Oral Presentation Guidelines

For week 11, you have to prepare a brief team oral presentation related to the contents of the units studied in class. This activity’s value point is 10.

Following are some guidelines for the presentation and the evaluation criteria.

• Each team will have 15-18 minutes for their presentation.
• Teams must prepare a PPT slide show or a handout for the rest of the class.
• Topics are: Dreams and Plans (Unit 7), A national/international hero (Unit 8), The meaning of dreams (Unit 9, Early memories (Unit 9).
• Each team must send me their visual aids and general organization plan before the presentation.
• Evaluation Criteria:

Team work: Organization, time frame, visual aids and content (4 pts.).

Individual work: Facial expression, posture, enthusiasm, pauses,

clarity of speech, fluency (6 pts.).

• Detailed guidelines were sent to you by email. Please print them out and bring to class on Tuesday 4.
  
  

LQ - Listening Quizes 1 & 2

Please note this info about our Listening Quizes:

• LQ1: Tue Nov 4 - Lab - 5 pts
• LQ2: Tue Nov 18 - Lab - 5 pts

Next Class

On Tuesday, Nov 4, we are going to:

• Have LQ1
• Cover Unit 8, Lesson B. pp 85-89 (Key Points: Simple Past / Communication: Hero of the Year.)
• Review Oral Presentation Guidelines

See you in class!

W2 - Writing Activity 2 - Unit 8 - Heores

• This is a group activity / collaborative process consisting of writing a paragraph about a famous person.
• Detailed instructions will be given in class.
• You will work on the draft in class and turn in the finished paragraph by email.
• This activity’s point value is 5

Midterm Exam Grades

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• Exams will not be reviewed in class.


• Students who want to review their exams can go to my office at consultation hours.

Congrats to those who did well on the exam...

Keep up the good work!!

Next Class

On Thursday, Oct 30, we are going to:

• Review the basics of paragraph structure and examples of topic sentences.
• Work on the first draft of Writing Assignment 2.
• Bring your bilingual/monolingual dictionary.
• Please print out the materials sent to you by email and bring them to class. (Outline, Tree diagram & Connectors.)

See you in class!

Next Class

Good luck on your exam tomorrow!!

New Classrooms

These are our new classrooms for the rest of the term:

Sec 2 - EGE 222

Sec 4 - EGE 005

Basic Reading Strategies

Basic Reading Strategies

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Basic ESL reading strategies to help you approach short texts,

articles or longer pieces of reading.


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R1 - Reading Activity 1

• This is a group activity / collaborative process consisting of reading two short extracts.
• Each reading is followed by a number of questions to be answered based upon what is stated or implied in the texts. (There are two types of questions: vocabulary & reading comprehension.)
• After silent reading, the teams will choose the best answer to each question from the answer choices listed and fill out the answer sheet.
• This activity’s point value is 5

Midterm Exam - Oct 28

• The midterm exam will be on Tuesday 28 (week 7) in the Big Lab. at your usual class time.
• This exam has five sections: Listening Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading and Writing.
• The exam covers:

Unit 7 – Lessons A & B

Unit 8 – Lesson A

Grading Criteria W1

Remember to bring the cluster diagram and the outline to class

on Tuesday to get your total grade.

W1 – Writing Assignment 1 - Unit 7 – Dreams

Following the Writing Process, finish writing the paragraph that you drafted in class.

These are the guidelines given in class:

• Pay careful attention to syntax, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Format your Word docs using font Arial 12 and double space.
• Send your assignment (Word doc attached) to aprendoingles@gmail.com
• Name your docs like this Sec#_Act#_LastName
• Make sure you use the topic you chose as the title of your paragraph.
• Bring the cluster diagram & the outline done on Thursday to our next class.
  
  Topics :
  
  -Short-term changes you want to make in your life
  -Long-term changes you want to make in your life
  -Plans you have for your future professional life
  -Dreams you have about your personal life
  -My dream job
  -The ideal job
  -Advice you would give to a friend who has a problem
  -Dreams for life after college

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Writing - The Writing Process

The Writing Process

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Writing - What is a paragraph?

What is a paragraph?

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Grammar, grammar, grammar!!!

Please visit our Grammar 101 Blog for any questions about grammar, syntax, punctuation, etc.

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Ongoing Listening & Oral Assessment

• We will have two listening quizes in the Lab. Each is worth 5 pts. Dates will be posted in advance.



• Speaking will be assessed throughout the course by participation in class, dialogues and role-plays.

On plagiarism...

Reading & Writing Assignment Plan

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This is a rough plan of the individual/group reading and writing assignments you will have to turn in. Changes can be made to suit our on-going class dynamics accordingly.

About Homework & Assignments...

When submitting your activities please note the following:

• Follow instructions step by step.
• Pay careful attention to syntax, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Format your Word docs using font Arial 12 and double space (for easier correction).
• Send your assignment (Word doc attached) to aprendoingles@gmail.com
• Name your docs like this Secc#_Act#_LastName
• Make questions or comments about any activity in the posting of that specific activity.
• Clear and neat presentation is a must.

About posting comments...

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When posting a comment or question, please remember:

• Make your comment on the appropriate section (activity Unit 7-8-9 or general questions).
• Identify your coments with your FullName_Section#.
• Tip: write your entry in a Word doc. and when you think is ready, copy/paste it on the leave your comment window. Don't worry if you send it twice or more times by mistake, only your best entry will be posted. The rest will be deleted.

Coffee Break

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Comments & Questions

Feel free to post here any comments or questions that you may have about the dynamics or any other aspect of our class!!

Contact Me...

If you need to talk to me outside the classroom you can contact me at:

• Cell phone: 0412 090 9682
• Email: aprendoingles@gmail.com
• Office: EGE 209-D on Thursdays from 12.30 to 1.30 pm (by appointment).

Evaluation & Grading Plan

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Methodology

The dynamics of the class require that you come to class prepared, that is:

• Pre-check the book's units before class.
• Look up new vocabulary in your dictionary.
• When possible, complete the exercises and answer the questions.
• Listening comprehension practices will be done in the Lab on Tuesdays (unless advised otherwise).
• Oral practice exercises, dialogues & rol plays will be done in every class.
• Writing & reading activities will be done in class (individually or in groups) and will include:
  - New vocabulary discussion (meaning & interpretation).
  - Exercise and answer revision.
  - Questions and discussions on detailed understanding of the texts.

Course Calendar

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