Focus on Grammar Level 5 (red). Part I: Units 1-3. 1. ... My Detailed Progress
Report: Action & Non-Action .... Do Unit 23 or 24, practice A-F. 2. Try the Reading
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Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 2 to 4
ESL 185
Name:________________
Instructor: ________________
READING / VOCAB
WRITING
OR do Writer’s Resources: (ESL: writing folder) Lesson 9: VerbTenses: 9.22- 9.34 Goal: To review essay structure Materials: Computer: ESL folder o Writer’s Resources (in ESL writing folder) Under “Writing Elements,” do Lesson 6 “The Essay” Start with the introduction (6.1). Click the arrow to go to the next page. Take notes and complete as many of the 40 pages as you can. Goal: To increase reading fluency & comprehend new vocabulary in context Materials: (books) o Any Penguin Reader, Level 5 o Any Oxford Reader, Level 5 o Any two Footprint Readers, Level 6 (you can listen on the computer & watch a video later) Read as much as you can in 45 min. Then complete the box Æ
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Completed:
Additional parts completed today: Important: Show the computer to the lab instructor before closing the program!!! Notes:
How far did you get? Do you want to continue working on this later? yes The title of the book I read:
Checked by: Date:
GRAMMAR
Materials: (comp: ESL—grammar) Focus on Grammar Level 5 (red) Part I: Units 1-3 1. Do the Review Test first. 2. Based on your results, do the extra practices. Then work on Unit 2 Practice A-F
Student Work/Notes:
Results of Review Test: My overall score is ___ / 37. My Detailed Progress Report: Action & Non-Action Verbs __/3 Notes: Adjectives & Adverbs __/5 There to show existence __/4 Verbs in past time __/12 Verbs in future time __/9 Verbs linking past & pres __/4
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Task:
Goal: To review VERB TENSES
no The pages I read: ___-____ I want to finish it later: yes no
A brief summary of what I read today:
Two words I learned:
Write your own sentence using each word:
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Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 5 to 7
ESL 185
Name:________________
Instructor: ________________ Student Work/Notes:
Completed:
Which lecture did you listen to? __#4 How to Give a Lecture (14 parts) __#5 The History of Slavery (8 parts)
Materials: Dyn-Ed Lecture #4 or #5 Computer: ESL/All Skills Folder
Parts completed:
For each part, do 9 Presentation 9 Interactive listening 9 Language skills Goal: To understand and use ADJECTIVE CLAUSES Materials: (comp: ESL—grammar) Focus on Grammar Level 4 (purple)
Part IV: Units 13 & 14 1. Do the Review Test first. 2. Based on your results, do the extra practice exercises and/or go back and work on Unit 14. 3. Try the Reading or Listening and “Grammar Out of the Box.” Goal: To increase reading fluency & comprehend new vocabulary in context Materials: (books) o Any Penguin Reader, L5 or L6 o Any Oxford Reader, L5 or L6 Read/do as much as you can in 45 min. You can also do the comprehension questions and check out the answer key. Then complete the box Æ
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I want to finish this later: yes no
Checked by: Date:
Choose your level. Click on your name and “start” or click “add” to add your name. Please use your first name as your password.
Notes:
Results of Review Test: My overall score is ___ / 26. My Detailed Progress Report: Subject rel pronouns in Adj Cl __/6 Notes: Object rel pronouns in Adj Cl __/6 When/Where to introduce Adj Cl __/4 Identifying&Non-Identifying Adj Cl __/4 Omission of rel pronouns in Adj Cl __/2 Adj Cl as 0bject of a preposition __/4
Parts completed today:
Remember to show the computer to the Lab Instructor BEFORE you close the program!!! The title of the book I read: The pages I read: ___-____ I want to finish it later: yes no A brief summary of what I read today:
Two new words:
My own sentence using the new words:
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Checked by: Date:
Task:
Goal: To improve college-level listening comprehension
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READING / VOCAB
GRAMMAR
LISTENING / Note-Taking
Skill:
Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 8 to 10
ESL 185
Name:________________
Instructor: ________________
Goal: To understand and use PARALLELISM or NOUN CLAUSES Materials: (comp: ESL /Writing folder) Writer’s Resources: Do Lesson 16: Parallelism OR Focus on Grammar Level 5 (red) Part VIII: Units 21-22 1. Do Unit 21 or 22, practice A-F. 2. Try the Reading, Listening, or Grammar out of the Box.
