Yearly Archives: 2013

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

Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff (contact@mr.danoff.org)/Mr. Danoff’s Teaching Laboratory (http://dalab.cc).
Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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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

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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

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What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, August 19th 2013

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

COC IEP 200

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 2 Lesson 4

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS

a | 09:30 – 11:07 | News Hour | “Facebook “selfies” can harm relationships”
* http://breakingnewsenglish.com/1308/130818-selfies.html
* The four vocabulary words we will focus on from this article for Thursday’s quiz are: study, flatter, genre and appeal.

Reading Objective | Scanning for and recognizing details in an intermediate reading passage

b | 11:17 – 11:24 | Discussed What Everyone Did Over the Weekend

c | 11:24 – 12:00 & 12:45 – 12:50 | NorthStar Listening & Speaking 2 | Unit 1
* Began with a review question asking what last week’s listenings were about.
* Completed Steps 1 & 2 on page 7

d | 12:50 – 13:40 | Fiction | Jungle Love (pp. 39 – 41)
* Questions:
p. 39 | How does Lisa feel about the price of the bus? (Answer: It it too expensive)
p. 39 | Who did Pete call? (Answer: Jennifer)
p. 40 | What can you infer from Pete’s message about how he feels about Jennifer? (Answer: He is worried about their engagement.)
p. 40 | Why does Lisa tell herself “All’s fair in love and war, isn’t it?” (A: As an excuse to justify reading Jennifer’s notebook.)
p. 40 | What did Lisa write down from Jennifer’s notebook? (A: 2 of Peter’s phone numbers.)
p. 41 | Why is Jennifer a threat to Lisa? (A: Because she is also attracted to Ian.)
p. 41 | What does Lisa hope Ian will notice? (A: How attractive she looks in her skirt and bikini, blowing in the wind.)

d | 13:40 – 14:00 | Fast Listening
* Listen a Minute: Accidents
http://www.listenaminute.com/a/accidents.html

e | 14:00 – 15:00 | IEP Elective
Pronunciation Objective | Learn 2 new IPA symbols to aid in general pronunciation.
Copyright notes

HOMEWORK

1 | Finish Vocabulary exercise on page 8 of NorthStar
2 | Finish Listen a Minute Actors exercise (I will e-mail you)
3 | E-Mail me your survey topic, research articles and 10 questions (if not already done)

LESSON PLAN

Compare what was planned with what happened listed above. Download .odt file from danoff.org
http://www.danoff.org/leftinfront/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=99

Text & Photo Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff (contact@mr.danoff.org)/Mr. Danoff’s Teaching Laboratory (http://dalab.cc).
Rights given a CC Zero 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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