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2015_Group 47_N125_Section1

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Welcome to Vance's Group 47 Extended English Pages

This course is designed to get Group 47 Sections 1 and 2 students through the N125 course in 4-5 weeks. Course materials will appear here and in Bb Learn shortly

Week 37 (6 of 5)
1. Sunday Sept 13 Period 7 Final exam writing practice
Week 36 (5 of 5)
1. Sun Sept 6 Final writing practice
  1. Period 5 - Final writing practice
Week 34 (3 of 5)
Week 33 (2 of 5)
Week 32 (1 of 5)
1. By Sunday Aug 16 - Get a Google Account and share a document
2. Progress test reading practice - Wed Aug 12

Week 37 (6 of 5)

Sunday Sept 13 Period 7 Final exam writing practice

Your N125 Final Exam is tomorrow. It will cover Listening, Reading, and Writing

Ellen has asked me to practice writing advantage / disadvantage / support an opinion essays with you.

The director of English at the air college is also interested in getting feedback on the following topic

Final 125 Writing Practice for Final Exam

You have just taken the N125 course in 5 weeks. Normally this course takes at least 9 weeks.

Write 250 words on this topic

Address the following points

What are the advantages and disadvantages of taking long courses in short time.
In your opinion, which is best for students at your level, taking the full course in 9 weeks, or going quickly through the Fast Track version

You have 35 minutes for this

Week 36 (5 of 5)

Model presentation format

Put your slides together

Check them against the instructions <== HERE

Make it similar to the demo presentation below

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gxcwqmTpYloh838pgmv9EOvia2jOi1DN79jBtsiJJYM/edit?usp=sharing

Download these instructions

This was done in Google Slides

(An app you can download from the app store and share with your partners the way you do with Google Docs)

https://www.google.com/slides/about/

Sun Sept 6 Final writing practice

Period 5 - Final writing practice

Download the handout here

Use guidelines from EXIT 5 <== download it HERE

Your writing will be marked against the Task 2 writing descriptors here

http://www.ielts.org/pdf/uobds_writingt2.pdf

This is the marking scheme that will be applied to your final exam writing next week

Students received feedback on their work in Google Docs from Thursday and continued where they left off

The following students made changes to their Google Docs during the time dedicated to this during this period

Faisal Saleh
Hamdan Yousef
Ibraheem Hassan
Moatasem Tariq
Mohammed Salem Ali
Mohammed Salem Saeed
Nasser Ahmed

Week 34 (3 of 5)

Tuesday August 25 Project Task 2

Period 1 - Complete task 2 in a Google Doc

Students were given Student Instructions for task 2, <== HERE

Students were given the marking sheet for task 2 <== HERE

The instructions say ...

each GROUP in Section 1 will prepare a Google Doc

Name the doc with
your first names and military id’s - section # - and your TASK 2

In the document write

Three resources
(BOTH name of resource and URL pasted to the Google Doc)
Three complete sentences for EACH resource (9 sentences in total, 10 points each) explaining

What this resource is about
Why (or which part of) this resource is relevant to your project
How will this resource contribute to
your understanding of this project

Ellen will give you the due date for this assignment

Monday August 24 Progress test 1 and Task 2 project completion

Periods 1 and 2 - Progress test 1

Sunday August 23 Progress Test Preparation

Period 7 - Practice progress test writing

Vance read student paper-based writing practice essays from Tuesday August 18

into Google Docs using voice recognition

Students had an opportunity to get feedback on their writing

Week 33 (2 of 5)

Tuesday Aug 18 - Formal letter of complaint

Period 1 - Write a formal letter of complain under test practice conditions

Create a Google Doc, share it with vancestev@gmail.com

Call it – Your name ID section 1 – Petrol

Begin

Dear sir or madam,

Download the assignment here

You have noticed that it costs 20% more now to fill your car with petrol, and you worry this will cause the price of many other things you buy to rise as well. You are not happy about this.

Write a letter to the Director of Customer Service at the Ministry of Energy. In your letter explain

the problem and why you are writing them
why you think petrol prices should not be allowed to increase
what you want them to do

Write at least 150 words

Monday Aug 17 - complete project topic worksheet

Students find partners and each group fills in a worksheet

Sunday Aug 16

Section 1 period 3 - Share a Google Doc with vancestev@gmail.com

Here is the assignment which is due today, Aug 16

http://vancesclass.pbworks.com/w/page/98993491/2015_Group%2047_N125#BySundayAug16GetaGoogleAccountandshareadocument

WHY?

Vance works effectively with giving feedback in Google Docs, and from now you must be able to use this tool in Vance's classes
Ellen wants you to set up a GoogleSite. Everyone needs a Google account for this.
Your shared document shows us that you are ready to work with these tools.

Section 1 period 5

We went over student work in Google Docs individually, saw that all got feedback, all had opportunity to hand something in

Week 32 (1 of 5)

Thu Aug 13 - Brainstorm a project topic with Google Docs Story Builder

On Thu Aug 13 I will return your marks from Wed Apr 12

Each day you will have some mark in class that will count toward your 10% PDA mark

Vance will clarify what work is assigned for his classes and what the due dates are

Next week you will have as many as 4 classes each day

On Sunday you will

Complete your Google Doc introduction for a grade
(Google Docs and Google sites will be used for feedback and ePortfolio creation)
You can be writing your document in another format NOW so that you can paste it into a Google Doc when you are able to use share a document with your account
Create a Google Docs Story Builder to brainstorm your research topic and reasons for choosing it
Meet a new teacher for Progress Test reading and listening practice
Have Ellen's class for Progress Test writing practice

About your project

You will have to develop expertise on

an app, such as Minecraft, Pilot Uni, etc (your choice)
a topic that you would like to research, such as global warming, augmented reality (you decide)

There is a worksheet to help you start thinking about your project

How to use GDSB

https://docsstorybuilder.appspot.com/

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QPWWMNQvxHLCkmkBq4y7tsbkbuVfA72IoaplaAtf6gQ/edit?usp=sharing

Here's what you will do on Sunday

Find a partner you might want to work with
Select ONE partner to record the dialog on ONE iPad
Enter each partner's name as one CHARACTER on that iPad
Use as your project TITLE the app or topic you want to write on
Start a dialog by saying what you think your app or topic might be
Have the characters give three reasons for choosing this topic
Add music, add your names, and finish the dialog
Get a SHARED LINK and Copy its URL
In a browser open Todays Meet

Section 1 - https://todaysmeet.com/47s1
Section 2 - https://todaysmeet.com/47s2

Write your name and paste the LINK to your GDSB there
As backup, record your link in a NOTES file
and paste your link to an email and send it to vstevens@hct.ac.ae

By Sunday Aug 16 - Get a Google Account and share a document

Due Date

This was assigned on Sunday Aug 9 but will be assessed (scored) on Sunday August 16

You will be awarded 20 points for each of 5 items you address in a Google Doc shared with vancestev@gmail.com on that date

What you must do

Create or activate your GOOGLE account
Install the Google Drive and Google Docs apps on your iPad
Create a Google Doc, entitle it YOUR NAME and ID, Section # (1 or 2) - Introduction
Write a paragraph to introduce yourself.

Tell me (20% each, due by Sunday Aug 16,

to give students opportunity to set up Google accts over the weekend)