CLASS MEMBERS: MINA, YOUSIF, DANIEL, CARLOS, ROMAN, HASSAN
Class Date: Friday, December 9, 2011
Due Date(s): Monday, December 12, 2011 for writing assignment; Saturday, December 10th for blog post; Sunday, December 11th for Blog Comments
For Blog:
Class Date: Friday, December 9, 2011
Due Date(s): Monday, December 12, 2011 for writing assignment; Saturday, December 10th for blog post; Sunday, December 11th for Blog Comments
For Blog:
Write a paragraph about your achievements this semester and your goals for next semester (or, if you are completing the program, your future goals for your career or academic studies).
You may wish to include the following topics:
- What was the biggest accomplishment for you? Why?
- What was the largest obstacle you overcame? How did you do it?
- What did you enjoy most about the program?
- What were the activities (in and out of class) that enhanced your learning the most?
- What are your academic and/or career plans following your time at the ALI? Where do you plan to study?
- If you plan to continue at Nazareth College ALI, what are some of your major goals and objectives for next semester?
- What are your future career goals, and how do you feel your experience in the United States will help you?
For Writing Assignment:
Complete the first draft of your "logical division" essay. Be sure to edit for a complete thesis statement in your introduction and parallelism throughout your essay. Either email your completed essay to me by Sunday night or bring a printed version of your completed first draft to class on Monday for peer editing.
Your essay should be typed and double-spaced!
The essay and the blog post will be your final two grades for the semester.
Class Date: Monday, December 5, 2011
Due Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
In the handout: "Revising Sentences - Use of Parallelism" read the example of parallel and nonparallel sentences at the top of the page, and complete Exercises 1-10.
In "Engaging Writing 2," complete Exercise 11 on page 255.
Write your thesis statement for your Logical Division essay. Be sure your thesis statement lists the supporting points of your essay. Bring both your outline and your thesis statement with you to class on Friday!
Class Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
Due Date: Monday, December 5, 2011
Logical Division Essay
STEP 2: From your lists for your selected topic, write an OUTLINE and a TOPIC SENTENCE (see example on page 52).
STEP 3: From your outline, write a paragraph on your selected topic (see example on page 53).
This paragraph will be the basis for your essay, which is the final graded assignment for your writing class. We will be working on this in class on Monday!
Complete the first draft of your "logical division" essay. Be sure to edit for a complete thesis statement in your introduction and parallelism throughout your essay. Either email your completed essay to me by Sunday night or bring a printed version of your completed first draft to class on Monday for peer editing.
Your essay should be typed and double-spaced!
The essay and the blog post will be your final two grades for the semester.
Class Date: Monday, December 5, 2011
Due Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
In the handout: "Revising Sentences - Use of Parallelism" read the example of parallel and nonparallel sentences at the top of the page, and complete Exercises 1-10.
In "Engaging Writing 2," complete Exercise 11 on page 255.
Write your thesis statement for your Logical Division essay. Be sure your thesis statement lists the supporting points of your essay. Bring both your outline and your thesis statement with you to class on Friday!
Class Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
Due Date: Monday, December 5, 2011
Logical Division Essay
STEP 2: From your lists for your selected topic, write an OUTLINE and a TOPIC SENTENCE (see example on page 52).
STEP 3: From your outline, write a paragraph on your selected topic (see example on page 53).
This paragraph will be the basis for your essay, which is the final graded assignment for your writing class. We will be working on this in class on Monday!
In the next two weeks...
there are some dates to remember:
Fr Dec 2: LAST VOCAB QUIZ !!
Wed Dec 7: Tell Me More and CELSA testing
Thurs Dec 8th: Holiday Party, Games & Food (& a short video)! Please bring a dish to pass; anything from your home country is welcome! (for non-cooks: please bring soda/pop/beverages, or paper goods as tablecloths, paper cups, napkins)
Thurs Dec 15th: volunteer community service opportunity at the Child Care Center on the Nazareth campus. The kids would love to hear about you and your country, or even have you play with them or read them a story (a fun way to practice your English!)
