English
Semester 1
2024/2025
A SHIFT
You are going to learn:
Online(through ROSETTA STONE)
and
In-person
How it will go
ROSETTA STONE = 15 hours/semester
and
In-person= 8h/semester
and
Exam= 2 hours
Total: 25 hours
First things FIRST!
YOU MUST ACTIVATE YOUR ENT ACCOUNTS!
WITHOUT IT, YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING (LANGUAGE-WISE)
WITHOUT IT, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS ROSETTA STONE.
WITHOUT ROSETTA STONE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE
ENGLISH/FRENCH COURSES.
WITHOUT THESE COURSES, YOU WILL FAIL ONE MODULE out of the SEVEN.
How do I activate my account?
https://ent.univh2c.ma/uPortal/f/w
elcome/normal/render.uP
GUIDE:
https://auth.univh2c.ma/webs/Guid
e_ENT_Etudiants.pdf
Let’s do this together!
PLACEMENT TEST
● A test meant to know your level in a language.
● It will take you about 30-45 minutes to finish.
● Be honest, no need to cheat. It won’t be
counted in the final exam (so, no need to
worry).
EXAMS
40%= Midterm Exam
60%= Final exam in Rosetta stone
YOU MUST COMPLETE YOUR 15
HOURS ONLINE. OTHERWISE, YOU WILL
NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE FINAL EXAM.
If you want to contact me, use this!
hajar.ouknider@univh2c
.ma
Week 1
November 7th
Agenda
- Warm-up: Picture Talk
- Reading Activity
- Reading + Discussion
- Follow up Question
- Grammar: Past Tenses Recap
- Pronunciation
Answers
1D
2G
3I
4A
5E
6B
7J
8C
9F
10 H
Follow-up Question
What would you do if you were the old man?
1. Were you doing/called
2. Was sitting/ called
3. arrived/was
4. Was watching/heard
5. went/had/met
6. Were playing/hurt
7. Were they doing/ was
8. Was taking/rang
9. was/rang/ was ringing
10. Walked / was working
11. was/was shining/were singing/was walking/ met
Past Tense
The past simple tense and past participle of all regular verbs end in -ed.
For example:
work, worked, worked
The question is, how do we pronounce the -ed?
The answer is, in 3 ways:
/ɪd/
/t/
/d/
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Week 2
November 22nd
TV/Radio Social Media
Internet
Where do you get your information about the world from?
Newspaper Books
ChatGpt
What is the problem with ALWAYS having access to
information?
- Abundance: TOO MUCH
Reading & Discussion
Week 3
November 28th
GFC
Week 3
November 29th
EBM
November 29th
Describe what you see in this picture
Watch the video and take
notes!
Listen again and answer the
questions
How many words can you make up of “Create”?
Definition: Word formation refers to the process of creating new words in a
language. Many words in English can take on different forms as adjectives, adverbs,
nouns, and verbs by applying certain rules of word formation. Here's an explanation
of how this works for each word class:
Noun
Adjective
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.
An adjective describes or modifies a noun by
Some adjectives can be turned into nouns by
giving more information about it (e.g., size,
adding suffixes like -ness or -tion.
color, quality).
Example: Happiness
Example: Happy
○ Happiness is important. (noun)
○ She is a happy person. (adjective)
Verb
Adverb
A verb represents an action or a state.
An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or
Sometimes, nouns or adjectives can become
another adverb, often ending in -ly. It
verbs through conversion or adding verb
describes how, when, where, or to what
suffixes like -ize or -ify.
extent something happens.
Example: To happen
Example: Happily
○ Good things happen to those who
○ She smiled happily. (adverb)
wait. (verb)
Example: "Strong":
● Adjective: Strong
○ He is a strong athlete. (Describes the noun
"athlete")
● Adverb: Strongly
○ She feels strongly about the issue. (Modifies the
verb "feels")
● Noun: Strength
○ He has great physical strength. (Names the quality
of being strong)
● Verb: Strengthen
○ They want to strengthen their muscles. (Describes
the action of becoming stronger)
Practice Activity
https://create.kahoot.it/details/215204db-
934a-4d29-af08-279ba0e9ead1
https://create.kahoot.it/details/150156c4-
5086-40cc-a73a-a5cbfe9ae002
Week 4
December 2nd
GFC
Week 4
December 16th
EBM
Do you enjoy reading books?
Why/why not?
What was the last book you read for
fun?
1. What was Luke’s main message about the importance of reading?
2. What are some of the benefits of reading that Luke mentioned?
3. Can you think of a book that has inspired or taught you something important?
Annotating is:
● A key tool for close reading that helps you uncover patterns,
notice important words, and identify main points
● An active learning strategy that improves comprehension
and retention of information
“Make your paper dirty.”
2. Read with a pen, pencil, and/or post-it note in hand
This ACTIVE reading is meant to help you identify,
remember, and recall essential information.
a) Sum up important ideas in your own words.
b) Add your own examples.
c) Keep a dictionary handy and look up confusing or
unknown words as you read.
d) Put a question mark next to passages or problems you
don’t understand.
1. READ. JUST … e) Write down questions to bring up during class discussion
or to ask your professor after class.
READ!
f) Make a note of passages that generate a strong positive or
negative response.
g) Mark repetitions.
h) Note relationships, themes, symbols, and/or images that
are recurrent.
i) Circle, highlight, or underline important keywords, terms,
and/or definitions.
j) Mark anything that you think is important, interesting, or
inconsistent.
3. Remember:
a) Annotations are brief. Keep it short.
b) Annotations should be about information you think is important.
Annotation is an active learning technique that gives you
instant feedback and helps you monitor your progress.
Assignment
Pick any text you come across.
And bring it annotated next session!
Put the word between brackets in the correct form
1. He gave us a detailed ________description___ of how the accident happened. (DESCRIBE)
2. He moved to the United Kingdom__a few years ago. (KING)
3. She has been doing research work as a_____scientist___________. (SCIENCE)
4. I wanted to __________apologise (british spelling)/apologize (American spelling)
__________but Dad cut me off at once. (APOLOGY)
5. Most bird species are under ___protection_________________by law. (PROTECT)
6. We enjoyed the _______warmth____________of the ski hut at night. (WARM)
7. He is the most famous _______artist____________who has ever had an exhibition in this
gallery. (ART)
8. After his mother's __________death________he moved to South America. (DIE)
9. I didn't tell him the whole ____truth_____________. (TRUE)
10. Who was the last Roman _________empror___________? (EMPIRE)
11.Can you tell me the __________location__________of the new restaurant? (LOCATE)
12.The hotel offers a great _____selection_________of activities tourists can do. (SELECT)
13.The view from the top of the mountain is absolutely ___fascinating_________________.
(FASCINATE)
14. ______Luckily_____________, we didn't get caught cheating. (LUCK)
15.He likes reading ________poetry/poems___________. (POEM)
