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  1. Lesson 1 (March 18)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: Experts: Fights in Washington Hurt the Economy News for You Article
    2. NorthStar 2 R&W: Begin Unit 6 and introduce vocab words (pp. 113 to 115)
    3. Fantom of the Fair: Finish story from issue 21
    4. Short Story: pages 39 to 40 of "Frozen Pizza and other slices of life"

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Grammar in Context 1: pages 77 to 79
    2. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 39 to 42
    3. News for You: "Local Project Puts Brazil's Poor on the Map" article on p. 2
    To Do
    1. Project: Choose a topic for this month's survey project, then write 1 sentence and save it in an ODT file, which you will e-mail to me
    2. News for You: Write a 3 sentence summary of the "Local Project Puts Brazil's Poor on the Map" article and post it on your blog with the tag COCIEP200 and make sure you link to the article
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 1 on pages 79 to 80
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: Write down definitions of words on page 116
    5. Study for Quiz 1 on Thursday
  2. Lesson 2 (March 19)

    In Class

    1. News Hour
    2. Introduce student this block's course syllabus & calendar
    3. Homework Check-in
    4. Review last block's Final Exam
    5. Survey Project: Review everyone's topics and introduce how to find research articles, as well as exactly how to write a research paragraph
    6. Fast Listening: "Calendars: Daily Planners and Scheduling
    7. NorthStar 2 R&W: pages 114 to 116
    8. Comic Book: Finish the whole Fantom of the Fair story from AMF issue 21
    9. Short Story: pages 41 to 42 of "Frozen Pizza and other slices of life"

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Grammar in Context 1: Page 81
    2. NorthStar 2 R&W: "Serious Fun" on page 117
    3. Review Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 41 to 42
    4. News for You: "'Mouse Drop' Plan May Help Control Guam’s Snakes" article on page 1
    To Watch
    1. Watch the first 10 minutes of this lecture http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-223-listening-speaking-and-pronunciation-fall-2004/video-lectures/lecture-18/ (Short URL http://is.gd/cociep200video4) and write a blog post answering "Do you think you could participate in this class?" and "Why?"
    To Do
    1. Project: Find your first research article and write your summary paragraph (4 sentences) then put it in the your essay .odt file and e-mail it to me
    2. News for You: Write a 4 sentence summary of the "'Mouse Drop' Plan May Help Control Guam’s Snakes" article and post it on your blog with the tag COCIEP200
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 3 on page 81
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: Questions on page 118
    5. Study for Quiz 1 on Thursday
    6. Bring your Laptop
  3. Lesson 3: (March 20)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: "Iran Says It Sent Monkey Into Space" News for You Article
    2. Hand Back Essays & Final Grades for Last Block
    3. Homework Check-in
    4. Survey project: Research articles first draft review; survey questions introduction
    5. Grammar in Context 1: Pages 78 to 81
    6. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 117 to 119
    7. Short Story: pages 43 to 44 of "Frozen Pizza and other slices of life"
    8. Homework Check-in
    9. Tech Setup: LibreOffice, Firefox, Google Account and Wordpress.com Blog, How to comment
    10. Essay Prompts
    11. Fluency

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. NorthStar 2 R&W: "READING TWO" on pages 119 to 120
    2. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 43 to 44
    3. News for You: "More Elephants Killed as Ivory Prices Rise" article
    To Do
    1. Project: Revise your first article summary paragraph; find another research article and write another summar paragraph (4 sentences each) then e-mail me the .odt file with everything
    2. News for You: Write a 3 sentence summary of the "More Elephants Killed as Ivory Prices Rise" article and post it on your blog with the tag COCIEP200
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 4 on page 82
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: Complete questions 1 to 5 on page 120
    5. Study for Quiz 1 on Thursday
  4. Lesson 4: (March 21)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: "More Elephants Killed as Ivory Prices Rise" News for You Article
    2. Quiz 1
    3. Homework Check-in
    4. Chicago Cultural Research Poster project: Research article summaries second draft review; survey questions review; introduce poster presentations
    5. Fast Listening: Lesson 5
    6. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 119 to 121
    7. Short Story: pages 45 to 46 of "Frozen Pizza and other slices of life"

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: Review pages 45 to 46
    2. News Hour: "Company Creates Armor to Hide in School Classrooms" News for You article
    3. NorthStar 2 R&W: "Step 2: Synthesize" on page 121
    To Watch
    1. Watch the second 10 minutes of this lecture http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures/21f-223-listening-speaking-and-pronunciation-fall-2004/video-lectures/lecture-18/ (Short URL http://is.gd/cociep200video4) and write a blog post answering "Do you like the teacher's style?" and "Why?"
    To Do
    1. Project: Find your third research article and write a summary in the .odt file and e-mail it to me
    2. News Hour: Write a 3 sentence summary of the "Company Creates Armor to Hide in School Classrooms" News for You article and post it on your blog with the tag COCIEP200
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 5 on page 82
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: Complete the exercise on page 121
    5. Study for Quiz 2 on Thursday
  5. Lesson 5: (April 1)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: "Company Creates Armor to Hide in School Classrooms" News for You Article
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Survey project:
      • Essay - Review Research Articles
      • Questionnaire - Introduce
    4. Grammar in Context 1: Pages 82 to 84
    5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 121 to 122
    6. Short Story: page 47 of "Frozen Pizza and other slices of life"
    7. Essay Prompts
    8. Fluency

