Hands across the Oceans

Why Humans and Animals Must Learn to Cooperate with One Another by Rakan Majed

Humans and animals live together on one planet. It may not be clear,

but both humans and animals have lots of things in common. In this

essay, I’m going to discus the importance of these two dominant

species living together in harmony.

Humans and animals are very much alike. They also help one another

in many different ways. For example , humans and animals have blood

running through their bodies, they both breathe from the same

atmosphere, they both have eyes and a heart, and both have feelings.

Humans help animals in many ways, as well as animals help humans in

many ways. For example, animals supply humans with food (beef from

cows), and may also supply human with clothes (wool from sheep).

Unfortunately, some people take advantage of animals, and and take them for granted. They kill them to make a profit and for their products. For example, the African Elephant is nearly extinct because of hunters killing them for their ivory tusks. Dolphins and whales are being killed by hunters because of their oils.

In conclusion, I think that humans and animals should live together in

harmony in order to ensure the continuing of both our world and theirs.

Colours by Rakan Majed

Colours are a usual way of giving life to an object.  People all around the world use colours to express their emotions. People have favourite colors that they use to express their personality and use them in selecting the items they buy, like clothes or cars.

Each colour has its own special meaning and because of its meanings people use colours to express their different personalities. For example, red is a bright colour that expresses love and anger. Yellow is a bright colour that expresses joy. Green is a colour that expresses serenity and blue is a colour that expresses calmness. White may express a feeling of happiness.

As well as the good emotions that the colours express, there are also a few colours that express bad feelings. For example, red can also express blood and war. Yellow can also express jealousy. Blue can also mean depressed, black is a dark colour which expresses a sense of fear, anger, hatred and a number of bad emotions.

Although each colour has its good side and bad side, it helps us express our

feelings. People can know what kind of personality you have by the colours you like and the colours you wear.

Sport is More Than a Game by Saba Tifooni

Sport is a game involving strength and physical abilities that either results in winning or losing. There are different kinds of sports and sport activities that are either played for competition or simply for fun. However, sport is more than just a game where it is a great form of healthy physical and psychological exercise, as well as improving one’s ethics.

Sport is not only an athletic game, but it also a great way for one to exercise both the body and the mind. People need to exercise to stay in good health and maintain their well- being. Also, people exercise to keep their body in good physical condition. Furthermore, sport releases endorphins in the mind, which creates feelings of happiness. Sports also battle stress and depression.

Sport is a great way to encourage sportsmanship, which improves one’s ethics by learning respect and courtesy. Athletes learn to respect the judges, their teammates, and their opponents. They also learn how to be courteous by playing fairly and congratulating the winner. Sportsmanship also encourages trust and cooperation. Athletes learn to trust their teammates, as well as their coaches. Furthermore, they learn cooperation by playing together and taking part in the sport as a team instead of an individual.

In conclusion, sport might be an enjoyable game involving competition. However, winning is not everything in this game, because as an athlete one improves, not only physically and emotionally, but ethically as well.

 

162 IELTS Pilot Project: Sample Essay

My Favorite Color by Saba Tifooni

 

There are millions of colors around the world, with different shades and different hues. However, each person has a certain color that they favor. Some people like green, whereas others like blue. My favorite color is red because it is a strong attractive color, and because it evokes deep emotions.

The color red is a bright, strong color that catches the eye, and attracts attention. For example, a person wearing red attracts more attention than a person wearing any other color. Also, a red apple is more appealing and attractive than a green or a yellow one. Furthermore, because red is a strong color, it stands out. For instance, amongst a crowd of people, or flowers, or cars, it is usually the ones in red that stand out the most. It is usually the first color that pops out.

The color red evokes strong, deep emotions of love and excitement in various situations. A person who receives a bouquet of red roses feels emotions of love. Also, it brings excitement and happiness because of its brightness. In addition, red evokes feelings of energy and power. Red stirs up peoples’ energy in sports, wars, and competitions. Red is also a powerful color that brings strength and power into the mind. For example, a red Ferrari gives the meaning of speed and power.

In conclusion, people are entitled to their own choices. Some might like certain colors, while others don’t. My favorite color is red. Most of my clothes are red, my car is red, and even my room is red. I like it because it’s attractive and emotionally appealing.

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).

 

Plagiarism is theft or stealing someone else’s work. Plagiarists can lose their jobs, fail their courses, or be kicked out of universities. The person who is being plagiarized may sue the plagiarist in a civil court. If you answer “yes” to some or all of the questions, then you are guilty of academic dishonesty, cheating, theft, plagiarism, and copying without the other person’s permission.

