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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

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

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 4 Lesson 3

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:40 & 10:50 – 11:30 | News Hour | Breaking News English.com | [1]
c1 | Warm-up activity #3 where the students worked together to come up with names and descriptions new combination crops like strawberry and melon
c2 | Listened to the article as students completed a gap fill exercise
c3 | Students divided up for a debate where they argued why one of the crops they created was the best and the others did not measure up

b | 11:30 – 12:00 & 12:45 – 13:15 | NorthStar 2 Listening and Speaking (Third Ed.)[2] | Unit 3
b1 | Pages 39 – 40 on predicting the content of a listening and then listening for the main idea and details

c | 13:15 – 14:05 | Grammar in Context | Must & Have to
c1 | Students completed instructor generated worksheet

d | 14:05 – 14:15 | Review the Quiz 1 Study Guide

e | 14:15 – 15:00 | Japanese Business Philosophy Presentation
e1 | One of the IEP 200 students who is a Japanese businessman gave a presentation about Japanese business ideas for the Business English elective and the IEP 200 students watched

HOMEWORK

1 | Make vocabulary sentences with the new vocabulary words from NorthStar

NOTES

1 | Download lesson at http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1310/131001-tomtato.pdf and mp3 at http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1310/131001-tomtato_1.mp3 via http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1310/131001-tomtato.html
2 | ISBN 978-0-13-240988-9

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Posted in COC IEP 200, ELT, TEFL, TESL, The College of Chicago

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 1 Lesson 2

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 09:45 | Reviewed last block’s Final Exam

b | 09:45 – 09:50 | Reviewed revised syllabus and welcomed another new student

c | 09:50 – 10:45 & 10:55 – 12:00 | News Hour | Breaking News English.com | One in five songs “advertises” alcohol (5th October, 2013)[1]
c1 | Warm-up activity #3
c2 | Read the article; answer comprehension questions and finish the “Synonym Match” activity
c3 | Listened to “Royals”[2] by Lorde. A song by a 17-year-old whose subjects include alcohol and one of the themes is that some people are not interested in the luxurious life style including expensive alcohol like Grey Goose. This was fun to discuss in light of an article about how songs with alcohol as one of their subjects were influencing young people to drink more.

d | 12:45 – 13:00 | Family History Discussion
d1 | Over lunch some students got to dicussing their family histories and it continued into the beginning of the afternoon

e | 13:00 – 13:40 | NorthStar 2 Listening and Speaking (Third Ed.)[3] | Unit 3
e1 | Pages 37 – 38

d | 13:30 – 14:10 | Fiction | Fantom of the Fair Episode 1[4]
d1 | Pages 3 – 4 of the Fantom episode

e | 14:10 – 15:00 | USA History Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Make vocabulary sentences with the new vocabulary words from NorthStar

NOTES

1 | Download lesson at http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1310/131005-pop-songs.pdf via http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1310/131005-pop-songs.html
2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlcIKh6sBtc
3 | ISBN 978-0-13-240988-9
4 | Taken from the pages of “Amazing Mystery Funnies” Volume 2 Number 7 http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=756

Posted in COC IEP 200, Comic books, comics, ELL, ELT, ESL, Lorde, Royals, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago, The Fantom of the Fair

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, October 7th, 2013

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 4 Lesson 1

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

b | 09:50 – 10:35 & 10:45 – 12:00 | News Hour | Breaking News English.com | Hunger affects one in eight people (3rd October, 2013)[1]

c | 12:45 – 13:30 | NorthStar 2 Listening and Speaking (Third Ed.)[2] | Unit 3
c1 | Pages 37 – 38

d | 13:30 – 14:10 | Fiction | Fantom of the Fair Episode 1[3]

e | 14:10 – 15:00 | USA History Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Make vocabulary sentences with the words from Breaking News English
2 | Finish the Fast Listening Lesson 1 worksheet[4]

NOTES

1 | http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1310/131003-world-hunger.html
2 | ISBN 978-0-13-240988-9
3 | Taken from the pages of “Amazing Mystery Funnies” Volume 2 Number 7 http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=756
4 | Listenings from Randall’s ESL Cyber Lab A Student Credit Card | http://esl-lab.com/credit/creditcardrd1.htm#list | AdSense | http://esl-lab.com/adsense/adsenserd1.htm#list

Posted in Amazing Mystery Funnies, COC IEP 200, Comic books, comics, ELL, ELT, ESL, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago, The Fantom of the Fair

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Thursday, October 3rd, 2013

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 15

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:50 | Core Final Exam & News Hour Quiz 4

b | 10:50 – 11:25 | Survey Project Presentations

c | 11:30 – 12:00 | Elective Presentations

d | 12:00 – 14:00 | School Lunch at Reza’s[1]

HOMEWORK

1 | Finish your survey project essay

NOTES

1 | http://www.yelp.com/biz/rezas-restaurant-chicago-2

Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013

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

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 14

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:46 | News Hour | NPR | Beyond The Shutdown, There’s A Bigger Battle Brewing[1] | October 01, 2013 5:02 PM
a1 | Students listened to the podcast 3 times for its main idea and details
a2 | Students read the article the teacher answered questions paragraph by paragraph, focusing on vocabulary and comprehension
a3 | Discuseed the shutdown in general and health insurance in students’ home countries
a4 | Listened 1 final time to the article

d | 13:21 – 13:55 | Project | Practice Presentation

e | 13:55 – 15:00 | Prepare for the Final Exam/Edit Student’s USA History Presentations

