Class Schedule

Note: The schedule might change.

RC=Reader’s ChoiceAF=Animal Farm

Week / Day / Date / In-Class Activities / Homework for Next Class
Week 1: / T / Feb. 13 / Introduction to the course; diagnostic summary-writing exercise / 1) Buy books and materials
2) Read RC pgs. 1-4, answer all questions
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Th / Feb. 15 / Discuss different types of reading; discuss finding meaning of vocabulary in context; discuss using a dictionary; preview “The Globalization of Tourism” / 1) Read “The Globalization of Tourism,” pgs. 26-27
2) Do Comprehension, pgs. 25 and 28
3) Study for dictionary quiz
4) Remember: Independent Reading #1 is due on 3/22
Notes: ______
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Week 2: / T / Feb. 20 / Quiz on Dictionary Use; Discuss “Globalization of Tourism;” discuss finding the main idea of a paragraph; preview “Can English Be Dethroned?” / 1) Read “Can English Be Dethroned?” in RC, pgs. 44-45
2) Do comprehension questions, pgs. 45-46
3) Do Vocabulary from Context, ex. 1, 2, 3, pgs. 48-49
Notes: ______
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Th / Feb. 22 / Discuss “Can English Be Dethroned?”; preview “Winners and Losers” / 1) Read “Winners and Losers,” pgs. 54-55;
2) Do “Skimming and Scanning,” pg. 56
3) Finish vocabulary cards for Ch. 1 & 2
4) Study for Vocabulary quiz
5) Journal Check for A-L
6) Remember: Independent Reading #1 is due on 3/22
Notes: ______
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Week 3: / T / Feb. 27 / Vocabulary Quiz; check vocabulary cards; Journal check for A-L finish discussing language and globalization; read “The Midnight Visitor” in class / Study for Ch. 1 & 2 test
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Th / March 1 / Ch. 1 & 2 test; finish “The Midnight Visitor” / 1) Do Dictionary Use exercise, pgs. 70-72
2) Do Main Idea exercise, pgs. 78-84
3) Read “The Creative Spirit,” pgs. 98-100
4) Do Comprehension questions, pg. 97
5) Journal Check for M-Z
6) Remember: Independent Reading #1 is due on 3/22
Notes: ______
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Week 4: / T / March 6 / Journal Check for M-Z; discuss “The Creative Spirit;” discuss stems & affixes; preview “Parents Seeking...” / 1) Do vocabulary from context, pgs. 102-103
2) Study stems and affixes
3) Read “Parents Seeking Cool Classroom for Son,” pg. 106
4) Do Comprehension, pgs. 107-108
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Th / March 8 / Stem and affix quiz;
read “American Values in Education” in class; discuss “Parents Seeking Cool Classroom” / 1) In RC do Vocabulary in Context, pg. 109
2) Study vocabulary from “Creative Spirit” and “Parents Seeking...”
3) Journal Check for A-L
4) Remember: Independent Reading #1 is due on 3/22
Notes: ______
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Week 5 / T / March 13 / Vocabulary quiz; journal check for A-L; do sentence study exercises in class; preview “Stereotypes of Stereotypes” / 1) In RC, read “The Stereotypes of Stereotypes,” pgs. 115-116,
2) Do Comprehension, ex. 1 & 2, pgs. 116-117,
3) Do Vocabulary from Context, pgs. 119-121
4) Remember: Independent Reading #1 is due on 3/22
Notes: ______
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Th / March 15 / Discuss “The Stereotypes of Stereotypes;” read / 1) Prepare for “roundtable” discussion of “The Stereotypes of Stereotypes”
2) Finish vocab. cards
3) Study vocabulary from “Stereotypes”
4) Journal check for M-Z
5) Remember: Independent Reading #1 is due in one week
Notes: ______
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Week 6: / T / March 20 / Vocabulary quiz; check vocabulary cards; journal check for M-Z; “Roundtable” on “The Stereotypes of Stereotypes” / 1) Study for Ch. 3 & 4 test
2) Last chance for independent reading—due 3/22
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Th / March 22 / Turn in independent reading; Ch. 3 & 4 test; do sentence study in class / 1) In RC, do Word Study, pgs. 127-132
2) Read “Smoking in Public: Live and Let Live,” do “Recognizing a Point of View” and “Evaluating a Point of View” questions, pgs. 145-147
3) Journal check for A-L
4) Remember: Independent Reading #2 is due on 4/26
Notes: ______
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Week 7: / T / March 27 / Journal check for A-L; Discuss words, stems and affixes; do paragraph reading and inference in class; start “discourse focus” / 1) In RC, finish Paragraph Reading, pgs. 136-139
2) Read “America’s New Merchants of Death,” pgs. 149-150; do comprehension questions, vocabulary exercises, pgs. 152-156
3) Study stems and affixes from pg. 129
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Th / March 29 / Quiz on stems and affixes; Discuss “America’s New Merchants of Death;” finish “Discourse Focus” (pgs. 140-143) / 1) In RC, read “Gene mapping may foster discrimination,” do Comprehension, Critical Reading, pgs. 166-167; do Vocabulary from Context, pgs. 168-169
