2016-09-15 TOEFL: int writing, ind speaking, history

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Take out the reading passage about hydroelectric dams from yesterday.
Listen again to the lecture.

Take a few minutes to read the three sample essays. What do you like about them? What could be changed or improved?

Compare your ideas with your partner. Did you notice the same strengths and weaknesses in the essays? How many points would you give each essay (0-5)? (p. 386 of your book has the scoring rubric for integrated writing)

What’s one thing from these answers that you would apply to your own future writing?
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Speaking handouts from yesterday - go to p. 193 and prepare a response to question 2, then give your response to your partner.
Do the same for question 2 on p. 199.
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BREAK
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More 15/45 examples in pairs, then record three on your phones.
Listen to your answers and choose the best.
Give feedback on the ones we listen to in class.
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What is one thing you will do to improve your independent speaking in the future?
- Natural pauses might be between stages (of the 7 stages we talked about yesterday), rather than within one.
- Practice 15-second preparation on a variety of sample questions, especially to get the second supporting idea fleshed out.
- Be able to plan the next thing you’ll say while you’re speaking.
- Prepare a set of stock qualities that you can use for “what are the qualities” questions. (You’ll still need to relate them to the specific question each time, of course.)
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History vocabulary handout: In pairs, find the word in each pair of sentences that has the given meaning.
1 invention
2 kingdom
3 ruled
4 period
5 construct
6 restrict
7 ancient
8 society
9 document
10 hierarchy
11 found (found-founded-founded / find-found-found)
12 civilization
13 settler (a person in a colony is a colonist)
14 establish
15 overthrow
16 monarchy
17 revolution
18 declare