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Homework
Week 1 (due on Week 2)
Writing
Complete your Personal Profile text for Week 2.
- It must be 300-500 words in length.
- Start with your academic history. This can include things such as highlights in
your educational experiences, the things that you excel at, the areas in your education that you wish to focus on and your
goals.
- You can also explain your personal projects, experiences, hobbies, pervious or current
work experiences and the like that have influenced your personal development and career choices.
Group secretaries must perpare the minutes of today's meeting for Week 3.
Meeting Agenda 1
Grammar
Become familiar with the Grammar portion of this website.
Review Past Tense Irregular verbs, Simple Past and Present Perfect Comparatives, and Passive Voice
(Sections 4, 10 and 15 on the Grammar website).
Other
Buy a simple three hole duo tang for next Week 2 and glue in your B2 Mark Breakdown Sheet in the front.
Begin to get ideas of what you could include on your website.
Next class will be a three-hour session in the Computer Lab D-205. You can go directly there
for next week.
Week 2 (Due on Week 3)
Writing
Secretaries are to finalize the minutes of Meeting 1 for next class. Follow the example provided.
Meeting Agenda 1
Meeting Minutes Example
Transitional Expressions
Grammar
Continue to work on Grammar Links.
Other
Create your Tripod account and use the Site Builder function to begin to build your Personal Profile
page.
If you have touble signing up for your Tripod account, please let me know before next class. If
you don't understand where to go to creat your page, DON'T WORRY! I will help you get started at the beginning
of class next week.
Read the Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2005 by Jakob Nielsen. Continue to work on and design your Personal Profile web page. Have
a printout of your site ready for next class as there will be another meeting and websites are on the agenda.
The next course will be in your regular classroom.
Always bring a dictionary and a thesaurus to class.
Week 3 (Due on Week 4)
Writing
Rework your Personal Profile texts by making the changes to the content that were suggested in class.
Ensure that your text fits the MLA (Modern Language Association) Format and Style.
MLA Formatting and Style Guidelines - 1
Secretaries are to begin writing up the minutes of Meeting 2 following the template that was provided
in the Handout and Week 2 Homework sections of this website.
Meeting Agenda 2
Grammar
Continue to work on Grammar Links.
- Future Tense with Time Clauses
- Simple Past/ Present Perfice Comparatives (new exercises have been added.
- Capitalization rules and exercises. Be sure to try the Power Point presentation!
Other
Continue to build your Personal Profile web page. Don't forget to add photos and other interesting
features to your site! If you have trouble reducing your photo, you can email it to me and I will reduce it with Photo
Shop and send it back to you. The final version is due on Week 5.
You
may work on your website from school as Tripod claims that they have fixed our "little" problem. (Yahoo!!!!!)
For
those of you who do not have an account, create your Tripod account. If you have touble signing up for your Tripod account,
please let me know before Friday.
Begin to search for your three articles on a topic related to your field of study or future career.
Remember that the articles have to be about the same topic, subject or issue but must reflect three different perspectives
on the same issue. The library, magazines, the Centre d'aide en anglais site (click the link to see many helpful sites for your field of study) and the Internet could be useful resources for you.
Please register with the B2 forum and read the rules and announcement. If you have any questions or problems, please post them there.
Next class will take place in D- 205. You may go directly to D-205.
Week 4 (Due on Week 5)
Writing
Rework your Personal
Profile texts by making the changes to the content as well as correct all of the grammar and structural errors.
Ensure that your text
fits the MLA (Modern Language Association) Format and Style.
Error Correction Codes
The secretaries from
Meetings 1 and 2 must complete the minutes.
I will be collecting
the duo tangs in Week 5. The duo tangs must respect the following criteria:
- It
must look professional.
- It
must have the B2 Mark Breakdown Sheet attached to the inside front cover.
Do not tuck it under any pockets as it must be accessible to write on.
- It
must be in the following order:
- printout of the Personal Profile web page
- final copy of the Personal Profile text
- original copy of the Personal Profile text
- the minutes of the meeting (only if you were the secretary)
- all (or relevant) grammar exercises that you have completed to date.
Please present the exercises with errors first and the ones without errors after.
Grammar
Continue to work on
Grammar. On the back of your returned Personal Profile, I have written grammar points that I want you to practice.
Please focus on those activities. You are not expected to complete all of those for Week 5, however, you should get a start on
them.
Other
Continue to search for your three articles on a topic related to your field of study or future career.
Remember that the articles have to be about the same topic, subject or issue but must reflect three different perspectives
on the same issue. The library, magazines, the Centre d'aide en anglais site (click the links to see many helpful sites for your field of study) and the Internet could be useful resources for you.
