So we've had a pretty busy week this week...all the way from library day to fun day! Thanks to all of you who brought snacks today; it was so nice. On behalf of the entire class, let me wish a belated happy birthday to Ahmed and an early happy birthday to Sultan!
For Monday, please read "Fat Chance" in RS. Read the pre-reading questions before the article to get your brain engaged in the topic. After you read, answer the multiple choice questions and be prepared to discuss the discussion questions on Monday. I think you will find this article interesting. It is a good introduction to our topic of health.
You will see that I posted the vocabulary list from our first chapter of RS. Most of the words we covered in class; some of them we did not. They are good words for you to have in your vocabulary recall. You will find most of the words in the vocabulary slides that I posted on the blog for you. Next week (either Wednesday or Thursday), there will be a vocabulary quiz on Leap, chapter 1, and a vocabulary-in-context test too. To practice vocabulary-in-context, I recommend the Townsendpress website I showed you yesterday in the Call Lab.
In addition, you will see that I posted some listening practice for you (I don't want to call it homework because of the negative connotations--homework is bad; practice is good ;) I posted it because I think you will find it interesting. You can listen as many times as you want, of course. I will probably give you similar listening practice to do each week.
If you have any questions, just post a comment.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Listening Practice #1: On Education and Creativity (due Monday)
Listen to this talk on education and creativity. Then, for your comment, tell us what the main idea is and share your opinions about what he says.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Blog #3.5 (OPTIONAL): An unconventional teacher or person
You do not have to do this if you don't want to. However, since the writing I've seen so far is very good, I want to encourage you to write more.
I'd like you to tell us about someone you know--a teacher or somebody else--who you would describe as unconventional. Explain what makes them so.
I'd like you to tell us about someone you know--a teacher or somebody else--who you would describe as unconventional. Explain what makes them so.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Vocabulary Lists
Read to Succeed:
Chapter 1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVZlNuSUQ1NEExMGs/edit?usp=sharing
Leap (all chapters):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVRzFISmRkTUlEdm8/edit?usp=sharing
Chapter 1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVZlNuSUQ1NEExMGs/edit?usp=sharing
Leap (all chapters):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVRzFISmRkTUlEdm8/edit?usp=sharing
Instructions for reading website
1. Go to the following website:
http://www.townsendpress.net/signup/student
2. Enter your name, email address, and password.
Save your password somewhere so you won't lose it!
3. Select your school
A. Texas
B. University of Houston
4. Select your teacher
Cin, Holly
5. Click on create account
http://www.townsendpress.net/signup/student
2. Enter your name, email address, and password.
Save your password somewhere so you won't lose it!
3. Select your school
A. Texas
B. University of Houston
4. Select your teacher
Cin, Holly
5. Click on create account
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Presentation topics (extreme sports)
5A:
Barefoot water skiing: Marta
Rock climbing: Jean
Extreme skiing: Uyen
Hang-gliding: David
Scuba diving: Dia
Sky flying: Lena
Sky surfing: Ali
BMX: Omar
Speed sailing: Maryam
Mixed martial arts: Muhammad
Street luge: Nawaf
Wakeboarding: Pias
Base jumping: Ahmed
5B:
Barefoot water skiing: Zachary
Rock climbing: Sultan
Extreme skiing: Mohammed Alshammari
Hang-gliding: Alejandro
Scuba diving: Duy
Sky flying: Rey
Sky surfing: Norah
Speed biking: Rachel
Speed sailing: Karen
Extreme motocross: Rana
Street luge: Ahmed
Wakeboarding: Haidar
Sandboarding: Solika
Barefoot water skiing: Marta
Rock climbing: Jean
Extreme skiing: Uyen
Hang-gliding: David
Scuba diving: Dia
Sky flying: Lena
Sky surfing: Ali
BMX: Omar
Speed sailing: Maryam
Mixed martial arts: Muhammad
Street luge: Nawaf
Wakeboarding: Pias
Base jumping: Ahmed
5B:
Barefoot water skiing: Zachary
Rock climbing: Sultan
Extreme skiing: Mohammed Alshammari
Hang-gliding: Alejandro
Scuba diving: Duy
Sky flying: Rey
Sky surfing: Norah
Speed biking: Rachel
Speed sailing: Karen
Extreme motocross: Rana
Street luge: Ahmed
Wakeboarding: Haidar
Sandboarding: Solika
Friday, May 23, 2014
Blog Work #3: Summarizing the Listening (Tai Chi and Library Research) (due Wednesday)
For this post, I want you to explain what you learned in class this week from ONE of the lectures we listened to. Try to use some of the vocabulary from the unit (p. 4 and p. 10 of the LEAP packet). Your response should be a minimum of 5 sentences.
