Good morning!
Level 2
Fall 2025
Portland Community College
Week 4
Today's date is Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
This is our tenth class.
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Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursdays* | Friday |
| | | 10:00 a.m. - 12 p.m. | |
L1 -3 Speaking: Tutor Fran! Thursdays!
Where: Mount Tabor, Great Hall
When: Thursdays 10:00 - 12:00
Start Date: October 9, 2025
End Date: December 4, 2025
Classroom Helpers
Move the tables and chairs.
Write the date on the board.
Write the weather on the board.
Pass out papers.
Pass out name tags.
Collect papers.
Erase the board.
Weekly Schedule
We have class every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
We will go to the computer lab (Scott 101) every Wednesday at 8:30.
We will usually take a quiz or test on Fridays.
Schedule for Today
8:30 - 9:30 Computer lab
9:30 - 9:50 Break
9:50 - 10:50 Correct "Families" HW and work on pages 36 and 37 in the textbook
10:50 - 10:55 Musical break
10:55 - 11:20 HW for Friday
Put your name tag in the blue box when you leave! Clean up your desk.
How to Study Vocabulary
Longman Dictionary - Use this online English-English dictionary to look up each vocabulary word.
YouGlish - YouGlish = YouTube + English. Use this site to hear and watch many examples of the vocabulary words.
For each vocabulary word that you learn, you need to learn:
Reminders
Spelling
Spelling and pronunciation are very different in English. Many letters are silent. The letters don't always make the same sound every time.
What do you hear? What do you write?
We like to have fun in this class.
Sometimes this class will be very noisy.
But, it's important to pay attention and be quiet when Davida is talking or explaining something.
Remember!
Please be quiet!
Please wait.
What are you doing to learn English?
50% from the teacher
50% from the student
English is hard, but…
Classroom Vocabulary
eagle eyes
Classroom Vocabulary
It's OK to make a mistake.
Exercise your brain.
Learn from your mistakes!
Follow the Directions
1.
2.
3.
New Word: notice
Look closely
Use your phone as a dictionary and translate the word "notice." Find the verb definition (an action).
What do you notice?
o - lowercase letter O
0 - zero (number)
s - lowercase letter S
5 - five (number)
g - lowercase letter G
q - lowercase letter Q
l - lowercase letter L or number 1
beer
bear
What do you notice?
All of the keys on the computer keyboard are capital.
Some of the letters and numbers look similar.
We don't usually capitalize email addresses. We usually use all lowercase.
We don't use spaces in email addresses.
Compare:
Chen Li chenli@gmail.com
More Classroom Vocabulary
practice
participation
translation
dictionary
word
letter
AI = artificial intelligence (Deep Seek, ChatGPT, Grammarly, etc.)
Click this link for Guojun's presentation on AI: Insights on AI
Your Name
Your name is very important.
Learn to spell your name in English and spell it the same way every time.
Always write your first name and last name on all your papers.
Check your spelling with eagle eyes.
Level 2 is a 3-term class!
A Stretching Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”
head, shoulders, knees, and toes
eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Singular: head, mouth, nose
Plural: shoulders, knees, toes, eyes, ears
Radio Taiso
ABC Song (The Alphabet)
Now I know my ABCs.
Next time won't you sing with me?
"Hello, Goodbye" by The Beatles
"We Are the Champions" by Queen
Hokey Pokey
Put your left arm in!
Audio - Practice Listening!
Click this link: ngl.cengage.com/eia3
Select: Level 2
Select: Student Book or Workbook
Select: Unit 2
Select the track number.
Change the speed. Make it slower. Listen again!
Review and Homework
Davida will email you these slides each day after class. Does Davida have your correct email address?
The slides will also be posted on the class website. You can find the class website by going to PCC.edu > Search Staff Directory > Davida > Web.
Use your phone's camera and the QR code for the Google Slides for each class.
To open Google Slides on your phone, download the free Google Slides app.
To open Google Docs on your phone, download the free Google Docs app.
HW due Friday, October 17
1. Complete Exercises A-F on pages 14-16 in the packet. Be ready to show your answers! Did you highlight the directions? Do you understand the directions?
2. Finish pages 36 and 37 in the textbook.
3. Study for a family vocabulary quiz.
4. Be prepared to talk about a photo of your family with a small group.
Optional: Go to Fran's conversation group on Thursday from 10-12 in the Tabor building.
We will study Unit 2 next.
The Unit 2 Packet will be due on Friday, October 24.
The Unit 2 Test will be on Friday, October 24.
Unit 2 is on pages 33-48 and page 244 in the textbook.
Highlight the directions on the packet. Write your first and last name on your packet. Write the due date on the packet.
See you on Friday!
See you later, alligator!
After a while, crocodile!