Labor Day Holiday is Monday Sept. 3, 2012

Thanks to all who took the CASAS test on Wednesday. I know it wasn't easy, but it helps our school. 
Monday, September 3, is the Labor Day holiday. Read about it here

Watch a labor day video on youtube (above).

We'll be back to school on Tuesday Sept. 4. See you then.
Enjoy!

comparisons

Here is an explanation of comparisons in English.

Practice this comparisons quiz:
Comparison Practice

We have the CASAS pretest on Wednesday, August 29. Remember to bring a pencil and your student ID number. You only take this test one time on Wednesday. We will start class promptly at 10:30 so you have time to finish the test. 
Relax and enjoy it!?

Useful Vocabulary Website

We're going to learn punctuation vocabulary at this website:
LanguageGuide.org

First, choose your native language at the top of the screen. 
Second, choose ENGLISH as the language to study. 
Then, click on Writing

                               A video about punctuation
 
We will practice punctuation vocabulary today.
You can learn a lot of vocabulary at this website. 
Look around and find what you're interested in learning.

Take a 'Trip' To Our New Library

Chinatown Campus has a new library on the 2nd floor. 
On Wednesday September 5 we will visit the library at the beginning of class. The librarian will give us a tour.
I'll give you more details after the Labor Day holiday.

More Character Traits Vocabulary

If you want to add more character traits to your vocabulary , here's a website to use:
Character Traits

Here's a video explaining many uses of the gerund:

ESL 6 Textbook website

This website is for our textbook, Ventures 3
Ventures Arcade 

And here are some dictionaries you may want to use:
Learners Dictionary 
American English Dictionary 
Longman's Dictionary