Schedule

This is our planned schedule. The schedule may change. I will keep you updated if there are any changes.

Weekly Goals

• Share experience with reading strategies

• Share experience with writing process

• Read and comprehend The Ape in the Office

• Develop reading skill: identify main and supporting ideas

• Understand paragraph parts

In Class

Tuesday: No class (Professional Development Day for Instructors)

Thursday: Reading Strategies; U1 Read 1: The Ape in the Office

Canvas

Introductory Module

• Discussion: Getting to Know you

• Quiz: Course Intro Quiz

• Student Survey

Week 1 Module

• Quiz: Reading 1 Comprehension: The Ape in the Office

• Quiz: Identifying Main and Supporting Ideas

• Discussion: Before you watch: Illegal Ivory Trade

• Quiz: Vocabulary for video

• Quiz: Orphan elephants video

Weekly Goals

• Read and comprehend Gender in the Wild

• Use reading strategy: complete a graphic organizer

• Understand parts of speech and identify common suffixes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

• Get 80% on Reading Quiz

• Write first draft of Compare/contrast paragraphs comparing humans with an animal

In Class

Tuesday: Unit 1, Read Gender in the Wild

Thursday: Organize ideas for comparing/contrasting humans with an animal group

Canvas

Week 2 Module

• Presentation on Parts of Speech

• Quizzes on parts of speech (word forms)

• Reading quiz: Gender in the Wild

• Reading Test: Unit 1 readings (Ape in the Office and Gender in the Wild)

• Submit first draft: Compare/contrast body paragraphs

• Quiz: Language for comparing/contrasting

Important Dates:

• 9/26: Last day to drop without a W

• 9/27: Census Date

• 9/29: No Class (instructor at a conference)

Weekly Goals

• Read and comprehend Tech Detectives

• Read about how to identify a sequence of events (what comes first, second, third, etc)

• Build background knowledge about using technology to solve crimes by watching video Secrets in the Ice

• Learn to paraphrase and summarize

• Writing Assignment: Submit first draft of two summaries (due Sunday)

In Class

Tuesday: Unit 2, Read Tech Detectives

Thursday: No Class (Instructor at a conference)

Canvas

Week 3 Module

• Read about how to identify a sequence of events (what comes first, second, third, etc)

• Take a quiz on using before and after

• Take a quiz completing a timeline of events

• Discuss ideas about The Iceman

• Watch a video on Secrets in the Ice and take a quiz

• Writing Assignment: Submit first draft, two summaries (due Sunday)

Weekly Goals

• Learn and use vocabulary related to science, evidence, and solving crimes

• Assess summaries

In Class

Tuesday: Unit 2, Reading 2: King Tut’s Family Secrets

Thursday: Revising/analyzing a model paragraph – p. 47; Editing a summary; Peer Review – Summary, First Draft

Canvas

Week 4 Module

• Preview vocabulary used in Reading 2: King Tut's Family Secrets and take a quiz

• Discuss your ideas about archaeologists, evidence, and the mysteries of King Tut

• Answer comprehension questions about King Tut's Family Secrets by taking a quiz

• strengthen Unit 2 vocabulary by completing a Word Form chart (quiz)

• strengthen Unit 2 vocabulary by choosing the correct word to complete sentences (quiz)

• Reading Test #2: Unit 2 Vocabulary and reading

• Writing Assignment: Submit Final Draft, Summaries

Weekly Goals

• Learn and use vocabulary related to city problems and solutions

• Discuss common city problems and solutions you are familiar with

• Learn how to write an introductory paragraph and thesis statement

• Analyze visual information

In Class

Tuesday: Unit 3 Reading 1: Living on an urban planet (Jigsaw activity)

Thursday: Writing - Introductory paragraphs and thesis statements

Canvas

Week 5 Module

• Watch a presentation about how to use present perfect and simple past

• Take a quiz about how to use present perfect and simple past

• Watch a presentation about developing a reading skill: analyzing visual information

• Take a quiz analyzing visual information

• Complete and share notes in a discussion on Reading 1: Living on an Urban Planet

• Take a quiz on vocabulary for Reading 1 - word families

• Take a quiz on vocabulary for Reading 1 - word forms

• Writing Assignment: Submit an introduction with a thesis statement

Weekly Goals

• understand concepts related to sustainable tourism and eco-tourism

• discuss the positive and negative impacts of tourism

• distinguish between effects and causes

• Write an outline - effects of tourism (choose negative or positive effects) on a particular place

In Class

Tuesday: Sapa Presentation & discussion; Unit 5, Reading 1: The New Face of Tourism

Thursday: Writing cause/effects essays - brainstorm + outline

Canvas

Week 6 Module

• Understanding Reading 1

• take a quiz on a word form chart for Unit 5 vocabulary

• take a quiz on using the correct word form for Unit 5 vocabulary

• read background information on the Galapagos Islands Tourism

• watch a video and take a quiz on the Galapagos Islands Tourism

• discuss Galapagos Islands Tourism

• read Reading 1: The New Face of Tourism and take a quiz

• read about how to use transitions and phrases for causes and effects and submit answers to practice exercises

