| DAY, DATE | ACTIVITY |
| Day1
Mon, 1/12 |
Reading and structure pretests, go over syllabus; HW: 1) Buy book, packet; 2) Skim packet; 3) Study packet Portfolio Description, evaluation checklists; 4) Skim book pp. 1-12; 5) If necessary, do CBT tutorial on CD (pp. 13-34); 6) Do Listening and Structure Diagnostics (CD--Test #1 in Study/Practice Mode) pp. 37-49. |
| Day 2
Weds, 1/14 |
Listening Pretest. Introduce daily structure warmups; Go through packet, portfolio description; diagnostic analysis in-class; Discussion of whole-test strategies. HW: 1) Finish anlayzing listening, structure diagnostic tests; 2) Do Reading Diagnostic; 3) Prepare portfolio--insert analyses, comments, vocabulary; 4) Study book pp. 73-75, 123-124 (listening strategies) |
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Mon, 1/19 |
HOLIDAY--NO CLASS |
| Day 3
Weds., 1/20 |
Review of whole-test and listening strategies; Listening minitests L12, (L19 if time). Introduction to structure strategies; packet structure test A with class discussion and analysis. HW: 1) Read structure strategies pp. 163-164; 2) Do packet structure tests B and C, score, analyze, and comment; 3) Read reading strategies pp. 285-289; 4) optional--listening practice L1-L18 (whatever you need to work on). |
| Day 4
Mon, 1/26 |
Listening minitests (L19), L25, L30 w/practice visualizing, predicting questions (differences between CBT and paper tests), eliminating wrong answers; Review of structure strategies pp. 163-164; Structure minitests S16, S24, S36 (as time allows); Review of reading strategies and passage approaches. HW: 1) Do packet reading tests A and B--score, analyze, comment; 2) (optional) structure ex. S1-S35; 3) (optional) listening ex. L1-L29 |
| Day 5
Weds, 1/28 |
Review reading strategies; Reading Minitest R4 (vocab.) p. 305. Finding Main ideas with topic sentences and key words; in-class practice with main ideas. Reading minitest R8 (main ideas) p. 314. Packet reading test C. HW: 1) Analyze, comment on packet reading test C; 2) as needed, R1 - R8; 3) Read pp. 213-216 (word form), pp. 220-223 (word choice). |
| Day 6
Mon, 2/2 |
Minitests L37 p. 141, L41 p. 149, S51 p. 228. Group work writing main ideas (packet C3); review of whole-test strategies and section strategies. HW: 1)Bring portfolio to next class; 2) As needed, L1 - L40, S1 - S50, R1 - R7. |
| Day 7
Weds, 2/4 |
MEET IN LEARNING CENTER if you have no computer at home--LONG CLASS; BRING PORTFOLIOS. If you have a computer at home, you do not need to come to class, but you *do* need to do CBT Practice Test (PT) 2 at home, and have me check your portfolios at a time convenient for both of us; in-class portfolio check for students using the Learning Center today.HW: Analyze, comment on PT2; 2) Study pp. 230-231, 233-234 (clauses, noun clauses); 3) as needed, L1 - L40, S1 - S50, R1 - R7, packet listening tests 1 and 2 (tapes in Learning Center). |
| Day 8
Mon, 2/9 |
In-class practice with clauses, noun clauses--S52, S53, S54-59 (pp. 232-238). Minitest S60 p. 238. Minitest R21 pp. 339-349 (details and restatements). HW: 1) Study pp. 240-243, 246-248 (adjective clauses); 2) As needed, R1 - R20, S1 - S60, L1-L40. |
| Day 9
Weds, 2/11 |
Review of adjective clauses (HW pp. 240-243, 246-248); Minitest S71 adj. clauses) pp. 251-252. Practice with inferences (pp. 349-350, R22 pp. 350-352). Group work/practice writing inference questions (handout). HW: 1) Reflective essay #1 (see Portfolio requirements); 2) Study pp. 253-256, 25-261 (adverb clauses); 3) As needed, S1-S71, R1-R27, L1-L40. |
| Day 10
Mon, 2/16 |
Reflective essay #1 due. Review HW pp. 253-256, 259-261 (adverb clauses). Minitest S81 (adverb clauses) pp. 264-266. Minitest R28 (inferences) pp. 361-368. HW: 1) Packet tests--Structure D, Reading D--score, analyze, and comment. |
| Day 11
Weds, 2/18 |
In-class Practice Test 1 (secure, paper-based)--DON'T BE LATE. (No book, packet needed today.) HW: 1) Analyze, comment on PT1 if teacher releases security; 2) Study pp. 266-268 (comparing), 271-272 (parallel structure), 273-274 (prepositions), 277 (redundancies); 3) Learning Center, other practice as needed. |
| Day 12
Mon, 2/23 |
NO CLASS--PSU INSTITUTIONAL TOEFL |
| Day 13
Weds, 2/25 |
Minitest S97 (comparing, etc.); Packet structure Test E. Packet Reading Test E. HW: 1) Score, analyze, comment on Structure and Reading Tests E; 2) other practice as needed. |
| Day 14
Mon, 3/1 |
Packet Tests F (structure and reading). HW: 1) Analyze, comment on Packet Tests F (Structure and Reading). |
| Day 15
Weds, 3/3 |
In-class Practice Test 2 (secure, paper-based)--DON'T BE LATE. (No book, packet needed today.) HW: 1) Analyze, comment on PT2 if teacher releases security; 2) StudyTWE strategies pp.389-390 , model essay and analysis pp. 408-409; 3) Do W24 pp. 415-417, check answers. |
| Day 16
Mon, 3/8 |
Review of TWE strategies, form; TWE questions--handout; discussion of question types. Group practice brainstorming. HW: Practice as needed. |
| Day 17
Weds, 3/10 |
Post-test (DON'T BE LATE!); PORTFOLIOS DUE WITH ESSAY #2 |
| TBA | Pick up portfolios |