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.

PORTFOLIOS NEW DEADLINE

Dear all,

I've decided to put off the due date of the portfolio:

I ideally should match the date with a working day, in which you can come and drop your portfolio in my office, in clase you have decided to burn a CD. That way all of you have the same chances.

New deadline: Thursday 9th, at 5:30 in the afternoon. I will be in my office receiving the portfolios from 4:30, onwards.

I hope this aditional time may serve you well.

Best regards to everybody,

Video tutorial e-portfolios (in Spanish)

This is one of the things that I am going to explain on Wednesday morning at 10:30, in lab LC-4.

Portfolio rubric

Hi all,

Here I have the rubric that I will use to evaluate your portfolios. Take a look at it so make sure you have everything. Best regards,

Your teacher.

right click "save as"
RUBRIC

or here you haveit in JPG format

End of Term Information

Dear all,

Thanks for being patient. Here you have the required information:

Parallel A: No class on Monday; Parallel B: No compulsory class on Wednesday.
Everybody is invited to this Wednesday's class in Lab LC-7 at 10:30. It's not obligatory. Read some lines below for details.

1- First Exam solution: An assignment.

As all of you know, we're going to fill in the space corresponding to the first exam with the grade of an assignment that you're going to write. Here are the instructions:

Write a 100-word narrative paragraph about your first day of class as a university student. I need it to come with two drafts and its prewriting.
- Prewriting (it can be brainstorming, outlining, freewriting, journalists questions, clustering, etc.) It can be handwritten of typed.
- First draft (to organize the ideas, the topic sentence, the supportive sentences and the concluding one) typed.
- Second draft (to check everything related to grammar, spelling and punctuation) typed.
- Final work. Typed.
Due date: Monday 6th of December, 23:58.

2- Portfolio: Due date: Wednesday 8th of December, 23:58.

As explained in class, you'll have to create an e-portfolio. The idea of the portfolio is that you present evidence, through the works of them term, that you have learned about the writing process and improve your writing skills (grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, etc.) It's a selection of the texts you have written; you don't have to include everything you have written in the subject. The contents your portfolio should have are:

- Brief Introduction
- Two different prewriting activities, with their corresponding reflections.
- One random paragraph from the first part of the term, with its reflection.
- One explanatory paragraph, with its reflection.
- One journal entry, with its reflection.
- One descriptive paragraph, with its draft and its reflection.
- One general reflection, as a conclusion.

Due date: Wednesday 8th of December, 23:58.
I am going to add some videos here. Next post.


Related information:
I am going to be in LAB LC-1 at 10:30 this Wednesday 1st of December, making up a class. It's not compulsory to go. I am going to explain how to use winrar to compress, how to create the hyperlinks with Power Point, and I'll clarify any doubts that may be (I'll give feedback about texts, too). Later, at 12:00 (or earlier, depending how thew activity goes) I'll be handing back your previous texts and drafts that are pending, so you can include them in your portfolios, if you don't have copies of them.

3- Last Exam Contents:
- Weekly readings: Charles Chaplin, How the Paper fish Learned to Swim, Martin Luther King, the articles about heroes (the little boy).
- Writing paragraphs (topic sentence, support, and conclusion)
- Kinds of paragraphs (explanatory, and descriptive, mainly)
- The writing process

Some details about the exam: The exam will consist of three parts: I - You'll be asked to write sentences with vocabulary words from the texts you read (for example "fins," from the paper fish that learned to swim ); II - You'll be asked questions about the texts we read; finally III - You'll be asked to write a paragraph about a topic (surprise)

4- The last paragraphs, about your favourite month and the one about your hero, are due this Friday 3rd. I need them to come WITH their corresponding drafts and prewriting. (BUT, If, by any reason, I still have your draft, write a note at the end of the paragraph, explaining that you have already handed in your draft)

Well, guys, I think I've covered all the topics pending.
Please, feel free to comment and ask questions.

Thanks for a nice semester!

Juan Chamorro A.
Reading and Composition Class.

