Here are materials for Vance's CORE IELTS classes
N125 for the term ending in March 2015
46 Section 9
This week and next
Week 12 IELTS Test Final Exam 30% of final mark
Saturday March 28 Al Ain Men's College
Week 11 Vocabulary test
Sunday March 15
Per 3 - Vocabulary Quiz 4 2.5% of your final mark
Per 5 - Writing practice - prepare your topic
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With a partner, choose one of 8 sample advantages and disadvantages essays topics here
http://ieltsliz.com/ielts-advantage-disadvantage-sample-essay-questions/
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Write down two advantages and two disadvantages
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You will create a dialog on your iPad at this site (in Safari or any browser)
http://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/builder (example: http://goo.gl/Vjy9jr)
Here's how
(Plan A, if your mic works in this app, you may speak into the dialog boxes)
(Plan B, if your mic does NOT work in this app, you can write into the dialog boxes)
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With your partner, on your iPad start a story (using plan A or plan B)
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Continue adding to the dialog until you have two advantages and two disadvantages
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Add music (it doesn't play on iPad - it plays on PC)
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FINISH UP (write your names and a topic to create a LINK to your presentation
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Email the link to vstevens@hct.ac.ae
Record an introduction to your topic in Dragon. Finish your introduction by saying
In this essay I will ...
Email the result to vstevens@hct.ac.ae
Here are the results submitted
Tuesday March 16
Per 5 - Finished up Speaking Tests, others self-study
Wednesday March 18
Periods 1-3 Dragon Writing and ILC
while 4 ladies take final exam on Reading, Listening, Writing
Continue writing the essays you started on Monday
Download and install (free) ...
Record an introduction to your topic in Dragon Dictation
Finish your introduction by saying
In this essay I will ...
Here is what the app looks like after you've spoken into it
You can use the Download button on the right to email the text to yourself or export it to an app
You can continue to write your essay using Dragon or simply typing it, as you prefer
Paste your essay into a Note with your name and topic in the title
Airdrop it or email it to vstevens@hct.ac.ae
Past Weeks
Week 10 Midterm and Vocabulary test
Sunday March 8
For practising reading
Monday March 9 Midterm exam on listening, writing, reading 20% of final score
Tuesday March 10
Period 2 EdPuzzle and Vocabulary
Go on to EdPuzzle and do the assignment in class code dyrLxE
Copy of Could cargo have caused 747 crash
(It's a 3 min video, 15 questions)
In time remaining, work on vocabulary builder worksheets for Unit 4
Have teacher check complete sentences
Period 5 Road to IELTS
Complete the exercises according to your worksheets
Wednesday March 11
Periods 6 and 7 Vocabulary, Listening and Edpuzzle
Vocabulary
This is the Unit 4 vocabulary list
Show your teacher your completed vocabulary builder for unit 4
Find the vocabulary words in the PDF of your textbook
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-2852462-dt-content-rid-4444549_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/COMPLETE%20IELTS%20UNIT%204.pdf?target=blank
And you can search for them in your Google Doc textbook here
Read the writing sample on p.45 of Unit 4 Complete IELTS
- Find the 3 vocabulary words there and circle them
- Answer the 5 "which paragraph" questions on p. 45
- Underline the part of each paragraph which gives you the answer
Listening
There are several listening activities in the Complete IELTS book recommended
- Form completion: Units 1 and 7 (we have done these already)
- Multiple choice: Unit 7
- Matching: Units 6 and 9
Thursday March 12
Period 4 - Practice vocabulary for Unit 4 test Sunday
Unit 4 texts (Invention of air conditioning, Rubik's Cube, and writing sample on p.45)
Complete Vocabularly Builder worksheets
Memrise, Quizlet, Spelling City
Week 9 Next Vocabulary and IELTS test preparation
Sunday March 1
Period 4 Reading for Vocabulary in Complete IELTS Unit 4
Download the book: https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-2852462-dt-content-rid-4444549_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/COMPLETE%20IELTS%20UNIT%204.pdf
Use the vocabulary list for Unit 4
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-3442174-dt-content-rid-4848304_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/VOCABULARY%20BUILDER%20Unit%204%281%29.pdf
Period 5 Road to IELTS, mReader, and projects
Monday March 2
Period 7 Finish Reading & Vocabulary worksheet in Rubik's Cube
We finished the work started yesterday
Tuesday March 3
Period 5
Finish reading on Rubik's cube and work on pro/con essays
Period 7
Road to IELTS and work one-to-one with essays
Wednesday March 4
Do the Reading activity on Bblearn called “EXTRA READING – General Training”
(in the IELTS skills/reading file) to practise “Matching info” reading type of activity
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-2816594-dt-content-rid-4372742_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/ExtraReading1%281%29.pdf
Listening from Unit 7, form-filling exercise from mp3 here
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-3464450-dt-content-rid-4919605_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/07%20Unit%207.mp3
Week 8 Vocabulary test
Keep track of your course plan. Log on to Bb Mobile Learn and see it here
Find your Vocabulary list #3 here
Sunday Feb 22
Period 2
- Turn to page 39 in your Complete IELTS textbook
- Log on to Bb Learn and listed to this mp3 about the invention and early uses of air-conditioning
- Answer the questions on p. 39
- Read the text on p.38 and find where the answers to the questions are in the text
Period 5
All students need to do one mReader quiz each week.
