What we Did in Our COC IEP 200 Class on Tuesday, August 20th, 2013

COC IEP 200 | Fall Trimester 2013 Block 2 Lesson 6

WHAT HAPPENED IN CLASS a | 09:30 – 10:42 | News Hour | Good grammar means more money (20th August, 2013) http://breakingnewsenglish.com/1308/130820-grammar.html * The three vocabulary words we will focus on from this article for Thursday’s quiz are: text, profitable and campaign. b | 10:52 - 12:00 | NorthStar Listening & Speaking 2 | Unit 1 * Reviewed last night’s vocabualry homework, then spent a while digging into each of the words. * Completed the vocabulary activity on pages 9-10. c | 12:45 - 13:55 | Fiction | Jungle Love (pp. 42 - 43) p. 42 | QUESTION: What was like a bomb exploding? | ANSWER: The pelican diving into the sea to catch a fish. p. 42 | Q: What is a jetty? | A: British word for dock. p. 42 | Q: Does Lisa really like birds? (look at page 7) Why do you think she tells Ian she likes birds? | A: No, she does not like birds. She probably tells Ian she does, because she wants to talk to him and attract his attention. p. 43 | Q: Why is Lisa jealous of the pelican? | A: Ian seems more interested in it than her. p. 43 | Q: Why does Lisa frown? | A: Because Ian made a comment about her eating too much that made her sound greedy. p. 43 | Q: How is Caroline boring to Ian? | A: She always worries about what she eats and if it’s too much fat. d | 13:55 – 14:06 | Grammar * Reviewed Monday’s grammar homework. e | 14:06 – 15:00 | Elements of Style Elective HOMEWORK 1 | Study NorthStar & news vocabulary for Thursday’s quiz 2 2 | Take notes on the Listen a Minute Advertising exercise and write 6 discussion questions 3 | Finish up any missing homework COPYRIGHT NOTES Copyright © 2013 by Charlie Danoff (contact@mr.danoff.org)/Mr. Danoff’s Teaching Laboratory (http://dalab.cc). Rights given a  CC Zero 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).