Syllabus for Summer 2001
Mondays through Fridays, 8:00 - 8:50 a.m., 4212 Helen C. White Hall
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Professor Richard F. Young5129 Helen C. White Hall |
Textbook
van Zante, Daise, Norloff, Falk, & Mahnke. (2000). Grammar links 3: A theme-based course for reference and practice. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin.
Workbook
Norloff, Daise, & Mahnke. (2000). Grammar links 3: Workbook. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin.
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| 1 | Present and Past: Simple and Progressive | Natural time and clock time | Simple present and present progressive |
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| Simple past and past progressive |
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| 2 | Present and past: Perfect and perfect progressive | The pace of life | Present perfect and present perfect progressive |
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| Past perfect and past perfect progressive |
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| 3 | Future, phrasal verbs, tag questions | Travel | Future time |
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| Future progressive, future perfect, and future perfect progressive |
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| Phrasal verbs, tag questions |
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| 4 | Noun phrases | Food | Nouns and determiners |
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| Modifiers, pronouns, and possessives |
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| 5 | Adjective clauses and adjective phrases | Personality | Adjective clauses |
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| More about adjective clauses |
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| 6 | Gerunds and infinitives | Entertainment | Gerunds and infinitives |
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| More about gerunds and infinitives |
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| 7 | Modals | Courtship and marriage | Modals |
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| More about modals |
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| 8 | Passives | World of sports | Passive overview |
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| More about passives |
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| 9 | Conditionals | Natural disasters | Conditionals |
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| More about conditionals |
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| 10 | Noun clauses | Popular fiction | Noun clauses |
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| Noun clauses in reported speech; quoted speech |
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| 11 | Adverb clauses and phrases; Connecting ideas | Advertising and consumer behavior | Adverb clauses and phrases |
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| Connecting ideas |
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| Date | Topic | In class | Homework |
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| Wednesday, June 20 |
Get acquainted |
3 items from textbook outline | |
| Thursday, June 21 | Simple present and present progressive | Acronyms
Exercise 7, p. 15 |
Exercise 10, pp. 20-21 |
| Friday, June 22 | Stative and active meanings of verbs | Correct Exercise 10, pp. 20-21.
Exercise 11, p. 22 |
Write sentences with past tense of these 19 irregular verbs: be, bet, choose, creep, drink, forbid, forget, hang, know, meet, outdo, oversleep, quit, rethink, sling, stand, swear, undergo, withstand |
| Monday, June 25 | Simple past and past progressive forms | Correct homework on irregular past
tenses
Forms of past and past progressive: Exercises 1 & 3 |
Exercise 9, pp. 37-38
Read Grammar Briefing 3, pp. 38-39 |
| Tuesday, June 26 | Simple past and past
progressive forms functions
Used to |
Grammar Briefing 2, Exercise
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Grammar Briefing 3, pp. 38-39 Correct homework on Exercise 9, pp. 37-38 |
Exercise 12, pp. 40-41 |
| Wednesday, June 27 | Used to
Present perfect, present perfect progressive past perfect, past perfect progressive, and simple past |
Correct homework: Exercise 12, pp. 40-41
Plan for potluck |
Read Grammar Briefing 1, pp. 48-50
Introductory task, page 47 |
| Thursday, June 28 | Present perfect, present perfect progressive past perfect, past perfect progressive, and simple past | Correct Homework: Grammar Briefing 1, pp. 48-50
Go over Introductory task, page 47 Identify tenses in "The Pace of Life" p. 45 |
Write sentences with present perfect (progressive) of these 20 irregular verbs: begin, bleed, blow, drive, fly, freeze, get, hide, mislead, outgrow, put, rebuild, sell, shoot, sink, sleep, strike, teach, upset, withdraw. Due Monday. |
| Friday, June 29 | Form of perfect tenses, contrast with past | Exercises 1 and 4 | Same homework as yesterday, due Monday |
| Monday, July 2 | Past perfect versus past | Exercise 5
What did you do this weekend? Planning for Fourth of July |
