Weekend HW 2/24

4/24 Homework
Questions for Americans Assignment (thank you Jacky)Your assignment is to ask each of these questions to a different person. Listen carefully and ask them questions if you do not understand a part of their answer. You will be reporting your answers back on Monday. Your homework for the weekend is to choose the response that was most interesting to you and write a summary of the response as well as 2 questions you would ask if you had a chance to talk with the same person again.

1. How do you feel about the economy? Do you think we are in a 1,5 or 10 year recession? Why?
2. What do you think is the best thing Obama has brought to office? What do you think is the worst thing he has done since he became president?
3. Do you think America is as good a country now as it was in the 1940’s? Why or why not?
4. Seattle is the native place of the West Coast Native Americans, do you feel they are still a part of Seattle’s culture? Why or why not?

Lab 4/22

Today you will be adding to your pronunciation portfolio.

Step one:
Take out your Target Consonant worksheet.
Open Liese Rajesh's teacher web page at the SCCC website and open the pronunciation files.
Go to the file marked "consonants p261 1-10"
Use you worksheet and practice each of these sentences
When you are ready, make a recording of 1-10 and send it to ewhraj@gmail.com
Next do 11-20
Practice and ten record.

Next, check the homework sheet and see if you have made your answering machine recording. If you have not, make a recording of yourself leaving a message on an imaginary phone. Make sure to leave your name, phone number and the purpose of your call.

Next, go to
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_index.php
http://www.middleschooldebate.com/topics/topicresearch.htm
http://www.youdebate.com/

Find 3 debate topics that interest you and a piece of evidence for each debate that might support your argument. Write them down! You will use your topics and evidence in class on Thursday!!

4/24 Homework

Questions for Americans Assignment (thank you Jacky)

Your assignment is to ask each of these questions to a different person. Listen carefully and ask them questions if you do not understand a part of their answer. You will be reporting your answers back on Monday. Your homework for the weekend is to choose the response that was most interesting to you and write a summary of the response as well as 2 questions you would ask if you had a chance to talk with the same person again.

1. How do you feel about the economy? Do you think we are in a 1,5 or 10 year recession? Why?

2. What do you think is the best thing Obama has brought to office? What do you think is the worst thing he has done since he became president?

3. Do you think America is as good a country now as it was in the 1940’s? Why or why not?

4. Seattle is the native place of the West Coast Native Americans, do you feel they are still a part of Seattle’s culture? Why or why not?

4/10 HW

On a separate piece of paper that you can hand in on Monday, answer the following questions:

1. What is service Learning?
2. How might service learning help you?
3. What are some examples of some service learning opportunities?
4. Where did Yan complete her service learning last quarter?
5. What are some of the requirements of service learning?
6. Go to Liese Rajesh's website and listen to 2 of the service learning comments. What did these service learners say they gained? http://sites.google.com/a/seattlecentral.edu/liese-rajesh/Home/service-learning
7. Even if you do not plan to do service learning this quarter, think about and answer the following question: If you could do service learning at any non-profit agency in the US, where would you do it and why?