The Complexity of Abortion

Here is the new syllabus for the next block. Please read carefully, so that you are aware of policies and expectations.

Here is part 1 of the lesson READING with definitions. Homework for tonight includes:
10 vocabulary sentences
Find two editorials and determine their tone (select evidence to support your choice)
Complete the online practice exercises for tone here.
Continue to work on final research paper/project.

Here is the listening selection for class.

Concentration Drugs

Foreign Adoption

 

Here is part 1 of the lesson READING with definitions. Homework for today includes:

1. Answer the questions for passages 2 and 3 and come to class prepared to discuss the answers.
2. Compose 10 (TOEFL) or 5 (IEP) vocabulary sentences using any ten of the words from class.
3. Study for vocabulary quiz on the words from 2BR02B
4. Study for a CGT vocabulary quiz section 2 (Thursday)

Here is part 2 of the lesson LISTENING, which includes definitions. Here is the first podcast from class on the decline of Russian international adoption. Here is an audio-only version if you want to focus on listening skills. Here is the link for the podcast you listened to independently in class about the adopted boy returned to Russa.  Feel free to go back and listen to the podcast for practice. Here is an audio-only version.

 

Keep in mind that the type of listening activity we did today in which you listen to a selection three times (once for subject and main idea, once for major points, and once for details) may be a great way for you to practice and improve listening skills.

 

Homework for today includes:

1. Complete the brainstorming exercises for the three prompts in the text. Make sure that for each prompt you have a position, three reasons, and a thesis with a point of view.
2. Complete draft of 15-20 survey questions for your final project on a political issue this election year. You will find the instructions here. Remember that if you do not do the final project, you will receive an incomplete for the block. These projects require a lot of work and a sophsticated skill set. We will work on this in steps. Please do not get behind.
3. Study for CGT vocabulary quiz section 2 (Thursday)

Here is the link to part 3 of the lesson SPEAKING. Homework for today includes:
Prepare a brief spoken presentation on this topic from the perspective assigned in class

1. Create 10 "brainstorms" for any of the ten prompts from page 1 of the list of TOEFL writing prompts
2. Complete assigned exercises from elaboration practice handout
3. Study for vocabulary quiz on CGT section 2

Here is a link to part 4 of the lesson WRITING. Here is a link to the integrative task lecture. Homework for today includes:

1. Complete Hook practice assignment from the class handout
2. Compose a five paragraph essay on this topic
3. Find two articles on your assigned topic for your final presentation
4. Study for a vocabulary quiz on the words from this week. You will find a list of the words that may appear on the quiz here.

2BR02B

Here is a link to the first part of the lesson READING, which contains most of  the story. Homework for today includes:

1. Compose ten vocabulary sentences
2. Complete reading section 1 of 2BR02B and answer any questions
3. Complete Writing Assignment on theme.

Here is a link to part 2 of the lesson, which contains the conclusion of the story and the speaking assignments from class. Homework for today includes:

1. Complete elaboration practice exercise
2. Complete writing assignment
3. Come with ideas for final project
4. Study for vocabulary quiz on these lessons

Here is a link to the vocabulary words from this section. The quiz will be on Tuesday, July 10th

The 1960's

Here is a link to part 1 READING. You will find a completed copy of the chart we worked on in class here. Homework for today includes:

• Completion of Passage 2 questions
• All Paraphrasing review activities from the packet
• Five vocabulary words in direct flow sentences
• Study for quiz on words from last week
• Study for CGT quiz 17

 

 

Here is a link to part 2 LISTENING with definitions. You will find a link to the lecture from class here. Here is a link to the podcast (listening only). Use this link to answer the questions. DO NOT USE THE TRANSCRIPT. Feel free to stop and start the podcast as needed and go back to listen again to complicated sections. Homework for today includes:

• Listening to the podcast and answering all questions
• Ten vocabulary sentences from the lesson (any words and any structure)
• Study for CGT quiz 17 (quiz will be on Thursday)

Here is a link to part 3 WRITING with a link here to the lecture from the integrative task. Homework for tonight includes:

• Complete the essay on the 1960's with a qualification
• Study for CGT quiz 17

Here is a link to part 4 SPEAKING.

THERE IS NO HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEKEND AT THE END OF THE BLOCK. HOWEVER, YOU WILL HAVE A VOCABULARY QUIZ ON THE WORDS FROM THIS WEEK ON MONDAY. To study for the quiz, study the vocabulary chart from part 1 and the words and definitions found in part 2 LISTENING.

