CHNS321: Week One (8/30-9/3)
Objectives:
 1. Develop the ability to describe people and to tell stories.
 2. Develop the ability to support one's statements with details.
 
Monday Wednesday Friday
1. Pre-class Assignment 1. Pre-class Assignment 1. Pre-class Assignment
2. During Class Activities 2. During Class Activities 2. During Class Activities
3. Post-class Assignment 3. Post-class Assignment 3. Post-class Assignment

Monday                           Back to Top

Pre-class Assignment
1. Study Lesson 1 of BB before the class. You need to go through the lesson and study the new vocabulary, but you don't need to know all the supplementary new words. I will check  your preparation by conducting dictation or asking comprehension questions  about the lesson when you come to class.
2. Listen to the recordings for Lesson 1 of BB.

During-Class Activities
1. Take turns describing/guessing the childhood experience of one person  in the class. The description should consist of at least two parts, a) a general  statement such as he was very honest, and b) some specific hypothetical details to  support the general statement.  If none of the students wants to be the first person to be described, the teacher  can volunteer to be the first person.
2. After each description/guessing, the person being described should either confirm or reject by providing specific examples or more details.
3. There will be some meaningful teacher-led pattern drills with the new words and sentence patterns of the lesson.
4. Q&A about the lesson.
5. Spend some time discussing the topics following  the text.

Post-class Assignments
1. Do Exercises 1-3 of BB.
    For instructions on handing in your assignment on line, click here.
2. Pair-work: discussion on the questions at the end of Lesson 1 of BB.

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Wednesday                      Back to Top
Pre-class Assignment
1. Pair-work: Do Lesson 1 of ATS together.
2. Review what we did on Monday.

During-Class Activities
1. Q&A about Lesson 1 of BB.
2. Meaningful pattern drills with the new words and sentence patterns of the lesson.
3. Discussion and wrap up of Lesson 1 of BB

 

Post-class Assignments
1. Exercises 3 and 4 of Lesson 1 of ATS. For Exercise 4 you can do it either orally or in written form.
    For instructions on handing in your assignment on line, click here.
2. Pair-work: Listen to the recordings of Lesson 1 of ATS and discuss the content.

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Friday                           Back to Top

Pre-class Assignment
1. Click here, go and do the reading assignments for Chapter 1 (Optional).
2. Pair-work: Review of Lesson 1 of BB and ATS.

During-Class Activities
1. Story-telling: repeat what you did for Exercise 4 of Lesson 1 of ATS
2. Q&A
3. 5-minute report on current events (2 students each class).
4. Do Lesson 1 of ATS.

Post-class Assignments
1. Write your summaries of  and responses to "the  current events"
2. Exercise 4 of Lesson 1 of BB.
3. Enjoy the weekend!

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