A letter about Air Conditioning…

October 30, 2008

Alberto Ortega Servin
838 36TH AVE.
Oakland, CA 94601-3409

Bur Guthrie
Facilities manager
Neighborhood Center Adult School
750 International Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94606

Dear Mr. Guthrie;

I am an ESL student at Neighborhood Center Adult School. I have been at school for more that one year. I think, we have a few problems at our school the students don’t have air-conditioning in many rooms sometimes the weather is cold or hot.

If the school should look for a solution, there are many ways for resolving this problem such putting more portable fans and heater in the rooms. Another solution would be to install air conditioning.

Thank you, I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely;


Alberto Ortega Servin

Business Letter Assignment

Instructions:

You have recently changed your working hours. Now you need to enroll in a different class instead of this one. Write a formal letter to your teacher at your school's address explaining the situation. Ask what class you should enroll in and how to make the change. Be sure to thank your teacher for helping you and say something nice about the class you are leaving. Write a draft copy of your letter,, and then copy it on the form that your teacher will provide.

Spelling Words for Friday October 31

vote
ballot box
Democratic Party
Republican Party
election
candidate
absentee ballot
primary election
nominee
stump speech
campaign
congressman/congresswoman
senate
House of Representatives
President
voting booth
polling place
proposition
register
support
election results
electoral college
general election
political parties
debate

My Most Important Thing

Since I was a child, I have interesting in painting. The first day of elementary school, a teacher asked us to circle our fingers to make a picture. After I finished it, she showed my picture to the other students and said "Mei Mei drew it very well. " Maybe this words encouraged me to love painting class and to be a painting teacher when I grew up. On the other hand, design for fashion dress is also my the other favorite subject. Using my basic art skills , I could easy studied how to sew and design. So it has become the other career of mine. I was often to be fascinated on my careers, so let me sometimes forgot to take care of health.
About twenty-five years ago, because my job I loved looking around the department stores or some fashion stores and dressed up by myself. One day,I bought a pair of leather shoes that made in Italy having a new style. I wore it to go to work. but unfortunately I fell down on the stairs in the front of the gate at my school. At that time, I just felt a little pain on my butt. After few days, I felt more pain when sat on the chair or walk. Immediately, I went to see doctor and took some X-rays. After the checks ,doctor found the problems. It was a very serious accident that hurt my spine, so why I felt so pain. After that moment , I almost went to hospital every day for therapy during seven years. And using the other ways to help me get better for my spine-dancing, yogo, acupuncture and good medications. It was fortunate to cured my spine by the different ways.

Now, the most important thing for me is " Keeping health!" When you lose it, you just know it is so precious! If we have good health , we can do anything that we want. How to get good health? I need to have good diet, don't eat heavy meal. Keeping good mood and do exercises every day. In addition, I also can take care of my mother-a eighty years old woman. Thus, I have a good reason to let my painter dream to be true.

Spelling Words for Friday, October 24

closet
account
patio
cabinet
alarm
hunting
mirror
storage
bathtub
switch
curtain
refrigerator
cottage
mortgage
equity
fireplace
shelf
counter
attic
layout
electricity
finance
roommate
basement
furnace


Sample sentences:
Closet
I hung my clothes in the closet.

account
I had an account with Washington Mutual Bank.

Patio
My house has a big patio in the back.

cabinet
I bought a cabinet at Home Depot to install in my kitchen.

alarm
When the fire alarm rang, we all left the school.

hunting
I am hunting for a 2 bedroom, 2 bath house to rent for less than $1,000.

mirror
I have a mirror in the bathroom.

storage
My house has storage space in the basement.

bathtub
I take a bath in the bathtub.

Switch
I need to install another light switch in the bathroom.

curtain
I have a white shower curtain.

refrigerator
You shouldn’t keep the refrigerator door open very long if you want a low electricity bill.

cottage
Would you rather live in a large condominium in the city or a small cottage in the country?

mortgage
I pay my mortgage on time every month.

equity
If you have owned your home for a long time, you probably have quite a lot of equity.

fireplace
Put another log in the fireplace.

shelf
I put all my cookbooks on the shelf.

counter
I have a marble counter in the kitchen.

attic
I use my attic for storage.

layout
I didn’t like the layout of that house.

electricity
You can save money on your electricity bill if you dry your clothes outside on the line.

finance
My new house cost $300,000. I made a down payment of $50,000 and I financed the rest.

roommate
I don’t have a roommate.

basement
I keep my bicycle in the basement.

furnace
The landlord promised to repair the furnace next week.

Long Day at School…

By
Alberto Ortega Servin

I take my English class at school from 8:30 to 11:30. After class I have my lunch for about 15 minutes. For more of one year I had stayed in room 101 where I read a newspaper from my country from 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. I only read important news but I know the life from my country because I had live there for long time.
I have to take another class in the school from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a teacher Richard Blum, this class is more difficult also the teacher had said every student needs to write 10 stories for a diploma for this class.
I am having a very busy day at school.

My Good Study Habit…

By

Alberto Ortega Servin

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My first good study habit is to watch TV in English with English subtitles this is for me it is more important habit also when have been movies I practices my reading, and listening English.
In a lot movies there are more a new vocabulary then I see movies also I had been written new words on a pace a paper.
But my surprise is it when I had watched TV at the movies all time to speak English basic so this English is very difficult for me to listen it.
I am thinking than the most important good study habit is to go to the school every day for taking the classes and making the homework and to study the classes after it.
Why it is the most impotent good study habit? Because when the people had received classes or instruction for long period it is most possible to learn, to speak, to write, to read and understand English.
I think these are good ways for practice English very day.

When I was Visiting the Museum...

By
Alberto Ortega Servin

On August 6, 2008, I went to visit the Museum with the teacher Linda Newman and my classmates. She explained that the exposition, it was about of the years 50’s and 60’s. In this tour in the museum, I saw “the show Birth of the cool” I saw old furniture.
I saw paintings that were large hard, edge and had lots of color and these kinds of the paintings are abstract.
The most interesting part of this explosion was the furniture in especially the chairs because I think that architects design this kind of chair also they had thought to building comfortable chair for the people. Other comfortable furniture is cushion. It is a strange material for me but it is very comfortable for sitting down in this cushion.
I think this cushion, architects made it also they thought in the student because when I was student and sit down in the hallway or aisle seat, it is very hard but with this material it is very comfortable…this furniture is the coolest…

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Why I Came to this Country…

By
Alberto Ortega Servin

My name is Alberto and I am came this country in November 2002, I was came in Mexico alone because my whole family have been living in the United States for a long time.
Now I live in Oakland, with my father, mother, sister, with her two daughters and my brother-in-law.
Also I am studying English in Neighborhood Center Adult School for about 1 year ago or more.
Sometime to study English is frustrated for me but I understand if I do not use it is too easy to forget this language. But I am looking for a job where I am practicing my English every day.
In conclusion, I came to this country alone then my whole family lives here for long time; also I was living alone in my country and I decided to come to the United States.

My Education Goals for 2008...

By
Alberto Ortega Servin

My first goal is to write English correctly with prepositions. My teacher said that I need to practice more with prepositions. My second goal is to talk English correctly . In this country, it is necessary to talk English well to have a successful life. My third goal is to finish this ESL program. If I practices writing, talking and reading English it will be possible to reach my goals.

Spelling Words for Friday's Test

classified
carport
balcony
condition
security
guard
hookup
utilities
decisions
spacious
ceiling
community
abbreviation
condominium
deposit
convenient
lease
contract
damages
increase
decrease
neighborhood
furniture
location
household