November 1 lesson

Dear students,

Please analyze the article below using SQ3R:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827834.600-bisphenol-a-is-everywhere--is-it-safe.html. The deadline for this homework is November 8. It is worth 5 points towards your grade.

In today's lesson, You will do test 8B, learn about the Cornell note taking method in your textbook, and take a practice Academic Word Gap Fill test: 9.4(4).

Kind regards,

Chris Elvin

October 25 lesson

Dear students,

Today, you will do AWL matching exercise 8A. Then we will look at unit 8 of the textbook (time order / cause and effect). After that we will read about text organization and do an exercise on text organization. If there is time, you may carry on with your portfolios

October 18 lesson

Today, you will take test 7B. Then we will look at Unit 7 of the textbook (comparison / contrast). After that, please carry on with your portfolios. I can check them, if you wish.

Here is a print you may use for doing SQ3R.

Text structure: Within your article, identify the text structure of any one paragraph. Highlight the signal words within the paragraph, too.

TOEIC test dates

Dear students,

I have been asked to remind you all to please take the next TOEIC test which will be on January 30, 2011.

Kind regards,

Chris Elvin

http://www.celese.sci.waseda.ac.jp/node/52

October 11 lesson

Dear students,

Today we will look at the new and finalized 2010 syllabus (which has changed), and the grading system for AR2. After that you will do the AWL test 7A, and then we will look at the Cornell note taking method in the textbook. If there is any time left, please show me your portfolio article(s).

Kind regards,

Chris Elvin

How to find the Academic Words in your articles

Dear students,

Here is a link to a website that will find the Academic Word List words for you automatically.

Just paste in your words (to a maximum of 2400 characters), and your academic words will be highlighted.

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/awlhighlighter.htm

Kind regards,

Chris Elvin

CHANGES TO THE COURSE

Dear students,

There have been some changes made to the course which makes my initial course outline invalid. Please download the course outline again. This outline is now final. Sorry for the inconvenience.

(There is no reading for pleasure in the new course).

Please start work on your portfolio soon. You may not be ready to identify the text organization, or take notes using SQ3R or the Cornell method yet, but you will be doing this in class, soon.

Kind regards,

Chris Elvin