For those of you in Theater and Cinema, this link is AMAZING!!! ENGLISH ALL International
Week 5 (Due on Week 6)
Reading
Read your three articles assigned. If you wish to change
an article or articles, you may continue to search for your three articles on a topic related to your field of study or future
career. Remember that the articles have to be about the same topic, subject or issue but must reflect three different
perspectives on the same issue. Highlight important facts and points that you think that you might use in a future opinion
text.
Writing
Make
a plan (an outline) for a future text. It should look professional and presented
in a typed format. It should include your ideas and ideas from your articles. It should include the following:
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State your opinion about the topic related to your articles.
- Provide a support or
a reason for your opinion.
- Give a list of examples or statistics for your
support or reason.
- Provide a support or
a reason for your opinion.
- Give a list of examples or statistics for your
support or reason.
- Provide a support or a reason for your opinion.
- Give a list of examples or statistics for your
support or reason.
- Finish your ideas by
either giving suggestions, providing
solutions, making a logical conclusion, and so on, that match your text.
Grammar
Continue to work on grammar. On the back of your returned Personal Profile, I have written grammar
points that I want you to practice. Please focus on those activities.
Other
There will be in-class Listening, Reading and Writing Exams on Week 6 so be sure to bring your
dictionaries to class.
Week 6 (Due on Week 7)
Reading
You can continue to search for articles
related to your topic for the writing exam.
Speaking
Prepare for your speaking exam on
Week 8. I will be giving you your group exam times in class on Week 7.
Grammar
Continue to work on
grammar. On the back of your returned Personal Profile, I have written grammar points that I want you to practice.
Please focus on those activities.
Other
The rest of the writing
exam will take place in D-205 during the next class time. Please be sure that
you have a dictionary and all that you need to continue your exam. I will return
your articles, plans and starting efforts of your exam in class.
Week 7 (Due on Week
8)
Speaking
Week 8 will be the Speaking Exam.
You will come to class at the designated appointment times. Please be 5 minutes early for your appointment.
Writing
If you have not yet completed your
writing exam, you need to come and pick up your articles and rough copy in class to complete it before or after your Speaking
Exam. That test must be completed on Week 8 so I can correct it and return it for the next class.
You need to begin making your corrections
that I have indicated on your website and the minutes of any meeting.
Grammar
Continue to work on grammar points
that were indicated on your original Personal Profile assignment.
Week 8 (Due on Week
9)
Writing
Begin to correct your Personal
Profiles, Meeting Minutes and Website. Don't worry if you are having trouble correcting the website. In Week 9,
I have arranged for us to have some class time in the second half of the class to work on the corrections that should
be made. I will guide you in the corrections.
Improve your duo tang.
Bring your CV (in French or English).
We will be needing it for the next few classes.
Grammar
Continue to work on grammar points
that were indicated on your original Personal Profile assignment.
Website
Surf for links that are interesting
for someone like you in your field of study or future career. Be sure to put them in your favourites.
Week 9 (Due on Week
10)
Writing
Correct your
Personal Profile Website, and Meeting Minutes. (Those who were the secretaries for Meeting 3 must hand in their
minutes.) If you are having trouble correcting the website, please be sure to come and see me during my office hours
during the week or in Centre d'aide on Mondays. I will guide you in the corrections.
Improve your duo tang.
Bring your
résumé to class. We will be needing it for the next few classes.
In preparation for Meeting #4 (part
2), you must have your article to support your argument that you and your group chose during Meeting
#4 (part 1).
Grammar
Continue to work on grammar points
that were listed for the Final Grammar Exam on Week 12
Website
Surf for links that are interesting
for someone like you in your field of study or future career. Be sure to put them in your favourites. You can begin
to write up your links as was shown on the board.
Other
Don’t forget to bring $5.00 to buy your ticket for the play that will
take place on November 15, 2006. This play will replace the Week 11 class.
If you want more information about the play or to prepare for the play, check out "The Play" section of this website.
Week 10
(Due before November 15)
Correct your Midterm
Writing Exam. You can drop your exam off at the Language
Lab (D-215). Your corrected copy should be first with your original copy next. Your articles should be attached, in the same order as listed on your References Page.
If you are having
trouble correcting the exam, please be sure to come and see me during my office hours.
Please note that on Wednesday, November 8, I will be in my office extra hours to help those who need it. I will guide you in the corrections.
You will need to visit
the Webpage for the play in order to understand and enjoy it. Please surf the site to find the answers to the questions.
(Due on November 15 at the play)
Writing
Complete your Résumé. (Those who were the secretaries for Meeting 4 must hand in their minutes.)
