Introductory College Bridge Class

Have a great break everyone! See you in January!

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Bring your evaluations!

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Bring your camera!
Class meets at 12:15 tomorrow only! We will take a picture then, so don't be late! :)
Bring food! It is time to relax!

Final Proficiency Reading Test tomorrow!

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Prepare for last Oral Presentations....

2007-11-26T17:43:00.001-08:00

Prepare for Wednesday's Final Proficiency Test!

Read the longer reading "How to Make It in College, Now That You Are Here Page 466 - 477
Time yourself - No more than 60 minutes for everything!
Put on paper and bring to class!

Read classmates blogs and make comments!

2007-11-21T16:26:00.001-08:00

Choose your top three blogs!
Keep working on your presentations!
Prepare for Wednesday's Final Proficiency Test!
Read the longer reading "How to Make It in College, Now That You Are Here Page 466 - 477
Time yourself - No more than 60 minutes for everything!

Read your Novel!
Read the newspaper!
Happy Thanksgiving!

Continue preparing for your presentations!

2007-11-20T16:44:00.000-08:00

Good Job so far! You are getting better and better!

Don't forget to do the assignment that I posted yesterday. It will help prepare you for your Final Proficiency Exam! Remember, the more you read and understand, the more your proficiency will improve.

Here is yesterday's assignment again: Textbook Assignment due by Wednesday on Paper: Disaster and Friendship Page 439-447 Include Discussion Questions. Time yourself for 60 minutes total. Hand in on Wednesday!

Work on Presentations!

2007-11-19T17:55:00.000-08:00

Textbook Assignment due by Wednesday on Paper: Disaster and Friendship Page 439-447 Include Discussion Questions. Time yourself for 60 minutes total. Hand in on Wednesday!

Prepare for your Oral Presentations!

2007-11-16T16:41:00.000-08:00

Read your Novels.
Read Newspaper magazines.
No new blog assignment.

Prepare for Master Test on Chapter 8 tomorrow!

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Do Review Test 1,2, and 3!
Work on your Oral Presentation!
Read your Novel!

Prepare for Vocabulary Test Tomorrow!

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Bring your textbook.
Work on your research for your oral presentation!
Do your very best! Don't give up at the end! You can do it!

Longer Reading for tomorrow!

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Winners, Losers, or Just Kids Page 421-428
Time yourself for no more than 40 minutes.
Answer all questions in the textbook.

Review Vocabulary Words for Thursday's last Personal Word Vocabulary Test!

Planning Information for Oral Presentation is due Tuesday!

2007-11-09T17:39:00.001-08:00

Blog Post due Tuesday- Choose a character from your novel and write a letter.
Wednesday - Read Winners, Losers, or Just Kids Page 421 - 428
Textbook will be Chapter 8 on inferences! Preview!

Mastery Test for Chapter 7 tomorrow!

2007-11-08T16:42:00.000-08:00

Tonight: Do Mastery Test 5 and 6 Pages 295-298

Do Library Research for your Oral Presentation

Proficiency Test tomorrow!

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For Friday - Do Review Tests 3 and 4 for Chapter 7

Bring Novel to class tomorrow!

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Ten Steps Book: Do Practice 4, 5, 6 and 7 and check your answers in the back of the book. Bring book to class of course.

Research your topic for your oral presentation.

Print or photocopy useful articles.
Take notes in your own words.

Research ProQuest for Oral Presentation!

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Read in novel!

Bring list of Key Terms to the Library on Monday!

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Monday, we will meet in the library.
Read your novel this weekend. Wednesday, I will ask you what page number you are on.
Work on blog, if your score is low.

Prepare for Friday's Mastery Test Tomorrow!

2007-11-01T17:24:00.000-07:00

Review Practices for Chapter 5 about Location of the Main Idea
Do Mastery Tests 5 and 6 on pages 213-216.

Happy Halloween!

