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DFW AE Reading/Writing

duration: 4 weeks
price: free

About this Course

This course focuses on advanced English skills for advanced English learners.

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
    • Set 22 Giving Someone the Cold Shoulder (Idioms)

    • Set 21 Idioms "Getting a Taste of His/Her Own Medicine

    • Idiom Quiz

    • Review Idioms Week 1

    • Class Discussion: Asking fellow students on campus, friends, colleagues, business associates for interviews: Friendship

    • TEDTalk video: What makes a friendship last?/Am I normal?

    • Review Questions for Interviews: Friendship (RESOURCE FOR REQUIRED INTERVIEWS: RSAF SPECIAL PROJECT)

    • Movie Summary sample AND Talking About Movies Unit 19 quotes/vocab. (Non-RSAF Special Project requirement))

  • Week 2
    • Week 1 - 2 INTERVIEWS SUBMITTED per RSAF SPECIAL PROJECT schedule (see schedule) - First Draft

    • Virtual Tour at Kimbell Art Museum re: painting "Friendship"RSAF SPECIAL PROJECT

    • Talking About Movies

    • Computer Lab-completing interview summaries and paraphrase/opinion -TEDTalk-Friendship RSAF SPECIAL PROJECT

    • Vocabulary "Talking About Movies" Unit 19

    • Partial Requirements checked (1st draft) 2 interviews and intro RSAF SPECIAL PROJECT

    • RSAF Special Project Week 2 1st draft submitted

  • Week 3
    • Benefits of Watching Movies- (Talking about Movies)-Writing: 5 Paragraph Paper: Edits Completed

    • 1st draft of "Talking About Movies" email to [email protected]

    • Begin "Talking About Movies-The Sequel" Chapter 20

    • Vocabulary Unit 20 (crossword and matching) Talking About Movies, The Sequel

    • Peer edits 10/24 and 10/25; Teacher review 10/27

    • Black Adam (Wikipedia entry) History of the Marvel Movie Character

    • Black Adam 6 minute Trailer- see questions below

  • Week 4
    • Final evaluation-mastery of objectives; students read their final papers to class discussion of process

    • Discussion Session 12 (if option) re: Justice Observing Live Court Appearances

    • Final Drafts Shared: Talking About Movies (Benefits) and Friendship

    • Justice: ID Channel re: Neighbors and Judge Caprio

    • 10/31 "Benefits of Watching Movies; students receive edits back and continue to Final submitted

    • Alternative assignments -missed work

    • ALTERNATIVE CLASSWORK ASSIGNMENTS RE: BREAKING NEWS

    • Alternative Homework assignments (make-up work)

About the Instructor

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Onna Seibold

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