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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Thursday, May 10th

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 12: (May 9)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “Despite Protests, Builders Remove Part of the Berlin Wall” News for You article and then completed the “Teacher’s Guide” activity that introduced students to the words “despite” and “in spite of”, having them make senteces about the article with those words. Afterwards we had a fun discussion about history and different ways it can be preserved or lost as well as who writes history.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Quiz 3
  4. NorthStar 2 R&W: Worked on pages 150 to 151. Students were having some trouble understanding the activity that had them make a brochure, but together we figured it out.
  5. Short Story: Read the third e-mail in the “Sweetie” story on pages 52 to 53 of Frozen Pizza.
  6. Fast Listening: Completed the “Battle at the Front” and “World News Stories”; 2 of the TOEFL listening quizzes from Randall’s ESL Cyber Lab.
  7. Movie Project: Reviewed the proper formatting students should be using for their stories.

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “4.9 | Making Generalizations” on page 120

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 on pages 151-2
  2. Grammar in Context 1: Exercises 16 to 21 on pages 120-3
  3. Study for Final Exam on Thursday, including vocabulary words from the “World News Stories” listening quiz.
  4. Movie Project: Finish your script.

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Wedensday, May 8th

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

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 11: (May 8)f

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “How Congress Could Change Immigration Laws” News for You article and then completed the 7 difficult comprehensin questions from the “Teacher’s Guide”. We had a informative discussion about immigration and emigration here in the USA as well as in their own countries. To finish I gave the faux Citizenship Test from the “Teacher’s Guide” orally to the class instucting them to answer as quickly as possible, with the stakes being only 1 of them would win and become a USA citizen.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Prepare for Quiz 3: We reviewed this quiz’s study guide (.odt file from danoff.org).
  4. Grammar in Context 1: Pages 114 to 119
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Reviewed exercises 3 and 4 on page 149, which (most) students already completed for homework.
  6. Short Story: Read the second e-mail in the “Sweetie” story from Frozen Pizza.

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Quiz 3 Study Guide

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercises 1 and 2 on page 150
  2. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 15 on pages 119-20

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, May 7th

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Spring 2013 Block 2

Lesson 10: (May 7)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “For Some, the Air Will Soon Be Thick With Cicadas” News for You article and completed the corresponding Teacher’s Guide exercise. The students were not happy to hear this summer will be very noisy with lots of bugs!
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. NorthStar 2 R&W: “Wh- Questions in the Simple Present Tense and with Can and Should” Grammar reading and exercises on pages 148 to 149 about making questions with auxiliary verbs, with a complementary handout of “UNIT B: Questions from the Understanding and Using English Grammar Volume A (2nd Ed.)” book as well as “Appendix C | Question Formation” (pp. AP4 – AP5) of Grammar in Context 1 (2nd Ed.)
  4. Short Story: Read page 48 of “Sweetie” our newest story from Frozen Pizza
  5. Fast Listening: Taped Library Tour and Airport Announcement
  6. Movie Project: Handed back their first and second scenese they turned in.
  7. Y as a Vowel: During a discussion about vowels it came up that at times the letter “y” can be a vowel. I mistakenly said it is only a vowel when the word has no other vowels. According to OxfordDictionaries.com “The letter Y can be regarded as both a vowel and a consonant. … Whether the letter Y is a vowel or a consonant is therefore rather an arbitrary decision.” Additionally, it should be noted that the letter “w” can also sometimes be a vowel. More reading:

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “4.8 | Articles with Definite and Indefinite Nouns” on page 118

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: Exercises 3 and 4 on page 149
  2. Grammar in Context 1: Exercise 14 on pages 118-9
  3. Study for Quiz 3 on Thursday
  4. Movie Project: Revise your first and second scenes; write your third scene

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Monday, May 6th

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 9: (May 6)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the Boston Marathon Bombings News for You article as well as the Simple English Wikipedia article about the event and then I had the students compare and contrast the two. Afterwards we discussed the event, whether people were talking about it in their home countries, how the City of Boston responded and how events like these affect people’s interpretations of Muslims.
  2. Homework Check-in
  3. Review Quiz 2 (.odt file from danoff.org) and Grades
  4. Short Story: Finished the “Don’t Miss the Mozart!”story from Frozen Pizza
  5. Movie Project: Handed back student’s first drafts of their first scene and explained tonight’s homework to revise the scene and write a draft of the next one.
  6. Poetry: We read and discussed “Byways and Hedges” by Marwan Fateen
  7. NorthStar 2 R&W: Reviewed student work and discussed the exercises on pages 144 to 147.
  8. Student Questions, two students asked the difference between near synonyms. I am going to do some research, anyone reading with a good answer, please contact meor leave it in the comments, thanks!
    • What’s the difference between really and very?
    • What’s the difference between whole and entire

