ENGL+100D-+TOEFL+Reading+&+Vocabulary

Welcome to ENGL 100D- In this class, we'll study TOEFL Reading, Vocabulary, and do some independent reading.

The syllabus is available on the Sunlin College website, but you can see a more detailed syllabus in the file below.

Online Grade book
 * Submitting Homework & Quizzes: Go to the following link to submit homework and quizzes Submit Homework/Quiz**

This is very useful when studying vocabulary. One thing you should pay attention to is words that come before and after the word you are studying. Click on the following link for access to a free on-line concordance. Online Concordance
 * On-line Concordance**- A concordance is a tool that gives you example sentences for almost any word you want to study.


 * American Library Association Recommend Books 2007-2010**

Each week, I will upload a document for vocabulary, homework, and other information that isn't available in your textbook (i.e power point, video, flashcards). Check the class web page if you can't remember homework assignments, if you lose a handout, or if you can't remember what we covered in a given week. It will be especially important to check the web page if you miss class.


 * Week 15 (7 December)**

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 * Week 13 (23 November)**

Week 12 Vocab
 * Week 12 (16 November)**

Week 11 Vocab When you finish, your project should be similar to the one below. media type="custom" key="7457593"
 * Week 11 (9 November)**

How does the tone and mood differ in the videos below. media type="youtube" key="fuWf9fP-A-U?fs=1" height="229" width="288" Vs. media type="youtube" key="2T5_0AGdFic?fs=1" height="229" width="288"
 * Week 10 (2 November)**


 * Week 9 (26 October)**-

Make sure you buy a book and bring it to class during week 9. You should also tell the class why you chose the book.
 * Week 8**-

You will need to review all the vocabulary from the first 6 weeks in order to do well on the midterm. I combined all the words into one set of flashcards. The flashcards are available in the link below. Midterm Vocab
 * Week 7**-

Embed your homework on the page provided in the following link Week 6 Project TOEFL 6 Vocab No Wimpy Kid Vocab this week- Work hard on your projects. Mini sample of character job interview. media type="custom" key="7068035" http://blabberize.com/view/id/292258 50 Interview Questions
 * Week 6**-

Wimpy Kid 5 media type="file" key="Wimpy Kid 5.mp3" width="240" height="20" TOEFL Vocab 5 Plot Structure Powerpoint
 * Week 5-**

Toefl Wk 3 & 4 Vocab This is a link for TOEFL vocabulary for weeks 3 & 4. Study these for the quiz on week 5.
 * Week 3 (plus Week 4)**-

Class handout is available below. **Correction Mr. Nelson >>> Mr. Underwood*** (Thanks for pointing this out, Harry).

Wimpy Kid Vocab-2 If you want to print the vocabulary, use the file below. The vocabulary questions we discussed in class are in the file below.
 * Week 2- 7 September**
 * TOEFL Vocab- 2**

Week 1- **31 August**: Syllabus- Class Rules and Web page- Toefl Vocab 1, Wimpy Kid Vocab 1. TOEFL Vocabulary Week 1 Wimpy Kid Voc. 1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Read pages 1-37 [You can listen to parts 1 & 2 below if you don't have time to buy the book]. The handout I gave you in class (Vocabulary Discussion & Reading Comprehension) is in the file below.

Diary of Wimpy Kid- The first book we'll read together is //Diary of a Wimpy Kid.// You can listen to the audio version of the first several parts of this book by clicking on the videos below. I would encourage you to buy the book and read along, but you can just listen to the audio if you want to work more on listening and/or if you don't want to buy the book.

You can listen as you read pages 1-18. media type="youtube" key="iIi2LqPo8Ys?fs=1" height="190" width="240" align="left"

Part 2- pages 18-37 media type="youtube" key="o2h1FMN4HH8?fs=1" height="90" width="360" align="left"

Part 3- pages 37-54 media type="youtube" key="hifPMitmX0U?fs=1" height="103" width="361" align="left"

Part 4- pages 55-73 media type="youtube" key="7MvEewMDOXY?fs=1" height="97" width="362" align="left"

Part 5- pages 74-92 media type="youtube" key="3jbLrWtnYYE?fs=1" height="105" width="362" align="left"

Part 6- pages 92-107 [1st half of the book] media type="youtube" key="dEa9uSa01uU?fs=1" height="97" width="367" align="left"