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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, April 23rd

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

To see all the classes from Spring Trimester Block 2 IEP 200 class at the College of Chicago, please read the course calendar here.

Lesson 2 (April 23)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “Word Worries About North Korea” News for You article and completed the comprehension questions from the Teacher’s Guide. Afterwards we had a discussion about how everyone felt about North Korea and its leaders recent actions. Some were afraid, others not worried.
  2. Tech Setup: Made sure everyone had a working wordpress.com blog and the latest version of LibreOffice. Then had the students develop an “About” page for their blogs, answering: Who are you?; What do you use this blog for? and any other information they wanted to share. Also introduced students to commons.wikimedia.org as a helpful place to get images. Wherever they found their image, they had to make sure to attribute its source properly.
  3. Fast Listening: Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes from esl-lab.com Business Meeting (Short URL www.j.mp/17NI2C3) and ESL Program Meeting (Short URL www.j.mp/ZiAyqj)
  4. Short Story: Finished the “Star Reporter” story from Frozen Pizza
  5. Homework Check-in
  6. NorthStar 2 R&W page 136
  7. Movie Project: Had students work in pairs to share their answers to these 4 questions and support eachother:

    1. What is your movie’s topic?
    2. Where is your movie set?
    3. What happens in your movie? (3-5 minutes)
    4. Who are the 6 characters?

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “4.2 | Regular Noun Plurals” on page 104
  2. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 84 to 85 of the “Star Reporter” story

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: “A) READING ONE: Organic Produce vs. Regular Produce” exercise on page 136
  2. Grammar in Context 1: “Exercise 2” on pages 104-5
  3. Movie Project: Answer the 4 questions discussed in class on your blog
  4. Study for Quiz 1 on Thursday: NorthStar page 136 vocabulary; Star Reporter story and plural vs. singular from page 102 of Grammar in Context
  5. Blog: Comment on your partner’s blog

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, April 15th

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

To see all the classes from Spring Trimester Block 1 IEP 200 class at the College of Chicago, please read the course calendar here. 

Lesson 13: (April 15)

In Class

  1. News Hour: “Same-Sex Marriage Cases Fill Seats at U.S. Supreme Court” News for You article
  2. Grammar in Context 1: Parts 1 and 2 on pages 92 to 95
  3. Review quiz 3
  4. Homework Check-in
  5. Short Story: Started the “Star Reporter” story on pages 76 to 85 of Frozen Pizzaby reading pages 76 to 78
    • Question: Page 76 – Where was the narrator Tuesday morning? Answer: He was in the Student News office.
    • Q: p. 77 – What was the narrator’s job? A1: Journalist. A2: Editor of the paper.
    • Q: p. 78 – What are the differences between a tabloid and a serious newspaper? A: Tabloids focus on celebrities and do not always tell the whole truth. Serious newspapers focus on world events, economics, and more complex topics.
  6. Survey project: Essay and presentation status discussion

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 76 to 78

To Do

  1. Project: Write the analysis paragraph of your essay
  2. Project: Make the first draft of your presentation slides
  3. Study Quiz 2, Quiz 3 and the vocabulary words from the “Same-Sex Marriage Cases Fill Seats at U.S. Supreme Court” News for You article

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, April 10th

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

To see all the classes from Spring Trimester Block 1 IEP 200 class at the College of Chicago, please read the course calendar here. 

Lesson 11: (April 10)

In Class

  1. News Hour: “Students Hurry to Finish GED® Test Before It Changes in 2014” and “Far From the Front Lines, Computer Warriors Feel Stress”
  2. Short Story: Finish team review activity
  3. Survey – Explain online and offline options for students to conduct their surveys
  4. Grammar in Context 1: Pages 90 to 93
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 128 to 130

For Next Class

To Do

  1. Project: Do your survey
  2. Study for Quiz 3 (Download study guide handout from danoff.org).

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, April 9th

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

To see all the classes from Spring Trimester Block 1 IEP 200 class at the College of Chicago, please read the course calendar here. 

