A college student’s letter home

 A thoughtless person does not think about the feelings of other people.  Think- present tense A thought is what you get when you think, such as an idea or concept. thought+less means without thinking

Happy Birthday! She forgot about our date!  A friend who remembers your birthday is thoughtful.  A friend who does not think or care about your feelings is thoughtless.

Up to now, To this point, So far, Hasta la fecha

 Injury to the brain by a hard hit or accident

 Everything is OK.  Everything is fine.  I am doing well.

 To welcome someone with open arms

 In the first part of the dictation fill in the blanks with the words you hear.  If you do not know how to spell a word just spell it the best you can.  Please do not ask questions during the dictation, just concentrate on listening and writing.  You will be working with your partner on the right to correct and discuss the dictation when we are finished with part I.  Then, you will finish the rest of the letter by filling in the blanks your partner.

 1. What was the purpose of this letter?  2. Do you think that Susan’s letter put the “D” and “F” in perspective (the big picture)? How would you tell your parents something that you know will upset them?  3. Can you think of a time where you had to prepare someone for the hard truth? What did you have to tell them, and how did you prepare them?

 Write a letter back to Susan from her parents  Be sure to use a greeting and a closing  Refer to her letter as appropriate  OR  Tell of a time when you had to prepare someone for bad news and describe how you handled it. Was your method effective?

Kathleen Taylor

 Partial- Cloze, Could be idioms, verbs, etc.  Pair- Students work in pairs to combine two-part texts into one continuous speech. One student has a copy of dictation “Student A,” and the other student has dictation “Student B”. Student A dictates and Student B writes, then B dictates and A writes. Dictogloss-the focus is getting the main idea or focus Prediction- Great as a Anticipation Guide Note Taking- students write down information they think is important Teacher or student created to fit what you want to teach!

 Interactive Dictations by Judy DeFilippo and Catherine Sadow  Dictations for Discussion by Judy DeFilippo and Catherine Sadow