What We Did in Our Winter Trimester 2013 - 2014 TOEFL Lessons 11 - 14
Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory 2014-03-06
Summary:
The class recaps below are from the TOEFL course at The College of Chicago.
TOEFL LOOP WINTER TRIMESTER 2013 - 2014 BLOCK 4 WHAT WE DID IN LESSON 11 ON 27 FEB. 2014 RECAP a | 08:30 - 09:45 | Quiz on Vocabulary Exercise #2, TOEFL Advanced Integrative “Lesson: 01 | Introduction to StoryCorps” b | 09:55 - 11:20 | Cambridge Practice Test 3 Writing simulation c | 11:30 - 12:15 | Continued working on “Lesson: 01 | Introduction to StoryCorps” d | 12:50 - 13:50 | Elective EXTRA STORYCORPS RESOURCES StoryCorps Lesson PDF http://cdn.storycorps.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Introduction-to-StoryCorps-1.pdf StoryCorps Website http://storycorps.org/ StoryCorps in Chicago http://www.wbez.org/series/storycorps Wikipedia Article About StoryCorps https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=StoryCorps&oldid=587702363 Podcast #1 from Class Animation of the Interview http://storycorps.org/animation/q-and-a/ Podcast of the Interview http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/sarah-and-joshua-littman/ Wikipedia Article About Asperger’s https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asperger_syndrome&oldid=593891805 Podcast #2 from Class Podcast of the Interview http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/blanca-and-connie-alvarez/ Podcast #3 from Class Podcast of the Interview http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/lourdes-and-roger-villanueva/ Podcast #4 from Class Podcast of the Interview http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/julio-diaz/ HOMEWORK 1 | Finish the final draft of your cuisine essay 2 | Write an independent essay[1] on students in a new school 3 | Read the TOEFL writing and speaking rubrics, then write a 1 paragraph summary of each (4 total) and upload it to your Drive folder 4 | Study for the Exercise 3 Quiz next Thursday 5 | Review the Exercise 2 Quiz you took today NOTE 1 | The prompt was taken from ETS https://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/TOEFL/pdf/989563wt.pdf TOEFL LOOP WINTER TRIMESTER 2013 - 2014 BLOCK 4 WHAT WE DID IN LESSON 12 ON 3 MAR. 2014 RECAP a | 08:30 - 09:45 | Peer editing of students’ writing they did over the weekend b | 09:55 - 11:20 | Advanced Integrative Lesson: Maker Culture & 3-D Printers c | 11:30 - 12:15 | Maker Culture & 3-D Printers continued d | 12:50 - 13:50 | Elective HOMEWORK (all due on Wednesday) 1 | Finish the Integrated Essay for the Maker Culture & 3-D Printer Lesson http://dalab.cc/post/78390732900/ 2 | Revise your cuisine essay and upload it to your Google Drive folder 3 | Finish your TOEFL Reading and Writing rubrics summary paragraphs and upload it to your Google Drive folder 4 | Revise the “Reading Tips” section of the “The College of Chicago Student Tips for the TOEFL Test” document we are going to finish it on Thursday to be published on the school website 5 | Study Vocab Exercise 3 in your textbook for the quiz on Thursday TOEFL LOOP WINTER TRIMESTER 2013 - 2014 BLOCK 4 WHAT WE DID IN LESSON 13 ON 4 MAR. 2014 RECAP a | 08:30 - 13:50 | Whole School Test (done bi-monthly to assess student progress) TOEFL LOOP WINTER TRIMESTER 2013 - 2014 BLOCK 4 WHAT WE DID IN LESSON 14 ON 5 MAR. 2014 RECAP a | 08:30 - 12:15 | Full TOEFL Simulation: Cambridge Practice Test 4 b | 12:50 - 13:50 | Elective HOMEWORK 1 | Finish the Integrated Essay for the Maker Culture & 3-D Printer Lesson http://dalab.cc/post/78390732900/ 2 | Revise your cuisine essay and upload it to your Google Drive folder 3 | Finish your TOEFL Reading and Writing rubrics summary paragraphs and upload it to your Google Drive folder 4 | Revise the “Reading Tips” section of the “The College of Chicago Student Tips for the TOEFL Test” document we are going to finish it on Thursday to be published on the school website 5 | Study Vocab Exercise 3 in your textbook for the quiz on Thursday PREVIOUS LESSONS IN THIS BLOCK a | Winter Trimester 2013 - 2014 Block 4 Lesson 1 Recap & Homework