Hands across the Oceans

161 CALL syllabus based on the textbook “English for Science” by Fran Zimmerman, used by the 161 students in the ELU in the Faculty of Science, Kuwait University.  First edition 10.08.02.  Compiled by Dot MacKenzie, with some units by Eman Marafi.

  

Syllabus

 

 

 

 

 

Correlation between NorthStar, Sperling and CALL Project    9.9.2001

 

 

 

161 CALL Worksheet  –  Introduction to 161 Homepage     

 

Go to http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/.  Here you will find many useful links to help you with grammar and writing, as well as some information about Kuwait and the countries in the Arabian Peninsula.

 

1  Grammar

 

For the classification unit you will study in weeks 3 and 4, you may need to review the following grammatical points:  passives, articles, relative pronouns and relative clauses.  Click on the button marked “grammar”, and you will find some links.  Click on them in order to  find grammatical points that you need practice in.

 

2  Links

 

Click on the button marked “links”.  Click on one of the links for your major.  Then fill in the following table:

 

 

6         What is the URL for the 090 CALL project?  _______________________________________

 

If you go to this site, there is a link to a site that teaches you how to type. 

 

7         Either this week or next, you will have to write a classification paragraph.  If you click on 161, writing, links, you will find some information about writing paragraphs.  Click on the links in 4, classifying.  Do the quiz under the part that says ‘Structure of Paragraph’.  You can check out the other links as you develop your writing skills over the semester.

 

8         Click on “Course Data Sheet”.  How many percent do you get for the final exam in the 161 course? 

 

9        Click on “What’s on in Kuwait”.  Then fill in the following table:

 

 

 

13   Click on “What Was On”.  Click on “Kuwait”.

 

What kind of information can you find here?

 

________________________________________________________14   Now evaluate this site.  Write “yes” or “no” in the second row.

 

 

15    If you think you will visit it again at home, write down the URL in your workbook. The links for page 2 in the workbook were not included.  This is because there are many links in this site and because the site is updated quite often so that you will always find something new here.  The links in the homepage also connect you to hundreds of other links.

 

16  If you do not have an email address, please make sure you have one by next week. Ask another student to help you if you do not know how to get one. 

 

 

161 CALL Worksheet  – Science  - Classifying  

 

1  Read the questions and write your own answers in the boxes.

 

 

2  Great Scientists

 

Search the web to find information about five scientists.  Write the answers in the boxes.  http://echo.gmu.edu/center/.

 

 

 

3  Definitions

 

Search the web to find definitions for the following scientific fields.  www.yourdictionary.com or www.m-w.com.

 

 

 

 

 

4  Discoveries and Inventions

 

Search the web to complete the following table:  www.google.com  or www.ideafinder.com.  Click on history, facts & myths, then click on invention, facts & myths.

 

 

 

5  Writing – Tree Diagram and Classification Paragraph

 

Now choose one of the exercises and make up your own tree diagram showing the different groups.  Then write a classification paragraph based on your tree diagram.

 

Adapted from Internet Activity Workbook

 

161 CALL Worksheet –  Classifying  and Researching 

 

 

     1       Go to  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/homework/.

 

2        On the left you will see King Cobra, Manatees, Sharks, Tarantulas, Tigers and Turtles. 

 

3        Click on each one and read the information.

 

4        Then make up your own tree diagram classifying these 6 creatures.

 

5        Give the tree diagram to your teacher to correct, and then

write a classification paragraph based on the tree diagram.

 

6        If you are a very good student, search the web to find more information about one of these species or another topic that you are interested in.  Make up your tree diagram and then write the classification paragraph.  Also list the URLS you found your information in.

 

7        The manatees (dugongs) and turtles in the Arabian Gulf are in

danger.  What can you do to protect them?

 

161 CALL Worksheet  – Geography – Comparing

 

1 Answer the following questions.  www.Kuwaitonline.com

 

 

 

2  Explorers

 

Search the web to complete the following table.  www.google.com.

 

 

 

 

3        Comparatives and Superlatives

 

Search the web to complete the following table.  www.google.com or www.encarta.msn.com.

 

 

 

4        Answer the following questions.  www.ask.com or www.infoseek.com.

 

 

5  Free Practice

 

Choose two topics that interest you.  Make a table showing their similarities and differences.  Then use the table to write a comparison paragraph based on the information in the table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

161 CALL Worksheet – Researching and Comparing  

 

1.  Go to http://www.lonelyplanet.com or http://www.expedia.co.uk.

a)       You have decided to go abroad for your holidays.  Search the sites to get information comparing two countries.   Write the names of the two countries in the table.

b)       You have decided to go abroad for your holidays.  Search one or both of Make up a table with ten points of comparison between the two countries. 

c)       Then write a comparison paragraph based on the information in the table.

