Intensive Reading: Cyber Crime

Intensive Reading: Cyber Crime.

Exam dates:

Parallel A: Wed 8th of June.
Parallel B: Friday 10th of June.

No weekly reading for the coming weeks.

Intensive Reading

Dear all,

As we agreed in class, here you have the options to choose your intensive reading, to be evaluated on the 8th, for parallel A, and on the 10th, for parallel B. The poll is ready.

Regards,

JCA

Link option 1:"Stress" http://dl.dropbox.com/u/986051/LyC2/intensive%20reading%20%28opt1%29.ppt

Link option 2:" Cyber crime" http://dl.dropbox.com/u/986051/LyC2/intensive%20reading%20%28opt2%29.ppt

Formal and informal letter writing

Don't forget to do your homework!

- Pages 52-53-54-55-58-59-60-61 of handout baby jessica's case for next Wednesday. (A and B)
- This is the handout: Baby Jessica's case.ppt
- Bring 10 examples of closings in English (formal and informal, i.e., sincerely, regards, etc.) (A and B)
- Bring and example of a formal letter including: closing, inside address, salutation, heading, signature, body. Don't write the body, but all the rest of the parts. (only A for now)

Regards,

Your teacher.

Baby Jessica's Case

Hi all,

here you ahve the handout "Baby Jessica's case.ppt" that deals with letter writing.

and this one writing letters, formal and informal.
click here to download

I am soon uploading the intensive reading.

Regards,

JCA

Weekly readings

Hi,

Last Friday I couldn't attend my class with parallel B in the morning, but here you have the weekly reading for next Friday, both parallels.

The Starchild, by Oscar Wilde. (download this word document or read it anywhere in the web)

I will evaluate the reading of The Tell-tale heart on Wednesday, for parallel A; and on Friday morning, for B.

New info: There are audiobooks available for you to vary your reading.

shortstory037_starchild_gam_64kb.mp3 (64kbps)
shortstory037_starchild_gam.mp3 (128 kbps)
shortstory037_starchild_gam.ogg (ogg vorbis)

source: http://librivox.org/librivox-short-story-collection-vol-37/

Regards,

JCA

Exam contents and poetry handout

Dear all,

Here you have the PPT we saw last class: poetry.ppt

Contents for our next exam:

• Narrative writing (plot,characters, setting, theme and moral)
• Punctuation (emphasis on comma use)
  
• Poetry writing (recognizing elements of poetry and kinds of poetry)
  
• Vocabulary (from the handout and the weekly reading)
  
• Content (from the handout and the weekly reading)
• The process of writing (what we do: prewriting, drafting, etc.)

Good luck to all!

JCA

Image source: http://clarissadraper.blogspot.com/2010/08/fanboys-and-comma-splices.html

Freshers week: fewer classes.

Hi all,

I'm posting this as a sort of sumary of the things we've done, so be all get ready for our next test.

The deadline for Short stories updates was, as everyone knew since long before, last Friday. Therefore, I am not receiving any late texts, for any reasons.

The date fixed with parallel A was Wednesday 13th, and for parallel B, Friday 15 (except those who are talking the oral part of the exam with professor Trillo, unless volunteer). If anybody has a problem with the date, of any kind (a clash with another class, another test, etc.), he or she is expected to arrange it before, so I can give you another day and time.

The contents of the exam will be published here and in the SIGA.
(use of commas, short story writing, poetry, vocabulary, the weekly reading, etc.)

Here you have some good sites to practice your knowledge and skills.

Try them!
http://www2.actden.com/writ_Den/Tips/paragrap/index.htm
http://eslbee.com/

regards,

JCA

Writing an update: second draft.

Hi all,

I've just finnished my class with parallel B I decided to write this sort of memory helper: As I won't see parallel B until next Friday, they have the chance of sending their second drafts as they finish them, until next Monday. I will write back with some feedback on Tuesday and Wednesday, so you can consider it in the final version that you are handing in on Friday 1st. We're doing it this way because I see group B only once a week.

With parallel A, I'll check your 2nd drafts on Wednesday 30th, in class.

Punctuation revision

Hi,

Here I am posting the links we worked on with parallel B; we'll do the same activity next week with parallel A. I am going to combine punctuation exercises and explanations with our work with writing texts.


http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/3/5/15/

I can say that the material found in this website is very reliable. So if you want to check it on your own, go ahead. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/


Juan Chamorro A.

First class and first assignment

We have had our first full week of classes and there is some information important to bear in mind.

Material we are currently using:

[right click "save as..."] Handout 1: Fables of our time.ppt

[right click "save as..."] Weekly reading 1: Skyjack.pdf. I will ask questions to random students (from the list).

Punctuation exercise: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/3/5/15/ (it includes the link to the rules and the answers) Printer verision: commas exercise 1.doc (right click)


How and when will the weekly reading be assessed?

Parallel A: Friday 25th (March) chapters 1 to 5.
Friday 1st of April chapters 6 to 10.
Friday 8th of April chapters 11 to 15.
Parallel B: Friday 25th (March) chapters 1 to 10. (the first 5 from last week)
Friday 1st of April chapters 11 to 15.

Then, I'll give you another one.

First assignment:

Write an update of a children's story of your choice. (300 words minimum)
- You can work in groups of 3 people maximum or on your own.
- For next class you're expected to bring a list of characters deinakscribed and the chain of events ready. (I will grade your work).
- In class we will write the first draft and will do peer correction.
- You will be asked to write a sencond draft.
- The final text must be ready for Friday 1st of April.


IMPORTANT NOTE: The posts below this one correspond to Reading and Composition1. I kept them just for reference.