Lesson Plan for Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 COC IEP 200 Class: Read the HTML lesson plan here and see the source on Github here.
Blog Archives
What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, March 5th
Details from today’s (Tue. 5 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
Had a long conversation about the Vatican Must Choose New Pope to Lead Catholic Church News for You article. There was some confusion about the Vatican, so i tried to explain:
We also completed an activity from the teacher’s guide on the present perfect. Tomorrow in class we will talk again about the recommended resource on the present perfect from englishpage.com.
QUIZ 2 REVIEW AND QUIZ 3 PREPARATIONS
We reviewed quiz 2 to prepare for this week’s quiz 3 and reviewed the quiz 3 study guide, which can be downloaded here (PDF from danoff dot org).
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT 1 (FOURTH ED.)
Reviewed pages 67 to 71 together.
Chicago Cultural Research Poster Project
Reviewed everyone’s results table and summary paragraph, then introduced how to write their discussion/analysis paragraph, which is tonight’s homework.
STUDENT LEARNING LOGS
Introduced new students to the learning logs and made time so they can fill it out which will continue every day.
COMIC BOOK
We continued reading another Fantom of the Fair story from Amazing Mystery Funnies 21!
HOMEWORK
To Read
- News Hour: “Names from the Past Lead to Battles in South” News for You article
To Watch
- “ESL Verb English Grammar Vocabulary Rap Song EL-T-Funk Present Tense with Fluency MC!” YouTube video (Short URL is http://is.gd/cociep200video2 Long URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xfyur6CB7M).
To Do
- Project: Write the discussion/analysis, upload it to your Google Drive and then post it on your blog
- News Hour: Write a 3 sentence summary of the “Names from the Past Lead to Battles in South” article and post it on your blog with the tags COCIEP200 and NewsForYou
- Study for Quiz 3
COPYRIGHT NOTES
- Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
- Unless otherwise noted, white board photos and text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, Grammar in Context 1 Fourth Edition, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago
Lesson Plan for Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 COC IEP 200 Class
Lesson Plan for Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 COC IEP 200 Class: Read the HTML lesson plan here and see the source on Github here.
What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Monday, March 4th
Details from today’s (Mon. 4 Mar. 2013) class at the College of Chicago.
NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS
Read the “” News for You article together and completed the accompanying teacher’s guide questions. Had a discussion about the Oscars in general. Some students were wondering why the award for best movie was called “Best Picture”? I explained that “picture” was another way to refer to movies.
The reason is because it is short for “motion picture.”
QUIZ 3 VOCABULARY WORDS
Over the weekend students were supposed to find definitions of the words that will be used for quiz 3. In class we reviewed what they came up with to arrive at the following definitions:
- Nonfiction (noun) – A real, or true, story.
- Fiction (noun) – An imagined, or not real, story.
- Literature (noun) – Written works, especially poetry, short stories and novels.
- Narrator (noun) – The voice or person telling the story in a short story, novel or comic book, etc.
- Point of view (compound noun) – The character whose eyes and mind we are viewing/seeing the story from
- Shifting point of view (compound noun) – When the view changes from one character to another
- Novel (noun) – Long work of fictional literature
- Short story (compound noun) – Short work of fictional literature
COMIC BOOK
We started reading another Fantom of the Fair story!
Completed the “Driver’s License” listening quiz and an accompanying handout.
FICTION
Did review questions from the publisher about the “One of the Lads” story.
COPYRIGHT NOTES
- Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
- Unless otherwise noted, text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, Frozen Pizza and other slices of life, TESL, TESOL, The Fantom of the Fair
What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, February 27th
Details from today’s (Wed. 27 Feb. 2013) COC IEP 200 Class at the College of Chicago.
NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS
Discussed the “England Finds a King Under a Parking Lot” News for You article and completed the accompanying teacher’s guide questions.
One of the students asked if Richard III was really evil?
QUIZ 2 PREPARATION
(download Quiz 2 Study Guide [PDF from danoff.org])
Has the students work together with their partners to define all the vocab in their own words and write example sentences using the words. For grammar I made 2 teams and they each wrote questions for each grammar point to quiz each other. Game ended in a tie.
Dug into the “American Slang” and “UFO: A Story to Remember” listening quizzes in the afternoon.
FICTION
Read pages 35 to 36 and completed half the questions from this worksheet.
HOMEWORK
To Read
- Grammar in Context 1: “EDITING ADVICE” on pages 68 to 69
- Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 39 to 40
- News Hour: “Hundreds of Soccer Matches Linked to a Huge Cheating Scandal”
To Do
- Project: Write the final draft of your survey, upload it to Google Docs and put the link in your blog.
- Publish the link in a blog post on your blog with the tag COCIEP200
- News Hour: Write a 3 sentence summary of the article and post it to your blog with the tag COCIEP200
- Grammar in Context 1: Page 70
- NorthStar 2 R&W: All of page 110
- Study for quiz 2 on Thursday
COPYRIGHT NOTES
- Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
- Unless otherwise noted, text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Worksheet: “One of the Lads” Short Story from Frozen Pizza and other slices of life (Part 4)
Worksheet for the ”One of the Lads” Short Story from Frozen Pizza and other slices of life by Antoinette Moses (2002; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-521-75078-3).
You can find more questions to use with this short story in part 1, part 2 and part 3 of this worksheet.
QUESTIONS
Page 35:
- Why were the lads quiet on the train?
- What was the next step in their plan?
Page 36:
- Why did Luke think the Lads looked awful?
- What did Dave cheer about?
ANSWERS
Page 35:
- They were out all night drinking.
- To meet Dave’s friend at a bar.
Page 36:
- Because of their shabby clothes.
