99-2+Weekly+schedule

2010fall blogs in Creativity Network of English

2011spring wikispaces

Teacher talks about the International Exange Program. Ss take the Entrance Exam as a profieciency test.
 * Week 1:**

Book review from Wikipedia: [] __ 第五屆敦煌全國大專盃 英文書評競賽 __
 * Week 2:**

Individual assignment: Book Review 1 to E-Learning
 * Week 3:**
 * In-Class: Collaborativie storytelling in Word; Book review:**
 * Collaborativie storytelling** assignment:
 * **1st Week (Pre-writing 10%): Post the information needed for the homepage of the group Wikispaces --**
 * 1) each member’s Chinese name, Student ID and the user name in the Wikispaces, (1%)
 * 2) title of the story (1%)
 * 3) characters and their characteristics (1%+1%),
 * 4) summary of the story (2%),
 * 5) scenes and the assigned member's Chinese name (2%),
 * 6) Make the scenes listed in the navigation (1%),
 * 7). Make "Online discussion" in the navigation, for the leader to put the files of Online discussion contents (1%, one online-discussion after 1st Week will add 5 points of the group collaboration).

敦煌大專盃-英文書評競賽前四屆得獎作品**: http://www.cavesbooks.com.tw/bookreview5/page5-4.html**
 * Week 4:**

Individual assignment: Book Review 2 to E-Learning by March 17 and to Cave ookstore by March 18 (Friday)
 * Collaborativie storytelling** assignment:

Individual assignment: (1) Book Review 3 to E-learning by March 23 midnight (3/24 at 00:00) (2) I want to be successful in XXX on your wikispaces. (for E2Bb) (2) Review 1, Review 2, Review 3 on your wikispaces. (for E2Aa)
 * **2nd Week (Drafting 20%):**Each member posts the first draft of his/her assigned scene. In each scene, the assigned member needs to write
 * 1) the situation (5%),
 * 2) the dialogs of the characters (10%),
 * 3) the description of actions or background information (5%).
 * Week 5:**


 * Collaborativie storytelling** assignment:
 * **The second time for Drafting 20%:**Each member posts the first draft of his/her assigned scene. In each scene, the assigned member needs to write
 * 1) the situation (5%),
 * 2) the dialogs of the characters (10%),
 * 3) the description of actions or background information (5%).

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Group assignment:
 * Week 6:**
 * **Peer response 20%:** Each member response to the other group members’ scenes by giving compliments (5%) and suggestions (5%) and by commenting the contents via asking questions (10%) in the discussion,


 * Week 7:**
 * Collaborativie storytelling** assignment:
 * **Self-revision 20%**: Each member revises their own scene according to peer response, focusing on adding/deleting the contents (10%), correcting the ungrammatical areas (5%) and making changes according to the group coherence (5%).


 * Week 8:**
 * Collaborativie storytelling** assignment:
 * **Peer editing 10%: Each member edit directly on the others texts.**

Pay attention to the verb tense and the nouns. Situation -- Use the past tense to describe. Action after a dialogue -- 1. Use present progressive phrase if the action is done by the speaker. 2. When describing background information, use the past tense. EXAMPLE 1: Fred: I will get a cup of water for you. (walking toward the kitchen) EXAMPLE 2: Fred: I will get a cup of water for you. (Victoria smiled at him, sitting on the sofa.)

Mid-term:
 * Week 9:**
 * **Publishing 20%**:
 * Each member first copies and pastes the previous 5-week team text of script to Word.
 * Afterward, you need to proofread the whole story. Most of all, you need to add another scene (15%) to make it with a different ending so that the script story becomes your version. Because you are the publisher, you can change whatever you would like to publish (3%).
 * Remember to add a book cover with the main editor of your name and names of your group members (2%)
 * Submit the Word file to PU E-Learning

Line graph (IELTS ppt)
 * Week 10**

Start 2011 Academic Word World on Facebook: One word and one comment 2Aa attending a play. Assignment on wiki
 * Week 11**

Pie Chart (IELTS ppt) & Letter writing (IELTS) Assignment on wiki:
 * Week 12**

Oxford Dictionary: Short Report Facebook: 4 Questions to do a survey Assignment: Short report (structure and highlight academic word list) Facebook: at least 2 words and 2 responses per week (scoring from this week)
 * Week 13**

2Bb in-class: Argument essay: A gift; One change (to e-learning) 2Aa in-class: Mythology and Literature: Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings Assignment: 2Bb -- two argument essays on wiki. 2Aa -- Reflection and connecting the speech to Chinese/Taiwanese literature (to blog in Creativity Network of English) Facebook: at least 2 words and 2 responses per week
 * Week 14**


 * Week 15**
 * In-Class:**
 * 1) **about the course of using blog and wiki:** []
 * 2) Comments on three preferred "Creative Storytelling" and vote for the best one you like.
 * 3) Fluency practice PPT (Three topics on wiki)

Assignment: 2Aa -- Making an argument: A gift (to blog in Creativity Network of English) Facebook: at least 2 words and 2 responses per week


 * Week 16**
 * In-class**
 * Survey Demographics:** @http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KRL95N3

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 * Your opinion about the following news:**

2010-05-15 12:00 AM
 * Taiwan News**
 * MOE denies pressure from KMT over English-teaching plan**

Education Minister Wu Ching-chi yesterday refuted media reports that the ministry's decision to reject Taipei County's plan to have elementary-school students take three extra English-language classes per week came under pressure from the ruling Kuomintang Secretary-General King Pu-tsung.

Wu told reporters yesterday afternoon that the ministry's stance remained unchanged from the beginning because the decision had made out of professionalism and administrative autonomy. He also denied the reports on the KMT top official behind the rejection.

Elementary school students nationwide start English classes in the third grade, with two classes per week. But students in Taipei City and Hsinchu areas begin their classes in the first grade.

To provide children with more opportunities in practicing English, Taipei County Government plans to launch the English-related program that elementary school students would have two extra English classes and an advanced reading class each week starting this September.

The ministry first supported the project but asked the county government to postpone it because some members from the National Teachers Association had reportedly visited King on Wednesday. The Taipei County Teachers Association also announced that it would take to the streets on Sunday to protest the plan.


 * On your wikispaces, write the followings:**
 * Step 1:** From the news, list the words and phrases you will use.
 * Step 2:** Outline
 * Step 3**: Topic sentences for the outline

I. Introduction: the issue and your opinion II. From children's perspectives A.Advantages B. Disadvantages III. From parents' perspectives A. Advantages B. Disadvantages IV. From the elemetary education/curriculum perspective A. Advantages B. Disadvantages V. Conclusions

Assignment: Complete the above task. Facebook: at least 2 words and 2 responses per week

Questionnaire Facebook and vocabulary learning []

Questionnaire CNE https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE1YbXN1SkVpZFJKWDNUeExub3BqYVE6MQ
 * Week 17**

Assignment on wiki: To meet a famous entertainer or athlete To E-Learn: Complete "My vocab in Facebook" and send it to E-learning by mid-night on June 20 (2Aa).
 * Graduate Management Admission Test** (**GMAT**): Eight types of Errors in the Sentence Correction
 * [] **

Process grammar test Complete "My vocab in Facebook" and send it to E-learning. (2Bb)
 * Week 18**
 * Final exam: Timed essay writing (making an argument)**