Listening/Speaking Academic Prep

Monday, November 28, 2011

Classwork

Reviewed Section 1 of the lecture on U.S. History through film, especially iconic images.
Listened to Section 2 of the lecture and took notes on page 194. Be sure you can explain the iconic images of the western. (You can find the recording in Classes/Gigger, Emily/A. Prep (L/S)/Chapter_6/Lecture Section 2 Pg. 194 A.)
Introduced the movie project. You should have received an email with a document with complete instructions. Read that handout carefully.

Homework

Listen to Section 3 of the lecture. (You can find the recording in Classes/Gigger, Emily/A. Prep (L/S)/Chapter_6/Lecture Section 3 Pg. 194 A.) Take notes on page 195.
Complete Steps 1 and 2 of the movie project. In other words, choose a group of two or three classmates and choose the movie that you will watch. Carefully follow the instructions in the handout.

Classwork

Discussed the serious effects on learning of positive and negative attitudes.
Reviewed Ex. C, Vocabulary Check, on p. 179. Practiced the pronunciation of genre. Discussed the settlers, people who moved into a new place with few people and stay there to build a community. Settlers (noun), settle (verb), settled (adj), unsettled (adj).
In class, completed the survey on p. 198.

Homework

Listen to Section 1 of the lecture on U.S. History Through Film. You can find the recording at Classes/Gigger/A. Prep (L/S)/Chapter_6/Lecture Section 1 Pg. 193 & 195 A & B.)
Extra! If anyone would like to present the Gettysburg Address in class, you can receive extra citizenship points. Tomorrow is the last day! (You can find the address in the column to the right under Chapter 5/Gettysburg Address.)

Classwork

Homework

Classwork

Reviewed Sections 2 and 3 of the lecture on the Underground Railroad (pp. 167-168). Students struggled with the Henry Box Brown story. Henry was shipped as freight, meaning he hid in a box and was counted as an object (not a person), on a railroad car.
Completed Exercise C, Listening for Examples in Groups, p. 169. (For this exercise, listen to Section 2 of the lecture again at Classes/Gigger/A. Prep (L/S)/Chapter_5/Listening/Lecture Section 2 Pg. 167 B.) This is a difficult section, so check with a classmate for the answers.
Recorded in Quicktime an answer to the following prompt: If your government had the resources to protect only two human rights, which rights would you choose? Why? Listened to yourself for any mistakes and recorded again.
Worked on your PowerPoints.

Homework

Finish your PowerPoints. Email them to me by 8:00 p.m. Practice your presentations.

Classwork

Retook the listening test (reductions and comprehension questions for the radio program on nutrition).
Recorded in Quicktime a response to the following prompt: Gandhi once said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." What change do you want to see in the world? What are you doing to "be" that change? Had a classmate listen and identify one thing you did well and any parts where they did not understand you. Improved your response and re-recorded.
Worked on PowerPoints.

Homework

Work on PowerPoints.
Listen to Sections 2 and 3 of the lecture on the Underground Railroad. (You can find the recordings in Classes/Gigger/A. Prep (L/S)/Chapter_5/Listening/Lecture Section 1 Pg. 167 & 169 B & E and Lecture Section 2 Pg. 167 B.) Complete the notes on pp. 167-168.

Announcements

Tomorrow in class we will retake two parts of the last listening test: reduced forms of words with do and did and the recording on diet and nutrition. For the recording on diet and nutrition, I will re-record it at a slower speed. I will also make the questions more clear.
Tomorrow we will first be in the SASC for the listening test and second in the lab for a speaking activity and work on your PowerPoints.

Classwork
Discussed the following two questions in groups.

1. Do you believe that people have natural rights and that it is a crime to deprive them of these rights? Why or why not? If you answered yes, what do you believe these natural rights are?

2. If a goal is just, is it right to use violence to achieve it?

Homework

Study for the retest. For reduced forms, study p. 122 and Tracks 28 and 29 on your student CD. For the recording, study in Chapter 4 the vocabulary, the radio program (pp. 124-129), and the lecture (pp. 130-135).
Work on your PowerPoints. To receive homework points, you must have at least three slides tomorrow.

Classwork

Reviewed your notes from the human rights videos. Reviewed outline organization. (See the class outlines that I emailed to you.)
Learned requirements for human rights presentation:

Choose a current organization (international, governmental, non-governmental) that fights for human rights. Give its historical background, 1 past success (the problem and solution), and 1 current project (the problem and efforts being made). Provide a website for classmates who are interested in learning more. (If your organization has a foreign name, please translate it for the class.)
Each person will have 3 minutes and 30 seconds. We will use a timer to help us move efficiently.
To sign up for the presentation, see the list on my office door (Room 254). (8:15 Class: I found the list, and it is now on my door.)
You should have received the example powerpoint in an email.
You will need at least 5 slides for your final project: an introductory slide with the name of the organization, at least one slide for the background, at least 1 slide for a current success, at least 1 slide for a current project, and at least one slide to display the website.

Homework

Work on your presentation. I will check your work on Tuesday when we are in the lab. During that time in the lab, you can ask questions and work on your presentations for at least half of the class. (That doesn't mean you should start your powerpoint in class. You must have a draft with at least three slides to receive homework points.) As we did before, you should email your powerpoint to me by Wednesday, November 16 at 5:00.