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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Thursday, April 4th

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 8: (April 4)

In Class

  1. News Hour: “Fans Vote to Add Cat to Monopoly Pieces” News for You article
    • Photocopied the “Teacher’s Guide” activity for the students
    • Broke students into 2 teams and had each write 4 sentences outlining their marketing plan for the piece they think should have been added. Both teams chose robots.
  2. Quiz 3
  3. Discussed the first 10 minutes of the MIT English Class Video (Short URL http://is.gd/cociep200video4)
  4. Fast Listening: Lesson 7 plus review of Fast Listening “Calendars: Daily Planners and Scheduling” as part of ordinal numbers lesson using this handout (PDF from danoff.org)
  5. Survey project:

    • Questionnaire – Review student’s first drafts and make sure they are in the same document as the essay (appendix section)
    • Essay – Introduce Hypothesis

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For Next Class

To Read

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

To Watch

  1. From 20:00 to 30:00 of MIT English Class Video (Short URL http://is.gd/cociep200video4)
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To Do

  1. News Hour: Write a summary of the news article and post it to your blog
  2. Write a paragraph hypothesizing about how your survey results will go, put it in your .odt file and e-mail it to me
  3. Finish your survey questionnaire in the same .odt file
  4. Study for Quiz 3, including reading questions from Frozen Pizza
  5. Comment on your partner’s blog
  6. Respond to 1 of the comments on your blog

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