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Homework for Cynthia

For Monday, April 16th, to be sent to me by email at cynthiaflamm@yahoo.com
‘If I were a man/woman’ essay assignment. Please follow the instructions in the handout and answer the questions there.

On WEDNESDAY, April 18th, we will have exams: reading, grammar (conditionals, passives, and transition signals). Bring AC4 with you.


Friday, April 13th field trip to MIT Museum

For Wednesday, April 11:
1. GS4: pp. 246-253. Study the grammar explanations. Do exercises involving sentences on paper; do “think critically” (checking) in the book. Be prepared to ask questions about anything you’re unsure of.
2. Work on your essay, which will be due at the latest by Monday.

For MONDAY April 9:
1. GS4: CHAPTER 13 – pp. 238 – 239 (done in class on Friday); do page 240 “Think Critically About Meaning and Use”‘
2. After you listen to the TED talk by Chris Anderson (use the interactive script option if you have difficulty with his accent), write a summary of the most important points in no more than five sentences.
Here are the vocabulary worksheets.

INNOVATION ORAL PRESENTATION for Monday April 9:
You may use PowerPoint if you want, but your slides should have very little text since the focus of the presentation will be on your ability to explain your ideas. You are welcome to use visuals of all kinds, but your text should be limited to key words or phrases.
For FRIDAY, April 6;

For WEDNESDAY, April 4:
1. AC4: Unit 5— Check your comprehension of the listening with the audioscript on pp. 189-190. Note (and learn) any new vocabulary. Answer the questions in Exercise 2 on pages 103-104, and be prepared to discuss the answers without having to refer to your written answers. Write a summary of the lecture (top of pg. 105) and add your own opinion to the chart (question 3).
2. Review your grammar exam (passive voice) and do (and check) the online exercises if you haven’t already done so. There will be a SHORT quiz on Wednesday on the formation of the passive voice — changing from active to passive. From here on out there will not be multiple choice questions; you will have to write sentences and form the passive voice correctly (without changing tenses. )
3. Check out the web page for the MIT Museum, which we will be visiting on Friday, April 13. It’s a hotbed of innovation.

FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28:
1. GR4: Do online exercises for ch. 5 passives. (We have already finished the chapter and will start ch. 9) THERE WILL BE A TEST ON passive voice (from the book, not made by me. That will come later.)
2. AC4: Be prepared to talk about innovations in the world and in your country in the last 10 years. (innovations = new ideas, practices, methods, or inventions.) We tend to focus on things that have been invented, and these are important, but new ways of doing things, new ways of seeing relationships between or among things, new practices are very important. Think of changes in education, in business, in law or politics that have impacted society. Be prepared to talk about at least one invention and at least one change in ways of thinking about or doing something.

For Monday, March 26:
1. Write a paper about your own ideas about Cubism in response to the lecture. The first part of your paper should summarize the main ideas of the lecture, saying “the lecturer states/believes/hypothesizes/posits [this last word is a great high register academic verb]……..” Then in the next part of the paper agree or disagree, agree in part and/or disagree in part, and support your ideas with reasons and details and examples. Draw on the ideas we developed about art on Monday, paraphrasing as much as possible. Also, draw on the vocabulary from the chapter.
This is a wonderful opportunity to make this vocabulary your own.

 


2. GS4: B8 B (pg. 82-83) Write out several sentences (to hand in) for #s 2, 4, 5, and 7. Use a variety of objective reporting verbs from page 82 [box] and add hedging adverbs [generally, widely, often, usually, etc.] where you feel they will make each statement more “true” — i.e., acceptable, not so open to challenge.
ALSO, pp. 85-87: C1, C2, & C3.

For FRIDAY, March 23:

1. AC4: pp. 79-81. Read the excerpt from the Art History book, The Influence of Cubism, three times (fast!) to familiarize yourself with the terminology and content. Then answer the questions on page 79. Make a list of new vocabulary as you go along. (The use of vocabulary is very rich.)
2. GS4: Passive voice, exercises B4-5-6.
3. Handout (passive voice): do the exercises on the first page.
4. There might be a quiz on Friday on the formation of the passive voice.
5. Check out the websites on the page Cubism, Picasso and international Art. Find a link to art from your country so we can add it to the page.


For WEDNESDAY, March 21:

Look carefully at this painting. Is it skillfully done? How does it compare with the paintings in unit 4 (AC4)?




Pablo Picasso. Science and Charity. 1897. Oil on canvas. Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain.
1) AC4: Review the material about paraphrasing on pp. 75 through 79. Carefully examine the changes in Examples 1, 2 and 3 (pp. 77-79) in the paraphrases. Note the specific words that have been changed as well as the sentence structures. Then choose 3 of the four sentences in #4 (pg. 79) to paraphrase. Bring these on a separate piece of paper for Wednesday. Be sure to note the techniques you used in each sentence you paraphrase.
2) GS4: Read and answer the questions on pp. 74-76, passive voice.

For MONDAY, March 5:
1. AC4: chapter 3: Do the reading (The Beneficial Effects of Forest Fires) and answer the questions that follow on pages 50-53.
2. Complete the questions that accompany the Dartmouth College Academic Success video on Notetaking. Please take good, complete notes. This represents advice for the highly successful students.
3. GS4, ch. 11 pg. 205: the blue box at the top looks at the difference in register (levels of language) between conjunctive adverbs (for writing) and coordinators (more for speaking). Please do exercise C6-A on paper. We’ll work with this on Monday.
4. Have a great weekend!


