1217 In-Class Writing Task: Paraphrase + Summary

文建、宛芸、怡安、翔傑、岳倫，請注意！
偉強、東霖若有沒有做完的部份，也請留意下列說明！

If you have to make up for today's in-class writing task,
please read the following instructions.

1. Get yourself a blank sheet of paper (B5 or A4).
2. Put down your name and date on the top of the paper.
3. Write down "A. Paraphrase"
   - Choose one passage from page 75-76.
   - Read the passage and make sure you know what the passage is about.
   - Rewrite/Paraphrase the passage in your own words under the title "A. Paraphrase"
4. Write down "B. Summary"
   - Check on the site for the movie trailer of Eight Below.
   (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXkoGlxVbLY)
   - Check on the site for appropriate words and phrases to use later.
   (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397313/plotsummary)
   - Write a plot summary of your own under the title "B. Summary"

Finish the writing task at home,
and hand it in on 12/22.

Wendy

Learner Resources 8

Dear all,

Please check out the Online Writing Lab (OWL):
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
for more info about quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/01/

Wendy

Learner Resources 7

Dear all,

Please go check the following documents online -
「一生必學的英文文法」﹝政大英文系 陳超明教授 口述﹞

• 前言：文法的難題
  
• 找出主詞與動詞
  
• 結語
  

If you're really very interested in the topic,

feel free to google the book tile online.

You'll have a lot more related articles for your own study purpose.

Wendy

1214-1220 Paraphrase Writing (第5次貼文作業)

Dear all,

Please make your posts here for this week (12/14-12/20)!
本週貼文在此

Read the outline on textbook page 69,
and include the key points in your paraphrase - in your own words.
請詳讀課本69頁大綱內文，再抓住重點用自己的話重新闡述一次重點

Beware that

• NO commenting this week;
  本週暫且先不做回應
  
• You should write in one complete paragraph;
  請寫出一完整段落

Wendy 張文俐

1208-1213 Pets (第4次聽力作業)

Dear all,

Please check our FTP for details about your listening task 4 of the week (12/08-12/13)!
本週聽力作業範本請見FTP﹝若仍無法登入FTP，請利用舊有範本修正或與老師聯絡﹞

主題一為 Pet Store: Dog Care Basics(http://www.dailyesl.com/petstore.htm)
新增活動一為朗讀 (Read along with the audio recording)！
主題二為 Easy Pet Care
(http://www.esl-lab.com/petcare/petcarerd1.htm)
活動分別為 Listening exercise 以及 sentence and vocabulary matching

Beware that it's DUE on 12/13!
請留意時限

Let me know if you still have any problems or questions.
有問題請主動與老師聯絡逾期後聯絡視同遲交

Wendy

Unit 4 Outside Readings

Dear all,

Please check out the following sites for our Unit 4 outside reading materials online.
Unit 4補充閱讀請見下列連結文件

• Lulu: The heroic pig
  http://www.heroicanimals.com/tag/lulu-pig/
  
• Pearls before swine: Animal cognition study says pigs may be smarter than we think
  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/animal-intelligence/
  
• News about: Animal intelligence
  http://www.newser.com/tag/31304/1/animal-intelligence.html
  

ps. The outside reading list is subject to change.

Wendy

1130-1206 (Unit 3-Related) Vocab Hunting

Dear all,

Let's continue with our vocabulary hunting this week (11/30-12/06).
To complete the task,
you should

• 想清楚任務 Think carefully about which letter you're responsible for (A-Z, which one?)
• 下載單字表 Download the word list (中高級參考完整字表!)
  from Learner Resources 5:
  http://freshmanenglish0951.blogspot.com/2009/10/learner-resources-5.html
• 找重點單字 Search for words that have to do with MEDICINE
• 剪貼重點字 Copy and paste those topic-related words
• 解釋重點字 Offer word class and Chinese translation
• 重點字舉例 Offer example sentences
• 張貼重點字 Post a LIST of those words HERE
• 寫清楚頭尾 Begin your post with the letter (A-Z, which one?) and end with your names
  

以下為各位同學負責的字母及分組

Aa 宛芸&怡安

Ff 文建&翔傑

Ii 偉強&東霖&培睿

Kk 閎惟&韻兒

Ll 昌昱&俊偉

Pp 岳倫&鈺貴

Ss 杏因&亭羽

NOTE:參考先前Unit 1, Unit 2 Vocab Hunting 貼文，但加入詞性、中文解釋、例句！

Wendy