HOMEWORK CALENDAR

Below you will find a calendar containing all homework assignments for Kristine Shmakov's RUS 202 class. I will make every effort to post HW assignments by 7 pm the day that they are made.  Assignments are always due at the begining of the next class session. 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


  Winter quarter homework assignments and class activities:

Monday, Jan. 4:
Homework 1: p. 26 ex. 4 + p. 98-99.

Summary of today's activities: Watched episode 11 Live from Moscow and did accompanying exercises. (If need to make up with tutor use scripts at back of LFM packet.) Reviewed food vocabulary on pp. 225-227. Thought up interview questions about food in pairs, put on board and then did interview in class. Reviewed instrumental case by doing p. 237 ex. 3. Introduction of adjectives in accusative case. Did p. 242 ex. 7 orally.

Wednesday, Jan. 6:
Homework 2: p. 26 ex. 1.
HW 3: p. 26 ex. 3 and 5 + p. 100-101.
Learn all food vocabulary and be able to spell it.

Today's class activities: Reviewed instrumental endings for nouns adjectives and use of instrumental case with and without the preposition c. (see p. 228-231.) Did p. 243 ex. 8; When to use ами versus ями; did p. 244 ex. 9; p. 240-made up dialogues with a partner to go with pictures; p. 238 ex. 4- looked at proverbs on food; reviewed genitive case and did p. 248 interview; introduction to measurements and containers + genitive case; p. 249 ex. 13; looked a recipes and decided which ones looked good based on pictures and ingredients.

Monday, Jan. 11:
HW 4: p. 26 ex. 6, p. 27 + 102-103.
Do corrections for HW 1
Learn all containers and genitive case endings both sing. and plural for nouns and adjectives.

Summary of today's activities: Watched episode 12 Live from Moscow and did accompanying exercises. (If need to make up with tutor use scripts at back of LFM packet.) Did quiz on food vocabulary; reviewed containers; introduction to fruits and vegetables when stating "kilogram of"; p. 250 ex. 14- as class; p. 251 ex. 15- orally in pairs; p. 252-253 ex. 16-written; walk around with grocery items and say what bought; what did you buy at grocery store last time- in pairs orally.

Wednesday, Jan. 13:
HW 5: p. 28 ex. 8, p. 104-107.
HW 6: p. 28 ex. 9-prepare for in-class assignment.
Do coreections for HW 2 and 3.
Turn in ch. 4 Internet links page next class if you want extra credit for it.

Today's class activities: Review of number and nouns and the cases they require; p. 254 in pairs; die game with fruits and vegetables-stating how many you have; p. 256-257 video on Internet-link under ch. 5 links at bottom of section-video from Golosa; p. 258-preview questions for story; p. 259-261-listen to story being read; p. 259-261 read story in pairs for comprehension; p. 262 ex. 1- answer questions as a class; do vocabulary exercise-handout; p. 262 ex. 2- writing exercise.

Monday Jan. 18: there is no class- Martin Luther King Day.

Wednesday, Jan. 20:
HW 7: p. 29 ex. 1
HW 8: Prepare for in-class quiz on clothes vocabulary p. 271 (Know all words)
Do corrections for HW 4
Learn all clothes vocabulary.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 13 Live from Moscow and did accompanying exercises. (If need to make up with tutor use scripts at back of LFM packet.) Introduction/review of clothes vocabulary p. 271-played team competition game; introduction of interrogative чей/чья/чьё/чьи and use of genitive case for stating possession (Bob's shirt) (See p. 272 for grammar). p. 282 in pairs orally; introduction of verb носить (p. 273) + accusative case; played with paper dolls and said what they are wearing; p. 286 orally in pairs; introduction of в + prepositional case as alternate way of stating what one is wearing (p. 273 grammar); p. 287 converting from носить + accusative to в + prepositional case.

Monday, Jan. 25:
HW 9: Learn all body part words on p. 274 for an in-clas assignment. Also need to know лицо (face), усы (moustache), борода (beard).
Corrections for HW 5 and 6.
Learn all body part and physical appearance vocabulary.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 14 Live from Moscow and did accompanying exercises. (If need to make up with tutor use scripts at back of LFM packet.); Played "Guess Who?" board game with clothes; in-class assignment on clothes vocabulary; read text p. 283-284 and discussed cultural differences with dress; p. 288 ex. 6-match vocabulary to body part in picture-see what you know; questions at bottom of p. 288; watched Ernie and Elmo video from Sesame Street-song on p. 290-filled in missing body part words; p. 289 Russian proverbs; presentation of physical appearance vocabulary (see p. 275-277); started p. 291 in pairs.

