About this Course
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Learning modules
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week 1
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Fact and Opinion: iPhones v. Samsung; read the given paragraphs & identiy facts & opinion
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From the story, identify & write facts & opinions separately (using graphic organizer)
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Using the picture, identify which sentences have facts & sentences with opinions; Read & identify the sentence in the graphic organizer box & check fact or opinion for the answer
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Using the graphic organizer, read each sentence in the box & circle fact or opinion for the answer
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Identify the main idea in the paragraph. Is it fact or opinion? Underline details in the paragraph that are opinion and circle details that are facts.
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Identify main ideas and details in the given paragraphs; produce the main idea from the given details; produce details from the given main idea; produce ending sentence; produce a title to the given paragraph
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Read the paragraph: Identify & write down the main idea, identify and write down the details, identify & write down the conclusion
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week 2
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Read sentences and identify the errors-correct any missing punctuation and incorrect capitalization; Read each sentence taking note of the target word. Check which phrase at the bottom has the closest meaning to the target word
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Find & correct the errors in the sentences-capitalization & proper punctuations; Identify main idea/topic sentence, details, & conclusion in the given paragraphs; use the given topic & graphic organizer to write topic sentence, details, and conclusion
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From the given topic, use the graphic organizer to create your topic sentence, details, & conclusion
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Choose a title from the list for the given details; identify the topic & main idea in the sentence; identify the main idea from the details in the given paragraph; parts of a paragraph
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What are the parts of a paragraph? Give example of each part from the given paragraph
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Read the paragraphs: identify the topic & main idea of each paragraph, identify & provide details for each; answer the questions; Complete vocabulary exercise
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Identify/distinguish descriptive sentences from opinion sentences; complete book exercises using "be" & have; produce sentences using "be" & simple present verbs
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Read the paragraph & answer the questions; Describe/write descriptive sentences using things around you
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Read the paragraph: Identify if descriptive or opinion; correct capitalization & punctuation; review parts of paragraph; brainstorm/map out your topic and write sentences to describe it
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Correct errors in each sentence; brainstorm the subject/topic; write descriptive & opinion sentences about the subject
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week 3
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Brainstorm the place you live in. Write a descriptive paragraph about it complete with topic sentence, supporting details, & concluding sentence
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Choose a topic from the list. Brainstorm & write a descriptive paragraph complete with topic sentence, details, & concluding sentence
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Write a descriptive paragraph about your chosen topic complete with topic sentence, details, & concluding sentence
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Brainstorm the topic; Write a descriptive paragraph complete with topic sentence, details, concluding sentence; use transition words appropriately; use correct capitalization and punctuation
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Read the paragraphs and identify main ideas; respond to questions in complete sentences;
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Read the paragraphs on page number assigned. Identify the main idea
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Read the stories/paragraphs & identify the main idea of each; Listen & respond to questions
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Read the paragraph story: Identify the main idea; Listen to the questions & write your response
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week 4
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Brainstorm your favorite place to visit
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Write a paragraph based from the topic you brainstormed: produce a topic sentence, details, conclusion, use transition words, correct capiltization & punctuation
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Brainstorm the given topic & write/produce a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details, conclusion, use transition words, correct capiltization & punctuation
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Read the story , identify the topic & main idea, orally respond to the questions in complete sentences
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Read the story on pages assigned and respond to the questions in complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation.
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Reading stories: After reading each story, answer the questions in complete sentences with correct punctuation & capitalization; review all lessons
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FINALS
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About the Instructor
Ruth Verona
Greetings from TLC of Fort Worth!Hello everyone. Ruth here. First I would like to mention, I love my job as an English teacher to students from different parts of the world (speakers of other languages). For many years, I used to work for International Companies (e.g. Honda Corporation) where part of my job was to train other employees including those from other countries. This is when I realized that I would love to focus on just teaching. So, I went back to school for my MA in Ed with focus on TESOL (adult). I believe this is where I found myself. Subjectively, I would like to believe that this is where God put me to find happiness with the job I do. I am grateful everyday to have found myself, to find happiness with what I do. It was not easy to find a job teaching as my previous experiences differ from teaching languages. I am grateful for The Language Company ( Inez - former director, DFW TLC), to have given me the opportunity for the position.
Before TLC, I spent 2 years volunteering to teach English in Texas and abroad. I found that I have so much empathy for language learners. As a person who speaks different languages, fluent in 3, intermediate in 2, 3 of which I had to go to school to learn before immersion in the country of the language, I have learned to put myself in the position of my students. This has taught me to be more patient, to be more understanding, and to find strategies that could better help the learner with more difficulty than others. I found that learning languages is not just for self development, rather it is a way to expand our understanding for those who are learning other languages as well. Once again, I am forever grateful to have this experience and to be able to help other people from all over the world learn a language, just as I was helped by those who had taught me.
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