Even in the ESL writing classroom, some lessons aren’t related to writing or grammar. Being successful in college requires a well-developed skill set with a various expertise needed. Here are some of the lessons I give in my classes. Read More
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Instructive Videos
With so many resources available on the internet, it can be difficult to sort thru them all. Here are some of the educational videos I use in my class. Read More
Spring Semester
School starts next week! I both love and hate the beginning of the new semester, how about you? On the one hand, I love the possibility of it all: the new students, the new curriculum, the new learning opportunities, the new relationships… it’s all so exciting! On the other hand, the first week is so […]
Thursday 1/19 Homework
1.Reading Assignments for Dweck. Reading Assignment 2. Blog – you cannot complete this until you have access to canvas. 3. Diagnostic Revision- you can complete this, but you will have to email me if you don’t have access to Canvas yet. Diagnostic Assignment
Diagnostic Revision
Diagnostic Revision Assignment The first week of class you responded in class to a prompt. For this revision, use whatever information that you wrote in class and 1.Add any needed content. 2.Edit your text for grammatical correctness. 3.Type in MLA format. 4.Submit through the Turn It In link below on this page by 6 am, […]
First Day Homework
1. Read Handout and review vocabulary. Reading Homework 2. Introduce yourself to Mrs. C by email. Introduction Homework 3. Set up Canvas Acct Canvas Homework
Set Up Canvas
Canvas will be our primary learning management system this semester although though we will use blackboard for submitting to turn it in as well. This is a new system for me and for many of you as well. We will figure it out together! It is imperative that you familiarize yourself with the system […]
Introduction for Mrs. C
Effective communication will be important to your success this semester. In a writing course, much of your communication will occur in your written work, but you may find it important to discuss things with me as well. As such, I’d like to start out the semester by ensuring that you and I both know you […]
Winter Poetry
As I have worked with many international students in my writing classroom, one of the complaints I often get is that they don’t have enough vocabulary to write meaningful sentences. It is certainly difficult to express complex thoughts with simple vocabulary; there is no doubt of that. Nonetheless, given care, beautiful images can be expressed […]
Reading Homework
Essay 1 Articles For ESL 201, many of our resources will be printed by you. I will mostly give you the choice to print the article or simply read it online. However, it will probably be most beneficial to you to print each, especially the more difficult ones, so that you can annotate the readings. […]