HOMEWORK CALENDAR

Below you will find a calendar containing all homework assignments for Kristine Shmakov's RUS 101 classes. I will make every effort to post assignments by 7pm the day that they are made.  Assignments are always due at the begining of the next class session. All assignments come from the salmon colored homework packet. If you are absent, make sure to check whether we will be having an in-class assignment next class, so that you can prepare for it. At the end of the calendar, you'll find a list of homework completion guidlines. If you have any questions regarding the homework, please call me at (503) 977-4841 or email me at kshmakov@pdxlink.com


  Fall quarter 2009- Homework for Kristine Shmakov's M/W and T/Th RUS 101 courses:

Sept. 21/22:
    Homework assigned: Make flash cards for sounds of first set of alphabet letters. Learn sounds for first group of letters.
    Purchase textbook and homework book. Bring to next class.

    Today's class activities: We went over the syllabus and course guidelines; Learned how to introduce ourselves and state     our name p. 10; Learned sounds for Group I alphabet letters p. 11; Did following oral exercises from textbook: p. 11         ex. 1 and 2.

Sept. 23/24:
    Homework #1: p. 1 ex. 1, 2, 3 (in the salmon colored homework book). Please read homework guidelines below. This     assignment will be due at the beginning of class next week. All homework is always due the following class session.
    Learn sounds to group I and group II letters. Know cursive for group I letters.

    Today's class activities: We reviewed how to introduce yourself and the sounds of the Group I alphabet letters. Learned     the how to write the Group I lettes in cursive. Use p. 3, 7 and 8 as a guide. We wrote p. 11 ex. 3, and did p. 12 ex. 4         and p. 13 ex. 6 orally in pairs. Learned the sounds to the group II alphabet letters on p. 14. Use p. 4 and 5 as a guide.         We did p. 14 ex. 1 orally and then played a board game with Russian names.

Sept. 28/29:
    HW 2: p. 1 ex. 4, 5 and p. 2 ex. 6.
    Learn sounds for group I, II and III letters. Know cursive for group I and II letters.

    Today's class activities: Learned how to ask, "How are you?" and respond. Reviewed group II sounds with cognate         slide show. Learned how to write cursive for group II letters. Did p. 15 ex. 4. Read cursive cognate words on signs.         Wrote 10 cognates in cursive on p. 15 ex. 5. Learned sounds for Group III letters p. 19. Read through p. 19 ex. 1, did p.     22, and then played Uno game with printed cognates.

Sept. 30/Oct. 1:
    HW 3: p. 2 ex. 7, 8, 9.
    Do corrections for HW 1. (Please correct the mistakes in a different color pen above the original mistake. Do not         erase your original mistake and write over it, rewrite the assignment or put corrections on a separate page.             This makes it much harder for me to check your corrections. mework corrections are worth 3 pts, and they are due             the next class after you receive the homework back from me. Late homework corrections will not be accepted.)
    Learn sounds for whole alphabet. Know cursive for group I, II and III letters.

    Today's class activities: Reviewed "Как дела?" Learned the cursive for group III letters. Did p. 20 ex. 4 in pairs, wrote     p. 24, and played a board game with cursive words. Learned sounds for group IV letters. Did p. 25 ex. 1 in pairs,             watched Sesame Street alphabet song (on weblinks page) and watched a slide show of cognate signs in St. Petersburg.

Oct. 5/6:
    HW 4: p. 2 ex. 10, 11, 12 + p. 4 ex. 14 (listening comprehension-read directions on p. 4.)
    HW 5: p. 3 ex. 13-you do not have to write out and turn in anything for this. Just study. The in-class assignment you         will write on Wednesday/Thursday will become the grade for this assignment.
    Do corrections for HW 2.

    Extra credit sheet for alphabet internet exercises due next class.

    Today's class activities: Reviewed whole alphabet. Read p. 25 ex. 2, p. 28 ex. 6, p. 33 ex. 10. Learned how to write         cursive for group IV letters. Wrote p. p. 26 ex. 3. Read p. 30-31 ex. 8. p. 32 ex. 9. Also learned how to write your first     and last name in Russian.