 

1  Do you submit a piece of writing and pretend that it is your own work?

 

2  Do you submit photos and pretend they are yours?

 

3  Do you cut and paste articles from another website into your website?

 

4  Do you present someone else’s ideas and pretend that they are yours?

 

5  Do you write ”copyright” at the end of your work when it is someone else’s work?

 

6  Does your work follow the arrangement or organization of someone else’s work?

 

7  Do you fail to add sources at the end of your work when you have taken the ideas from someone else?

 

8  Do you make a PowerPoint presentation by cutting and pasting work from someone else’s website?

 

 

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

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.

 

 

 

A  Introduction

Briefly discuss what is meant by the word outline. Outlines are used by writers to work out plans for their paragraphs and essays. In 101, you will develop your knowledge of outlining by outlining the reading passages at the end of this book.

 

B  Points to Remember

The main points to remember when making an outline are to:

 

1 Delete all the articles (a, an and the)

 

2 Delete the helping words (will, shall, must, may, might, can, could, is, are, has, have)

 

3 Find the main points and supporting details

 

4 Leave out irrelevant or repeated information

 

5 Present the ideas in a logical order, going from the most general to the most specific

 

6 Use headings and subheadings to show main ideas

 

7 Use the standard format for outlining – see below

 

8 Use abbreviations and symbols where possible

 

9 The first part of the outline should be a definition

 

C  Rules for Writing Outlines

 

The rules for writing an outline are as follows:

1 The title must be centered

 

2 Headings: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VII, IX, X

 

3 Sub-points: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H

 

4 Sub-sub points: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

 

5 Sub-sub-sub points a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, I, j

Or (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)

 

6 Sub-sub-sub-sub points i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x

 

7 Sub-sub-sub-sub-sub points ai, aii, aiii, aiv, av, avi, avii, avii, aix, ax

 

8 Remember to indent when you write the letters and numbers that show the points and sub-points

Exercise 1 – An Example of an Outline

Look at the skeleton of the following outline for countries in the European Union, and decide what headings and subheadings you are going to include in it. Then add information for the U.K. and Germany following the same order.

 

Title:  EU Countries

 

I Definition:

 

II European Union:

  A

     1

     2

        a

        b

           i

           ii

  B

 

C

 

D

 

III Germany

 

IV UK

 

Exercise 2 – An Example of an Outline

Now choose a topic and make up an outline following the rules mentioned above.

 

 

Exercise 3 – Outlining

If you need more practice, you can make up an outline for one of the paragraphs or pages in one of your textbooks.

 

Exercise 4 – Internet Activities

A If you go to http://www.english-zone.com/index.html, you will find information about outlines and writing paragraphs.

 

B If you go to http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/outlines.shtml,you will find information about making up outlines. Read the information, then download a reading passage from the Internet, and make up your own outline. If this is too easy, download 2 passages and make up an outline based on the information in the 2 texts. Suggested topics: vertebrates, animals, fish, software, industries, automobile industry, automobiles, science. (The list is endless!!). When you do your research essay, you will need to make an outline using information from 3 sources. When you prepare your presentation, you will need to use more than one source too.

 

C If you go to http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/outlines.shtml, you will find the MLA layout for outlines which is a little different from the layout above. If you are going to study in the USA, ask which form your bibliography is supposed to use. The ones used in the UK are sometimes different.

 

1  Abstracts

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

 

2  Asking Questions

http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/137

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan3.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan1.html

http://www.bigpoint.com/msla/research.html

 

3  Bibliography

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html

http://www.westwords.com/guffey/mla.htm

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/works_cited.htm

 

4  Blogging

http://new.blogger.com/

http://edulblogs.org

 

5  Critical Thinking/Judgments

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts/critthk.html

http://www2.sisu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/crtread.htm

http://writing.fsu.edu/rwc/clast_reading.html

Reading Skills

 

6  Critiques

http://www.cs.wpi.edu/Resear.aidg/CS540/critiques.html

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/critique.html

 

7   Drawing Flowcharts, Networks, Forms, Floor Plans, Time Lines, Presentations etc

http://smartdraw.com

http://www.inspiration.com

 

8  E-portfolios

Includes e-magazines, blogs, homepages, presentations, and/or research essays that are displayed in http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~kuoll/

 

9  Evaluating Critiques

http://people.cornellcollege.edu/jcardon/courses/cmb/critique.html

 

