October 7th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will start the textbook (logical connectors) and take another online Academic Word List test (6B).

AWL 6B Words

incidence
incorporated
index
inhibition
initiatives
input
instructions
intelligence
interval
lecture
migration
minimum
ministry
motivation
neutral
nevertheless
overseas
preceding
presumption
rational
recovery
revealed
scope
subsidiary
tapes
trace
transformation
transport
underlying
utility

AWL 6B Online Practice Test

For homework you should work on your first portfolio article which is due at the end of the month, study the science news articles appearing once a week on the CELESE AR2 Trending Science News, start working on your intensive reading homework in the textbook, and continue to study the AWL word lists.

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

September 30th lesson

Dear students,
Welcome back to Academic Reading.
Today you will review the goals and grading criteria of the course. Then you will be reminded to start your first portfolio article. After that you will take AWL 6A matching test.

abstract
accurate
acknowledge
aggregate
allocate
assign
attach
author
bond
brief
capable
cite
cooperate
discriminate
display
diverse
domain
edit
enhance
estate

AWL 6A Matching Test

For homework, please read the article about infants for your extensive reading.

Extensive reading homework

This article will be tested in January as part of your final test.

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

July 22nd lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have an AWL gap fill test 10 points). After that, you will learn about the final test and review a previous year’s test.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Test 1

July 15th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have a science news test (8 points) and after that you will show me your intensive reading homework (pg 50-59) (5 points). Please also make sure that you uploaded your portfolio articles to the spreadsheet (see last week’s post) as I will be checking that with you today when you show me your textbook.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

July 8th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will learn the difference between skimming and scanning (3.4). Then you will show me your portfolio article 3 for grading (9 points, holistic marking).
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Portfolio article upload form

Period 3 retake test

Congratulations!

Period 3 had to take the test again as some students took the test outside the classroom!

July 1st lesson

Dear students,
Today we will check the gap fill exercise homework, learn about paraphrasing (Unit 3.5) and then have an end-of-term AWL online matching test. This test is worth 10 points and covers the sublists from 1a to 5b. After that, if you wish, I will grade your third portfolio article which will not be itemized but based mainly on the effort you put into it.

Period 3 Test

Period 4 Test

Period 5 Test

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 24th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will learn about cohesive expressions from the textbook, then do an AWL matching practice test. After that you will do an AWL cloze practice test (gap fill). Finally you should work on your third portfolio article the deadline of which is July 8th.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 17th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will learn about context clues to word meaning (unit 2.4). Then you will do a practice exercise about context clues, and finally you will take AWL 5B matching test. For homework you may start your third portfolio article which is due in July. This assignment will be marked holistically rather than itemized.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Portfolio article upload form

Dear students,
After your second portfolio article has been graded, please upload it to the portfolio article spreadsheet database.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 10th lesson

Dear students,
You will do three things today. First we will check the answers to last week’s print about topics and main ideas (11-20). Then you will show me your second portfolio article for grading - the deadline of which is today. (After it has been graded, you may upload it to the portfolio article spreadsheet database database). Then you will take the AWL practice test AWL 5A.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 3rd lesson

Dear students,
Today you will practice identifying topics and main ideas. Please download the prints and bring them to class.

Topics & Main Idea

Then you will start working on your second portfolio article which is due in June. Finally you will take the AWL 4B practice test.

(Period 3 students please do AWL 4A for homework).

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Science News Test - May 2019

Dear students,
Please click on the link below to start the test.

Science News Test - May 2019

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

May 27th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will study about summarizing and then take the Science News 1 test online. This is worth 8 points. Please study the news stories on the CELESE website beforehand.
If there is time, you will take the AWL 4A practice test.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

May 20th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will study about paragraphs and then show me your first portfolio article assignment. You will receive a maximum of nine points for this assignment.

Summary (3 points)
In-text citation in APA (American Psychological Association) format (1)
Opinion (2)
Highlight the Academic Word List (AWL) words in the original article (1)
Dictionary of technical terms, abbreviations and unfamiliar words (1)
Reference in APA format (1)

After you have been assessed, please upload your assignment to the portfolio homework spreadsheet database so that your work can be analyzed digitally.

Finally, please take the practice test AWL3B during the lesson so that both your attendance and progress can be monitored.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

May 13th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will learn about technical terms and abbreviations. Then you will work on your portfolios. The deadline for your first article summary and opinion is May 20th, so today will be the last time for you to let me check your work. After that you will do AWL 3A matching practice test.

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You should take these AWL online tests in class, using your real name and ID, and submit within 30 minutes so that I have a record of your attendance and progress. Your score is not important at the moment, but if you are not submitting the tests at the right time, you appear to be absent!
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Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
P.S. Your first Science News Test will be on May 27th, so please make sure to read and understand the articles on CELESE website.

P.P.S.

Here are the results for the 2B AWL test: