WLC Homework Assigned on 2007/10/27

2007/10/27 Saturday—09:45 ~ 11:45 Children’s English 兒童英語班
1) Review Unit #3 Occupations (pages 12, 13, and 14).
i) Play and listen to CD (Unit #3) repeatedly.
2) Preview pages 15 (Unit 3) and 16 & 17 (Review 1).
i) Play and listen to CD (Review #1) repeatedly.
3) Complete the exercise in the blue writing notebook.
4) Bring your textbook and blue no tebook to class.

2007/10/27 Saturday—09:45 ~ 11:45 GEPT Basic 英檢基礎班
1) Complete Unit #6 A Pet Rat.
i) Listen to the MP3 file for this unit.
ii) Listen to the recitation of the passage sentence by sentence and read aloud with Liam and Cylinda, the foreign teachers. Repeat this as often as possible. Your recitation will be digitally recorded. Richard will analyze your pronunciation and fluency and he will report the results on 2007/11/10.
iii) Word-process your list of “listening” vocabulary on your electronic template as spelled out by Julia, the Chinese translator.
iv) In your own words, word-process one sentence using each “listening” vocabulary contextually.
v) E-mail to winstontaiwan@gmail.com by 2007/11/01.
vi) While listening to the MP3 file, pay attention to Liam and Cylinda’s conversation and keep in mind the following questions:
1. What is one animal the teachers say can be a pet?
2. What is a rabbit very good at doing?
3. What sport does the teacher say they play?
4. Who likes belly rubs too?
5. What do the teachers want to go eat?

2007/10/27 Saturday—13:00 ~ 15:00 GEPT Senior/Intermediate
1) Congratulations to Sherri, Jacky, and James for successfully passing the GEPT!
2) On 2007/10/27, we gave you a CD containing your digital portfolio. This CD contains all of your electronically submitted writing homework (with our corrections and revisions to your original work) as well as your voice files with an analysis of your pronunciation and fluency. The CD also contains the writing homework submitted by your classmates. Please put the CD in your computer and familiarize yourself with the folders and files contained within. Review not only your own compositions and sentences, but also those of your classmates. Through the efforts of your classmates, you now have a data bank consisting of vast variety of grammatically correct sentences. Try to practice these sentence patterns. If you did not get your digital portfolio CD, be sure to ask for it next Saturday.
3) Study all of the vocabulary from Units 1 to 18 inclusive. There will be a GEPT rehearsal test on 2007/11/03. You can expect about 100 questions.
4) We provided you with a new magazine. Please complete Unit #1 Danger In The Driver’s Seat.
i) Listen to the MP3 file for this unit.
ii) Word-process your list of “listening” vocabulary on your electronic template as spelled out by Grace, the Chinese translator.
iii) In your own words, word-process one sentence using each “listening” vocabulary contextually.
iv) E-mail to winstontaiwan@gmail.com by 2007/11/01.
v) While listening to the MP3 file, pay attention to Richard and Jody’s conversation and keep in mind the following questions:
1. What does Richard tell us to get a load of?
2. What does Jody mention that is metallic?
3. What really small speakers does Jody talk about?
4. What does Richard say is illegal?
5. What causes a distraction for students while studying?
vi) Do not complete the Communicative Communication exercise on page 3.
5) Compose a story on the paper containing the comic strip, which was provided in class on 2007/10/20. Bring this assignment to class on 2007/11/10.

2007/10/27 Saturday—15:15 ~ 17:15 GEPT Junior/Elementary
1) Complete Unit # 5 Babe Ruth.
i) Listen to the MP3 file for this unit.
ii) Word-process your list of “listening” vocabulary on your electronic template as spelled out by Frances, the Chinese translator.
iii) In your own words, word-process one sentence using each “listening” vocabulary contextually.
iv) E-mail to winstontaiwan@gmail.com by 2007/11/01.
v) While listening to the MP3 file, pay attention to Nathan and Patricia’s conversation and keep in mind the following questions:
1. How far does the teacher talk about running?
2. What is broken every time a new one is set?
3. How many games are in the World Series?
4. What was sold to the teacher?
5. What sport does Patricia play?
vi) In your textbook, complete the exercises on pages 23, 28, and 29.
2. On the paper provided in class on 2007/10/17, look at the three images and write a story about Jimmy’s winter vacation. Be sure to write at least 50 words. Bring your paper to class on 2007/11/03.
3) Examine the Hidden Picture, “Good Witches Make Cookies” Identify and color the 16 objects imbedded in the image. Write the list of items that you identified on the back of the hidden picture or on a separate piece of paper. Bring your Hidden Picture and list to class on 2007/11/03. The skill we are developing here is accessing and recalling vocabulary strictly by images without verbal or written cues and comparing different names for similar objects, ie. “mug” vs. “cup” and “ladle vs. “big spoon”.


2007/10/27 Saturday—17:30 ~ 19:30 GEPT Intermediate High
1) Complete Unit #19 San Domingo Fort in Tamsui
i) Listen to the MP3 file for this unit.
ii) Word-process your list of “listening” vocabulary on your electronic template as spelled out by Frances, the Chinese translator.
iii) In your own words, contextually word-process three sentences using each “listening” vocabulary contextually. Write the first sentence, then directly below it re-write twice using a different style but retaining the original meaning of the first sentence. The intention here is to expand your repertoire of writing styles. For example, the “listening” vocabulary is “goal”. You will now write three sentences using the word “goal”. See the three sentence variations below:
A. My goal is to improve my English skills.
B. Improving my English skills is my goal.
C. To improve my English skills is my goal.
iv) E-mail to winstontaiwan@gmail.com by 2007/11/01.
v) While listening to the MP3 file, pay attention to Regan and Dana’s conversation and keep in mind the following questions:
1. What country does the teacher say has no coastline?
2. What place does the teacher say is scenic?
3. Why does the teacher say that Friday is a significant day?
4. In the example, what does the teacher say is occupied?
5. What place does the teacher say was once a colony of Britain?
vi) In your textbook, complete the exercises on pages 120, 121, and 123.
vii) Complete the translation exercise on page 124.
2) Compose a story on the paper containing the comic strip, which was provided in class on 2007/10/20. Bring this assignment to class on 2007/11/03.
3) Examine the Hidden Picture, “Mr. Scarecrow and His Friends” Identify and color the 13 objects imbedded in the image. Write the list of items that you identified on the back of the hidden picture or on a separate piece of paper. Bring your Hidden Picture and list to class on 2007/11/03. The skill we are developing here is accessing and recalling vocabulary strictly by images without verbal or written cues and comparing different names for similar objects, ie. “mug” vs. “cup” and “ladle vs. “big spoon”.