10 Evaluating Essays

http://www.smarrpublishers.com/rhetoric01.html

http://www.colorado.edu/gtp/resources/tutor/method.html

http://www.mccallie.org/wrt_ctr/carnicelli.htm

Clear criteria

 

11 Evaluating Group Work

http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/tips/rubrics_sec/group_wk.html Evaluating Group Work

http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed395500.html

Evaluating oral performances, portfolios and presentations

http://departments.mwc.edu/spkc/www/Handouts/eval_group_presentations.htm

Group presentation evaluation

 

12 Evaluating Presentations

http://departments.mwc.edu/

http://www.1cc.gatech.edu/gallery/speechbook/criteria.html

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.pres.html

 

13 Groups

http://www.bokcenter.harvard.edu/docs/wigintro.html

http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/collaborative.html

http://www.mapnp.org/library/grp_skll/theory/theory.htm

http://groups.msn.com/

 

14 Homepage Building

http://geocities.yahoo.com/

 

15 Interviews

http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/via/

 

16 Library Skills

http://webster.commnet.edu/libroot/freshyear/wrkbk.htm

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~scilib/

 

17 Links

http://iteslj.org/links/search.cgi?query=report+writing

Report writing links

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~dotmack/

Links for majors

 

18 Marking Schemes

http://www.cict.co.uk/software/markin/index.htm

http://www.rayslearning.com/report.htm

 

19 Meetings

http://office.microsoft.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/

http://www.spot.pcc.edu/~rjacobs/career/conducting_meetings.htm

Checklist for conducting meetings

http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7labor/11.htm

 

20 Memo Reports

http://www.top.eli.orst.edu/~bengayed/reports.html

Recommendation, justification, progress, periodic, & survey reports

 

21 Minutes

http://www.top.eli.orst.edu/~bengayed/minutes.html

 

22 Online Diary

http://www.diaryland.com/

 

23 Online Newspaper

http://www.crimsonzine.com/

 

24 Outlining

http://www.english-zone.com/writing/para.strctr.html

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/outlines.shtml

 

25 Paraphrasing

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm

http://www.eslnetworld.com/main/quote.htm#para

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_paraphr.html

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts.paraphrasing.html

 

26 PowerPoint

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Teaching writing

http://pages.mhlearningnetwork.com/ArnoldWarrior/

Tutorial for PowerPoint

 

27 Presentations

http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Types/oral.html

http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/

http://pages.mhlearningnetwork.com/ArnoldWarrior/

http://www.kumc.edu/

http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Types/oral.html

http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/presentations.html

Great links

 

28 Projects

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/orgstrl.htm

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/groupprojects.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html

Ideas for projects

http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=LessonPlans

Examples of webquests

 

29 Publishing Your Work

Use https://www.blogger.com

 or http://edublogs.org

to make your own blog, where you can publish your work.

 

30 Punctuation

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/marks.htm

 

31 Questionnaires & Surveys

http://www.stark.kent.edu/~jmoneysmith/advbus/question.htm

http://www.statpac.com/surveys/

 

32 Quoting

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci/

Detailed information in 162 CALL Project

 

33 Report Writing – Low Level

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/animal/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/invention/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/planet/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/report/explorer/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/essay/bookreport.shtml

 

34 Report Writing – Higher

Http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/reportw/understanding.html

Understanding the sections of your report/General technical guidelines

http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/studserv/report.htm

Information about report writing

http://www.eslnetworld.com/paper.html

Simple research paper

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ScienceReport.html

Writing a scientific report

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/scimethod.htm

Solving problems with the scientific method

 

35 Report Writing – Advanced

http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/tdrewry/reports.htm

Information about student project reports

http://www.ecf.toronto.edu/~writing/handbook.html

Technical reports

http://www.technical-writing-course.com/

Writing technical reports

http://www.voa.manythings.org/voa/

Science reports

 

36 Research Essays

http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/fieldsnz.html

http://www.eslnetworld.com/intro.htm

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts.html

http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/essay/index.htm

http://helponenglish.homestead.com/essay.html

http://fbox.vt.edu/

Craft of scientific writing

You will find information about research essays in http://kuc02.kuniv.edu.kw/~elu_sci, in the 162 section

http://www.top.eli.orst.edu/~bengayed/reports.html

 

37 Scientific Method

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0860972.html

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/science/method.html

http://encarta.msn.com

 

38 Style

http://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/writing.html

List of links

http://mel.lib.mi.us/reference/REF-styles.html

List of links

 

39 Summaries

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts/summary.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_quotprsum.html

 

40 Webquests

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html

Great ideas for webquests

http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.asp?ID=LessonPlans

Examples of webquests

 

41 Websearching

http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Internet_Basics/

 

42 Writing Skills/Grammar

http://www.english-zone.com/writing/paragraphs.html

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/write/handouts.html

http://esl-links.cjb.net/

http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/grammar.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

http://english.heinle.com/ackley/student/owls.html

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html

http://www.dictionary.com/writing/

http://129.186.46.14/OWL/links.html

Links for writing

©Dot MacKenzie

 

Name:_______________________

Section:_____________________

Teacher:____________________

Date:_______________________

 

 

Table of Contents

1   My Area

2   My Languages

3   Lightning

4   Bugs

5   Cooking

6   A Walk in the Desert

7   Trees

8   Fish

9   Snakes

10 Birds

11 Flowers

12 Traditional Games

13 Keeping Our University Tidy

14 Rules for Our Classroom

15 Visiting Dubai – My Favourite Places

16 Animals in Our Desert

17 Our Customs

18  Life in KU and Life at Home

19  Colours

20  Sounds

 

1 My Area

Instructions:

Draw a map of your area, marking your house, your school, other buildings, shops, roads, and mosques. Draw the route you must follow to get to Kuwait University.

2 My Languages

Instructions:

When you are in the university, you have to speak English or Arabic. What language do you speak when you are at home? What other languages do your school friends know? Complete the table by writing down words in other languages. You will have to choose you own words. You can ask your teacher or the other students for help.

 

English                     Arabic         Farsi     Other Language(s)

1  Hello

2  Goodbye

3  One

4  Two

5  Three

6  Four

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

B My Class

 

Now design a table showing the languages spoken by the students in your class.

 

C  Headers for Boxes:

1  # of students in class

2  # who can speak Farsi

3  # who can speak English

4  # who can speak Arabic

5  # who can speak French

6  # who can read Arabic

7  Other languages

 

D Draw a pie chart showing the breakdown of the numbers in the above table. Your teacher will help you if you do not know how to do this.

3 Lightning

 

A Introduction:

When you are outside, you may have to sit through a thunder and lightning storm. Why is it so dangerous to be outside at that time? What are ten rules you should follow to stay safe?  Design a table showing the dangers, effects and rules.

 

B Dangers                  Effects              Rules

1

2

3

4

5

 

4  Bugs

A Introduction:

You will see many insects when you go outside. Study them and design a table with the headers below. Then draw a picture of each one, or collect examples to stick on your worksheet.

 

B  Headers for Boxes in Table:

 

1  Name

2  Description

3  Noise

4  Picture

5  Food

6  Use

 

C Complete the table by asking your friends why they like or do not like the bugs you found. Use the following headers:

 

1 Name of bug

2  Reason for Liking

3  Reason for Not Liking

5 Cooking

 

A Introduction:

Choose two of your favourite recipes and then design a table with the following headers:  recipe, ingredients, quantities, utensils, and steps.

 

 

6 A Walk in the Desert

 

A Introduction:

Collect 10 interesting items that you have found in the desert when you went for a walk, and put them in a plastic bag. Then design a table showing information about your items. Write down which senses you use to study the item.

 

B What you need

1 Plastic bag

2 Book for writing on

2 Worksheet

3 Pen

4 Coloured pencils

 

C  Headers for Boxes in Table:

 

1  Item

2  Description

3  Drawing

4  Sense(s) used

5  Example:

 

D  E.g.

1  Item:  Palm leaf

2  Description:  long, green or brown, heavy, touch

3  Senses used:  Sight, touch

 

7 Trees

A Introduction:

There are several kinds of trees in Kuwait. Do you know their names in English? What do they look like? What are they used for? Design a table with information about them. Also collect a leaf from each tree and stick it on your worksheet.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Tree

2  Description

3  Use

4  Drawing

 

8 Fish

A Introduction:

What kind of fish do people catch in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf? What do the fish look like? How much do they cost to buy in the market? What recipes are they used in? How are they in danger, or how are they are danger to humans?  Design a table with the following headers:

 

1  Fish

2  Description

3  Dangers

4  Cost for buyer

5  Selling price by fisherman 

6  Drawing

7  Recipes

B Recipe:

 

C  Headers for Boxes:

1  Recipe

2  Ingredients

3  Quantity

4  Utensils

5  Steps

 

 

9 Snakes

A  Introduction:

What kinds of snakes can be found in the desert and in the sea? Choose 2 snakes, one from the land and the other from the sea, and design a table with information about them.  Then write a paragraph comparing the two.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

 

1  Name

 

2  Description

 

3  Use

 

4  Length

 

5  Location

 

6  Can kill humans

 

7  Noise

 

8  Weight

 

9  Food

 

10 Endangered

 

C  Paragraph about Snakes

 

10 Birds

A  Introduction:

What birds have you seen this week? Design a table showing information about three of them.  Then write a paragraph comparing two of them.