Wednesday, Jan. 27:
HW 10: p. 30 ex. 3, p. 31 ex. 5 + p. 108-109.
Do corrections for HW 7 and 8.
Learn all part and physical appearance vocabulary. Be able to spell everything.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 1/2 of Welcome Back (the sequel to Live from Moscow) and discussed episode in pairs; took quiz on body parts; p. 291 and 292 in pairs; p. 294 ex. 11; introduction to describing appearance using с + instrumental case; p. 296 ex. 13; p. 295 ex. 12 interview in small groups, then based on information write a description of physical appearance of one group member; I collect descriptions and read them. We guessed who the student was based on description; played "Guess Who?" game based on appearance.

Monday, Feb. 1:
HW 11: p. 31ex. 4 + p. 110-111.
HW 12: prepare for in-class on appearances. You will be describing appearance for yourself and another person, who will be in a picture you will get in class. For each person, you will need to describe 5 physical aspects including height, hair color, hair type, eye color and at least one other distinguishing feature (nose, moustache, beard, face, figure etc..) One description will be written using есть + nominative case, the other using с + instrumental case.
Do corrections for HW 9.
Learn all part and physical appearance vocabulary. Be able to spell everything.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 3/4 of Welcome Back and discussed episode in pairs; p. 293 ex. 10-matching adjectives to features and writing correct ending; p. 297 ex. 14- correcting mistakes in description in pairs; read excerpt from Чебурашка-handout in class; watched cartoon Чебурашка; p. 298 ex. 15- wrote letters find a friend letters for Чебурашка and Крокодил Гена; p. 303 and 304- pair activity where one partner describes appearances of people missing from picture and partner listens and draws them in--then switch places.

Wednesday, Feb. 3:
HW 13: read cultural text in TEXTBOOK on p. 305-306. In English write 5 cultural differences between body language in Russia and the US. We'll go over the text together next class.
HW 14: prepare your 2-3 minute presentation on appearances and personality. See handout given out last week for instructions. If you are absent on Monday, you cannot make up this assignment and will lose the 15 points.
Do corrections for HW 10.
Learn personality vocabulary and all physical appearance vocabulary well.

Bring food to share for Russian Масленица celebration in class on Monday and Tuesday. (I'm cooking блины.)

Today's class activities: Watched episode 5/6 of Welcome Back and discussed episode in pairs; did in-class writing on appearance; p. 309 ex. 21-personality vocabulary-matched meaning; activity where identified positive and negative personality traits; p. 310 ex. 22; p. 310 ex. 23- быть + instrumental case with adjectives. Учитель должен быть умным.; p. 311 want ad for Galya; went to computer lab to search Internet "love match" site to find a mate for Galya p. 312-313. (Site is on class website under ch. 5 at end of links.) Lessson of the day: If you ever want a Russian mail order bride, do not put your picture up on a Russian "looking for love" site or you will be mocked by Second year Russian students at PCC!

Monday, Feb. 8:
HW 15: p. 112-117- read story and answer questions.
Do corrections for HW 11 and 12.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 7/8 of Welcome Back and discussed episode in pairs; p. 308- used as organizer for discussing text on p. 305-306 in pairs; discussed cultural differences in text as a class; slide show on Russian body language; p. 314-315 pre-reading exercises; p. 316-318-read text in pairs; p. 320 ex. 1- answered questions about text; watched video of Master and Margarita that corresponds with text.

Wednesday, Feb. 10:
HW 16: Not in homework book. Write 15 of your own sentences using expressions of need. 5 sentences using надо/нужно; 5 sentences using должен/должна/должно/должны; 5 sentences using нужен/нужна/нужно/нужны. You must vary your use of pronouns and verbs tenses (present, past and future). Make your sentences more complex by stating why these things are needed.
No corrections to do, since HW 13 and 14 don't have them as part of assigment. Ура!!
Learn verbs on p. 331 and 332.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 9/10 of Welcome Back and discussed episode in pairs; p. 342 ex. 1- matched verbs with pictures; went over infinitives for all verbs; review of dative+надо/нужно+infinitive p. 343 ex. 2; introduction to nom.+ должен/должна/должны + infinitive; discussed things you have to do today using надо/нужно/должен/должна; introduction to past and future tenses with надо/нужно/должен/должна (see p. 334-335 for grammar); wrote sentences on overhead sheets using expressions in all tenses-corrected together; introduction to dative+нужен/нужна/нужно/нужны + nominitive case thing. (see p. 335 for grammar.) p. 346 ex. 5-in pairs; walk around dialogue with objects (asking for them and stating why you need them).

