ASSIGNMENTS TO MY STUDENTS AT THE CURNE

Hi, everyone,

I hope everything is ok with you and your families after all the rain we had last week. Since classes were cancelled for that weed, and we need to catch up with some contents, here are the assignments. Find your subject and see your assignment.

IDI-243 (ENGLISH LITERATURE)

Besides what you studied for the exam, write a summary on Othelo by Shakespeare. Also, read and summarize The Glass Menagerie by T. Williams

IDI-228 (ENGLISH COMPOSITION)

Besides studying the characteristics of the paragraph such as coherence, unity, suppor and sentene skills, make sure you followed the whole process of writing for the two first paragraphs of your writing project. Hand in your two paragraph this coming weekend.

FEM-327 (SPECIAL DIDACTICS FOR ENGLISH II)

Besides reading chapter IX (Big Pamphlet)  and about some teaching methods, read about the Learning Strategy, Cooperative Learning, and Multiple Intelligence (Book about methods).

FEM-129 (SPECIAL DIDACTICS FOR ENGLISH I)

Besides reading about Communication Skills and other related topics, find out about what reading is and types of reading such as lists of sentences, narrations, descriptions, and dialogues.

IDI-224 (ADVANCED ENGLISH I)

Besides getting ready for unit 6, get ready for unit 7.

IDI-135 (ENGLISH GRAMMAR)

Besides the Adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection, read about modifiers. Also, start getting ready for exam no. 2 (up to the interjection).

TAKE CARE

SEE YOU NEXT WEEKEND, GOD WILLING.

Máximo

MESSAGE TO ALL MY STUDENTS AT THE CURNE, SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DEAR STUDENTS,
I HAVE CONFIRMED THE CANCELLATION OF CLASSES AT THE CURNE IN SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS FOR THIS WEEKEND (FRIDAY, THE 26TH. AND SATURDAY, THE 27TH., 2012).
PLEASE, VISIT THIS BLOG FROM WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST. ON FOR SOME ASSIGNMENTS.
I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEKEND.
TAKE CARE
MAXIMO

TO ALL MY STUDENTS AT THE CURNE:

     Due to the hurricane that is around, the Rector of our college, Mateo Aquino Febrillet, announced the cancellation of classes for today (Thursday, October 25th., 2012). Therefore, I will not travel to San Francisco de Macorís today.  If classes are not cancelled for tomorrow, I will be there. I am going to write another message before 6 p.m. 

I hope everything is ok with you and your families.

Take care
Máximo

TO ALL MY STUDENTS AT THE CURNE, SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:

YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE WAS NO CLASS AT OUR COLLEGE LAST WEEKEND.  PLEASE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE ASSIGNMENT ACCORDING TO YOUR SUBJECT OR SUBJECTS:

IDI-243 (Literature):

1-Write a summary on Santa Clo' Comes to la Cuchilla by Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (Make sure that, before starting to write it down, you had read the guidelines from the Handbook for Specialized Subjects). Be ready to tell the story in your own words in simple present.

2-Read the guidelines on how to write an essay from the Handbook for Specialized Subjects.

3-Read Santa Clo' Comes to La Cuchilla and reflect on the relationship between the short story and present societies.

IDI-228 (Composition):

1-Find out about the first subtopic for your writing project. Make sure you have as much information as possible.

2-Read about Affixes, Run-Ons, Sentence Fragments, Punctuation, and Capitalization.

3-Read about The Writing Process: The Subject, Audience, and Purpose.

FEM-327 (SPECIAL DIDACTICS II):

1-Read about Dominican Curriculum.

2-Read about Planning a Balanced Program: the lesson  plan, the unit plan, and the yearly plan (Chapter VI in Big Pamphlet).

FEM-129 (SPECIAL DIDACTICS I):

1-Read about Nature and Functions of Language: What is language?, Engish as a native language, English as a Foreign Language, English as a Second Language, The target language.

2-Read about Culture: Definition, The culture of English-Speaking Countries, Techniques for teaching culture (See big pamphlet, the Internet, and other sources).

3-Read about Factors that affect the learning of English as a Foreign Language: the school and community, relationship between teacher and students, and number of students in the classroom.

IDI-224 (Advanced English I):

-Study units I and II.

IDI-135 (English Grammar):

1-Study the Pronoun and the Verb.

2-Write a summary on the short story you chose at lib (Make sure you read the guidelines from the Handbook for Specialized Subjects before writing your summary).

3-Start reading Wolfer's Roost by Washington Irvin (You can find it at Annie Copy Center).

See you this coming weekend (Thursday, Sept. 13th.-Saturday, Sept. 15th.)

BULLETIN BOARD PUBLISHING

San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic

Hi, everyone,

     Last December, at the end of the semester, my students published their essays about their communities on our brand new bulletin board at Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste, CURNE. As always, it was a lot of work, but we enjoyed the adventure.

 

 Heidy and the teacher share during the revision-and-feedback stage.

This semester, my students prepared a portfolio. The teacher checks Ana's out.

See Belarminio's colorful portfolio?

There we go!  Our mission is posting all the essays on the bulletin board.

This is our brand new bulletin board.  My students found out that the other one was in terrible conditions.  They made this.  See how beautiful it is. How creative they are!

 Here, they start posting their writing.

 

This is a wonderful team at work.

At this point, they think they are done. However, some more papers still need to be posted.

They had to rearrange everything.

 

 Now, they are done.  Mission accomplished, at last!

 

 These are the writers from left to right: Melvin, Ana, the teacher, Adelina, Evaristo, Rosalina, and Heidy. Belarminio could not make it, but his paper was posted anyway. We really missed him and he missed all the fun.

I hope you enjoyed all this and post a comment in English, of course!

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