I want to try to take the GED test on January 10 and 11.
I hope that i know which subject is strong and weak.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Award Recipients and Steps for the Next Cycle
Congratulations to the following award recipients:
Most Improved Reader: Gabriela Parra
Most Improved Writer: Maria Alamo
Participation Award: Jesus Gonzalez
Best Attendance (57 hours): Jessica Moise
Excellent job to everyone for your hard work, energy, time, and commitment to our class. I'm so proud of all of you. I hope to see you when the Winter Cycle begins on January 11th at 5pm at Coney Island.
Please make sure that you ATTEND THE REGISTRATION SESSION on Wednesday, January 6th
5:00 PM at the Coney Island branch to SAVE YOUR SPOT for the new cycle! Bring the slip that I gave you with your TABE math and reading scores so that you do not have to re-take the tests.
Keep reading everyone! Enjoy the holidays, and happy new year!
Best,
Karen
Most Improved Reader: Gabriela Parra
Most Improved Writer: Maria Alamo
Participation Award: Jesus Gonzalez
Best Attendance (57 hours): Jessica Moise
Excellent job to everyone for your hard work, energy, time, and commitment to our class. I'm so proud of all of you. I hope to see you when the Winter Cycle begins on January 11th at 5pm at Coney Island.
Please make sure that you ATTEND THE REGISTRATION SESSION on Wednesday, January 6th
5:00 PM at the Coney Island branch to SAVE YOUR SPOT for the new cycle! Bring the slip that I gave you with your TABE math and reading scores so that you do not have to re-take the tests.
Keep reading everyone! Enjoy the holidays, and happy new year!
Best,
Karen
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
karenhanna
hello? how are you doing?
I want to ask you some questions.
i am now applying a GED application form. i don't know how much i need to pay for GED test?
if you read my message , send me back message.
thank you very much
my gmail : ericfu1379@gmail.com
I want to ask you some questions.
i am now applying a GED application form. i don't know how much i need to pay for GED test?
if you read my message , send me back message.
thank you very much
my gmail : ericfu1379@gmail.com
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Nature
The sun shine on earth but not through me
the wave of the ocean is running smoothly
and the exotic animal such as the lion
zebra the prints are unique.they said the
lion is the king of the jungle not really
when it come to large mammal
oh something did happen suddenly
the temperature change it shock me
to the level that i could not speak
the wind is shallow and cold
the cloud change from bright to dark gray
is like thunder light is willing to hit the ground
but it does not matter i will still have my fun
today when i look up after the rain their a
the rainbow.rainbow make the sky look
clamorous and sparkle and it become
another beautiful but i will have my fun again
the wave of the ocean is running smoothly
and the exotic animal such as the lion
zebra the prints are unique.they said the
lion is the king of the jungle not really
when it come to large mammal
oh something did happen suddenly
the temperature change it shock me
to the level that i could not speak
the wind is shallow and cold
the cloud change from bright to dark gray
is like thunder light is willing to hit the ground
but it does not matter i will still have my fun
today when i look up after the rain their a
the rainbow.rainbow make the sky look
clamorous and sparkle and it become
another beautiful but i will have my fun again
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Sweet Dreams
Sugar pillows, gum drop rain flying high mint filled sky
Sweet dreams consumed the mind
Chocolate stream floating things marshmallow clouds feel so warm ,bright pop boats go floating by Oreo streets so colorful and busy
sweet dreams consume the mind
Powered sugar in the winter time cinnamon sticks in the ground peppermint leaves hanging down sweet dreams lickerish night
Jolly rancher streaming lights making up my sweet felt night as sweet tarts fall slowly to the ground my sweet wonderland quickly slows down into the night i then awake to not a sweet thing in sight
Sweet dreams Goodnight
Sweet dreams consumed the mind
Chocolate stream floating things marshmallow clouds feel so warm ,bright pop boats go floating by Oreo streets so colorful and busy
sweet dreams consume the mind
Powered sugar in the winter time cinnamon sticks in the ground peppermint leaves hanging down sweet dreams lickerish night
Jolly rancher streaming lights making up my sweet felt night as sweet tarts fall slowly to the ground my sweet wonderland quickly slows down into the night i then awake to not a sweet thing in sight
Sweet dreams Goodnight
Monday, December 7, 2009
LAST CLASS ON WED. 12/9
Our final class is this Wed., so get ready to party and get your eat on! We will celebrate our second writing piece and our class accomplishments!
