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.

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.

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

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

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

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.