Links and Lesson materials for 8/30/10 and 8/31/10

Hello,

I've enjoyed meeting the new members of class and welcoming back returning students.

Here is a link for the lesson from 8/30.

Here is a link for the lesson from 8/31

Here is a link to the class podcast about juvenile detention. Please go back and listen to the selection one more time, paying particular attention to the words we learned in class.

Here is the link to the homework podcast. Feel free to listen to the podcast many times and start and stop the selection as needed. Don't forget to compose a paragraph summary of the podcast.

Additional homework assignments include vocabulary sentences and an outline for the essay.

I will be meeting with you individually tomorrow to view your outline and to discuss your TOEFL results.

8/11 & 8/12 Links and Class Materials

Here is the link for the 8/11 lesson, which includes Part 1 of the story.

Here is the link for the 8/12 lesson, which includes the conclusion of the story.

Here is a link to the podcast in which the story is read aloud. The podcast contains a brief discussion of the story.

Here is a link to another podcast in which the biographer of the author Shirley Jackson discusses the story (just in case you want a little more listening practice).

Finally, here is a vocabulary list for Monday's vocabulary quiz (there will be a review section from the previous week as well) and a sample ONE EXAMPLE ESSAY using a literary example.

Please have a great weekend and study hard for your quiz. The quiz will begin promptly at 9:00am, so please be on time.

Cloning Podcast

Here it is!

Have a good evening.

Remember, that the homework has been changed to five vocabulary sentences and answering questions based on the podcast.

If you are interested there is a movie with Scarlett Johanson called "The Island" that is about many of the concepts we discussed in class. Check it out!

8/9 and 8/10 Lessons and Listening Link

Hello,

Here is the link for today's podcast on human cloning. As always refrain from using the provided transcripts, but stop and start the listening segment as needed.

Here is a link to lesson 8/9

Here is a link to lesson 8/10

Good luck!

Links to lessons from 8/4 and 8/5

Here is the link to lesson 8/4

Here is the link to lesson 8/5

8/3 Listening Assignment and Class Materials

Here is a link to today's podcast. Stop and start as needed, but avoid viewing the transcript.

Here is a link to today's lesson.

8/2 Syllabus & Class Materials

Here is the new course syllabus for the upcoming four-week block. Please note that all correspondence including e-mailed homework should now be submitted to gretchenesl@gmail.com Also, please note the important dates in the next four weeks:

• 8/18/10 Full Length ibt TOFL Simulation
• 8/24/10 Whole School Progress Test - Reading and Listening
• 8/25/10 Speaking Interviews

Here is a link to today's lesson on the politics of abortion. Homework includes ten vocabulary sentences, completion of reading passage 2, and the letter to President Obama.