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?