 

 

 

2.  Comparison Paragraph

Now write a paragraph comparing the two countries, following the rules and models you studied in class.

 

161 CALL Worksheet – Cities    -  Defining    

 

1.  Pair Work

 

1. Which geographical feature or district has the largest area in Kuwait?

 

 

       3.  What are some of the advantages and disadvantages  

            for living in the city? State three for each.

 

2.  Use any of the following search engines to find information about some cities. 

 

www.Yahoo.com           

www.encarta.msn.com     

www.Copernic.com

 

 

 

 

 

3.   Visitor’s information.  Choose two cities that you would like to visit. Search the web to find the following information. Use the space below to write your answers.

 

 

 

 4.  Choose any city and write a brief description (5 – 7 sentences) about it.   Write this in the form of an expanded definition.

 

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161 CALL Worksheet – Reading/Defining – Sabiyah Dig, Kuwait  - Advanced                                      

 

Go to the URL http://www.-shell-me.com.  Choose English.  Then type in the search box on the left side.  Select ‘all’.   Then complete the following table.  You will find the information in the first two readings.

 

1.  Add the class words and characteristics in the following table:

 

 

2.         Write a formal definition for the term ‘archaeologist’.  Use your knowledge of suffixes to work out a class word.

 

 

 

If you are interested in this topic, you will find more information in http://www.qal.berkeley.edu/art/newsletter/2.2/seafarers.html.

 

 

 

161 CALL Worksheet –Defining                                                        

 

A             Go to the URL http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/scienceqa/archive/960220a.html

B             Choose one of the topics on the right in browse the archive. 

C             Read the information. 

D             Then use the information in this site to make up 5 formal definitions for five of the insects described in the site.  You may choose another topic if you are not interested in insects.

 

 

 

B Write an expanded definition for one of the terms.

 

161 CALL Worksheet  -  Researching and Experimenting                     

 

1.  Go to              http://www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm/cat=science.

Main page is http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm.

 

2.  Choose one of the categories in super categories, and click on the word.  Then find a topic you are interested in, and work out steps to explain how it works.  Then write a process paragraph based on your steps.  Remember to include a definition for your topic. 

 

I           Definition       ___________________________________________________

 

II         Steps                     ___________________________________________________

                                    ___________________________________________________

                                    ___________________________________________________

                                    ___________________________________________________

 

III        Paragraph

 

161 CALL Worksheet  -  Researching and Experimenting                     

 

Search the net to find information about a recipe for one of your favourite dishes.  Briefly write the steps that are needed to make the recipe. Then write a process paragraph based on your steps.  Use the simple present tense, active or passive, add a title, connectors and articles, and join up short sentences. Remember to include a definition for your topic. 

 

I           Definition       ___________________________________________________

 

II         Steps               ___________________________________________________

 

III        Paragraph

                                    Title:______________________________________________

 

161 CALL Worksheet  -  Researching and Experimenting                     

 

1  Go to http://www.unmuseum.org/excrys.htm

 

2  Read the information on the screen and then change the steps into a paragraph, by changing the imperative form of the verbs into the present simple passive.  Remember to include a title and definition.

 

 

                   

161 CALL Worksheet  -  Researching and Experimenting 

 

1  Go to http://www.unmuesum.org/exhydro.htm

 

2  Read the information on the screen and then change the steps into a paragraph, by changing the imperative form of the verbs into the present simple passive.  Remember to include a title and definition.

 

161  CALL Worksheet – Experimenting 

 

1  Go to http://freeweb.pdq.net/headstrong/crys.htm

 

2  Read the information on the screen and then change the steps into a paragraph, by changing the imperative form of the verbs into the present simple passive.  Remember to include a title and definition.

 

 

161 CALL Worksheet  – Weather 

 

A   Pair Work. Oral

 

1. What is the weather like in Kuwait today?
2. What kind of weather do like? Why?
3. What kind of weather do you dislike? Why?
4. What are some of the activities you would like to do in your favorite season?

 

B   You can use any of the following search engines to find information to complete the following table:

 

www.weather.com     www.google.com                    www.copernic.com

 

C   Search the web to find information about today’s weather for the following cities:

 

 

 

D   Highest and Lowest Temperatures

 

Search the web to find information about the highest and the lowest temperatures for each of the following continents. Write the information in the spaces.  http://wf.ncdc.nooa.gov/oa/climate/globalextremes.html.

