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Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 8
Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.
WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS
a | 09:30 – 10:25 | Core Quiz 2 & News Hour Quiz 2
b | 10:35 – 12:05 | News Hour | Breaking News English.com | Women should have babies before 35 (13 Sep 2013)[1]
b1 | Warm-up activity: What’s the best age to do x?
b2 | Pre-taught vocabulary: fertility, barrier, clock strikes, put off
b3 | Students read the article and answered comprehension questions
b4 | Had a class discussion about female fertility and 21st century society
c | 12:50 – 13:10 | Grammar in Context[2] 9.5 Exercises
d | 13:10 – 14:15 | Jungle Love[3] | Chapter 14 Discussion
d1 | Read through the final chapter 14 and discussed the novel as a whole
d2 | Comprehension Questions:
p. 90 | Why does Jennifer feel sorry for Lisa? (Because Lisa has to lie about her sad life back home.)
p. 90 | Why can’t Jennifer sleep? (Worried about misjudging Ian and if she made a mistake not calling Pete back.)
p. 92 | Why is the word “Lisa” written on top of the page? (Signify a change in narrator, we are now in Lisa’s head.)
p. 92 | Why does Lisa feel free? (Because her mom has found a man and Lisa can now move to London.)
p. 92/3 | What is Lisa’s plan for London? (Find a flat, job and then enjoy her life working, shopping and clubbing.)
p. 93 | What 2 things did Lisa know when she was Pete? (That he was Pete and that she was in love.)
d3 | We then had a brief discussion we will pick up on Monday about themes. To correct what I said in class, please read this quote from Kelley Griffith illustrating the difference between themes and subjects:
“The subject is what the work is about. You can state the subject in a word or phrase: ‘The subject of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 is love.’ In contrast, theme is what the work says about the subject. Stating a theme requires a complete sentence, sometimes several sentences: ‘A theme of Sonnet 116 is, “Love remains constant even when assaulted by tempestuous events or by time.’” (Griffith, K., 2006, Writing essays about literature: a guide and style sheet. p. 32)
e | 14:15 – 15:00 | USA History Elective
HOMEWORK
1 | Fix 1st article summary
2 | Find 2nd article & write a summary
3 | Study for Quiz 3, including new vocabulary from today’s news article
NOTES
1 | http://breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130913-fertility.html
2 | ISBN 978-0-521-75084-9
3 | ISBN 978-1-4130-0736-7
4 | http://books.google.com/books?id=a05Efo1hOa4C&pg=PA40&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false via https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Theme_%28narrative%29&oldid=527636357
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