Please check the blog pages for your group for any assignments that may be due in the next 2 weeks.
Linda G. & Linda P. and Deb MdeS.
due Tuesday Nov 22ndFr Dec 2: LAST VOCAB QUIZ !!
Wed Dec 7: Tell Me More and CELSA testing
Thurs Dec 8th: Holiday Party, Games & Food (& a short video)! Please bring a dish to pass; anything from your home country is welcome! (for non-cooks: please bring soda/pop/beverages, or paper goods as tablecloths, paper cups, napkins)
Thurs Dec 15th: volunteer community service opportunity at the Child Care Center on the Nazareth campus. The kids would love to hear about you and your country, or even have you play with them or read them a story (a fun way to practice your English!)
Please check the blog pages for your group for any assignments that may be due in the next 2 weeks.
Linda G. & Linda P. and Deb MdeS.
- look up the name/address/city & state/zip code / phone number for 5 places in your assigned category:
- Yousif: medical supply stores
- Hassan: pharmacies/drugstores
- Carlos: pizza places with delivery
- Roman: Men's clothing shops
- Mina: beauty salons (<--your classmates picked that one for you :)
- remember we are doing short presentations (5 mins at most) on topics related to the movie or Indian culture (or both) . You will be graded using the speaking 'blog' rubric. Remember to think of 2 questions to ask your classmates about your presentation. Here is what you decided:
- Carlos: funeral customs (also seen in movie)
- Yousif: overview of 'The Namesake'
- Hassan: discuss a song
- Roman: wedding customs (also seen in movie)
- Mina: ??????
- bring $4 for the field trip for lunch OR THERE WILL BE A GRAMMAR TEST!! (no kidding)
Things to Think about for Thursday Nov 17:
be prepared to discuss your idea for the 'field trip' for our friends downstairs...look at the notes we took in class. Remember it only has to be 5 mins long and you can be as creative as you want as long as it relates back to the movie, our lessons on the movie, or Indian culture. (you could also do a brief lesson/discussion/demonstration about high and low context cultures).
(potential) Words for Vocabulary Quiz on Nov 18:
assumption, entity, negotiation, commodity, restrain, feel violated, reform (n), rigid, automatic, aware, external, significant, security, concept, context, contract (n), impose, grant, internalize, reinforce
idioms: shoulder the blame, take for granted, her work is her bond, pass the buck, "the buck stops here", time is money, "hell to pay"
Don't forget to bring $4 for the field trip!
Class Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Due Date: Friday, November 11, 2011
Review Words for Vocabulary Quiz on Friday
quota, euphemism, venue, corpse, cadaver, cheat, blatant, rooster, overt, covert, genocide, decompose, discrimination
depend on, differ on, disagree on, disagree with, dwell on, decline to, decrease to, drop to, deal with, deal in, dream about, delight in
Due Date: Monday, November 14, 2011 - First draft of your paper is due in class. We will be doing peer review together. Please have your draft completed, with appropriate citations within the paper. Use the yellow APA handout for guidelines on using citations, or "google" Purdue owl
.links to songs we have been listening to in class:
Taking Chances by Celine Dion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk7Mrfc_8LY
for Thursday Nov 10: complete page 35 in your pronunciation handout
...also know what "hell to pay" means...!
Class Date: Monday, November 7, 2011
Due Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Topic Sentence
Read page 51 about writing a topic sentence. Look at Dion's example of a topic sentence in STEP 1. Review pages 26-27 to see how the topic sentence is formed with your topic + your controlling idea(s)
Write a topic sentence for your "logical division" paragraph following this model.
Brainstorming
Read page 51, STEP 2, to see how Dion used "brainstorming" to list ideas for each part of his topic.
Write: Using a separate piece of paper for each part of your topic, and label each page with the corresponding category. (e.g. Hassan would have 3 pages, one labeled Muslin Identity, one labeled Shiite Muslim Identity,and one labeled "my city" identity). Then brainstorm ideas for each of these categories that are relevant to your topic sentence (see STEP 2). Full sentences are not necessary in this stage.
