Lab Activity, Feb 13

FRIENDS VIDEO CLIPS:  Fill in the blanks. 

VIDEO 1  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Goo5UJ0kQd0

VIDEO 2   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST9XWsvzoXw

http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day

 

VALENTINE'S DAY HISTORY

http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day 

If.....

If I Had a Million Dollars by the Barenaked Ladies   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzeuvHencto
If I Were a Boy by Beyonce   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpsOqh8q0M

Homework for Monday, Feb 11

Listen and take notes on:
Legacy of the Silk Road http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5792145n
Don't Insult the Judge http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50140467n
Is This 12 year-old the Next Mark Zuckerberg? http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50140334n
Dogs Think Like Babies http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50140568n
Northeast Prepares for Potentially Historic Blizzard http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50140645n

Do you want to celebrate Chinese New Year? 
Go to the link below to find out about Chinese New Year activities in Seattle
http://www.cidbia.org/events/lunar-new-year-2013/lny2013_guide_english.pdf

Silk Road Videos

Listen to these as many times as you want to answer the questions on the worksheet.

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/7249-china-silk-road-video.htm

http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us-the-silk-road#mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us-the-silk-road

 

Homework for Monday, Feb 4

1.  Take the Multiple Intelligences Test online.  Bring your results to class. 

http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

2.  Go to Engrade and listen and take notes on Tidal Waves, Listening Factoid #1, and Listening Factoid #2.  We will hae a short quiz on Monday so bring good notes!

3.  Review Embedded Clauses on the websites below.  (See the post from Thursday) 

Embedded Question Practice

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/indirectques.html

 

http://eslgrammarpractice.blogspot.com/2010/11/embeddedincluded-questions.html

http://english-zone.com/grammar/noun-clz1.html

 

SLG3 LAB ACTIVITY: Wednesday, January 30

I've redone the links and hope they work this time.  If they don't, type the titles below in the SEARCH box.  Watch Challenging Crossings as many times as you want in 20 minutes. Take detailed notes on the back of this paper. I will give you a quiz on your notes at 4:20.

Hanoi traffic

http://www.nytimes.com/video#100000001768746 VOCABULARY: challenging pedestrian major minor

Continue with the following stories.  Listen to each of the following stories and answer the questions. Finish this for homework.

A Village in the Spotlight (Chinese Village)

http://www.nytimes.com/video/#100000002037608

VOCABULARY: rural villager annual income outpost

A Slump in Japanese Sumo http://www.nytimes.com/video/#100000002022029
VOCABULARY: wrestler grand champion overpower influx competitors

Protesters from Afar (Russia) 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/01/10/nyregion/100000001996949/protesters-from-afar.html#100000001996949

VOCABULARY: crackdown opposition activism punk rock group