Last week of classes

Dear all,

we are comming to the end of the term and I would like to thank you all for being so nice and sharing your "pieces of life" with me, in your paragraphs. This term that I've met you has been very interesting and we're going to continue our work next year, with your blogs, for instance. Now I am going to give you the last instructions for the assigments that are pending:

1- Weekly readings: We had the evaluation of "How the Paper Fish Learned to Swim" with parallel A, and we're having it with B this Wednesday. On Friday we will have the weekly reading evaluation "Martin Luther King." It's in Cigeno copy centre and in this link: "Martin Luther King-.pdf" (right click "save as...")

2- Paragraph about a hero: Parallel A needs to have the 1st draft ready this Friday, show it to me, wait for feedback and bring it ready next week (on the day of the exam). Parallel B, bring it ready on the day of the exam too. If you haven't shown it yet, Friday is your last chance.

3- Descriptive paragraph: Develop a 100-word paragraph about the topic "My favourite Month." Bring the first draft this Friday, so I give you feedback and you can write the final version of it.

I am giving you the contents of the exam this Friday 26th; the exam is on Friday 3rd of December.

Best Regards and Good luck to everybody,

Juan C. A.

PS: We have a make up class pending. As talked with parallel A, I'll come to a sort of feedback session, to which you'll come to pick up you assignments along with some feedback. I'll give details about day and time on Friday.

Weekly Reading for Friday 19th

How the Paper Fish Learned To Swim.pdf (right click "save as")
It will soon be in the copy centre. Read only up to page 50.

"Please, don't complain before seeing how much text there is in each page."

I hope you enjoy it.

Hi folks! And we started November...

Hi folks!

I hope you're doing okay with your other academic compromises. This is a sort of memory helper so you can get the best of this week:

We are (finally) having the extensive reading exam about "The God Father." I am planing to watch part of it in class (maybe the part I didn't evaluate as a weekly reading).

Good luck with it!

JCA

Assignment 1: The Process of Writing

Hi there,

This activity is for parallel B: I will give it to parallel A this Friday.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE FIRST 4 CHAPTERS OF THE GOD FATHER; WE WILL HAVE THE WEEKLY READING EVALUATION.

Here is what I need you to do: Writing assignment_the writing process.ppt Make sure you show the drafts with the corrections/anotations you made (I don't need the drafts to be perfectly clean; the final paragraph, yes.)

This website contains explanations of pagrapgraph writing, topic sentences and others: http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/paragrap/index.htm


This is the ppt seen in class: planning and shaping.ppt

Writing Paragraphs

Hello there!

And we have a new week of writing and reading. Our next topic is "writing paragraphs." What is a paragraph? How do you write one? How can I write a good paragraph? Well, if you want to learn more, don't miss classes and make sure you copy the handouts. (Yes, we are resting a little bit from punctuation)

We will be working with these two handouts:

- Writing paragraphs and topic sentences. (For projection in class, and reference. DON'T PRINT IT FOR CLASS, WE WILL NOT USE IT) (Version seen in class)

- Who is a hero. (Who_is_a_hero.PPT - Who_is_a_hero.PDF)It comes with reading and comprehension, as well as writing activities. (PRINT THIS ONE OR TAKE PHOTOCOPIES AT CIGENO, Manuel Plaza.)

Ah, and I almost forgot. About the extensive reading "The Godfather." We are having oral evaluation if the first four chapters this Friday (29), and we exam on Friday 5th of November.

Journal Entry: It really happened, guys, believe me.

It was so nice to discover it! I would never forget how it feels and I hope to be able to do it again, at least once. No guys, don't take me wrong. I'm not talking about drugs or anything like that; I mean I could really fly! It happened some time ago, months maybe, but it feels as it was yesterday. You need to take some precautions, though. Don't take of in an area with too many cables or poles because once you are suspended in the air, it's more difficult to control your movements. Second, specially when you begin, try to leave enough space to run and take off; you don't want to bump into something or hit your knees or feet with something. Third, enjoy it! Try flying high (be careful with the velocity when you fly vertically; it can be really scary!), low, fast and slow. Enjoy while you can because the fun will end... when you wake up.