12-30- Happy New Year's Homework Assignments

EAP- Do activities B & C on page 69 from Inside Writing (given to you in class) to brainstorm ideas for a 2 paragraph article about a weather event. Put the final draft on the blog by Monday 1/4/2016.

Core- Finish making your New Year's Resolutions on your sheet.

1. Choose 1 resolution from each category and write on a SMART goal for it. 
2. Choose 1 SMART goal resolution and plan it out over the next month
3. Choose 2 more SMART goal resolutions and plan them out over the next year. 

12/29- Homework Assignment

EAP- What's the weather going to be like in your hometown this weekend?- Post it on the blog

• Write me a 1-2 paragraph weather report about the weather in your home town (in your own words) and advice on what to do there this weekend (activities).  
• Remember to use correct register (formal language) & correct quantifiers.
  

Core- Read your role card and make a T-chart to brainstorm ideas for a discussion in our 1st core class tomorrow about the most important goal for 2016. 

EX- 

Role D- I believe that saving money is the most important thing we should do in 2016.
Reasons for saving $	Reasons against getting in shape (Role C)	Reasons against studying English (Role B)

12/28- Homework Assignments

EAP- Complete the IW2 vocabulary activities on pages 62-65.

Core- Write a 1-2 paragraph blog about your new holiday. Must include all of the information from the handout from class today and a picture to represent your new festival/holiday.

Remember: THIS MUST BE A NEW HOLIDAY MADE BY YOU!!! NOT ONE THAT ALREADY EXISTS!!!!

LEVEL ASSESSMENT ESSAY ASSIGNMENT DUE MONDAY (12/21)

Upper Intermediat & Higher Level Test Essay Assignment: Have you ever made a change that improved your life or the lives of others? Write an essay convincing readers to make a change for the better.

        Paper criteria:

• Due: Monday 12/21 at the beginning of level test
• Must be 3-5 pages
• Properly formatted 
• With research evident & cited throughout the essay & a work cited page

Friday's Core 2 class after lunch will be a group study time:

• For homework tonight review your level descriptors and study materials and come to class tomorrow with questions for Lauren and/or things to study.
• If you have writing questions, I will only look at 1 page or less for your essay (no the whole thing).
• Remember: You will be marked as absent if you do not attend. 
  

12/14- Homework assignment

Core-

1. Finish analyzing 3 more paragraphs from today's article. 
2. Take on of the articles from your work cited page analyze it the same way & bring it in to class tomorrow (see your emails for the materials from today's core 1 class. 

12/11- Weekend Homework Assignments-

Lauren's EAP-  Finish A-D on page 41 of your Inside Writing and write a summary of the article for Monday. (it must be typed and properly formatted)

Lauren's Core-

• Review grammar from today
• Write a 5-6 sentence summary of your essay on the blog and comment on 1 other students summary. (something you like or a suggestion you may have)
• Print out one of the articles from your work cited page and bring it into Core class on Monday (the harder/more complicated the article the better)
• Use your note from the Ted Talks we watched in class of Friday to answer the True/False questions below. (answer them in your notebook & bring it in on Monday).

12/10- Homework Assignments

Lauren's EAP-

1. Chose 5 words below and write 5 questions with them on the blog.
2. Answer 5 questions  of your classmates' (as any different classmates as you can) questions on the blog in full sentences.

Enjoy	Plan	Can’t help	Wait	Be proud of
Be tired of	Suggest	Seem	Dislike	Tend

Lauren's Core- Complete the handout about change using your ideas for the persuasive pare of your essay. 

12/9- Homework assignment

Lauren's EAP- Finish the True/False on page 44 and do the vocabulary on pages 45-47.

Lauren's Core- Finish activities A & B on  pages 250-252 in your Q:RW 4 book.

12/4- Homework Assignments

Lauren's EAP- IW1 vocabulary on pages 34-37.

Lauren's Core- Fill out the outline handout and then write a rough draft of your descriptive/narrative paragraph on the back of the paper. (Use your materials from class today & the links below as reference.)

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/
• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/03/
• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/04/

12/7- Homework Assignments

Lauren's EAP- Finish True/False on pg 36 in IR1 & vocabulary om pages 37-39.

Lauren's Core- Level Test Essay Topic: Have you ever made a change that improved your life or the lives of others? Write an essay convincing readers to make a change for the better.

        Paper criteria:

• Due: Monday 12/21 at the beginning of level test
• Must be 3-5 pages
• Properly formatted 
• With research evident & cited throughout the essay & a work cited page

Tonight's homework:

• Create MLA style work cited page with 5-8 resources
• Type up a more detailed outline of you essay using the one from class today as a guide

Writing resource center will be closing on the 14th so go this week with a rough draft of your paper to get help!!!

12/4- Weekend Homework Assignments

Lauren's EAP- Find a commercial in English that you like. Show it to the class on Monday and explain why you like it.

Lauren's Core- Finish steps 2 & 3 on handout for level test essay assignment.

12/4- Homework Assignments

Lauren's EAP- Prepare a 2-3 minute presentation with PPT for class tomorrow

• Topic: Product innovation 
• Remember to focus on the poll question & survey
• PPT should have slides:
• introduction to presentation
• Poll question w/ survey results in pie chart or bar graph
• intro to company w/ history
• intro to product & explain innovation
• thank you slide
• MUST BE CLEAR AND SIMPLE

Lauren's Core- Take the practice question Lauren gives you and develop it step by step into an effective outline.

12/1- Homework Assignment

Lauren's EAP- Answer the questions from today's lecture on your handout. Make sure to use whole sentences

Lauren's Core- Take the 3 sentences below and expand/rewrite each one 5 different ways with out changing the meaning. Then write a short story about each one using the '5 messages' technique' from today's handout.

1. A man sat on a bench.
2. The weather was bad.
3. I ate dinner.