TOEFL Upper-intermediate Friday period 2
Week 1:
September17
Orientation and course description
Homework: None set
Week 2:
September 24
Pre-course test: Writing & Speaking
Homework: Look at Listening tips 4
Textbook, read Listening skill 4, do Listening exercise 4.(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Transcribe and edit igsp1, put in report box
Week 3: October
1
Check homework, hand-out English Forum logs.
Discussion on why speaking test was difficult, problems faced and
possible solutions.
Look at Dead Sea materials. Read and identify main points, make notes.
Homework: Look at Integrated
speaking Structure Review Dead Sea passages and
sample notes
Textbook, read Listening skill 5 (p.161-163), do Listening exercise
5(p.163-167).(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Week 4: October
15
Check homework, Reviewed Integrated Speaking Structure. Read Dodo reading
passage, made notes and compared in groups. Listened to Dodo
listening passage. Made notes. Class discussion of main ideas of both
passages. Showed sample notes. Students made speech (igsp2a). Students
listened to themselves and recorded again (igsp2b). Better speech sent
tpo teacher.
Homework:
Textbook, read Listening skill 6, do Listening exercise 6.(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Read Speaking skill 5 (p204-206). Make notes for all three passages in
Speaking exercise 5.
Transcribe and edit igsp2, put in report box
Week 5:
October 22
Check homework. Brief critique of Dodo speeches and edits.
Speaking
exercise 5 passage 1, compared in groups. Listened to 'bike
parking'
listening passage. Made notes. Class discussion of main ideas of both
passages. Showed sample notes. Students made speech (igsp3a). Students
listened to themselves and recorded again (igsp3b). Better speech sent
to teacher. Speaking
exercise 5 passage 2, compared in groups. Listened to 'Connor'
listening passage.
Made notes. Showed sample notes. Students made speech (igsp4a).
Students
listened to themselves and recorded again (igsp4b). Better speech sent
to teacher.
Homework:
Textbook, read Reading skill 6, do reading exercise 6.(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Listen
to Speaking skill 6 passage 3 . Make notes. Read and listen to Speaking
skills 5 to 8 review. Make notes. Be prepared fro speech next week.
Transcribe and edit igsp4, put in report box
Week 6:
October 29
Check homework. Brief description of Reading skill 7 (making
inferences). Quick critique of igsp4 speeches and edits.
Speaking exercise 5 passage 3 notes, compared in groups. Speaking exercise 5 passage 3
notes, compared in groups. Class discussion of main
ideas of both
passages. NO notes on board.
Students made speech (igsp5a). Sample notes shown
on center screen. Students
listened to themselves and recorded again (igsp5b). Both speeches sent
to teacher.
Homework:
Textbook, read Reading skill 7, do reading exercise 7.(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Speaking review 5-8
, do reading (p213) and listening
passage . Make
notes. Be prepared for speech next
week.
Textbook: Speaking
skills, 9,10,11,12 - read example on page 214, 215,
219, 221
Transcribe and edit igsp5a, put in report box
Week 7:
November 5
Speaking review exercise 5-8,
reading passage notes, compared in groups. Speaking review exercise 5-8,
listening passage notes, compared in groups. Class
discussion of main
ideas of both
passages. NO notes on board.
Students made speech
(igsp6a). Students
send to teacher listened to themselves. Showed sample notes. Students made speech (igsp6b).
Students
send to teacher.
Homework:
Textbook, read Reading skill 8, do reading exercise 8.(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Speaking ex 9
passage 3
, do reading (polynesians) and listening
passage . Make
notes. Be prepared for speech next
week.
Transcribe and edit igsp6a, put in report box
Week 8:
November 12
Check homework. Brief
description of Reading skill 9. Speaking exercise 9 passage
3,
reading passage notes, compared in groups. Speaking exercise 10,
listening passage notes, compared in groups. Class
discussion of main
ideas of both
passages. NO notes on board.
Students made speech
(igsp7a). Students
send to teacher listened to themselves. Showed sample notes. Students made speech (igsp7b).
Students
send to teacher.
Homework:
Textbook, read Reading skill 9, do reading exercise 8.(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Speaking review ex
9-12
, do reading (equity theory) and listening
passage . Make
notes. Be prepared for speech next
week.
Transcribe and edit igsp7a, put in report box
Week 9:
November 19
Check homework. Brief description of Reading skill 10. Speaking review 9-12,
reading passage notes, compared in groups, listening passage notes,
compared in groups. Class
discussion of main
ideas of both
passages. NO notes on board.
Students made speech
(igsp8a). Students
send to teacher listened to themselves. Showed sample notes. Students made speech (igsp8b).
Students
send to teacher. Speaking
exercise 13, listening passage notes, compared in groups. Showed sample notes
Homework:
Textbook, read Reading skill 10, do reading exercise 10.(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Speaking exercise 13
passage 3. listening
passage . Make
notes. Be prepared for speech next
week.
Transcribe and edit igsp8c, put in report box
Week 10:
November 26
Check homework. Speaking
ex 13 listening discuss notes in groups. Brief
class
discussion of main
ideas of both
passages. NO notes on board.
Students made speech
(igsp9a). Students
send to teacher listened to themselves. Showed sample notes. Students made speech (igsp9b).
Students made speech
(igsp9c). Send better
speech to teacher.
Look at writing structure.
Writing Ex 1 reading passage 1, make notes, compared in
groups.
Homework:
Textbook, Listening
review 1-2,(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Transcribe and edit igsp9a, put in report box
Review Writing Exercise 1 notes. Listen to writing ercise 2 listening
passage 1, make notes, read tapescript at back of textbook, revise
notes.
Week 11:
December 3
Check homework. Reviewed writing structure. Looked at the importantance
of introductions. Did Introducing Words Task 1 as
class. Students do Task 2 numbers 1 t0 5. Review partners
intros. Teacher's check on centre screen. Quick discussion of
Homeschooling notes.
Homework:
Textbook, Listening
review 3-4,(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Writing Exercise 1
passage 2 and 3 make notes. Listen to writing exercise 2 listening
passage 2, and writing
exercise 2 listening
passage 3 make notes,
read tapescript at back of textbook, revise
notes.
Complete In
troducing words task 2 6-14, put in report box
Write homeschooling essay
Week 12:
December 10
Hand back corrected essay and
introductions. Looked at sample homeschooling
essay. Students discuss Polysemy notes in groups. Class discussion of
notes. My notes on sample screen. Students write essay in 20 minutes.
Put in report box IGESS3A.
Homework:
Textbook, Listening
review 1-4,(Bring
answers to class on a piece of paper NOT in your textbook)
Rewrite polysemy essay. Put in report box IGESS3B
Writing Exercise 1
passage 3 revise notes. Revise writing
exercise 2 listening
passage 3
Write Reading/Listening
pasage 3 Mead essay.
Save as IGESS 4A. Bring to class on memory stick.
Week 13:
December 17
Hand back corrected essay and
introductions. Check homework. Peer review of classmates essay.
Discussion of weaknessnesses. Class discussion of
notes. My notes on sample screen. Students rewrite essay in 10 minutes.
Put in report box IGESS4.
Writing review exercise. Students read Stonehenge reading
passage. Students listen to Stonehenge listening passage. Write
stonehenge essay under test conditions. Put in report box IGESS5A
Homework:
Textbook, Listening
review 5-6 and 1-6,Put
answers in report box
Week 14:
December 17 (Make up for January 7th
Students do complete speech
cycle for Celtic.
Students do complete
essay cycle for bloodtype.