- Dave cheered about throwing the object at the little boy.
COPYRIGHT NOTES
- Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
- Unless otherwise noted, worksheet text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Posted in COC, COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, Frozen Pizza and other slices of life, TESL, TESOL, Worksheet
What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, February 26th
Details from today’s (Tue. 26 Feb. 2013) COC IEP 200 Class at the College of Chicago.
NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS
Discussed the “First ’Dear Abby’ Dies, But Column Lives On” News for You article and completed the accompanying teacher’s guide questions.
We arrived at a stirring discussion about working mothers. I outlined how house wives went to working mothers in the later half if the 20th century. Some female students were only interested in becoming working moms.
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT 1 (FOURTH ED.)
Worked through pages 64 to 66.
CHICAGO CULTURAL RESEARCH PROJECT
Taught the students how to use LibreOffice, Google Drive and their blogs to use as a way to organize the essays they will be writing.
NORTHSTAR 2 READING & WRITING (THIRD ED.)
Reviewed students reading and homework introducing imperatives on pages 106 to 108.
FICTION
Continued with the ‘One of the Lads’ next story from Antoinette Moses’ Frozen Pizza and Other Slices of Life getting through page 30, and answered/discussed these worksheet questions.
HOMEWORK
Everything except “To Do” #1 is the same as in this week’s course calendar (PDF from danoff.org).
To Read
- Grammar in Context 1: “SUMMARY OF LESSON 2” on page 67
- Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 37 to 38
- News Hour: “England Finds a King Under a Parking Lot” News for You article
To Do
- Project:
- News Hour: Write a 3 sentence summary of the “England Finds a King Under a Parking Lot” article and post it on your blog with the tag COCIEP200
* Write the second draft of your survey in LibreOffice (ODT file)
* Upload to Google Drive and share to me and the internet
* Put link to the Google Document in your blog - NorthStar 2 R&W: Complete “WRITE: A Web Page” exercise 1 on page 108 and exercise 2 on page 109
- 4. Study for Quiz 2 on Thursday (download Quiz 2 Study Guide [PDF from danoff.org])
COPYRIGHT NOTES
- Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
- Unless otherwise noted, worksheet text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Monday, February 25th
Details from today’s (Mon. 25 Feb. 2013) COC IEP 200 Class at the College of Chicago.
NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS
Discussed the “London Zoo Counts Every Animal, From Tigers to Tarantulas” News for You article and completed the accompanying teacher’s guide questions.
QUIZ 1
Handed back vocab quiz 1 to the students. Overall it was a more difficult for them than I had imagined.
NORTHSTAR 2 READING & WRITING (THIRD ED.)
Was a busy day with NorthStar, as we reviewed pages 99 to 104 the students had completed for homework and did page 105 in class.
Spent the afternoon thoroughly engaging with the “A Healthy Lifestyle” and “Cancer Treatment” listening quizzes. Pre-taught the vocabulary this time and it definitely seemed to help the student’s retention.
MUSIC
Amongst the choice tracks we heard today was Postal Service’s classic “Such Great Heights” re-imagined by Chicago based Team Bayside High (via TSIS):
COPYRIGHT NOTES
- Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
- Unless otherwise noted, class recap text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Posted in COC, COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, NorthStar: Reading and Writing Level 2 Third Edition, TESL, TESOL
What we did in our CoC IEP 200 Class on Thursday, February 21st
Details from today’s (Thu. 21 Feb. 2013) COC IEP 200 Class at the College of Chicago.
NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS
Discussed “Iran Says it Sent Monkey into Space” News for You article. In addition to the exercise from the Teacher’s Guide, had the students engage in a mock team debate. One side was arguing that the monkey really did go out to space and come back, the other saying the monkey never came back.
Gave each team some time to meet with each other and prepare their arguments before going back and forth trying to make the best one!
CHICAGO CULTURAL RESEARCH PROJECT
Looked through the student summary paragraphs that have been published to make sure everyone is on the same page and making progress.
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT 1 (FOURTH ED.)
Did a lot of grammar today, pounding through pages 56 to 62.
FICTION
Continued with the ‘One of the Lads’ next story from Antoinette Moses’ Frozen Pizza and Other Slices of Life getting through page 32, working through a worksheet I prepared.
COPYRIGHT NOTES
- “Ham Retreival GPN-2000-001004” by NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
- Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
- Unless otherwise noted, class recap text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Posted in COC IEP 200, ELL, ELT, ESL, Frozen Pizza and other slices of life, TESL, TESOL, The College of Chicago
Worksheet: “One of the Lads” Short Story from Frozen Pizza and other slices of life (Part 2)
Worksheet for the ”One of the Lads” Short Story from Frozen Pizza and other slices of life by Antoinette Moses (2002; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-521-75078-3).
You can find more questions to use with this short story in part 1 and part 3 of this worksheet.
QUESTIONS
Page 31:
- What is Luke’s perfect excuse?
- Who is The Cat?
- Why is Bonetti’s name sacred?
Page 32:
- Why did Luke begin to relax?
- Where do they the Lads want to go to see England play?
- What does Steve want when he says “my glass is empty” to Luke?
ANSWERS
Page 31:
- Football
- Peter Bonetti, former Chelsea FC goalie (his Wikipedia Article)
- Because he is the best goalie in Chelsea FC history.
Page 32:
- Because there was not going to be a fight.
- Amsterdam
- He wants Luke to buy him a drink.
COPYRIGHT NOTES
- “Football pitch metric” (2006) by Wikimedia User:Ed gs2 via Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 3.0 Licensed].
- Please respect the copyright plus terms and conditions of all links, books and media not by Charlie Danoff.
- Unless otherwise noted, worksheet text Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff. Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
