Bravo/ Writing/ Week 6

Dear Bravo students,

Your creative task due 31.10.2011 (Monday) is as follows:

* Think about the people who lived in ancient times, such as the stone age (prehistoric times), the Roman Period (Roman Empire), etc. Pick one of them and write about the people who lived in those times and their life conditions. (How they lived and what they used to do in their daily lives or in times of war). Also, think about the good features of their lives, too and compare them with today's life conditions.

What to include:

- used to/ didn't use to
- would
- be/ get used to- be/ get accustomed to
- past& present tenses

Vocabulary:

- from the glossaries (at least 2 words from each list)

Have a good weekend =)

Ms KURTOĞLU

Reading Journal Task 2- İnci Gültekin

Dear Bravo Students,

I'd like to assign the second reading journal task from the Chapter 2. You haven't gone through the second reading. Therefore, focus on any point you've come across from the 1st reading in Chapter 2. Remember to write at least 120 words. Plus, late journal entries will not be accepted and assessed as of this week. All journal entries should be done on the web. Pen-and-paper submissions will be returned.

Have a nice weekend. İnci teacher :)

BRAVO / LISTENING

Dear bravo students,
on web: U6 Vocabulary 1, U5 Vocabulary 2 ,Vocabulary Skill, Pronounciation, Speaking Skill, Unit 5 Assignment Test
QSkillls for Success pages:82,83,84 These are your assignments for Monday, October 31st

All the best,
Elif Meltem BİRSÖZ ÖZKÖSE

BRAVO/ LISTENING

Dear Bravo students,
I'd like you to do your homework on web: U5 Listening Skill & Comprehension tomorrow.
All the best,
Elif Meltem Birsöz Özköse

Main Course- İnci GÜLTEKİN

My Dear Bravo Students,

This is a second but last chance for the ones who haven't completed their Grammar Dimensions 2 (GD 2) Workbook tasks. Here is the list of the units you have to submit me till FRIDAY morning. The deadline will not be EXTENDED for the 3rd time. I would like to give you as many (+)'s as possible, so if I were you, I wouldn't miss the chance :) Unit = U

1- Unit 3 2- Unit 6 3- Unit 8 4- Unit 9
5- Unit 10 6- Unit 11 7- Unit 13 8- Unit 14
9- Unit 15 10- Unit 23

İnci teacher

Main Course- İnci GÜLTEKİN

Dear All,

This blog entry is particularly for those interested in improving their listening skills. I found a very useful website from IATEFL in which there are numerous listening websites. I checked several of them and noticed a variety of authentic and up-to-date materials.

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/

For your information
İnci Gültekin

Reading Journal Task 1- İnci GÜLTEKİN

My Dear Students,

It· It's my pleasure to assign you the first reading journal writing task. You're kindly expected to write a journal based on the theme/reading(s) in the 1st Chapter of Issues for Today.Do not forget to integrate with the 2nd reading text which we studied TOEFL reading strategies on Friday. The minimum word count is 120.

Pl· Please find below the prompts you could make use of while writing your journal both for this week and the following weeks.

EnEnjoy your weekend. İnci teacher :)

* Write down any thoughts, questions, or ideas you had while reading.

• Write down the way you felt while reading the text.
• This reading text made me realize_______________
• This reading text reminded me of________________
• I would like to ask the author ____________
• My opinion of this reading text is ___________
• My favorite part was ________________
• This reading text made me wonder about ___________________
• Make a prediction about what will happen next.
• If you were the author, what would you change?
• How is this reading text like another one you have read?
• Does a character remind you of someone you know?
• How is the main character alike or different from you?
• Would you want to be the character’s friend? Why or why not?
• What did the author do to keep you interested in the reading text?
• Illustrate the setting and use five words to describe it.
• I like / dislike this reading text because _______________
• Would you like to be one of the characters in the reading text? Who and Why?
• Does the reading text leave you with questions you would like to ask? What are they?
• What are your favorite lines/quotes? Copy them into your reading journal and explain why these passages caught your attention.
• How have you changed after reading the text? What did you learn that you never knew before?
• Who else should read this text? Should anyone not be encouraged to read this text? Why? Would you recommend this text to a friend or fellow classmate?
• Write about the characters? Which one is your favorite? Is there a character you hate/detest/despise? Why?
• I think the author is really trying to say ________________
• I think the part __________ should be changed because firstly, __________ Secondly, __________.
• __________ must be important because it repeats over and over. I think __________.
• I really like this sentence / phrase / or this word used in the reading text because __________.
• This part is very important because__________. Another thing is that __________.
• I noticed that the first thing the author underlines __________. After reading the text, I wonder________ .
• The characters in the reading passage seem realistic / unrealistic because__________. Also, __________ .
• I love the way__________.
• I wish that __________It seems like__________.
• I’m puzzled over or wonder about__________.
• I learned something about __________The setting of the story is __________.
• The author’s words made a picture in my mind__________.
• Reading about __________makes me think about__________.
• I was very touched / angry when I __________.
• The thing(s) I read about was/were shocking / exciting because__________. The other reason why I think so is that __________.
• The title of the reading passage is a perfect match because __________.The other reason why I think so is that __________.
• ____________ is a problem / conflict because first of all, _______. The other reason why I think this way is that __________.
• This passage made me realize__________.
• This reading text reminded me of__________.
• If I had the chance to talk to the author of this text, I would ask him/her__________.
• My favorite part in the text__________ .
• The author managed to keep me interested in the text because__________.
• The author couldn’t manage to keep me interested in the text because__________.
• The __________which the author mentioned seems unclear because__________.
• The overall message of the text is__________ .
• I can relate to the __________because first of all, __________and another thing is that__________.
• I was surprised when I __________.
• This situation reminds me of something that happened in my own life__________.
• This book was an effective writing because__________.
• __________was either believable / unbelievable about the texts / characters / events__________ .