Vocabulary: new vocabulary from 11/7/11: quota, euphemism, venue, corpse, cadaver, cheat, blatant, rooster (hen, chick, to crow), overt, covert, genocide, decompose, discrimination, affirmative action or reverse discrimination.
Class Date: Friday, November 4, 2011
Blog Assignment (posting due on Saturday by midnight, comments (minimum 2) due on Sunday by midnight)
Read the article handed out in class about polychronic and monocronic cultures. The article and additional information can be found at http://www.time-management-success.com/polychronic.html
After reading the article, write a blog post that answers the questions:
Would you consider yourself a "polychron," a "monochron," or both? Would you consider your culture polychronic or monochronic? Please explain the reasoning for your answer, using specific examples.
Due Date: Monday, November 7, 2011
In Engaging Writing 2: This assignment will prepare you for writing your paragraph and then your essay using logical division
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Reading: read pages 49 & 50 thoroughly.
On page 49: Read about the assignment and begin to think about the topic you would like to write about.
Read "What is Logical Division and Why It is Important" on page 49-50. Be ready to discuss logical division in class (e.g. what is it, why it is important, etc).
Writing: Do exercise #2 on pp. 49-50.
Thinking: After reading "The Writing Process" on page 50, go back and look at the four topic choices on page 49. Use the process outlined to select a topic that you can divide into logical parts. Remember, this paragraph will be expanded into an essay, so please select a topic that you can easily divide and that you will be able to develop with details!
Class Date: October 31, 2011
Due Date: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
In Engaging Writing 2: Answer your assigned question on page 47 of Engaging Writing in a written paragraph. Prepare 1-2 questions to lead a class discussion about the topic of your paragraph.
Review the A,B,C prepositional phrases on the handout "Common Verbs and Their Prepositions 1&2"
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see HOME page of blog for homework due Tuesday; also scroll down on this page to 'due Oct 27' to remember to bring in your homework from that day.
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song we listened to in class today
Who Knew by Pink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8iRTfCyt8
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Vocabulary words (so far) from Linda P for Quiz on Oct 28
assumption
entity
negotiation
commodity
restrain
feel violated
reform
rigid
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due for October 27
-- write 5 sentences about the movie with regular past tense verbs (that take '-ed')
-- be prepared to answer questions about the movie using the idioms we discussed in school today:
shoulder the blame
take for granted
(his/her) word is (his/her) bond
pass the buck
the buck stops here
time is money
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song (with lyrics) we listened to today
Flowers for a Ghost
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uADPJJy8GyI
due by midnight Oct 23:
- choose one character from the movie and compare and contrast your experiences 'becoming American' with him/her (refer to your handout with notes on the scenes we have watched)
- read pp 131-134 in Listen to Learn 2 book
- comment on 2 of your classmates' speaking blog entries about the compare/contrast assignment
- **comment on 2 of your classmates' blogs on last week's assignment (a place that changed (their) direction)** (you all did not complete this part so this is the last opportunity for you to do so before you marked '0' for that part**)
Have a nice weekend!
Linda P.
Just a reminder...we will be visiting an academic class at Nazareth on TUES OCT 18th at 8AM sharp! I will have an observational handout for you to complete during the class and that we will discuss afterward.
Linda P
Due Date Tues Oct 18th:
--speaking blog: Describe a place that you have visited that made you 'change direction' and WHY.
(no vokis please)
--Quiz on articles!
-- if you have not completed your handout about Ashoke's train ride for you specific scene please do so!
Have a nice weekend!