Please bring your typed and final writing piece to share with the class as well as something home-cooked that celebrates your heritage. Here are what people signed up to bring:
-Jesus- rice and beans
-Damian- blood sausage
-Maria- potato salad
-Saleema- mac and cheese
-Karen- veggies
-Gabriela- drinks
-Della- jello
-Afeisha- plates and cups
If you are not on the list, please bring whatever you can contribute. The more the merrier! Please email or call me if you won't be able to attend so that I know what food/supplies to cover.
Looking forward to our last class together for 2009!
Karen
Please bring your typed and final writing piece to share with the class as well as something home-cooked that celebrates your heritage. Here are what people signed up to bring:
-Jesus- rice and beans
-Damian- blood sausage
-Maria- potato salad
-Saleema- mac and cheese
-Karen- veggies
-Gabriela- drinks
-Della- jello
-Afeisha- plates and cups
If you are not on the list, please bring whatever you can contribute. The more the merrier! Please email or call me if you won't be able to attend so that I know what food/supplies to cover.
Looking forward to our last class together for 2009!
Karen
A Memory of a Lifetime
A Memory of a Lifetime
By Maria Alamo
A memorable event in my life was my first vacation to Florida with my family.
It was our first vacation anywhere, so we were very excited and could not wait to get to Florida. We sat in our chairs waiting for the plane to take off. Once the plane took off, we could not wait until they served lunch, so we thought. But all we got was a bag of potato chips and a cup of soda. We looked at each other and said, “This is it.” They were selling some crackers and cheese for five dollars, so we bought some and ate it so fast we did not even look at each other. Then we could not wait to get to Florida.
Once we got to Florida, we picked up our bags and rented a car and headed to the hotel. In the hotel we checked in and went to our room. The room was a good side with a terrace and the view of the pool.
Then we went to eat. We had a BLT, and the kids had a hamburger deluxe.
Then we went to a park called Island of Adventures. Once we got to the park it was so exciting. They had all these rides from small to medium to large. Rides like The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Dr.Seuss, Jimmy Neutron, Shreck, etc. One of the best rides that I liked was E.T. You sat on a chair where it took you up and around. You saw all these Christmas lights lit up and all kinds of flowers and things for the movies, like the moon, E.T., the bike. You felt like you were two again. You looked at your partner. His eyes were lit up and we both smiled.
It made my son thrilled because it was his birthday. He was turning 10 years old. He was thrilled to be in Florida to celebrate. The best ride he liked was the Spiderman ride. He went on that ride 20 times with his father. The way they looked at each other and smiled was priceless. The best was when my son got to blow out the candles and looked at us and said, “This is the best birthday ever."
This was a memorable day for my family because of how much fun we had. Meeting new people, new rides, new places. My son celebrated his 10th birthday, and the excitement of everything made us feel like we were 2 again. We cannot wait for our next trip.
By Maria Alamo
A memorable event in my life was my first vacation to Florida with my family.
It was our first vacation anywhere, so we were very excited and could not wait to get to Florida. We sat in our chairs waiting for the plane to take off. Once the plane took off, we could not wait until they served lunch, so we thought. But all we got was a bag of potato chips and a cup of soda. We looked at each other and said, “This is it.” They were selling some crackers and cheese for five dollars, so we bought some and ate it so fast we did not even look at each other. Then we could not wait to get to Florida.
Once we got to Florida, we picked up our bags and rented a car and headed to the hotel. In the hotel we checked in and went to our room. The room was a good side with a terrace and the view of the pool.
Then we went to eat. We had a BLT, and the kids had a hamburger deluxe.
Then we went to a park called Island of Adventures. Once we got to the park it was so exciting. They had all these rides from small to medium to large. Rides like The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Dr.Seuss, Jimmy Neutron, Shreck, etc. One of the best rides that I liked was E.T. You sat on a chair where it took you up and around. You saw all these Christmas lights lit up and all kinds of flowers and things for the movies, like the moon, E.T., the bike. You felt like you were two again. You looked at your partner. His eyes were lit up and we both smiled.
