Reading, Listening and Speaking English 1 and 2                 Room: AA5 223         Time: 8:00-9:50 AM          Fall '09

Instructor: Priscila Martins-Read     Office: AA5 205    Office Hours: M - TH 12:00-12:30 at BHL 101. Other times by appointment         website: http://web.clark.edu/martpe
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Text: American Ways, by Kearney, Crandall, and Datesman. We will also use other readings this quarter.

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Optional Text: Well Said, by Linda Grant. (Available at the Language Center in BHL 101). We will also use other activities for extra listening/speaking practice.

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Homework is always due on Friday of each week! Follow the links below to reach the information you need to reach.

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Lecture links: Click here to see your options! Lectures   

Week 1, Classroom work:
bulletIntroductions, Orientation, Skimming and Scanning, and how to grow your vocabulary really fast.
bulletPowerPoint presentations, - example of student PowerPoint presentation - International Students Experiences at Clark College;   Listening /discussing Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling, Conversations with Americans,
bulletLecture reports: Click here for the assignment sheet, Please check the schedule of Lectures here!, Chapter 1
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Taking Notes

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Mini Lecture practice

Week 1, Homework:   
1.Web Hunt,   2. skimming/scanning, (Please practice this with an article of your choice - not the ones we did in class),  3. Vocabulary worksheet, 4. On Thursday, be prepared to discuss your results of this online test: http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html. Take the test, print the results, and then follow the links on the result page. You will be able to read about your style of learning!

Week 2, Classroom work:
bulletSkimming / Scanning, Book discussion, Conversation with Americans, Continue discussion of Chapter 1
bulletDiscussion of Chapter 2, PowerPoint preparation  Click here to see Amy's PowerPoint
Week 2, Homework:
  1. Study: Guides for chapter Chapter 1,  Chapter 2,  2. turn in your first Lecture Report: Click here for the lecture assignment sheet
  2. Harry Potter, CD1 Track 1 - CD1 Track 20 (Chapters 1-2)    click here for a discussion guide for this chapter.
  3. Show the outline for your PowerPoint presentation

Week 3, Classroom work:
bullet Tuesday:
1.  Topic outline of Ch. 2 together as a class.
2.  Topic outline of an article in the newspaper.  I will let them scan it and find the main idea.  They can work with a partner to try and create a topic outline and then we can discuss it as a whole group. 
3.  Go to the computer lab (last 45-50 minutes of class)

Wednesday:
1. 4 Presentations (20-30 minutes?)
2.  Ask yourself activity from Ch. 2
3.  Quiz on Ch. 2

Thursday:
1.  5 Presentations (30-40 minutes?)
2.  Preview Ch. 3
3.  Harry Potter (and other book) Discussion
Week 3, Homework:

1.    Harry Potter - CD1 Track 21 - CD2 Track 9 (Chapters 3-4). Those who are listening to a different book, please be ready to explain the first CD to the class.    2.    Make an outline of the newspaper article we read in class.     3.    Turn in Lecture Report: Click here for the lecture assignment sheet

Week 4, Classroom work:
bulletChapter 3
bulletFinish everyone's presentations
bulletIdentifying main ideas and supporting ideas
bulletSentence Outlines
bulletBook discussions
bulletDiscuss presentation 2 requirements
bulletStudy guide for chapter 3
Week 4, Homework:
1.    Harry Potter - CD2 Track 10- CD3 Track 1 (Chapter 5)    2.    Turn in Lecture Report: Click here for the lecture assignment sheet     3.    Sentence Outline assignment (more information in class)  Harry Potter chapters3and4 (2).pdf   
Week 5, Classroom work:  
bullet Finish discussion of chapter 3 on Monday - Test on Tuesday
bulletCatch up on Harry Potter - CD2 Track 10- CD3 Track 1 (Chapter 5)  on Monday   Click here for the Character list
bulletBrainstorm topics for your next presentation
bulletChapter 4 discussion
bulletSentence Outlines
bulletBegin discussing summaries
Week 5, Homework:
1.    Harry Potter - CD3 Track 2 - CD3 Track 22 (Chapters 6-7).    2.    Bring two questions you have about chapter . 
Week 6, Classroom work:
bulletFinish sentence outlines
bulletStudy guide for Chapter 4
bulletStart working with summaries
bulletWork on PowerPoint presentation
bulletChapter 5
Week 6, Homework
1.    Harry Potter - CD4 Track 1 - CD4 Track 24 (Chapters 8-10)    2. I have not been receiving many lectures! Remember to turn yours in!     3.   Turn in a sentence outline of chapter 4.   
Week 7, Classroom work:
bulletOn Monday, finish sharing an overview of the book you are listening to
bulletChapter 5  - questions to think about: Chapter 5
bulletOral presentations on Tuesday and on Wednesday
bulletAudio book discussion on Thursday
bulletMake sure to discuss your last presentation with us BEFORE you present again!
bulletSummaries: click here for an example of a summary
bulletGeneral instructions for writing a good summary
Week 7, Homework:
1.    Harry Potter - CD5 Track 1 - CD 5 Track 18 (Chapters 11-12)     2.    Summary of chapter 5        3.  Exercise from page 109 - Please ask at least 5 different Americans! Come prepared to discuss your results in class on Thursday.
Week 8, Classroom work:  (Remember: November 11,Wednesday, no classes)
bulletHarry Potter and A Painted House - finish discussion
bulletQuestions about summaries?
bulletChapters 5 and 6  Chapter 6 discussion questions
bulletOpinions about the reading - how to support them well
bulletDiscuss your last presentation
bulletExercises from pages 133-134
Week 8, Homework:
1.    Harry Potter - CD5 Track 19 - CD6 Track 21 (Chapters 13-15)        2.    Build your vocabulary exercise from pages 128-129 in your textbook         3.    Show me your vocabulary list from this quarter's studies.
Week 9, Classroom work:
bulletFinish activities from last week - discussion of presentation and exercises from pages 133 and 134, and discussion of the books that you are listening to on Monday.
bulletFinish chapter 6, and get started on Chapter 7.
bulletWork on your final presentation for the quarter
bulletGuest speaker on Tuesday morning - please don't be late! (He will talk about the material in chapter 7)
bulletSummaries, opinions, and paraphrasing
bulletGuidelines for your last final presentation
Week 9, Homework:
1.    Harry Potter - CD6 Track 22 - CD7 Track 21 (Chapters 16-17)   
Week 10, Classroom work: (November 25-27, no classes)
bulletMore practice paraphrasing material. Please use the material in the chapter you will present about to practice paraphrasing.
bulletTest for chapters 5 and 6 on Tuesday
bulletHappy Thanksgiving!
Week 10, Homework:

1.    Make sure that you have all your lectures turned in.        2.    Paraphrase information you will use as sources in your last presentation. Submit the original along with your explanation of the point.

Week 11, Classroom work: (last day of classes, December 4)
bulletOral Presentations on Wednesday and on Thursday
Week 11, Homework:

Prepare for your last oral presentations, which will be on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. No other homework assignments this week.