Week Two: Investigating Topics in Your Specialties 9/8 9/12

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Content Course
Academic Discussion &
Presentation

Content Course
Academic
Discussion &
Presentation

Site Visit
9:00-
11:00AM
Biomedical-specific issues. Narrow your topic; outlining,
organizing, developing
content, use of visual aids &
citing sources; What makes a
good presentation?
Presentation Skills: Selecting
& narrowing your topic;
Hooks, visual aids, & citing
sources.
Homework: Develop content
for presentation; Vocab log.
Prep questions for site visit.

See Lesson Plans for todays
2-part academic discussion &
presentation lesson plan (Note:
both parts are 60 min. in length,
so the final hour is absent from
the lesson plan).
Biomedical-specific issues. Narrow your topic;
outlining,
organizing,
developing content,
use of visual aids
& citing sources.
Presentation Skills:
Selecting &
narrowing your
topic; Hooks,
visual aids, &
citing sources.
Homework:
Drafting content
for presentation;
Vocab log. Prep
questions for site
visit.
TBA
11:00-
12:00PM
Module Module
Library or pronunciation.
Library: students may use this
module time for self-directed
research in the library.
Pronunciation: in lieu of the
library, students may attend this
session. It will target pronunciation
problems and give tools that
students can use to become more
aware of their pronunciation and
independently improve it.

See Lesson Plans for todays
pronunciation module lesson plan.
Library or pronunciation.
12:00-
1:00PM
Lunch
1:00-
3:00PM
Writing for Academic Purposes Guest Lecture & Panel
Discussion
Writing for Academic
Purposes
Guest Lecture &
Panel Discussion

Medicine & pharmacology.
Refining your summary writing.
Writing Skills: Refining your
summary writing & integrating
quotes.
Homework: Journal, vocab log,
reading & written summary. Prep
questions for site visit.
TBA Chemistry & biosciences.
Recording quotes & citing
sources.
Writing Skills: Refining your
summary writing & integrating
quotes. Homework: Journal,
vocab lob, reading & written
summary. Prep questions for
site visit.
TBA