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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Homework: For the rest of the handout (Longman p. 193-201), take 30 seconds (maximum) to write a brief outline for each of the speaking prompts.
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgrXd0NM2y8 - “What the Fahrenheit?!”
- What other temperature had a “nice” value when Romer set the freezing point of water to 7.5 degrees?
- - Water boiled at 60, which was nice for him because he was used to factors of 60 in astronomy.
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- Record your responses to questions 1 and 2 on ETS past tests 1 and 2.
- Listen to your four responses and choose the one that you think is the best (or the least bad).
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- DELTA p. 281 has a rubric for scoring independent speaking. Skim it before we listen to some example responses.
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- Independent writing: last part of the test (after integrated writing)
- - 30 minutes to write a short essay about your own opinion on a given topic.
- - The prompt will always give two options. agree/disagree, or one of two statements
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- Organization of your response:
- - Introduction: Start with general ideas and background information, then state your opinion as a thesis statement.
- - Body paragraphs (usually 3, but could be 2 or 4): each one is about a single supporting point for your thesis (three reasons for your position, three ways one option is better than another, three advantages or disadvantages of something), give details and examples for each supporting point
- - Conclusion: restate your opinion and summarize your points, and can include a generalization (such as a recommendation for the reader, a prediction for the future, etc.)
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- BREAK
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- ETS past tests 4 and 5, independent writing tasks in the computer lab.
- Email me your responses when you are finished. (You can attach the Word document or share the Google document.)
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