The Chicago Outfit

8/22

Welcome back after a long weekend.

Today we started off by learning vocabulary phrases, idioms, speaking templates helpful when formulating the task 2 speaking response. Here is a link to the lesson materials. You can always use these as a reference.

In Advanced Integrative, we started our series of lessons on the history of the Chicago outfit by reading passages on this topic. Here is a link to part 1 of this series of lessons. This link also provides the definitions for new words and phrases. Homework for today's class includes:

1. Read Passage 2 from the lesson and answer the questions
2. Read passage 3 from the lesson and compose a simple outline based on the passage
3. Compose ten vocabulary sentences using any ten words from the lesson.

8/23

Today we continued to work on Speaking Task 2 by focusing on brainstorming reasons to support a position. Here is a link to the lesson for extra practice. We recorded the responses and self-evaluated for development of the ideas. We also spend some time learning two new paraphrasing techniques: Coordination and Chronology. You can find a link to this lesson here. This lesson includes a comprehensive overview of the three types of conjunctions and how to use and punctuate them for your reference.


In Advanced Integrative we continued to develop our skill set by studying the Chicago Outfit. Here   is a link to the lesson with the definitions. If you are interested in viewing the video from class you can access the You Tube video here. We will watch the second half of the film tomorrow. Homework for today includes:

1. Make sure that your homework for the week is up to date.
2. Complete Paraphrasing 4 and submit tomorrow.
3. Study for a vocabulary quiz on CGT section 9 THURSDAY
4. View this clip on You Tube and compose a one-paragraph summary.