It made my son thrilled because it was his birthday. He was turning 10 years old. He was thrilled to be in Florida to celebrate. The best ride he liked was the Spiderman ride. He went on that ride 20 times with his father. The way they looked at each other and smiled was priceless. The best was when my son got to blow out the candles and looked at us and said, “This is the best birthday ever."
This was a memorable day for my family because of how much fun we had. Meeting new people, new rides, new places. My son celebrated his 10th birthday, and the excitement of everything made us feel like we were 2 again. We cannot wait for our next trip.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Autobiography
Autobiography
My name is Eric Fu. I came from Hong Kong with my parent. I have an older sister. Her name is Amy Fu. During a period of time fix years old, my family would visited my mom’s grandmother and my aunt every weekend. They lived one hour away from where we lived. My sister and I often rode bicycles while we were there. On the other hand, my mother and my father helped cook potluck with my great-grandmother as my aunt and uncle also stayed at home. Each weekend, a day or two after we arrived, my aunt and father would take my sister and me to the park to play. The seesaw looked like something that my sister and I would really enjoined playing on. We sweat as we played in the park. Around half past six, we would return home for dinner. My aunt, father, sister, and I had fun in the park and then we went back home my family would eat dinner together. As I sometimes, I went to park to play , I often remember this childhood memory
When my sister was eight and I was seven, we studied at the same school. During my elementary school days, I was a lazy and active boy. The teacher often gave me demerits. My sister was an excellent disciplined girl Out of all the elementary students at my school, I received the lowest scores on the midterm. I ever had studied hard for the test and did my best on it, but I failed half of subjects. Finally I finished elementary school, I hadn’t yet received elementary school diploma and I still went up to junior school.
My mother helped me to choose a general junior school. The chosen school was fifteen minutes away from where I lived by bus. Another students bullied me in the class as I was in a bad class from the beginning . Sometimes I wanted to play basketball with the bully, but they wouldn’t like to play with me. I always played basketball alone at other side. Anyway, I had fun with it. When in school, I peach a beautiful girl in our class. She already had a boyfriend whom I already knew. I knew that she would never like me because I wasn’t the most handsome boy in the class. I tried to concentrate on my studies but I still couldn’t focus on my studies. I often thought I would like to hand out with my friends. The final was coming. I still went out with friends and never study. I knew that I must failed all classes. Finally, I would be able to go to the eleventh grade but I quit because I was getting my visa to go to the United States of America with my sister. When I came here with my sister, I wanted to go back to Hong Kong immediately however I stayed in New York City for a year. During that time, I lived at my great – grandmother’s house with my sister. My grandparents immigrated here since twenty years ago. My aunt helped us look for an ESL school to attend. I appreciated my aunt helping us look for a school that’s why I needed to study in an ESL school and I knew it would help me improve my foreign language abilities. Every day I missed my mother and wanted to call her and tell her that I didn’t want to stay in New York City. So Over half year, I went back to my own country.
Last Ten years ago, I immigrated to New York City with my parents. We lived a new life and my sister and I studied at the Chinese high school in Chinatown. My mother and father stayed at home because they didn’t have their social security cards therefore they couldn’t find jobs. They waited to receive their cards for several months. Finally the cards were sent to our home. My aunt introduced my parent to a job in home care. She told them they need to study home care course, if they passed it , they could get certified after that they went to work. On other hands, my sister and I still studied hard at high school. Although my average was lower than my sister, but I was able to pass Math, Government, Earth Science, ESL, Physical Education, and Chemistry except I failed literature. I was able to enter the eleventh grades, but I had retaken the literature class. Finally, I failed it again and hadn’t get my high school diploma because I couldn’t pass all the subjects and get the needed credits. Meanwhile I never give up, even though I hadn’t get the high school diploma, I am now studying for my GED. Next January, I will take the GED test. I hope I can pass it and then going to college soon.