This period we made sure that each student had a book and was taking the quizzes
Monday Feb 23
Period 3 Vocabulary words in Complete IELTS text
Traffic jams - no end in sight - in the Complete IELTS Unit 3 textbook HERE <--- if necessary, log on to Bb Mobile and download it
- Read the passage on p.33 quickly
- How many solutions are mentioned? (circle them in the text)
- On p.32, match the words with their definitions
- Understand the List of Headings by underlining the key word in each
- Match the headings with the correct paragraph
Now locate 11 vocabulary words in the reading from the list for Unit 3
Tuesday Feb 24
Period 7 final preparation for vocabulary test
We'll do a Socrative exercise on Traffic jams - no end in sight
In the Socrative app, Room no. 843039
Wednesday Feb 25
Period 7
This period was wasted. I was informed just before my 6th period class in MTW that Fawad would come and get the students' iPads at 7th period,
so we didn't do any iPad activities, and I had had no time to prepare for alternatives.
I got the students home IELTS locations and read them their grades, which was not happy news for some.
Fawad never came; otherwise I would have had them do Road to IELTS
Thursday Feb 26
Period 6
Vocabulary Builder for IELTS Unit 4 <-- Download HERE
Students can work on that, or take their quiz in mReader or do Road to IELTS if they have their iPads
The 4 advanced ladies can work on mReader or Ellen's projects
We won't have time for this, but we'll try later ...
Download and install Dragon Dictation on your iPad
Record sentences where you find the vocabulary words
Email these to vstevens@hct.ac.ae
Week 7 Vance's 5 Classes
Sunday Feb 15
Period 3 final preparation for progress test tomorrow
Reading with True / False / Not given - with vocabulary practice
You were given this exercise in class on Augmented Reality
Read it and
- answer the T / F / NG questions
- Underline where the answers are in the text
Put your name on it and return it to your teacher
Monday Feb 16 Periods 1-2 Week 7 Progress Test 20% of final score
Tuesday Feb 17 Periods 2 and 4
Period 2 Reading and Listening
Listen to this file in Bb Learn Mobile
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-3430433-dt-content-rid-4800981_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/complete%20IELTS%203%20p29.mp3
Read about Electric Cars on p.29 Complete IELTS Unit 3
Answer the questions at the bottom of the page and show your teacher
Period 4 Road to IELTS
The licenses for ROAD to IELTS will expire in mid-March, two weeks before your Final Exam IELTS
So we will work on this on any day we have two or more classes on the same day
Wednesday Feb 18 Listening and IELTS
Period 2 Listening
Complete IELTS Unit 3, p. 30 - Ferry Facilities
Listen to the recording for passengers boarding a ferry crossing the English Channel
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-3431639-dt-content-rid-4813434_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/17%20Track%2017.mp3
Fill in the chart and answer the questions on p.30
Period 5
SUNDAY you MUST bring a passport photo (white background)
And EID (for Emiratis) or passport copy (non-Emirati) with current validity
Week 6 - preparation for Week 7 progress test
Sunday Feb 8
Periods 3 & 4 IELTS Reading Practice - This took 2 periods
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-3318594-dt-content-rid-4660884_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/General_Training_Reading_TFNG.pdf
Tuesday Feb 10
Period 2 - Reading - Practice for Progress Test
Reading will be done in Socrative,
- Download and open the SOCRATIVE student app
- Enter Vance's room 843039
- Read the text you are given and answer the T / F / NG questions asked in Socrative
- Indicate on the text (highlight, circle or underline) where you find your answers
- Put your name on your paper and return it to your teacher
Wednesday Feb 11
Period 1 - Listening - Practice for Progress Test
Listening is done in MyLearn and Google Forms
- Your teacher will give you a script and play the listening one time.