Have a great weekend
Hi Guys.
First of all, I want to tell you that I'm happy to have met all of you and I look forward to a fun and productive semester together.
Second, I want to ask you to do a little bit of work with roots, prefixes, and suffixes. As you probably have seen, I have posted some websites as well as some powerpoint slides on the blog for you to study. In addition, I would like you to look at the charts on pp. 21-22 of the Read to Succeed packet. Try to fill in the chart with examples of your own. After that, look over pp. 23-24, which contain the book's examples. It's a challenge to learn all of the roots and affixes but if you have some knowledge of them, it will go a long way to help you "unlock" unknown vocabulary. If you can learn a few a day, you'll see how much progress you can make. As I said in 5B, vocabulary is the key to UNDERSTANDING the language (INPUT).
Finally, I want to encourage you to review the new vocabulary you learned this week and to try to incorporate some of the words into your writing and speaking (OUTPUT). That is how you will "internalize" the vocabulary; by internalize I mean make it your own, make it part of yourself. Our goal is to actually learn the vocabulary, NOT to just memorize it for a test.
I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
Enjoy the long weekend :D
HC
First of all, I want to tell you that I'm happy to have met all of you and I look forward to a fun and productive semester together.
Second, I want to ask you to do a little bit of work with roots, prefixes, and suffixes. As you probably have seen, I have posted some websites as well as some powerpoint slides on the blog for you to study. In addition, I would like you to look at the charts on pp. 21-22 of the Read to Succeed packet. Try to fill in the chart with examples of your own. After that, look over pp. 23-24, which contain the book's examples. It's a challenge to learn all of the roots and affixes but if you have some knowledge of them, it will go a long way to help you "unlock" unknown vocabulary. If you can learn a few a day, you'll see how much progress you can make. As I said in 5B, vocabulary is the key to UNDERSTANDING the language (INPUT).
Finally, I want to encourage you to review the new vocabulary you learned this week and to try to incorporate some of the words into your writing and speaking (OUTPUT). That is how you will "internalize" the vocabulary; by internalize I mean make it your own, make it part of yourself. Our goal is to actually learn the vocabulary, NOT to just memorize it for a test.
I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
Enjoy the long weekend :D
HC
Blog Work #2: Holly's "Teacher Man" audio and your response (due Tuesday, 5/27)
After reading the article (in your Read to Succeed packet) while listening to my audio, I want you to answer the following question as a comment to this post:
What makes Teacher Man an unconventional teacher? In other words, in what ways is he unconventional? Explain as fully as possible.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Websites to help you learn roots, prefixes, and suffixes
The following are some websites that will be useful for those of you
interested in learning more roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Please
comment if you find them useful.
1. These are quizzes for you on structural analyses of words.
http://www.edhelper.com/Word_Roots.htm
2. Prefix Jeopardy--a game
http://www.quia.com/cb/221179.html
You can play this with one or two players. Try it, its fun!
3. A list of Latin roots:
http://www.siliconyogi.com/andreas/acadamn_it/gre/LatinRoots.html
1. These are quizzes for you on structural analyses of words.
http://www.edhelper.com/Word_Roots.htm
2. Prefix Jeopardy--a game
http://www.quia.com/cb/221179.html
You can play this with one or two players. Try it, its fun!
3. A list of Latin roots:
http://www.siliconyogi.com/andreas/acadamn_it/gre/LatinRoots.html
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
Blog Work #1: Introduce Yourself (due Thursday)
Today each of you briefly introduced yourselves to the class. Now I
would like you to tell us some more about yourself in writing.
