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Introduction to Communication & Reading I textbook.
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Students should purchase and bring the textbook to the first class. Read the introductory material on page 6: “Welcome to Reading Explorer!”
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(1) Download Vocabulary List and Definitions from the textbook website; (2) review the syllabus.
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Descriptions of Vocabulary Notebook and Summary
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Students should purchase and bring a new notebook to the class.
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Students should make a vocabulary notebook as instructed.
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3
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Unit 1A: Sport and Fitness: The World Game
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Student should listen and read Unit 1A. Group members should prepare their presentation (Short Summary, Translation into Japanese, and Opinions) of Unit 1A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words, definitions and example sentences to their vocabulary notebook, which is a regular weekly task. |
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Unit 1B: Sport and Fitness: What Makes an Olympic Champion?
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Students should listen and read Unit 1B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 1B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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5
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Unit 2A: Skin Deep: What is Beauty?
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Students should listen and read Unit 2A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 2A |
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 2B: Skin Deep: Skin: The Body’s Canvas
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Students should listen and read Unit 2B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 2B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 3A: Animals in Danger: Dangerous Journey
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Students should listen and read Unit 3A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 3A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 3B: Animals in Danger: Tracking the Snow Leopard
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Students should listen and read Unit 3B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 3B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises; (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook; and (3) write the 1st Reading Explorer Written Report.
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Unit 4A: Violent Earth: Sacred Mountains
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Students should listen and read Unit 4A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 4A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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10
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Unit 4B: Violent Earth: Earthquake Zones
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Students should listen and read Unit 4B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 4B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 5A: Islands and Beaches: The Perfect Beach
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Students should listen and read Unit 5A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 2B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 5B: Island and Beaches: Land of Fire and Ice
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Students should listen and read Unit 5B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 5B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 6A: Success and Failure: The Nature of Risk
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Students should listen and read Unit 6A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 6A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 6B: Success and Failure: The Rewards of Failure
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Students should listen and read Unit 6B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 6B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises; (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook; and (3) write the 2nd Reading Explorer Written Report.
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Vocabulary Test for Units 1A-6B.
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Students should review their vocabulary notebooks from Units 1-6 in preparation for the first vocabulary test.
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Students should review the course materials.
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T/S Conference:(1) check students’ vocabulary notebooks (Units 1A-6B); (2) results in the first semester; (3) feedback on the 2nd Reading Explorer Written Report and the 1st Vocabulary Test; and (4) Students’ goals in the second semester
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Students should: (1) write and bring their goals in the second semester to the class and (2) bring their vocabulary notebooks to the class.
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Each student should make sure to set a specific goal for the second semester.
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Unit 7A: Global Addictions: Caffeine: The World’s Favorite Drug
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Students should listen and read Unit 7A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 7A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 7B: Global Addictions: Powering the Future
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Students should listen and read Unit 7B. Group members should prepare their presentationof Unit 7B |
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 8A: Epic Engineering: China’s Grand Canal
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Students should listen and read Unit 8A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 8A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 8B: Epic Engineering: Peru’s Highway of Dreams
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Students should listen and read Unit 8B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 8B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 9A: Far Out: Defying Gravity
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Students should listen and read Unit 9A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 9A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 9B: Far Out: The Ultimate Trip
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Students should listen and read Unit 9B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 9B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises; (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook; and (3) write the 3rd Reading Explorer Written Report.
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Unit 10A: All in the Mind: What’s on Your Mind
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Students should listen and read Unit 10A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 9A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 10B: All in the Mind: Inside Animal Minds
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Students should listen and read Unit 10B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 10B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 11A: Art and Life: The Power of Color
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Students should listen and read Unit11A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 11A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 11B: Art and Life: Van Gogh’s World
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Students should listen and read Unit 11B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 11B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 12A: Medical Challenges: A Cure for Cancer?
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Students should listen and read Unit 12A. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 12A.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises and (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook.
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Unit 12B: Medical Challenges: Deadly Contact
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Students should listen and read Unit 12B. Group members should prepare their presentation of Unit 12B.
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Students should: (1) complete the exercises; (2) add 10 new target vocabulary words to their notebook; and (3) write the 4th Reading Explorer Written Report.
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T/S Conference: (1) Check students’ vocabulary notebooks (Units 7A-12B); (2) Results of Students’ goals in the second semester
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Students should: (1) write and bring the results of their goals in the second semester and (2) bring their vocabulary notebooks to the class.
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Students should review their vocabulary notebooks from Units 7-12 in preparation for the second vocabulary test.
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Vocabulary Test for Units 7A-12B.
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Students should review their vocabulary notebooks from Units 7-12 in preparation for the second vocabulary test.
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Course Evaluation
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