RWG3 Grammar 2/26

Grammar HW
p45 ex3
p49 ex2 #3
p53 ex2 #11,12
p55 ex3
p57ex2
p63 ex2 #1-3

Service Learning Reflection #2 2/27 HW

Make an Mp3 recoding that answers the following prompt and send it to my ewhraj@gmail.com by Monday.

Describe one person you have met through service learning that you admire? What are the qualities you admire and why?

You do not have to know this person well, but you should have interacted with them in some way. They can be a client, a supervisor, a fellow volunteer or a worker at the agency. If you can, ask their permission and submit a photo with your reflection. You will be able to use this material in your final presentation/discussion.

P & C weekend HW 2/20

All students-

Research your topic. Try http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_index.php to find tons of info on your topic! Come to school on Monday with 7 reasons for your argument and 7 pieces of evidence. Be ready to work with your group to choose the best arguments (you will not have time to use them all in 10 minutes). Practice arguing your point quickly (use a friend or a mirror). Time yourself and choose your 2 favorite reasons and argue them two times. See if you can speak faster and still make your point clearly on the 2nd time!



Also if you have not yet sent me your tongue twister with your hardest sounds, DO IT!!! You can find great tongue twisters at http://www.twisterking.com/

Service Learning Students-
You need to turn in your 1st reflection piece on Monday. Send to ewhraj@gmail.com. This should be an Mp3 file. Please practice before you record!!! Answer the following question:
When you think about your own life, how has your experience in Service Learning made you change the way you look at, understand, or frame your beliefs about some aspect of living.

This is a written example, but yours will be spoken!
Example:
Before service learning I thought that people who begged on the street were lazy or low class. I met a person at the shelter who used to work at Boeing. He son had cancer and died. She spent all the mony she had to keep him alive. She is an engineer. She is not a lazy person. After her son died, she got divorced and her husband kept her money because she had a higher salary. Now she has to take care of her other kids and the economy is bad so she can't find a job. She is confused and sad about her life. She is not lazy or uneducated. She is horribly unlucky.
The shelter is giving her food, bus tickets and clothes, but she cannot stay there. I think if I were in the same situation I would be so ashamed and depressed. She is really strong. Everyday she goes to a job center and tries to get a job. She helps her kids do their homework and tries to keep a positive face. I have never met someone who has to go from living in a good condition to a bad condition like her. I feel when I talk to her how lucky I am and how easily life can change. I changed my ideas about homeless people like her.

P & C tongue twisters

Reine-
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
Did Peter Piper Pick a Peck of Pickled Peppers?
If Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers,
Where`s the Peck of Pickled Peppers Peter Piper Picked?

Connie-
They have left the thriftshop, and lost both their theatre tickets and the volume of valuable licenses and coupons for free theatrical frills and thrills.

Tammy-
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish,
but if you wish the wish the witch wishes,
I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

Cherry-
I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.

Yan-
A tree toad loved a she-toad who lived up in a tree.
He was a two-toed tree toad, but a three-toed toad was she.
The two-toed tree toad tried to win the three-toed she-toads heart,
For the two-toed tree toad loved the ground that the three-toed tree toad trod.
But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain.
He couldnt please her whim.
From her tree toad bower with her three-toed power the she-toad vetoed him

All I want is a proper cup of coffee made in a propercoppercoffee pot, you can believe it or not, but I just want a cupofcoffee in a proper coffee pot. Tin coffee pots or iron coffeepotsare of no use to me. If I cant have a proper cup of coffee inaproper copper coffee pot, Ill have a cup of tea！

Insun-
The sixth sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

P & C Debate Details 2/19

Meet with your group of four.

Decide what topic you will debate (it has to be a new topic)

Check out this website for topic ideas:

http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_index.php



for help with hand gestures and making your points, watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAz-grHMhTE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36CB77t-Z44&feature=PlayList&p=FF4259FA939BAADE&playnext=1&index=11

for help with transition language use:

P & C Valentine's Weekend HW

Your weekend homework is to prepare for our debates.
Here are some resurces that can help you:

Words that mark different speech transitions
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/transitions.html#6

How to use gesture for emphasis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAz-grHMhTE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36CB77t-Z44&feature=PlayList&p=FF4259FA939BAADE&playnext=1&index=11

Make sure that by Tuesday you have prepared at least 5 pieces of reasoning and evidence for your debate.

RWG3 2/14 Weekend HW

Read Chapters 6 & 7 of Homeless Bird
Pay attention to this week's vocabulary:

• stingy (adj)
• intimidate (verb)
• pity (n)
• wayward (adj)

For Tuesday, make a list of the most important events in Chapters 6 & 7. Then go to the Indian newspaper at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ and skim for a story that somehow relates to the events in Homeless Bird Chapters 6 & 7.

Print the story out and write a brief paragraph (5 sentences) about how the newspaper article relates to the ideas and events in chapter 6 or 7.