2007-10-31T16:57:00.000-07:00

Decide what you want to do for your Oral Presentation!
Mastery Test for Chapter 5 on Friday!

Bring Self Evaluation for MidTerm.

2007-10-30T17:41:00.000-07:00

Complete Encylopedia Report on Blog!
Read in your novel!

Complete your Blog assignment re: Encyclopedia

2007-10-29T16:28:00.000-07:00

Do Review Test 4 - Page 199 - 204
Finish your Personal Word Vocabulary List if you want me to check it before Thursday's test!

Work on your Encyclopedia Assignment for your blog on Monday!

2007-10-26T16:46:00.000-07:00

Go to the library and read information on your topic from 2 encyclopedias

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Choose a general encyclopedia and and subject specific encyclopedia.
Compare the information that you find.
How is the information in both of them helpful for you? Is the information the same or different? Be ready to tell us in class on Friday.

Midterm Reading Proficiency Test tomorrow!

2007-10-24T16:21:00.001-07:00

Don't be late! Don't be absent!
Absolutely no make up tests!

Blog assignment for Monday! Encyclopedia Report!

Meet in the Library tomorrrow!

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Keep reading in your novel, but you don't need to bring them tomorrow because we will be focusing on research in the library. Do be ready to tell me how many pages you have read since last week!

Bring Personal Study Word Vocabulary Sheet.

Thursday - Please bring Review Test 1-4 for Chapter 5 on paper! You will hand it in to me!
Thursday - Proficiency Test

Begin Chapter 5 in the Textbook!

2007-10-22T16:59:00.000-07:00

Page 187 - 192, Do Practice 1

Start thinking about a topic for your research project! The best topic is one related to something that you are studying right now either in our reading class, or in another class that you are taking this quarter. I will bring a list tomorrow, so that we can brainstorm together and make a final decision.

Don't forget to be reading your novel. You need 25 pages by Wednesday!

Newspaper Summary and Personal Response!

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Due Monday!
Post on the blog according to the guidelines.
Bring your hard copy to class.
Be ready to share main ideas and the most significant supporting details with classmates.

Bring textbooks to class!

Mastery Test Tomorrow!

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Review Chapter 4 Practices and do Mastery Test 5 and 6

Prepare for Personal Word Vocabulary Test!

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Don't forget to bring your textbook!
Don't forget to read in your novel! 25 pages minimum per week!

Supporting Details continued!

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Read and study Page 158 - 165
Do Practice 2 and Review Tests 1-3

Bring Personal Vocabulary Study Sheet

Bring Personal Vocabulary TestList

Review Personal Vocabulary Words for Test on Wednesday

Supporting Details!

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Start Chapter 4 - Preview Pages 149-157
Do Practice 1 and 2

Blog Post for Monday!

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Wrtie about your novel this week on your blog for Monday! This assignment is similar to your newspaper instructions. Include the following information on your blog!

Title of book and author
Summary of about 150 words
Personal Response 100 words minimum should include, why you chose the book, if you are enjoying the book and why or why not, and your personal opinions about anything you are reading in the book.
Tell the number of pages you have read so far and what percentage you understand!

Read the newspaper in your spare time! :)

Bring your novel and textbook on Monday!

So sorry I couldn't be in class today!

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How did class go today? I hope that you had a good time talking about your books and learning about the main idea!

Be sure to do the homework that Pat assigned for you today!

Get ready for another Mastery Test on Friday! We will have two again. One on Vocabulary in Context and the other on Main Idea!

See you soon! Study hard!

Gail

Bring your outside reading book to class tomorrow!

2007-10-09T16:26:00.000-07:00

Ten Steps Book - Chapter 3 - Finding the main idea:

Read and study pages 116-121
Do Practice 4,5, and 6

Bring your Personal Word Study Sheet with your five best words!

Begin Chapter 3 in Textbook!

