Hello again,
We really enjoyed the lunch which gave us the opportunity to chat with you on another level than in the classroom!!
You have all been working hard and you need to continue to do so....in this last English course before you go out into the big world....university, work, travelling, etc.!!!
SOME REMINDERS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PAPER
1. Write something everyday and send to us whatever you have written even if it is only one page. In other words, don't wait till you have finished the section to send us your work.
2. Send only the work you haven't already given to us. For example,if you gave us(or sent us) the first two pages of a section, don't give or send them again along with the next few pages.
3. Don't forget to attribute(in text references: eg.(Meyrs, 2004)at the end of a paraphrase or Meyrs (2004) points out....... or when quoting a sentence or a passage, "...................." (Meyers, 2004, pg 15).
Even if you are not sure of the exact form, you need to put in the references as you are writing. It is much easier than to try to find them afterwards. Remember, you put the last name of the author and the date that the book or article was published. You don't need any other details in the text. (the details go in the reference list). If you don't have the name of the author, put in the title of the article/book/video and the date.
At the end of the unit on Male/Female communication, you have information from Concordia Library on how to attribute or cite the authors you have used. Also
Chapter 7 in the book Doing Honest Work in College...gives you more details. Consult that chapter if you need to.
BLOGGING
Which of the following units did you prefer? Explain both in terms of interest in the content and in terms of skills and language you learned.
Superskyscrapers
Language Learning
Evolution
Male/Female
Happiness
Animal Experimentation
Population Mid Term
Plagiarism
Don't forget to respond to each others blogs.
Hope you manage to have a little bit of fun...but remember to give a real push on the paper.
Lili and Adrianne
Friday, February 22, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Weedend February 16-17th, 2008.
Hi there,
Well we have officially finished half the course. Adrianne and I are really sataisfied with the work you have produced so far. Don't slow down now! You need to apply everything you learned in the first 5 weeks to the work we will be doing from now to the end of the course.
1. THE MAIN ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS WEEKEND IS TO WORK ON YOUR RESEARCH.
YOU SHOULD BE READING YOUR BOOKS AND ARTICLES AND MAKING NOTES(MAPS).
Read Chapter 3 of the book (How to do Honest Work....). This chapter gives you tips on how to take notes etc.
2. BLOGGING
Blogging helps make you more fluent in the language. It allows you to express your opinions on a variety of subjects. It also connects you to your classmates in a way that isn't always possible in the classroom. You learn more about each other. If this isn't enough, remember that the blogging project does count for 5% of the final mark. It is an easy 5% to get...so.......
half the marks will be given at the end of next week.
BLOGGING ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS WEEKEND:
Answer the 3 discussion questions on Population
Remember to react to your classmate's blogs.
3. POPULATION QUIZ
Be prepared to explain your answers on Monday morning.
We will be beginning at 9:00 on Monday morning We will be doing the midterms with the other A2 class. Please be on time.
Lili
Well we have officially finished half the course. Adrianne and I are really sataisfied with the work you have produced so far. Don't slow down now! You need to apply everything you learned in the first 5 weeks to the work we will be doing from now to the end of the course.
1. THE MAIN ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS WEEKEND IS TO WORK ON YOUR RESEARCH.
YOU SHOULD BE READING YOUR BOOKS AND ARTICLES AND MAKING NOTES(MAPS).
Read Chapter 3 of the book (How to do Honest Work....). This chapter gives you tips on how to take notes etc.
2. BLOGGING
Blogging helps make you more fluent in the language. It allows you to express your opinions on a variety of subjects. It also connects you to your classmates in a way that isn't always possible in the classroom. You learn more about each other. If this isn't enough, remember that the blogging project does count for 5% of the final mark. It is an easy 5% to get...so.......
half the marks will be given at the end of next week.
BLOGGING ASSIGNMENT FOR THIS WEEKEND:
Answer the 3 discussion questions on Population
Remember to react to your classmate's blogs.
3. POPULATION QUIZ
Be prepared to explain your answers on Monday morning.
We will be beginning at 9:00 on Monday morning We will be doing the midterms with the other A2 class. Please be on time.
Lili
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Important note that I forgot in the last posting
TRY TO GET YOUR SUMMARIES IN TO ADRIANNE'S E-MAIL BY TOMORROW NOON!
Weekend of February8-10th, 2008
Hello everyone:
I guess it is time for me to post the assignments that you are aware of but just in case here they are:
1. HAPPINESS : First draft of summary based on the two articles
that you have read, discussed and mapped to be sent to Adrianne:
adriannesklar@yahoo.com
- Try to write directly from your notes in order to avoid copying from the text.
- Try to include citations (in-text references):
.......(Smith, 2007)at the end of an idea attributed to a specific author or
Smith(2007)points out that........at the beginning of an idea.
- After you have finished writing save it.
- Edit your work a few hours later(you will be able to identify your mistakes better if you put your work away for a while) for grammatical, spelling mistakes etc. Look for the mistakes you tend to usually make. Anything you correct at this time is better than if you correct nothing.
2. ANIMAL UNIT
a) Discussion question: Read over the discussion question and answer in note
form. We will discuss these questions on Monday.
b) First Article by Jeremy Rivkin. Read and highlight for
discussion on Monday.
3. BLOGS
Comment on the following questions about your Novel Project:
How would you rate the various parts of the project on a scale of 1-10 ,first in
terms of interest: 1 being very interesting etc. and second in terms of how much
you learned)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Reading
Class discussions with your group
Written Review
Oral Presentations(your own)
(as part of the audience)
____________________________________________________________________________________
Of course after rating these sections you need to explain your answers AND comment on your classmate's answers.
4. BOOK: Doing Honest Work in College (FOR TUESDAY)
Read and highlight the first 2 chapters.
Am starting to feel sorry for you so have postponed till Tuesday.
5. RESEARCH PROJECT
Don't forget to look for books in Clues and perhaps to go to the library to take out or photocopy on Sunday? It is a good place to do some of your work there too, not only the research..
For NEXT WEEK:
Research Unit and Animal Unit and Plagiarism from Part 2 of your Binder. For those of you doing lectures.....you know what to do.
Remember, we are going to have a guest lecturer on Monday Morning to talk about Animal Rights.
See you all on Monday at 9:00. Will close the door at 9:10 but will begin class at 9:00.
Lili
I guess it is time for me to post the assignments that you are aware of but just in case here they are:
1. HAPPINESS : First draft of summary based on the two articles
that you have read, discussed and mapped to be sent to Adrianne:
adriannesklar@yahoo.com
- Try to write directly from your notes in order to avoid copying from the text.
- Try to include citations (in-text references):
.......(Smith, 2007)at the end of an idea attributed to a specific author or
Smith(2007)points out that........at the beginning of an idea.
- After you have finished writing save it.
- Edit your work a few hours later(you will be able to identify your mistakes better if you put your work away for a while) for grammatical, spelling mistakes etc. Look for the mistakes you tend to usually make. Anything you correct at this time is better than if you correct nothing.
2. ANIMAL UNIT
a) Discussion question: Read over the discussion question and answer in note
form. We will discuss these questions on Monday.
b) First Article by Jeremy Rivkin. Read and highlight for
discussion on Monday.
3. BLOGS
Comment on the following questions about your Novel Project:
How would you rate the various parts of the project on a scale of 1-10 ,first in
terms of interest: 1 being very interesting etc. and second in terms of how much
you learned)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Reading
Class discussions with your group
Written Review
Oral Presentations(your own)
(as part of the audience)
____________________________________________________________________________________
Of course after rating these sections you need to explain your answers AND comment on your classmate's answers.
4. BOOK: Doing Honest Work in College (FOR TUESDAY)
Read and highlight the first 2 chapters.
Am starting to feel sorry for you so have postponed till Tuesday.
5. RESEARCH PROJECT
Don't forget to look for books in Clues and perhaps to go to the library to take out or photocopy on Sunday? It is a good place to do some of your work there too, not only the research..
