English III
Strategies for Active Communication (2)

Announcement Updated!

Make-up Classes for the January 20 cancellation
Class 1 9:00 a.m., Saturday, January 10
Class 2 10:40 a.m., Saturday, January 10

Chasing the Sleeper Cell Who's Who

Last updated: January 5, 2004

Textbook

Choices for the 21st Century Education Program. (2002). Responding to Terrorism: Challenges for Democracy (2nd ed). (Available from Watson Institute for International Studies, Box 1948, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912)

Objectives

A. Content

To explore the issues surrounding the 9. 11. 01 attacks

B. Language skills

To gain gerater fluency in reading and writing
To develop an active vocabulary
To have fun reading, writing, and interacting with each other in English

Revised Schedule

Date		Homework assigned (due next week)
November 18	Review: Part I-Part III	Reading: "Introduction," Chasing the Sleeper Cell, News Journal (1)
November 25	Mid-term exam, Chasing the Sleeper Cell ("Journey to Afghanistan" and "'High-Level concern'")	News Journal (2)
December 2	Chasing the Sleeper Cell ("Breakthrough: September 2002" and "New Rules, New Tactics")	Reading: "Introduction," Truth, War and Consequences, News Journal (3)
December 3 (Class 2) or December 6 (Class 1)	Truth, War and Consequences	News Journal (4)
December 9	Activity: Iraq After War (1)	Preparation for Presentation
December 16	Activity: Iraq After War (2)	Writing: Letter to President Bush
December 23	No Class (Operated as Monday)
	--Winter Recess--
January 6	Peer Editing (1), Business Letter Format	Rewriting: Letter to President Bush
January 10	Peer Editing (2)
January 13	Review

Evaluation Plan

outline slides	10%
vocabulary	10%
reading comprehension	30%
group presentation	20%
written assignment	30%

Links

WebCT

Definitions of Terrorism (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Patterns of Global Terrorism, released in April 2003 by the Secretary of State and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the United States (U. S. Department of State)

Chasing the Sleeper Cell (Frontline, a documentary series by PBS)

In Depth: After Saddam (BBC News Online)
The New Iraq (Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS)
Truth, War, and Consequences (Frontline, a documentary series by PBS)
Beyond Baghdad: Dispatches from FRONTLINE's Team in Iraq

Pesonal Business Letters (Community College of Denver Online Writing Lab)
The Basic Business Letter (Purdue University Online Wrting Lab)

Addresses

yoshioka@law.ritsumei.ac.jp
Jinshinkan 883（尽心館２階）
x3883 office phone

English III Strategies for Active Communication (2)