My name is Eric Fu. I came from Hong Kong with my parent. I have an older sister. Her name is Amy Fu. During a period of time fix years old, my family would visited my mom’s grandmother and my aunt every weekend. They lived one hour away from where we lived. My sister and I often rode bicycles while we were there. On the other hand, my mother and my father helped cook potluck with my great-grandmother as my aunt and uncle also stayed at home. Each weekend, a day or two after we arrived, my aunt and father would take my sister and me to the park to play. The seesaw looked like something that my sister and I would really enjoined playing on. We sweat as we played in the park. Around half past six, we would return home for dinner. My aunt, father, sister, and I had fun in the park and then we went back home my family would eat dinner together. As I sometimes, I went to park to play , I often remember this childhood memory
When my sister was eight and I was seven, we studied at the same school. During my elementary school days, I was a lazy and active boy. The teacher often gave me demerits. My sister was an excellent disciplined girl Out of all the elementary students at my school, I received the lowest scores on the midterm. I ever had studied hard for the test and did my best on it, but I failed half of subjects. Finally I finished elementary school, I hadn’t yet received elementary school diploma and I still went up to junior school.
My mother helped me to choose a general junior school. The chosen school was fifteen minutes away from where I lived by bus. Another students bullied me in the class as I was in a bad class from the beginning . Sometimes I wanted to play basketball with the bully, but they wouldn’t like to play with me. I always played basketball alone at other side. Anyway, I had fun with it. When in school, I peach a beautiful girl in our class. She already had a boyfriend whom I already knew. I knew that she would never like me because I wasn’t the most handsome boy in the class. I tried to concentrate on my studies but I still couldn’t focus on my studies. I often thought I would like to hand out with my friends. The final was coming. I still went out with friends and never study. I knew that I must failed all classes. Finally, I would be able to go to the eleventh grade but I quit because I was getting my visa to go to the United States of America with my sister. When I came here with my sister, I wanted to go back to Hong Kong immediately however I stayed in New York City for a year. During that time, I lived at my great – grandmother’s house with my sister. My grandparents immigrated here since twenty years ago. My aunt helped us look for an ESL school to attend. I appreciated my aunt helping us look for a school that’s why I needed to study in an ESL school and I knew it would help me improve my foreign language abilities. Every day I missed my mother and wanted to call her and tell her that I didn’t want to stay in New York City. So Over half year, I went back to my own country.
Last Ten years ago, I immigrated to New York City with my parents. We lived a new life and my sister and I studied at the Chinese high school in Chinatown. My mother and father stayed at home because they didn’t have their social security cards therefore they couldn’t find jobs. They waited to receive their cards for several months. Finally the cards were sent to our home. My aunt introduced my parent to a job in home care. She told them they need to study home care course, if they passed it , they could get certified after that they went to work. On other hands, my sister and I still studied hard at high school. Although my average was lower than my sister, but I was able to pass Math, Government, Earth Science, ESL, Physical Education, and Chemistry except I failed literature. I was able to enter the eleventh grades, but I had retaken the literature class. Finally, I failed it again and hadn’t get my high school diploma because I couldn’t pass all the subjects and get the needed credits. Meanwhile I never give up, even though I hadn’t get the high school diploma, I am now studying for my GED. Next January, I will take the GED test. I hope I can pass it and then going to college soon.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Literacy Review Submissions Due Monday 12/7
Please let me know ASAP if you are planning to submit your writing to the Literacy Review. I would love to help you edit/format/email your writing so that it looks its best. Good luck!
Free Eye Health Screening!
The Coney Island Learning Center will be hosting a free eye health screening on Friday, December 11th from 10-12:30.
The screening is provided by the Kress Vision Program and includes vision check, exam for cataracts or disease and glaucoma test. It is for individuals who have not been seen by an eye doctor in over one year and have no eye insurance.
Please take advantage if you can!
The screening is provided by the Kress Vision Program and includes vision check, exam for cataracts or disease and glaucoma test. It is for individuals who have not been seen by an eye doctor in over one year and have no eye insurance.
Please take advantage if you can!
Final Homework Due This MONDAY 12/7
The following assignments are due by this Monday 12/7:
1. Post your 2nd writing piece into the blog.
2. Comment on someone else's post.
3. Read A Million Little Pieces up until p. 143.
4. Choose 1 chapter from A Million Little Pieces and retell the chapter on a separate sheet of piece of paper. Notice changes in characters, setting, actions, and emotions to help you include the most important pieces of information.
1. Post your 2nd writing piece into the blog.
2. Comment on someone else's post.
3. Read A Million Little Pieces up until p. 143.
4. Choose 1 chapter from A Million Little Pieces and retell the chapter on a separate sheet of piece of paper. Notice changes in characters, setting, actions, and emotions to help you include the most important pieces of information.
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