Day Eight: Proposal Writing

In our final class together, we will discuss the features of an effective proposal. Common to many different genres of writing, proposals are designed to outline a problem and propose and justify possible solutions. An outline for today's class can be found below: 

Day Eight: Proposals

Objectives: Students will be able to... 

1. Identify the commonly accepted audience(s), purpose and tone for a CAE-style proposal
2. Describe the basic structure of a CAE style proposal 
3. Analyze a CAE-style proposal example 
4. Create an outline for their own CAE-style proposal 

I. Introduction to the Class

How are you? How are things? What's new? Did anyone do anything fun over the weekend? How is the studying for your exams coming along? Do you have any questions? 

II. Final Vocabulary Quiz 

MWAHAHAHAHA! (Just kidding...) 

III. CAE Proposals: Eliciting Knowledge

As a class, let's discuss what you already know about proposals. Some possible questions to help us accomplish this task include: 

1. Why do we write proposals (what is their "purpose")?
2. Who do we usually write proposals for (who's the "audience")? 
3. How do we usually write proposals (what kind of tone do we use? What is the general structure?) 

IV. CAE Proposals: An Overview, An Example and Practice

Now, let's take a look at this sheet that gives us the basic information for writing a proposal. After discussing the overview information, let's take a look at the example proposal and discuss it. 

Finally, there is a practice scenario. We will use this practice scenario in the following way: 

1. Read the scenario prompt and create an outline for your proposal. The outline should include headings and a few basic ideas
2. Share your outline with a classmate. Compare and contrast your work, paying attention to similarities and differences between your approaches.
3. Volunteers will have the opportunity to share their outline with the class. 

V. Personality Testing

Finally, as it is our last day together, let's have a little fun. We will do some "personality" testing using the following procedure: 

Step One: Brainstorming personality adjectives (both positive and negative). If you need help, check out this list:

Step Two: Personality Testing: Which Color Are You?

This process has three steps, which are outlined below. Remember: 4 is the Most Like You (3 is kind of like you, 2 isn't really like and 1 is not like you at all). You need to put a number for each option!

1. Complete the COLOR QUESTIONNAIRE
2. Review and rank (1-4) the "Color DESCRIPTIONS"
3. Review and rank (1-4) the "Color IMAGES"

Once you finish these three tasks, you need to calculate your high score. You score will indicate which COLOR your personality is :) Once you have this information, we can proceed to Step Three...

Step Three: Preparing Personality Presentations (to be explained in class)

Step Four: Delivering Personality Presentations (self-explanatory :) )

Step Five: Reviewing the Results (in-class discussion... I will link the materials after we've talked about them together).

Materials from the COLOR TEST
Colors and Personality Results PPT
Personality Colors Article

VI. Homework

There is no "official" homework from this class! However, I want to mention two things: 

1. As you are studying for your CAE exam, if you have any questions (about any of the sections or just about the exam in general), please feel free to write me an email. 
2. Students who attended at least half of our classes together will receive a certificate of participation. These certificates will be ready be next Tuesday (June 2nd). If you cannot make it then, please let me know and I will find a way to get your certificate to you. 

Best of luck to you all in your future English language learning journeys! I hope our paths cross again soon :)