January and February in English Discussion Practice

Jan. 18 - Designer Babies
(Teacher-guided study activities)
Activities
1) 

Homework
1) read Marriage reading
2) TBD


Jan. 21 - Designer Babies
(Teacher-guided P&D)
Activities
1) review What's My Grade shared document, collect HW

• Taboo Conversation Activity Worksheet
• Not My Type Activity Worksheet
• Reading Quizzes
• Lecture Note Taking Worksheets

3) do Taboo Conversation Reading Quiz

• student discussion leaders collect quizzes for grading by leaders together
• hand in graded quizzes to instructor on Dec. 8

4) do Group Presentation: Taboo Conversation

• take notes with Taboo Conversation Presentation Worksheet

5) individual preparation for discussion
6) do group discussions
7) do P&D evaluation discussions

• use P&D Peer Evaluation Worksheet
• group discussion leaders act as language monitors (English only discussion)
• use Language Monitoring Rating Sheets

8) assign HW, including Not My Type Reading

Homework
1) read Not My Type Reading
2) prepare your group's teaching materials, share with Chris by google docs


Jan. 25 - Final Topic
(Teacher-guided study activities)
1) review What's My Grade shared document, collect HW

• outstanding Reading Quizzes
• outstanding Presentation Worksheets

3) do Not My Type Reading Quiz

• student discussion leaders guide self-grading
• class members self-grade, attach score
• hand in graded quizzes to instructor

3) do Group Presentation: Not My Type

• take notes with Taboo Conversation Presentation Worksheet

4) individual preparation for discussion

• students take time to write ideas on worksheet with disc Qs? (If so, make a worksheet)

5) do group discussions
6) do P&D evaluation discussions

• use P&D Peer Evaluation Worksheet
• group discussion leaders act as language monitors (English only discussion)
• use Language Monitoring Rating Sheets

7) review class schedule - confirm membership in various groups

Homework
1) TBD
2) prepare your group's teaching materials, share with Chris by google docs

Feb. 1 - Final Topic
(Student-guided P&D)
Activities
1) review What's My Grade document
2) review class schedule, group membership, upcoming topics
3) do Marriage Discussion 1 Worksheet
4) do reading with Who believes what? activity (1st and 2nd pages of Marriage handout)
5) do Language (2nd page Marriage handout)
6) do Cheating discussion 1 Worksheet
7) do reading with True / False? activity (1st and 2nd pages of Cheating handout)
8) do Discussion (2nd page Cheating handout)
9) handout and assign reading from Marriage group

Homework
1) read Marriage reading
2) TBD

Dec. 22 - Marriage - For Better or for Worse
(Student-guided P&D)

Activities

1) review What's My Grade shared document, collect HW

• Reading Quizzes
• Lecture Note Taking Worksheets

3) do Marriage Reading Quiz

• student discussion leaders collect quizzes for grading by leaders together
• hand in graded quizzes to instructor on Jan. 8, or instructor grades quizzes (better?)

4) do Group Presentation: Marriage - For Better or Worse

• take notes with Marriage Presentation Note Taking Worksheet

5) individual preparation for discussion
6) do group discussions
7) do P&D evaluation discussions

• use P&D Peer Evaluation Worksheet
• group discussion leaders act as language monitors (English only discussion)
• use Language Monitoring Rating Sheets

8) assign HW, including Cheating on Your Partner Reading

Homework
1) read Cheating on Your Partner Reading
2) prepare your group's teaching materials, share with Chris by google docs