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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Thursday, September 19th, 2013

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

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

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

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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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

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

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 6

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

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:55 | News Hour
a1 | Completed the Teacher’s Guide[1] activity and an instructor generated worksheet on the Couple Sells “The Cats’ House,” But Plans a Bigger One[2] News for You article

b | 11:05 – 11:25 | Discussion of Yesterday’s Shooting in Washington, D.C.[3] and USA Gun Control Policy

c | 11:25 – 12:00 | NorthStar 2 Listening and Speaking Third Edition[4]
b1 | 3A VOCABULARY: REVIEW (pp. 24 – 25)
b2 | 3A VOCABULARY: EXPAND (pp. 25 – 27)

d | 12:45 – 13:45 | Jungle Love[5]
c1 | Discussed the exciting events of Chapter 13 in toto. Both students were so enthralled that they read ahead!
c2 | Students read out the dramatic confrontation between Lisa & Ian

d | 13:45 – 14:15 | Grammar in Context[6] 9.2 & 9.3

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

HOMEWORK

1 | Finish grammar worksheet
2 | Fix vocabulary sentences
3 | Study for Quiz 2

NOTES

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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

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

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 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 | News Hour
a1 | Completed the activities from the News for You Teacher’s Guide[1] regarding the Judge Says NYC’s “Stop and Frisk” Policy Is Unfair to Minorities[2] article

b | 10:50 – 11:25 |NorthStar 2 Listening and Speaking Third Edition[3]
b1 | EXPRESS OPINIONS on page 22
b2 | B: LISTENING TWO: Let’s Hear from Our Listeners

c | 11:25 – 12:00 & 13:00 – 13:15 | Jungle Love[4]
c1 | Worked our way through pages 68 – 70 focusing on uncovering the “Main Idea” and “Details” therein

d | 13:15 – 14:00 | Listening
d1 | Reviewed the homework from Monday on the Airports[5] and Alcohol[6] Listen A Minute.com (LAM) listenings
d2 | Completed a worksheet for the Aliens[7] LAM listening

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

HOMEWORK

1 | Study for Quiz 1
2 | Pick a topic for your Survey Project

NOTES

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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

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

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

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 3 Lesson 2

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

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:43 | News Hour
a1 | We had a brief discussion about the two articles in today’s RedEye covering the USA debates regarding action in Syria
a2 | Students completed a worksheet on the Man’s Boots Help Him Survive 12 Hours in Ocean[1] News for You article

b | 10:53 – 12:00 |NorthStar 2 Listening and Speaking Third Edition[2]
b1 | Completed activities on pages 20 – 22

c | 12:45 – 14:00 | Grammar in Context 1 Fourth Edition[3]
c1 | Completed a worksheet introducing infinitives and did the reading on page 264

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

HOMEWORK

1 | Study for the Quiz 1; News Vocabulary words are: suspicious, verse, joke, calf, conserve, contract and floated
2 | Finish Grammar in Context exercises 1 and 2 on pages 265 – 266

3 | Pick a topic for this month’s survey essay project

NOTES

1 | http://www.newsforyouonline.com/stories.asp?ID=1431
2 | ISBN 978-0-13-240988-9
3 | ISBN 978-1-4130-0736-7

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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

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

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 2 Lesson 14

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

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:40 | News Hour | U.S. fast-food workers stop working (1st September, 2013)[1]

b | 10:50 – 12:00 & 12:45 – 13:20 | Grammar | Reviewed all of Lesson 8 on the Simple Past

c | 13:20 – 13:45 | Reviewed Quiz 3 and Prepared for the Final Exam with the Final Exam Study Guide

d | 13:45 – 14:15 | Jungle Love[2] | Finished Chapter 10

e | 14:15 – 15:00 | IEP Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Study for the Final Exam
2 | Finish your presentation slide deck

NOTES

1 | http://breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130901-minimum-wage.html
2 | ISBN 978-1-4130-0736-7
3 | ISBN 978-0-521-75084-9

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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, September 3rd

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

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

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 2 Lesson 13

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

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:15 | News Hour | Busiest Death Penalty State Is Running Out of Execution Drug [1]

b | 10:25 – 12:00 & 12:45 – 14:00 | Jungle Love[2] Pages 56 – 61

c | 14:05 – 15:00 | IEP Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Study for the Final Exam by reviewing the Quiz 3 study guide; studying the new vocabulary words from the News for You article: death penalty, running out of, execute, inmates, death row, scramble, and clamped down; and reading pages 254 to 255 of the Grammar Textbook
2 | Finish chapter 10 of Jungle Love
3 | Make the second draft of your presentation slide deck

NOTES

1 | http://newsforyouonline.com/stories.asp?ID=1429
2 | ISBN 978-0-521-75084-9

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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

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

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 2 Lesson 11

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

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:40 | News Hour | First photos of Prince George (28th August, 2013)[1]
a1 | Played the audio recording of the story and had students take notes, then identify the main idea and supporting details.
a2 | Students completed the comprehension question, True/False and Synonym Match activities

b | 10:40 – 12:00 & 12:45 – 13:05 | NorthStar Listening & Speaking 2 | Unit 1[2]
b1 | Students pretended to have a jobs workshop where two leaders helped people with offbeat jobs find new employment that fit their skills.

c | 13:05 – 13:30 | Fast Listening[3]
c1 | Students took notes on the listening recording, then answered the following questions:
1 | Why does he think airplanes are amazing? (They are very heavy but can get off the ground.)
2 | What does he like to do on airplanes? (Use the entertainment system.)
3 | What does he ask other passengers for? Why? (He asks for their extra dessert or rolls, because he thinks airplane food is delicious.)
4 | What doesn’t he like about airplanes? (Turbulence)

d | 13:30 – 14:00 | Reviewed Quiz 2 and Prepared for Quiz 3 with the Study Guide[4]

e | 14:05 – 15:00 | “Friends” American TV Show Elective[5]