 

1  Name

 

2  Description

 

3  Use

 

4  Size of eggs

 

5  Location

 

6  Feet

 

7  Song

 

8  Size

 

9  Food

 

10  Endangered

 

B  Paragraph Comparing 2 Birds

 

 

11 Flowers

Introduction:

What flowers have you seen this week? Design a table showing information about three of them.  Then write a paragraph comparing two of them.

 

1  Name

 

2  Description

 

3  Use

 

4  Size

 

5  Location

 

6  Colour

 

7  Smell

 

8  Cost in shops

 

9  Origin

 

10  Endangered

 

 

12 Traditional Games

A  Introduction:

Think about one of the traditional games you played when you were a child and then design a table showing information about them. 

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

 

1  Name

 

2  Name in English

 

3  Number of players

 

4  Items needed to play it

 

5  Steps

 

 

13 Keeping Our University Tidy

 

A Introduction:

Design a table showing reasons why we should keep your university tidy. Then go around the university, pick up 10 pieces of rubbish, and complete the table. You will need a plastic bag to put the rubbish in.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Rubbish

2  Reasons

3  Description

4  Use

5  Recyclable/Non-recyclable

 

C  E.g.

1  Coke can

2  Looks untidy, last a long time

3  Cylindrical, red with white writing, light

4  To hold Coca Cola

5  Recyclable

 

 

14 Rules for Our Classroom

 

A Introduction:

Write 10 rules that you must follow when you are in your classroom and the reasons for the rule.

E.g.  Bring our books

Our teacher can’t teach if the students forget their books.

 

15 Visiting Dubai – My Favourite Places

 

A  Instructions:

What places are there to see in Dubai? Design a table with information about your favourite places. Then rank the places in the order in which you like them. 1 is for the one you like best.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Name

2  Location

3  Cost

4  Why it is interesting

5  Rank

 

C  E. g.

1  Burj Al Arab

2  Jumeirah Beach

3  Expensive

4  Highest building in Dubai

16 Animals in Our Desert

 

A  Introduction:

There are some animals in the desert. Design a table showing information about 3 of them.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

 

C  Animals

1  Camel

2  Gerbil

3  Goat

 

1  Length

2  Weight

3  Colour

4  Food

5  Height

6  Use

7  Location

8  Body covering

9  Dangerous to man

10  # left in Kuwait

17 Our Customs

 

Instructions:

When you travel abroad, you learn about many different customs. Ask your friends and families about some of the different customs American, Chinese and Tamil people have.Design a table with the following headers.

 

1  Nationality

A  American

B  Indian

C  Chinese

 

2  Language

 

3  Religion

 

4  Place of worship

 

5  Clothes

 

6  Lucky number

 

7  Unlucky number

 

8  Year

 

9  Famous singer

 

10 Famous actor

 

11 Food

 

 

18 Life in Kuwait University and Life at Home

 

A  Instructions:

Life when you are in KU is very different from life when you are at home. Design a table by making notes about some of the differences.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

 

1  Life in KU             with other students

2  Life at Home        with our family

 

18 Colours

 

A  Instructions:

Design a table about colours.  Think of all the colours you know, write their names, and then write the names of trees, animals, flowers, fish, bugs, or snakes that are these colours. Then write the name of a group that they belong to.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Colour (red, blue, white, black, orange, yellow, green, gold, silver, purple)

2  Thing

3  Group

 

C  e.g.

1  Blue

2  Sky

3  Environment

 

19 Sounds

 

A  Instructions:

Every day, we hear many different sounds when we are out and about, or at home. Think of some of the sounds you hear, and write down the name of the creature or living being that makes the sound. Then rank the sounds in the order that you like them. 1 is for the one you like most.

 

B  Headers for Boxes:

1  Sound

2  Creature or Living Being

3  Uses

4  Rank

 

C  E.g.

1  Cock-a-doodle-doo

2  Cock

3  To wake us up