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

Homework for Tuesday, January 22

*  Don't forget we have a grammar quiz on Tuesday - Side by Side, Chapter 1 - Verbs

http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086/videos

http://www.5min.com/Video/Biography-of-Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-119809154

http://www.5min.com/Video/The-Life-and-Death-of-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-516931635

http://www.5min.com/Video/The-Assassination-of-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-120053253

http://www.5min.com/Video/The-History-of-the-Civil-Rights-Movement-516950482

Monday is Martin Luther King Day. Why does the US celebrate this? Find out by listening to all of the above short videos and taking notes. Bring your notes to class on Tuesday. You will use the notes to create an outline of the important facts of his life and of the Civil Rights movement in general. You will then turn the notes in to me. Remember to use standard sized paper!

WORDS/EXPRESSIONS TO KNOW

Baptist       preacher       Jim Crow       segregation       integration       boycott
Civil Rights       Rosa Parks

Casino Royale

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/2008/09/assessing-simple-past-x-past-perfect.html

Homework for Tuesday, January 15

Present Perfect Continuous vs. Present Perfect Simple 
http://www.esl-lounge.com/level4/lev4pperfsimplecont.php

Go to the website above.  Print and circle the correct answer OR write the complete sentences with the correct verb. 

Homework for Monday, January 14

Names in Iceland

Listen to the following story as many times as you want.  Take DETAILED notes and bring them to class on Monday.  You will turn your notes in to me, so use 81/2 x 11 inch paper and write neatly!  You might have to copy them before you turn them in.  We’ll use the notes to answer questions, so the more informtion you have, the better you will do.

http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50371690/#50371690

Listening Practice Sites

Do you want more English listening practice?  Try these websites!

  http://www.englishclub.com/listening/index.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/learning-english-video/index.htm

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/videos2.html

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/videos3.html 

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/videos4.html

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/ 

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/section/the-classroom/2345.html

www.esl-lab.com  

Go to one of these websites and practice pronunciation.
http://manythings.org/pp/
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

Lab Activities, January 9

1.  Find your SCCC login and write it down!
2.  Register for Engrade.
3.  Go to Randall's Cyber Listening Lab  http://esl-lab.com  and complete page one of the worksheet.
4.  Listen to Brandy's song:  Have You Ever?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrNb397wS-A
5.  Go to the grammar practice sites and review verbs if you have time! 

Welcome to SLG3!

Welcome to winter quarter!! SLG3 can be a really fun class so I look forward to meeting you all and having a great time thsi quarter. To get you started, try as many of these online verb quizzes as you want. We'll be reviewing verbs at the beginning of the quarter.

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz29bms.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/cg-verbchoice.html

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz64fck.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz63fck.htm

http://www.esl-classroom.com/grammar/gindex.html

http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/whatanif.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/140.html