Oct. 7/8:
    HW 6: p. 5 ex. 1, 2, 3. (Change directions on ex. 1 to read, "Using the greetings form p. 41 of the text..."
    Do corrections for HW 3.
    Learn all of the greetings and expressions on p. 41. Know when to use them and which ones are formal and informal.
   
   Today's class activities: We took the alphabet quiz. Introduction of greetings on p. 41 and formality/informality. (Use p.     42, 43, 62 as a guide.) We did p. 46 ex. 1, 2, p. 47 ex. 3 all orally with a partner. Introduction of Russian name system.     (Read p. 43.) We did p. 52 ex. 7 in pairs, and ended class by watching a music video of a Kino song and filling in             greetings we heard on p. 49. You'll find the music video link in the weblink section for ch. 1.

Oct. 12/13:
    HW 7: p. 6 ex. 4, 5 and p. 7-8. Do not use the web address listed on the homework. Use    
    http://spot.pcc.edu/~kshmakov and just go to the listening comprehension-required link to find the tracks.
    Do corrections for HW 4 and 5.
    Learn all greetings and expressions on p. 41.

    Extra credit sheet for ch. 1 internet exercises due next class.

    Today's class activities: Played a board game with classroom expressions. Introduction to rest of Russian name system:     отчество and фамилия. (See p. 44.) Did p. 55 ex. 9 and p. 53-54 orally. Reviewed greetings and introductions. Read     p. 56 in pairs. Made up dialogues based on photos. Watched a video and answered questions on p. 57. Reviewed             numbers 1-10 and played a card game. (See p. 67).

Oct. 14/15:
    HW 8: p. 9 ex. 1, 2, 4, p. 10-11 only. (Track 3) (We're not doing p. 12- the sheet does not correspond to the mateial on     track 4. )
    HW 9: Prepare for a dictation on numbers 10-100. I'll say a number like twenty-three, and you'll write the digit 23.
    Do corrections for HW 6.
    Learn numbers 1-100.

    Today's class activities: Reviewed numbers 1-10 and learned 11-20. Did flashcards with addition and subtraction             problems; played concentration game; Learned numbers 30-100 and compound numbers. Did p. 73 ex. 1; played bingo     with numbers; played Uno with numbers; did secret code activity with numbers. (If you missed today, you'll have to get     these activities from me to use with the tutor to make up this absence.)

Oct. 20/21:
    Monday class: We watched a film. Because so many people are sick, those who attended will get extra credit. Those    
    who were absent will not be marked absent today. You get an extra freebee.
    Tueday class: No classes today. Campus wide in-service.
    No homework due or assigned today. Homework assigned last Wednesday and Thursday is due next class.

Oct. 22/23:
    HW 10: p. 13 ex. 8, 9, 10. (Read directions carefully for ex. 8.)
    Do corrections for HW 7.
    Learn nationality vocabulary.

    Today's class activities: p. 75 ex. 3- fill in grid with partner (listening comprehension information gap.); Number                 dictation. (If you are out with the flu and have emailed me, I'll let you make this up when you return to class.)                     Introduction to nationalities on p. 70. Also introduction to stating names. (Его зовут Билл.= His name is Bill. Её зовут     Мэри.=Her name is Mary.) p. 78- negation. Клаудия Шифер не канадка, она немка; p. 77 ex. 5- state nationality and     make up name for each person. Question: Кто он/она по национальности?; Introduction of country names that go         with nationalities p. 70 chart; p. 81-dialogue. Make up new nationality and name for self; p. 82 ex. 9- Introduction of         classroom vocabulary. (see p. 68 and p. 88-89.)

Oct. 26/27:
    HW 11: p. 14 ex. 11, 12, 13.
    Do corrections for HW 8 and 9.
    Learn all classroom object vocabulary on p. 69 of textbook.

    Today's class activities: Reviewed nationalities. Did dialogue p. 79-80. Reviewed questions Что это?/Кто это? p. 84     ex. 11; p. 83 ex. 10 (negation with не. Это не мужчина. Это женщина.); played concentration game with new            
    vocabulary; played hangman as three teams with new vocabulary; Introduction of gender for nouns (see p. 71 for
    grammar explanation.); did exercise not in book; did p. 86 ex. 13.

