週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
9/9 |
Course description. "The Open Window" and "The Little Match Girl". TA TIME. |
Week 2 |
9/16 |
"The Little Match Girl." "My Ticket to the Disaster" (p. 130-133) Discussion: TV shows that I like. |
Week 3 |
9/23 |
Listening training: the first practice; "Tweet Less, Kiss More"; Writing workshop: Finding creative ideas to present. The essay's website--> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/17/opinion/17herbert.html?_r=0 |
Week 4 |
9/30 |
TA TIME (Justin); Writing workshop: How to write more clearly. TA TIME (Feiyang) |
Week 5 |
10/07 |
'Mother Tongue'; TA TIME; W1 DUE. Presentation skills. |
Week 6 |
10/14 |
discussion practice; presentation skills. 'Mother Tongue' |
Week 7 |
10/21 |
PRESENTATION I. |
Week 8 |
10/28 |
Presentation I; Topics workshop FOR W2. |
Week 9 |
11/04 |
Mid-term week. Topics workshop. |
Week 10 |
11/11 |
Feedback after PRESENTATION I. "Summer and Tom"; Discussion and Dialogues: an important checklist for W2. Talking about the central figure FOR W2. |
Week 11 |
11/18 |
"Punch and Judy"; TA TIME. |
Week 12 |
11/25 |
W2 DUE. Short story: "Countdown." Presentation preparation |
Week 13 |
12/02 |
HAND IN PROGRESS REPORTS. W3 preparation: the book club! Short story: "The Knight in Shining Armor" + writing practice |
Week 14 |
12/9 |
PRESENTATIONS II. |
Week 15 |
12/16 |
PRESENTATIONS II; w3 preparation: the book club. |
Week 16 |
12/23 |
Important issues; A chapter from _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_. TA TIME (By Justin); The book club. |
Week 17 |
12/30 |
End-of-the-year party in class |
Week 18 |
1/6 |
W3 DUE |