2. Agenda (DO NOT TURN ON THE
COMPUTERS)
Please pick up all the handouts on the back
table:
Syllabus,
Tentative Schedule, Lab Contract
Class Orientation
Getting to Know You Activity
Reading Interview
Syllabus/Tentative Schedule
Textbooks and The Book Thief
Introduction to Vocabulary
Townsend Press Lab Orientation
3. Class Orientation/Syllabus
Books
You
will need your books by the third week of the
semester.
If you are unable to purchase your books by this
date, I have them on “reserve” in the library. You
simply go to the reference desk, give the clerk my
name, the name of the class “ENG83R” and the
name of the book.
You may not take the book out of the library but
can make copies or complete the homework on a
separate sheet of paper.
You need to bring ALL you books to class every
day.
4. Required Materials
EVERYONE must have a 3-ring binder with
dividers.
Dividers:
Syllabus;
Tentative Schedule
The Book Thief Literature Circle
Lab Contracts
Essays
Vocabulary
Handouts
5. Contacting Mrs. Buchanan
What ways can you contact me?
During Office Hours
By telephone: 791-2356
By Email (best way to contact me)
Visit me in the Learning Center Lab
6. Attendance
Attendance is 10% of your total grade.
You are allowed 4 absences for illness or
personal business.
On the 4th consecutive absence, you may be
dropped from the roll sheet.
HOWEVER, you must officially withdraw
through Banner or the Admissions Office. If
you do not withdraw, you will receive an “F” for
the class.
7. Tardiness
Once the attendance has been
completed, anyone that is late will receive 1
point taken off the participation points for the
day.
Also, anyone leaving the class early, will also
have points taken off.
If you know you will be late, if you email me
ahead of time, I will not take the point off.
Also, if you need to leave early and tell me
before class, I will not take the point off;
however, this cannot become a habit.
8. “The Book Thief Journey”
Literature Circle
Next week I will hand out the activity packet.
Each week you will read from the book along
with completing portions from the Literature
Circle packet.
This project is worth 10% of your total grade.
Your final paper will also be based on the
book.
I will introduce the book in more detail next
week.
9. Grades
Your grade in this class is approximately weighted as follows:
Textbooks, reading strategies assignments: 10%
Vocabulary Assignments: 10%
Textbooks, reading strategies Quizzes: 10%
Vocabulary Quizzes: 10%
The Book Thief Reading Project: 10%
Lab Contracts: 10%
Essays (3): 20%
Participation & Attendance: 10%
Final Exam: 10%
A = 90-100% B = 80-89% C = 70-79% D = 60-69% F =59%
and below (NC)
10. Class Format
During the first portion of the class there will be
a PowerPoint Lecture Presentation.
There will small group and large group
discussions on a regular basis.
For the last hour of class on Mondays, you will
be allowed to work on anything you wish for
the 83R class. This means that you may also
work on assignments for Mrs. Long.
On
Wednesdays, you will work on your Lab
Contract.
11. Computers
When you come into class, please do not turn
on your computers until instructed to do so.
You are not allowed to go on to websites that
do not pertain to the class – this includes
social media sites!
12. Tentative Schedule
Please note the legend at the top.
Also, please understand that the assignments
are due on the date that is in the first column.
For example, the assignment due on 2/3/14 is
SQ3R VV#1 pp. 31-35, and study for quizzes.
As this is a “tentative” schedule – this means
that it is subject to change.
13. Reading Interview/Engrade Info
You are going to pair off again, but this time,
find someone new to pair off with.
You will interview your neighbor. When
completed, you will again find someone new to
interview you.
Please be honest with your answers.
As you are completing your interviews, the
Engrade log-in password form will be
distributed. Please write down your user name
and password at the bottom of page 3 of the
syllabus.
16. How Much Do You Know About
Vocabulary?
The February 14, 2000, issue of Time
magazine reported some disturbing news: in
1950 the average 14-year-old had a
vocabulary of 25,000 words. By 1999, the
average 14-year-old's vocabulary had dropped
to only 10,000 words, less than half.
17. This is disturbing because a person's
vocabulary reflects his or her overall
general knowledge.
This is why I.Q. tests (intelligence
tests), college entrance exams, and
many other tests contain vocabulary
sections.
Think of people whom you consider to be
smart.
The odds are they have good vocabularies.
(If you speak more than one language, you
have two vocabularies.
This gives you an advantage over people
who speak only a single language.)
18. Why should I spend time improving
my vocabulary?