Oct. 28/29:
    HW 12: p. 14 ex. 14- prepare for in-class assignment on classroom nouns. You do not need to turn anything in for this.
    HW 13: p. 18 ex. 11 and p. 15 ex. 1.
    Do corrections for HW 10.
    Learn all classroom vocabulary p. 69. Work on learning the places in the city vocbulary on p. 93.

    Today's class activities: Reviewed system for gender of nouns; Did p. 87 ex. 14 orally; Introduction to pluralizing        
    nouns. (See p. 99 for grammar.) Powerpoint demonstration and partner exercises on pluralizing masculine and feminine
    nouns using either ы or и. Wrote a modified version of exercise on p. 120. (If you do this one with Tatiana, skip
    numbers 6, 9, 7, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, since we don't know these words yet.) Introduction for places in city
    vocabulary on p. 93. Oral drill activity where one partner asks Где парк? Other person answers Вот он/она/оно
    depending on the gender of the place. Finally we watched a short video with an excursion of Moscow and picked out
    the places shown.

Nov. 2/3:
    HW 14: prepare for an in-class on the places in the city vocabulary on p. 93 of the text. I will give you a list of the              words in English, and you will need to write the Russian word for each place. You will need to be able to spell
    everything on your own.
    Do corrections for HW 11.

    Today's class activities: Did in-class exercise on classroom nouns and gender; Reviewed formation of plurals; Did p.         118; Did a dialogue using plural nouns we know; Introduction to stating location; Looked at map on p. 31 and did p.         106 together as a class; Introduction to the concept of Russian cases-the nominative and prepositional cases;        
    Introduction to places that take prepositions в or на; Did p. 107 ex. 4; Did a Where's Waldo powerpoint exercise on
    stating his location at various places in the city.

Nov. 4/5:
    HW 15: p. 15 ex. 2, 3, p. 16 ex. 4.
    HW 16: p. 16 ex. 5- prepare for in-class exercise.
    Do corrections for HW 12 and 13.
    Learn all places, prepositions they require (в/на) and prepositional case endings.

    Today's class activities: Reviewed places in city vocabulary; took quiz on city vocabulary; reviewed which places
    require в or на; did page109 ex. 6; did p. 108 ex. 5-written; played game; made up dialogue same as p. 16 ex. 4 in
    homework book-orally; read through professions on p. 96-97; Где он/она работает? stated where people of various
    professions work; saw slides of St. Petersburg.




Homework completion guidlines:

1.    Complete all homework on a separate piece of paper, unless it is a listening comprehension exercise or otherwise noted.  Please use one sheet of paper for each homework assignment, unless you cannot fit all the exercises on one page. Write the page and exercise number at the top of the page.

2.    Always write in cursive. You may use either pencil or pen. Please do not use red or glitter pens. You may not type homework assignments, since it is important to get lots of practice writing in Cyrillic.

3.    You must do your homework entirely on your own. You may not receive any help from the tutor, a native Russian speaker or another student in the class. This is considered cheating. If you need help, please come see me.

4.    Listening comprehension assignments should be completed using the answer sheets from the homework book. Please mark your answers on these sheets and turn them in. All listening materials are available on the course website.

5.    When you prepare for an in-class assignment you do not need to turn anything in to me. These exercises are simply there so that you will know what material will be covered on the in-class writing assignments.

6.  When doing corrections, please correct the mistakes in a different color pen above the original mistake. Do not erase your original mistake and write over it, rewrite the assignment or put corrections on a separate page. This makes it much harder for me to check your corrections. mework corrections are worth 3 pts, and they are due the next class after you receive the homework back from me. Late homework corrections will not be accepted.

7.    If you receive a grade lower than a 7 (a C) on your homework, you must redo the assignment and turn it in the next class period. This is a safety net that prevents you from ever getting a non-passing grade on homework. You should see me or the tutor for help before redoing an assignment. Redos are worth 7 points.  Late redos will automatically receive only 5 points.

8.    Extra credit homework are due by the last day of class.