Details from today’s (Wed. 6 Mar. 2013) COC IEP 200 lesson at the College of Chicago.

You can compare what actually happened with what was planned in today’s lesson plan by reading it here.

NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS

Vincent started the day by reading his article summary. Students then completed the lesson plan exercise for the “Names from the Past Lead to Battles in South” article, finding details to support the article’s main ideas.

Afterwards we listened to the mp3 recording of the article and completed the article’s exercise from the teacher’s guide.

QUIZ 3 PREPARATIONS

Went through this recommended resource on the present perfect from englishpage.com together.

Next we reviewed “One of the Lads” a short story from ‘Frozen Pizza and other slices of life.’

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Main Characters and short descriptions:

• Big Dave – strong
• Mike – he’s a loser
• Gerry – big
• Luke – weak, dreamer
• Steve – quiet

Plot:

• 0) Luke met and joined the lads.
• 1) The lads drink at a pub.
• 2) The lads plan their trip.
• 3) The lads travel to watch England vs Holland.
• 4) Dave throws glass at a young boy and then Luke leaves the lads.

Chicago Cultural Research Poster Project

Prepared a handout (download PDF from danoff.org) for students to use as they write their conclusions and continue finishing their essays.

FAST LISTENING

Finished Lesson 4, completing the “Driving Road Test” listening quiz.

HOMEWORK

To Read

• News Hour: “North Korea …” News for You article

To Do

• Project: Write conclusion paragraphs then put the google doc link on your blog AND e-mail me the .odt file with all your paragraphs so far in 1 document
• News Hour: Write a 3 sentence summary of the “North Korea …” article and post it on your blog with the tags COCIEP200 and NewsForYou
• Study for Quiz 3
• Buy a binder

CLASS NOTES

• Following-up on a Monday discussion, I explained to the class that the shamrock is a symbol of Ireland, like a rose is associated with England. One girl had asked why the shamrock is associated with St. Partick’s day.

Student drawing of a shamrock.

• This chat led to the same student asking about leprechaun origins? From Wikipedia:

A leprechaun (Irish: leipreachán) is a type of fairy in Irish folklore, usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red or green coat, who enjoys partaking in mischief. Like other fairy creatures, leprechauns have been linked to the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology. The Leprechauns spend all their time busily making shoes, and store away all their coins in a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If ever captured by a human, the Leprechaun has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for their release.

• We also discussed how in 2 Saturdays the Chicago river will be dyed green.
• During the grammar review I was unable to explain the difference between meets and met. “Met” is the past simple form of the verb, while “meets” is the third-person singular (thanks usingenglish.com). 3rd person singular is the “form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with singular nouns and with the pronouns he, she, it and one (or their equivalents in other languages) [via Wiktionary] e.g., “He meets her at class every day.” vs “John has met her at class every day.”
• Finally, we talked about American Indians and students interested in more should read this Wikipedia article.

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