Weekly+Plan

HW for 01/14
 * Brainstorm or concept-map lists of best and worst English-language learning experiences. Bring your brainstorming with you to class. I'll collect it before we break for lunch.
 * Review verb tenses at the links below. Because our first writing assignment is a narrative that requires using tenses correctly, we will begin here. There will be a quiz to test what you know in the morning.

English Verb Tense System http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/1/ Active Verb Tenses http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/03/

HW for 01/15
 * Self-correct your Grammar Diagnostic.
 * Correctly complete the English Tense System quiz (if you didn't this afternoon)
 * Draft a topic outline of your Language Learning Autobiography (LLA) in a Word document and email it to me by 6pm. I need to approve it before you begin drafting.
 * Create an account at Wikispaces and a wiki with theses pages: Home, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary. Later I will ask you to add pages. Invite me to join your wiki.
 * Read "Can English Be Dethroned" (HO) and complete the Comprehension and Critical Reading questions. Before you read, you should complete the vocabulary exs. 1 & 2.

HW for 01 16
 * Review for your grammar quiz!
 * Complete exs. vocabulary 2 & 3 for "Can English Be Dethroned"
 * Begin your Vocabulary Log at your wiki with 10 words (use the Vocabulary Log format at the Vocabulary page of our wiki)
 * Begin writing the first draft of your LLA (the assignment description is at the Writing page)

HW for 01 17
 * Review for your your quiz tomorrow (tense, writing process, and 5 paragraph, 6 move essay)
 * Continue working on your LLA draft.
 * Complete Comprehension questions (39) and Vocabulary from Context (40).
 * Complete Error Correction at the Wikiboard page.
 * Complete your Vocabulary Log for today.
 * For those of you did not bring your corrected Grammar Diagnostic, bring it tomorrow.

HW for 01 18
 * Complete the first draft of your LLA. Send me a Word doc version via email and bring a "hard" copy to class with you. Be sure you follow the correct manuscript format (see the example on the Writing page of our wiki and pay attention to the title page, in particular.).

HW for 01 22
 * Complete the Weekly Feedback memo at the Weekly Feedback page.
 * Research and practice relative or adjective clauses at one of the grammar links. Be able to define what it is and to complete sentence combination exercises using these clauses.
 * Begin reading and assessing the language learning autobiographies at the Workshop 2 page of our wiki. We will do a peer assessment workshop together on Wednesday, 01 23. Refer to the LLA assignment description and to the assessment rubric at the end of the description. Complete one assessment for each draft and print it to bring to class with you on Wednesday.
 * Purchase Reader's Choice. Open the link at the Syllabus page at Amazon and order it there (unless you found a copy somewhere else).
 * Brainstorm or concept map ideas for a research project (preferably in your major) you will work on this semester. The project will end in a 6-8 page paper.

HW for 01 24
 * Complete your assessments of the remaining 4 drafts of the LLA. Bring paper copies of the drafts and your assessments to class with you.
 * Review the 5 words on the Vocabulary page;. Be prepared for a quiz tomorrow. In your own Vocabulary log. try using dictionary.com as a resource to reduce the amount of time you spend on it each day. Choose 5 words that you //​really// ​want to use in your writing and speaking.

HW for 01 25
 * Complete Sentence Study exercise (77-79).
 * Review the 5 new words at the Vocabulary page. Be prepared for a quiz tomorrow.. In your own Vocabulary log. use dictionary.com as a resource to reduce the amount of time you spend on it each day. Choose 5 words that you //really// want to use in your writing and speaking.

HW for 01 28
 * Complete your LAP and email it to me by Sunday, 01 27, 10pm
 * Review the Summary Response Writing assignment at the Writing page. Choose a text from the next unit "Educational Policy" to summarize in your Summary Response.
 * Review the new list of 5 words at the Vocabulary page.
 * Be thinking of a research topic you'd like to investigate for your research paper, which will be the last out-of-class writing assignment for the semester. Ideally, the topic should (1) come from your discourse community (your major) and (2) passionately interest you. You will be critically reading, thinking, and writing about it for the next couple of months, so choose carefully! I will ask you to tell me your topic on Wed., 01 30.

HW for 01 29
 * Revise your LAP as necessary and be prepared to print a copy tomorrow afternoon in the lab for your classmates. Begin work on it.
 * Add 5 words to your Vocabulary log.
 * Complete a first draft summary of "School Violated Student's Right, British Court Rules"
 * Begin narrowing your research topic to one that can be adequately explored and developed in 5-8 pages. One strategy you can use to do this is ask yourself 5W questions.

HW for 01 30 > HW for 01 31
 * Read "The Creative Spirit" (RC, 97-99)and write a 1 paragraph summary. In this summary, use the authors' names when you summarize their main ideas. The first mention of their names, you use full names; afterwards, you use last names only. Be sure to use appropriate reference verbs (see referring to sources at the Vocabulary page)..
 * Add 5 words to your Vocabulary log.
 * Review today's vocabulary list of 5 words. Be prepared to take a quiz.
 * Complete the module "Topic Exploration" at CORE http://gemini.lib.purdue.edu/core/files/topic1.html
 * Bring your 1 paragraph summary to class with your tomorrow.
 * Add 5 words to your Vocabulary Log.
 * Review today's list of 5 words.

HW for 02 01 > Add 5 new words to your Vocabulary log.
 * Complete ex. 111 (non-defining clauses) in Advanced English Practice (AEP).
 * Complete Academic Word List, Sublist 1, Exercise 1a. http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/id21.htm

HW for 02 04
 * Complete exs. 115 (//whose//), 116 (//prepositional relative clauses//), and 194 (//finite noun clauses//) in Advanced English Practice (AEP). (To reiterate our purposes and practice, these structures help you to synthesize information so that you can paraphrase and summarize more effectively).
 * Read "The Stereotype of Stereotypes" (RC) and complete the Comprehension exs. 1 and 2; complete the Vocabulary from Context exs. 1-3.
 * Choose the 2 texts you want to summarize in your Summary Response and complete those summaries (see the Summary Response assignment description for the text titles. The due date for your first draft is now Wed., 02 06).
 * Email me your research narrowed topic with a 1 paragraph explanation of why you chose it by Sunday, 10pm.

HW for 02 05
 * Review the list of 5 new words at the Vocabulary page.
 * Choose 5 more words from "The Stereotype of Stereotypes" that you want to use in tomorrow's debate.
 * Continue working on your first draft of the Summary Response.

HW for 02 06
 * Review the list of 5 new words at the Vocabulary page.
 * Add your name, email address, and wiki address to the Members page.
 * Complete the first draft of your Summary Response. Email a Word doc. version (not with the Arabic/Chinese version of Word) and bring a hard copy to class with the title page and signed pledge.

HW for 02 07
 * Develop a vocabulary list that gives you more than enough to answer the question for this week's timed writing. Also review the grammar structures you need to answer the question (we talked about these structures this morning).

HW for 02 08
 * Review your vocabulary list of 10 words and your list of grammar structures that will be useful to you in tomorrow's timed writing.
 * Email me the body paragraph that you think is your best for my feedback (by 6pm). Include in your email the grammatical structures you believe you will need to answer the question.
 * Begin preparing an assessment of your LAP. Answer these questions: I will ask you to submit answers to these questions with a revised LAP for next week.
 * 1) Do I understand the structure(s) I selected? Could I teach them to my classmates if I were asked to?
 * 2) Have I practiced the structures enough or do I need to continue with these structures on next week's LAP? Why or why not?
 * 3) How have I assessed my progress in my LAP? What evidence do I have that I have made (or not made) progress?

HW for 02 11
 * Begin reading your Workshop's drafts of the Summary Response and completing a peer assessment for each member (check Workshops 1 and 2 to find out where you are). The Workshops will be on Wed., 02 13.
 * Begin reading the drafts of Timed Writing 6. We will assess the drafts on Tues., 02 12. From now until further notice, we will do 2 timed writings per week (WF) and 2 timed writing assessments (TTH).
 * Complete the Weekly Feedback memo and email it to me by Sun., 02 10 at 6pm.

HW for 02 12
 * Review the vocabulary list of 5 words at the Vocabulary page.
 * Complete the paragraph reading ex in RC.
 * Complete scoring the timed writing worksheet from Friday.

HW for 02 13
 * Review the vocabulary list of 5 words at the Vocabulary page.
 * If needed, complete your 3 paragraph report on the TOEFL Structure Pre-test results and your LAP.
 * Complete the TOEFL Reading Comprehension Pre-test. Record the time it took you to complete it. Tomorrow I'll give you the correct answers so that we can complete our Progress Chart for reading..
 * Prepare for tomorrow's peer assessments of Timed Writing 7.
 * Prepare for tomorrow's timed writing 8.

HW for 02 14
 * Review the vocabulary list of 5 words at the Vocabulary page.
 * Complete Timed Writing 7. The topic for Timed Writing 8 will be the environment.
 * Complete Summary Response assessments for your Workshop. Bring a printed copy to the Workshop.

HW for 02 18
 * Review and add to (if necessary) Summary Response assessments for your peer assessments for Monday's workshop.

HW for 02 19
 * Review the vocabulary list of 5 words at the Vocabulary page.
 * If you did not complete your Discourse Community Analysis Exercise, do this by 10pm tonight.
 * Preview RW Task 1 of the Midterm Exam at the wiki.

HW for 02 20
 * Review the list of 5 vocabulary words the Vocabulary page.
 * Complete the pre-writing agenda for tomorrow's timed writing practice. The topic is at the Timed Writing page.
 * Complete your 3 sentence summary of the abstract related to "The Wealth of Nations." Record your reading time in your reading log. Tomorrow you will add your comprehension score based on the follow-up questions.
 * You may begin working on RW Midterm anytime. Task 1 is at the Midterm page of our wiki.
 * Buy //Outliers: the Story of Success.// We will begin working with it next week.

HW for 02 21 HW for 02 22
 * Review the list of 5 vocabulary words at the Vocabulary page.
 * Complete whatever tasks leftover from today's class (e.g. new lexical bundles from "The Wealth of Nations")
 * Now that everyone has "Lifeboat Ethics," you can begin working on that. With the vocabulary questions, I'll trust you not to look in a dictionary.
 * Please copy the 3 sentence summary of the abstract you did for hW yesterday to a separate page so I can collect it.
 * Review the 004 Learner Outcomes. Create a table with 2 columns--one called //I can do this// and the other //I can't do this.// Then copy and paste into each column the outcomes you believe fall into each category. I'll collect these at the end of the day tomorrow.
 * Review the list of 5 vocabulary words at the Vocabulary page.
 * Complete any leftover tasks from today.
 * Timed Writing 10 's topic is lifestyles. Follow all the pre-writing tasks at the Timed Writing page to prepare for tomorrow's practice.
 * Self-correct Timed Writing 9 using my notes and your LAP.
 * Continue working on your Midterm.

HW for 02 26
 * Score the timed writing packet I distributed in class on Friday.
 * Complete the dependent clause identification (noun, adj, adv clause) and correction exercise we began on Friday for the first 2 paragraphs of each essay. Be sure to identify the s-v of each dependent clause.
 * Be sure you have a copy of //Outliers.// The work that I had scheduled on it for today (see the Extensive Reading page), we'll pick up on Wed., the 27th.

02 27
 * Complete your //Outliers// reading and writing tasks.
 * Please read "Mother Tongue" (RC) and complete the Comprehension questions (164).
 * At the Reading page, answer and post a 2-3 paragraph response to Critical Reading question #1 (164) a the Discussion board. Don't forget to include your name at the end of the post.
 * Review the list of 5 vocabulary words at the Vocabulary page.

02 28
 * Complete your //Outliers// reading and writing tasks.
 * Review the list of 5 new vocabulary words at the Vocabulary page.
 * At the reading page, complete the speed reading ex. with the Gladwell interview. Note that this Shak software is free and you can use any texts with it you wish.

03 01
 * Complete exs. in Unit 6 (RC 165-70).
 * Complete //Outliers// reading and writing tasks.
 * Review list of 5 new vocabulary words at the Vocabulary page.

03 04
 * Complete your //Outliers// reading and writing tasks.
 * Review the list of 5 new vocabulary words at the Vocabulary page.
 * Complete the first 3 passages in the TOEFL Reading inference exercises.
 * Score the timed writings from Friday only for the members of your Reading group. Be prepared to make claims about your scores, gives evidence, and discuss your scores--including suggestions that could improve the timed writing the next time (i.e. Wed., 03 06).

03 05
 * Complete your //Outliers// reading and writing tasks. Examine the Discussion Board rubric at the Extensive Reading Project page so you know how you're being assessed.
 * Look at the new timed writing topic at the Timed Writing page and follow your preparation agenda.
 * Review the list of 5 new vocabulary words at the Vocabulary page.