- Write your name and answers on the script
- Go to your course in Bb Learn and find IELTS Skills > Listening > Extra Listening Practice
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/webapps/blackboard/content/listContentEditable.jsp?content_id=_2702676_1&course_id=_41673_1
- Play the mp3 for 02 Section 1 Test 3
- Open this Google Form: http://goo.gl/forms/k9B2231vMi (see QR code below)
- Write your answers in the form and submit the form
Period 4 - Reading / Sentence completion - Practice for Progress Test
This class requires that students spend time preparing for their exams and that teachers document this time spent
We are spending this week preparing for LISTENING, WRITING, and READING tests next Monday.
As with flight or any kind of training, time must be spent efficiently
Your assignments will normally appear here for any given day.
Today you must follow these instructions
1. Bring this page up on your iPad as quickly as possible.
2. Raise your hand when you have it. Your teacher will note the time elapsed in the class next to your name.
(This is necessary because many students in this class are not making the effort to find class information each day,
and I need to know who is willing and capable of bookmarking this page in his browser for quick and easy access next time)
3. When you have reached this page your teacher will give you a reading practice for the sentence completion kind of exercise that will be on your Progress Test next Monday.
Why? Because it is important that each student has time in class to understand and practice the kinds of questions that will be asked.
Students who do not do well on tests sometimes complain that they were not given similar work in class.
Underline the part of the reading where the answer is
4. When finished, put your name on your paper and turn it in to the teacher
Again, I'll note the time. Thank you
5. Download this app and show it to your teacher installed on your iPad
6. If you have spare time, you can work on completing your vocabulary list (translations, definitions, sentences)
Thursday Feb 12
Period 6 - Extensive reading for 4 and Road to IELTS for 5
- The four advanced ladies will go to the ILC where Mr. Matt is waiting to show you how to find books at your level that have mReader quizzes online.
- The 5 core IELTS ladies will practice for progress test using Road to IELTS which is tracked by your teacher
You asked about a practice writing task for the progress test Monday; try
http://www.ielts-exam.net/general_writing_samples_task_1/729/
Week 5
Vocabulary Quiz 2 on Thursday Per 5
Wed Feb 4 Vocabulary preparation
Periods 4-5 quiz preparation
Spelling City assignments, required for everyone, due today
Vocab Testme, Spelling Testme, and Matchit (sentences)
Memrise - Complete IELTS Unit 2
direct link here:
http://www.memrise.com/course/527024/complete-ielts-unit-2/
Feb 4 Wed per 2 Kahoot
with sentence practice for U2 ~http://goo.gl/tw0Dkv
This link:
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/a6397201-3a73-4428-9c89-12ede27f37cc
takes you to a Kahoot quiz to practice the vocab of quiz 2 by matching definitions.
Some other time (was planned for Feb 8) - EdPuzzle Listening Practice
Edpuzzle
Create an account at http://edpuzzle.com
Give your user name at 46s9_____________ ß then your real name
Join the class code dyrLxE, and do the assignment shown
https://edpuzzle.com/assignments/m/54d065b4f43d10ae33e718ec/54d6c02bf2d8eb420a95f25f
You can watch the whole thing on YouTube http://youtu.be/TvJTTdc9Dp8
Course documents
Assessment Plan
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-2702695-dt-content-rid-4304663_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/N125%20Assessment%20Plan%20S4-9.pdf
Vocabulary Lists
Unit 1
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-2816652-dt-content-rid-4372765_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/VOCABULARY%20BUILDER%20Unit%201.pdf
Unit 2
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-2852472-dt-content-rid-4443870_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/VOCABULARY%20BUILDER%20Unit%202%281%29.pdf
Unit 3
https://mylearn.hct.ac.ae/bbcswebdav/pid-2852476-dt-content-rid-4443872_1/courses/MasterENGLN12545678F/VOCABULARY%20BUILDER%20Unit%203%281%29.pdf
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