ENGL 115 Course Calendar (Subject to changes)

ENGL
115

MM/DD
spring 2016

1 January
W 20
R 21
2 January
MW 25-27

TR 26-28
3 February
MW 1-3
TR 2-4
4 February
MW 8-10

TR 9-11

Topics/Activities
Welcome
Introduction, greetings

Unit 1, Geography and Climate, vocab p. 4

Regional staple foods and your own
Present/Present continuous, 4-5;
Present tense have
Reading: A slice of History, 10-11
Writing: Describe a Recipe
Continue unit

Tasks
Welcome
weebly page
Outline discussion

Unit 1 Can do statements

Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing
Diagnostic verb contrasts

Continue unit
Complete unit
Unit 2, Cultures and customs vocab, 16
Body language in different cultures
Past tense, 8
Reading: Taking Pictures of the World, 22-23
Writing: Ways animals communicate
Continue unit

Unit 2 Can do statements

Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

Monday, February 15
All Presidents Day
5 February
__W __-17
T R 16-18
6 February
MW 22-24
TR 23- 25
7 March
M Feb 29- W2

TR 1-3
8 March
MW 7-9
T R 8-10

Continue unit/ Making an oral presentation

Complete unit/Making an oral presentation

CRAFTS

Partial test #1
Intro to Essays
Unit 3, City living vocab, 28
Will (future) A on 28, B on 29
Conversation B, 31 C
Will+time clauses A on 32,, B on 33
Map vocab on 32; restoration vocab on 36
Reading: Megacities, 34-35
Writing: PR in 2030
Complete unit
Oral Presentations
Oral Presentations

Unit 3: Can do statements

Oral presentation tips
Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

March 5-Grade entry deadline

9 March
MW 14-16

TR 15-17

Unit 4, Body vocab on 40

Comparatives, superlatives, equatives on 40
Ailments and remedies vocab, A on 44
Infinitives of purpose on 45
Reading: Tiny invaders, 46-47
Writing: Pros and Cons of tourism
Continue unit

Unit 4: Can do statements

Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

March 21,22,23,24
Holy week recess
10 March
MW 28-30
T R 29-31
11 April
MW 4-6

TR 5-7
12 April
MW 11 - 13
TR 12 -14
13 April
MW 18-20

TR 19-21
14 April
MW 25-27
TR 26-28
15 May
MW 2-4
TR 3-5
16 May
MW 9-11
T _ 10-__

Complete unit
Partial test #2
Unit 5, Physical/Mental Challenges vocab, 52
Past/Past continuous, ing forms, 52-53 A.
Conservation vocab on 60
Reading: Artic Dreams and nightmares, 58-59
Writing: A Personal Challenge, Goal 4 on 59
Continue unit

Unit 5: Can do statements

Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

Composition discussion
Complete unit
Unit 6, Transitions in life vocab, 64
Too+adj page 67 A. B.
Reading: Coming of Age Apache Way, 70-71
Writing: An Important Transition, Goal 4, 71
Continue unit

Unit 6: Can do statements

Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

Composition discussion
Continue unit
Complete unit
Complete unit

May 6, Withdrawal deadline

Completion Review

May 11 - Last day of class