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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, April 9th

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

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 10: (April 9)

In Class

  1. News Hour: “Colombia’s legacy with Korea” from The City Paper of Bogota
      Comprehension Questions:

    1. Q: What did the UN do in Korea after World War II? A: Divided it into 2 countries: North and South Korea.
    2. Q: What happened on June 25th, 1950? A: The Soviets began their invasion of South Korea.
    3. Q: What was the only Latin American country to join the war? A: Colombia
    4. Q: What was the Admirante Padilla? A: Colombia’s only frigate, or war/naval ship.
    5. Q: What is ASCOVE? A: The Colombian war veterans association, or Asociación Colombiana De Veteranos De La Guerra De Corea.
    6. Q: What do Colombian war veterans want? A: They want their pensions and respect.
  2. Short Story: “Frozen Pizza” story review: Broke students into 2 teams and each had to write 1 comprehension question per page and then quiz the other team.
    • Q: Page 39 – What is Mrs. Stonehouse’s excuse (for the small room with bunnies)? A: The room has a desk.
    • Q: Page 39 – What kind of room does the young man live in? What does it look like? A: A kid’s room. It has rabbits on the walls.
    • Q: Page 40 – How many children does Mrs. Stonehouse have? A: 2
    • Q: Page 41 – What time is Mrs. Stonehouse’s dinner time? A: There is no dinner time.
    • Q: Page 41 – What does Mrs. Stonehouse sound like? A: Her laugh sounds like a mobile phone.
  3. Homework Check-in
  4. Survey – Review organization
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 127 to 128
  6. Fast Listening Lesson 8: “Calif. Church Provides Sanctuary To Immigrant” NPR story

For Next Class

To Read

  1. News Hour: “Students Hurry to Finish GED® Test Before It Changes in 2014”

To Do

  1. Project: Make final changes to your survey and make sure your essay is organized correctly
  2. News Hour: Write a summary of the article on your blog
  3. Blog: Make 1 comment on your partner’s blog
  4. Blog: Respond to 1 of your partner’s comment on your blog
  5. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 14 on page 90
  6. Study for Quiz 3 (Download study guide handout from danoff.org).

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, April 8th

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

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 9: (April 8)

In Class

  1. News Hour: “Pakistani Teen Shot by Taliban Returns to School in England” News for You article. This was the second News for You article we read about Malala, we first discussed her story back in October.
    • Students read the article independently
    • Photocopied the “Teacher’s Guide” activity for the students
    • Had a short class chat about the discussion questions
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Review Quiz 2 and grades thus far
  4. Survey project: Review hypotheses and go over the survey essay outline:

    1. Introduction
    2. Research
    3. Hypothesis
    4. Results (table, graph)
    5. Analysis
    6. Conclusion
    7. Appendix (survey questionnaire)
  5. Grammar in Context 1: Pages 87 to 89

    • As a comprehension check I had the students work with partners to develop their own “How often …” question as with 2 answer sentences, each having the same meaning, but putting the frequency expression at a different point in the sentence.
  6. NorthStar 2 R&W: Pages 124 to 126
  7. Tech Setup: Wordpress.com app

For Next Class

To Read

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: Page 127

To Do

  1. Project: Organize your essay into the 7 sections we discussed in class and make the changes I give you in my comments on your essay
  2. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercise 1 on page 127 and exercise 2 on pages 127 to 128
  3. Study for Quiz 3: Frozen Pizza, Vocabulary plus the words from Fast Listening 7 “Taxi Ride,” Grammar
  4. Blog: Comment on your partner’s blog
  5. Blog: Respond to your partner’s comment on your blog
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Hypothesis of my survey.

Posted on April 7, 2013 by R

I guess people will know stories of the Simpson more. They will be surprise when they know the age of Simpson. So I hope some people will be love and want to watch it more. And I will be fun when I do this survey.

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Colombia’s legacy with Korea

Posted on April 7, 2013 by R

When World War II finish Korea was a single country under Japanese control. North Korea and the Soviet Union they are combination and they received support from the Chinese army. South Korea and the United States they are ally. Colombia sent a lot of s…

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Korean War

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Paul

In 1910 after Second World War North Korea has occupied by Russians and South Korea has occupied by Americans. Columbia entered the Korean War when got new president.

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Colombia’s legacy with Korea

Posted on April 7, 2013 by gayoungjung

Korea was a single county under japenese control during the world war2 and the world war2 was ended. But Korea was divided by different opinion of the United State and Soviet Union. North Korea with Soviet Union and South Korea with United State. A member of the UN helped South Korea for the peace of asian … Continue reading →

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Colombia and Korea

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Vincent

Korea was a single country. Why it is became two?  When end of the Second World War, The Soviet Union invasion Korea also America support Colombia soldiers came Korea fight to Chinese army. So Korea divided South Korea and North … Continue reading →

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Hypothesis

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Paul

I think people will know that what’s going on in festival, what is music festival and it make people want to go there. Some people don’t know about it and i hope this is knowledge to everyone. 

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Hypothesis of my suyvey result

Posted on April 4, 2013 by gayoungjung

I chose topic which is anythinh of animals. I am going to suppose about result of my survey. – people will like and love animals because they have been raising pets and  easily can see animals in zoo or home  around. Therefore I think they are going to protect for animals. So, perhaps they will think that animals have to train by … Continue reading →

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Thursday, April 4th

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

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 8: (April 4)

In Class

  1. News Hour: “Fans Vote to Add Cat to Monopoly Pieces” News for You article
    • Photocopied the “Teacher’s Guide” activity for the students
    • Broke students into 2 teams and had each write 4 sentences outlining their marketing plan for the piece they think should have been added. Both teams chose robots.
  2. Quiz 3
  3. Discussed the first 10 minutes of the MIT English Class Video (Short URL http://is.gd/cociep200video4)
  4. Fast Listening: Lesson 7 plus review of Fast Listening “Calendars: Daily Planners and Scheduling” as part of ordinal numbers lesson using this handout (PDF from danoff.org)
  5. Survey project:

    • Questionnaire – Review student’s first drafts and make sure they are in the same document as the essay (appendix section)
    • Essay – Introduce Hypothesis

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For Next Class

To Read

  1. News Hour: Colombia’s legacy with Korea from The City Paper of Bogota.

To Watch

  1. From 20:00 to 30:00 of MIT English Class Video (Short URL http://is.gd/cociep200video4)

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To Do

  1. News Hour: Write a summary of the news article and post it to your blog
  2. Write a paragraph hypothesizing about how your survey results will go, put it in your .odt file and e-mail it to me
  3. Finish your survey questionnaire in the same .odt file
  4. Study for Quiz 3, including reading questions from Frozen Pizza
  5. Comment on your partner’s blog
  6. Respond to 1 of the comments on your blog
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