ESL Reading Assignment calendar 1

ESL 101/101L* Reading II: Schedule of assignments. Fall Semester 2007

Note changes -- updates -- for Weeks 2 and 3.

Textbook: Strategic Reading I: Building Effective Reading Skills, by Jack C. Richards and Samuela Eckstut-Didier. Page numbers refer to this textbook. After Wednesday, Aug. 29, you will have some reading and exercises to do at home in preparation for the next class. This advance preparation is very important to help you get the most out of the class.

Week 1

Wednesday, August 29: Introduction and Syllabus; Unit I: Music

Pre-reading, Reading 1: “Music and Moods,” pp. 1-3.

Friday, August 31: Preparation: Finish exercises on page 3 if not covered in Wednesday’s class. Write answers on lined paper, in ink, to hand in to me. Pre-reading, Reading 2, “Louis Armstrong,” pp. 4-5. Try to do the Before you read, top of p. 5 and scan the reading to check your predictions. We will do this reading and After you read A, B and C together in class.

Week 2: Update!!

Monday, September 3: Labor Day. No class!

Wednesday, September 5: Preparation: Finish A, B and C, p. 5 on Louis Armstrong. Write your answers on lined paper to hand in to me. Do Before you read, p. 7, top of page. You should have received a vocabulary list for p. 6 by email. It's also on this blog. Use it to help you do scanning and reading of Reading 3, “The biology of music,” p. 6. Also do the After you read exercises A and B, p. 7. Write answers on lined paper to hand in.

In class: We will go over A and B on p. 7 and talk about the questions in ex. C, p. 7. If time allows, we will also do the Wrap-up on p. 8 in class. If possible, bring a CD with one of your favorite songs or tunes to play in class. Be able to tell the class what kind of music it is and why you like it.

Update: Friday, September 7: Preparation: Review the vocabulary and ideas discussed in Unit I on music. We will finish the wrap-up and review Unit 1 until 4:05 p.m. Then we will walk over to the library together for a short tour until 4:25 p.m. The quiz will be Monday, not today. Tonight: Picnic at Suzanne's.

Week 3: Update!! Updated again!!

Monday, September 10: Short review on Unit 1 and vocabulary including ex. A of the Wrap-up, p. 8 (assigned for homework last Friday). Bring any questions you have. Then we will have the Quiz on Unit 1.

Wednesday, September 12: Preparation: Read p. 9 and answer the questions. Also do the vocabulary exercise. You may work with a study partner on the vocabulary (bottom of p. 9) Do the Before you read, p. 11, top of page. If you have time, start on the reading, p. 10. I'll send a vocabulary list to help and will post it on the blog.

In class: We'll do the scanning and reading, for Reading 1, “Dangers in shopping.” Then we'll do the After you read exercises A, B and C, p. 11.

Friday, September 14: Preparation: Do the Before you read, p. 13, scanning and reading of Reading 2, “How to be a Millionaire,” p. 12. List at least 6 words in the reading that you had to look up in the dictionary and write down their meanings. Then do ex. A and B, p. 13 after you read.

In class: We will go over p. 13, and we will discuss questions in C, p. 13, in class.

*Lab assignments will be listed separately.