April 9, 2003.

Hard Work, Little Time.

As we discussed in class today, our time to practice writing is coming to an end. It is really important that you focus on your classes during these next two weeks of class. The comparison essay will also be the last pattern that we practice. We will also practice writing adverb clauses of time, reason, and contrast.

We will finish Lesson Fourteen on articles next week and have a test on it then. The last grammar point that we will discuss is modals in Lesson Eight. Your final exam will be comprehensive. That means that it will cover all the grammar points that we have discussed this semester.

Bonus Point Challenge
Week Twelve: Music.

For this Challenge, you will go to the Reading Room and open the page called "Music." The descriptions were written by Level Two students from Spring 2002. Send your answers to freddieb@mail.uca.edu by Thursday, April 10, 2:30 p.m.

1. What is the name of the music that comes from Cameroon?

2. True False: A Shamisen is a kind of guitar.

3. What is the name of the musician who mixed traditional African music with Bach?

Target Vocabulary For Level Two
Academic Writing and Grammar

Business communication:
heading
date
inside address
salutation
body
closing statement
closing phrase
signature
printed name

Sentence:
independent
simple
clause
dependent
statement
question
command
exclamation
connecting words (coordinating and subordinating conjunctions)
compound
complex

Paragraph:
heading
title
margin
indent
topic
topic sentence
controlling idea
supporting sentence
concluding sentence
unity
coherence
transitions

Essay:
introduction
hook
thesis statement
topic
controlling idea
body
conclusion
unity
coherence
transitions

January 17, 2003.
Writing Letters. Who Are You?

January 22, 2003.
Peer Editing. Business Letter. The Present Tense. Writing an E-mail.

January 24, 2003.
Writing an E-mail. Target Vocabulary.

January 27, 2003.
What about Your Name?

January 30, 2003.
A Boy's Name.

February 6, 2003.
Writing Compound Sentences.

February 13, 2003.
Past and Present. Writing Compound Sentences. The Essay.

February 21, 2003.
More about the Essay. The Introduction. The Body. The Conclusion.

March 12, 2003.
Grammar Test. The Name Game.