Class Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Assignment Due: Thursday, August 11, 2011 in class
Complete the assignment, "Cohesion Exercise: Combining and Connecting Sentences," numbers 1-10.
Follow the instructions provided on the handout.
If you are having difficulties (and I warned you that it would not be easy....), take a look below for the first sentence of each problem. You will use the transition word or phrase at the beginning of your second sentence.
Assignment Due: Thursday, August 11, 2011 in class
Complete the assignment, "Cohesion Exercise: Combining and Connecting Sentences," numbers 1-10.
Follow the instructions provided on the handout.
If you are having difficulties (and I warned you that it would not be easy....), take a look below for the first sentence of each problem. You will use the transition word or phrase at the beginning of your second sentence.
1. Retirement should be the reward for a lifetime of work. Instead...
2. In recent years viruses have been shown to cause cancer not only in chickens, but also in mice, cats, and even in some primates. Therefore...
3. We do not seek solitude. In fact...
4. We were not irresponsible. On the contrary...
5. Little girls, of course, don't take toy guns out of their hop pockets and say "Pow, pow" to all their neighbors and friends like averaged well-adjusted little boys. However...
6. We drove the wagon close to a corner post, twisted the end of the wire around it one foot above the ground, and stapled it fast. Next...
7. We know very little about pain and what we don't know makes it hurt all the more. Indeed,
8. Many of our street girls can be as vicious and money mad as any corporation president. Morever, ...
9. The historical sciences have made us very conscious of our past, and of the world as a machine generating successive events out of foregoing ones. For this reason...
10. Rewriting is something that most writers find they have to do to discover what they have to say aand how to say it. (There are), however,.....
Class Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011
Assignment Due: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 in class
Read the handout "Cohesion Strategies: Transitional Words and Phrases." Be familiar with examples of the types of transitions we use in our writing.
BLOG POST: Will be assigned in class on Friday. You will use Vocaroo
as practiced in class today. Remember that all blog posts are due by midnight on Sunday. Responses due prior to class on Tuesday.
Class Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Assignment Due: Thursday, August 4, 2011 in class
1. Process Essay: Complete your process essay. Be sure to verify that you have a solid introduction, at least three body paragraphs and a conclusion
Class Date: Friday, July 29, 2011
Assignment Due: Sunday, July 31, 2011 - by midnight
For your blog: What is the environmental issue that you find most pressing for your country and/or for the world? What do you think can be done to help resolve this issue? What kinds of things are being done?
Class Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Assignment Due: Thursday, July 28, 2011
The following is due for your process essay:
1. completed outline
2. completed introduction, with "grabber" and thesis statement
3. completed peer editing form (the checklist we developed in class) with your name & your "editor's" name
If you have questions, please email me!
Class Date: Friday, July 22, 2011
Assignment Due: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - by midnight
Please post your reflections about your weekend adventures, either Niagara Falls or the Genesee Country Museum (or both, if desired). Reflect on how it did or didn't meet your expectations. Any surprises? Adventures? What did you find most interesting.
Assignment Due: Tuesday, July 26, 2100 before class
Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates' posts.
Class Date: Friday, July 15, 2011
Assignment Due: Sunday, July 17, 2011 - by midnight
Please post your reflection about the health care system in your country on your blog.
Assignment Due: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - in class
If you are working in book four, an outline is due for your process essay. If you are working in book two, your paragraph is due, as described on page 33. Please be sure your paragraph answers all questions in Step 1 and that you check the writing checklist on page 34.
Class Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Assignment Due: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - in class
Present Perfect Continuous Practice: Complete the "practicing on your own" worksheet (page 112, Unit 7), if you did not complete it in class.
Prepare for "Stump the Chump." Write 2-4 full-sentence clues about a famous athlete. Do not use the athlete's name. Use the Present Perfect Continuous in at least one of the clues. Bring this to class on Thursday and see if any of your classmates can guess the name of your famous athlete!
Class Date: Thursday, July 7, 2011
Assignment Due: Sunday, July 10, 2011 by midnight
Read one online news article of your choice. Post a link to this news article on your blog. Write a reflection about the article -- what it is about? what is your opinion -- do you agree or disagree and why? At the end, ask one question about the topic of your article for your classmates' responses.
Assignment Due: Tuesday, July 12, 2100 before class
Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates' posts.
New Students: if you do not have your blogger set up, please email me your link and your written reflection. I will post these as new posts on the ALI blog.
Class Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011
Assignment Due: Friday, June 24, 2011
Prepare for your vocabulary quiz in class tomorrow. If you want to try the online practice site I demonstrated in class, go to: http://www.spellingcity.com/
Assignment Due: Sunday, June 26, 2011 at midnight
There is no new blog post due for this week. Please respond to at least two of your classmates' blogs over the weekend. Of course, you are always free to add anything of interest to your blog. You have an audience!
Assignment Due: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Complete the reading on page 108 and answer questions on page 109
Don't forget to continue your reading in your independent reading books!
Class Date: Friday, June 17, 2011
Class Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011
For Monday: Prepare for vocabulary quiz.
For Tuesday: Complete your notes on the graphic organizer (the chart I gave you), on the similarities and differences between life in your country and life in the US. You should have a total of three categories.
