SP-T2 Handout + Video Link

Pilgrims, spiritual, baptized, severely, polluted, desecrated, sewage, originates, forming, territory, diverted, aggravated, (ies), depleted,


1. Where is the woman from?

Macedonia?

2. What is wrong with the Jordon?


3. What does the river start (originate)?


4. It forms the border between WHICH two countries?


5. Why does the woman from __________ country feel that she won’t get sick?


6. What does it mean when the announcer says “it is just a matter of time before it is too late to save the river Jordan?

Vocabulary: Pilgrims, spiritual, baptized, severely, polluted, desecrated, sewage, originates, forming, territory, diverted, aggravated, (ies), depleted,

Superchonjay Class

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI

1. Who is Pope Bennedict XVI, and what are some things that he's famous for doing?


2-3 Minute Presentation next class.

1. Who is he?

2. What has he done?

3. What is he famous for?


Every Tuesday we learn about a topic.

Every Thursday we present on that topic.

SP-T4 Class

Attention Class:

Here is the series of videos that we watched in class to contextualize Slaughterhouse Five in the broad story of Vonnegut's life, the science Fiction Genre and the firebombing of Dresden.

Your homework is simply to read, summarize what you've read, and study vocabulary.

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELB6NxrZ7A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chv--YTy_GA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O22HbiJzFaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU3wkOGXlcY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-3VzHqtCLE&feature=PlayList&p=21B6708E9DB8E5A3&index=7

SP-T2 Listening Class

A main goal of this listening class is to enable you as a student to understand English as it's used, not simply as it's found in textbooks.

To this end you will be listening to many news reports, watching TV shows, and other media in order to further your understanding of real English.

First assignment:

Go to this website:

http://www.wvxu.org/schedule/90secondnaturalist_archive.asp?sort=programdate

Click on the program: "April 30th, Butterfly Secrets".

Write down everything you understand about it, and bring your summary to class next Tuesday.

Also remember to do your assigned pages from the book!

Final Paper Topic: National Geographic

Prompt:
Present a plan using SPECIFICS as to what should be done to protect the oil sands of Alberta, or the Jaguars of Central and South America.

-You may propose a series of laws, rules, or other items.

-You MUST list the advantages, and disadvantages of each law, or rule.

Format:

Introduction:
Epigraph
Hook
General statement
Proposal
Consideration of the opposite
Transitional sentence
100-200 words

Body paragraphs (2-3 made up case studies)
Topic sentence
Example
Advantages/Disadvantages
Concluding/transitional sentence.

100-150 words each

Conclusion:

Restatement of thesis
Summary of rules or evidence
Warning against the other side
Final statement

Works cited:
You must find at least ONE example of oil, or animal preservation and cite it IN this section
You must ALSO cite National Geographic

National Geo Vocabulary

61. Wanderer, noun; anything (usually a person or animal), that travels far looking for something.
62. Instinct, noun; part of a living organism’s mind that MAKES it do things. Birds have the instinct to migrate; bears have the instinct to hibernate.
63. Telltale, adjective; a sign or clue that something happened “the policeman looked for telltale clues”. Literally means “to tell a tale”
64. Roam, verb; to travel over a wide area. “The man roamed across Asia, looking for a teaching job”.
65. Subspecies, noun; a part of a species. “black-bears are a subspecies of the bear species”.
66. Crucial, adjective; Of extreme importance. “Without his crucial essay, the student failed John’s class”
67. Aura, noun; a quality that is noticeable, but not definable. “Jaguars have an aura surrounding them to the South American people”.
68. Indigenous, adjective; People who are native, or originally from, an area. “The Japanese people of today are not indigenous, as they displaced the Ainu many years ago.”

Source: White, Mel. Path of the Jaguar. National Geographic Magazine. U.S.A. March, 2009. pp 122-123.

Final Paper Topic: Night.

Final paper topic:

Prompt:
Is the Holocaust the worst event in human history ever; or are there other events (the Armenian Genocide) that compare to it? Alternatively, is it impossible to compare human suffering?

Directions:

Write 400-500 words (only ONE block quote allowed per paper), and argue, using EXAMPLES from personal narrative (Night) or other sources, that the Holocaust is the worst even in human history, or that other events can compare to it.

Opening paragraph:

1. Opening Quote (epigraph)
2. Hook
3. General statement about your position
4. Consideration of the opposite
5. Thesis

Body:

1. Topic sentence
2. Explain example
3. Quote
4. Concluding sentence

Conclusion:

1. Restate your position
2. Consider the opposite again
3. Expand your thesis by warning against ignoring it

(Total words 400-500)

Grading :
Grammar (40 percent)
Structure (20 percent)
Vocabulary (20 percent)
Thesis (20 percent)