Unit Wrap-up, pages 75-76 |
| Tuesday, July 3 | Perfect versus past | Comments on past participle homework
Correct homework |
Read Grammar Briefing 1, pages 81-83
Exercise 1(a) and (b), pages 83 and 84 |
| Thursday, July 5 | Forms of the future | Correct homework
Introduce names for future forms Exercises 1 and 2, pages 83-85 |
Read Grammar Briefing 2 on page 90
Exercise 7(a) and (b) on pages 88 and 89 |
| Friday, July 6 | Present simple & present progressive used in the future | Correct homework
Talk about plans for the weekend |
You are a travel agent. Make plans for me for a 3-day visit to your home town. (1) Make a schedule, (2) Write me an email with detailed plans. |
| Monday, July 9 | Travel Plans | Jigsaw listening: A day in New York City | Study Grammar
Briefing 1 on pages 114-115
Exercises 1 and 2 on pages 116-117 |
| Tuesday, July 10 | Phrasal Verbs | Correct homework
Exercises A and B, page 113 |
Study Grammar
Briefing 2 on pages 120-121
Exercise 8 on pages123-124 |
| Wednesday, July 11 | Phrasal Verbs versus Verb-Preposition Combinations | Correct homework
Exercise 9 on pages 124-125 |
Find a picture to go with your itinerary and bring it to class on Thursday |
| Thursday, July 12 | Tag Questions | Grammar Briefing
3 on pages 125-127
Exercise 11 on page 128 Ask and answer tag questions about your picture |
No homework |
| Friday, July 13 | TOEFL Time 1, pages 16-17 in Workbook | Email me a corrected version of your itinerary | |
| Monday, July 16 | Noun Phrases | Introduce NPs
Do Exercises on pages 134 & 135 |
Study Grammar Briefing 1 on pages 137-139
Do Exercises 1 & 2 on pages 140-141 |
| Tuesday, July 17 | Proper and Common Nouns Count and Noncount Nouns |
Correct homework
Do Exercise 5 on pages 142-143 Correct pronunciation of final -(e)s |
Study Grammar Briefing 2 on pages 146-148
Do Exercise 10 on pages 149-150 |
| Wednesday, July 18 | Definite and indefinite articles | Correct homework
Do Exercises 11 and 12 on pages 150-152 |
Study Grammar Briefing 3 on pages 154-156
Do Exercise 15 on pages 156-157 |
| Thursday, July 19 | Quantifiers | Correct homework
Finish Exercise 12 on page 152 Exercise 13 on pages 152-153 |
Prepare for TOEFL Time 2
Final version of itinerary |
| Friday, July 20 | TOEFL Time 2, pages 32-33 in Workbook | Sequence adjectives on ice cream handout
Count how many hours you spend this weekend (a) speaking English (b) eating ice cream |
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| Monday, July 23 | Field Trip to Babcock Hall to see ice cream manufacture | Correct homework | Study Grammar
Briefing 3
on pages 174-175
Do Unit Wrap-Up on pages 178-179 |
| Tuesday, July 24 | Adjective Clauses and Adjective Phrases | Correct homework | Study Grammar
Briefing 1 on pages 186-187
Do Exercises 1 and 2 on pages 188-189 |
| Wednesday, July 25 | Adjective Clauses and Adjective Phrases |
Intro on pages 182-184 |
None |
| Thursday, July 26 | Adjective Clauses and Adjective Phrases | Exercises 1, 2, and 7 | Prepare for
TOEFL Time 3
Bring in a picture of a friend |
| Friday, July 27 | TOEFL Time 3, pages 59-61 in Workbook | Count how many hours you spend speaking English
this weekend
Exercise 7 and write a description of the person in the picture. Use at least 5 adjective clauses |
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| Monday, July 30 | Relative Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions and Possessives | Collect Homework
Explain end-of-session schedule Grammar Briefing 2, pages 192-193 Exercise 9 page 194 |
Study Grammar Briefing 1 on page 199
Do Exercises 2 & 3 on pages 200-201 |
| Tuesday, July 31 | More about Adjective Clauses; Adjective Phrases | Exercise 1
Correct homework |
Study Grammar Briefing 2 on pages 201-202
Do Exercise 5 on Emily Dickinson, Alexander Graham Bell, Glenn Gould, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein |
| Wednesday, August 1 | Restrictive vs. Nonrestrictive adjective clauses | Correct homework
Exercises 7 and 8 |
Study Grammar Briefing 3 on pages 207-208
Do Exercise 9 on pages 208-209 |
| Thursday, August 2 | Adjective Phrases | Correct homework
Exercise 10 |
Prepare for TOEFL Time 4 |
| Friday, August 3 | TOEFL Time 4, pages 81-83 in Workbook | Count how many hours you spend using English this weekend | |
| Monday, August 6 | Adjective Phrases | Talk about your weekend
Exercise 11 on pages 210-211 Conduct Evaluations (ESL Program and English Dept) |
Prepare for TOEFL Time 5 |
| Tuesday, August 7 | TOEFL Time 5,
pages 98-100 in Workbook
Life after English 110. Discussion with English 110 alumni: Karla Esbona, Arturo Vergara, and WooJin Song |
Prepare for ELI Final Exam | |
| Wednesday, August 8 | Review
materials covered
Distribute test scores Meet in Room 6110 for in-class essay, then move to Humanities for ELI Final Exam |
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| Thursday, August 9 | Fun and games
Distribute "My Hometown" Newsletter |
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| Friday, August 10 |
Distribute ELI Certificates |
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This page last revised June 06, 2003
