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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-prisoner-boxes-riddle-yossi-elran
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- Speaking Question 6
- DELTA p. 325 exercise 3.9.A - Listen and take notes. Then prepare and say the answer to your partner.
- p. 326 exercise 3.9.B - same
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- p. 326-327 - Record your responses to exercises C, D, and E.
- Then listen to your own responses and decide which one you are most confident with.
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- https://www.bestmytest.com/toefl/speaking - sample practice tasks for speaking
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- BREAK
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- TOEFL Writing - last section of the test (after speaking) - two writing tasks
- 1. Integrated: 3 minutes to read, then listen, then 20 minutes to write about the connection between the reading and the listening (you will see the text again during this time)
- 2. Independent: read a prompt, then 30 minutes to write your own response to it
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- Today’s focus: independent writing
- Independent writing prompts usually ask you to choose between two options.
- - Either agree or disagree with a single statement.
- - Choose one or the other of two positions described.
- Introduction with thesis statement
- 2-4 Body paragraphs with supporting points for the thesis
- Conclusion
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- DELTA p. 406 - Read the sample body paragraph. Why is it a good paragraph?
- coherence = the quality of being easy for readers to understand because the ideas are connected to each other in a logical way
- unity = the quality of every part of a paragraph supporting the topic sentence, or every part of an essay supporting the thesis
- p. 407 has a list of transitions with different functions
- Note that within each category, the words are still different and you can’t just switch one for another.
- Note also that “finally” is to introduce the last supporting detail or example, it is NOT a conclusion signal.
- p. 408 has a complete sample response to the prompt from p. 406.
- - What is the thesis statement?
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- p. 404 exercise 4.7.B
- 1 - Take 5 minutes to brainstorm ideas and write a short outline of your response to this prompt.
- In your group, look at each person’s outlines and answer the following questions about it:
- - Will the finished essay answer the question?
- - Will it show organization and development?
- - Will the essay support the thesis statement?
- What kinds of personal examples would you use to support an “agree” response?
- - being more interested in things a teacher you liked talked about
- - being more motivated to learn for a teacher you liked
- - not caring about the class if you didn’t like a teacher
- What examples would you use for “disagree”?
- - an excellent teacher who you didn’t like
- - being motivated more by a disliked teacher so you could ‘show them’ that you really were smart
- - disliking a teacher who gives lots of work, but the work really did help you learn
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- Homework: take as much time as you need to type a good (300-word or so) response to this prompt:
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
- - Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship.
- Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
- Email or share (on Google) your response with [email protected]
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