CCEL - Smrt 130

HOMEWORK Finish Reading 9-2 "You are what you keep".  FRIDAY - you will tell the class a story. Here's more info .  How are the challenges going? Amber - a picture everyday // no refined sugar Dina - walk 10,000 steps a day // no elevator or escalator Tomo - read a BBC article a day // no popcorn Matheus - a picture a day // no refined sugar Ingrid - a picture a day // no soda Junghee - memorize 3 words a day // ?? (missing) Yoshimi - read an article in English everyday // stop watching Netflix (series) Gabriela -  a picture a day // no junk food = no French fries Khalid -  read an article a day in English// no smoking

HOMEWORK Have answers for question 1 in Use of English 9-5: Habits, and know what the different phrasal verbs mean. If possible have a synonym for each.  Do something new for 30 days Challenge will start TOMORROW !! (At least I am going to start tomorrow since I had sugar at lunch time & Tomo ate popcorn for breakfast. 😉) 30 Day Challenges Amber - a picture everyday // no refined sugar Dina - walk 10,000 steps a day // no elevator or escalator Tomo - read a BBC article a day // no popcorn Matheus - a picture a day // no refined sugar Ingrid - a picture a day // no soda Junghee - memorize 3 words a day // ?? (missing) Yoshimi - read an article in English everyday // stop watching Netflix (series) Gabriela -  a picture a day // no junk food = no French fries Khalid -  read an article a day in English// no smoking

HOMEWORK Finish watching Media 8-2: Poisoning of Paradise , and answer the questions.  Investigate about TWO situations where major corporations have gone in to different areas and left a "mess" - may it be environmental or other.  Here's the slide show about Genetic Engineering, if you are interested. 

Relax, recharge and see you Monday!

HOMEWORK THURSDAY Presentation 5 minutes about language, culture, social movement or ethical issue.  Writing - we will do this in class,  you'll have 30 minutes.  FRIDAY Move-up Test!

HOMEWORK Prepare a presentation for THURSDAY January 25, this will be your oral exam for the move-up test on FRIDAY January 26. Your presentation needs:  to be 5 minutes long to be related to a topic in language, culture, social movements or ethical issues FOR WEDNESDAY Create a word form table for the vocabulary found in Use of English 8-6, you do not need to fill in the blanks. 

HOMEWORK Share your essay with me if you would like feedback this weekend.  Prepare a 5 minute presentation about the social movement of your choice. You need to have a slide show.  Word Games ... in case you are bored at home.  Boggle - the site calls it "Word Twist" Text Twist

HOMEWORK:  More than just a winky face  Do Writing 7-2 , and we'll go over the homework tomorrow in class.  Here's the presentation I used in class with lots of different exercises.  Remember that Friday you need to have an essay to share with me and that Monday you have a 5 minute presentation to do about a social movement of your choice.  Possible review websites for reading and listening can be found in this link . 

Homework 1) Write a compare/contrast essay that looks at the 1960s Hippie movement in the USA and the same time period in your country. Try for 5 paragraphs. If you want to have feedback before the move-up test, make sure you get it to me before Friday evening.  2) Think of two social movements that you would like to present about. It will be a 5 minute presentation on Monday.

Homework:  Do exercise #1 in Use of English 6-7. We'll go over your answers tomorrow.  Optional: read the Writing 6-1 again, we will do the exercise tomorrow in class. 

HOMEWORK There is no "actual" homework, but if you would like some extra practice on NOUN CLAUSES , do the following exercises or at least some of them and I will share the answers with you on Monday.  Noun Clauses 01 (easy) Noun Clauses 02 (TONS of practice) Also some of you have mentioned wanting extra practice for the exam, you can practice your reading and listening skills with links found in this document .  Please note that I have not had time to get the unit exercises done yet, but there is plenty there to do for reading and listening, just look at the tabs on the bottom of the spreadsheet. 

HOMEWORK:  Do Media 6-1 question number 2, write 2 paragraphs. One paragraph that summarizes the debate that you heard between Manjoo and Saul, the other paragraph will discuss who you agree with more.

Homework:  Do Use of English 6-4: Open Cloze: Is graffiti art or vandalism? D on't share with me, we'll go over the answers tomorrow.