Friday, February 22, 2008

ESL Reading Assignments for week of March 3-7, 2008

Monday, March 3. Review of Unit 4.

Preparation: Review vocabulary in the text and in your vocabulary notebook (bring it to class). Do A and B, p. 32. Prepare 3 questions to ask Kumiko about her trip and how the group helped others. Try to use a new vocabulary word from Unit 4 in each question.

In class: We’ll go over your answers, talk to Kumiko and review Unit 4.

Wednesday, March 5. Review and Quiz: Unit 4.

Preparation: Do mini-quiz on vocabulary and check your answers with the blog. (This will be emailed to you with answers posted on the blog during break.)

In class: Review and Quiz on Unit 4.

Friday, March 7. Unit 5: Movies. Lab reading assignment due. Read at least 20 pages in your book. Write a summary of each chapter and a list of vocabulary you found from context or the dictionary. Copy context sentence as usual and give the definition. Be ready to report briefly on your book and teach the class at least 2 new vocabulary words.

Preparation in textbook: Answer questions on p. 33. Find meanings of vocabulary words and answer the questions at the bottom of the page. Do Before You Read, Scanning, Reading and ex. A, p. 35.

In class: We’ll go over your answers and do B and C, p. 35, together. We’ll have some oral reports on the lab readings (short: 3-4 minutes).

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