What we Did in Our Advanced Integrative TOEFL Class on Tuesday, August 13th 2013

Fall Trimester 2013 Block 2 LESSON 2 a | 09:30 - 09:35 | Discussed the new syllabus and imporant dates for this term * 15 August 2013 School Lunch & After-School Drink to Say Goodbye to Jay * 24 August 2013 Chicago White Sox Baseball Game * 02 September 2013 No School for Labor Day * 05 September 2013 No Elective because of Teacher’s Meetings b | 09:35 - 09:40 | Reviewed Answers to Vocabulary Lesson 20 c | 09:40 - 10:10 | Reviewed the “About Speaking” section of the textbook and checked the answers to last night’s worksheet d |10:20 - 11:15 | Began the “Stem Cells” Reading Worksheet * Started this week’s series of lessons by introducing stem cells e | 11:15 - 12:00 |Finished the Global Literature Listening Worksheet * Concluded our discussion about Global Literature by discussing what it means to “remove mental relative location.” As one student summed up, the idea is you want to be able to imagine walking in someone else’ s shoes. Even if that person is halfway around the world, leading an entirely different existence. Humans are overall very similar and its those things that should be focused upon, as opposed to superficial worries that humans commonly use to divide themslves. f | 12:45 - 13:45 | Heinle Complete Guide to the TOEFL Listening Section Practice Test 4 g | 13:45 - 14:10 | Reviewed the first Stem Cells Reading Passage * Spent some time reviewing the first passage, because it was very difficult and I wanted to make sure the students grasped the concept as we’ll be discussing it all week h | 14:10 - 15:00 | Business English Elective: Meetings & Agendas * Worked through this worksheet (download from http://peo.cambridge.org/images/meetingsandagendas.pdf) from Cambridge about business English for meetings and agendas. HOMEWORK 1 Finish Stem Cell Reading worksheet 2 Finish vocab lesson 21 3 Study for vocab quiz on lessons 20-22 on Thursday

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