BASIC ENGLISH V  2004-II

 

MINITASKS 2005 

JOURNAL WRITING 

BOOK REPORT

RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES FOR PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT 

TIPS FOR WRITING 

STUDY HABITS 

I. CONTENT

 

BOOK REPORT: ORAL AND WRITTEN SUMMARY PLUS GLOSSARY OF TERMS FROM BOOK 

Biography of Edgar Allan Poe.

Biography of Sherwood Anderson.

Biography of Shirley Jackson.

Biography of Washington Irving.

Elements of the short story: photocopy (Lecture by instructor)

Factors which influence learning English as a foreign language. (Oral discussion of list)

Glossary of short story terms. Photocopy

Grammar: past perfect (Exercise from site on the Internet)

Grammar: Past perfect. (Exercises from Grammar in Use).

Idioms (List of Idioms compiled by Word Smith) photocopy-2 pages.

Internet addresses to study English.

Jokes: Rooster, The Two Cow

Poem: Emily Dickinson (reading and discussion of translation)

Poem: Emily Dickinson (reading and discussion of translation)

Poems: Emily Dickinson ( Students choose poems from audiotape and transcribe it).

Puzzle stories (20 questions to be answered orally.)

Questionnaire to answer in class: 20 questions. (computer printout)

Reading of article from a magazine. (In class oral  rendering and written summary)

Reading of article from a newspaper. (class oral rendering)

Short story :Rip Van Winkle (by Washington Irving) oral rendering and written summary.

Short story. The Monkey and the Crocodile (Reading, discussion and sight translation)

Short story: The Egg, by Sherwood Anderson.

Short story: The Fall of the House of Usher. (By Edgar Allan Poe) Oral rendering and written summary.

Short story: The Last Leaf. by O’Henry. (Discussion and Written summary).

Short story: The Lottery (by Shirley Jackson  (Oral discussion and written summary).

Short Story: The Seventh Father of the House. (Reading and discussion in class)

Short story: The two Pickpockets (reading, discussion and sight translation)

Song: El Paso

Song: Forever and Ever Amen. By Randy Travis.

Song: Ruby Don`t Take Your Love to Town by Kenny Rogers.

Song: Whose Bed have your Boots Been Under by Tania Shwain

Text: (private )Translation, Postcolonialism and Power. Article by Taina Tervonen (photocopy). Reading comprehension and sight translation in class.

Text: A Walk on the Linux Side. (photocopy from PC World, February 2004).To render a written Translation.

Text: Dating. (computer printout). Reading comprehension and discussion in class.

Text: Here the Sidewalks End (Reading comprehension and discussion).

Text: translation of text from magazine.

The Job Interview (Questions to work in couples- oral production)

The Jungle Crash. A puzzle for discussion (photocopy).

Sight translation of text: Digitize Your Memories (Photocopy) article taken from Smart Computing, November, 2002).

Translation of text: Environmental Intelligence (photocopy from  World-Watch, Nov., Dec., 2002.

(Written) Translation of text: General Remarks, pages 166-167. Article by Ingrid Kurz. Workshop: to render a written translation.

Video: transcription (into English) of 30 minutes of video( free selection of assigned tape)

 

II. NOUN COMPOUNDS SET 01

 

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