Linda's ESL Classes

Current Events

May 16

1. News: Facial Recognition

2. Find Someone Who

3. Interjections

4. Reduced Speech 20 Day Challenge and Day 1

5. This or That

May 15

1. News: 2 Investigates and Feet in Canada

2. 20 Questions

3. Interjections

4. How to Understand Native Speakers'

Questions

5. Discussion Questions

May 10

1. News: Vigil in Danville and Iran Deal

2. Phone Scam

3. Questions

4. Interjections

5. 20 Questions

6. How to Understand Native Speakers'

Questions

May 8

1. News: 7 Things to Know Before You Go and

CNN 10

2. Etiquette Quiz

3. Interjections

4. Discussion Questions

May 3

1. News: Zodiac Killer and Americans Released

from North Korea

2. Interjections

3. Interjections Activity

4. Etiquette Quiz

April 26

1. News: Golden State Killer

2. Fillers Review and Discussion Questions

3. Honor and Scarifice and Roy Mustumoto

4. Interjections

5. Find Someone Who

April 24

1. News: Fire in Concord and Torronto Van

Attack

2. Interview Two Partners

3. Conversational Fillers

4. Article on Fillers

April 18

1. News: Study on the Hayward Fault and 420

2. Interview Two Partners

3. Intonation Practice

4. Conversational Fillers

April 17

1. News: Scooters and Illegal Dumping

2. Time

3. Interview Two Partners

4. Intonation Rise and Fall

5. Intonation Practice

April 12

1. News: 7 Things to Know Before You Go

2. Questions for Linda

3. Slang 2018

4. Technology Questions

5. Pronunciation Practice

6. Time

Homework: Read Time and be able to explain the story to a partner.

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April 10

1. News: Scooters and YouTube

2. Trivia Questions

3. Asking Someone to Wait

4. Interview 2 Partners

April 5

1. News: CNN 10

2. Confusing Words

3. Social Media Buzzwords

4. Technology Questions

April 3

1. News: Winnie Mendela and Boy in Storm

Drain

2. Questions from March 22

3. Slang 5 and Slang 5 Review

4. Phrasal Verbs for Anger

5. Discussion Questions

Homework: Examples sentences for Slang 5

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March 22

1. News: Shootout in Outer Mission and

Zuckerberg Talks

2. Slang 2 and Slang 2 Exercise

3. How to Participate in a Discussion

4. Raising Children Questions

March 20

1. News: North Beach Fire and Morning Crash

2. Slang Review 1

3. Early Bird or Night Owl Quiz

4. How to Politely Disagree

5. Controversial Questions

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March 15

1. News: Student Walkout and Britsih Poisoning

2. Group Questions

3. How to Give an Opinion

4. Opinion Questions

5. Slang 1

Homework: Write a sentence for each slang expression.

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March 13

1. News: Secretary of Eduction and Frozen

Embryros

2. Common Prefixes 2

3. Gun Control Lesson

4. How to Give an Opinion

Homework: Write three interesting questions to ask your classmates

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March 7

1. News: 7 Things and International Women's

Day

2. Idiom Review

3. Common Prefixes 2

4. How to Talk about Relationships

5. Relationship Questions

Homework: Prefixes 2

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March 1

1. News: Dick's and Walmart and Snow in the

Sierras

2. Cultural Quiz

3. Giving Advice

4. Idioms 3

Homework: Idioms 3 Review

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February 27

1. News: Snow Flurries and First Lady

2. Common Prefixes

3. Conversation Skills Video

4. Interview Two Partners

February 22

1. News: Swings and Parents Confront Marco

Rubio

2. Idioms 2 Review

3. American Culture Quiz

4. Recycling Presentation

5. Common Prefixes

Homework: Prefixes

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February 20

1. News: Cold Snap and Cluster of Earthquakes

2. Find Someone Who

2. Idioms 2

4. American Culture Quiz

Homework: Idioms 2 Review

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February 15

1. Collect Homework (Due Tuesday)

2. News: School Shooting and Olympics

3. Share your Small Talk Questions in Groups

4. Mingle Activity

5. Idiom Review

6. How to Keep a Conversation Going

Idiom 1 Review Answers

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February 13

1. News: Jerry Brown Lunar New Year

Launch and Off the Great Wall

2. Idioms One

3. How to Make Small Talk

4. Mingle Activity

5. Interview a Partner

Homework: Small Talk Questions (5 about family, 5 about occuptation, 5 about recreation, 5 about dreams)

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BBC Podcast: China's Generation Gap

February 8

1. Questions about the Unexplained

2. Horoscope Homework

3. Fortunes

4. News: Facail Recogniztion Glasses

5. Minority Report Trailer

Homework: Write 5 sentences about how technology is helping the world and 5 sentences about how it is overstepping individual privacy.

February 6

1. News: Rent Control and Community Comes

Together

2. Horoscopes

3. Student Club Help

January 30

1. Homework Groups

2. News: State of the Union and Winchester

Mystery House

3. Reading about the Winchester Mystery House

January 30

1. News: The Super Blood Blue Eclipse and

What is the State of the Union Address

2. Blue Moon

3. Homework Groups

4. Questions about the US

January 25

1. New's: 7 Things Before You Go

2. San Francisco Mayor

3. Cape Town Water Crisis

4. Climate Change Questions

Homework: Be prepared to share one news story from this weekend with your group on Tuesday.

January 23

1. Today's News

2. News: Shutdown Left and Right

3. TV News Vocabulary Answers

4. Immigration Questions

Hoemwork: Trump and Immigration

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January 17

1. Today's News

2. Current Events Survey Group Activtiy

3. News: Sanctuary Cities Explained

and Sanctuary Cities and ICE Raids

4. Trump and Immigration

Homework: TV News Vocabulary Handout

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January 16

1. Syllabus

2. Current Events Vocabulary

3. News: Flu 1, Kids Held in Home, and Happy

News

4. Current Events Survey

Homework: Make a list of 5 topics you would like to study in class.

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How to Understand Native Speakers'

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