ESOL 20: Level 2

Portland Community College

Winter 2023

Hillsboro Center

Instructor: Ellora Maitra

Portland Community College

Level 2 Syllabus (Click HERE)



Week 1, Day 3

Class Slides: Week 1 Day 3 Slides

Handout: Class Handout- Week 1 Day 3

Homework: Complete the exercises from the Class Handout.



Week 2, Day 1 (Jan 18)

Class Materials

Warm Up and HW review ('be' verb):  https://wordwall.net/play/48846/044/981

Class Handout:  ESOL 20 Week 2 Day 1 Handout

Class Slides: Week 2 Day 1 Class Slides (Be verb and adjectives)

Homework: Do the homework exercises on p.4 of the Class Handout.

Week 2, Day 2 (Jan 19)--CALL DAY

Computer Lab (CALL) Activities Sheet: Week 2 CALL activities (This document also has exercises we did in the classroom).

Grammar Practice with Adele's ESL Corner: 

Take the Survey:  What do you Know about Computers?

Typing Practice (you need a computer :   Practice touch typing here 

COMPUTER VOCABULARY QUIZ: https://wordwall.net/play/49557/967/690

CLASS SLIDES: Week 2 Day 2 Class Slides (Be verbs and adjectives continued) 

Homework for Monday, January 23:


Week 3 Day 1 (Jan 23)

Class Handout: Week 3 Day 1 Handout 

Class Slides: Week 3 Day 1 Slides 

Homework for Wednesday, Jan 25:  Homework for Jan 25 


Week 3, Day 2 (Jan 25)

Class Handouts: 

Adjectives & Opposites--List

Homework for Thursday, Jan 26: Prepare for adjectives quiz  and review vocabulary from Textbook pages 50 and 52.

Remember: There will be a short quiz on adjectives on Thursday Jan. 26.  Here are some games for practice:

Adjectives and their Opposites--Flashcards





Week 3 Day 3 (Jan. 26)


CALL worksheet: CALL Worksheet Week 3 (ESOL 20)

Games (Rooms and Furniture): 

Homework for Monday, Jan. 30: 

If you did not do the homework below, do it for Monday, Jan 30:





Image: Vincent Van Gogh, Cáfe Terrace at night (Arles, 1888)

Week 4, Day 1 (Jan. 30)

Class Slides: Week 4 Slides (Places in the community and prepositions) 

Class Handouts:

Homework for Wednesday, Feb. 1: 


Practice prepositions:





Week 4 Day 3

Call Worksheet: Call Worksheet for Feb. 2, 2023 

Class Handouts: 

Homework for Monday,  February 6: 

-Prepositions

-vocabulary terms: rooms in a house, furniture, places in the community (bank, post office, park, supermarket)

-numbers from 1-1000. (I will post some practice exercises)


Aniko Hencz, Suburban neighborhood (2019).

Week 5, Day 1

Class Handout and homework: Handout and HW for Feb 8 

Class Slides:

Homework for Wednesday, February 8: 

Do the following exercises from the Workbook:

P. 24, do Exercise G (after you listen to audio #16). Here is a link to the audio file: WB Unit 3, P.24, audio 16 

P. 24, do Exercise H (after you listen to audio #17). Here is a link to the audio file: WB Unit 3, P. 24, audio 17 

P. 25, do Exercise J (after you listen to audio #19 and read the text, "My Neighborhood).  Here is a link to the audio file:  WB Unit 3, P. 25, audio 19 

Practice for the Unit 3 test on Thursday, Feb. 9: 

Practice writing out numbers from 1-20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, and 1000.  You can practice with the help of these games:

Numbers spelling Crossword: https://wordwall.net/play/52272/518/762

Practice numbers from 1-100: Numbers 1-100 exercises

Practice exercises #1-#6 :  Big numbers 

Practice prepositions: 

Week 5, Day 3

Computer Lab Activities sheet: CALL worksheet for Feb 9, 23 

Week 6 Days 1, 2, 3: Feb 13, 15, and 16

Lunch atop a Skyscraper (New York, 1932, photo by Charles C. Ebbets)

Week 7 Day 2 (Feb 22)

Class is canceled today (Feb 22) due to snow. But here are some games that you can play to practice all the things we are learning in Unit 5:

For the Pronunciation exercises, check this handout from Monday's class: Pronunciation worksheet (final /-s/ and /-es/)













Week 8, Days 1 and 2 (Feb 27, March 1) 

Handouts: 


Slides: 

Week 8 Day 2 Slides: Negative Simple present verbs And Work Benefits

Homework:

1. Complete Exercise D. on P. 93 of the textbook.

2. First, read the job posting on P. 98 of the textbook. 

b. Listen to the audio here: Textbook P. 98 Audio File #53 

c. Then, answer the True/False questions about the posting-- Exercise B on p. 99. 



Week 8, Day 3 (Thursday, March 2)

Call Worksheet: CALL exercises for Week 8 

Homework for Monday, March 6:


Study Guide for Unit 5 test: Unit 5 Test Study Guide 



Week 9 Day 1

Handouts:

Homework for Wednesday, March 8:

Week 9 Day 3

CALL worksheet

Spelling rules for Verbs 

Spelling rules for Nouns with practice exercises: Plural nouns--rules and practice exercises 

Past Tense  Verbs --affirmative and negative: Past Tense Verbs --Rules and Exercises 

Study Guide for Final test: Study Guide for Level 2 Final 

Week 10 Day 1

Class Handouts

Unit 5 Study Guide: Unit 5-What to study 

Homework/Practice for the Unit test on Wednesday:


Week 10 Day 3 (March 16)

March 20--Finals Day

Jeopardy (review past tense regular verbs): https://jeopardylabs.com/play/simple-past-tense-regular-verbs


Important dates and information:

How to keep improving your English skills?

Reading resources:

-Read stories from this website and answer the questions for each story: ESOL NEWS OREGON 

-If you want a challenge, try reading these stories: Agenda Web Easy Reading  

Listening resources:

Listen to these conversations: ELLLO Listening Lessons