Just a Few Rules for Class

 

Taro: it just tastes awful.

Rules for our class:

1.  Do not sleep in here during class. If you do, I will stop the class. If you continue to sleep, you will lose 5% off your final score. This is a classroom. This is NOT a bedroom.

2.  Do not speak Chinese a lot.

3.  You don’t have to wait in the hall before class.

4.  Do not say “I don’t know” in this class. This is a university. If you don’t know, it is your responsibility to find out. 

Grades:

Grading

Final Exam 30% Mid-term Quiz 10% Homework 20% Placement Test 10% Attendance 20% Writing 10%

Homework and classwork (20%). If you do it, I will give you 10/10 (out of) each time.

We have to do one writing assignment each semester.

Attendance means come to class. Right now, everyone has 20%. Every hour you miss, I deduct (- minus) 1%.

Writing is the university’s rule.

Write the first thing you think about as an answer under “You.” Do NOT write under “Classmate.”

1. Please answer with a sentence to practice grammar. If he/she has the same answer, write down his/her name.

a. Random is the opposite “on purpose.”

Edward’s favorite Italian food is pizza margherita. It has tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese and basil.

Green pepper.

Eggplant. Mushy.

Passionfruit. Sour.

My brother-in-law also sells insurance.

My nationality is both American and Canadian. Dual citizen. Who else…

1. Preposition: in, on, at, up, down, near, etc.

2. Collocation: word order (no reason for it)

Nation: noun

Taiwan is a country, not a nationality.

Taiwanese.

My birthplace was Berkeley, California.

Who else…?

Cucumbers

What time is it exactly?

For time, we say “oh,” not zero.

Take a break until…

 

Write down your partner’s answers.

Random

Texture          Eggplant

Eggplant feels mushy.

Abroad: different country

Aboard: on a ship

 

I will talk. Write down what I say. If you don’t understand, ask:

Redundant: two words with the same meaning in a sentence  (again repeat)

1.  Could you please repeat that?

2.  How do you spell _____________?

Take place: happen

Film: movie

Steve’s: name

Lightsaber

Genre: kind of music or movie: science fiction, comedy, drama, cartoon, documentary, etc.

The film takes place in a warehouse.

Science fiction

Action

Instructions: Use a sentence to practice grammar. If he/she has the same answer as you, write down his/her name. If the answer is different do NOT write down the name.

Write down your partner’s answers.