Main Course- İnci GÜLTEKİN

Hi again,

I just wanted to make a couple of reminders (as usual) for the weekend homework. Please REMEMBER to

1- read and complete the answers for the reading material sheet I handed in on Friday (theme=culture)

2- do 3 reading text activities from dbe.offline.readings book. By the end of each 7 days, you will have completed 16 texts (2 per weekdays; 3 per weekend days)

3- complete the exercises from Top Notch exercises from the previous units 1,2,3,4.

P.s: Time for a second chance for the ones who haven't submitted TN WB U5 and GD2 WB U9 on Friday. I'll accept them if you bring on Monday.

Sincerely,
İnci Gültekin

Dear Bravo Students,
On Monday, you are supposed to do your homework on web: U5 Vocabulary 1,
U4 Vocabulary 1 &2 & Vocabulary Skill, Speaking Skill, Pronounciation,Unit Assignment Test
....Good evening...
Elif Meltem BİRSÖZ ÖZKÖSE

Useful links

Hello everybody,

Here is a list of useful websites that can help you imrove your skills.

All the best,

Pınar KURTOĞLU


SKILL BASED ELT WEBSITES
VOCABULARY
1 The Compleat Lexical
Tutor www.lextutor.ca/tests
2 WordSmart http://www.wordsmart.com/ws_challenge/index2.php
3 Vocaboly http://www.vocaboly.com/
4 Lingonet http://www.lingonet.com/lingonets/

GRAMMAR
5 ESLgold-Grammar http://www.eslgold.com/grammar.html
6 Brigham Young University http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/x.asp?w=1024&h=600
7 Online English Grammar http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/

READING
8 Adult Learning California
Distance Learning Project http://www.cdlponline.org/
9 English Language Centre Study Zone, University of Victoria
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/
10 Topics, Online Magazine http://www.topics-mag.com/
11 ESL Independent Study
Lab http://legacy.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading.html
12 Online Magazines http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/Top50/Top50-
CurrentUS.htm
13 Weekly Mysteries & LPs http://www.mysterynet.com/

WRITING
14 Paragraph Punch http://www.paragraphpunch.com/
15 WriteFix http://writefix.com/
16 Create your own
newspaper www.crayon.net
17 Linguistic Funland TESL
Pen Pal Center http://www.tesol.net/penpals/

LISTENING
18 NewsVOAcom: Speacial English from the Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/
19 Real English from English
Online http://www.real-english.com/
20 ELLLO: English Language Listening Lab Online
http://www.elllo.org/

SPEAKING
21 Convert text to speech http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/
22 Browsealoud http://www.browsealoud.com/page.asp?pg_id=80094&tile=USA
23 Natural Reader http://www.naturalreaders.com/features.htm

COMMUNICATION
24 Nicenet http://www.nicenet.org/
25 UsingEnglish http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/
26 EnglishClub.com http://www.englishclub.com/esl-chat/

ESP
27 Arlyn Freed’s ESP site http://www.eslhome.com/esl/esp

BRAVO LISTENING

Dear Bravo Students,
QSkills for Success on Web: U4 Listening Skill and Comprehension is your homework for tomorrow. Good evening...

Bravo- Writing

Dear Bravo students,

Your assignment due this Tuesday is to write a paragraph about ONE of the following topics:

1. Write about a disaster such as an earthquake or flood you experienced or heard from the news, movies etc. including the words from the glossary delivered the previous course, and past simple and past progressive tenses.
2. Write about one of the customs in your country such as death, marriage etc. using direct& indirect objects, seperable& inseperable phrasal verbs, and vocabularies from the glossary.

P.S. : You are supposed to highlight the words (at least 2 words from each category), and underline the grammatical structures (past simple, phrasal verbs etc.)

All the best,

Pınar KURTOĞLU