03 07
 * Complete your //Outliers// reading and writing tasks. (Re)examine the Discussion Board rubric at the Extensive Reading Project page so you know how you're being assessed.
 * Complete your assessments of the timed writing worksheet from today in preparation for tomorrow's workshop. Be sure you can make a reasonable claims about each score you gave (TF/TD, O/C, LRA, and GRA) and support each claim/score with evidence. In terms of the LRA and the GRA, in LRA check for word form (i.e. correct part of speech), spelling, capitalization, word choice (is it the best word?), and academic register; in GRA, check for verb tense, verb forms, clauses (noun, relative, and adverb), subject-verb agreement, articles and count/noncount nouns, as well as fragments.
 * The topic for tomorrow's Timed Writing practice 13 is lifestyles. Prepare an academic vocabulary list (or cycle a previous list you made) for this topic. Anticipate the grammatical structures you will need to answer the question and review those structures so that you can use them correctly. Review your LAP.
 * Review the list of 5 new vocabulary words at the Vocabulary page.

03 08
 * Catch up with your //Outliers// reading and writing tasks.
 * Complete the self-correction from today's workshop.
 * Complete Timed Writing 13 at the Timed Writing page. Email me your answers by Sunday, 10pm.

03 12 03 25
 * Catch up with your //Outliers// tasks.
 * Review today's vocabulary list at the Vocabulary page.
 * Begin working on the IELTS reading test. We'll review it in class on Th.
 * Review today's vocabulary list at the Vocabulary page.
 * Complete Tasks One to Four in the //Academic Writing for Graduate Students// handout on Data Commentary.
 * Email me a post-TOEFL analysis of the Reading and Structure parts (i.e. quantification/classification of most frequent error types.
 * If you have not emailed me a Word or scanned version of Timed Writing 14, please do so by 10 pm.

03 26


 * Review today's vocabulary list at the Vocabulary page.
 * Complete the reading comprehension tests at the Reading page ("Energy Regulation Debate" and "The Future of Communications"). First paste each text into [], set the reading speed at 200 and select the number of fixations you want per line, and read the text. Then go to the CNN Literacy page, find the article, and take the comprehension test at the end. Record your scores in your Reading log and write a brief reflection interpreting your scores.
 * Synthesize your drafts of vocabulary for the Timed Writing literacy work we're doing. Save the new draft in a Word document so that you can easily access it.
 * Bring your RC and AWGS handouts to class.

03 27
 * Find your draft for Timed Writing 14 in Workshop 1 or 2. Self- and peer-assess the drafts in your workshop. Mosb and I-Chuan should read drafts in workshops 1 and 2 respectively.
 * Complete paragraph reading exs. in //RC// (194-203).

03 28 > > Look at the left tab Students Levels and select the appropriate level for you. Then continue with Nativeness, etc. through Disciplines and click the selections most appropriate for you. Bring up a paper of papers you could use as a model for your final research paper. We will do discourse analyses of these papers to understand more clearly //how// to write one. Note: if you cannot find your exact discipline, choose the one that is closest or that most interests you. Upload a MICUSP link to your sample paper with your name to the Research Project page of our wiki by 10pm tonight.
 * Review today's vocabulary at the Vocabulary page.
 * Check your wrong answers to the reading comprehension ex. from //RC// to ensure you understand why they were wrong. If you still have questions, please ask them tomorrow in clas.
 * The Michigan Corpus of Upper-Level Student Papers is a collection or "corpus" of A papers in many disciplines at the University of Michigan. We are going to use these resources to complete our final out-of-class writing project, which is a research paper. I will let you decide which genre you'd like to practice. Go to MICUSP (http://micusp.elicorpora.info/). Click[|Search and browse MICUSP online now!]

03 31
 * Complete the first 7 tasks on the document "Discourse Community Analysis 2 REV" at the Discourse Community Analysis page by 10pm tonight.

04 07
 * Please email me a research plan of writing tasks (e.g. abstract, introduction, literature review, discussion, etc.) and a schedule of when you're going to complete those tasks by tomorrow, 10pm. We will discuss this in class tomorrow in further detail.

04 08
 * Complete and email me your research project plan by 10pm tonight.

04 11
 * Continue working on your final research project. Look at the 004 Portfolio Reflection topic at the Writing Portfolio page. Tomorrow, we will discuss and analyze the topic and the tasks. Then I will give you in-class time and guidance to begin working on it.
 * Complete any tasks you did not complete this afternoon in the lab.