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Open Lab Assignments
Name:
Directions: Choose from the following options. You may complete these assignments at home or in the
Computer Lab. You must complete five of these assignments every two weeks, and you must hand
them in attached to this list, showing which assignments you have worked on. Due dates are September
28, October 12, October 26, November 9, November 23.
Date
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Objective
Listening
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Learning Web
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Note-taking
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Listening and
Writing
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Listening,
Reading and
Writing
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Assignments
Log onto the following site: www.cnn.com. Listen to different
newscasts of your choice. On a separate paper, write down the
names of at least five newscasts that you listened to.
Log onto the following site: www.abcnews.go.com. Listen to
different newscasts of your choice. On a separate paper, write down
the names of at least five newscasts that you listened to.
Log onto the following site: www.bbc.co.uk. Listen to different
newscasts of your choice. On a separate paper, write down the
names of at least five newscasts that you listened to.
Log the following site: www.cbsnews.com. Listen to different
newscasts of your choice. On a separate paper, write down the
names of at least five newscasts that you listened to.
Go onto the following website:
http://learning.swc.hccs.edu/members/kathy.najafi. Click on Useful
ESL Links, choose one of the links and complete two exercises. You
must provide a copy of what you did.
Go onto the following website:
http://learning.swc.hccs.edu/members/kathy.najafi. Click on Useful
ESL Links, choose a different one of the links and complete two
exercises. You must provide a copy of what you did.
Go onto the following website:
http://learning.swc.hccs.edu/members/kathy.najafi. Click on Useful
ESL Links, choose a different one of the links and complete two
exercises. You must provide a copy of what you did.
Log onto the following site: www.npr.org. Listen to one of the
articles twice. The first time just listen. The second time, take notes
while listening. Attach your notes to this form.
Log onto the following site: www.npr.org. Listen to a different
article twice. The first time just listen. The second time, take notes
while listening. Attach your notes to this form.
Log onto the following site: www.thisibelieve.org. Listen to one of
the articles twice. The first time just listen. The second time, take
notes while listening. Bring your notes to class.
Log onto: www.nationalgeographic.com/video.
Watch at least 3 videos. Write the name of the videos you watched,
and underline the one you found most interesting. Write about what
you learned and attach the paper to this form.
Copy and paste the following web address:
http://www.thisibelieve.org. Read and listen to at least two This I
Believe essays. Write your own This I Believe essay and attach it to
this form.
Copy and paste the following web address:
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Grammar in
Writing
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Reading and
Summarizing
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Reading and
Paraphrasing
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Internet
Searching
Skills
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http://www.thisibelieve.org.Choose your favorite This I Believe
essay. Write one paragraph about why you liked it. Write about what
you learned.
Copy and paste the following web address:
http://www.manythings.org/voa/rss/. Listen and read along with one
of the topics. Which topic did you listen to?
Copy and paste the following web address:
http://www.thisibelieve.org. Choose a This I Believe essay and
listen to it as you read along. Then just listen to a sentence as you
write it like a dictation. Do this with five sentences. Hand your
dictation in with this form.
Log onto http://a4esl.org and complete two of the medium or
difficult grammar quizzes. Tell which two you completed.
Log onto http://www.eslcafe.com and click on Stuff for Students,
then scroll down to Quizzes. Complete two of them. Tell which two
you completed.
Log only http://uefap.com/vocab/select/awl.htm#top. This site gives
you all 570 headwords of the Academic Word List, with definitions,
pronunciation, and example-sentences. Find ten words you don’t
know, copy and paste them into a Word document for your own
computer, and then repeat the meanings, the pronunciation, and the
example-sentences for each. Give your teacher a list of the ten (but
don’t print the Word document).
Log onto http://www.academicvocabularyexercises.com/#what. This
site provides exercises for different Sublists of the Academic Word
List. Click on a Sublist, click on the List of Words, and then click on
two exercises and do them. Tell which exercises you did.
Write for 30 minutes about a topic of your choice, double-spacing
your paper. It should be at least 3 paragraphs long. When you finish,
re-read it carefully for grammar. Underline the subject of each
sentence once, and double-underline the verb. Make sure that each
verb has a subject. Try to choose the best tense for each very. Find
and correct any other kinds of grammar problems in your sentences.
Do your best. Attach your paper to this form and hand it in.
Go online to one of the above-mentioned websites and choose an
article of your choice. Write a summary of the article. Hand in a
copy of the original article along with your typed summary.
Remember that a summary is much shorter than the original and that
nothing should be copied.
Go online to one of the above mentioned websites and choose a very
short article of your choice. Paraphrase the article (remember that
when paraphrasing, your work will be almost the same length as the
original – but written in your own words).
Do a short research about any topic of your choice. Write one
paragraph about what you learned from your research and why you
chose that topic.
Google: coolantarctica - visit the website given. Choose and write
about 5 interesting facts from the fact file about Antarctica.
Google: Hurricane - Write some tips on how to prepare for a
hurricane. When does hurricane season start in Texas?
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Listening and
Summarizing
Go online to <https//www.smithsonian.com/videos> Use the search
box for any topic of interest, click on the video and listen. Then
write a short summary of what you heard and saw. You may also
choose the videos exhibited on the first page under the search bar.
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Listening and
Summarizing
Go online to http://www.kalwnews.org/features/kalw-interviews
There is a selection of interview on current topics with experts and
parties of interest in the topic. The interviews come from the
program called ‘Crosscurrents’ that is broadcast in the San Francisco
Bay area. Report five interesting facts that you didn’t know that you
learned from listening to one interview. Another way to use this link
is to write a summary paragraph about an interview.