Friday, September 23, 2005
CLASS MEETING #2 (September 23, 2005)
What We Did in Class Today:
1) Dr. J collected students' name-cards and teacher-student contracts
2) 20-Minute Timed Writing:
Do you think you should enjoy the money you spend now or save it for the future? Please describe your answer with specific details and reasons.
3) Dr. J gave every student a sheet of TOEFL questions and we analyzed, briefly, the different types of questions and found that each question, or at least almost every question, has this sentence: "Please describe your answer with specific details and reasons," which is usually used to confuse and distract you. Therefore, you should not waste time reading it and getting confused.
4) Dr. J handed out next week's readings because the textbook has not yet arrived. Please be sure to read pp. 4-5, entitled "Advertising All Over the World." Please prepare to discuss this article and answer some questions regarding in the form of a short quiz.
5) Dr. J returned to the topic of timed writings and we discussed the importance of planning our writing. If you have a 30-minute timed writing, be sure to take at least one minute to plan out WHAT YOU PLAN ON WRITING! This way, the rest of the writing project will be very easy and, as we will see later, even FUN to do.
~HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK (September 30, 2005)~
1) BRING NAME CARDS AND CONTRACTS IF YOU FORGOT THEM
2) Prepare to discuss the format of the ideal timed-writing formula
INTRO [with grabber sentence and grabber statement]
BODY PARAGRAPH 1
BODY PARAGRAPH 2
CONCLUSION ;with restatement of main idea of essay and conclusion sentence]
3) "Adversiting All Over the World." Read pp. 4-5, entitled "Advertising All Over the World." Please prepare to discuss this article and answer some questions regarding in the form of a short quiz.
