Abstract: Sometime after 1492, the concept of the New World or America came into being, and this concept appeared differently — as an experience or an idea — for different people and in different places. This semester, we will read three groups of texts: first, participant accounts of contact between native Americans and French or English speaking Europeans, both in North America and in the Caribbean and Brazil; second, transformations of these documents into literary works by contemporaries; third, modern texts which take these earlier materials as a point of departure for rethinking the experience and aftermath of contact. The reading will allow us to compare perspectives across time and space, across the cultural geographies of religion, nation and ethnicity, and finally across a range of genres — reports, captivity narratives, essays, novels, poetry, drama, and film. Some of the earlier authors we will read are Michel Montaigne, William Shakespeare, Jean de Léry, Daniel Defoe and Mary Rowlandson; more recent authors include Derek Walcott, and J. M. Coetzee.
Abstract: At the completion of this lesson you will be able to report a news item. Interviewing a famous singer and a family drama are the basis of this lesson.
Abstract: In this lesson, students develop an understanding of the critical role communication plays in an engineer's life. Students create products to communicate their learning about the engineering role in the environment.
Abstract: As an amateur radio reporter you report on a mountain bike competition and interview a participant. You conclude the report with an amusing anecdote.
Abstract: By the end of this lesson you will be able to make an oral report about a strike. What rights does a striker have and what can be the consequences for your pay or your job?
Abstract: Students will search internet resources, print and multimedia encyclopedias to research information on Dr. Seuss. Students will use a "Biography" template to document information, site resources, and write a simple biography report.
Abstract: At the completion of this lesson can you will be able to write a movie review for a local daily newspaper. You will also learn some terminology about movie world: actors, producers, etc... Finally, we will also take a look at how translated titles sound in French.