Good afternoon, everyone.
Today’s agenda
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Finish course overview- handout
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Distribute, go over prescribed learning outcomes
“Prescribed Learning Outcomes” module
·
Student Questionaire
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Listening questions
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HW Review
the PLOs. Come ready to talk about a few which are
strengths and
which are areas for improvement.
Thursday
·
Continue “Prescribed Learning Outcomes” module
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“Core Competencies: Self Assessment”
·
Paragraph structure
·
Begin sentence work- overview of sentences
Friday
·
Test#1 paragraph about the “Prescribed Learning
Outcomes”
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Sentence work- simple sentences
·
Discuss structure of quiz on Tuesday
Monday
·
Return Test#1
Optional rewrite for bonus point
·
Sentence work- continue simple sentences
Choose vocab for quiz tomorrow
Tuesday
·
Quiz#1 - simple sentences
·
Begin compound sentences
Wednesday
·
Continue compound sentences
·
Finish course overview
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Every Foundations course
has PLOs.
“Prescribed
Learning Outcomes”
-guidelines for
what I should teach
-areas to explore
in the course
Explore vocabulary
-prescribed(adj)-
like an order, mandatory, not an option
A doctor prescribes(v)
some medicine. – recommend, need to take, tells you
-prescription(n)
-learning(adj) – synonyms-
knowledge(n), study(v), understanding(n), discover(v), research, educating,
developing, growing, getting better, explore, improve, increase, comprehension
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-outcome(n)- result,
find, discover, as a result, finish, end, conclude, completed, complete,
therefore, final, sum up, at the end, what you got, aftermath, summation,
summative
PLOs (Prescribed
Learning Outcomes) – the things that we should be able to do by the end of the
course.
Goals- plan,
target, aim, trajectory, vision, purpose, dream?, destination, ambition,
project, aspiration
“I aspire to be an
immigration lawyer.”
“My aspiration is
to run my own business.”
“My aspiration/ambition
is to be an interior designer.”
Stretch your
comfort zone.
IDIOM your comfort zone
– just doing what does not challenge you
Our goals for the course.
HOMEWORK
Read the document
over for homework.
BIG QUESTIONS to
think about while I teach and explain
1. Which
PLOs seem most important to you? Which ones resonate with you? Which ones stand
out to you as being relevant to your life?
resonate- vibrate,
shake, has deep meaning
relevant- related,
connected to
2. Which
of the PLOs do you already do well? Which ones are your strengths. Which one
are you already good at?
3. Which
of the PLOs do you want to improve upon? Which ones reveal some weakness that
could strenghtened? Which ones do feel would be worthwhile working on?
Tomorrow, we will do some small group talking about your
choices for the PLOs.
This will be the basis for our paragraph writing on Friday (Test#1)
Go over some together.
**Student Questionaire**
questionaire-sheet with personal questions, personal
history, opinion
Name: Full name- Given name and family name
First
name and last name
Class: EF5 OR Wr567
Listening Questions
1.
How many years in a decade?
bi- two
tri- three
deca- 10
cent- 100 100 years - century
kilo, milli- 1000 1000 years-
millenium
2.
What continent is directly south of Europe?
Africa
3.
What is the product of 12 and 8?
product – multiply X 96
sum- addition- 20
difference- subtraction 6
4.
What two organs are connected to the brain by
optic nerves?
eyes
5.
On which finger is a wedding ring usually worn
on?
ring finger, left hand
five fingers OR four fingers and a thumb
thumb
first finger- pointer OR index finger
second finger- middle finger
third finger- ring finger
fourth finger- pinky, baby finger, little finger
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