Lesson 10: (April 9)

In Class

  1. News Hour: “Colombia’s legacy with Korea” from The City Paper of Bogota
      Comprehension Questions:

    1. Q: What did the UN do in Korea after World War II? A: Divided it into 2 countries: North and South Korea.
    2. Q: What happened on June 25th, 1950? A: The Soviets began their invasion of South Korea.
    3. Q: What was the only Latin American country to join the war? A: Colombia
    4. Q: What was the Admirante Padilla? A: Colombia’s only frigate, or war/naval ship.
    5. Q: What is ASCOVE? A: The Colombian war veterans association, or Asociación Colombiana De Veteranos De La Guerra De Corea.
    6. Q: What do Colombian war veterans want? A: They want their pensions and respect.
  2. Short Story: “Frozen Pizza” story review: Broke students into 2 teams and each had to write 1 comprehension question per page and then quiz the other team.
    • Q: Page 39 – What is Mrs. Stonehouse’s excuse (for the small room with bunnies)? A: The room has a desk.
    • Q: Page 39 – What kind of room does the young man live in? What does it look like? A: A kid’s room. It has rabbits on the walls.
    • Q: Page 40 – How many children does Mrs. Stonehouse have? A: 2
    • Q: Page 41 – What time is Mrs. Stonehouse’s dinner time? A: There is no dinner time.
    • Q: Page 41 – What does Mrs. Stonehouse sound like? A: Her laugh sounds like a mobile phone.
  3. Homework Check-in
  4. Survey – Review organization
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 127 to 128
  6. Fast Listening Lesson 8: “Calif. Church Provides Sanctuary To Immigrant” NPR story

For Next Class

To Read

  1. News Hour: “Students Hurry to Finish GED® Test Before It Changes in 2014”

To Do

  1. Project: Make final changes to your survey and make sure your essay is organized correctly
  2. News Hour: Write a summary of the article on your blog
  3. Blog: Make 1 comment on your partner’s blog
  4. Blog: Respond to 1 of your partner’s comment on your blog
  5. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 14 on page 90
  6. Study for Quiz 3 (Download study guide handout from danoff.org).

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What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, April 2nd

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Details from today’s COC IEP 200 lesson at the College of Chicago.

Lesson 6: April 2

In Class

  1. News Hour: “Pope Francis Brings Many Firsts to the Vatican”
    • Began by putting the “Check Comprehension” questions from the “Teacher’s Guide” on the board
    • Had students discuss “Teacher’s Guide” discussion questions with their partners then together as a class
    • Adapted the Teacher’s Guide resource for yesterday’s article that introduced the “Future Perfect” tense. Then looked at the explanation of it from Volume A of Understanding and Using English Grammar (Second Ed.) on page 53.
  2. Fast Listening: Lesson 6
  3. Homework Check-in
  4. Short Story: Pages 44
    • Page 44 – What was the article he read in English class about? And why did he remember it?

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: Page 85
  2. News Hour: Read “Syrian Refugee Crisis Grows by the Day” News for You article

To Do

  1. News Hour: Write a 3 sentence summary of the “Pope Francis …” article and post it on your blog with the tag COCIEP200
  2. Comment on your partner’s blog
  3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 8 on page 86
  4. Study for Quiz 2 on Thursday with the Study Guide (.odt file from danoff.org) plus the handout on the Future Perfect tense
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What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Monday, April 1st

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Details from today’s COC IEP 200 lesson at the College of Chicago.

