Change of BLOG

Aviso:

Me cambio (de regreso) a blogspot.com

Nuestro blog seguirá funionando ahí. Espero que les guste.

Esta es la dirección:

http://lecturaycomposicion2.blogspot.com/

Rainman

The Extensive Reading:

As you know, you have to read the book called Rain man, which can be downloaded or copied at Cigeno. Here is the link Rainman (right click and choose “save as” or “guardar como”) If  you’d like you can watch the film. I hope you enjoy it. The test will be written. Here you have the book scanned in picture format: rainman in jpegs

If you want to watch the film and don’t know how to get it, I am going to put some links here.

Here you have it in “.doc” format.

Thanx for your comments.

Monday reading (for Monday 11th of May)

Dear All:

Here you have our Monday reading in different formats. I also left a hard copy at the Cigeno copy centre, last Thursday at about 5:00 in the afternoon. It is in the SIGA as well. Post comments if you have any inconvenience.

Cheers!

Choose and click: (links checked and repaired on Sat 16th)

The tell-tale heart in pdf format (right click save as)

The tell-tale heart in power point format.

The full handout in picture formal (jpeg). (Unzip with winrar) (click link on the page)

The web album (full handout, jpg)

Enjoy your reading.

PS: Don’t forget that you also have to take the spelling handout to classes.

Tests dates and other evaluations

Hi,

Here you have the dates that we fixed in class.

Extensive reading: Thursday 28th of May. (A and B)

Exam 2: Thursday 2nd of July (par. A) / Thursday 25th of June (par. B)

Short Story:  Feedback: Thursday 4th of June / Delivery: Monday 8th of June, in class. (A and B)

Portfolio: Induction: Thursday 18th of June / Delivery: Tuesday 30th of June. (A and B) Between 10:30 – 12:30 AM, in my office.

Yours,

JCA.

PS: The portfolio was supposed to be handed in on Monday 29th, but it is a holiday (St. Peter and Paul) so I moved it one day. (better for you)

Monday Reading 3

Hello All:

To be fair with everybody, as we didn’t decide on a Monday reading for the 27th of April, I am uploading this VOLUNTARY reading. Read it if you can, so you can practice your vocabulary. I am going to ask questions to the ones who have read it. They’re easy and fun. It’s a good chance.

Monday reading 3

Yours,

J C A.

Monday reading 2: “Canada: A maple syrup farm.”

Class suspension

According to the university term plan, there won’t be classes on Monday 6th, between 8:00 AM and 1 PM. Our pending activities are thereby postoponed to next class.

Your teacher.

PS: Use your free time wisely 😉

Monday reading 1

Well, I am sorry I didn’t upload this handout before.

You have it in two versions, namely, PPT and Web album.

Enjoy them.

Monday reading 1 (ppt)

Monday reading 1 (jpegs)

Of course it is in the SIGA, too.

New handouts : Spelling and “The House on Mango Street”

The new handouts are available at the photocopy centre “Cigeno” (on Manuel Plaza, across from the east entrance to the university). The ones about punctuation are there, too. We are going to finish using them this week. The new ones are about spelling and descriptive writing; we are going to use them next week, so do not forget to copy them.

The copy centre is open from around 10:30 to 21:30, from Monday to Satuday.

The material will be is available on the web very soon:

Conquering the comma.

The house on Mango Street.

2nd Week…

Dear all: We have now a second week of classes. Time flies, doesn’t it? Well, I am here to tell you what we are going to do this week. Maybe there aren’t many of you because of the welcome activities for the freshers. Well, anyway we are moving on with the contents.  For today, Monday, we are going to:

– Check the homework (comma splice, sentence fragment, run-on sentence)

– Finish with colons and semicolons exercises.

– Talk about commas and do some exercises.

I am preparing the rest of the handout right now and you have to take copies of it for next class. I think “La Bombonera Photocopy Centre” “Cígeno”  is the best place right now. You are responsible to find out when it is convenient to go there. Find out when it opens, when it is crowded and when it closes. I shall try to have the material available in digital formats, too.

Here you have the punctuation handouts with the exercises.

Punctuation Handout

Punctuation Exercises

You can also get them from this website: http://www.washoe.k12.nv.us/northvalleyshs/students/englishowl/page9.html

and in the  SIGA.