ADMC Higher Diploma English

Level 1 narrative model

    A hostage situation
    by Mohd Al Hashemi (CTA)
   October 2007

Two masked men ran towards a store called Virgin Megastore, they were hiding behind a CD collection section. The police searched for them everywhere but did not know where to find them. I knew where they were hiding but I was not sure whether I was to alert the police about their whereabouts or keep quiet. Suddenly one of the men took out his gun, pointed the gun towards me, and told me to enter the store. Everything turned upside down, the situation turned from a police chase to a hostage situation.

They locked the doors and told us all to stay down and not even move a muscle or they will start firing at us. We were all scared, there were about twenty people inside the store, most of whom were women. The men started talking to each other, one man had a very deep voice, it looked like they were trying to come up with a plan on how they should escape. The place was completely covered by the police, all the entrances and exits were blocked, it looked like there was no way out for the masked men. Twenty minutes passed and it looked like the men knew what they were supposed to do and were ready to instigate their plan. They took all the men, including me, and took us towards a strange room. We were about six men excluding the masked criminals, the place was just filled with fear, we were all frightened not knowing what the masked men would do to us. They opened their bags and took out syringes, it looked like they knew what they were supposed to do from the start. Suddenly they injected me with the syringe and I passed out.

I opened my eyes, I saw the policemen inside the store, it looked like everything was over, the masked men were lying on the ground, dead. The plan failed, the police started interrogating the hostages to see if they could gather information about the masked men. I tried to explain and give them all the information as detailed as possible. As they were asking questions one of the men answering questions had a really deep voice . . .

Week	Week Begins	English N125	Writing Topics	LSEC N100
1	Jan 24		Procedure Comparisons
2	Jan 31		Procedure Comparisons
3	Feb 7		Procedure Comparisons
4	Feb 14	Listening 1	Procedure Comparisons
5	Feb 21		Procedure Comparisons
6	Feb 28	Reading 1	Procedure Comparisons	Reading Summary
7	March 7		Procedure Comparisons	Research Skills 1
8	March 14	Writing 1	Procedure Comparisons	Research Skills 2
9	March 21	Progress Test 1		Research Skills 3
10	March 28	Assessment make-ups Portfolio deadline	Process Narrative
11	April 4	Listening 2	Process Narrative	Report Part 1
12	April 11		Process Narrative
13	April 18	Reading 2	Process Narrative	Report Final
14	April 25		Process Narrative
15	May 2	Reading 3	Process Narrative
16	May 9	Writing 2 / 3	Process Narrative	Vocabulary Assignments
17	May 16	Progress Test 2		Essay
18	May 23	Assessment Make-ups
19	May30	Portfolio deadline
20	June 6	Grades

Week	Week Begins	English 175	English 174	Writing Topics
1	Feb 10
2	Feb 17
3	Feb 24
4	Mar 2
5	Mar 9
6	Mar 16
7	Mar 23
8	Mar 30
9	April 6
10	April 13
11	April 20
12	April 27
13	May 4
14	May 11
15	May 18
16	May 25
17	June 1
18	June 8
19	June 15

English 124 and 125 Calendar 2009-2010

Week	Week Begins	English 125	English 124	Writing Topics
1	Feb 10			Process, Narrative
2	Feb 17			Process, Narrative
3	Feb 24			Process, Narrative
4	Mar 2	Monday 3rd March Listening assessment 1 (12%)		Process, Narrative
5	Mar 9	Monday 10th March Reading assessment 1 (12%)		Process, Narrative
6	Mar 16	Monday 17th March Writing assessment 1 Process (10%)	Reading summary 1 10% (in class)	Process, Narrative
7	Mar 23	Mock Progress Test		Process, Narrative
8	Mar 30		Reading summary 2 10% (in class)	Process, Narrative
9	April 6	Monday 7th April Progress Test 1 (15%)	Introduce project
10	April 13		Project work	Independent Learning Week
11	April 20	Monday 21st April Reading Assessment 2 (12%)		Procedure, Comparison
12	April 27	Monday 28th April Listening Assessment 2: 12%	Reading Summary 3 10% (in class)	Procedure, Comparison
13	May 4			Procedure, Comparison
14	May 11	Monday 12th May Reading assessment 3 (12%)		Procedure, Comparison
15	May 18	Monday 19th May Writing assessment 2/3	Deadline Draft report (20%)	Procedure, Comparison
16	May 25	Writing Portfolio Assessment Deadline 10%	Deadline for vocabulary course (10%)	Procedure, Comparison
17	June 1	Monday 2nd June Progress Test 2
18	June 8
19	June 15

Raw Score	Converted Score	Grade
1	5	F
2	10	F
3	15	F
4	18	F
5	21	F
6	24	F
7	27	F
8	30	F
9	33	F
10	36	F
11	39	F
12	42	F
13	45	F
14	48	F
15	51	F
16	54	F
17	57	F
18	60	D
19	64	D
20	68	C
21	72	C+
22	75	B
23	78	B
24	81	B+
25	84	B+
26	87	A-
27	90	A
28	93	A
29	97	A+
30	100	A+

ADMC Higher Diploma English

English: Longer Assignments

To English 124
To English 125
To Longer Assignments
To Summaries

Assignments: Reading Summaries

In HD 1 Level 1 and Level 2, you are expected to be able to take a reading of between 800 and 1500 words and summarize it in your own words.