Lesson 5: (April 1)

In Class

  1. News Hour: “After Chavez, Questions Focus on Venezuela’s Future” News for YouArticle
    • Began by putting the “Check Comprehension” questions from the “Teacher’s Guide”
    • Had students discuss “Teacher’s Guide” discussion questions with their partners then together as a class, had a brief discussion about the differences between capitalism, socialism and communism
    • Asked “If you were Chavez, would you choose your friend to replace you or would you follow the constitution?”
    • During the discussion the word “charisma” came up and we discussed how it referred to a person’s personality
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Survey project:

    • Questionnaire: 3 questions with numbers (1 to 5, Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree); 7 General Questions
  4. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 121 to 122

    • Listened to some of the “Rethinking Depression, Part 3” episode of ideas with Paul Kennedy (an NPR radio show) as it talked abotu SPARX a video game for teenagers with depression. It fit with the North Star unit’s focus on video games that can help people in the real world. (Also gave me them a chance to review the word “acronym” which came up when I was explaining NPR.)
  5. Fluency: IPA worksheet Review
  6. Short Story: Reviewed pages 43 to 44 and read page 45 of “Frozen Pizza and other slices of life”
    • Page 43 – Why did Mrs. Stonehouse think “The poor boy”?
    • Page 44 – Why does the man think Mrs. Stonehouse doesn’t cook proper meals?
    • Page 45 – What kind of pizza did the man microwave?

For Next Class

To Read

  1. News Hour: Read “Pope Francis Brings Many Firsts to the Vatican” News for You article

To Listen

  1. ”Calendars: Daily Planners and Scheduling” ESL Cyber Lab Quiz (http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/calendar-1.htm)

To Do

  1. Project: Finish your survey questionnaire
  2. News Hour: Write a 3 sentence summary of the “Pope Francis …” article and post it on your blog with the tag COCIEP200; then comment on your partner’s blog
  3. NorthStar 2 R&W: Complete exercise on page 123
  4. Study for Quiz 2 on Thursday with the Study Guide (.odt file from danoff.org)
  5. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 7 on page 85
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What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, March 20th

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Details from today’s COC IEP 200 lesson at the College of Chicago.

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 1 Lesson 3 (March 20)

In Class

  1. News Hour
    • Today’s News for You article was “‘Mouse Drop’ Plan May Help Control Guam’s Snakes” and after completing the Teacher’s Guide comprehension questions, I divided them into 2 teams and had each develop a new plan for handling Guam’s snake problem. They had to both write and draw it out, these were the results (seemed like everyone had fun!):
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  2. Grammar in Context 1
    • Started lesson 3 and worked through pages 78 to 81, learning about frequency words.
  3. NORTHSTAR 2 READING & WRITING (THIRD ED.)

    • Continued Unit 6, reviewing student’s homework on pages 117 to 119 and doing the first activity on page 119
  4. Comic Book
    • Finished the Fantom of the Fair story from Amazing Mystery Funnies #21, answering the following review questions:
    • Page 7 – What does the thug mean when he says “cut him to ribbons”?
    • Page 8 – What does the Fantom mean when he says “he’s through with crime”?
  5. Short Story: pages 43 to 44 of “Frozen Pizza and other slices of life”
    • Worked through the two pages together and students answered the following questions:
    • Page 43 – Why did Mrs. Stonehouse think “The poor boy”?
    • Page 44 – Why does the man think Mrs. Stonehouse doesn’t cook any meals?

For Next Class

To Read

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: “READING TWO” on pages 119 to 120
  2. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 43 to 44
  3. News for You: “More Elephants Killed as Ivory Prices Rise” article

To Do

  1. Project: Revise your first article summary paragraph; find another research article and write another summar paragraph (4 sentences each) then e-mail me the .odt file with everything
  2. News for You: Write a 3 sentence summary of the “More Elephants Killed as Ivory Prices Rise” article and post it on your blog with the tag COCIEP200
  3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 4 on page 82
  4. NorthStar 2 R&W: Complete questions 1 to 5 on page 120
  5. Study for Quiz 1 on Thursday

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What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, March 19th

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Details from today’s (Tue. 12 Mar. 2013) COC IEP 200 lesson at the College of Chicago.