WRITING
Goal: To look at sample essays and then develop an outline Materials: (Computer: ESL writing) o Writer’s Resources __1. Go to “Rhetorical Patterns” and choose one type of essay that you would like to practice (such as comparison/contrast or cause/effect or ?). Æ
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Student Work/Notes:
Completed:
The title of the book I read:
The pages I read: ___-____ I want to finish it later: yes no
Two new words:
Here’s an original sentence using each word:
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Parts completed:
Notes:
Checked by: Date:
A brief summary of what I read today:
In Writer’s Resources: I did 16.1 to _____
or In FOG 5: I did… Unit 21: Unit 22: A__ A__ B__ B__ C__ C__ D__ D__ E__ E__ F__ F__
Areas I still need to work on:
Checked by: Date:
Task:
Goal: To increase reading fluency & comprehend new vocabulary in context Materials: (books) Keep reading the same book as last time!!! o Any Penguin Reader, L 5 or L6 o Any Oxford Reader, L5 or L6 OR o Any two Footprint Readers, L6 or L7 (computer audio + video) Read/do as much as you can in 45 min. Then complete the box Æ
__2. Spend about 30 minutes studying the examples, outlines, tips, and doing the exercises. __3. Go to “Topics for Writing” and choose one topic for a practice “in-class” essay. __4. On a separate piece of paper, do some brainstorming, listing, clustering, mapping, etc. to come up with main points and supporting points for this topic. __5. Write a thesis statement and prepare an outline for your essay. __6. Show your outline to the lab instructor and then staple it to the back of this sheet.
Checked by: Date:
GRAMMAR
READING / VOCAB
Skill:
Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 11 to 13
ESL 185
Name:________________
Instructor: ________________
Materials: Dyn-Ed Lecture 7, 8, or 9 Computer: ESL/All Skills Folder Choose your level. Click on your name and “start” or click “add” to add your name. Please use your first name as your password.
For each part, do 9 Presentation 9 Interactive listening 9 Language skills Goal: To make strong word choices and/or increase sentence variety in writing
Completed:
__1 __2 __3 __4 (__5) (__6) ( 7)
(__8) (__9) (__10) (__11) (__12) (__13)
I want to finish this later: yes no
Notes:
Goal: To increase reading fluency & comprehend new vocabulary in context
How far did you get? Do you want to continue working on this later? yes
Checked by: Date:
Materials: (Computer: ESL writing) o Writer’s Resources Under “Writing Elements,” do Lesson 1 “Word Choice” OR Lesson 3 “Sentence Variety” Start with the introduction and complete as much as you can.
READING / VOCAB
Student Work/Notes:
Which lecture did you listen to? __#7 The “Invention” of the Airplane (13 parts) __#8 Principles of Child Psychiatry (7 parts) __#9 Women and Social Reform (4 parts) Parts Notes: completed:
Checked by: Date:
Task:
Goal: To improve college-level listening comprehension
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The title of the book I read:
The pages I read: ___-____ I want to finish it later: yes no
A brief summary of what I read today:
Materials: (books) o Any Penguin Reader, Level 6 OR o Any Oxford Reader, Level 6 Read/do as much as you can in 45 min. Then complete the box Æ
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Two new words:
My own sentence using each word:
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Checked by: Date:
WRITING
LISTENING / Note-Taking
Skill:
Skills Center Assignments for Weeks 14 to 16
ESL 185
Name:________________
Instructor: ________________
Goal: To understand and use CONDITIONAL SENTENCES OR review COMMA RULES Materials: (comp: ESL grammar) Focus on Grammar Level 4 Part IX: Units 23-24 1. Do Unit 23 or 24, practice A-F. 2. Try the Reading, Listening, or Grammar out of the Box. OR Writer’s Resources: (ESL: Writing folder) Do Lesson 10: Commas
Student Work/Notes:
Completed:
The title of the book I read:
The pages I read: ___-____ I want to finish it later: yes no
Two new words:
Here’s an original sentence using each word:
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Parts completed: Unit 23: Unit 24: A__ A__ B__ B__ C__ C__ D__ D__ E__ E__ F__ F__
Notes:
__Writer’s Resources, 10.1 to _____ Areas I still need to work on:
Goal: To look at sample essays and then develop an outline
__3. Go to “Topics for Writing” and choose one topic for a practice “in-class” essay.
Materials: (Computer: ESL writing) o Writer’s Resources
__4. On a separate piece of paper, do some brainstorming, listing, clustering, mapping, etc. to come up with main points and supporting points for this topic.
__1. Go to “Rhetorical Patterns” and choose a different type of essay that you didn’t do last time. __2. Spend about 30 minutes studying the examples, outlines, tips, and doing the exercises.
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Checked by: Date:
A brief summary of what I read today:
Checked by: Date:
Task:
Goal: To increase reading fluency & comprehend new vocabulary in context Materials: (books) Keep reading the same book as last time!!! o Any Penguin Reader, L6 o Any Oxford Reader, L6 OR o Any two Footprint Readers, L7 or L8 (computer audio + video) Read/do as much as you can in 45 min. Then complete the box Æ
__5. Write a thesis statement and prepare an outline for your essay. __6. If you have time, write the introduction OR one body paragraph for the essay. __7. Show your outline, thesis, and introduction or body paragraph to the lab instructor and then staple it to the back of this sheet.
Checked by: Date:
WRITING
GRAMMAR
READING / VOCAB
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