Did you know that the amount of money you
earn in your lifetime is related to the size of
your vocabulary?
Decades
of research by the Johnson O'Connor
Research Foundation, an independent, nonprofit
scientific research and educational organization,
confirm that income and vocabulary size are
correlated.
19.
Think of every word you add to your
vocabulary as being like a deposit you make
in your bank account.
A powerful vocabulary allows you to express
your thoughts clearly and precisely.
It enhances the impression you make at job
interviews.
For better or worse, people will make
judgments about you based on the size of
your vocabulary and how accurately you use
words.
Doesn't it make sense to turn your
vocabulary into an asset, a tool that works
for you?
20.
Here's some happy news:
vocabulary knowledge is not an aptitude (a
natural ability or special talent).
Anyone can learn words and expand his
or her vocabulary.
It's never too late to improve your
vocabulary.
Most people develop their vocabularies
by reading widely and by paying
attention to new words they see and
hear.
21. A strong vocabulary allows you
to…
understand more of what you read;
understand more of what you hear;
paraphrase (put into your own words)
information you read and hear;
speak more intelligently and precisely;
communicate more effectively in writing;
22. A strong vocabulary allows you
to…
score higher on tests, especially essay tests;
feel more confident about your speaking and
writing;
create a positive impression at job interviews;
advance on the job and earn more money over
the course of your lifetime.
Like anything of value, developing your
vocabulary requires time and effort, but the
rewards are great.
23.
In each of your college courses, you will learn a
wealth of specialized terms.
Along with learning academic terms, you should
also make an effort to add general words to your
vocabulary.
Most people's vocabularies are weakest in verbs.
Do you use the same handful of colorless verbs-such as got--over and over again?
Are you aware that there is always a better,
stronger, more interesting, and more precise verb
than got ?
If you want to see a dramatic improvement in your
vocabulary, add verbs.
24. What are passive and active
vocabularies?
When you are learning new words, you might
find yourself thinking, "Who uses these words?
I never hear anyone using them!"
People
do, in fact, use them.
The reason you don't hear them is because
the words don't mean anything to you.
Once you know their meaning, you start
seeing and hearing those words everywhere!
They were always there, of course, but now
you hear them because you recognize them.
25. Passive vs. Active Vocabulary
Everyone has an active vocabulary that consists
of words the person actually uses when speaking
and writing.
Everyone also has a larger passive vocabulary.
A person's passive vocabulary consists of words the
person understands when he or she reads and hears
them but doesn't actively use.
One goal of yours should be to move words from
your passive vocabulary into your active
vocabulary.
You do that just the way you would expect: by
using those words in your own speaking and
writing.
26. What is the size of the typical
person's vocabulary?
How many words are there in the English
language?
More
than a million!
The most complete English dictionary, The
Oxford English Dictionary, has about 750,000
entries (words, abbreviations, and names that
are defined).
27. What about the size of a person's
vocabulary?
It is difficult to measure vocabulary size
accurately.
Total vocabulary size varies greatly from person to
person, but people typically use about 5,000
words in their speech and about twice that many
in their writing.
A college-educated speaker of English could
have a vocabulary as large as 80,000 words.
Shakespeare, whose body of work is considered
the greatest in English literature, used more than
33,000 words in his plays.
This is an astonishing number, especially considering
that he was writing 400 years ago.
28. Vocabulary growth varies greatly
among students.
Many students whose culture differs from the
mainstream one add vocabulary at slower
rates than other students.
This means that over time, the gap between
their vocabularies and other students'
vocabularies grows increasingly large.
If you are behind in vocabulary, now is the
perfect time to begin closing the gap!
29. Time for another break
When you return from break, please turn on
your computers.
32. Townsend Press Lab Contract
Go to Townsendpress.com
The purpose of the lab contract is to reinforce
what you have learned in class.
You will be allowed to work in class (on
Wednesdays) on your lab contracts; however, if
you miss a class, you will need to make up the
time on your own.
You will go to the Learning Center Lab to make up
assignments.
Okay, let’s follow the directions on your lab
contract to create an account.
33. Townsend Press Reading Lab
For today, your assignment is to complete:
College
Reading Test Form B.
This should take the remainder of the class;
however, we are only going to work on this today.
If you do finish early, go ahead and start working
on the other activities.
For each activity that you complete, be sure to
write down the score and the date it was
completed.
You will complete 2 lab contracts during
ENG83R, 1 lab contract for ENG72, and a PSA
group project.
