Here are materials for Vance's CORE IELTS classes
N125 for the term ending in March 2015
46 Section 9
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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/
Write down two advantages and two disadvantages
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)
With your partner, on your iPad start a story (using plan A or plan B)
Continue adding to the dialog until you have two advantages and two disadvantages
Add music (it doesn't play on iPad - it plays on PC)
FINISH UP (write your names and a topic to create a LINK to your presentation
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
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
For practising reading
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
Complete the exercises according to your worksheets
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
And you can search for them in your Google Doc textbook here
Read the writing sample on p.45 of Unit 4 Complete IELTS
Listening
There are several listening activities in the Complete IELTS book recommended
Unit 4 texts (Invention of air conditioning, Rubik's Cube, and writing sample on p.45)
Complete Vocabularly Builder worksheets
Memrise, Quizlet, Spelling City
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
We finished the work started yesterday
Finish reading on Rubik's cube and work on pro/con essays
Road to IELTS and work one-to-one with essays
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
Listening from Unit 7, form-filling exercise from mp3 here
Keep track of your course plan. Log on to Bb Mobile Learn and see it here
Find your Vocabulary list #3 here
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
Traffic jams - no end in sight - in the Complete IELTS Unit 3 textbook HERE <--- if necessary, log on to Bb Mobile and download it
Now locate 11 vocabulary words in the reading from the list for Unit 3
We'll do a Socrative exercise on Traffic jams - no end in sight
In the Socrative app, Room no. 843039
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
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
Reading with True / False / Not given - with vocabulary practice
You were given this exercise in class on Augmented Reality
Read it and
Put your name on it and return it to your teacher
Listen to this file in Bb Learn Mobile
Read about Electric Cars on p.29 Complete IELTS Unit 3
Answer the questions at the bottom of the page and show your teacher
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
Complete IELTS Unit 3, p. 30 - Ferry Facilities
Listen to the recording for passengers boarding a ferry crossing the English Channel
Fill in the chart and answer the questions on p.30
SUNDAY you MUST bring a passport photo (white background)
And EID (for Emiratis) or passport copy (non-Emirati) with current validity
Reading will be done in Socrative,
Listening is done in MyLearn and Google Forms
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)
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/
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.
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