....………. Midterm workshop (class from 8:00 to 10:30) April 11th ……………..…..….….. CASAS Test #2 April 16th ………………………….. Select topic for El Civics presentation April 18th ……………..….………. Midterm April 19th …………………………. Sign progress reports / research EL topic (LLC) May 3rd .………………..……….. Power Point Workshop (LLC) from 8:00 to 11:15 May 4th …………………………….. EL Civics Role Play Evaluation from 10:00 to 11:00 May 11th …………………………… In-service (class from 8:00 to 10:30) May 14th – 25th …………………. EL Civics Presentations May 16th ……………..………....… ESL Career Conference from 8:30 to 11:15 May 22nd …………………………… EL civics Make-ups May 23rd …………………….……. CASAS Test #3 May 28th ……………………..……. Memorial Day (no class) June 12th ………………………….. Priority registration June 13th ………………..…….…… Final test June 15th …………………………… Last day of class June 23rd ………………………….. No priority registration June 25th – Aug. 3rd…....….. Summer session

Please turn your cellular phones off during class meetings.