• Writing Assignment: Submit outline for essay on the negative or positive effects of tourism

Weekly Goals

• Analyze writing models: effects of tourism essays

• Develop ideas about the effects of tourism

• Learn how tourism has affected different places

• Peer review - Outline of Effects Essay

• Submit first draft, Effects of tourism essay

In Class

Tuesday: Unit 5, Reading 2: Geotourism in Action

Thursday: Peer review – cause/effects outline

Canvas

Week 7 Module

• Take a quiz on the main ideas, details, and critical thinking about Geotourism in Action

• Discuss the best examples of Geotourism in Action

• Watch a presentation about how to use cause and effect transition signals

• Take a quiz on using cause/effect transition signals

• Take Reading Test 3: Unit 5 Vocabulary and Reading

• Writing Assignment: Submit the Effects of Tourism Essay, First Draft

Weekly Goals

• Share and analyze infographics

• Persuasive essay: choose a topic you care about

In Class

Tuesday: Unit 6, Reading 1: The Rise of Visual Data

Thursday: Writing a persuasive essay; watch a persuasive speech

Canvas

Week 8 Module

• Warm up to the topic of infographics by finding a posting an infographic to a discussion.

• Preview the unit vocabulary by taking a quiz on word families.

• Check your reading comprehension by taking a quiz on reading 1: The Rise of Visual Data

• Writing Assignment: Submit Cause/Effect Essay, Final Draft

• Writing Assignment: Prepare for writing a persuasive essay by sharing your topic choice, reasons, and idea for visual data in a discussion post.

Important Dates:

• 11/10 @ 12:00pm: Last day for graduation and certificate petition

• 11/10: Last day to drop with a W

• 11/11: Veteran's Day Holiday (no class)

Weekly Goals

• Develop ideas for persuasive essay

• Analyze visual data for accuracy, logic, meaning, and fallacies

• identify visual data to support persuasive essay

In Class

Tuesday: Unit 6, Reading 2: Visual Culture

Thursday: Writing a persuasive essay - work on outline - get feedback from peer group

Canvas

Week 9 Module

• Watch a short presentation on reading skill: identify arguments and counter-arguments

• Take a quiz on identifying arguments and counter-arguments (reading skill)

• Take a quiz on Reading 2: Visual Culture

• Watch a presentation on how to describe visual (numerical) information

• Take a quiz on describing numerical information with words

• Discuss which infographic to use and why

• Practice revising a persuasive speech by adding topic sentences and details

• Reading Test 4: Unit 6 Vocabulary and Reading

• Writing Assignment: Submit outline, persuasive essay

Weekly Goals

• Identify counter-arguments to your persuasive essay; present and refute counter-arguments

• Discuss current issues around English as a world language

In Class

Tuesday: Unit 9, Reading 1 The Future of English

Thursday:Persuasive essays - introductions: hook, thesis, connecting information

Canvas

Week 1 Module

• Preview vocabulary for Reading 1 by taking a quiz on word families

• Read The Future of English and take a quiz on comprehension

• Develop your reading skill: understanding predictions and certainty by reading about word choice and level of certainty

• Take a quiz on understanding predictions and certainty

• Watch a presentation on presenting and refuting counter-arguments

• Take a quiz on presenting and refuting counter-arguments

• Writing Assignment: Present and refute counter-arguments for your persuasive essay in a discussion

• Writing Assignment: Submit First Draft, persuasive essay

Important Dates:

• 11/24 - 11/26: Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes. campus closed)

Weekly Goals

• Learn to cite sources

• Learn to evaluate online sources for accuracy, authority, bias, and currency

In Class

Tuesday: Citing Sources

Thursday: Thanksgiving Holiday (no class)

Canvas

Week 11 Module

• Watch presentation about evaluating information online

• Discuss which online information is strongest in discussion: evaluating online resources

• Watch presentation about citing sources using MLA style

• Take a quiz on citing sources using MLA style

• Review example persuasive essay with citations

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Important Dates:

• Friday, 12/2: Last day of class (short week)

• Sunday, 12/4: all work due, include persuasive essay final draft

Weekly Goals

• Finalize your persuasive essay - with visual data, counter-arguments and refutations, and citations

• Reflect on what you have learned

In Class

Tuesday: LRC Beach (computer lab): Research articles for your persuasive essay, final draft

Thursday: Celebrate your successes! Reflect on your learning; share your strongest essay in class (optional)

Canvas

Week 12 Module

• Video: Enduring Voices

• Writing Assignment: Submit one or two sources for your persuasive essay in a Works Cited discussion

• Writing Assignment: Submit final draft, persuasive essay with counter-arguments and citations