About this Course
- 8.LS.1 Associate causes and effects from a variety of sources.
- 8.LS.2 Brainstorm solutions, classify information, and determine the accuracy of information collected
- from sources.
- 8.LS.3 Deliver a 5-minute planned presentation with electronic visuals and proper citations.
- 8.LS.4 Deliver an impromptu presentation on class topics.
AE 1 Per instructor guidelines, students will:
- Maintain a vocabulary notebook including parts of speech, word forms, and example sentences
- Learn at least 50 of the 100 IELTS Academic Wordlist (List 1) terms
- Read academic journal articles, news articles, and/or case studies and produce summaries
- Produce an in-depth, researched writing project
- Deliver a presentation with visual support and source content while adhering to academic integrity norms
- Deliver impromptu responses to open-ended questions without much obvious searching for expressions
- Produce a summary and analysis of at least one (1) TED Talk
- Integrate advanced grammar accurately into written and verbal production, requiring correction only rarely
Learning modules
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Week 1
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Classwork - Discussion (Roman Britain)
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Homework - Research the Early Middle Ages
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Classwork - Discussion (Early Middle Ages)
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Evaluation - Brainstorm Solutions and Classify Information (L8)
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Evaluation - Answering Impromptu Questions without Searching for Expressions (AE)
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Homework - Research the High Middle Ages
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Week 2
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Classwork- Discussion (High Middle Ages)
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Homework - Research the Late Middle Ages
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Classwork - Discussion (Late Middle Ages)
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Homework - Research the Tudor period
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Classwork - Discussion (Tudor England)
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Evaluation - Summarize a TED Talk (AE)
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Homework - Research the Stuart Period
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Week 3
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Debate about the English Civil War (Unplanned Presentation)
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Debate about the English Civil War (Unplanned Presentation)
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Homework - Research the Victorian Era
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Classwork - Discuss World War I
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Classwork - Watch a Video about WWI
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Week 4
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Test - WWII Videos and Discussion (Associating Cause and Effect from a Variety of Sources)
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Test - WWII Videos and Discussion (Associating Cause and Effect from a Variety of Sources)
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Classwork - Discuss WWII
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Classwork - Practice Past Unreal Conditionals in Speech
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Homework - Submit Presentation
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Planned Presentation
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Planned Presentation
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Final Exam (L8)
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Classwork - Impromptu Speech (AE)
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