Your Final Writing Task

Congratulations!

 Because of your extraordinary participation in the BUFS TTP, you have been selected to redesign the Korean education system. You have carte blanche to make any changes needed. Funding levels need to remain around current levels. You can address any aspect of the system including administrative roles, curriculum, assessment, methodology, salaries, physical infrastructure, and work culture. Please be as specific as possible and provide reasoning behind the changes you would make. Your redesign plan should be at least 300 words and submitted as a Google Doc by noon on August 6.


In case you need to take a break from renovating Korean Education, below is a tasty buffet of writing practice activities.

 Skills Practice Activities

Activities Sites Englishpage.com Woodward English Grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ Chompchomp.com/  (handouts   exercises) A4esl.org Agendaweb You can also search Kahoot and Quizizz for specific types of quizzes.  FIS Quizzes Exam English Grammar topics Vocabulary Level Tests TestYourVocab.com Merriam-Webster Lextutor Ghent University Other Level Tests Grammar 1 Grammar  2 Grammar 3 Grammar 4 Grammar Quiz 5 Reading Level Assorted Quizzes Prepositions  Adjective Preposition Combinations GuideQuizzes Advanced English Prepositions Prepositions Practice Verbs Verbs #1 Verbs #2 Verbs 3 Question Tags Question_Tags #2 Collocations Correct the Text From Englishpage.com Verb Tense Exercise 3 Simple Past and Past Continuous Verb Tense Exercise 11 Simple Past and Past Perfect Simple Past, Present Perfect, and Past Perfect Verb Tense Exercise 13 Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous From Woodward English So/Such Much - Many - A lot of - Few Question Tags More at: Examenglish.com/CEFR Frankfurt Intl School

Author's Choice Writing

Our goal for the rest of the session is for you to develop your writing skills in the way that's best suited to your needs. As long as it's useful and/or interesting, you can choose any kind of writing you like, but some possibilities are below: 

Real-life Writing Tasks

• Recommendation Letters  (for truly outstanding students)
• Recommendation Letters (for "less than outstanding" students)
• Warning letters to Guest English Teachers
• Love Letters for international romance
  
• Photos Essays or Descriptions
• Social Media Posts
• Personal Profile Article
• Narrative Essay
• Opinion Essay
• Letter Writing
• Newspaper Articles
• Creative Writing
• Reviews (Movies, books, restaurants, shops, etc.)
• Blog Development and an About Me page

Writing Prompts

• Sentence Starters
• Table Talk Questions
• Creative Writing Prompts
• 401 Prompts for Argumentative Writing
• 101 Persuasive Essay Topics
• 500 Narrative Essay Prompts
• Love Letter Ideas
• 182 Questions to Write About
• 103 Blog Post Ideas
• 50 Things to Blog About

Skills Training - Collocations

Skills Training - Collocations

A collocation is made up of two or more words that are commonly used together in English. Think of collocations as words that usually go together. There are different kinds of collocations in English. Strong collocations are word pairings that are expected to come together, such as 'make a cup of tea' or 'do your homework'. 

Lists & Guides

• Common Collocations
• Types of Collocations
• 2500+ Collocations
• Ozdic Collocation Dictionary

Activities 

From Quizizz Join.quizizz.com

• Collocations with Prepositions   4447978
• Collocations and Fixed Expressions   1813710
• Do, Play, Go   7718953
• Go, Come, Get   772651
• Pay, Keep, Save    7195733

From Kahoot

• Go vs Play
• Collocations
• Collocations Challenge

From better-english.com

Collocations 1 Collocations 2 Collocations 3 Collocations 4 Collocations 5

Collocations 6 Collocations 7 Collocations 8 Collocations 9 Collocations 10

Collocations 11 Collocations 12 Collocations 13 Collocations 14 Collocations 15

Writing Task#1 - Your Identities

Class Handout

Social Identity Theory

What is Social Identity Theory?

What is Social Identity?

The Cultural Iceberg

Writing Task#1
 (Due July 10, 11:59pm)

Write at least 300 words about different parts of your identity. Please use a Google Doc in your TTP2019 Writings folder. Feel free to include related photos. Bring a printout of your writing to class on July 11.
Jeff's Example

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Skills Training

Phrasal verb is the name given to an English verb which is composed of two or three words. One verb is combined with a preposition (like on, in, under) or an adverb (like up, down, away). Sometimes a phrasal verb can have a meaning that is very different to the meaning of at least one of those two or three words separately. 

Here are some examples:

• Maria didn't know the word, so she looked it up in the dictionary.
• Oh no, we've run out of milk! I'll have to buy some more.
• Farmers have to get up early in the morning.
• The rocket took off with a loud roar.

LISTS

From UsingEnglish.com

• Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs

From Online Writing Lab

• Separable Phrasal Verbs
• Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
• Intransitive Phrasal Verbs
• More Phrasal Verb Examples & Explanation

Videos

• 50 Phrasal Verbs With Knives, Cooking & Cutting Tool
• 120 Common Phrasal Verbs Frequently Used in Daily English Conversations + Playlist
• Rachel's Phrasal Verb Challenge

ACTIVITIES

From Quizizz Join.quizizz.com

Phrasal Verbs    819140   (easier) quiz
Phrasal Verbs 2    242596   (more challenging)  quiz

From Kahoot

• break, get, make, give, work
• 8 Questions
• Definitions

From Englishpage.com

• Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs
• Mixed Phrasal Verbs 1
• Mixed Phrasal Verbs 2
• Mixed Phrasal Verbs 3
• Mixed Phrasal Verbs 4
• Mixed Phrasal Verbs 5

TTP 2019 Preparation

Things to do before March 4

• If you do not already have one, please register for a Gmail address. We will be using assorted Google tools to share materials and a Gmail address (and password that you remember) will be required.
   
• Please complete the TTP2019 Entrance Questionnaire.
     
• Join the Band!
  We will be using Naver Bands for English language TTP-related group messaging. Please join the Whole Group and either the Elementary or Secondary Band. Please feel free to start posting messages and getting acquainted with your fellow trainees.
Website: Band.us Apps: Android Apple Band Demo Screencast


• (Optional) Get started on your Technology Integrated Language Learning Tasks by visiting 'TILL Website - Weeks#1 & 2’   
  Make sure to take a look at the Extra Special Super Important Very Fun Week#1 Assignment 
  Post a 1~5 minute INTRODUCTION VIDEO to the your the Whole Group BAND
You can take a ‘selfie video’ with your phone or get help from a friend. Be as creative as you like! (e.g. give a tour of your home, take us out with you on Friday night, sing your favorite song, etc.) If you have any problems uploading the video to the Band, email the file to Jeff at jefflebow@gmail.com

TTP Bands

  

Whole Group Invite Codes 7829   BIKER

Elementary   3313 CANYON

Secondary                       5557   BORE