ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE NEXT DAY

1. Download Grammarly as the checker for online
   writing and grammar (spelling, punctuation).
   Add it to Chrome. Use Chrome as your browser.  
2. Team Presentations (50-60 min.)--Links to   

• Google slides for TEAM 1 
• Google slides for TEAM 2
• Google slides for TEAM 3
• Google slides for TEAM 4 
• Google slides for TEAM 5  
• Rubric for evaluation of your team presentation 

• Writing assignment in teams--
  answering an Essay Question; see 
  Essay Questions--Types & How to Answer
• Link to Teams' Writing page
  
• Techniques of Sentence Combination/Discourse Markers 

11:00-11:45 TESOL/TEFL Certificate teachers 

1. READING: Charleston, South Carolina: A Nation Divided 
   (Click "Download" tab.)
2. TEAMS for Week 2:
1. TEAM 1: Juan / Masaya
2. TEAM 2: Sachi / Nicolas
3. TEAM 3: Vincent / Subaru / Eliana
4. TEAM 4: Mathieu / Maria Alejandra 
5. TEAM 5: Rui / Daniela
3. Additional resources on Christine's web page: 

1. Use the instructions from

Discourse Markers and write two paragraphs--

• one paragraph in collaboration with
  your partner from Week 1
• Check the suggestions by Grammarly.   
• Check each other's grammar, writing, punctuation,
  spelling.
• one paragraph by yourself 
• Check the suggestions by Grammarly.   

1. Feedback from the teams on their presentations--what
   worked well, what could be improved (15 min.) -- Online Stopwatch
2. Charleston, SC -- description of the city/images (10 min.) 
3. REVIEW (10 min.): Expressing CAUSE & EFFECT in 4 ways, using
   different discourse markers -- 
   Techniques of Sentence Combination/Discourse Markers
• TEAMS, Wk 2: On the Google doc CAUSE & EFFECT: The Civil War, 
  write 4 sentences about the Civil War, using the 4 types of discourse markers.

1. RESEARCH: Evaluating Web Sites--criteria for finding
   credible and up-to-date sources on the Internet
• TEAMS (3 min.): Brainstorm criteria -- list them on the board. 
2. TEAMS (30 min.): Researching a topic on the Civil War 
• With your Week 2 team member, select a topic related to the Civil War to research.
• Go to Google and find ONE webpage on your topic. 
• Use the worksheet: Evaluating Web Sites to evaluate your website/page.

1. Read all of the text. Highlight/annotate. Complete pages 41-46.
2. RESEARCH:
• On your Civil War topic, find 1 additional source
  per team member from the additional resources
  on Christine's webpage:  http://academics.smcvt.edu/
  cbauer-ramazani/IEP/content/US_History/CivilWar.htm 

• Post your 2 additional sources per team member on the Google doc Research: Civil War, using APA style -- See the example.  
  EXAMPLE:
  Last name, first initial. (year). Title of the article.
  Source of
  publication. Retrieved from https:// .....
• For specific cases, see Citing Electronic Resources. 

1. Rubric evaluations of presentation #1--questions? (5 min.)
2. Homework check: pp. 41-46 (15 min.)
3. Evaluating web pages: Use the worksheet: Evaluating Web Sites to evaluate one of your classmates' website/page in Research: Civil War. (15 min.)
4. Vocabulary Strategies: REVIEW (10 min.)  

1. Review Vocabulary Strategies for a QUIZ. 
2. Revise your Essay Answers in the Google Doc:
• Copy/paste the paragraph UNDERNEATH the original
  paragraph. Make the corrections. 
• Use the feedback you received from your classmates and me. 
• Use the Correction Symbols, Revision Strategy, and
  Words to Avoid in Academic Writing handout. 
3. Begin preparations for a 10-12-minute presentation on your topic:
   See Week 1 for instructions.
• Create all of the necessary pages for a slideshow. 
• Choose a background.
• Complete the Cover Page. 
4. tEAMS: This is the Google Doc for your Gettysburg interpretations: 
   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fXyxJLP8BIN_HwXKmh-rJCydeLgpMCM9JW1u9XvQb9w/edit?usp=sharing 

Links to teams' Google folders for Week 2 presentations 

• TEAM 1: Juan/Masaya
• TEAM 2: Sachi/Nicolas
• TEAM 3: Vincent/
  Subaru/Eliana
• TEAM 4: Mathieu/Maria Alejandra 
• TEAM 5: Rui/Daniela

1. Grades in Canvas at https://smcvt.instructure.com/courses/10052  
2. QUIZ: Vocabulary Strategies
3. Gettysburg Address interpretations 
4. WRITING
• Review of sentences on Google doc CAUSE & EFFECT: The Civil War (5 min.)
• Organization of a paragraph 
• How to achieve COHERENCE in writing 
• Peer reviews of the Essay Questions/Answers in Google Drive: Follow the instructions for Peer Reviews of Essay Questions/Answers. 
5. Creating a Quizlet on Weeks 1 and 2: Boston/Independence and Week 2: Charleston/the Civil War

• Password: smciep 
• Follow the 2 model definitions and example.
• Each student creates 3 entries. 
• For definitions and examples from the corpus, use the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online or the Cambridge Dictionary. 

1. Complete your slideshow for a 10-12-minute presentation.
2. Proofread your slideshow for 

• phrases/no sentences
• consistency in format
• image credits 
• text links

1. Practice your presentation--timing, transitions to the next speaker/topic. 
2. Complete the Quizlet; See instructions on the left. 

10-12-min. team presentations (90 min.)

• TEAM 1: Juan/Masaya
• TEAM 2: Sachi/Nicolas
• TEAM 3: Vincent/Subaru/Eliana
• TEAM 4: Mathieu/Maria Alejandra 
• TEAM 5: Rui/Daniela 

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Read the Google Doc for the teams' Gettysburg interpretations: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fXyxJLP8BIN_HwXKmh-rJCydeLgpMCM9JW1u9XvQb9w/edit?usp=sharing 

Grammar: Articles 

• Articles -- Decision Tree
• TEAMS: Complete these exercises:
• Articles - Exercise -- Sugar
• Rules for using "the" with proper nouns
• Notes on Article Usage
• Exercise: The Traveler & My Mistake
• The Traveler (answers) 

1. Study the vocabulary in Quizlet on Boston/Independence
   and Week 2: Charleston/the Civil War. Interact with the
   vocabulary by using the 7 functions: LEARN, FLASHCARDS, WRITE, SPELL, TEST, MATCH, GRAVITY.