Lesson 2 (March 19)

In Class

  1. News Hour
    • Read the “Local Project Puts Brazil’s Poor on the Map” News for You article and had an interesting discussion led by our Brazilian student about favelas. Also completed the Teacher’s Guide activity which had students make vocabulary maps where they used the word in a sentence and made: synonyms, definitions, and a picture of the word. We had a competition having the students try to guess what was eachother’s words via the pictures:
  2. Introduced student this block’s course syllabus & calendar
    • Gave student’s this block’s official course documents for them to use as a guide. (read the18 March 2013 version of calendar here)
  3. Homework Check-in
  4. Review last block’s Final Exam
    • Reviewed last block’s final exam to make sure everyone understood what they got wrong and what they need to review again.
    • Download: Exam / Answers (.odt files from danoff.org)
  5. Quiz 1 Vocabulary
    • Students defined the vocabulary words from page 116 of NorthStar for this week’s quiz and we developed a study guide together for them to prepare.
    • Download: Quiz 1 Vocabulary Study Guide Handout (.odt file from danoff.org)
  6. Survey Project: Review everyone’s topics and introduce how to find research articles, as well as exactly how to write a research paragraph

  7. Short Story: pages 41 to 42 of “Frozen Pizza and other slices of life”
    • Worked through the two pages together and students answered the following questions:
    • Page 41 – What does Mrs. Stonehouse mean by “we just eat and run”?
    • Page 42 – Why does the man say the room is “brilliant”?

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: Page 81
  2. NorthStar 2 R&W: “Serious Fun” on page 117
  3. Review Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 41 to 42
  4. News for You: “‘Mouse Drop’ Plan May Help Control Guam’s Snakes” article on page 1

To Watch

  1. Watch the first 10 minutes of this MIT Lecture (Short URL http://is.gd/cociep200video4) and write a blog post answering “Do you think you could participate in this class?” and “Why?”

To Do

  1. Project: Find your first research article and write your summary paragraph (4 sentences) then put it in the your essay .odt file and e-mail it to me
  2. News for You: Write a 4 sentence summary of the “‘Mouse Drop’ Plan May Help Control Guam’s Snakes” article and post it on your blog with the tag COCIEP200
  3. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 3 on page 81
  4. NorthStar 2 R&W: Questions on page 118
  5. Study for Quiz 1 on Thursday
  6. Bring your Laptop

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What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Monday, March 18th

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Details from today’s (Mon. 18 Mar. 2013) COC IEP 200 lesson at the College of Chicago.

NEWS HOUR

The “Teacher’s Guide” activity for the “Experts: Fights in Washington Hurt the Economy” News for You activity was wonderful, forcing the students to distinguish between first, second and third syllables while listening, focusing on fluency.

NORTHSTAR 2 READING & WRITING (THIRD ED.)

Began Unit 6 on video games going through pages 113 to 114.

COMIC BOOK

Read pages 7 and 8 of the Fantom of the Fair story in Amazing Mystery Comics #21 and worked on the following comprehension questions on the board:

FICTION

After focusing last week going through “One of the Lads” again, we started reading the self-titled ” “Frozen Pizza” story (which we looked at briefly last block) from our book of short stories: Frozen Pizza and other slices of life.

HOMEWORK

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context: Pages 77 to 79
  2. Frozen Pizza: Pages 39 to 42
  3. News for You: ” Local Project Puts Brazil’s Poor on the Map”

To Do

  1. Project: Choose a topic for you next survey project and e-mail everything it to me as an .odt file
  2. News: Write a 4 sentence summary of the article and post it on your blog
  3. NorthStar: Write your own definitions of the words on page 116
  4. Grammar in Context: Pages 79 to 80

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Lesson Plan for Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 COC IEP 200 Class

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Lesson Plan for Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 COC IEP 200 Class: Read the lesson plan online in HTML here.

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