Pronunciation

Listen to how the word colleague is pronounced...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colleague#

Your Grades

You must earn an average of 75 pts. to pass the course.

Weeks 11 & 12

• Week 11: Unit 10
• Week 12: Make-up exams, Test 2, Oral 2 & Listening 2

Activity 5 - Unit 10 - Your free time

• Choose one or more activities (check pages 11-112) that you do on your free time.


• Comment and give details about it.


• Post it before Jul 14 (Last class)


• Make sure that you use the vocabulary of Unit 10.


• Value points: 2/10

Activity 4 - Unit 9 - How believable a picture is

A hoax is a deliberate attempt to deceive or trick an audience into believing, or accepting, that something is real, when the hoaxster knows it is not; or that something is true, when it is false. In an instance of a hoax, an object, or event, is not what it appears to be, or what it is claimed to be.

Unlike a fraud or con (which is usually aimed at a single victim and are made for illicit financial or material gain), a hoax is often perpetrated as a practical joke, to cause embarrassment, or to provoke social change by making people aware of something.

• Look for a picture that you think it's a hoax.
• Comment and give your personal opinion about it.
• Send both the pic and your paragraph to me by email before Jul 14 (Last class).
• Make sure that you use the vocabulary of Unit 9.
• Value points: 2/10

Check your work at: http://eng10usbactivity.blogspot.com/

Video - Family Trends - Care for the Elderly

Activity 3 - Unit 8 - Video

• Go to Video - Family Trends - Care for the Elderly in this blog.
• Comment and give your personal opinion about the video clip.
• Make sure that you use the vocabulary of Unit 8.
• Value points: 2/10

About Oral Test 1

Follow these tips to improve your speaking skills for the test:

• Check the Pronunciation Buster exercises at the back of your book.
• Make a list of the new vocabulary and expressions of each unit and repeat them.
• Make sentences with such words to make sure that you know how to use them appropriately. (Remember that one of the points tested in your exam is the use of expressions.)
• Prepare answers to the conversation questions of each unit, as those are the models to follow for the use of expressions.
  

About Test 1

Let’s work on improving those grades on grammar and vocabulary!

Follow these tips:

• Do the Checkpoint section at the end of each unit.
• Complete the Grammar Buster exercises at the back of your book.
• Do the exercises of your Workbook for each unit.
• Make a list of the new and/or relevant vocabulary of each unit.
• Make sentences with such words to make sure that you know how to use them appropriately.
• Prepare Graphic Organizers for the grammar structures.
  

Forum 2 - Advertising & Consumers

Advertising has a large influence on our lives. It has an influence on the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, and the food we eat. TV commercials paint an unrealistic picture of how good life is once you own their product. These days, marketing messages are more sophisticated, more pervasive, and are aimed directly at their targets.

Do you think people are too influenced by advertising?

How are your shopping habits influenced by advertising?

Activity 2 - Unit 7 – Forum

• Go to Forum 2 - Advertising & Consumers in this blog.
• Participate and give your personal opinion on the topic.
• Stick to the topic of discussion and make sure that you answer the forum question.
• At least two entries per student (adding new info, agreeing/disagreeing with the other student's points of view, drawing conclusions, etc.).
• Remember to identify your post with your name.
• Forum closes on Week 6.
• Value points: 2/10

Forum 1 - Animals

The way animals are used or treated by humans is a topic of constant debate. There seems to be a lot of pros and cons about each and every circumstance. Some people consider that we are the dominant species of the planet and therefore our needs should be met first.

Exchange opinions about the way animals are used or treated.

Select one point from the list and express your views on the topic.

Animals...

• used for medical research
• trained to perform in circuses
• raised for fighting

Activity 1 - Unit 6 – Forum

• Go to Forum 1 - Animals in this blog.
• Participate and give your personal opinion on the topic.
• Stick to the topic of discussion and make sure that you answer the forum question.
• Write at least two entries. One stating your stand on the matter and the second commenting, adding new info, drawing conclusions or agreeing/disagreeing with other student's points of view.
• Don’t forget to identify your post with your name.
• Forum closes on Week 3.
• Value points: 2/10

Homework & Assignments

For your assignments, please keep the following in mind:

• Follow instructions step by step.
• Pay careful attention to syntax, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
• Make questions or comments about any activity in the posting of that specific activity.
  

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Comments & Questions

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Evaluation & Grading Plan

You must earn an average of 75 pts. to pass the course.

Course Calendar

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Before you come to class remember to prepare your lessons and...

• complete the exercises
• check the grammar boxes
• read the articles
• clarify your opinions on the subjects so that you can express them orally

Textbook & Activity Link

On this course we will be covering the first half of your textbook Summit 1 from Pearson Longman.

Here is the link for these series: http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/summit/

For addtional practice of Units 6 to 10, go to Summit 1 Companion Website at http://wps.pearsonlongman.com/summit1/