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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Project: Choose a subject or place for your movie and write about it on your blog.
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Project : Choose a subject or place
Subject : France man and Korean woman
Place : Seoul and Paris
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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, April 22nd
To see all the classes from Spring Trimester Block 2 IEP 200 class at the College of Chicago, please read the course calendar here.
LESSON 1
- News Hour: Read the “In Myanmar, Freedom of the Press Returns” News for You article and completed the comprehension questions from the Teacher’s Guide. Afterwards we had a discussion about freedom of the press in everyone’s countries.
- Short Story: We reviewed the beginning of the Star Reporter story and then read page 83.
- Introduce this Month’s Syllabus and Calendar
- Movie Project: Explained that all the students will be writing short films this month instead of doing a survey, essay and presentation.
- Homework Check-in
- NorthStar 2 R&W: Completed pages 134 to 136.
- Grammar in Context 1: Worked on pages 102 to 103.
For Next Class
To Read
- Grammar in Context 1: “4.1 | Singular and Plural-An Overview” on pages 102 to 103
- Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 76 to 83 of the “Star Reporter” story
To Do
- Project: Choose a subject or place for your movie and write about it on your blog
- Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 1 on page 103
- NorthStar 2 R&W: “C BACKGROUND AND VOCABULARY” exercise on pages 135 to 136
- Study for Quiz 1 on Thursday
- Bring your laptop to school on Tuesday
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.
What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, April 17th
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In Class
- News Hour: Read and discussed the “Multiple Explosions Hit Boston Marathon” English Wikinews Article. Before our class discussion divided the students into teams to create comprehension questions for eachother:
- Who is Ed Davis? (Boston policeman)
- Where was the third bomb? (JFK Presidential Library and Museum)
- What did participants see on the street? (2 explosions)
- How much money can you get for offering information to the authoritites? (None)
- What time did the explosion occur? (four hours after the start of the men’s race)
- How many explosions were at the Boston Marathon? (2)
- Homework Check-in
- Survey project: Had each student do a practice run of their presentation to prepare for tomorrow
- Fast Listening; students completed 2 of the Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes:
- Weather Forecast: The Four Seasons – Listening Quiz and Text Completion Quiz
- Saving the Earth – Listening Quiz and Text Completion Quiz
- Played the audio recording for the whole class, had the questions up on the projector and I gave the students the official Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab Vocabulary Building Worksheet (Download PDF from esl-lab.com)
- Final Exam Prep: Working from the (Study Guide) continued yesterday’s activity of having students quiz eachother in teams; these are the review questions:Grammar in Context 1 Lesson 3:
- How _____ do you brush your teeth? (often)
- I ______ wake up late in the morning. (never)
- Q: What time do you go to bed at night? (I got to bed at …)
- Q: ____ she ____ late? A: She is always late.
- Mother’s Day is _____ in June. (never [it’s in May])
- FIX THE ERRORS – Q: How often do he go to the club? A: He go usually to the club. (Q: How often does he go to the club? A: He usually goes to the club.)
- I don’t like to sleep in class, so I _____ sleep in class. (don’t)
- Q: ____ he _____ a girlfriend? A: Yes, he always _____.
- Vincent _____ _____ [is; never; are; sleeps] in class. (never sleeps)
- FIX THE ERRORS – She never does eat in class. (She never eats in class.)
Ordinal #’s
- 983rd = nine hundred eighty third
- 85th = eighty fifth
- 90th = ninetieth
- 1,111th = one thousand and one hundred eleventh
Expressing Habitual Present with When –Clauses
- CONJUGATE AND COMPLTE SENTENCE: I get very _____ [hungry] when I exercise. (hungry)
- FILL IN THE BLANK: Bob gets very lonely when he’s ____ home. (when)
- FIX THE SENTENCE: When I have a broken heart I always drink a lot. (need to add a comma after heart)
- FILL IN THE BLANK: When I watch TV __ ____________. (comma in first blank, logical response to watching TV in second)
For Next Class
To Do
- Project: Finish your presentation
- Study for the Final Exam
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.
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Multiple explosion hit Boston Marathon
They’re three explosions while Boston Marathon immediately dead two people and hundred people hurt. First explosion occurred at Copley Square, Second occurred at finish line of Boston Marathon, Third occurred at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
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Multiple explosions hit Boston marathon.
On Monday, April 15, 2013 it’s have Bomb in Boston 3 time in the same day. This occurred have a lot of casualties in this situation. Eyewitness said first of two bomb from trash cans along the sidewalk. But police not believe both situations related.
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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, April 16th
To see all the classes from Spring Trimester Block 1 IEP 200 class at the College of Chicago, please read the course calendar here.
Lesson 14: (April 16)
In Class
- News Hour: “In Chad, Lack of Food Hurts Children’s Minds” News for You article
- Fast Listening: Lesson 9
- Short Story: Pages 79 to 81 of the “Star Reporter” story on pages 76 to 85 of Frozen Pizza
- Question p. 79: What is the narrator’s name? Answer: Mike.
- Question p. 79: What happens on Tuesday mornings? Answer: Student News meeting.
- Question p. 80: Why does Mike think Angela is a good Editor? Answer: Because knows what is a good story and how to organize people to make a good article.
- Question p. 80: Did the University tell people their new houses were on a flood plain? Answer: No.
- Question p. 81: Did the mother want to be photographed? Answer: No.
- Question p. 81: Why did Sue give Mike a dirty look? Answer: Because she wanted to take photographs of the mother with her stroller and Mike said no.
- Survey project: Discuss presentations and review “Survey Research Essay” (Download from danoff.org) handout
For Next Class
To Read
- Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: Pages 79 to 81
- News Hour: “Multiple Explosions Hit Boston Marathon” Wikinews article
To Do
- Project: Reivew the handout and make changes to your essay
- Project: Finish your presentation
- Study for Quiz 3 (Download study guide 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, white board photos and 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, April 15th
To see all the classes from Spring Trimester Block 1 IEP 200 class at the College of Chicago, please read the course calendar here.
In Class
- News Hour: “Same-Sex Marriage Cases Fill Seats at U.S. Supreme Court” News for You article
- Grammar in Context 1: Parts 1 and 2 on pages 92 to 95
- Review quiz 3
- Homework Check-in
- Short Story: Started the “Star Reporter” story on pages 76 to 85 of Frozen Pizzaby reading pages 76 to 78
- Question: Page 76 – Where was the narrator Tuesday morning? Answer: He was in the Student News office.
- Q: p. 77 – What was the narrator’s job? A1: Journalist. A2: Editor of the paper.
- Q: p. 78 – What are the differences between a tabloid and a serious newspaper? A: Tabloids focus on celebrities and do not always tell the whole truth. Serious newspapers focus on world events, economics, and more complex topics.
- Survey project: Essay and presentation status discussion
For Next Class
To Read
- Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: pages 76 to 78
To Do
- Project: Write the analysis paragraph of your essay
- Project: Make the first draft of your presentation slides
- Study Quiz 2, Quiz 3 and the vocabulary words from the “Same-Sex Marriage Cases Fill Seats at U.S. Supreme Court” News for You article
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.
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