A summary is usually shorter, uses different language, but gives the same idea as the original passage.

You should be able to

identify new vocabulary
summarize the main idea in one or two sentences
give the main ideas of the article
express an opinion on the article

You need to download an Article Review Form and complete it for each reading. (Acrobat, or use Word if you would like to type your answers.)

Your teachers will grade your summary using these criteria (Word or Acrobat).

Downloads

Download the form (Adobe Acrobat, PDF 29kb) for your reading summary. The form also has a marking scheme so you can see how you will be assessed. You can also download in Word if you prefer to type your answer.

Tips and Guidelines

Presentation on How to Write summaries - new
How to Write Reading Summaries - Tips from T.J Everest and Terry Potts
Preparation for writing a summary - more tips
How to write a summary - tips from Brazil
Practical examples: Coca Cola (PDF file, or download in Word
Green Cars - Four sample summaries from TJ Everest (Word file)

Practice Summaries

These articles were given to students in the last year or two:

English 124 practice summaries from the Guardian
Health: Autoimmune Diseases Sabotage Body's Own Defenses
Health: Repetitive Stress Injury (MS Word doc). Click here for a sample summary for tasks 3, 4 and 5.
Business & IT: Get Rid of the Hierarchies
Business & IT: Petrol Prices Fuel Hunt for Alternatives
Engineering: The Eighth Wonder of the World
Engineering: Dam Dictators
All groups: Is This What You Call Junk Food?
Abu Dhabi 2030 Plan - readings and summary

Examples!

Here are some paraphrase and summary links:

Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
Nail Biting: Article and Student Summary

Current Articles

Click here for articles for download and summary

For Teachers

The form below (PDF, 26kb) has the criteria for grading reading summaries. A simplified version is on the student form above.

Examples of students' Reading Article Reviews- An "A" paper and and an "F" paper (password required)

Some more readings from last semester.

Back to Level 1
To English 124
To English 125
To Longer Assignments
To Summaries

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Week Week Begins English 125 English 124 Writing Topics

1 Aug 31 Process, Narrative

2 Sept 7 Process, Narrative

3 Sept 14 Process, Narrative

4 Sept 21 Monday Sept 22
Listening assessment 1
(12%) Introduce project tasks Process, Narrative

5 Sept 28 Eid Process, Narrative

6 Oct 5 Monday Oct 6
Reading assessment 1
(12%) Reading summary 1
10% Process, Narrative

7 Oct 12 Task 1 completion (5%) Process, Narrative

8 Oct 19 Monday Oct 20
Writing assessment 1
Process (10%) Process, Narrative

9 Oct 26 Monday Oct 27
Progress test 1 (15%)
Task 2 completion (5%)

10 Nov 2 Writing Portfolio (5%) Project work Independent Learning Week

11 Nov 9 Monday Nov 10
Listening Assessment 2 (12%) Reading summary 2
10% (in class) Procedure, Comparison

12 Nov 16
Monday Nov 17
Reading assessment 2 (12%)
Task 3 completion(5%) Procedure, Comparison

13 Nov 23 Procedure, Comparison

14 Nov 30 Monday Dec 1
Reading assessment 3 (12%) Deadline
Draft report
(10%) Procedure, Comparison

15 Dec 7 Eid Procedure, Comparison

16 Dec 15 Monday Dec 8
Writing assessment 2/3 (20%) Reading Summary 3
10% (in class) Procedure, Comparison

17 Dec 22 Monday May 23
Progress test 2 (15%) Final draft (25%)

18 Dec 29 Assessment make-ups
Writing Portfolio Assessment Deadline (5%) Presentations

19 Jan 4 Vocabulary quizzes completed

20 Jan 11 Final grades Grades in

Week	Week Begins	English 175	English 174
1	Aug 30
2	Sept 6
3	Sept 13
4	Sept 20
5	Sept 27	Listening 1 Wednesday Sept 30	Reading Summary 1
6	Oct 4
7	Oct 11	Reading 1 Wed Oct 14	Monitor marking session
8	Oct 18	Writing 1 Wed Oct 21	Reading Summary 2
9	Oct 25	Progress Test 1 Wed Oct 28	Introduce project
10	Nov 1	Portfolio deadline	Monitoring marking session
11	Nov 8	Listening 2 Weds Nov 11
12	Nov 15	Reading 2 Weds Nov 14	Reading Summary 3
13	Nov 22
14	Nov 29
15	Dec 6	Reading 3 Weds Dec 9
16	Dec 13	Writing 2 Writing 3 Dec 16
17	Dec 20	Progress Test 2 Weds Dec 23	Project Deadline (50%)
18	Dec 27	Writing Porfolio
19	Jan 3		Deadline oral presentation (10%)
20

