Friday31July2015

Today:

• Vaccine Quiz

Homework:

• Complete Grammar for Week 4 (can still complete 2 & 3 as well)
• Finish any missing blogs or weekly writing assignments

Read: http://americanliterature.com/author/o-henry/short-story/the-gift-of-the-magi

Thursday30July2015

Today:

• Guest Teaching
• To Build a Fire Quiz

Homework:

• No homework, research vaccines

Read: Google "Vaccines" and research results

Wednesday29July2015

Today:

• Journals
• Presentations (5 minutes)
• Vocabulary Quiz
• 3-2b
• 3-3c

Homework:

• 3-2b #1&2
• 3-3c #2
• To Build A Fire Exercise (all)

Read: To Build A Fire (3-2c) pages 9-15.

  To Build A Fire Audio Book

Tuesday28July2015

Today:

• 3-1c &3-2a
• 3-2c To Build A Fire
• Presentation #1

Homework:

• 3-2a Listening: Note Taking Exercise #s 1,2,3
• Take notes in a Google Document titled "To Build a Fire Notes" and share the document before 8am Wednesday
• Work on your presentations, share your outline, and bring completed note cards to class

Read: To Build A Fire (3-2c) pages 1-8.

  To Build A Fire Audio Book

Monday27July2015

Today:

• 2-4c (Presentations due Wednesday) Outline & Notes
• 3-1a #1,3,4,5,6
• 3-1b #2,4,5

Homework:

• 3-1a #1,3,4,5,6
• 3-1b #2,4,5
• 
  

Read:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/simple-cooking-method-flushes-arsenic-out-of-rice/
Helpful Hint: Be sure to do a little more research than just reading the article. The prompt tomorrow will require you to have researched beyond this article.

Week 4 Weekly Writing

Watch the following video then write about the prompt below:

Write 100-200 words describing the similarities and differences between this information, and the information you have learned in class earlier. How has your opinion about cell phones changed or remained the same after learning this information?

Friday24July2015

Today:

• Journals 
• Reading | Writing | Listening Quiz for Week 3

Homework:

Read: http://www.inlander.com/spokane/shake-down/Content?oid=2518502

Remember, you can turn in any missing Blogs, Weekly Writings, or Grammar Exercises by Sunday. Anything missing after that will remain a zero in Engrade.

Thursday23July2015

Today:

• Journals
• The Rocking Horse Winner Discussion & Quiz
• 2-3b

Homework:

• 2-3b Exercise #2,4,5,6,&7

Read: http://www.iflscience.com/physics/spinning-basketball-drops-and-swerves-away-due-magnus-effect


Up to Sunday you may:
Turn in any missing blogs, weekly writings, or grammar exercises. After Sunday, any missing work will remain a zero in your Engrade.

Wednesday 22July2015

Today:

• Journals then Engrade checks
• The Rocking Horse Discussion
• Vocabulary Quiz
• Finished Author's Biography

Homework:

• Rocking Horse Winner Exercise 2-2b
• Finish Author's Biography

Read:
The Rocking Horse Winner p11-20

Audio

DO NOT FORGET:

• Write a blog entry every day
• Write your Weekly Writing for Week 3 (posted on this blog earlier)
• Complete your Grammar Exercise for Week 3

Tuesday 21/July/2015

Today we discussed further note taking strategy:

2-2a Listening Skills
We also introduced our new Short Story

Homework for today is to:
Read Pages 1-10 of the Rocking Horse Winner
You may also listen to this audio file as you read along.

Take notes as you listen to / read The Rocking Horse Winner, and be prepared to turn in your notes as a homework assignment.
Your notes will be given a score out of 10 based on the following criteria:

• Organization
• Distinguishment of Main Points from Details
• Examples included (use quotation marks)
• Use of Abbreviations
• Accuracy of Information

Week 3 Weekly Writing

Watch this video on Note Taking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AffuwyJZTQQ

Then write to this prompt in your blog:
Which note taking method makes the most sense to you, and which method (or combination of methods do you think you will use in your own future notetaking?

Monday 20/July/2015

This morning's article:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sns-green-effective-fasting-benfits-story.html

Prompt: Based on the Article, outside of religious reasons (e.g. Ramadan), would you choose to fast? Please give at least three rationales from the discussion in the article.

2-1a (2,3,4,5)
2-1b (2,4,5,6)

Read:
http://www.iflscience.com/space/100-million-pledged-search-intelligent-extraterrestrial-life-and-you-can-help

EID POTLUCK

The potluck celebration for the end of Ramadan has been moved to Tuesday. Please, remember to bring a dish of food to share with everyone.

Homework for July 16th, 2015

Please read pages 7-11 of The Necklace and be prepared to journal about it tomorrow. Also, please complete 1-3b Listening parts 2,4,5, and 6. We will have two quizzes tomorrow, the first quiz will be over The Necklace. Then we will take our first Reading, Writing and Listening quiz.

Weekly Writing 2

Please watch the following TED talk:

Please write 100-200 words to answer the question; Based on the information in the video, what are the implications of further research into this field?

Tuesday, July 14th

Homework for tonight:

Please read pages 1-6 of The Necklace 

and be prepared to journal about it tomorrow. Here's the audio book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4HNjNgBVs1kNVhfclljbzVSSkU/view?usp=sharing

Complete:
1-3a Parts: 2, 4, 5, & 6

Week 2 Monday

Homework for today
1. Read the following article http://www.mosherhealth.com/mosher-health-system/chinese-medicine/chinese-versus-western

2. Complete the following exercises:
1-1a #2 & #5
1-1b #2, #4 & #5

Advice:

Write one blog today and work on your grammar.

Happy Friday!

Here's what you need to accomplish this weekend:

1. Read this article

http://www.iflscience.com/environment/exxon-knew-about-climate-change

2. Make sure you've completed 4 blog entries on 4 different days

3. Complete your Weekly Writing for Week 1

4. Do something not required of you that relates to English learning

Here's a music video for your entertainment:

Homework for Today 09July2015

Please read the following article:

http://www.inlander.com/spokane/innovation-station/Content?oid=2443851

Take notes in your notebook as you read, remembering to gather all the variable information we discussed:

1. Website Name
2. Article Title
3. Author's Name
4. Date Article was Written
5. URL of website

Be prepared to answer the prompt on the board tomorrow morning in your class journals.

Weekly Writing 1

https://www.ted.com/talks/sally_kohn_don_t_like_clickbait_don_t_click#

Write 100-200 words describing the main message of the speaker and what you can do to change the culture of the internet.

Please write your weekly writing on your blogger page.

To Do: 8/July/2015

Please read this article: http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/08/pf/college/oregon-free-community-college/ . Be prepared to write about it. Tonight, you should work on your grammar assignments and your blog. See you tomorrow.

Homework for 7July2015

For tonight, go purchase two (2) notebooks, then, please read the following article.


Take good notes about the material as you read so that you can write a good journal entry for tomorrow. Also, make sure that you write the following information about the article in your notes:

1. Name of website
2. Title of article
3. Authors name
4. Date written
5. URL (website address)

University Considerations & Resources

Welcome to the First Day of Summer Quarter!

Welcome to 140! Josh and I are very excited to have you in class and we look forward to working with you. This is going to be a great class.