(Due on Week 12)
Grammar
Continue to work on
grammar points that were listed for the Final Grammar Exam on Week 12. I will answer any grammar questions that you have before the exam.
Website
Your Career
Links Webpage is due for Week 12. (Print out your entire Website so I can see your errors on other pages that
you might need to correct.)
I will be returning
your résumés to you on Week 12 for correction so you can also prepare your Résumé Webpage to receive your résumé as soon as
it is correct it. The Résumé Webpage is due for Week 13.
Other
I recommend that you
email the link and the reference of your articles to each other. Print
out those articles and have them with you in Week 12.
You should be sure
to check out my blog!
Week 12 (Due on Week 13)
Website
Your entire duo tang
is due on Week 13. Please include the following things in this order:
- a new printout of your entire Website. That includes your corrections for the
Career Links page.
- the original copies of the pages previously submitted
- remove the grammar exercises. I need them anymore.
Be sure your duo tang
looks professional. I will be grading it for the last time.
You will be permitted
to correct your Résumé page (I will correct it during the writing exam so that you get it back right away and the correction
is due on Week 14.)
Writing
Hand in the corrections
of the minutes of the meetings. Meeting 5 is due on Week 13. I will correct that during the exam so that you can make the corrections for Week 14.
Exams
Print out your article
and highlight the citations that you will be using during the exam. Be sure that
the reference is clearly written like it would appear on the reference page at the beginning or the end of the article. There
was some question as to whether or not you should print out all of the articles, but I feel that your group can share one
copy of the article.
I will give you the
speaking exam subject and assign the speaking exam dates in Week 13.
Anyone required to complete the final listening exam will make arrangements with me.
I am planning a group listening test on Wednesday, December 6, at 2:30 so be sure to talk to me. (I am verifying the play’s ticket stub box for attendance as well.) I won’t chase anyone for
those appointments. If you were not at the play and you don’t talk to me,
I will give you a failing result for the listening exam.
Next class, the Writing Exam, will be in D-205.
Week 13 (Due on Week 14)
Writing
I was not able to
correct the minutes of Meeting 5 during the Week 13 class so I am giving an extension to all Meeting 5 secretaries. If you have the minutes corrected, please hand them in. If
not, don’t stress yourselves about it. You have another week.
Exams
You will continue
to work on your writing exam and I will call out the groups for the oral exams. The
oral exams will probably take place in the Language Lab.
Remember that the
first part of your Final Speaking Exam will be a formal presentation of your Website Experience and the Website itself.
Here are some ideas and content that I would really like to hear in the presentation:
- The presentation
must be professional, as if you are presenting it to a group at your job.
- Look professional!
Please wear appropriate attire!
- Your presentation
should be about 4 minutes long.
- You need an introduction.
That can be anecdotal
and include your reaction to the Website assignment, your planned project, the collaboration with others, or even how
you got started. Feel free to add in your own ideas here. Use a
lot of adjectives and interesting vocabulary. (Be careful in your Past Tense formation!!!)
- You need to develop
on your experience. A few ideas could be to comment on the content of your Website and how it connects to your
field of study. Mention the purpose of your choices that you made in you inclusions on the site and mention how
they might match your personality and field of study. There won't be so much need to expand on the résumé.
However, for the Career Links, there is a lot to develop on what you learned about resources out there. I realize that
the Cookie Jar Questions ask for development on those same topics but I will filter out some of those in order not to be too
repetative.
- You need a
conclusion. In the conclusion, you can summarize your experience and even mention whether or not your first impression
of the project was accurate or not. Are you proud of the final product? (If your not, you really shouldn't mention that.)
Explain the learning experience that you had in working with the Website and others in your meeting groups. Did you
learn from your successes and failures? (Try to be reflective and constructive!) These are only initial ideas and I
want you to include whatever you feel is appropriate here.
Do a final check on
your Website because the other students in you group are finally going to see it in all of its glory! I'm really excited
about this!
Here are the questions
that I have collected from the groups that sent Meeting 5 to me by email. If
you haven’t sent a copy of Meeting 5 to me (all of you Monday B2 secretaries), could you please send them and I will
update the list? Cookie Jar Questions
Anyone required to
complete the final listening exam will make arrangements with me. I am planning
a group listening test on Wednesday, December 6, at 2:30 so be sure to talk to me. (I
am verifying the play’s ticket stub box for attendance as well.) I won’t chase anyone for those appointments. If you were not at the play and you don’t talk to me, I will give you a failing
result for the listening exam.
Next class, the Writing Exam, will be in D-205.
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