Ten Effective Study Habits

http://psychcentral.com/lib/2006/top-10-most-effective-study-habits/all/1/

Unit 7- what's the use of homework?

http://iteslj.org/questions/homework.html
Conversation questions 

Unit 6- Giving to others

Presentation:

Choose a famous philanthropist (for example Bill Gates) or a philanthropic organization (for example Unicef)
Tell us who your person is (for example, the person's job, where they live, the charities that they donate to) or what your organization does 
Three important philanthropic contributions that it/he/she has made to society
Tell us why you have chosen your person or organization, and why you are interested in what they do.

Listening- The Red Hatters

The poem that inspired the organization: 

Warning by Jenny Joseph 
http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/jenny-joseph/warning/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cACbzanitg - A Youtube recording of Jenny reading her poem

New Vocabulary words: 

Go In For
Bold
Bitterness
Solidarity
Ensemble
Chapter
Gorgeous
Flamboyant
Brag
Self Improvement
Solidarity
Assisted Living Facility
Bargain basement shoes
Dressing down
Envious

Article on early retirement

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0510/051022-retirement-e.html

Please read the article and do the true and false section
and the synonym match section

Unit 5- Longevity, Refusing to be Invisible

Discussion Questions: 

1) Are these pictures of the same person, or of different people? How do we know? 

What identifying features can we see in the people's faces? 

2) What age do you think is most powerful in our society? (for example, teenage years, 20's, 30's...) 

What age do you think is the least powerful and therefore, the most invisible?

3) Why do you think on average, that women live longer than men? What do you think the reasons are?
4) Which country's life expectancy rate surprised you the most, and why? 

New Vocabulary

1) Socialized 
2) Deceive 
3) Spontaneously 
4) Intriguing 
5) Vocalize 
6) Rote Memorization 
7) Categorize 
8) Figure out 
9) Context 

Your sentences: 

1) It just happened spontaneously, so I couldn`t figure out what happened at that time.
2) Sometimes teenagers deceive their parents to protect thems elves.
3) In the movie, chimps were injected with medicine, which allowed them to vocalize words.
4) If you thought that class was intriguing, you should vocalize your thoughts to Danila.
5) I just turned on the tv spontaneously. When I saw cats on a program, I learned intriguing facts about their abilities.

Your Presentation for Friday

In groups of Three: 


Choose a movie about animals and tell us: (watch at least 30 mins of it) 
1) What happens in your movie (the story line)
2) Who are the main characters?
3) What kind of animals are featured in your movie?
4) Give us two or three pieces of information about your animal, for ex:
Where do they come from originally, or where do they live? What do they eat? Are they intelligent? Why or Why not?
5) Show us a clip of your movie
6) Try to use as much vocab as possible (p. 64-65)
7) Write down any new vocabulary you may have learned, and share with us

You will present on Friday: 

Groups:

Minyoung
Valeria
Akinori

Spirit (Horses)

Rami
Gyounghee
Theo

Kung Fu Panda 

Ha Yee
Gina
Guto

The Lion King 

Daniela
Hiroko
Young Woon

Madagascar 

Unit 4-Animal Intelligence

Classifications for animals: 

1) A Band of Horses 
2) A Murder of Crows
3) A School of Fish 
4) A Pack of Wolves 
5) A Flock of Birds 
6) A Pride of Lions 
7) A Herd of Elephants 

Listen to Paul Simon's song At the Zoo 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0uO5RKI-S8
 http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/p/paul_simon/at_the_zoo.html (Lyrics)


Inferring meanings: 
What do: Light and Tumble journey, a Fine and Fancy Ramble, and the Crosstown Bus, mean?
How do you know?