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DFW L6 Reading/Writing

duration: 4 weeks
price: free

About this Course

This course focuses on basic English reading and writing skills for intermediate English learners. Topics covered include plagiarism, formatting and citation, and timed writing skills.

The Student Resources page on the TLC Website contains policies, forms, syllabi, and other useful information for students. A few examples of the policies found on Student Resources include: Make-up Work, Academic Integrity, Attendance, Satisfactory Academic Progress, etc. The Student Resources page is available at www.thelanguagecompany.com/student-resources.

Learning modules

  • WEEK 1
    • Comment on Plot Summary "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" (Wikipedia)

    • Homework, review pages 1-5 of short story, "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" H.G. Wells

    • Round-Robin reading (aloud) pp 6-13, finishing the short story.

    • Unit 7 (Savings) Discussion of Recycling; "Throwaway Society"

    • Unit 7 vocabulary quiz Readings 1: "Think Before You Toss"

  • week 2
    • Setting and Character Analysis (Hughie Erskine) "A Model Millionaire" pp. 14-19

    • What do you think? 5 sentences response & Reading Skill: Identifying fact and opinion pp. 129/130

    • Activity Paragraph using variation between long/short sentences (completion 05/09) Partially complete)

    • Pronunciation Exercise; Conversation/modelling polite restaurant conversation with students from another class; "YOUGLISH"

  • week 3
    • Skills Practice: Skimming/Scanning/Reading for Detail: "The Walking School Bus"

    • Fort Worth Japanese Gardens

    • PRACTICE USING PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES TO DETERMINE MEANING OF WORDS

    • Quiz: Choosing the correct prefix or suffix

    • SCANNING/LOOKING FOR DETAILS PRACTICE and Vocabulary for reading graphs

  • week 4
    • IELTS Practice Test Reading

    • IELTS Practice Test Writing

    • Final Exam Reading/Writing L6

    • From Reading: True/False or Not Given

About the Instructor

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Onna Seibold

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