Final Weeks

Here is the schedule for the remaining weeks.

Tuesday	Thursday
March 27 Final Draft of Literary Essay Due Finish COC Ch.6 AWL Quiz #4	March 29 “Heart of Gold” NGO reflective journal written in class.    11-12:30 NGO project -- group work
April 3 Review & Finish S&S Literary Essays returned	April 5 In-class Literary Essay:  “Owl Creek” and “Beware of the Dog”  8:30-11:00
April 10 Final Presentations Building 255-Room 215 8:30-12:30	You’re finished.           Congratulations!

The end of week 11

To help you prepare for next Tuesday's final AWL vocabulary quiz,  I recommend you do this on-line spelling quiz  for sublist 9 & 10   here  
and these flashcards for sublist 10  here

Remember for Tuesday:

1.   Final academic wordlist (sublists 9 and 10) quiz.   Don't just study with a translation list.

2.   Literary essay final draft is due.    On the front will be a full typed double-spaced essay -- all five
      paragraphs un-edited.     You will get marks for 1) intro & conclusion draft 2   2) body paragraph 3 draft 1
     and   3)  the whole thing all together.        Please submit everything you have done and I have done with it
     to date.

3.   COC -- Read pp. 166-171

4.    Complete and bring your self or peer evaluation from the Owl Creek oral presentation.    This should be
       like this:

      Voice Quality --- How well can you understand what the person is saying. (1 = weak; 5 = strong)

1    2    3   4    5

Answering these questions will help you evaluate the summary contents:

Did the speaker mention the main characters  and briefly describe them?    Yes  or  No.

Did the speaker mention the main parts of the story plot in correct sequence?    Yes  or No.

Did the speaker touch on any important elements of literature?    Yes or No?

Did the speaker’s summary have a point?   (Was there a thesis or main idea in the speech?)    Yes or No?

Summary Contents

1   2   3    4    5

Total  mark             /10


5.    Try to complete your NGO survey by Thursday.   After Thursday,   your group should be analysing
       and summarizing the data to make it meaningful for a persuasive presentation.   You should be starting
       to play your actual presentation.

Owl Creek Oral Summaries

Watch the oral summary from your group and complete this peer evaluation (Only one per group).

Plus,  if you are watching yourself,  do a self-evaluation.

Consider these factors in your peer and self evaluation.

Voice Quality --- How well can you understand what the person is saying. (1 = weak; 5 = strong)

1    2    3   4    5

Answering these questions will help you evaluate the summary contents:

Did the speaker mention the main characters  and briefly describe them?    Yes  or  No.

Did the speaker mention the main parts of the story plot in correct sequence?    Yes  or No.

Did the speaker touch on any important elements of literature?    Yes or No?

Did the speaker’s summary have a point?   (Was there a thesis or main idea in the speech?)    Yes or No?

Summary Contents

1   2   3    4    5

After watching the video and answering the questions,  provide a score out of  /10   (5 +5).  Please print up a copy of your summary and bring to class on Tuesday.

Group 1 Saki's Summary

Group 2 Linh's Summary

Group 3 Neil's Summary

Group 4 Kacie's Summary

Student Voice Recordings

Using fileden.com   (a free online storage website,  I have been able to save and link your audio files)

You can listen to your own voice or your peers' voices.    How well can you understand yourself and the others?    Think about content and sound quality.

Martin's Summary


Jane's Summary


Ruizhen's Summary


Gunel's Summary


JoJo's Summary


I am still missing 2 recordings.   Students were to do these in pairs (except Martin's trio).   Who hasn't sent me their voice recording?

Final Notes for the week

A miscellany of  notes to end the week (for me).





The book I recommended today.   Here is a good review.   I would suggest downloading the e-book from Amazon to your e-book reader or tablet computer.



I also recommend a movie I watched last weekend that is about reinventing oneself and about effective English communication.     The movie is called Larry Crowne and stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.   You can read a review from imdb  here.  Watching this movie will also help you better understand American culture.    I watched it for free via a trial subscription of   zip.ca




 



About your NGO presentations ...

You should complete the interview before next Thursday.   The information from the interview will help you to prepare a survey (if you have chosen to do that).  Remember the survey is not only about NGOs, but about your specific NGO.    I would complete the survey by the following Thursday (March 29th).

I liked our NGO discussion in class today.   I will ask for two different students to lead the discussion next Thursday.   I will give the discussion questions on Tuesday.   Remember that a good leader doesn't talk too much and/or do the work of the participants.   A good leader draws in all the people around the table.


About homework ...

1.  Remember to study your notes from todays COC lecture and think about possible questions.

2.  Read Ch.6 in COC -- pp.143- 160 (Do activity 2, 4, 6 and 7)

3.  Read Treblinka Gas Chamber in SOS pp.240-241 and Do parts 1, 2 and 3 from p.241 (I suggest doing this in pairs or groups).   I will ask groups to discuss and present on Tuesday.

4.  Study the rest of the academic words and review previous words in sublist 9 and 10.   There will be
     a final quiz on Thursday.  It will be a slightly longer one.

5.  In your groups,  prepare and practice a 100 word summary of the short story, "An Occurrence at Owl
     Creek Bridge".   Practice before Tuesday.   Everyone in your group will receive a mark for the content
     and spoken presentation.   The speaker must not be someone who summarized on Thursday.


Some recommended websites ...


Some favourite quotations    (from one of my old websites)

Speech Club (a nice blog about speaking and presentations)

ESL Pronunciation  (many of you continue to be challenged by pronunciation,so this can help)

VIU MBA Experience Blog  











 

Homework reminder for Tuesday

I hope everyone had a good weekend.  From Facebook postings,  it appears many of you were kept busy working on your research essay for Sue.    Don't forget me.

First, some notes from last week.

I failed to put up the answers to S&S pp. 330-331.   Here they are:

Exercise 13

1.  colour       colour        color
2.  travelled    travelled    traveled
3.  either        judgement  judgment
4.  defence    defence      defense
5.  honour      honour      honor
6.  centre       centre       center
7.  cheque      cheque     check
8.  dialogue    dialogue/dialog   dialog
9.  reflection   reflexion    reflection
10. neighbour  neighbour  neighbor

Exercise 14


1.  The trunk of our car is full of old books.
2.  The tap in our bathroom is leaking.
3.  Every Thursday night, I watch reality shows on TV.
4.  Yesterday, a thief stole my sister's purse.
5.  Would you like some dessert? It's chocolate cake.




Also,  Ruizen noted an error in my marking of Vocabulary Quiz #3.   The syllabification of compilation
has two options:   stress on first and third or only on third syllable -- 4/1,3  or 4/3.   Hence,  I will add a point to everyone's quiz who I marked that wrong, which will amount to 3%.






Finally, homework for Tuesday.


1.   Literary Essay introduction and conclusion paragraphs draft 1 are due.


2.   COC -- lecture part 1 notes -- you will use these notes in pairs to give a spoken summary.


3.   S&S --   Read and do pp.  63-70   "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" and writing pp.347-352






This scene from The Fugitive came to mind as I read the short story.   A great movie.


4.   And don't forget the next ten academic words to study.

See you tomorrow.

Academic ESL

Here is a great website for practising academic English.

Academic English


I will add further websites of this sort in the coming weeks.   Keep checking this page.