Blog #4.1: In the Call Lab (response to "Fat Chance") (due before class on Tuesday)

1. In the introductory paragraph, we read: "When you're blind, people want to help you. No one wants to help you when you're fat." Tell why there is such a stigma attached to obesity that no one wants to help fat people.

Extra reading for the Saudi students

...and for anybody else who is interested in the topic, of course.

I'd love to read your response to this.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2014/06/01/We-want-to-develop-not-embellish-Saudi-education.html

RS context clues answers pp. 17-20

Practice 2
  Passage 1
     1. c
     2. d
     3. b
  Passage 2
     1. c
     2. b
     3. b
  Passage 3
     1. b
     2. a
     3. b

Class tomorrow (Monday)

8:30-10:20 Both classes with Greg in Greg's room
10:40-12:30: Both classes with Holly in the Call Lab

Presentation Schedule

I've decided to move all of the presentations to week 4, rather than begin on Friday as I had originally said. So here is the schedule:

Tuesday, June 10:
5B:
Norah
Duy
 

5A:
Lena



Wednesday, June 11:
5B:
Karen
Ahmed
Zachary
Alejandro  

5A:
Pias
Ali
Muhammad
Marta



Thursday, June 12:
5B:
Mohammed
Rana
Rachel


5A:
Uyen
Jean
David
Omar
Ahmed


Friday, June 13:
5B:
Sultan
Rey
Solika


5A:
Maryam
Nawaf
Dia
 

Have a nice weekend

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.

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.