1. Advanced Conversation Week 10 Class 1

2. Think and Write Please spend 5-10 minutes responding to the following questions. this will be collected. How well do you think you are doing in this class? How much effort do you feel you are putting in? What could you do to improve your grade? What grade do you think you will earn?

3. Mid-Term Self Assessment You will receive the evaluation form used to assess your performance and participation Read each category and give yourself the score you think you deserve

4. Speaking Activities & Mid-Term Conferences We will set up the desks like we did for the ‘speed friending’ activity, 7 facing 7 For the first 7 rounds (3 minutes each) you will practice telling stories A topic will be displayed on the board and each partner will tell a story relating to that topic For this round the row closest to the door will change seats For the last 7 rounds (3 minutes each) you will practice informal debating Two sides of a topic will be shown on the board, along with each partner’s stance on the topic For this round the row closest to the wall will change seats During the speaking activity I will call up one student at a time to have their mid-term conference with me Bring your mid-term evaluation sheet I will give you your grade; bring a piece of paper if you want to write it down

5. How Grades Were Calculated Quality of Performance (10%) Participation and Improvement In Language Skills (40%) Homework Assignments (15%) Oral Presentation 1 (10%) Oral Presentation 2 (10%) Note: There were only 7 graded homework assignments

6. REMEMBER YOU MUST SPEAK FOR 3 MINUTES!

7. Scariest Thing That Has Happened To You

8. Craziest Thing You’ve Ever Done

9. Best/Happiest Day of Your Life

10. Best Childhood Birthday

11. A Time When You Learned An Important Lesson

12. Your First Day Of College

13. Memory With Your Family

14. Informal Debate Practice A topic will be displayed on the board Each topic has two sides, and I will tell you which side you are going to argue Spend a few minutes debating the topics I’ve given you If you disagree with your stance, or find it difficult to argue, you may discuss your real beliefs with your partner

15. Abortion Wall Seat: Thinks it should be legal Door Seat: Thinks it should be illegal

16. College Education Wall Seat: Thinks college is worth the time and money Door Seat: Thinks college is a waste of time and money

17. Death Penalty Wall Seat: Thinks it should be legal to execute criminals Door Seat: Thinks it is immoral to execute criminals

18. Marijuana Wall Seat: Thinks it should be illegal Door Seat: Thinks it should be legalized

19. Gay Marriage Wall Seat: Thinks it should be legal Door Seat: Thinks it should be illegal

20. Prostitution Wall Seat: Thinks it should be illegal Door Seat: Thinks it should be legalized

21. Bilingualism Wall Seat: Every child in the world should be taught a second language from birth Door Seat: Children should not have to learn a second language

22. Let’s Take A 5 Minute Break

23. Homework A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Watch this video for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS3v--urXJQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS3v--urXJQ Watch the following two American tall tales as examples Legend of Johnny Appleseed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=484AJlOnOnc&list=PLU5T7sDbiGxTRK_lmJPTlfPUq9V dPv2ES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=484AJlOnOnc&list=PLU5T7sDbiGxTRK_lmJPTlfPUq9V dPv2ES Legend of John Henry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9mqjmUApa4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9mqjmUApa4 Your assignment is to write a tall tale (CONTINUED ON NEXT SLIDE)

24. Homework: Tall Tale Create Your Own Tall Tale Hero For this assignment you are going to come up with your own character AND tall tale! For the writing part of the assignment you must: 1. Choose a name for your tall tale character. 2. Decide on a regular job for your character. 3. Determine what ability or abilities he/she will have that is larger than life. Your character must have no more than 3 special abilities. (Not super powers.) 4. Choose how you will begin your story. Remember, these are tall tales from “long ago”. (You might say, “You are about to hear a story about…”, or “Long ago in a land not so far away…”, or “Let me tell you about…” or any other attention grabber you can come up with!) 5. Next, begin to describe your character by describing at least two exaggerations about your character’s appearance or ability. 6. Finally, come up with a problem your character faces or has faced in the past and tell how they used the exaggerated ability to solve it.

25. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 th IS AN ONLINE CLASS We will not meet on campus Instead you will download the Week 10 Class 2 PowerPoint, and follow ALL instructions given The PowerPoint will be available after noon, you will have between 4:00- 6:00pm to complete assignments. The online class will have assignments that will be time-stamped so I will know who completed the assignments when-if you do not complete these assignments I will consider you absent Keep the news that we are having an online class to yourselves (unless you’d like to have to make up the class time on a Friday)