CHECKLIST

JOURNAL WRITINGS

1. (22/09/18):  How your life has changed since you came to the United States
2. (23/09/18):  A special skill you have
3. (26/09/18).  A hobby
4. (29/09/18):  Learning to play a sport
5. (02/10/18):  Your favourite sport to play or watch
6. (05/10/18):  An accident
7. (12/10/18):  Being on time
8. (12/10/18):  The people you live with
9. (16/10/18):  American customs you like/ dislike
10. (19/10/18):  An important story in the news.
11. (23/10/18):  The working student
12. (25/10/18):  A big mistake you once made
13. (02/11/18):  Using e-mail.
14. (05/11/18):  Cell phones.
15. (07/11/18):  Teenagers
16. (10/11/18): The right age to get married
17. (13/11/18): A good friend
18. (16/11/18): Shopping.
19. (22/11/18): Your last day in your country
20. (25/11/18): Your first day in the United States.
21. (29/11/18): Discrimination
22. (01/12/18): Your favourite food
23. (04/12/18): The best car to own
24. (07/10/18): Smoking in public places
25. (12/12/18): A movie star or singer you like.
26. (16/12/18): A belief you have or used to have.
27. (19/12/18): A story from your childhood.

CLASSWORK AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unit 1: Pre Writing: Getting ready to write

20/09/18: Narrowing
25/09/18:  Listing (Culture shock)
                 Book: page 6, exercises 2 and 3
                 Freewriting
                 Clustering
                 Book: page 8 exercise 5
                 Asking questions
                 Cubing

Unit 2: The structure of a paragraph

27/09/18: Exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4

02/10/18: Practice: concluding sentence: ex. 1,2,3 and 4

Unit 3: The development of a paragraph

04/10/18: Page 17, exercises 2 and 3
                Page 19, exercise 9
                Practice: Peer- Editing

11/10/18: Error codes
                Re-writing and Proof-reading

Unit 4: Descriptive and process paragraphs

(11/10/18): Practice -> A description of a place
(15/10/18): Page 26, exercise 2
                   Page 27, exercises 4 and 5
                   Page 28, exercise 6
                   Page 29, exercise 9
                   Page 30, exercises 10 and 11
                   Page 31, exercise 12

Unit 5: Opinion paragraphs

(16/10/18): Page 34, exercises 2, 3, 4 and 5
                   Page 36, exercise 9

(18/10/18): Page 37, exercise 13
                   Page 38, exercises 14 and 15
                   Practice: Analysis of a TED Talk

Homework (18/10/18): Two opinion paragraphs- Internet for refugees

Unit 6: Comparison / Contrast paragraphs

(23/10/2018): Page 40, exercise 1
                        Page 41, exercise 2
                        Page 42, exercise 3
                        Page 43, exercise 4
                        Page 45, exercise 6

(25/10/18): Practice -> Poems of comparison

Unit 7: Problem/Solution paragraphs

(30/10/2018): Page 50, exercise 3
                       Page 52, exercise 4 and 5

(06/11/18) : Page 52, exercise 6
                    Page 53, exercise 10
                    Exercise: write a problem paragraph


Unit 8: The structure of an essay

(13/11/18): Page 57, exercise 1
                   Page 58, exercise 3
                   Page 59, exercise 4
(15/11/18): Exercise: How to connect...
                   Practice: Write your own essay Unit 9: Outlining an essay

(20/11/18): Page 64, exercise 1
                   Page 66, exercise 2
                   Page 67, exercises 3 and 4
                   Page 68, exercise 5

Unit 10: Introductions and conclusions

(27/11/18): Page 72, exercises 1 and 2.
(29/11/18) : PRACTICE: Page 74, exercise 5
                                           Page 75, exercise 6

Unit 11: Unity and coherence

(04/12/18): Page 78, exercise 1
 (11/12/18)  Page 83, exercise 4
                   Page 84, exercise 5
                   Page 86, exercise 7
(13/12/18): Page 87, exercises 11 and 12

Unit 12: Essays for examinations

(13/12/18): Page 90, exercise 2