The Sniper and other Stories of War

Here is a link to part 1 READING with definitions. Here is a link to the theme chart, which must be completed before composing the class writing assignment. Homework for today includes:

1. Ten vocabulary sentences
2. Completion of the theme chart for The Sniper
3. Begin studying for CGT section 16 vocabulary quiz on Thursday

Here is a link to part 2 of the lesson LISTENING with definitions. Here is a link to the podcast from the NPR series War and Literature. Feel free to start, stop, and repeat the podcast as needed, but do not rely on the transcript. Homework for today includes:

1. Five vocabulary sentences on any ten words from this lesson
2. Completion of theme paragraph using notes and examples found in your theme chart
3. Continue to study for CGT vocabulary quiz section 16 scheduled for Thursday

Here is a link to part 3 of the lesson SPEAKING. Here is a link to the two lectures on famous war novels from class. Your homework assignments were to:

1. Conduct a little research on a war novel and compose a written response in which you A. summarize the novel and B. Describe how it meets the characteristics of a war novel.
2. Continue to study for CGT quiz 16

Here is a link to part 4 of the lesson WRITING. Here is a link to the integrative lecture that accompanies the reading. Your homework assignments are to:

1. Complete the Compare and Contrast essay using the structure and examples discussed in class.
2. Study for a vocabulary quiz on the words from this week. You can find a link to the words and definitions that will be quizzed below:

Endure – persevere or continue through difficulty

Stint – duration of work or another activity

Traumatic – very upsetting

Alleged - suspected

In their eyes – from their viewpoint or perspective

Self-determination - independence

Sovereignty – independent rule

Protagonist – character whose actions set a story in motion

Grapple - struggle

Parallel – similar

Allegory – long and extended metaphor for a movement of series of events

Interrogation – intense questioning

Formative - shaping

Profound – deep or serious

Enveloped - surrounded
Beleaguered - attacked
Ascetic - one who lives without luxury
Fanatic - one who shows extreme enthusiasm for
Parapet - tower
Sensation- feeling
Lodged - stuck
Dressing - bandages
Fractured - broken
Wounded - injured
Paroxysm - sudden outburst of movement or emotion
Rifle/Revolver - gun
Silhouette - shadow
Recoil - pull back
Clatter - loud noise

Mission to Mars Lessons

Here is a link to part 1 of the lesson READING, which includes the definitions. Homework for today includes:

• Create three method questions for passage 2 from class. Use the list of rhetorical strategies to from the lesson to guide you.
• Compose five to ten vocabulary sentences using any ten words from this lesson.
• Read the homework passage (3) and create eight questions. Your questions can be open-ended, but must include at least two method questions.
• Study for a vocabulary quiz on the words from last week CHILD LABOR. You can find a word list with definitions on that post.
• Begin studying for a vocabulary quiz on Thursday on the words from section 15 of the CGT text.
• Complete all incompleted exercises from this morning paraphrasing through negation and sentence combining. A link to the workeets can be found here.

IF YOU HAVE ANY MISSING ASSIGNMENTS FROM LAST WEEK, SUBMIT THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY THE ESSAY. IT IS VERY HARD TO CATCH UP IN THIS CLASS IF YOU DO NOT DO THE HOMEWORK ON TIME. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A B OR BETTER IN THIS CLASS IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE MOST ASSIGNMENTS.

 

 

Here is a link to part 2 of the lesson, LISTENING. Here is a link to the texts of the lectures from class. Here is a link to the film from class. Homework assignments include:

• Complete the exercises on Paraphrasing by Definition and the comprehensive pararaph
• Go on my blog and read through the lectures from class. Find five words that you did not know and look up their definitions. Write down the word and its meaning to submit.
• Read through the lectures and create two additional method questions (and the answers) based on the list of rhetorical strategies discussed in class. Turn these in with the vocabulary.
• Conduct a little research and find a film set (at least in part) on Mars. Find a You Tube clip of the film. Watch the film and write a summary of the clip. Include a detailed description of the way Mars is portrayed in the clip. E-mail me a link to the clip no later than 12:00 on Tuesday night.
• Continue to study for the CGT vocabulary test section 15.

Here is a link to part 3 of the lesson SPEAKING. Homework assignments for this day of class include the following:

•  Listen to the recording you made of yourself this morning. Create a transcript of your response. Be sure to transcribe the words exactly as you recorded them.  Using a red pen or the “track changes” tool in word, go back and edit your response by fixing the grammar and changing awkward sentences and constructions.
• Study for the vocabulary quiz on the words from the CGT text section 15 for a quiz tomorrow.

Here is a link to part 4 of the lesson WRITING. Here is a link to the integrative lecture from class. Homework for today include:

• Revise returned integrative essay
• Complete rhetorical strategies practice from class. Use the revised handout I created and distributed with extra examples.
• Study for vocabulary quiz on the words from Part 1 (reading) on Mars. You can find definitions for the words from part 1 (that will be on the quiz) in this post under part 1.