Here are some questions to consider:
Where are you in life (meaning, what stage)? Did you finish high school? College? Graduate school? Talk about your background, and your professional and personal aspirations. Also, discuss your interests, hobbies, and talents. Tell us something about yourself that makes you unique. Feel free to add anything else that you would like to share about yourself with the class.
You should post your writing as a comment to this post. Just click on comment.
Here are some questions to consider:
Where are you in life (meaning, what stage)? Did you finish high school? College? Graduate school? Talk about your background, and your professional and personal aspirations. Also, discuss your interests, hobbies, and talents. Tell us something about yourself that makes you unique. Feel free to add anything else that you would like to share about yourself with the class.
You should post your writing as a comment to this post. Just click on comment.
Weekly Schedules
Every Monday, I will try my best to give you a schedule for the week. I
will give you a hard copy in class and then I will post it here in
case you are absent or lose it. Let me know if you have a problem
opening it.
Week eight:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVQmZBbEdxS2ZQOG8/edit?usp=sharing
Week seven:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVNm40RW01Tk1QUlk/edit?usp=sharing
Week six:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVUFZ1OVc3S3QwUmM/edit?usp=sharing
Week five:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVSThpZ3lhc3J0UUk/edit?usp=sharing
Week four:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVOElnSXJxS0xEWmM/edit?usp=sharing
Week three:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVamhCQUx3bFlWVUE/edit?usp=sharing
Week two:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVQzlGWE00RzlwR0k/edit?usp=sharing
Week one:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVMGRTaWJJM3Y3eGs/edit?usp=sharing
Week eight:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVQmZBbEdxS2ZQOG8/edit?usp=sharing
Week seven:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVNm40RW01Tk1QUlk/edit?usp=sharing
Week six:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVUFZ1OVc3S3QwUmM/edit?usp=sharing
Week five:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVSThpZ3lhc3J0UUk/edit?usp=sharing
Week four:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVOElnSXJxS0xEWmM/edit?usp=sharing
Week three:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVamhCQUx3bFlWVUE/edit?usp=sharing
Week two:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVQzlGWE00RzlwR0k/edit?usp=sharing
Week one:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVMGRTaWJJM3Y3eGs/edit?usp=sharing
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Books for your classes
Read to Succeed, second edition, by Rothman and Warsi
Leap (Listening and Speaking) (Learning English for Academic Purposes), second edition, by Beatty
Understanding and Using English Grammar, fourth edition, by Azar and Hagen
Academic Writing 4, by Oshima
Leap (Listening and Speaking) (Learning English for Academic Purposes), second edition, by Beatty
Understanding and Using English Grammar, fourth edition, by Azar and Hagen
Academic Writing 4, by Oshima
Welcome to the Blog
Hello 5A and 5B,
The purpose of this blog is threefold. First, it will occasionally be a place for you to do some of your homework assignments. I will also place weekly schedules and vocabulary lists on it so if you're absent on Monday or you misplace (lose) your list, you can replace it easily.
The second purpose for this blog is for us to share useful information (where to go, where to shop, what to do if you have a problem, etc.). You can also use the blog to post items of interest, such as articles, pictures, invitations, etc.
Finally, I will use the blog to post internet links for different activities such as on-line reading and vocabulary practice/quizzes and listening activities.
You should check this blog every few days in order to keep current with the class.
I look forward to a great semester with all of you, and I look forward to "seeing" you on-line,
HC
p.s. If you want to respond to something on the blog, click on "comments" and write your post.
The purpose of this blog is threefold. First, it will occasionally be a place for you to do some of your homework assignments. I will also place weekly schedules and vocabulary lists on it so if you're absent on Monday or you misplace (lose) your list, you can replace it easily.
The second purpose for this blog is for us to share useful information (where to go, where to shop, what to do if you have a problem, etc.). You can also use the blog to post items of interest, such as articles, pictures, invitations, etc.
Finally, I will use the blog to post internet links for different activities such as on-line reading and vocabulary practice/quizzes and listening activities.
You should check this blog every few days in order to keep current with the class.
I look forward to a great semester with all of you, and I look forward to "seeing" you on-line,
HC
p.s. If you want to respond to something on the blog, click on "comments" and write your post.
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