For NEXT WEEK:
Research Unit and Animal Unit and Plagiarism from Part 2 of your Binder. For those of you doing lectures.....you know what to do.
Remember, we are going to have a guest lecturer on Monday Morning to talk about Animal Rights.
See you all on Monday at 9:00. Will close the door at 9:10 but will begin class at 9:00.
Lili
Friday, February 1, 2008
Weekent of February1st-3rd, 2008
Hello students!
I decided to publish my blog a little earlier this weekend so here goes:
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Male/Female Short Answer Questions on page 176 of your binders
2. Novel Project:
a. 2nd drafts of Written Reviews due on Monday.
b. Prepare your oral presentations of your Novel. Remember to free yourselves after school so that you have some time to practice. The presentations will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday Morning.
3. Lecture Presentations: check Adriannes Blog.
4. Research Project: Think of a topic for your research(this doesn't have to be your final topic...) and make 5 questions that you would like to have answers to when researching the information.
NEXT WEEK
1. Library orientation at the Library on Monday morning(same building as the Concordia Books Store) but on the second floor. Room 203. Be there for 8:50 AM please!!!
2. Bring some money(approximately 15$) to buy the reference book on doing "honest" work in college/university (the book I showed you on Friday). We can get this book on Monday after the library orientation.
3. We will have another library orientation on Tuesday. We will talk about time etc.on Monday.
4. In terms of Units please bring: Novel Project; Lecture Project; Research Project;Male/Female; Happiness.
and from Part 2, the first unit called Plagiarism.
Did I forget anything? Oh yes, Adrianne's blog address is: sadrianneconcordia.blogspog.com. Please consult her blog for assignment on Critical Thinking Lecture that you attended on Thursday afternoon.
Anything else? If you think of something else, please comment on my blog.
Have a good weekend and work hard!
Lili
I decided to publish my blog a little earlier this weekend so here goes:
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Male/Female Short Answer Questions on page 176 of your binders
2. Novel Project:
a. 2nd drafts of Written Reviews due on Monday.
b. Prepare your oral presentations of your Novel. Remember to free yourselves after school so that you have some time to practice. The presentations will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday Morning.
3. Lecture Presentations: check Adriannes Blog.
4. Research Project: Think of a topic for your research(this doesn't have to be your final topic...) and make 5 questions that you would like to have answers to when researching the information.
NEXT WEEK
1. Library orientation at the Library on Monday morning(same building as the Concordia Books Store) but on the second floor. Room 203. Be there for 8:50 AM please!!!
2. Bring some money(approximately 15$) to buy the reference book on doing "honest" work in college/university (the book I showed you on Friday). We can get this book on Monday after the library orientation.
3. We will have another library orientation on Tuesday. We will talk about time etc.on Monday.
4. In terms of Units please bring: Novel Project; Lecture Project; Research Project;Male/Female; Happiness.
and from Part 2, the first unit called Plagiarism.
Did I forget anything? Oh yes, Adrianne's blog address is: sadrianneconcordia.blogspog.com. Please consult her blog for assignment on Critical Thinking Lecture that you attended on Thursday afternoon.
Anything else? If you think of something else, please comment on my blog.
Have a good weekend and work hard!
Lili
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Weekend of January 26-27.
Hello to you all!
I hope you managed to go out for a walk on this beautiful but sunny day.
Here are the assignments for this weekend:
1. NOVEL PROJECT
Read the last section and make questions as usual on some of the important events in this section. As well, think about the ending. Does the section tie up most of the loose ends?
2. BLOGS
Read the Neswpaper articles, summarize and respond to each other.
NEXT WEEK Units:
1. EVOLUTION
We will be working on the Evolution Summaries and some of the exercises at the end of the unit.
2. MALE/FEMALE
3. NOVEL PROJECT
3. LECTURE PROJECT
4. RESEARCH PROJECT
By the way, I have been reading your summaries and must say that you certainly have understood the concept of a summary. However, since this was a first draft there is ofcourse room for improvement in terms of clarification, grammar points and cohesive devices. We'll be working on that on Monday and/or Tuesday.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend. There are a lot of colds and the flu going around. Try to be careful: eat well, drink fluids and sleep enough.