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Read and Study pages 109-115 Do Practices 1 & 2
Read Outside reading book! Remember 25 pages by Wednesday! :) Enjoy!

Newspaper Summary and Response due Monday on Blog! !

2007-10-05T12:42:00.000-07:00

Have fun reading your outside reading book! Remember 25 pages by Wednesday!

Review for Mastery Test Tomorrow!

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We will have a Mastery Test tomorrow which will be much like the homework that you have been doing this week. Bring your textbooks so that we can check yesterday's homework and talk about any questions you might have before the test.

Return the Free Reading Activity Sheet that I gave you in class today!

Personal Vocabulary Test tomorrow!

2007-10-03T16:18:00.000-07:00

Review both of your Personal Word Vocabulary Study Sheets
Memorize one definition and an example sentence that shows that you understand the word and how to use it.
You have a total of 10 words on your study sheet. For your test, I will choose 5 of your words; however, you need to study all 10 because you don't know which 5 I will choose. :)

Do Mastery Test 4 and 5 for Chapter 2 in your textbook!

Bring your outside reading book!

Ten Steps to Improving College Reading

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Chapter 2, Review Test 3 Page 88-89 and Mastery Test 3 Page 101-102

Bring 2nd Personal Word Study Sheet

Bring your Outside Reading Book!

Ten Steps to Imroving College Reading!

2007-10-01T16:24:00.000-07:00

Chapter 2 - Finish Practice 4, Do Review Tests 1,2 and 4 in the textbook.
Review Vocabulary for Test on Thursday.

Read in your Outside Reading Book.....20 to 30 pages a week. Enjoy!

Blog assignment for next Monday, October 8th:

Choose a newspaper article from the newspaper that I gave you in class today.
Write a summary and personal response on your blog.
Follow the guidelines that I gave you on the yellow paper.
This is hard, I know, but this exercise will help you improve your vocabulary and reading fluency!

Do your introduction on your blog!

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Find an outside reading book! Choose one that you can understand at least 70% Start reading!

Choose 5 vocabulary words for your Personal Word Vocabulary Study Sheet! Bring it to class on Monday!

Have a good weekend!

Tips for improving your English!

Find at least one person to have a conversation in English with!
Listen to something in English....movie, radio, speech, club, or church!
Read an English newspaper or magazine!

Newspaper Reading for tomorrow!

2007-09-27T19:09:00.000-07:00

Choose an article from the newspaper that I handed out in class today. Read it, and cut it out. Bring it to class and be ready to talk about it with a classmate. Be ready to talk about the main idea is and what your opinion is about it.

Set up your blog and send the address to Gail. Remember to keep your address and password somewhere safe so that you won't forget it!

Bring your textbook and we will finish chapter 2 on Vocabulary in Context tomorrow!

Bring your outside reading book tomorrow to check to get the OK from Gail!

Whoops! Almost forgot to remind you to add one word to your Personal Word Study Sheet just so that I can help you with any problems that you might have in understanding the worksheet!

Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills

2007-09-26T16:09:00.000-07:00

Continue with Chapter 2: Pages 69 - 79 Finish Practice 1-3 without the dictionary. Use the context clues in the sentence to help you guess the meaning of the words.

Read the information about How to Set Up a Blog

Remember to find an outside reading book by Friday. See the guidelines on the course syllabus.

Ten Steps to Building on Reading

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Preview Chapter 2 - Vocabulary in context
Read as much of Chapter 1 about Dictionaries as you have time for and as you find useful for you.

It is great to meet all of you!

2007-09-24T16:01:00.001-07:00

First Homework Assignment:

Fill out the Needs Assessment paper that I gave you! I will collect first thing from you tomorrow!
Buy your books!
Mentally prepare for your first Reading Proficiency Test tomorrow!

Welcome to My Class!

2007-09-23T10:11:00.001-07:00

Hi Everybody - Check here every day for class assignments and announcements! This is just the beginning of a great quarter with you! More later!