SECOND BOOK REPORT OF A NOVEL, FOR BOTH L.4 GROUPS!!

Hi Everyone,

This post is to tell all of you, first, that I hope your holidays are great and, second, to tell you about the next novel you must read.  The novel is to be identical to the type of novel you´ve read for the first one:  the book must have a minimum of 2000 words, with a maximum of 2500 words, or be classified as "Upper Intermediate."  You must find a book by the time of your tutorial in January, which will be between Jan. 20- Jan. 24.  Don´t be late in finding a book!

You have THE SAME TWO OPTIONS FOR THE BOOK REPORT as with the first novel, which are:

1.  Explain the THEME of the novel.  Use examples from the novel to support what you say the theme is, but summarize the examples in your own English.  Don´t just copy the examples.

2.  Make a CHARACTER STUDY of one of the novel´s characters.  Tell me why the author created him/her, why this person is important for the novel, etc.  Again, don´t copy; use your own words.

Your report must have a minimum of 300 words, and a maximum of 500 words.  Practice your writing ability here!  Look at your Errors Chart to help you.  Thanks.

Chuck

CONTINUAL ASSESSMENT FOR L/C AND GR & VO

Hi Everyone,

Please write down these dates for the Continual Assessment tests:
Jan. 15 for my Monday & Wednesday group
Jan. 14 for my Tuesday & Thursday group

On those days we´ll do the tests for listening and grammar-vocabulary.

Also:

If you want to practice your listening skills a little, go to TED.com and listen to some of these talks.  At the lower left of the homepage, you´ll find "View all tags", which is the table of contents, i.e., you can see all of the topics discussed.  Listen to a few of them, and you can use English subtitles, if you wish.

Have a great Christmas season!

Chuck