Sophomore Conversation & Composition

Tentative Syllabus
Suggested topics for Issues and activities

Group A   Fall, 1999

Date
Focus
Assignment
9/21
Class Canceled due to the Massive Earthquake  
9/23
Class Canceled due to the Massive Earthquake  
9/28
Holiday  
9/30
Welcome Back: Vacation Experience Narration & Description
CM Project & CC Project
#Your Magazine Proposal #
 
10/05
Let's Finalize Our Course PlanNarration & Description (Sample Analyses, Editing & Com1 plan): personal biography, creative story, personal experience *Journal 1
*CM Proposal
*com1.0
10/07
In-class Editing of Your Composition 1& Vocabulary Bank 1:description *com1.1
10/12
#Presentation of Com1#  
10/14
Comparison & Contrast I: Pan unit 6 & Sample Analysis *Journal 2
10/19
Comparison & Contrast II: Outlining Com2 *com1.2
10/21
Issue 1: Career Success, Fortune & Understanding Yourself *com2 outline
10/26
#Presentation of Com2# *com2.1
10/28
Issue 1:Working Trend in the 21st Century Vocabulary Bank 2  
11/02
Issue 1:An Ideal Job: CBS Report on the Best Company *Journal 3
11/04
Preparation for News Report & Weather Forecast  
11/09
Language Review: Communication Skills & Error Analysis *Journal 4
11/11
Issue 2: Tourism--Local & International: Pan unit 3 Com2.2
11/16
--Mid-term: TV News Report-- CM Cover
11/18
Video: Evaluation of TV News Report  *Journal 5
11/23
--Coaching Time for Class Magazine Project--  
11/25
Issue 2: Movie Time  
11/30
Working on a Report I: from Notes to Synthesis (sample MLA) *Journal 6
12/02
Oral Summary: Help Holmes Solve a Case  
12/07
Working on a Report II: Oral Summary (Why Marriages Fail?) *Journal 7
12/09
--Holiday—  
12/14
Working on a Report III: Sample Synthesis (Joy’s paper)  
12/16
Working on a Report IV: Synthesis Outlining Practice (Y2K) CM due
12/21
#Christmas Special # *com3 outline*
12/23
Issue 3: Entertainment, Art & Culture, Local & International  
12/28
Open for Business: Class Magazine Promotion Activity  *com3.1*
12/30
##Class Magazine Presentation ##  
01/04
Issue 4: The World and the Environment Pan unit 4 *Journal 8
01/06
Issue 4: How Technology Affects Us Pan unit 2 *com3.2
01/11
Issue 4: My Ideal Way of Life  
01/13
Language Review *Journal 9
01/18
--Final Exam. (Written, on Synthesis)  
01/20
--Final Exam. (Oral, Formal Interview)  

 

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