ENGL 116 Course Calendar (Subject to changes)

ENGL
116

MM/DD
spring 2016

1 January
W 20
R 21
2 January
MW 25-27

TR 26-28
3 February
MW 1-3
TR 2-4
4 February
MW 8-10

TR 9-11

Topics/Activities

Welcome
Introduction, greetings
Unit 7, Luxuries vocab p. 76
Luxuries vs necessities 79; Discuss your own
Passive/Present, 76-77; past participles, 80
Passive/Present by, 80-81
Reading: Perfume, 82-83
Writing: Advertising/Marketing Strategies
Continue unit

Tasks

Welcome
weebly page/outline discussion
Diagnostic writing comp
Unit 7 Can do statements
Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

Continue unit
Complete unit
Unit 8, Wild animals vocab, 88
Conditional if, 88 and B. 91 Possible future
situations
Adverbs of manner
Talk about the future
Describe what animals do and how
(adverb)/What do you eat? How?
Reading: Return, 94-95
Writing: Endangered species
Continue unit

Unit 8 Can do statements

Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

Monday, February 15,

All Presidents Day
5 February
__W __17
T R 16-18
6 February
MW 22-24
TR 23- 25
7 March
M Feb 29W2

TR

1-3

Continue unit/Making an Oral Presentation

Continue unit/Making an Oral Presentation
Partial test #1
Introduction to Essay
Unit 9, Life in the past vocab, 100 and 108
Used to and Would, 100-101
Separable phrasal verbs, 104
Communication Used to, A. 103Reading:
The Columbian Exchange
Writing: Past and Present Communication,
Transportation or Fashion Compared
Complete unit

Unit 9: Can do statements

Oral presentation tips
Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing
Partial test 2

March 5, Grade entry deadline

8 March
MW 7-9
T R 8-10
9 March
MW 14-16

TR 15-17

Oral presentation
Oral presentation
Unit 10, Travel vocab 112, 116, 120
Modals of necessity must/have to; must not
Reading: Tourists or trees?, 118-119
Writing: Pros and Cons of tourism
Continue unit

Unit 10: Can do statements

Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

March 21,22,23,24
Holy week recess
10 March
MW 28-30
T R 29-31
11 April
MW 4-6

TR 5-7
12 April
MW 11 - 13
TR 12 -14
13 April
MW 18-20

TR 19-21
14 April
MW 25-27
TR 26-28
15 May
MW 2-4
TR 3-5
16 May
MW 9-11
T _ 10 __

Complete unit
Partial test #2
Unit 11, Employment vocab, 124
Modals for advice should, ought to, 124
Participial adjectives, 128
Indefinite pronouns, 128
Reading: Maria Fadiman
Writing: Dream jobs - Resume and
Interview Continue unit
Essay discussion
Complete unit

Unit 11: Can do statements

Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

Unit 12, Celebrations vocab, 136

Comparisons as as, 136 and B. 137 Chart
Reading: Starting a New Celebration
Writing: Celebrations around the world
Continue unit
Composition discussion
Continue unit

Unit 12: Can do statements

Students engage in listening,
speaking, reading and writing

Continue unit
Complete unit

May 6, withdrawal deadline

Completion review
May 11 - Last day of class