Hands across the Oceans

Bibliography

When you write your bibliography or sources, you must write them in the correct way. Your teacher will tell you which method to use.

A  Encyclopedia

"Title of article". Name of encyclopedia. Date of publication.

"Animal Ecology." Encyclopedia Britannica. 1990 ed.

B  Book

Author (last name, first name). Title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.

Commoner, Bernard. Science and Survival. New York: Viking Press, 1966.

C  Book with Joint Authors

Authors (last name, first name, and first name, initial, last name. Title. Place: Publisher. Date.

Lewis, Theodore, and Lawrence R. Taylor. Introduction to Experimental Ecology. New York: Academic Press, 1967.

D   Sources from Internet

Author’s last name, initials. Year. Full title of work (specific web page). Title of complete work. Full URL. Specify date you accessed the site.

Brown, G. Living in the 21^st Century. 2002 Http://www.thethirdway. (June 2003).

 

IEDRO is an organisation that stores information about the weather that is in danger of being lost.  They are always looking for volunteers and would appreciate it if you would encourage your students to volunteer for our programmes.  The IEDRO website can be found by clicking on  and the Facebook link can be found by clicking here.

 

 

 

IEDRO is an organisation that stores information about the weather that is in danger of being lost.  They are always looking for volunteers and would appreciate it if you would encourage your students to volunteer for our programmes.  The IEDRO website can be found by clicking on this link.

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.