Linda P
Class Date: October 12, 2011
Due Date: Friday, October 14th, 2011
Study the following vocabulary words for the quiz on Friday:
Clique (n), shady (adj), exile (n), huddle (v), yearn(v), wretched (adj), refuse (n), initiative (n), compassion (n), secure (v), aspire (v), vast (adj) ingenious (adj), exemplary (adj), focus (n or v), frugal (adj) or frugality (n); level-headed (adj), flea (n), agile (v), rival (n or v)
Class Date: October 12, 2011
Due Date: Monday, October 17th, 2011
Your final role model paragraph is due in class on Monday. All paragraphs should be double spaced, with a title on the top and your name and the date in the left-hand corner. In addition to your paper, please turn in the completed editing checklist. Be sure that your peer editor has written their name and date on the paper.
Complete the following in Engaging Writing 2:
Page 32, exercise 12: select either paragraph 1 or 2, and follow the directions given for Exercise A.
Page 32-36: read about transitions on pages 34-35. Complete Exercise 15, either paragraph 1 or 2.
Page 37: read about concluding sentences and look at the examples on pages 13, 34, and 36.
Page 39-41: read about coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. Complete exercises 19 & 20.
Homework for Group 2 -- due Th Oct 13
read grammar handout pp 2-7 and complete exercise 11 on pp6-7
watch your assigned scene on The Namesake and fill out the handout on what you see that applies to Ashoke's train ride
If you have not already done so -- PLEASE!! re-do your time capsule recordings with WHY you chose the objects you did...BY THURSDAY!
Vocabulary for Quiz Oct 14th (from Linda P)
"pay (your) dues"
exile (n)
refuse (n)
yearn(v)
wretched (adj)
huddle (v)
diverse (adj)
eventual (adj)
ethnic (adj)
regional (adj)
factor (n)
trend (n)
identity (n)
adjustment (n)
majority (n)
individuality (n)
focus (n)
community (n)
Homeowrk for group 2 for Oct 6: do grammar worksheet on articles.
October 7, 2011
Due: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 (prior to class by email or hard copy at the start of class)
Annotated Bibliography for Research Paper
Requirements:
Minimum of 5 sources
Minimum of 3 peer-reviewed journals
APA style for all citations
Writing should reflect proper grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.
Checklist:
- subject verb agreement
- run on sentences
- appropriate use of capital letters
- use of articles (count vs. non-count nouns)
- spelling (use spell check!)
- consistent tense
- correct punctuation
September 30, 2011
Due: Monday, October 3, 2011
NOTE: Your assignment is to be emailed to me prior to class on Monday.
Website Critique: Locate a website that you believe will be a valuable resource for your research paper. Using the handout “Tools of the trade: Web Site Evaluation Checklist,” evaluate, research and report on your website in the nine categories listed on the checklist. Please be thorough when evaluating your site for purpose, content and intended audience.
If you quickly discover that a website will not suit your needs, please look for alternative sites for this evaluation. If you reach this conclusion after completing your evaluation project, you may note this on your project, along with the factors that led to this decision. (FOR EXAMPLE: Based on my findings, I have decided not to use this website for my research because the site is not current and does not reflect the situation in my country at this time.) If you will not be using your reviewed site for your paper, please list alternative sites that you will evaluate and consider.
Presentation of findings: You may present your findings in a table, paragraphs, bullets, etc. Be sure that each of the nine categories are represented and clearly identified.
September 29, 2011
Study for the vocabulary quiz. Words are: anticipation, unprecendented, ease, substantive, concise, credible, facilitate, impede, abolish, simultaneous, subtle, persevere, faint, pale, and synthesis. Idioms are: a long hard ride, pat on the back, better luck next time, yellow brick road, and "square peg in a round hole."
Bonus: Sorry, I can't tell you. "My lips are sealed!"
Double Bonus: Live performance of "Heartbreak Town" in English. Thank you Daniel!
September 28, 2011
Due: Friday, September 30
Below assignments are in the required textbook: Engaging Writing 2: Essential Skills for Academic Writing
1. Based on our in-class work on pages 26-29, complete a first revision of your role model paragraph. Read page 29, “Revision Checkpoint 1,” and make your revisions according to the directions. Note: All drafts of your work should be saved.
