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In small groups, create a new page titled //name//Review. As a group, write a short quiz for review. -Find a short article online. Create 4 "find it" questions similar to what have been on the quizzes. Try to make half easy questions and half hard questions. If you have to change the text go ahead and do so. -Create 2-3 verb tense questions -Create 2-3 complex sentence (subordinate clause/conditional/rel clause/noun clause) questions -create 1 other question
 * Class (4/21)**8:30-9:30

9:30-9:50 Take the other groups' quizzes. Post your answers in the discussion tab, along with any suggestions/clarifications you might have.

2 MDob 3 MalO 4 ECran 5 CHill 6 DBell || 1SChee 2KHan 3KRaf 4 EllSpe 5 HilCi 6LBar 7Andrey || Each presenter will have approx 15 min for their presentation. You should not go too much (1 minute) over or under this time. Each presenter __must__:
 * Presentation Guidelines**
 * Tuesday || Thursday ||
 * 1 MVan
 * describe their lesson plan
 * indicate which grammar points they are including in the lesson plan
 * explain how they decided on those points
 * offer a brief description/explanation of the relevant aspects of the grammar points
 * discuss what //might// be difficult for learners, and how feedback will be handled in the lesson
 * provide 2 minutes for questions and comments (so really 13+2 minutes)

Explain how the topics discussed in class fit into your teaching philosophy: Where do you see grammar in your classroom? How does it relate to your students’ needs? Will you present it to your students? If so, how? If not, why? Which aspects of grammar that we have covered seem relatively more important to you? Are these the aspects you chose to focus on in your lesson plan assignment (it's ok to say no)? How did you decide which structures to focus on??
 * Writing assignment (4/30):** The response to the questions below should be 350-500 words, Please post it the writing assignment page on the wiki. Separate it from other students' work by inserting a line. Please post no later than 4/30. Please use the discussion board to comment on at least two of your classmate's essays by 5/7:

media type="custom" key="3646675" Homework for 4/7 (Due by 4/14) Text analysis: In the reading used in your lesson plan, identify 5-10 examples of grammatical structures we have discussed during the course. Where appropriate, mention exceptions or difficult features