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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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Week 1 |
9/17 |
Introduction to Course;
Introduction to Guided Writing;
In-class Feedback for Instructor;
Homework: Read "The First Seven Years" by Bernard Malamud |
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Week 2 |
9/24 |
Group Discussion and Oral Presentation Practice (on "The First Seven Years");
"The First Seven Years" on Film;
Genesis 27-29; Homework: Preview material of Guided Writing Session 1 |
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Week 3 |
10/01 |
Word Roots 1 (with etiological mythic tales);Guided Writing Session 1 |
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Week 4 |
10/08 |
Listening Comprehension Test 1;
Homework: Read "The Magic Barrel," Part 1 |
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Week 5 |
10/15 |
Oral Presentation 1, on "The Magic Barrel";
Homework: Preview material of Guided Writing Session 2 |
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Week 6 |
10/22 |
Guided Writing Session 2; Homework: Read "The Mourners"
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Week 7 |
10/29 |
Oral Presentation 2, on "The Mourners"; Word Roots 2; Homework: Preview material of Guided Writing Session 3 |
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Week 8 |
11/05 |
Listening Comprehension Test 2; Guided Writing Session 3; Homework: Read the "Pleasures of the Malamudian Text" list and collect a few Pleasant examples from a text of your choice (including a translation) |
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Week 9 |
11/12 |
Sharing Extraordinary Expressions from a text of each student's choice; Sharing stories about Angel Island; Sentence Sense continued; Homework: Read George Orwell's essay "Marrackech" |
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Week 10 |
11/19 |
Oral Presentation 3, on "Marrakech"; Homework: Read "Rearrangement and Repetition for Emphasis" |
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Week 11 |
11/26 |
Studying the climactic image of "Marrakech"; Rearrangement and Repetition for Emphasis; Word Roots 3 |
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Week 12 |
12/03 |
Listening Comprehension Test 3; Using Participial Phrases; Homework: Preview material of Guided Writing 4 and write out "Underground Railroad," using participial phrases whenever appropriate. Just bring ONE copy for your own use this time. And bring the Sentence Sense handouts too. |
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Week 13 |
12/10 |
Guided Writing Session 4; Sentence Sense; English Collocations in Use; Homework: Read "Flaw" |
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Week 14 |
12/17 |
Oral Presentation 4, on "Flaw," with a particular emphasis on point-of-view; Homework: Read "First Confession" |
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Week 15 |
12/24 |
Oral Presentation 5, on "First Confession" |
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Week 16 |
12/31 |
Review of "Underground Railroad"; Noun Substitutes (Guided Writing Unit 5);"; Word Roots 4; Collocations in Use; Hk: Write out "Smiling Babies" and bring a copy to class |
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Week 17 |
1/07 |
Listening Comprehension Test 4; Guided Writing Session 5; Review |