Saturday, March 26, 2016

Day 16

Class Today:

  • Discussion: What would you LIKE to do over spring break?
  • Review stress rules for shorter words
  • Stress Review Handout
    • Where is stress?
      • unstressed vs stressed vowels
    • What is stress?
      • longer vowel
      • pitch jump
      • purer vowel
  • Warm-up
    • Listen to me read Well Said p. 69-70
  • p. 72-74, Well Said
  • Hot seat (if time)

Next Class: Continue stress in longer words

Homework:

  • Reflection Assignment found on Moodle. 

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Day 15

Class Today:
  • If you could meet anyone dead or alive, who would it be and why?
  • Review -d and -s endings
  • Review short word stress
  • Prep for ML2
    • ML 2 Handout from previous class.
  • Hot Seat  (if time)
Next Class: Mini-Lecture 2, EPI Practice (if time)

Homework:
  • Sign up for ML2 Conference, here.
  • Bring self-evaluation sheet to conference. Please watch presentation before the conference.

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Day 14:

Class Today:
  • Review compound nouns with activity
  • Two syllable verbs with a prefix, nouns vs. verbs, two word verbs
    • Well Said p. 62-64
  • Acronym Activity
Next Class: Review ML 2, Prep for Mini lecture

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Day 13

Class Today:
  • SMART Goals
  • Review Compound Nouns
  • Stress in Numbers
  • Stress in 2 syllable verbs with a prefix
    • Well Said p. 62
  • Stress in nouns,  nouns used as verbs, two-word verbs
    • Well Said p. 63-65
Next Class: Review word level stress, Abbreviation/Symbol Stress, Practice describing a visual

Homework:
1. For practice, record yourself describing your chosen visual aid.
2. Prepare for ML 2 next Wednesday.

Monday, February 29, 2016

Day 12: Rhythm, Graphs

Class Today:
  • Address mid-term feedback
    • Speaking too fast
      • Feel free to ask me to repeat something. 
    • Textbook
    • Repetition in class
      • Necessary to start with
  • Compound Noun Stress
Next Class:   Compound Adverb, Phrase, Number, Prefix, Verb/Noun Stress

Homework:

  • Academic Journal 5 is due next Wednesday


Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Day 11

Class Today:
  • Lightning Talk: Who has inspired you? 
  • Review s and d endings to describe graphs and other visual aids.
  • Begin focus words from Well Said p. 108-118
  • Evaluate me! 
Next Class:  Review graphs, Continue focus words

Homework:
1. EPI Reflection & Academic Journal 3
2. Reflect on your visual aid. Is it appropriate for ML2?

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Day 10

Class Today:
  • /s/ endings communicative activity Well Said p. 44
  • /d/ endings  Well Said p. 45-47
  • Introduce ML 2

Next Class: Review /s/ and /d/ endings,

Homework:
  • Bring a graph/figure you would like to explain for Mini-lecture 2
  • Academic Word Journal
  • EPI Reflection