You may use other Indian news sources if you want, but you must bring to class on Tuesday:

1. a list of the main events in Chapters 6 & 7
2. a print out of the article
3. your paragraph explaining the relationship between the newspaper article and chapters 6 & 7

Happy Valentines and Presidents Day! Don't come to school on Monday!!!

websites for P & C

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
mouth moving with each sound

Next step RWG3

Study this page.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html
Take this passive voice quiz.
http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz89mgu.htm

Try this worksheet on sentence fragments.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_fragEX1.html

RWG3 HW 2/11

Oetzi the Iceman
1.Oetzi the Iceman is the modern nickname of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC. The mummy was found in 1991 in a glacier of the Otztal Alps, near the border between Austria and Italy. Oetzi was named after the valley of his discovery. He rivals the Egyptian "Ginger" as the oldest known human mummy, and he has offered a unique view of the habits of Copper Age Europeans.
2. Oetzi was found by two German tourists on September 19, 1991. The body was at first thought to be a modern corpse, like several others which had recently been found in the area. It was roughly recovered by the Austrian authorities and taken to Innsbruck, where its true age was finally discovered. It is now being displayed at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.
3. The body has been extensively examined, measured, x-rayed, and dated. Tissues and stomach contents were examined microscopically. Scientists believe that at the time of his death, Oetzi was a 30-to-45-year old man, approximately 160 cm (5'3") tall.
4. Analysis of pollen and dust grains on his clothing, and analysis of Oetzi’s teeth enamel show that his childhood was spent near the present village of Feldthurns, north of Bolzano. He later went to live in valleys about 50 km further north.
5. The Iceman had 57 tattoos. Some were located on or near acupuncture points that are used today to treat symptoms of digestive problems and osteoarthritis. Interestingly, scientists have found that Oetzi suffered from digestive problems and osteoarthritis. Some scientists believe that these tattoos indicate an early type of acupuncture.
6. Oetzi’s clothes include a cloak, vest, and shoes. They were quite sophisticated. The cloak was woven from grass, and the vest was made of leather.
7. The shoes were waterproof and wide. They seemed to be designed for walking across the snow; they were constructed of bearskin, deer hide, and tree bark. Soft grass was wrapped around the foot and also placed in the shoe. The grass functioned like warm socks. Recently, the shoes were reproduced by experts. They are of such excellent quality, that there are plans for them to be made commercially.
8. Other items found with the Iceman include a copper axe, flint knife, and a bow and quiver of arrows.
9. Additionally, Oetzi carried two species of mushrooms. One of these mushrooms is known to have antibacterial properties, and was likely used for medical purposes.
10. Researchers believe Oetzi may have been involved in a fight. Injuries from the fight may have killed him. A DNA analysis revealed traces of blood from four other people on his gear: one from his knife, two from the same arrowhead, and a fourth from his coat.
11. A CAT scan revealed that an arrowhead was stuck in Oetzi’s shoulder when he died. The arrow shaft had been removed, but the arrowhead had been left inside his body. He also had bruises and cuts on his hands, wrists, and chest.
12. From such evidence, and an examination of his weapons, molecular biologist Thomas Loy from the University of Queensland believes that Oetzi and his companions were hunters who fought with a rival group. At some point, he may have carried (or been carried by) a companion. He may have been weakened by blood loss. As a result, Oetzi apparently put down his equipment neatly against a rock, lay down, and died.
13. His body was covered by thousands of years of ice and snow until his recent discovery. Pieces of his clothing, his hair, his skin, and his personal possessions were well-preserved because of the cold temperatures.

· Read the story above.
· Write 5 questions in the active voice that can be answered in the passive voice.

Example:
Q-How did the scientists choose Oetzi’s name?
He was named after the valley where he was discovered.

RWG3 Lab 2/11

Go to this page:
http://www.elllo.org/english/STeP.htm
Click on the first reading #6
Click on the TEXT button and read the text.
When you are finished take the quiz on the right.
send your score and 3 vocabulary words that you learned from this reading to me lrajesh@sccd.ctc.edu

If you get an answer wrong click on the question # to find where that answer was covered in the text.
Once you have completed the text, saved your score and your vocabulary and checked your answers; you can go on to reading #5.

RWG3 HW 2/6

Read Chapter 5 in Homeless Bird
There are several things that happen to Koly in this chapter that make Koly angry. Koly also rebels against Sass in this chapter and acts kindly towards Chandra. Write a paragraph comparing yourself to Koly. Describe a time in your life where you have behaved in a way similiar to Koly and describe how in your life you have behaved differently. Make sure to compare yourself to the way Koly behaves in Chapter 5 only!! Write a minimum of 200 words. You will be graded on your paragraph organization, the clarity of your ideas and your grammar. Your paragraph is due in class on Monday.

RWG3 2/4 Lab

If you are finished writing your paragraph, take these verb tests.

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/past1.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/past2.html

When you finish send your score to me!

http://a4esl.org/q/j/lk/mc-verbs.htmlverb forms (4,6,8,10,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,72,74,76,100)
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/mc-vf02.htmlverb forms (4,6,8,10,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,72,74,76,100)