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This is the list of lessons and plans for teachers.

1. Read the information about subheadings in APA formatting
When you put subheadings in a report, you need to find out what style to use. In this class we will use APA style. The main points to remember are The only other things to really look at are whether or not you should have a capital letter for each word, if the subheading is in //italic// font, and where it goes on the page. And, of course, always try to have your subheadings in parallel structure. (Parallel structure is everywhere...)
 * Only use 12 point font
 * Never use **bold**

You only need 2 or 3 levels of heading.

Here are some guidelines. Please read them and ask your instructor if you are unsure. [|APA style guide from Arizona State University] [|An example by Anthony Roberto at ASU] [|An example from the University of California, Irvine] [|Writing advice from Will Barratt at Indiana State University] [|And his template for an APA style essay or report]

2. Do this APA subheading exercise and e-mail it to your instructor
APA subheading exercise: [| Subheadings hwork.doc]

1. Guess the classification used in this riddle
//Recognising Students in Your Class// Many NAIT ESL teachers notice, when they first start teaching level 5, that their students seem to fall into two broad categories. One type of student is often unhappy and stressed, while the other type almost always seems happy and relaxed. Students might move, over the course of the semester, from the first group to the second group, but there have been no recorded instances of students moving from the second group into the first group. However, the first group is usually bigger than the second group. Although members of the two groups will socialise together, they can be quickly told apart by close observance of their body language and tone of voice. The tense, jerky movements and harsh or subdued tones of the first group are quite a contrast to the easy, genial posture and voice tone of the second group. The first group is XXX and the second group is XXX.

2. Take notes for your classification and definition report
[|McKinney, 2008, Intrinsic motivation]

[|Huitt, 2001, Overview of motivation]

[|Changing Minds, 2002-2008, Extrinsic motivation]

[|Ngeow, no date, Language learning and motivation]

[|About.com, no date, Gifted Children and Intrinsic Motivation]

[|Ferris State University, no date, Intrinsic versus Extrinsic]

[|Sime, 2006, Intrinsic & Extrinsic]

1. Use the CRAAP test
Identify which sources can be used for the classification report on students' motivation for learning. You can work individually or in groups. Fill in the small worksheet that you will now ask for from your instructor. Each student must complete a worksheet and hand it in.

a) [|motivation sample 1] b) [|motivation sample 2] c) [|motivation sample 3] d) [|motivation sample 4] e) [|motivation sample 5] f) [|motivation sample 6] g) [|motivation sample 7] h) [|motivation sample 8] i) [|motivation sample 9]

Information from Wednesday, 12th November, 2008:
Spiders: Here is a sample file with paraphrasing, in-text citations and short reference list. [| funnelweb good para.doc]

1. Read the guidelines for the CRAAP test.
--[|http://www.nait.ca/docs/Eval_Web(1).pdf]

2. Do the CRAAP test.
--http://www.nait.ca/libresources/LRDB/documents/NAIT_Library_Web_Eval_assign.pdf

3. Blog!
---[|gw531.blogspot.com]

1. Read the guidelines for writing references.
Read the handout based on the APA publication manual. Now read the website resource. http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c09_s2.html

Here are some clear guidelines for writing a reference list at the end of your text. Read them, paying special attention to the rules for capitalising words in titles. These examples concentrate on books and journals (magazines), but we will also look at references for websites in due course.

-- These are extra resources -- The NAIT library guidelines: http://www.nait.ca/libresources/LRDB/Biblio/APA_Examples.pdf Diane Hacker's site, with all 4 references styles: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ Duke University website: http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/index.html

-- This is a link for nitpicking, once you feel very confident -- [The official APA style tips for advanced referencing! http://www.apastyle.org/previoustips.html]

2. Read the list of references from our class.
The list is here: [| gw531 class refs.doc]

3. Identify the reference which is closest to correct.
There may be more than one. Tell your instructor which one/s you have identified.

4. Write a correct reference for your textbook.
Send it to your instructor.

5. Blog!
Our blogs are at http://gw531.blogspot.com/

Tasks for Wednesday, 8th October, 2008:
1. Read the information about paraphrasing. -- http://www.library.dal.ca/kellogg/guides/Writing/paraphrase/

- There is more information here. -- http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/handouts/paraphrasing.pdf -- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/

2. Start this exercise. Try to do at least one of the passages. -- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/02/

- You can do the rest of it in your own time - there is a section to help you check your answers. - If you are having trouble paraphrasing, you should review some word forms.

3. Write in your blog.

- Our blogs are at http://gw531.blogspot.com/

FYI: Other information about citations, paraphrasing and taking notes can be found at -- http://www.library.dal.ca/How/Libcasts/

Tasks for Wednesday, 1st October, 2008:
1. Read the comments that Vivienne made on your letter to Pearson Longman about the graph on page 78.

2. Read the information about business letters on the Writing page.

3. Ask someone to read over your letter for you, to check for tone and style.

3. Edit your letter and then paste the text in a new e-mail and check that you have a good subject line.

4. If you are happy to put your name to this letter, send it to infoesl@erpi.com

5. Blog!