2. Complete exercises 10 and 11 on pages 30-31. Read “Revision Checkpoint 2” and make any necessary changes to the background information about your role model. At this point, it is your choice if you would like to re-type your paper. We will be working on further revisions.
September 26, 2011
Due: Wednesday, September 28
All past due assignments should be turned in by class on Wednesday, in order to receive credit for the assignment.
Missing Assignments: Reading Reflection #3 is missing for Yousif, Hassan and Mina. Please note that this is a graded assignment, and lateness will be reflected in your grade.
Research Paper Topics: missing for Hassan
Please come to class on Wednesday with your textbook, Engaging Writing 2. Also, be prepared to discuss the website that you have evaluated. There is no formal written requirement for this assignment.
Note: there will not be a reading reflection due for this week in"I'm a Stranger Here Myself."
September 23, 2011
Due Monday, September 26
From Engaging Writing: Read and review pages 10-25, completing the associated exercises. When complete, develop your outline and write a first draft of a three-level paragraph, as explained in the chapter. You may select your topic from the two choices on page 11.
Requirements: Paper should be a 3-level paragraph, with a topic sentence, supporting points and specific examples. Please submit a hard copy of your word-processed document in class on Tuesday, or email your paper by noon on Sunday. All papers should be double-spaced and should include your name, the date and a title for your paragraph.
September 22, 2011
Study for the vocabulary quiz:
manuscript, peer reviewed journal, abstract, comma splice, fused sentence, dependent clause, independent clause, scandalous, swirl or swirling, musty, menial, identity, identity resolution, dialect, mainstream, acculturation, ethnic/ethnicity, validation, harsh, halt
ALSO: Please pick up your textbook, Engaging Writing 2: Essential Skills for Academic Writing, at the Nazareth Bookstore now! Cost is $42.65. This Friday is a good time to pick up your book, as there is a sale at the bookstore. 20% off all Nazareth Gear!
NOTE: Homework from Linda P. is the on main page of this blog!!
Due: Wednesday, September 21
1. Complete the Comma Use Worksheet, Part I and Part II (feel free to work with others!)
2. Edit your Reading Reflection #2, from "I'm a Stranger Here Myself," chapters 5-8. Correct for run-on sentences and incorrect comma use. Use "Editing Checklist" to edit for punctuation, capitalization, grammar, spelling, etc.
3. Bring homework due for 9/16.
Due: Friday, September 23
Read chapter 6-9 in "I'm a Stranger Here Myself"
Write: Reflection Paper on one story of your choice. At the bottom of the page, list a minimum of 5 new vocabulary words found in your reading. EDIT your paper, as explained above.
note: see comments for 9/14 on writing reflections.
September 16, 2011
Select a topic for your cultural research paper and conduct initial research to verify that your topic is viable for this project:. Through database research, locate a minimum of 3-5 peer reviewed journals that specifically address your topic. Read the abstract/intro/conclusion, etc. to determine if the research article adequately addresses your selected topic.
Due on Monday, September 19
a. Your topic presented as a question.
b. A list of 3-5 peer reviewed journal articles that you may use for your paper (present this list in APA style, according to the APA handout in class).
c. One paragraph about why you selected your topic. Please use the Editing Checklist provided in class on Friday. Checklists will be due with your homework. Peer editing is optional for this assignment.
September 15, 2011
Review vocabulary in preparation for Friday's quiz. vocabulary words are as follows: slight, slightly, deadly, gauge, sled, slide, accustomed, allure, remedy, odds, superstition, annotation, judgment, moreover, nevertheless, underdog, sporadically, and "raise the question."
September 14, 2011
DUE: 9/16/11Read chapter 5-8 in "I'm a Stranger Here Myself"
Write: Reflection Paper on One Story of Your Choice
remember: When writing reflection papers, you are making connections with the text. For example: personal experiences, what it made you think of (text to me); comparison with life in your home country (text to world); or comparison with something else you read (text to text).
editing: please edit your paper for run-on sentences!!!! Thank you.
