TAPESTRY 3 (textbook) [week 1, 2008 - Thor May]
Theme 1 - "School Daze"
- Problem solving ⁄ Direct & indirect language ⁄ Paraphrase & summary
Extra material by Thor :
1. Assignment - based on p. 11 Tapestry 3, but adapted to Zhengzhou
2. Can You Fix Shoes? - narrative for listening, recall, retelling, rewriting by paraphrase.
3. The Pick Up - short text for listening & spoken answer construction; dialogue for paired learning; uses of the two-part verb "pick up"
4. Vocabulary from sections 1 - 3 above.
5. On The Table - language to describe the location of objects on something like a table (Vs larger locations like a town or country).
Tapestry 3 Chapter 1 Exercises
page 5 Words & phrases for expressing alternatives ⁄ preferences
pages 6-7 Scenarios : ask about alternatives & state preferences
pages 9-10 Listening comprehension exercise
pages 10-11 Scenarios for problem solving + steps to a solution
Page 13 Listening comprehension exercise
Pages 17-18 : Paraphrasing and summarizing exercises
NOTE : The book example gives a 27 word "summary" for a 6 word statement!!
=> These writers don't know the difference between a 'summary' and an 'explanation'
page 20 Listening comprehension exercise