acamus@gmu.edu Last updated: April 2010
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| Week One Jan 18-22 |
MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY |
REGISTRATION |
10:30
RA 208 Introductions Student Handbook Reading Test H Pick up Moving On from SUB 1 Rm 348 Read p 25 - 32 |
8:50 RA 125 Moving On - Intro to Resume writing Speed Reading Test Academic Listening H 1st draft of resume |
10:30 LDC (W
L200) Discuss Pleasure Reading Books Read & Discuss Washington Post Express articles TOEFL writing H Buy pleasure reading book and class texts Wiki entry about resume writing experience |
| Week Two Jan 25-29 |
10:30 RA 208 RESUME WRITING WORKSHOP with Gemma Costa H 2nd draft of resume |
Reading rate builders Discuss pleasure books TOEFL writing - style & format Resume check list groups H 3rd draft of resume |
Northstar Listening ELI handbooks Review of Article use H article handout |
Northstar Reading Articles continued H final (?!) draft of resume |
Meet in LDC Reading rate builders TOEFL writing H Check out Writing Center website for graduate essay workshop email me or print off personal goas statement (essay) requirement for at least one university you plan to apply to Fill out brainstorming form |
| Week Three Feb 1 - 5 |
10:30 SUB 1 348 Career Library Tour with Ken Guerrant H revise resume |
Reading
rate builders TOEFL writing review Broadside - developing argument/opinion H review personal goal statement handout |
Personal Goal Statement
Workshop with Judith Adkins H 1st draft of personal goal statement (grad essay) |
Writer's
Reference - sentence structure and writing style review Northstar academic listening H Writers Ref ex |
Meet in LDC Reading rate builders TOEFL writing H 2nd draft goal statement |
| Week Four Feb 8-12 |
SNOW DAY no classes |
SNOW DAY no classes |
SNOW DAY no classes |
SNOW DAY no classes |
Meet in LDC Reading rate builders Review of goal statements Check out Writers Ref website Discuss pleasure reading GRE Issues Benchmarks H 3rd draft goal statement |
| Week Five Feb 15 - 19 |
Reading rate builders Northstar Unit 2 p 26 Writing style review H final(?) draft goal statement |
Discuss Broadside article using critical analysis skills Northstar Unit 2 p31 H Northstar p31-32 Writing Step 1 |
Northstar Unit 2 p 32-34 writing 2 & speaking Writing style review H WR ex S1-1 p 1, S2-1 p 5, s3-1 p 9 + check your own answers |
Writer's Reference writing style and grammar Issue - read & discuss H WR S5-1 p 17, S6-1 p 21 + check your ans. |
Meet in LDC Reading rate builders GRE Issues: H final(?) draft goal statement + Writers Ref online exercises of your choice |
| Week Six Feb 22 - Mar 26 |
Reading rate builders Tangled Sentences Northstar Unit 3 H book review due Friday |
Discuss Broadside Writers Ref - review of sentence variety H WR S7-1 p 25 and S1-7 review p 28 |
Northstar Unit 3 Integrated reading/listening/speaking/writing H final draft of goal statement book report due Friday |
Useful Idioms taught by Shanna Tangled Sentences H finish Tangled Sentence handout |
Meet in LDC Reading rate builders GRE Issues writing oral present. skills H practice oral present. of book review |
| Week Seven Mar 1 - 5 |
Reading rate builders model oral book report Northstar Unit 4 academic listening Intro to Research Paper H prepare and practisecoral book report |
Oral book reports: David, Asia, Sabahat Broadside discussion Paraphrasing H Northstar p 62-67 |
Oral book reports: Jina, Lek, May, Roa speed reading test Northstar Unit 4 - integrated activity |
Oral book reports: Jesse, Bo, Jim, Abdulaziz Shanna's teaching point Summarizing H paraphrasing exercise on back page of Tuesday's handout |
Meet in LDC Reading rate builders Oral book reports: Faris, Hattan;, Rocio GMAT issues writing H write para or outline about your research topic due 3.15 |
| Week Eight Mar 8 - 12 |
SPRING |
BREAK |
NO |
ELI |
CLASSES |
| Week Nine Mar 15-19 |
Reading rate builders Northstar P 74 - 90 H Writers Ref R1 p 317 - 332 |
FENWICK LIBRARY Library Skills Workshop H WR R2 p 3333-341 |
Selective Paraphrasing H complete research topic assignment handed out before spring break |
Reading Ratebuilders Intro to GRE/GMAT analyse an argument H write GRE analysis essay |
para about research
topic due LDC mid-term conf. Writers Ref on Line H begin research for term paper |
| Week Ten Mar 22-26 |
Go over GRE analysis model answer Email etiquette Reading Strategies How to Read the Newspaper H paraphrased summary of "4 pillars" from newspaper article |
Discuss newspaper reading Writer's Reference Word Choice W1 p 123 H WR C1-4 p 3-37 |
Discuss WR C-4 Paraphrasing practice Condfitionals Northstar Unit 7 H Finish paraphrase practice Research Question for Friday |
Reading Rate Builders Conditionals cont. Shanna's teaching point (more summarizing practice) GRE Analysis H Write GRE analysis due Friday midnight |
Research
question,outline & list of
preliminariy research sources due 10:00 - 12:30 JC A interviewing skills workshop H rough first draft research paper |
| Week Eleven Mar 29- Apr 2 |
Reading Rate Builders Washington Post reading H begin work on 1st draft research paper WR APA 1&2 or MLA 1&2 |
Meet in Fenwick Library Library skills practice H WR APA 3 or MLA 3 |
Finish conditional prac. Writers Ref: in text citations H finish citation exercise |
Bibliography
Synthesized paraphrase H work on research paper |
rough 1st draft
of paper due LDC Reading rate builders WR grammar prac. GMAT writing H research paper |
| Week Twelve Apr 5 - 9 |
JC Library classroom Zotero workshop H 2nd draft research paper due Friday |
Dr. Michelle Marks Associate
Provost for Graduate Education GMAT reading WR Grammar Review: Gerunds & Infinitives |
Gerunds & Infinitives cont. Northstar Unit 8 |
Gerunds/Infinititves cont. Critical Reasoning prac. |
2nd draft
paper due LDC Reading Rate Builders GRE analysis writing |
| Week Thirteen Apr 12 - 16 |
ELI WIDE TESTING reading & writing in core class |
Graphs - interpreting and writing about Noun Clauses |
Debate
Strategies Noun clauses cont. GMAT reading |
LDC GMAT or IELTS writing |
final
draft paper due Reading rate builders Reading Rate Builders Northstar |
| Week Fourteen Apr 19 - 23 |
Reading Rate Builders Adjective Clauses Reading and Discussion |
LDC Marijuana Reading cont. Power Point practice H write a paraphrased summary of today's reading |
Northstar Adjective Clauses cont. |
Debate on Legalization of Medical Marijuana |
power
point outline of paper due LDC Reading Rate Builders DC Medical marijuana readingb& synthesized summary + opinion |
| Week Fifteen April 26 - 30 |
Reading Rate Builders Modals GMAT Reading |
Speed Reading Test Northstar Censorship debate |
LDC power point oral presentation of paper | LDC power point oral presentation of paper | CLOSING CEREMONIES |
| acamus@gmu.edu Last updated: April 2010 |