Reading while I'm gone

I'm going to ask you to do the work on townsendpress.net for CHAPTERS 5 and 6 on ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS ("Relationships 1, Relationships 2, and Relationships 1 and 2).  This will help you a lot with reading comprehension. I'd like you to finish it before I return April 3.

First, watch the video lesson. Sign in and click on the book "10 Steps to Advanced Reading." This is not the book that we've been using for exercises. This is the more advanced book that we used in level 6. However, I'm opening up the exercises for you to practice, if you wish. The main thing is to watch the video and then do the exercises and mastery tests in "Ten Steps to Improving." You are welcome to try the exercises and tests in the more advanced book as well. It's all FANTASTIC PRACTICE. Trust me!

Between the videos, the practice, and your knowledge of organizational patterns from essay writing, you will be able to complete this lesson on your own. This can help you a lot when it comes to taking standardized tests (for those of you focusing on TOEFL and GRE). Most importantly, it will make reading easier for you and you will become a better reader.

A mini intelligence test for you (due Monday)

Karina, Maeva, America, and Maryam do not need to answer these questions because I see that they did the work which was assigned in a timely manner. Abdulrahman started, but must have gotten scared or discouraged, because then he stopped :)

So some questions to test your intelligence:

1.  Holly assigns homework because:
    A. She's cruel.
    B. She believes the students are bored.
    C. She wants the students to practice the skills they learn in class.

2.  I don't do the homework on the townsendpress.net website because:
     A. I already know everything. I'm only taking this class to keep my visa.
     B. I couldn't care less about purpose and tone.
     C. Website? What website?

3.  After this semester, I plan:
      A. to go to level six.
      B. to repeat level five.
     C. to return to my country and never speak English again.

Presentation Schedule: Updated again.

I decided that I don't want any of you to make a video, as I said earlier. No, I want you to present in front of the class. I was surprised (and disappointed) that so many of you weren't ready to present--especially after having spring break to think about it--but I still want you to have the opportunity to present in front of your classmates. That's what this experience at the LCC is about. So I've rearranged the schedule. We will be on a tight schedule to do this, so everybody has to stick to their 8-10 minute limit. I will stop you when you go over 10 minutes. The 10 minutes does not include questions. If you don't bring me the sheets that showed me you presented in front of your friends before presenting in front of the class, I will take off points from your presentation.

5A


Thursday: Xiao, Igor
Friday: Abdulrahman, Jennifer, Vicky, Ahmed
Monday: Francisco, Serena, Talal, Essa,
Tuesday:  Maeva, Hang, Rita

5B



Friday: Merry, America, Maryam, Zhao, Tim
Monday: Sara, Kexin, Hamzah, Suzan
Tuesday: Phuong, Moath

Some of my feedback

1. I responded to many of your voicethreads on "labels" and "failure." You can click on my icon and you'll see what I wrote. For the most part, I was quite impressed with your fluency. I was also impressed with your honesty.

2.  I responded to Blog #7. Please look at America's response to question #3 to understand the answer.

Regarding the main idea, there is more than one way to express it and many of you gave reasonable answers. Personally, I would express the main idea of this article as follows:

The rules for what is acceptable "techno-etiquette" is rapidly changing; but many Americans seem to be saying "enough is enough" with our bad techno-manners.

3.  The answers to the reading comprehension questions are as follows:
1. B
2. C.
3. C.
4. A.
5. C.
6. D.
7. B.
8. B.
9. C.
10. C.
If you have any questions about these answers, please ask me (either on the blog or in class!).

Compass Test information

Please check your email (either the email you gave me at the beginning of the semester or the gmail account that I got from the blog) for some important information regarding the Compass test at the end of the semester.

If you did not receive it, please post a comment.

Your Multiple Intelligence Presentation Videos

5A:

Karina

http://youtu.be/mGlvB9ymI90

Dennis, part 1

http://youtu.be/_qKRwn35gFs

Dennis, part 2

http://youtu.be/8zwSdkwhH5Y

Suliman (not recorded)

Xiao:
http://youtu.be/DBY31D0nvaI

Igor:
http://youtu.be/IFzGRN55isk

Jennifer:
http://youtu.be/SldCnHr-G2w

Abdulrahman 2:
http://youtu.be/s-qZcjdJkBQ

Vicky:
http://youtu.be/1OaOVggDcAg

Francisco : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27DO2cH4r4Q

Serena: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McjObYkbxlI

Hang : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHG4qSaU9Fg

Rita: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_1YvW1hcow

Jinda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkrkYgiwHjA

Maeva: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k6epXFPJQ4

Ahmed: not recorded successfully

Talal:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsAa0O6OcCg&feature=youtu.be

Essa: no presentation


5B:

Fatimah:  not recorded

Ibrahim:
http://youtu.be/spkaFkmgN7g

Monny:
http://youtu.be/csEWFAkd_4k

Jean:
http://youtu.be/BzfSGH_fAlk

Merry:
http://youtu.be/mK_OXrk8DPg

Maryam:
http://youtu.be/B_I2Aegclng

Sam:
http://youtu.be/sv3P3l8EP1M

America:
http://youtu.be/tTsCvgShS4k
 
Zhao:
http://youtu.be/DW5kjn8Pnrs

Tim:
http://youtu.be/1tfAhhGCkCk
 
Phuong Le:
http://youtu.be/2lk7jlFmDl8
 
Kexin:

http://youtu.be/BIYfUihPSU0

 

Sara:

http://youtu.be/03OkHHP1-3o

 

Suzan:
http://youtu.be/u0UAEz4RaB4

Hamzah:

Moath:

Blog Writing #8: The Story of Katharine and Sam (due Wednesday)

In your own words, tell the story of Katharine and Sam. Include as many details as you can.