See you on Monday,
Lili
I hope you managed to go out for a walk on this beautiful but sunny day.
Here are the assignments for this weekend:
1. NOVEL PROJECT
Read the last section and make questions as usual on some of the important events in this section. As well, think about the ending. Does the section tie up most of the loose ends?
2. BLOGS
Read the Neswpaper articles, summarize and respond to each other.
NEXT WEEK Units:
1. EVOLUTION
We will be working on the Evolution Summaries and some of the exercises at the end of the unit.
2. MALE/FEMALE
3. NOVEL PROJECT
3. LECTURE PROJECT
4. RESEARCH PROJECT
By the way, I have been reading your summaries and must say that you certainly have understood the concept of a summary. However, since this was a first draft there is ofcourse room for improvement in terms of clarification, grammar points and cohesive devices. We'll be working on that on Monday and/or Tuesday.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend. There are a lot of colds and the flu going around. Try to be careful: eat well, drink fluids and sleep enough.
See you on Monday,
Lili
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Weekend of January 19-20, 2008.
Hello students,
Hope you are enjoying the book you chose to read...
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Novel
Read the first section. Read and enjoy. Remember what we talked about in terms of vocabulary...try not to use the dictionary too much. Write 7-10 questions so that you can have a good discussion about your book on Monday.
2. Bloging
a) Skyscrapers: Pictures, opinions reaction to classmate's blogs.
b) Language Learning: Post the answer to the following question:
In your opinion what is the most important factor that affects proficiency in learning a second language?
Don't forget to read your classmates' answers and to comment on at least three of them.
c) If you want to publish anything else on your blogs please do not hesitate. A blog is like a journal so go ahead.
3. Language Learning.
a) Reading Text (Individual Differences in Second Language Learning).
Those of you who have not handed in your answers to the questions on the reading text, you can send them to me on my e-mail. My e-mail address is: u_lili@hotmail.com
Remember to send it as a word attachment). If you haven't done this assignment on the computer, just hand it in on Monday morning.
b) Essay question: (Listening Retell). This is optional, it is not obligatory.
Answer one of the questions on the Listening you worked on. This is not to be done on the blog. If you do it, please hand it in to me on Monday and I'll gladly look at it and give you feedback.
Next Week we will be working on the following Units: Language Learning;Novel Project; Lecture Project, Evolution Unit.
See you all on Monday morning at 9:00 A.M.sharp. Let's try to be on time please.
Lili
Hope you are enjoying the book you chose to read...
ASSIGNMENTS
1. Novel
Read the first section. Read and enjoy. Remember what we talked about in terms of vocabulary...try not to use the dictionary too much. Write 7-10 questions so that you can have a good discussion about your book on Monday.
2. Bloging
a) Skyscrapers: Pictures, opinions reaction to classmate's blogs.
b) Language Learning: Post the answer to the following question:
In your opinion what is the most important factor that affects proficiency in learning a second language?
Don't forget to read your classmates' answers and to comment on at least three of them.
c) If you want to publish anything else on your blogs please do not hesitate. A blog is like a journal so go ahead.
3. Language Learning.
a) Reading Text (Individual Differences in Second Language Learning).
Those of you who have not handed in your answers to the questions on the reading text, you can send them to me on my e-mail. My e-mail address is: u_lili@hotmail.com
Remember to send it as a word attachment). If you haven't done this assignment on the computer, just hand it in on Monday morning.
b) Essay question: (Listening Retell). This is optional, it is not obligatory.
Answer one of the questions on the Listening you worked on. This is not to be done on the blog. If you do it, please hand it in to me on Monday and I'll gladly look at it and give you feedback.
Next Week we will be working on the following Units: Language Learning;Novel Project; Lecture Project, Evolution Unit.
See you all on Monday morning at 9:00 A.M.sharp. Let's try to be on time please.
Lili
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