HOMEWORK

1 | Finish the final draft of your presentation
2 | Study for the Final Exam

NOTES

1 | http://www.npr.org/2013/10/01/228158870/beyond-the-shutdown-theres-a-bigger-battle-brewing
2 | http://listenaminute.com/b/babysitting.html
3 | ISBN 978-0-521-75084-9

Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

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

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 13

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:37 & 10:47 – 11:30 | News Hour | Breaking News English.com | Iran’s Rouhani addresses UN General Assembly[1] | 27th September, 2013
a1 | Students listened to an audio podcast of the article 3 times for its main idea and details
a2 | Students read the article and completed “Multiple Choice Questions” exercise
a3 | Students completed “Synonym Match” exercise
a4 | “Friends” debtate: Student A believes American and Iran will soon be friends; B disagrees

c | 13:15 – 14:05 | Grammar in Context 1[3] | Overview of Modals

d | 14:05 – 14:10 | Project | Review survey experiences

e | 14:10 – 14:15 | Reviewed quiz 3

g | 14:15 – 15:00 | USA History Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Finish 2nd draft of your presentation
2 | Finish the grammar worksheet
2 | Study for the Final Exam (use quizzes 1&2 and the quiz 3 study guide)

NOTES

1 | http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130927-un-speech.html
2 | ISBN 978-0-13-240988-9
3 | ISBN 978-0-521-75084-9

Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, IEP, NorthStar: Listening and Speaking Level 2, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, September 30th, 2013

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 12

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

d | 13:05 – 14:05 | Grammar in Context 1[4] | Overview of Modals

e | 14:05 – 14:10 | Project | Review survey experiences

g | 14:10 – 15:00 | USA History Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Finish 1st draft of your presentation
2 | Make 10 vocabulary sentences with the words from today’s news article
2 | Study for the Final Exam (use quizzes 1&2 and the quiz 3 study guide)

NOTES

1 | http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130925-post-traumatic-stress-disorder.html
2 | ISBN 978-0-13-240988-9
3 | http://listenaminute.com/a/avatars.html
4 | ISBN 978-0-521-75084-9

Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Thursday, September 26th, 2013

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 11

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:55 | Quiz 3

b | 11:05 – 11:30 | Discussion of CTA Train Stories

d | 13:00 – 14:00 | USA History Elective

e | 14:30 – 14:50 | Grammar in Context 1[3] | Overview of Modals

f | 14:50 – 15:00 | Project | Hypotheses
f1 | Students will write out hypotheses for how all 10 of their survey questions will be answered.

HOMEWORK

1 | Give your survey questionnaire to 20 people and then write your results paragraph and make 3 or more charts
2 | Study for the Final Exam (use quizzes 1&2 and the quiz 3 study guide)

NOTES

1 | http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130925-post-traumatic-stress-disorder.html
2 | http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130925-post-traumatic-stress-disorder.pdf
3 | ISBN 978-0-521-75084-9

Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, September 24th, 2013

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 10

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:50 & 11:00 – 11:35 | News Hour | Breaking News English.com | Newly-crowned Miss America suffers racist abuse (19th September, 2013)[1]
a1 | Warm-up activity: debate about whether or not beauty pagents are a thing of the past
a2 | Listened to the article and students determined the main idea and supporting details
a3 | Students completed comprehension questions and the synonym match activity
a4 | Had a class discussion about beauty pagents and their implications in general

b | 11:35 – 12:00 & 12:45 – 13:20 | NorthStar 2 Listening and Speaking Third Edition[2]
b1 | Pages 31 – 32 on the theta θ and eth ð IPA symbols
b2 | Read pages 136 and 139 of English Pronunciation Made Simple[3] on the same 2 symbols

d | 13:55 – 14:15 | Quiz 3 Study Guide Review

e | 14:15 – 15:00 | USA History Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Study for Quiz 3
2 | Fix article summaries and questionnaire

NOTES

Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, IEP, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, September 24th, 2013

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

COC IEP 200 | https://www.mr.danoff.org/cociep200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 9

Links and book information indicated by brackets [1] is available in notes at bottom.

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:25 | News Hour | Breaking News English.com | Syria says it will destroy chemical weapons (21st September, 2013)[1]
a1 | Warm-up activity: debate about if/when peace will come to Syria
a2 | Listened to the article and students determined the main idea and supporting details
a3 | Students completed comprehension questions and the synonym match activity
a4 | Had a class discussion about what is happening in Syria

b | 10:54 – 11:30 | NorthStar 2 Listening and Speaking Third Edition[2]
b1 | Pages 29 – 30

c | 11:30 – 12:00 | Grammar in Context[3]
c1 | Pages 272 – 275

e | 13:55 – 14:15 | Quiz 2 Review

f | 14:15 – 15:00 | USA History Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Write 10 sentences using the new vocabulary words from today’s Breaking News English.com article
2 | Fix article summaries and questionnaire
3 | Finish Jungle Love theme paragraph

NOTES

1 | http://breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130921-chemical-weapons.html
2 | ISBN 978-0-13-240988-9
3 | ISBN 978-0-521-75084-9
4 | ISBN 978-1-4130-0736-7

Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, Jungle Love, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago