HULT IC: Final reflection

Some of you have been here since September, and others only a few weeks, but we're all going to reflect on this class in a blog entry for our final project.

If you don't have gmail/blogger, (students who have been here since September already do!) here are the steps, and some advice:

1) Open a gmail account. (at http://gmail.com)  Use something recognizably you! Initials, first name, last name, something. Make it professional as well. You will use this to correspond with teachers, so please nothing silly or inappropriate!

2) When you open your gmail set your language to English! You'll be forced to get used to the English emailing terms, and spell check will make your emails easier to understand!

3) Name your blog. I recommend the url be easy to remember, related to you and your time in Atlanta. You will use this in other classes and other assignments!

4) Personalize your blog. Check out some great examples! http://blogsofnote.blogspot.com/

Students who have been here since September already have an entry on "My Biggest Challenge Learning English." The last entry will be a course reflection. Make sure you answer the following questions and including the following components:

Final reflection blog. Due 11/29 8:15 am. (Our last class will be spent checking out other students blogs!)

• Think back to what we've done in this class (VARK learning styles, phonetic alphabet and pronunciation, history of the English language, note-taking, mind-mapping, dictionaries, libraries, research, reading techniques like skimming and scanning, giving speeches, multi-cultural learning...) What topic is the most useful for classes and projects next term?

1. What topic is the most useful for AY projects next term?
2. Which do you wish you'd learned before AY projects were due?
3. What topic is the most useful for the TOEFL?
4. What topic is the most useful for your overall experience at EF Atlanta?
5. Is there a topic that wasn't useful or helpful for you? Why not?

• Think about your AY Project on your famous person. You read a biography, and wrote about that person's ups and downs, your personal connection to the person, and ran their presidential campaign. 

1. Which project did you learn the most from? 
2. What kinds of projects would you like to see in the future?
3. What kinds of readings would you like to do in the future? Would you prefer the whole class reading the same book? Why or why not?

• SPIN classes at EF are "special interest" classes. This particular SPIN class was accredited by Hult University as part of their "Introduction to International Communication" course. 

1. What other topics would you like to see in a class about "International Communication"?
2. In general, what did you like about this class? What didn't you like about it? Do you have any suggestions to make the class better in the future?
3. What other "special interest" topics interest you for future SPIN classes?

Instructions: Write your blog entry including your responses to all the questions above. Please include an image: a photo, drawing, etc. as part of your reflection. Then comment on this post with a link to your blog!

B1-1 experiences

Read the questions below and choose one to comment on below. Only comment if the answer is yes, that thing has happened to you. Then read our classmates' comments and comment back.

1. Have you ever been the victim of a crime? What happened?
2. Have you ever hurt your mother's feelings? What did you do?
3. Have you ever been in a car accident? What happened?
4. Have you ever been to a wedding? Who got married?
5. Have you ever seen 101 Dalmatians? Did you like it?
6. Have you ever translated for someone? Did you help them?
7. Have you ever met a famous person? Who did you meet?
8. Have you ever won money in the lottery? How much did you win?
9. Have you ever borrowed something and forgotten to return it? What was it?
10. Have you ever sung karaoke? What did you sing?
11. Have you ever had a terrible day? What happened?
12. Have you ever studied all night for a test? Did you  pass?
13. Have you ever worked at a job you didn't like? What job was it?
14. Have you ever argued with you brothers or sisters? What did you fight about?
15. Have you ever made pasta? Was it good?
16. Have you ever missed a flight? What happened next?
17. Have you ever loved someone who didn't love you  back? How did you feel?
18. Have you ever danced the tango? Was it hard?
19. Have you ever thrown up in public? Were you embarrassed?
20. Have you ever made your father proud? What did you do?

Hult IC Public Speaking 11/14

Impromptu practice:

http://k6educators.about.com/cs/helpforteachers/a/impromptuspeech.htm
Tips with large audiences:
http://www.toastmasters.org/tips.asp

Tips for choosing a topic:
http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/speech-topics/

Speech to be delivered Thursday

1. Must be 1-3 minutes

2. Must be informative or how to

3. You may: use the white board or the computer

You will be graded on:

1. Speaking- are you easy to understand in terms of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar?

2. Organization- does the structure of the speech make sense? Is there evidence of rehearsal?

3. Effort- did you use class time wisely? Did you prepare out of class? Are you focused during other speeches?

4. Expertise- are you knowledgeable about your topic? Did you teach the class something? Did ou do your research?

A each category is 25% of your grade.

B1-1 unit 2 Global Warming

Homework:

Check out the link 

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0501/articles/mainarticle.html

comment with an examples of an "if clause"

C1-1 Unit 2 "Classic Living"

Home Remodeling Websites:
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/
http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/
http://www.hgtv.com/topics/home-improvement/index.html

HW due 11/8
Watch an episode on home remodeling, either on TV or from this link:
http://www.hgtv.com/full-episodes/package/index.html

Comment on the blog about your episode. Answer the following questions in your comment.
1) What changes did they make to the house?
2) Was it expensive?
3) Did you like the final product?
4) Would you consider doing a remodel like it?

HW due 11/10
Comment on your dream home. What would it look like? Where would it be? Would it use green energy? Send a link in your comment?

HULT IC Skimming and scanning

Take a look at this article http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/07/four-more-years-obama-wins-re-election/

1) How long does it take us to "get the gist" of the article?
2) How long would you typically spend reading a news article like this?
3) Do you normally read every word?
4) How can you read faster?

During this class, take notes on skimming an scanning in the mind map style.

This is the link to the source Emily is using:
http://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=409&Itemid=72

Now, try some skimming:
1) Read the title and the the first sentence of each paragraph.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/world/africa/guinea-bissau-after-coup-is-drug-trafficking-haven.html?ref=africa
Talk with a partner about what the article is about.
2) Read the first and last paragraph. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/science/surrounded-by-humans-korean-elephant-learns-to-speak.html?ref=science
Talk with a different partner about what the article is about.
3) Read in 2 minutes:
Talk with a different partner about what the article is about.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/us/social-media-finds-a-role-in-case-against-zimmerman.html?ref=technology

Now, for some scanning:
1) Answer the following questions:
      A) What donors support charter schools?
      B) Where does Elizabeth Hooper live?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/education/future-of-georgias-charter-schools-on-ballot.html?ref=us

2) Locate these words/phrases:

      A) bin of toys
      B) backfires
      C) Down Syndrome
      D) Dealing effectively with bullying

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/embracing-children-for-who-they-are/?src=me&ref=general

3) Find the sentence Emily is reading:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/why-women-cant-do-pull-ups/


Discussion:
Which article would you go back and read with more time/detail?

B2-3 Marriage

Discuss with a partner from a different part of the world.

Weddings
1. How many guests do you think would come to your wedding?
2. Who pays for the wedding?
3. What are some customs during the ceremony? Reception?
4. What is considered good or bad luck?


Marriage
1. Do your parents have a say in who you marry?
2. When is someone ready to get married?
3. Once a woman gets married is she expected to have children?
4. Do women usually work or stay home?
5. Do men help with the housework?
6. Does the new couple ever continue to live with family or do they have their own
 house?
7. How is divorce viewed? Is it common?
8. What do you think makes a successful marriage?

Youtube wedding scenes

Hult 11/1 Research cont'd

Information Literacy is "the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information to become independent life-long learners" 
http://library.oglethorpe.edu/services/orientation_plan.pdf

Evaluating Information:
http://library.oglethorpe.edu/evaluating.html

Tips for writing and citing:
http://library.oglethorpe.edu/libweb/resources/writing.aspx

There are many websites that cite for you! Here's one:
http://citationmachine.net/

Tips on Writing an research paper:
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw120703
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/01/

Encyclopedias:

A. Go to http://www.dekalblibrary.org/research/reference-databases.html

Scroll down to Grolier Encyclopedia

B. With a partner research one of following topics. 
Cubism
Abraham Lincoln
Mitosis
George Harrison
Bangkok
Carol Burnette
Union Pacific
Trail of Tears
Grunge
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Chrysler Building


C. Write a 2-5 sentence summary of what you read.
D. Compare your summary to your partner's. What accounts for the differences?

Comment:
1) What are the benefits of using an encyclopedia?
2) In what cases would an encyclopedia NOT be useful?
3) What are Google and Wikipedia good for?

B2-3 What we do for love

Youtube these songs and put them into the categories below:

1. Rolling in the Deep by Adele
2. Your Song by Elton John
3. Baby by Justin Bieber
4. Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood
5. Something by the Beatles
6. Hey There Delilah by the Plain White T's
7. Happy Together by The Turtles
8. Irreplaceable by Beyonce
9. Don't Speak by No Doubt
10. One More Night by Maroon 5
11. As Long as You Love Me by Justin Bieber
12. Sunday Morning by Maroon 5
13. Someone like You by Adele
14. Hot and Cold by Katy Perry
15. Pay phone by Maroon 5
16. Wide Awake Katy Perry
17. You Were Meant For Me by Jewel
18. Moondance by Van Morrison
19. Since I Fell for You by Nina Simone
20. You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift
21. Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie
22. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police
23. Free Fallin' by Tom Petty


Break up/Broken hearted songs             True Love songs                    Crush/Unrequited Love songs



Love/Hate songs


HW: Comment on blog. Answer these 3 questions:
1. Which category is your favorite?
2. Which song was your favorite?
3. Were there any songs that you used to sing before but now you understand better?

HULT IC 10/30 Research

Our topic today is research. 

I. Research basic: As we discuss, take notes in the CORNELL style! 
1. What is research?
2. What are some sources you can use?
3. What are some ethical obligations you have when you research?
4. Who are some people that know a lot about research?
5. Have you ever done a lot of research on a topic? What topic?

II. Researching while you're here in Atlanta:
1. The Oglethorpe Library: http://library.oglethorpe.edu/
2. Brookhaven Branch Library: North Druid Hills Rd, around the corner from the Marta station http://www.dekalblibrary.org/
3. Inter-library loan

III. Free, reliable, easy to understand sites. 
Good information on any topic: http://www.ipl.org/
From the history channel: http://www.history.com/
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/families/
Smithsonian: http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/
From PBS for kids: http://www.pbs.org
Specific to biographies: www.biography.com

HULT IC 10/23 Dictionaries and vocab building

Online Dictionaries:
American English Dictionary for English Language Learners
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/

Oxford English Dictionary: British English, very thorough
http://www.oed.com/
*you need to create a free account

Slang dictionary, not always accurate, but tells you some slang, insults, etc.:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Online Corpus: database of actual use of words
British English Corpus: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
American English Corpus: http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/

Vocabulary Learning Tips:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/vocabulary_tips.htm

http://esl.fis.edu/learners/advice/vocab.htm
Learn, applying one of these methods, and teach your peers. Record all the new words in your personal dictionary! Google Docs spreadsheet!

Comment below:
When would you use a dictionary? urban dictionary? a corpus?
How do you learn new vocabulary?
Do you keep track of the new vocabulary you learn?
Can you imagine a personal dictionary? What would it look like?

B2-3 HW 10/19

Read an article on the BBC and comment on it.

Your comment must include:
1) The link and title of the article
2) A 1-2 sentence summary of the article
3) a list of British vocabulary or spelling you saw in the article
4) any questions you have about the article

http://www.bbc.com/news/

Also, don't forgot p 76 B + C, AND study British and American English!!!

HULT IC 10/18 Note taking

Warm up: Answer these questions with a partner.

1) When do you take notes?

2) Are you good at taking notes?

3) What challenges do you have with note taking in English?

Note taking:

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/notes.htm

Outline

I.      Note taking methods

A.            Outline

1.    Linear

2.    Useful for including details

B.            Mind Mapping

1.    Non Linear

2.    Visual

C.             Cornell

1.  Divided page

2.  Left Margin for keywords and concepts 

3.  Check it out! http://homeworkhelpblog.com/the-cornell-note-taking-system/

D. Informal paragraphs

1. Best for students who can write fast

2. Use short phrases rather than full sentences.

II.              Note Review Methods

Abbreviations:

http://main.uab.edu/Sites/student-success/resources/33081/

Try the Cornell method of note taking with this video:
http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html

Try the outline method with this video:
http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html

Visually take notes, for example using a mind map on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLy1LskT6Y8

Parts of speech

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/word-grammar

Root words, prefixes and suffixes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/word-grammar

Slang B2-3 10/18

Slang= colloquial, common words. Not necessarily rude!

American "slang", not offensive and very main stream:
http://www.infosquares.com/americanslang/americanslang_b.html
http://www.englishdaily626.com/slang.php

Database:
http://www.alphadictionary.com/slang/
http://www.eslcafe.com/slang/list.html

Corpus: to see real uses of the words/expressions:
BrE: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
AmE: http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/

Urban Dictionary: reference for all slang, like wikipedia and often rude. sometimes inaccurate
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

Synonyms game!!!!

Make a list of synonyms for the following words. You may use www.thesaurus.com or any of the other resource, including your experience!
1) cool
2) crazy
3) rich
4) poor
5) boy
6) girl
7) clothes
8) car
9) house/apartment
10) friends
11) talk
12) criminal
13) song
14) problem
15) steal
16) funny

"Slang" grammar i.e. not proper, but it happens
Listen to Adele's "Rumour has it"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti3t7MAwaaM

This grammar is typical in the US and the UK. Particularly in music.

Compare her grammar in this interview clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH3za3VGxec&feature=related

HW: Watch video and read lyrics
"Bust a move"
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/bustamovelyrics.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw

Look up these slang words and define them: You may use urban dictionary.
fellas=
Pointdexter=
get shot down (shoot down)=
fatso=
bust a move=
high-rollin' (high roller)=
groove=
stacked=

For extra fun:
Slang terms by decade popular:
http://people.howstuffworks.com/53-slang-terms-by-decade1.htm#page=1

Unit 5: World English                                                                                     Slang words

*bounce (v)-

* bust out (v)-

* chill (out)/ chillax (v)

* diss (v)

* bling (bling) (n)

* crew (n)

* hood (n)

* hottie (n)

* peace (out) (v)

* straight (adj)

* school someone (v)

*swagger (n)/ swag (n/adj)

* own someone (v)

*legit (adj)

*frenemy (n)

* friend/unfriend (v)

More “slang” or non-standard grammar:

Leave out auxiliary verbs “Where you been?” (Where have you been?)

Switch verb persons, or with be don’t assign person:

I likes that. (I like)

He go there all the time. (versus proper goes)

The baby be sleeping. (versus is sleeping)

Ain’t for isn’t aren’t haven’t hasn’t, etc.

Double negatives “Don’t you never tell me what to do.” (Don’t ever)

Adding unnecessary pronouns “I’m getting me a new car.”

AYP 10/17 Essay 2 Assignment

Reflect on yourself:
1) Who are you?
2) What's important to you?
3) Have you had challenges in your life?
4) What have you achieved in your life?
5) What do you want to achieve?

CREATE A MIND MAP about this.

Reflect on your famous person.
1) Who were they?
2) What was important to them?
3) What were their challenges?
4) What were their achievements?

CREATE A MIND MAP about this.

Now, create a VENN DIAGRAM, http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/cell/2venn.gif
focusing on what you have in common:



Essay 2: Personal Connection

In your second essay your job is to connect the person you read about with yourself.

What are some similarities you share with your famous person?
What challenges have YOU faced?
How have YOU overcome these challenges?
Are your achievements somehow like your famous person?
What did you learn from the life of your famous person?
How could you apply that learning to your life?

Today and next week we will be writing in class. No dictionaries. Only your brain, pencil, and paper!
Final draft due November 4!

B2-3 Accents 10/17

Accents collide:

American Boy song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIK1IzWl_Xc

Notting Hill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArlsU2_cUbg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTjIRQU_HdM&feature=relmfu

Love Actually:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ouyeycWk8
Funny clip about American girls loving British accents!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIXHcOjJpxY


How do to an British accent tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtXcrElq5jM




Accent database from ANYWHERE! With phonetics! So cool!
http://accent.gmu.edu/

HW: BBC Britishisms used by Americans
Read, comment on this article, and make up a dialogue with 3 of the words/phrases!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19929249

B2-3 Unit 5: World English

Regional Dialects, etc:

Warm up Tuesday:
1. How countries have English as their official language?
2. Why did written English disappear for about 100 years starting in AD 1066?
3. What is a dialect? How many dialects are there in English?
4. What is a pidgin English?
5. What is a cognate?

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/dialectsofenglish.html

My Fair Lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HDEAFRMjdU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYUuspQ6BY

Higgins:
Look at her, a prisoner of the gutters,
Condemned by every syllable she utters.
By right she should be taken out and hung,
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.

Eliza:
Aaoooww!

Higgins:
Aaoooww!
Heavens, what a noise!
This is what the British population,
Calls an elementary education.

Pickering:
Come, sir, I think you picked a poor example.

Higgins:
Did I?
Hear them down in Soho square,
Dropping "h's" everywhere.
Speaking English anyway they like.
You sir, did you go to school?

Man:
Wadaya tike me for, a fool?

Higgins:
No one taught him 'take' instead of 'tike'!

Hear a Yorkshireman, or worse,
Hear a Cornishman converse,
I'd rather hear a choir singing flat.
Chickens cackling in a barn,
Just like this one here.

Eliza:
Garn!

Higgins:
I ask you, sir, what sort of word is that?

It's "Aaoooww" and "Garn" that keep her in her place.
Not her wretched clothes and dirty face.

Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction, by now,
Should be antique.
If you spoke as she does, sir,
Instead of the way you do,
Why, you might be selling flowers, too!

Pickering:
I beg your pardon!

Higgins: An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
The moment he talks he makes some other Englishman despise him.
One common language I'm afraid we'll never get,
Oh, why can't the English learn to
set a good example to people whose
English is painful to your ears?
The Scots and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely disappears.

In America, they haven't used it for years!

Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
Norwegians learn Norwegian,
the Greeks are taught their Greek.
In France every Frenchman knows his language from "A" to "Zed"
The French never care what they do, actually, as long as they pronounce it properly.

Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning,
The Hebrews learn it backwards, which is absolutely frightening.
But use proper English and you're regarded as a freak.

Why can't the English,
Why can't the English,
Learn To Speak?

Please comment:
1) What is Henry Higgins' point?
2) Do you agree?
3) Is this true in your own language?

IC Class 10/16 Mind mapping: Organizing your thoughts

Mind mapping 10/16:

Mind Maps:

http://www.lonij.net/wordstorm/wordstorm.php

http://blog.iqmatrix.com/mind-map-image-gallery

Vision Board:
http://womenonthefence.com/2012/01/09/how-to-make-a-vision-board/
http://pinterest.com/asteroiditob612/

B2-3 Business

Business and Finance for Dummies:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/small-business-financial-management-kit-for-dummie.html

Investing:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/stock-investing-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html

Stock market crash 2008:
http://www.money-zine.com/Investing/Stocks/Stock-Market-Crash-of-2008/

CEO of Virgin Airways:
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/10/162587389/virgins-richard-branson-bares-his-business-secrets

NASDAQ 100 Companies:
http://www.nasdaq.com/quotes/nasdaq-100-stocks.aspx

Fortune 500 Companies:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2012/full_list/

Personal finance expert:
http://www.suzeorman.com/
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838523?__source=vty%7Csuzeorman%7C&par=vty

FROZEN PIZZA COMPANY
Who do you need to please?
How do you do it?
What makes your company/product special?

IC 10/16 DICTIONARY USE

Alphabetize
Alphabetical Order

Alphabetize this list of words:
breakfast
lunch
dinner
night
morning
afternoon
evening

Now, try to alphabetize this one:
sugar
silence
sleep
salad
start
stop
sell
scream

Dictionary help:
http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/805/824728/apx/henry_apx_e.pdf

IC Class 10/11- THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH

The origins of English:

Warm up:
1) What language are you hearing?
2) Do you understand it?
3) What happens to languages over time? Why might that be?

Links on the origins of English:

Lots of info!
http://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq/history.htm
http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/site/comments/a_very_brief_history_of_the_english_language3/

Easy to understand! http://www.englishclub.com/english-language-history.htm


Listen to Old English! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L7VTH8ii_8

Listen to Middle English! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0MtENfOMU

Listen to Shakespeare! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-S0M1PkNcQ

Funny video on the history of English. Watch for homework and comment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9bOkYW9s
1) Did you like the video? Why or why not?
2) Did you understand most of the video?
3) Was it similar to the history of English we learned in class?

example headings, titles, and intro

SungYeon Hwang (Allen)

Miss Emily Clune

AYP Level B2-3

14 October 2012

The Ups and Downs of JFK

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, one of the famous persons (people?) in the world, was elected for (the) 35^th president for United States in 1961. He was the youngest president in the US history. During his term of office, He faced many difficult events, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crises, the building of the Berlin wall, and the African-American Civil Rights Movements. In these situations, he tried to support peace for world, racial integration, and civil right for minority. However, John Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. Despite his short period of presidency, He (he) achieved many things(other word?) in diverse fields, and many people still remember and talked about him (today?).

Batyrkhan Suraganov

Miss Emily Clune

AYP Level B1-3

14 October 2012

The Incredible Journey Of Lewis And Clark  

Today I want to introduce two people their names are Lewis and Clark. They are famous for the United states’ expedition.  From May 14^th 1804 to September 23^rd 1806, they exploreD the United State from east to west. (TELL WHY THIS WAS DIFFICULT/INCREDIBLE!)

AY Project Skills Class 10/10

An explanation of my comments and feedback:

• Your rough draft was due on Monday. Anyone who sent it to efatlanta@gmail.com should have received my feedback by now.
• I tended to put my feedback in ALL CAPS. Just to make sure you would see it!
• I also used strikethrough to tell you what to erase.
• And sometimes I put suggestions (in parentheses)

Some reminders:

Here is your format:

Heading

(goes on top left) 

Your Name

Miss Emily Clune

AYP 

Level (B1-3 or B2-3)

14 October 2012

Title

(goes under the heading, center aligned)

example titles: 

The Ups and Downs of (Famous Person)

The Achievements and Challenges of (Famous Person)

(Famous Person): His/Her Ups and Downs

(Famous Person): His/Her Achievements and Challenges

Introduction (1 paragraph):

Tell who your person is, why they're important, what they achieved.

Body (2-4 paragraphs): 

Give a specific achievement in detail, and a specific challenge in detail.

How did they become successful?

Did your person overcome the downs? How?

Conclusion (1 paragraph):

Overall, is your person better known for their achievements or their challenges?

What is the person's legacy?

Your essay should be 2 pages. It may not exceed 3 pages. Please double space and use size 12 font, Times New Roman.

At the end include a Works Cited in MLA format with the biography you read. Here is how to do that: http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqstyleid=1&newstyle=1&stylebox=1

Then copy and paste the citation! EASY!

Please send your FINAL VERSION of the essay as a Word document, or a google doc to efatlanta@gmail.com by midnight on Sunday. 

Good morning AY Project Students!

At this point all of you have your biography and should have begun reading. I hope it's going well so far!

Our first essay, which is due by midnight Sunday October 14th, is called "Ups and Downs."

You must focus on the achievements (ups) and challenges (downs) of your person.

Here is your format:
Introduction (1 paragraph):
Tell who your person is, why they're important, what they achieved.
Body (2-4 paragraphs): 
In your body focus on the details of the ups and downs.
How did they become successful?
Did your person overcome the downs? How?
Conclusion (1 paragraph):
Overall, is your person better known for their achievements or their challenges?
What is the person's legacy?

Your essay should be 2 pages. It may not exceed 3 pages. Please double space and use size 12 font, Times New Roman.

At the end include a Works Cited in MLA format with the biography you read.

Your rough draft is due on Monday, October 8th at 5 pm. This will give Emily time to read it by Wednesday morning and give you feedback!

Please send your essay at a Word document, or a google doc to efatlanta@gmail.com.

Welcome!

Hi HULT IC class at EF Atlanta!

Our assignment this week is to write a reflection on "My Biggest Challenge in Learning English"
This is to be one paragraph (approximately 5 sentences)
Then post 2-5 links to sites that will help you overcome those challenges
Finally, write a bulleted list of 3-5 tactics you will use to overcome those challenges throughout the semester.

Have fun!!!!!
Love, Emily