Week	Week Begins	English 175	English 174
1	Feb 1
2	Feb 8
3	Feb 15
4	Feb 22	Monday Feb 23 Listening 1
5	March 1		Reading Summary 1
6	March 8	Monday March 9 Reading 1
7	March 15	Monday March 16 Writing 1	Monitor marking session
8	March 22		Reading Summary 2
9	March 29	Progress test Progress Test 1	Introduce project
10	April 5	Assessment make-ups	Monitoring marking session
11	April 12	Monday April 13 Reading 2
12	April 19		Reading Summary 3
13	April 26	Monday April 27 Listening 2
14	May 3
15	May 10	Monday May 11 Reading 3
16	May 17	Monday May 18 Writing 2 and 3
17	May 24	Monday May 25 Progress test 2	Project Deadline (50%)
18	May 31	Assessment make-ups
19	June 7	Writing portfolio	Deadline oral presentation (10%)
20	June 14	Grades

Week	Week Begins	English 175	English 174	Writing Topics
1	Feb 1			Problem/solution Comparison graphs
2	Feb 8			Problem/solution Comparison graphs
3	Feb 15		Reading Summary 1 10%	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
4	Feb 22	Monday Feb 23 Listening 1	Project Task 1	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
5	March 1		Project Task 2	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
6	March 8	Monday March 9 Reading 1	Project Task 3	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
7	March 15	Monday March 16 Writing 1	Reading Summary 2 10%	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
8	March 22		Introduce Project Task 4	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
9	March 29	Monday March 30 Progress Test 1 Assessment make-ups		Independent learning week
10	April 5		Project task 4 5%	Argument Time graphs
11	April 12	Monday April 13 Reading 2		Argument Time graphs
12	April 19		Project task 5 5%	Argument Time graphs
13	April 26	Monday April 27 Listening 2	Reading Summary 3 10%	Argument Time graphs
14	May 3		Project task 6 5%	Argument Time graphs
15	May 10	Monday May 11th Writing 2 Writing 3		Argument Time graphs
16	May 17	Monday May 18 Progress test 2	Vocabulary Completion 10%	Argument Time graphs
17	May 24	Monday May 25 Reading 3 Oral assessments deadline May 28th	Project task 7 15%	Argument Time graphs
18	May 31	Assessment make-ups Writing Portfolio deadline	Oral presentations Blog format marking Blog additional postings (each 10%)
19	June 7
20	June 14	Grades

Week	Week Begins	English 125	English 100	Writing Topics
1	Feb 1			Process, Narrative
2	Feb 8			Process, Narrative
3	Feb 15			Process, Narrative
4	Feb 22	Tuesday Feb 24 Listening assessment	Introduce project tasks	Process, Narrative
5	March 1		Reading summary 1 10%	Process, Narrative
6	March 8	Tuesday March 10 Reading assessment		Process, Narrative
7	March 15	Tuesday March 17 Writing assessment Process	Task 1 completion 5%	Process, Narrative
8	March 22		Reading summary 2 10%	Process, Narrative
9	March 29	Tuesday March 31 Progress test 1 Assessment make-ups		Independent learning Week
10	April 5	Writing portfolio (5%)	Task 2 completion 5%
11	April 12	Tuesday April 14 Reading Assessment		Procedure, Comparison
12	April 19	Tuesday April 21 Listening assessment	Reading Summary 3 10%	Procedure, Comparison
13	April 26		Deadline Draft report 15%	Procedure, Comparison
14	May 3	Tuesday May 5 Reading assessment		Procedure, Comparison
15	May 10			Procedure, Comparison
16	May 17	Tuesday May 19 Writing assessment 2/3	Final draft 25%	Procedure, Comparison
17	May 24	Tuesday May 26 Progress test 2	Vocabulary 10%
18	May 31	Assessment make-ups Writing Portfolio	Presentations 10%
19	June 7

Week	Week Begins	English 175	English 174	Writing Topics
1	Aug 30			Problem/solution Comparison graphs
2	Sept 6			Problem/solution Comparison graphs
3	Sept 13		Reading Summary 1 10%	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
4	Sept 20	Eid	Project Task 1	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
5	Sept 27	Listening 1	Project Task 2	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
6	Oct 4		Project Task 3	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
7	Oct 11	Reading 1	Reading Summary 2 10%	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
8	Oct 18	Writing 1	Introduce Project Task 4	Problem/solution Comparison graphs
9	Oct 25	Progress Test 1 Assessment make-ups		Independent learning week
10	Nov 1		Project task 4 5%	Argument Time graphs
11	Nov 8	Listening 2		Argument Time graphs
12	Nov 15	Reading 2	Project task 5 5%	Argument Time graphs
13	Nov 22		Reading Summary 3 10%	Argument Time graphs
14	Nov 29	Eid	Project task 6 5%	Argument Time graphs
15	Dec 6	Reading 3		Argument Time graphs
16	Dec 13	Writing 2 Writing 3	Vocabulary Completion 10%	Argument Time graphs
17	Dec 20	Progress Test 2	Project task 7 15%	Argument Time graphs
18	Dec 27	Assessment make-ups Writing Portfolio deadline	Oral presentations Blog format marking Blog additional postings (each 10%)
19	Jan 3	Grades