2) Study vocabulary from “America’s New Merchants of Death”
3) Journal check for M-Z
4) Remember: Independent Reading #2 is due on 4/26
Notes: ______
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Week 8: / T / April 3 / Vocabulary quiz; journal check for M-Z; discuss “Gene Mapping,” finish up unit / 1) Study vocabulary from “Gene Mapping”
2) Preview “Thank You for Smoking” movie (TBA)
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Th / April 5 / Vocabulary quiz; Watch “Thank You for Smoking” movie / 1) Do journal entry; finish vocabulary cards
2) Journal check for A-L (after Spring Break)
3) Remember: Independent Reading #2 is due on 4/26
Notes: ______
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SPRING BREAK--April 7-15
Week 9: / T / April 17 / Journal check for A-L; review for test; check vocabulary cards; preview Animal Farm / 1) Study for Ch. 5 & 6 test
2) Read Animal Farm, Ch. 1
3) Remember: Independent Reading #2 is due on 4/26
Notes: ______
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Th / April 19 / Ch. 5 & 6 test; discuss Animal Farm, Ch. 1 / 1) Read Animal Farm, Ch. 2
2) Journal check for M-Z
3) Remember: Independent Reading #2 is due in one week!
Notes: ______
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Week 10: / T / April 24 / Journal check for M-Z; discuss AF Chapter 1 & 2; get AF workbook / 1) Read AF, Ch. 3 & 4, do AF workbook Ch. 3 & 4 exercises
2) Last chance for independent reading—due 4/26
Notes: ______
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Th / April 26 / Independent Reading #2 due; Discuss AF, Ch. 3 & 4; start AF, Ch. 5 / 1) Read AF, Ch. 5, do AF workbook Ch. 5 exercises,
2) Prepare for whole class discussion of Chs. 1-5
3) Journal check for A-L
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Week 11: / T / May 1 / Journal check for A-L; Discuss AF, Ch. 5; whole-class discussion of Chs. 1-5 / 1) Read AF, Ch. 6 & 7, do AF workbook, Ch. 6 & 7 exercises
2) Remember: Independent Reading #3 is due on 5/29
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Th. / May 3 / Discuss AF, Ch. 6 & 7 / 1) Read AF, Ch. 8 & 9, do AF workbook Ch. 8 & 9 exercises
2) Journal check for M-Z
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Week 12: / T / May 8 / Journal check for M-Z; discuss AF, Ch. 8 & 9 / 1) Finish novel
2) Prepare for discussion of AF
3) Remember: Independent Reading #3 is due on 5/29
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Th / May 10 / Finish discussing Ch. 10 of AF; Whole class discussion of entire novel / 1) Study for AF test
2) Work on AF paper
3) Journal check for A-L
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Week 13: / T / May 15 / Journal check for A-L; AF test / 1) In RC, do sentence study (pgs. 182-185) and paragraph analysis (pgs. 186-197)
2) Read “Six Billion and Counting” and do comprehension questions, ex. 1 & 2 (pg. 204-207)
3) Remember: Independent Reading #3 is due on 5/29; Animal Farm paper is due5/31
Notes: ______
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Th / May 17 / Discuss “Six Billion...” and sentence study and paragraph analysis / 1) Read “The World Turns Grey,” do comprehension questions (pgs. 212-214) and vocab. (pgs. 215-217)
2) Journal check for M-Z
3) Remember: Independent Reading #3 is due on 5/29; Animal Farm paper is due 5/31
Notes: ______
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Week 14: / T / May 22 / Journal check for M-Z; discuss “The World Turns Grey” / 1) Read “The Lottery,” do comprehension questions, ex. 1 & 2 (pgs. 234-5), vocab. from context (pgs. 236-237)
2) Finish vocabulary cards
3) Remember: Independent Reading #3 is due in one week; Animal Farm paper is due 5/31
Notes: ______
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Th / May 24 / Vocabulary Quiz; Discuss “The Lottery,” preview “The Milgram Experiment,” check vocabulary cards / 1) Read “The Milgram Experiment” (in RC, pgs. 353-358), do all comprehension questions (pgs. 355-356, pg. 359).
2) Journal check for A-L
3) Last chance for independent reading—due 5/29
4) Animal Farm paper is due in one week
Notes: ______
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Week 15: / T / May 29 / Independent Reading #3 due; journal check for A-L; discuss “The Milgram Experiment” / Finish Animal Farm paper
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Th / May 31 / Animal Farm paper due; Review for final exam / Journal check for M-Z
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Week 16: / T / June 5 / Journal check for M-Z; Final Exam / Notes: ______
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Th / June 7 / Get final exam results / Notes: ______
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ESL 52B1Class Schedule

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