Monday, Feb. 15th:
HW 17: p. 32 ex. 3 + write a paragraph (12-15 sentences in lenght) about what you do each day. Needs to be in present tense and be written as a series of events starting from when you get up to when you go to bed. Focus on using verbs from this chapter and use sequencing vocabulary to tie together. (сначала, потом, затем, после того как, перед тем как, после+ genitive, перед+instrumental, наконец).
HW 18: in-class assignment. Write about what you do each day in present tense using sequencing vocabulary. Basically the same thing as the essay in HW 17.
Do corrections for HW 15.
Learn present tense conjugations for all new verbs (just imperfective infinitives) on p. 331 and 332.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 11/12 of Welcome Back and discussed episode in pairs; Reviewed imperfective infinitives for verbs on p. 331-332; Classified verb types and went over any particularlities in conjugation; Played Uno with new verbs in present tense; did Powerpoint picture interview using new verbs- similar to p. 348, but questions were formed already; introduction to после того, как and перед тем, как (see p. 337 for grammar.); p. 349 ex. 8-orally; in pairs got individual pictures of what a lady does during the day (p. 351 all cut up.)  put them into logical order and told about woman's day in the present tense using sequencing vocabulary; introduction to perfective infinitives for p. 331-332 verbs; p. 351-in pairs told what Marina did yesterday using past perfective verbs and sequencing vocabulary; narrated what you did yesterday in past perfective. Partner asked questions for clarification or to get more information.

Wednesday, Feb. 17th:
HW 19: p. 32 ex. 5 and p. 33 ex. 6, and p. 118-120 (I added directions to ex. 6 that you need to use both imperfective and perfective future in your paragraph, so make sure to include details that would require the two different aspects.)
Do corrections for HW 16.
Learn all perfective infinitives and how to conjugate the verbs for perfective future.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 13/14 of Welcome Back and discussed episode in pairs; In-class writing on daily routine; reviewed perfective infinitives and identified verb types and conjugation patterns; p. 351-orally narrated Marina's day using all perfective future verbs and sequencing vocabulary; p. 354-355-played battleship with perfective future; reviewed use of verbal aspect (imp. vs. perf.); p. 352- all in future-choose correct aspect; introduction to ordinal numbers and telling time for first 30 minutes of hour (see p. 338-339 for grammar.); p. 358 ex. 15 information gap activity with telling time and using little clocks; listening comprehension will telling time- I say time, students show on clocks.

Monday, Feb. 22st:
HW 20: p. 33 ex. 7, p. 34-35, p. 121-123.
Do corrections for HW 17 and 18.
Work on learning how to conjugate all ch. 6 verbs in perfective future and how to spell out times, numbers included.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 15/16 of Welcome Back and discussed episode in pairs; Introduction to telling time the last 29 minutes of the hour. (See p. 339-340 for grammar.); p. 359 ex. 16 in pairs with little clocks; p. 359 ex. 17; played telling time bingo; flashcards with time; Во сколько? Stating when an action occurs (see p. 340 for grammar); p. 360 train schedule; played future tense board game-stating at what times you'll do things tomorrow; p. 361 ex. 19 orally-narrate in the future tense using sequence vocabulary.

Wednesday, Feb. 24:
HW 21: p. 36 ex. 9.
HW 22: prepare for in-class assignment p. 36 ex. 10.- will be in perfective future.
Do corrections for HW 19.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 17/18 of Welcome Back and discussed episode in pairs; Introduction to с/до + time (See p. 340-341 for grammar.) Slide show with signs showing when things are open-stating с/до + times; p. 363 ex. 21- written; p. 365 ex. 23-watched on-line video (see webpage); reviewed months with p. 388 ex. 1; p. 388-389- looked at old Slavic names for months and tried to figure out why they were called that based on weather and agriculture; introduction to stating today's date (see p. 379 for grammar.); p. 390 ex. 3- orally.

Monday, March 1:
HW 23: p. 37 ex. 1 and 2 + p. 124-128.
Do corrections for HW 20.

Today's class activities: Watched episode 19/20 of Welcome Back and discussed episode in pairs; In-class writing on ch. 6; Reviewed stating today's date and finished p. 390 ex. 3; introduction to stating date on which an event occured and stating birthdays; Powerpoint exercise with birth dates of famous Russians; p. 397-Russian astrological signs; p. 398 interview with birth date and zodiac sign; p. 391 ex. 4-stating when American holidays occur; p. 392-393 ex. 5-read text on Russian holidays; Powerpoint presentation on Russian holidays and discussion of holiday text-when holidays occur and traditions.

Wednesday, March 3:
HW 24: p. 37 ex. 3, p. 129-131.
Do corrections for HW 21 and 22.

Next Wednesday is last day to turn in any late homework or extra credit.

Today's class activities: p. 399 ex. 8- discussion of holiday traditions; p. 400-401-read text together; p. 402 discussion questions about text; Introduction to holiday wishes с + instrumental case; p. 403 ex. III; writing greeting cards-what to wish Я желаю тебе + genitive case- p. 404- pick out what people with each other; how to sign cards; wrote a greeting card to someone in class; introduction to stating years and new ordinal numbers; p. 405 ex. 12; introduction to stating in which year an event occurs using в + prepositional case.




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.