Class Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
2. In recent years viruses have been shown to cause cancer not only in chickens, but also in mice, cats, and even in some primates. Therefore...
3. We do not seek solitude. In fact...
4. We were not irresponsible. On the contrary...
5. Little girls, of course, don't take toy guns out of their hop pockets and say "Pow, pow" to all their neighbors and friends like averaged well-adjusted little boys. However...
6. We drove the wagon close to a corner post, twisted the end of the wire around it one foot above the ground, and stapled it fast. Next...
7. We know very little about pain and what we don't know makes it hurt all the more. Indeed,
8. Many of our street girls can be as vicious and money mad as any corporation president. Morever, ...
9. The historical sciences have made us very conscious of our past, and of the world as a machine generating successive events out of foregoing ones. For this reason...
10. Rewriting is something that most writers find they have to do to discover what they have to say aand how to say it. (There are), however,.....
Class Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011
Assignment Due: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 in class
Read the handout "Cohesion Strategies: Transitional Words and Phrases." Be familiar with examples of the types of transitions we use in our writing.
BLOG POST: Will be assigned in class on Friday. You will use Vocaroo
as practiced in class today. Remember that all blog posts are due by midnight on Sunday. Responses due prior to class on Tuesday.
Class Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Assignment Due: Thursday, August 4, 2011 in class
1. Process Essay: Complete your process essay. Be sure to verify that you have a solid introduction, at least three body paragraphs and a conclusion
Class Date: Friday, July 29, 2011
Assignment Due: Sunday, July 31, 2011 - by midnight
For your blog: What is the environmental issue that you find most pressing for your country and/or for the world? What do you think can be done to help resolve this issue? What kinds of things are being done?
Class Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Assignment Due: Thursday, July 28, 2011
The following is due for your process essay:
1. completed outline
2. completed introduction, with "grabber" and thesis statement
3. completed peer editing form (the checklist we developed in class) with your name & your "editor's" name
If you have questions, please email me!
Class Date: Friday, July 22, 2011
Assignment Due: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - by midnight
Please post your reflections about your weekend adventures, either Niagara Falls or the Genesee Country Museum (or both, if desired). Reflect on how it did or didn't meet your expectations. Any surprises? Adventures? What did you find most interesting.
Assignment Due: Tuesday, July 26, 2100 before class
Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates' posts.
Class Date: Friday, July 15, 2011
Assignment Due: Sunday, July 17, 2011 - by midnight
Please post your reflection about the health care system in your country on your blog.
Assignment Due: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - in class
If you are working in book four, an outline is due for your process essay. If you are working in book two, your paragraph is due, as described on page 33. Please be sure your paragraph answers all questions in Step 1 and that you check the writing checklist on page 34.
Class Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Assignment Due: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - in class
Present Perfect Continuous Practice: Complete the "practicing on your own" worksheet (page 112, Unit 7), if you did not complete it in class.
Prepare for "Stump the Chump." Write 2-4 full-sentence clues about a famous athlete. Do not use the athlete's name. Use the Present Perfect Continuous in at least one of the clues. Bring this to class on Thursday and see if any of your classmates can guess the name of your famous athlete!
Class Date: Thursday, July 7, 2011
Assignment Due: Sunday, July 10, 2011 by midnight
Read one online news article of your choice. Post a link to this news article on your blog. Write a reflection about the article -- what it is about? what is your opinion -- do you agree or disagree and why? At the end, ask one question about the topic of your article for your classmates' responses.
Assignment Due: Tuesday, July 12, 2100 before class
Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates' posts.
New Students: if you do not have your blogger set up, please email me your link and your written reflection. I will post these as new posts on the ALI blog.
Class Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011
Assignment Due: Friday, June 24, 2011
Prepare for your vocabulary quiz in class tomorrow. If you want to try the online practice site I demonstrated in class, go to: http://www.spellingcity.com/
Assignment Due: Sunday, June 26, 2011 at midnight
Assignment Due: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Complete the reading on page 108 and answer questions on page 109
Don't forget to continue your reading in your independent reading books!
Class Date: Friday, June 17, 2011
Assignment Due: Monday, June 20, 2011
Please complete your blog post for Sunday at midnight, so others have a chance to respond. This weeks posting should be about the English-language television program you watched in preparation for your speaking/listening class. Blog posts should be between a few sentences and a short paragraph. Respond to two of your classmates' blogs prior to Tuesday's class.Class Date: Thursday, June 9, 2011
Assignment Due: Monday, June 13, 2011
For Sunday night: Please have your blog post completed about the trip to the zoo. Respond to two of your classmates' blogs.For Monday: Prepare for vocabulary quiz.
For Tuesday: Complete your notes on the graphic organizer (the chart I gave you), on the similarities and differences between life in your country and life in the US. You should have a total of three categories.
Class Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Assignment Due: Thursday, June 9, 2001
I apologize for the mix-up on this page. Somehow all of the assignments that were on this page have been lost. Here is what was listed for Thursday:Complete column three of your KWL, "Know, Want to Know, Learned," chart handed out in class. Write three things you learned about the Rochester Subway from watching the video. I added a new page with the information from our discussion in class.
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