FRIDAY GRAMMAR EXAM: GS4 and my transition signals/sentence type sheet
1. Do the GS4 online exercises for chapter 11.
2. Finish your autobiography! I’m greatly looking forward to reading it.



WEDNESDAY MIDTERM READING EXAM at 9:00 a.m. sharp. This will be a timed exam, and you will need all the time I’ve allotted for it.
1. GS4: exercises C2-3-4-5-6, pp. 201-205.
2. Transitions handout (culture): complete the sentences logically, being sure to use correct punctuation.
3. Keep working on your autobiography, due on Friday. Be sure to use different kinds of sentences and transition signals.
4. GRAMMAR TEST will be on Friday. (transition signals and sentence types; some verb tenses and parts of speech.)



For Monday, February 27:
1. Grammar Sense 4: ch11: Conflict Resolution. This chapter is about pattern 1 (what I simply call coordinators and what this book calls ‘coordinating conjunctions’) & 2 (conjunctive adverbs, which the book calls ‘transitions’). Fill in the chart and answer the questions on 192; read through the grammar explanations on 193-194. Doex B2 in the book and B3 A & Bon paper.
2. Prepare the questions for the Adler reading.
3. Start working (thinking, planning, even writing) on your autobiography; it is due next Friday.



For Friday, February 24:
1. AC4: Prepare for the Integrated Speaking Task (pg. 45) based on the leadership problem at Translate IT. (page 44) You will do this in small groups and evaluate each other (see page 46)
2. We will continue to discuss the Organizational Behavior chapter about cultural differences.
3. Midterms coming next week: review transition signals and their sentence types. There will be reading exams and writing activities. TBA


For WEDNESDAY, February 22:

1. Listen to these 2 TED talks: Simon Sinek (How great leaders inspire action)
and Steve Jobs
Take notes on the two, and be prepared to discuss how the information in the two talks relate to each other.
2. Handout: International Dimensions of ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR by Nancy Adler
Read this and highlight all the transition signals you find.
Think about the content: how would you characterize your culture on these different dimensions? Be prepared to discuss that.

FOR FRIDAY, February 16:
1. Make-up quiz, Parts of Speech (at end of class). Anyone who got below 86 should take this. Anyone who got above 86 and wants a better grade may take this.
2. Transition Signals: Write a summary of the information in the leadership reading using compound sentences type 2 and complex sentences types 3 and 4. Use transition signals that you do not usually employ in your writing, e.g., hence, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, whereas, etc.
3. Grammar Sense 4: pp. 4-6: read the descriptions of the tense usages; do exercises B4 & B6.

For WEDNESDAY, February 15:
1. ACS4: Read and answer the questions in the exercises that follow the reading PP 30-36.
2. GS4: pp. 2-3; A-2 Read and do exercise A-3


****PLEASE BRING GRAMMAR SENSE 4 TO CLASS ON MONDAY! *******************************************
For MONDAY, February 13:
1. Your ESSAY is due. Please follow the instructions IN THE BOOK. The steps on pp. 20-22 outline what to do. Step 3 (page 22) tells you to CHOOSE WHO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT. Be sure to follow directions. Develop an interesting thesis statement so that your essay will be both interesting to write and to read! I look forward to reading about your reactions to the various visions you have read/heard about. Please critique these visions with what you know about different cities/approaches and how well they work.
2. Analyze the sentence patterns for the CONTRAST and CONCESSION words. The analysis will help you to learn the patterns. English is not a flexible language; these patterns really must be followed.



For Friday, February 10:
1. Read and take notes on the cross-cultural reading: The Meaning of Information, filling in the chart. Be prepared to talk about the two ends of the spectrum for each cultural difference.
2. Work on your Visions of Urban Planners essay; it’s due Monday.
3. Review the Parts of Speech, especially if you don’t feel confident about your quiz.


For Wednesday, February 8:
1. QUIZ on PARTS OF SPEECH (10-15 minutes maximum!) Review / learn by heart all the descriptive information about parts of speech. and be prepared to label the nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in sentences.
2. AC4: pp. 20-21 Fill in the charts with vocabulary and key information from the various sources (readings/lectures) and add notes from the Jane Jacobs’ videos. Be prepared to talk about them.
3. Keep up with handing in your assignments and your second drafts. When I return a corrected piece of writing to you, take note of the corrections I’ve made and write your mistake and the correction(s) in you separate Corrections Notebook. This will focus your attention on your errors and build your awareness so that you will learn and not keep making the same mistakes.


For Monday, February 6:
1. AC4: pp. 15-mid 17: Answer the questions on page 15 about the reading and top of page 17: Writing a Thesis statement.
2. Read and listen to the stories on the page “Jane Jacobs”. You may want to use this in preparing the essay you’ll be writing.
3. Review your errors in the Parts of Speech exercise.

For Friday, February 3:
1. AC4: Go through the reading and pick out the higher level vocabulary. You will use this in your writing (and speaking.)
For Wednesday, February 1:
1. AC4: Reread pp.6-8, “From Eyes on the Street to Safe Cities”, and finish answering / analyzing the strategies for finding the answers to details (pp. 9-10)
2. WRITE at least 3/4 of a page reacting to Jane Jacob’s ideas and the subsequent CPTED design ideas. Be prepared to critique the ideas of both in class. You may certainly cite the survey reactions of your classmates from Monday as supporting evidence.
3. Buy a small notebook to keep a record of the corrections from your writing. You will both keep this separate record with corrections AND write a second draft of your papers.
4. Study the parts of speech review sheet I gave you that was based on the examples we did in class on Friday. Look carefully at the WF errors in the papers I returned to you on Monday and make corrections.


January 27, 2012
Parts of Speech assignment due!