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Grammar in Context 1: “4.7 | There vs. They and Other Pronouns” on page 115
  2. NorthStar 2 R&W: “GRAMMAR: Wh- Questions in the Simple Present Tense” on page 148

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: “GRAMMAR 1″ on page 148 and exercise 2 on pages 148-9
  2. Grammar in Context 1: Exercises 12 and 13 on page 116
  3. Study for Quiz 3 on Thursday
  4. Movie Project: Revise your first scene and write the first draft of scene two

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Thursday, May 2nd

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 8: (May 2)

In Class

  1. News Hour: Read the “King Richard I’s Heart Held Daisies” News for You article and completed the Teacher’s Guide exercise. We then had a fun discussion about what each student would like to have done to their bodies after they die: ranged from cremation to donating the organs to others.
    Tomb of Richard I of England at Rouen Cathedral, France. (Photographed June 2003). This work has been released into the public domain by its author, AYArktos. Via Wikimedia Commons.
  2. Movie Project: Students compared their storyboards they did last night for homework with one another, and then one student who did particularly good drawings shared hers with the class.
  3. Quiz 2 (.odt file from danoff.org)
  4. Short Story: Read pages 94 to 95 of the “Don’t Miss the Mozart!” short story in Frozen Pizza and Other Slices of Life
  5. Vocabular Words that Came Up in Class:
    • cremate = body burned after death
    • organ transplant = someone donates part of their body (heart, lungs, etc.) to someone else
    • disfavor – opposite of favor
    • announcement = share news with a small group, company, school, or organization
    • dough = mixture of flour and liqud that can be made into bread, cake, etc.
    • doughnut = fried dough

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: Review pages 95 to 96

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: “EXPAND 2” on pages 145-6 and “CREATE” on pages 146-7
  2. Grammar in Context 1: Exercises 10 and 11 on pages 114 to 115
  3. Study for Quiz 3 on Thursday
  4. Movie Project: Write your first scene in Celtx and e-mail it to me
  5. Blog: Comment on your partner’s blog
  6. Blog: Respond to your partner’s blog

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What we Did in our COC IEP 200 Class on Wednesday, May 1st

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Mr. Danoff's Teaching Laboratory

Spring Trimester 2013 Block 2

Lesson 7: May 1

In Class

  1. News Hour
  2. News Hour: Read the “Scientists Learn About Heart Disease by Studying Mummies” News for You article and completed the Teacher’s Guide exercise. Afterwards I had them search through one column of the text to find words ending in “s” and decide which of the three IPA symbols we learned in section 4.3 | Pronunciation of Plural Nouns (p. 105) of our Grammar textbook is the correct pronunciation.
  3. Homework Check-in + Quiz 1 and Grades Review
  4. Short Story
  5. NorthStar 2 R&W: Completed the vocabulary “REVIEW” exercise on page 144
  6. Short Story: Read pages 92 to 93 of the “Don’t Miss the Mozart!” short story in Frozen Pizza and Other Slices of Life
  7. Grammar in Context: Pages 110 to 112
  8. Movie Project: Reviewed everyone’s writeups of the “Seduced by the Dark Side” story then explained tonight’s assignment to story board the tale. Additionally I had the students act out one of the

For Next Class

To Read

  1. Frozen Pizza and other slices of life: Review pages 94 to 95
  2. Grammar in Context 1: “4.6 | Questions and Short Answers Using There” on page 112

To Do

  1. NorthStar 2 R&W: “REVIEW” on page 144 and “EXPAND 1” on pages 144-5
  2. Grammar in Context 1: Exercises 8 and 9 on pages 112-3
  3. Study for Quiz 2 on Thursday; be sure to review the study guide (.odt file from danoff.org) and quiz 1
  4. Movie Project: Fill out the Thumbnail Storyboard (.pdf file from wikimedia.org) worksheet from Wikiversity
  5. Blog: Comment on your partner’s blog
  6. Blog: Respond to your partner’s blog

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