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Fall 2013 Core Class

Welcome to this class!

Here are the class assignments:

For Monday, Oct. 7:

1) Prepare for a test on Unit 2 of World Pass:  Upper Intermediate.

Review pp. 14-25 in the book and the photocopies from class.

 

2) Continue reading in the book about inventions–at least through Chapter 2.

 

3) Type a revised version of your description of a classmate (or yourself), with corrections.

Next week sometime save a copy in our “Groups” folder–”Mark and Tim Core.”

Title:  Your name — description of a student

 

4) Start thinking about an inventor and his/her invention(s) for a possible topic for a group presentation in Week 5.  Write down some ideas.

 

5) Enjoy the weekend!   :)

 

 

For Friday, Oct. 4:

1) Write a journal entry about several commercials that you viewed in class, and if you wish, a bit about commercials in your country.  Check the back page on the photocopy about “Viewing and Evaluating Commercials” from Wednesday’s class:

Informal writing (1+ paragraphs), typed, double spaced, 1-2 pages

 

2) Buy the textbook–World Pass, Upper Intermediate, course ID 4012.

Read pp. 26-27.

 

3) Answer the questions about Chapter 1 of Inventions That Changed the World:

Pp. 57-58.

 

 

For Wednesday, Oct. 2:

1) #3:  Lesson B–Techno-shopping (yellow handout)

Pp. 10-12:  Read it, and do the exercises.

2) #7:  Answer the questions about the introduction to Inventions That Changed the World.

3) Continue reading Inventions That Changed the World–at least into Chapter 2.

 

For Mon., Sept. 30:

1)    Prepare an individual narrative presentation about a memorable experience that changed your life (serious or humorous, or both):  2-5 minutes long.

Also, talk about what you learned from the experience.  There will be a Q & A afterwards.

 

2)    Unit 2—Technology: Technoshopping—Pp. 23-24

Do all of the exercises on those pages.

 

3)    Explore this website:

Inventors and inventions

Look under “Invention Facts and Myths,” take the Invention Trivia Quiz, and find 8 inventions and their inventors alphabetically.  Then find an interesting fact or myth about an invention and its inventor.  Write or type the information.

EX.:  The band-aid was invented by Earle Dickson.  Earle Dickson invented band-aids because he wanted to have bandages that could be put on his wife Josephine’s’ injuries quickly.  His company, Johnson & Johnson produced the product.

 

4)    Continue reading Inventions That Changed the World.(at least through

Chapter 1).

 

For Friday, September 27:
Here is the assignment for Friday, modified:
A) Photocopied handout on “Technology–Techno-shopping”
From pp. 19-21:
P. 19:  Do Ex. A–Do the shopping survey about yourself.
You will interview a classmate about the survey on Friday.
P. 20–Do Ex. 1B (Matching–at the top),  Ex. 2A and Ex. 2C.
B) Presentations for Monday:
Since there may be some classlist changes this week, I am going to postpone small-group presentations.
Please hold the article that you chose, for a later time.
New speech assignment for Monday:
Plan on giving a brief narrative presentation–2-5 minutes long:
Topic: An important experience–serious or humorous–that changed your life in some way.
Be ready to tell your story and tell the class what you learned from the experience.
There will be a Q & A session after each presentation.
Examples:
Traveling to a new place
Losing something important
Meeting a key person in your life
Finding something significant
Helping others
Getting help from another person
Having a scary experience
Forgetting to do something
For anyone who cannot be in class on Monday, you can give your presentation on Wednesday.
Here’s a personal example of my own:
Once I went to Sedona, Arizona, which is famous for its red rocks and hiking.  I climbed a hill alone one afternoon to get a good view of a sunset, in order to take a beautiful photo.  Then I started walking down the hill, and suddenly the sun went down. In a few minutes it was very dark out, and I realized that I was not on the right path and was lost.  There was almost total darkness, except for the stars, and it was getting cold out.  I had to get back to my car, or I could be in real trouble.  There was no trail, just woods.  I walked slowly downward through an area of shrubs and suddenly touched a fence.  I followed the fence with my hands, and after several minutes I found an opening.  After that I soon located my car nearby, and I was very thankful that I was safe.  What did I learn from this experience?  I learned to be calm and self-reliant in the face of danger, and to be more careful and more respectful of nature.
C) Inventions That Changed the World:

Read the Introduction, and start reading Chapter 1.