 

 

 

 E Search the web to find definitions for the following terms.   www.yourdictionary.com

or www.m-w.com.

 

 

 

 

You will find information about some of these topics in http://www.howstuffworks.com.

 

161 CALL Worksheet  -  Experimenting – Building a Homepage 

 

1  Go to http://www.archnoid.com/lutusp/pagebuild.html and follow the instructions on the screen.

 

2  Then write a paragraph describing how to make a homepage.  Use the present simple passive tense.

 

 

161  CALL Worksheet – Researching and Reporting 

 

1  Go to http://www.gsu.edu/other/timeline.html.

 

2  Click on a topic that interests you.  Make up your own timeline by completing the following table.  Then write ten correct reporting sentences using the simple past tense, active or passive.  You can then use these sentences as the basis for a historical narrative paragraph.  There are some fun historical quizzes on http://www2.worldbook.com/students/.  Click on just for fun on left side of menu.

 

 

           

 

3  Historical Narrative Paragraph

 

 

161 CALL Worksheet  -  Researching and Reporting   

 

1  Go to http://humbabe.arc.nasa.gov/mgcm/fun/mars_chro.html.

 

2  Make up your own timeline about Mars by completing the following table.  Then write ten correct reporting sentences using the simple past tense, active or passive.  You can then use these sentences as the basis for a historical narrative paragraph. There are some fun historical quizzes on http://www2.worldbook.com/students/.  Click on just for fun on the left side of the menu.

 

3  Find a site that shows pictures of Mars and write the URL.

 

URL:  _______________________________________________________________

           

 

4  Historical Narrative Paragraph

 

 

161 CALL Worksheet  -  Researching and Reporting 

 

1  Go to http://users.erols.com/gmqm/arabstro.html.

 

2  Make up your own timeline by completing the following table.  Then write ten correct reporting sentences using the simple past tense, active or passive.  You can then use these sentences as the basis for a historical narrative paragraph. 

 

3  There are some fun historical quizzes in http://www2.worldbook.com/students/.

 

           

 

4  Historical Narrative Paragraph

 

 

161 CALL Worksheet  -  Researching and Reporting  

 

1  Go to http://www.thisdayinhistory.com/timeline/2000s.html or http://www.w3.org/history.html.

 

2  Using the information on the screen, write ten sentences following the model you studied in chapter 10 in “English for Science”.

 

Active:   person    nationality verb   object  place date

 

Passive: object     verb  person  nationality  place date

 

3  You will find information about ancient history in http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/beasts/beasts.html.

 

161  CALL Project  -  Researching and Describing                      

 

In this lesson, you must think of a topic that interests you, find a URL site that has information about the topic, write an outline for the topic, and then write a paragraph based on the topic. 

 

  

161 CALL Project – Researching/Cause/Effect

 

1  Go to http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/scienceqa/index.html. 

 

2  Click on “Browse the Archive” to find subjects that you are interested in. 

 

3   Then complete the following table by filling in causes and effects.

 

 

3  Now use your notes to write complete sentences showing the causes and effects.

 

 

161 CALL Worksheet -  Health                                            

 

A.   Pair work

1. Do you exercise? What kind of exercise do you do?
2. How many times a week do you  exercise?
3. What kind of food do you eat? Healthy or junk?
4. What kind of food do you think is unhealthy? Why?

 

B.  What are some  health questions you would  ask yourself about a certain kind of food? Write down 2 questions.

 

C.   Search the web to find information about the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Guide Pyramid. Write the recommended number of servings per day and examples of each food group in the spaces below.

 

 

 

D.  What do you think are some of the causes for  the following illnesses? Search the web to find  the information needed.  www.google.com  or www.copernic.com.

 

 

 

 

E.   Do you think you should improve your daily diet?  Give a reason for your answer.

 

F. Find information about the benefits of  different kinds of exercise. Think about 5 types of exercises.

 

 

G.   Malnutrition is the imbalance between the body’s demand for nutrients and the available supply of nutrients. Malnutrition can result from an unsatisfactory diet or from a disorder that interferes with the body’s use of food.

 

The following are examples of malnutrition. Search the web to find a definition for each. www.onelook.com.

 

 

 

H. Use any on-line dictionary  or  the built-in thesaurus  in Word to find the meanings of the following words  www.onelook.com  or www.yourdictionary.com.

 

 

 

9.   Make up your own cause/effect sentences for exercises 4 and 7.  Use the cause/effect connectors you studied in chapter 3 in “English for Science” and the workbook.

 

 

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