Monday, 17 December 2018

January 28th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have a final AWL cloze test worth 10 points. After that, if there are any outstanding matters, please let me know.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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January 21st lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have your AWL matching 10-point test.

Test A
Test B
Test C

After that, let me grade your intensive reading from the textbook (5 points).
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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January 7th 2019 lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have a science news test (articles 7-12 from the CELESE homepage) which is worth 8 points.

Science News Test 4

After that I will grade your third portfolio article (9 points). Please upload your article to the portfolio article sprradsheet after grading.

Portfolio Upload Form

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Monday, 10 December 2018

December 17th lesson

Dear students,
Please do a survey about intelligence and ability for my private research (two questions).
intelligence and ability survey

Today you will study about complex organization (2.7), take another AWL practice test, and show me your third portfolio article for checking (not grading, only checking).
We will also check the answers to the gap fill exercise (5.1), so please do it for homework.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Monday, 3 December 2018

December 10th lesson

Dear students,
Today is the deadline for your second portfolio article which you should show me today on paper. After it has been graded, you should upload an identical copy to the portfolio spreadsheet using the portfolio upload form. Today you will also study a second note-taking technique (unit 3.6) and have a practice AWL gap fill test.

Portfolio Upload Form

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Monday, 26 November 2018

December 3rd lesson

Dear students,
Today you will study about note taking (3.4), take an online AWL review test, and show me your second portfolio article, the deadline of which is next lesson (December 10th). If you are confident of your work, you don’t need to show me, but if you want me to check it, please ask. Also note that checking is not grading. On December 10th you should all show me a paper version of your second article and let me grade it by pen. After it has been graded, upload an identical version to the spreadsheet using the portfolio upload form.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Monday, 19 November 2018

November 26th lesson

Dear students,
Today is the final AWL practice test, AWL10. After the test you study about logical connectors (2.3 and 2.4), and then you will show me your first portfolio assignment. After it has been graded, you must also upload your homework to the spreadsheet via the portfolio upload form. The purpose of doing so is to check for copying of the original article, and also copying from each other.

The DEADLINE for portfolio homework 1 is today

Portfolio Upload Form

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Monday, 12 November 2018

November 19th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will study the AWL words 9B. Then you will learn about logical connectirs (2.2). Then let me check one of your portfolio articles. The deadline for your first article will be November 26th. After you have shown me your work, you should submit it to the spreadsheet using the online form below.

Portfolio Upload Form

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Monday, 5 November 2018

November 12th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have the science news test 3, which is based on the first six articles posted to the CELESE AR2 website. You will study about skimming and scanning (3.1) and you will also have a practice test for learning the Academic Word List.

Science news test 3

AWL 9A

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Tuesday, 30 October 2018

November 5th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will take an online test of the AWL 8B words, study about types of academic texts (3.2) and work on your portfolio or intensive reading. Next week is the science news test so you should be familiar with the six texts on the CELESE AR2 website.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Monday, 22 October 2018

October 29th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will take the AWL 8A online test, study about outlines (unit 3.3), and carry on working on your portfolio or intensive reading.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Monday, 15 October 2018

October 22nd lesson

Dear students,
Today you will take AWL 7B online test, learn about objective and subjective register, and work on your portfolios. Please show me your progress.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Monday, 8 October 2018

AWL online tests

Dear students,
If you do not score 30 points in the test, try to take it again and again until you do. You should have an email receipt with your score after you submit the test. Use these receipts to edit your answers. Ultimately you should have nine homework emails all with maximum 30 point scores this semester. They will help you master the AWL words.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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October 15th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will do the AWL 7A online test, finish unit 2.1 of the textbook, and practice writing your portfolio. Read the spotlight article (which will be on the test in January). Work in groups of up to six people (6 fields). Use the portfolio submission form to upload your work, which will be viewable by everyone and therefore helpful to to others. Show me your work today. Upload by next lesson.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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Portfolio upload form

Dear students,
After you have shown me your portfolio articles and had them graded, please use the form below to upload your articles.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Portfolio Upload Form
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