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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, May 22nd

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 3

Lesson 3: (May 22)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Began by having the students look for the IPA sounds we are studying this week in the “Experts Wonder What Happened to Monarch Butterflies” News for You article. Read “Lawsuit Says Anheuser-Busch Beers Are Even More Watered Down Than You Think” article from TIME Magazine’s website and completed a worksheet prvided by Emily Kiang.
  2. NorthStar 2 R&W: Reviewed student’s work on pages 162-3.
  3. Grammar in Context 1: Reviewed student’s work on page 135.
  4. Documentary Project: Outlined the time schedule students will have to follow as they develop their documentaries.
  5. Review Ordinal Numbers and Go Over General Number Pronunciation
  6. Short Story: Read pages 56-7 of the “Sweetie” story from Frozen Pizza and other slices of life

For Next Class

To Read

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: “READING TWO: On the Road with John Madden” on pages 163-4 and “STEP 1: ORGANIZE” on pages 164-5.
  2. Grammar in Context 1: “5.3 | Questions with Whose Exercise 4” on page 136
  3. Documentary: Contact 1 person/place to interview
  4. Study for Quiz 1 on Thursday: Download Study Guide (28 kB .odt file from danoff.org)

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Documentary

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Paul

All day in Chicago with Paul      I’ll travel in Chicago and i’ll introduce about interested thing in Chicago and interview people about what is your interested thing in Chicago. Place – around Chicago loop          

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, May 21st

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

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 3

Lesson 2 (May 21)

In Class

  1. News Hour: “Read the Fast-Thinking Helpers, Hospitals Save Lives of Boston Bombing Victims” then completed the Teacher’s guide having students search for “sh” = /ʃ/ | “ch” = /t/ | “j” = /ʤ/ | and “z” /z/ sounds. I matched them with their corresponding IPA sound and had the students do the same. These symbols will be part of the student’s quizzes and tests this block.
  2. NorthStar 2 R&W: Read the passage on page 160 about “The Climate Train” and reviewed student’s work on page 161.
  3. Fast Listening: We completed the Space Radio Theater and A Visitor from Space listening quizzes.
  4. Homework Check-in
  5. Movie Project: Students discussed their ideas for their documentaries with one another.
  6. Short Story: Read pages 60-61 of the “Sweetie” short story from Frozen Pizza and other slices of life.
  7. Twilight Zone: Watched episode 3 of season 1 about a town drunk who finds his way out of the pit.

For Next Class

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: “READ FOR DETAILS” on page 162; “MAKE INFERENCES” on page 162; and “EXPRESS OPINIONS” on page 163.
  2. Grammar in Context 1: “5.2 | Possessive Adjectives Exercise 3” on page 135
  3. Documentary: Find 3 people or places to interview
  4. Study for Quiz 1: NorthStar Unit 8 Vocabulary, story line, theme, genre, literal meaning, figurative meaning, and sections 5.1 & 5.2 of Gramar in Context

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Main idea

Posted on May 21, 2013 by gayoungjung

About Chicago I am going to introduce about Chicago’s attractive siting!

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Main idea

Posted on May 21, 2013 by gayoungjung

About Chicago I am going to introduce about Chicago’s attractive siting!

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Brainstorm and write 3 ideas for a short film or 3 ideas for a documentary on your blog.

Posted on May 20, 2013 by R

I want to make movie about landmark in Chicago or activity in summer.

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Brainstorm and write 3 ideas for a short film or 3 ideas for a documentary on your blog.

Posted on May 20, 2013 by R

I want to make movie about landmark in Chicago or activity in summer.

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, May 20th

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

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 3

Lesson 1: Introducing Possessive Form of Nouns, Travel Vocabulary, Butterfly News & Short Story Reading Practice (May 20)

  1. News Hour | Reading Learning Objective(s): Comprehending main ideas and some details from a news article. |Read “Experts Wonder What Happened to Monarch Butterflies” News for You article and then answered the comprehension questions from the “Teacher’s Guide.” Had a discussion about why the butterfiles were called “Monarchs,” turns out it “was first published in 1874 by Samuel H. Scudder because ‘it is one of the largest of our butterflies, and rules a vast domain;’ however, the name may be in honour of King William III of England.” (via Wikipedia).
  2. NorthStar 2 R&W | Vocab Learning Objective(s): Use context to infer meaning of new vocabulary. | Pages 155-9.
  3. Grammar in Context 1 | Grammar Learning Objective(s): Introduce Possessive Form of Nouns | Pages 131-4.
  4. Introduce this Month’s Syllabus and Calendar
  5. Movie Project | Went over their homwork for tonight and that they will be able to choose between
  6. Short Story | Reading Learning Objective(s): Students practice independent reading, so they will be comfortable doing it on their own time. | Read pages 58 to 59 of “Sweetie”

For Next Class

To Read

  1. This Syllabus

To Do

  1. What do you want added to the syllabus? How would you like it changed? (Write answers in your notebook)
  2. Movie Project: Brainstorm and write 3 ideas for a short film or 3 ideas for a documentary on your blog.
  3. Grammar in Context 1: “5.1 | Possessive Form of Nouns Exercise 1″ on page 133 and “Exercise 2″ on page 134
  4. NorthStar 2 R&W: “READING ONE: The Climate Train” on pages 159-60 and “READ FOR MAIN IDEAS” on page 161
  5. Study Vocabulary from NorthStar 2 Unit 8 for Quiz 1 on Thursday
  6. Bring your laptop to school on Tuesday

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, May 14th

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 14: (May 14)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “Former U.S. Presidents Cost Nearly $3.7 Million in 2012” News for You article and then completed the “Teacher’s Guide” activity where students wrote a paragraph explaining their opinions on whether or not former Presidents should receive financial assistance.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. NorthStar 2 R&W: Finished Unit 7, as the students worked in pairs to develop brochures promoting one kind of produce (regular, organic or local) to a target audience (teenagers, parents, single people, etc.)

  4. Fast Listening: Did the I Love Trees and A Rare Solar Eclipse “Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes [Prepare for TOEFL/TOEIC Tests with These Lectures, Interviews, and Conversations]”
  5. Reviewed Quiz 3
  6. Movie Project: Shot two of the class’ 6 movies today, finish the rest tomorrow!
  7. Student Question(s): One question that come up today was the difference between come and go. Go can mean moving anywhere, while come is only used if you are moving towards the speaker or subject.

    8. Difference between come and go

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Study for the Final Exam

To Do

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “LESSON 4 TEST / REVIEW” PARTS 1 to 4 on pages on page 125-7
  2. Movie Project: Edit your movie if you are finished

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, May 13th

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 13: (May 13)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “Project Brings Color to Haiti Slum” News for You article and then completed the “Teacher’s Guide” activity where students drew pictures of their version of a painted Jalousie home. “Shallow” was a wonderful vocabulary word that emerged from the activity.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Short Story: Read pages 54 to 55 of the “Sweetie” story on pages 52 to 53 of Frozen Pizza
  4. Grammar in Context 1: Reviewed student work on pages 119 to 123.
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Students worked together on exercises 2 through 5 on page 152, after there was a lot of confusion amongst students trying to finish the activity on their own.
  6. Movie Project: Students read eachother’s scripts and offered suggestions.

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “Summary of Lesson 4” on page 123 and “EDITING ADVICE” on page 124

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercises 1 and 2 on page 153
  2. Study for Final Exam on Thursday
  3. Movie Project: Finalize your script

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