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: Review "Frozen Pizza" story on pages 39 to 47
    2. News Hour: TBA
    To Do
    1. Project: Finish your survey
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. NorthStar 2 R&W: Complete exercise on page 123
    4. Study for Quiz 2 on Thursday
    5. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 7 on page 85
  6. Lesson 6: April 2

    In Class

    1. News Hour: TBA
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Survey project:
      • Questionnaire - Review student's first drafts
      • Essay - Introduce Hypothesis
    4. Fast Listening: Lesson 7
    5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 123 to 125
    6. Short Story: TBA

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Grammar in Context 1: Page 85
    2. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    3. News Hour: TBA
    To Do
    1. Project:
      1. Write a paragraph hypothesizing about how your survey results will go, put it in your .odt file and e-mail it to me
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 8 on page 86
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercise on page 126
    5. Study for quiz 2 on Thursday
  7. Lesson 7: April 3

    In Class

    1. News Hour: TBA
    2. Fluency
    3. Essay Prompts
    4. Homework Check-in
    5. Survey Project:
      • Survey - Explain online and offline options for students to conduct their surveys
      • Essay - Review Hypothesis Paragraphs
    6. Grammar in Context 1: pages 85 to 87
    7. NorthStar 2 R&W: page 126 to 128
    8. Short Story: TBA

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 113 to 115
    4. Grammar in Context 1: Page 88
    To Do
    1. Project: Do your survey
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 11 on page 88
    4. Study grammar and vocab words from NorthStar page 116 for next Thursday's Quiz
  8. Lesson 8: (April 4)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: TBA
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Quiz 3
    4. Fast Listening: Lessons 6 and 7 review
    5. Survey project:
      • Survey - Talk about everyone's results
      • Essay - Introduce how to write a results paragraph
    6. Comic Book: TBA
    7. Short Story: TBA
    8. NorthStar 2 R&W: page 129

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    To Watch
    1. American English Greetings video. Short URL is http://is.gd/cociep200video1. Long URL is http://archive.org/details/Esl101ConversationalAmericanEnglishLesson1Greetings
    2. .
    To Do
    1. Project: Write your results paragraph and put the google doc link on your blog
    2. News Hour: Write a 3 sentence summary of the "Vatican Must Choose New Pope to Lead Catholic Church" article and post it on your blog with the tags COCIEP200 and NewsForYou
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Page 89
    4. Study for Quiz 3
  9. Lesson 9: (April 8)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: TBA
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Survey project
    4. Grammar in Context 1: Pages 88 to 89
    5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Page 130
    6. Short Story: TBA

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    To Do
    1. Project: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 13 on page 90
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    5. Study
  10. Lesson 10: (April 9)

    In Class

    1. News Hour:
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Survey project
    4. Fast Listening: TBA
    5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Page 131
    6. Short Story: TBA

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    To Do
    1. Project: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 14 on page 90
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    5. Study
  11. Lesson 11: (April 10)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: TBA
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Survey project
    4. Grammar in Context 1: Pages 90 to 91
    5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Page 132
    6. Short Story: TBA

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Grammar in Context 1: Pages 92 to 93
    2. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    3. News Hour: TBA
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    To Do
    1. Project: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    4. Study
  12. Lesson 12: (April 11)

    In Class

    1. News Hour:
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Survey project
    4. Fast Listening: TBA
    5. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    6. Short Story: TBA

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Grammar in Context 1: Read pages 92 to 93 again
    2. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    3. News Hour: TBA
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    To Do
    1. Project: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. Grammar in Context 1: Part 1 on pages 93 to 94
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    5. Study
  13. Lesson 13: (April 15)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: TBA
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Survey project
    4. Grammar in Context 1: pages 92 to 95
    5. Short Story: TBA

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    To Do
    1. Project: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. Grammar in Context 1:
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    5. Study
  14. Lesson 14: (April 16)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: TBA
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Survey project
    4. Grammar in Context 1: pages 92 to 95
    5. Short Story: TBA

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    To Do
    1. Project: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. Grammar in Context 1:
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    5. Study
  15. Lesson 15: (April 17)

    In Class

    1. News Hour: TBA
    2. Homework Check-in
    3. Survey project
    4. Grammar in Context 1: pages 92 to 95
    5. Short Story: TBA

    For Next Class

    To Read
    1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    To Do
    1. Project: TBA
    2. News Hour: TBA
    3. Grammar in Context 1:
    4. NorthStar 2 R&W: TBA
    5. Study
  16. Final Exam and Presentations (April 18)

Instructor

Project

Survey Project

Students will This project will have students find an aspect of Chicago culture to study. Ideas could be sports, music, fashion, hotels, colleges, etc.

Project Goals

  • Develop a clear and easily understandable research essay
  • Develop a beautiful and informative slide deck
  • Deliver a crisp 3 to 5 minute presentation

Requirements

Your Essay must:
Your Questionnaire must:
  • Have 10 Questions
  • Ask for the respondant's AGE, GENDER and NATIONALITY
  • Be given to at least 25 people
Your Presentation Deck must:
  • Have at least 4 images all of which must be either in the Public Domain or Copyright Licensed
  • Have summaries of your introduction, research, survey results, analysis and conclusion
Your Presentation must:
  • Be 2 to 3 minutes
  • Be delivered without notes

Policies

  1. Materials and Technologies

    Required Texts

    Required Technologies

    Recommended Technologies

    • A Ubuntu installation (or Ubuntu Live CD) to run Ubuntu Linux on your own computer
    • A Twitter account
    • A Delicious or Diigo account for social bookmarking