HOMEWORK

1 | Study for quiz 3
2 | Give your survey out to 20 people

NOTES

1 | http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1308/130828-prince_george.html
2 | ISBN 978-0-13-240988-9
3 | http://listenaminute.com/a/airplanes.html
4 | http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/08/IEP-200-Fall-Trimester-Block-2-Quiz-3-Study-Guide.odt
5 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_RAjGxNeSs

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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, August 26th, 2013

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

COC IEP 200 | Fall Trimester 2013 Block 2 Lesson 9

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:38 | News Hour | | Supreme Court rules Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
a1 | Students took notes while listening to the audio recording of the news three times
a2 | Students answered True/False questions using their notes
a3 | Students completed a gap fill exercise while listening again and then checked answers to it and the T/F with partners
a4 | In the article the lead researcher points out how more work needs to be done to prove volunteering causes happiness, and not that happy people are the ones who volunteer. To illustrate this idea I explained to students the difference between correlation and causation.
a5 | Students completed the Synonym Match and Comprehension Questions then checked answers with their partners

b | 10:48 – 11:00 | Discussion about everyone’s weekends

c | 11:00 – 12:00 | NorthStar Listening & Speaking 2 | Unit 1
c1 | Pages 12 to 14, PRONUNCIATION: Stress exercises 1 to 3

d | 12:45 – 13:50 | Fast Listening
d1 | Students completed a gap fill exercise for the “Advice” Listen A Minute.com recording http://listenaminute.com/a/advice.html
d2 | Students wrote 5 questions about advice and then surveyed eachother (p. 7 of the PDF http://listenaminute.com/a/advice.pdf)

e | 11:40 – 12:00 | Fiction | Jungle Love
e1 | Students answered the following questions as a pop quiz to see if they’d done their homework and read Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Questions

1 | TRUE / FALSE    Jennifer painted a picture sitting on the Jetty.
2 | TRUE / FALSE    Lisa gave Jennifer the message before Mary.
3 | TRUE / FALSE    Jennifer does not want to break up with Pete.
4 | TRUE / FALSE    Mary wants to study at University in the USA.
5 | TRUE / FALSE    Jennifer was happy she kissed Ian.
6 | What was the game Mary had them play with oranges?

f | 14:00 – 15:00 | IEP Elective
f1 | We completed Lesson 15 on pages 69 – 72 of “English Pronunciation Made Simple” on the diphtong /aʊ/ commonly used in words like out, cow, how and loud.

HOMEWORK

1 | Study NorthStar & news vocabulary for Thursday’s quiz 3 (New words from today’s news article: sense, boosts, establish)
2 | Read “FUNCTION: Small Talk” on page 14 of NorthStar 2 Listening & Speaking and complete the exercise on the top of page 15
3 | Finish up any missing homework (e.g. 10 sentences using vocabulary words from quiz 2)

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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class Today, Wednesday, August 21st, 2013

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

COC IEP 200 | Fall Trimester 2013 Block 2 Lesson 7

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 11:14 | News Hour | Red Panda Escapes the Zoo, Explores the City of D.C.

b | 11:24 – 12:00 & 12:45 – 50 | NorthStar Listening & Speaking 2 | Unit 1

c | 12:50 – 13:40 | Quiz 2 Prep
* We reviewed the study guide outlining everything the students need to prepare for tomorrow’s quiz

d | 13:40 – 14:00 | Fast Listening
* Reviewed the fast listening homework making questions for the “advertising” recording

e | 14:00 – 15:00 | Fluency Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Study for Quiz 2
2 | Fix the mistakes in your survey questions

Posted in COC, COC IEP 200, ELT, ESL, TESL, TESOL

What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, August 20th, 2013

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

COC IEP 200 | Fall Trimester 2013 Block 2 Lesson 6

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 10:42 | News Hour | Good grammar means more money (20th August, 2013)
http://breakingnewsenglish.com/1308/130820-grammar.html
* The three vocabulary words we will focus on from this article for Thursday’s quiz are: text, profitable and campaign.

b | 10:52 – 12:00 | NorthStar Listening & Speaking 2 | Unit 1
* Reviewed last night’s vocabualry homework, then spent a while digging into each of the words.
* Completed the vocabulary activity on pages 9-10.

c | 12:45 – 13:55 | Fiction | Jungle Love (pp. 42 – 43)
p. 42 | QUESTION: What was like a bomb exploding? | ANSWER: The pelican diving into the sea to catch a fish.
p. 42 | Q: What is a jetty? | A: British word for dock.
p. 42 | Q: Does Lisa really like birds? (look at page 7) Why do you think she tells Ian she likes birds? | A: No, she does not like birds. She probably tells Ian she does, because she wants to talk to him and attract his attention.
p. 43 | Q: Why is Lisa jealous of the pelican? | A: Ian seems more interested in it than her.
p. 43 | Q: Why does Lisa frown? | A: Because Ian made a comment about her eating too much that made her sound greedy.
p. 43 | Q: How is Caroline boring to Ian? | A: She always worries about what she eats and if it’s too much fat.

d | 13:55 – 14:06 | Grammar
* Reviewed Monday’s grammar homework.

e | 14:06 – 15:00 | Elements of Style Elective

HOMEWORK

1 | Study NorthStar & news vocabulary for Thursday’s quiz 2
2 | Take notes on the Listen a Minute Advertising exercise and write 6 discussion questions
3 | Finish up any missing homework

Posted in COC, COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, Grammar in Context 1 Fourth Edition, IEP, IEP 200, Jungle Love, NorthStar: Listening and Speaking Level 2, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago