HW for Thursday, April 26th

1.  Writing Book

• Practice 4B (p. 240) 
• Practice 7 (p. 246)

2. Grammar Book

• Ex. 24 + 27 (p. 280-281)
• Read 13-10 (p. 291) 
• Do Ex. 46-47 (p. 292)

HW for Wednesday, April 25th

1. Argumentative Essay

• Add any changes from today. 
• Don't forget citations. 
• Print and bring to class. 

2. Adjective Clause HW

• Writing Book
• Act. 2B + 3A (p. 235 + 237) (collected)
• Read p. 240-245
• UUEG
• Read 13-3 (p. 274)
• Ex. 10-13 (check answers)
• Read 13-4 (p. 277)
• Ex. 17-18 (check)
• Read 13-5 (p. 279)
• Read 13-6 (p. 280)

HW for Tuesday, April 24th

1. Argumentative Rough Draft (essay)

• Please print and bring to class! 

2. Adjective Clause Work

• Finish Practice 1 (p. 233) (#11-20)
• Practice 2A (p. 235)
• Practice 3B (p. 237) 
• UUEG
• Ex. 2 and 3 (p. 271)
• Ex. 7 and 8 (p. 273)
• Check answers! 

Final Exam Review

1. Writing

• Write a 5-paragraph cause-effect or argumentative essay. 
• Your essay should include the following: 
• Introduction with a thesis; 
• Three body paragraphs that include topic sentences, supporting ideas and details, transitions,  and clear pronoun reference;
• A concluding paragraph that restates the thesis or summarizes the main points and includes a concluding comment (suggestion, opinion, prediction). 
• Paraphrase and summary
• Write a paraphrase or summary;
• include an accurate in-text citation. 

2. Grammar

• Direct and indirect quotes
• Adverb Clauses
• Cause-effect Grammar
• Conditionals
• Adjective Clauses

Week 14 Blog Response

Hi!

This is our last blog response question.  Our question this week comes from Hikaru, and what a good question it is! 

Nowadays, the world becomes globalized rapidly. Of course, we need a language skill in any way. So, except the language skills, what else do you need to live or do well in the globalized social.

Please give a full, detailed response. Go ahead and use examples if you can. Most of all, enjoy! 

HW for Monday, April 23rd

1. Revise Newspaper Draft (Compare-contrast, Research, or Cause-effect).

2. Blog Responses

• 1: See Week 14 Blog response above
• 2: Go back and read about one of your classmate's controversial issue in his/her country. Read their response and go the article that they included in their response. Write a short reply response about their topic. 

3. Adjective Clause Review Reading

• UUEG: Read 13-1 (p. 27)); 13-2 (p. 273); 13-3 (p. 274); 13-8 (p. 285)
• Oshima: Read p. 230-236 (note: you don't need to do the activities!!!!)

HW for Thursday, April 19th

1. Cause-effect Essay Final Draft!!! (please email by midnight)

2. Argumentative Outline (collected)

3. Ex. 26-27 (p. 427-428) (check answers)

4. Ex. 29 (p. 429) (check answers)

HW for Wednesday, April 18th

1. Argumentative Introduction (collected)
2. Ex. 21 (p. 425) (check answers when finished)
3. Check answers (ex. 16-17)
4. Read 20-5 and 20-6 (p. 427-428)
5. Conditional Written Response (collected)

• Short response to the following questions: 
• Where would you be if you weren't in Missoula now? What would you be doing? 
• What is one thing you regret doing in the past month? What would have happened if you hadn't done it? 
• **3-4 sentences for each question. 

HW for Tuesday, April 17th

1. Complete handout from class:

• topic, arguments for and against, and sources

2. Practice 1 (p. 146)
3. Read p. 147-148 (introductions and thesis statements)
4. Review conditionals

• p. 226 (Oshima)
• p. 416-417) (UUEG)

5. Ex. 10 (p. 419-420) (UUEG)
6. Ex. 14-17 (p. 422-423)



**Cause-effect final drafts are due by Thursday at midnight.

Summary #2 Examples

Here are some examples of good summaries from our Week 11 summary HW.  Note that these are not perfect summaries, but they are good in two ways: first, the student included all or most of the main ideas from the reading; and second, the student did a good job of paraphrasing the information in his/her own words. Also note that the final two summaries DO NOT include in-text citations. Please remember that you should ALWAYS include citations when you take paraphrase or summarize information from other sources.

Passage 1 Example 1:

According to a language expert, English will not be the most important in future because the world is intricate.  Therefore, the native English speakers will decrease.  There is different [thinking] of ways in both developed and developing nations.  Although it was said that English is important as a second language, in the next ten years, Mandarin will be the new second language (Schmidt).

Passage 2 Example 1:

English is spoken all around the world. By 2050, it is expected that half the world get to have skills speaking English.  It is used in various fields.  Although English is not easy, it is the global language.  English has several difficulties in grammar, pronunciation, and spelling.

Passage 2 Example 2:

The [most common] language which is used in the world is English.  By the near future, it will be spoken with some degree of skill by half of people all over the world.  The international business, politics, and diplomacy have been made by globalization.  English has some difficulties such as spelling, pronunciation, and grammar, yet it will have become the world's common language.

Week 13 Blog Response #2

Present a controversial issue in your country:

• What is the issue? 
• What are the two views (opinions) on the the issue? 
• Provide a link to a article on the issue (just copy and paste the website)

Post your response below. If you want to, you can read what other students have posted. 

HW for Monday, April 16th

1. Final Research Draft (Sunday by Midnight!)

2. Read " Separating the Sexes" (p. 144-145) (answer the questions)

3. Blog Response #1: Disagree with classmate's response (see post below)

4. Blog Response #2: Present a controversial issue in your country

• What is the issue? 
• What are the two views (opinions) on the the issue? 
• Provide a link to a article on the issue (just copy and paste the website)

Week 13 Blog Response

Hi!

For this week's response, I'd like you to go back and look over your classmates' responses, choose a response that you disagree with (even if only a little!), and respond by writing your own opinion.  To express your disagreement politely, you must use at least one of the following expressions:

• I see what you mean, but I think that......
• Perhaps that's true, but it may be that.....
• True, but I'm afraid I disagree (with).....
• There may be some truth in what you say, but it's possible that.....
• I agree with what you said about.....; however/on the other hand, I would have to say that.....
• I understand your point, but I see it a little differently.
• That may be the case, but I feel.....

Note: You may have to go back to older blog responses from the early weeks of the semester (weeks 3, 4, 5, etc.). Some of these question topics elicited a few responses that you can probably disagree with. 

Good luck! 

Source:

McCarthy, Chris. "Disagreeing Politely." Learn English: 2008. Web. 11 April 2012.

HW for Wednesday, April 11th and Thursday, April 12th

HW for Wednesday, April 11th

• Cause-effect Essay Draft #2

HW for Thursday, April 12th 


***Note that I will not have time to grade all Research Papers tonight (April 11th); thus, your final Research Paper will not be due until Sunday, April 15th. 

• Research Paper Final Draft
• Please include a bibliography "works cited" on the final (separate) page of your paper. 

• Paraphrase and Summary HW
• Read the article "Welcoming Back the Top Dog" (p. 107-108) (use a dictionary if you need to). 
• Paraphrase ONE of the following paragraphs: 3, 4, OR 5. 
• Write a short summary of paragraphs 3-10. Remember that you only need to write main ideas in your summary. Thus,  your summary should only be 5-7 sentences long. 

HW for Tuesday, April 10th

1. Research Paper Bibliography (works cited/reference list)

• Go to Bibliography Format for Electronic Sources or MLA Reference Guide to read about citing electronic sources (website and). 
• Complete handout (from class) 
• Note 1: For "online periodicals," use the format for "Web Magazine" as they are the same.
• Note 2: We will revise our bibliographies tomorrow in class; however, I'd like you to try to do it on your own before coming to class.