Wednesday, June 5th, 2019

Today’s Task

• Try to Escape the Classroom _________________________________________________ ____________________

Monday, May 27th, 2019

Today’s Task

• Download ‘Spaceteam ESL’ app on your phone o Android APK ▪ Download the file onto your device and install it o Apple Store _____________________________________________ ________________________

Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

Today’s Task

• The Seven Ages of Man Monologue [Due Wednesday, 5/22] o Digitally record yourself reciting the entire speech, “The Seven Ages of Man” (See entry from May 14th for speech) o You will be graded on completion, pronounciation, and tone. o Bonus points for creativity • Advice: o Watch videos of this speech for pronounciation guides. You can search either by the title of the speech, “The Seven Ages of Man” or “All the World’s a Stage” _____________________________________________ ________________________

Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

Today’s Task

• The Seven Ages of Man speech from Shakespeare’s play, As You Like It • The Seven Ages of Man (According to you) • The Seven Ages of Woman • The Seven Ages: Recite your section and describe what your section is saying o “At First the Infant…” o “Then the whining school-boy…” o “And then the lover…” o “Then a soldier…” o “And then the justice…” o “The sixth age shifts…” o “Last scene of all…” ______________________________________________________ ________________

Tuesday, May 7th, 2019

Today’s Task

• Quiz Practice o Use the vocab from the previous assignments to help you with the crossword ______________________________________________________ ________________

Monday, May 6th, 2019

Today’s Task

• Quiz on Wednesday (May 8th) o Know the plot (Whats the story about?) o Know the characters (Who is whom?) o Know the vocabulary (What the words mean?) ______________________________________________________ ________________

Friday, April 26th, 2019

Today’s Task

• Read the Plot Overview Part 3 of As You Like It, by William Shakespeare o Complete the Vocab and Questions by start of class on Monday ______________________________________________________ ________________

Friday, April 19th, 2019

Today’s Task

• Read the Plot Overview Part 2 of As You Like It, by William Shakespeare o Complete the Vocab and Questions by start of class on Monday ______________________________________________________ ________________

Friday, April 12th, 2019

Today’s Task

• Read the Plot Overview Part 1 of As You Like It, by William Shakespeare o Complete the Vocabulary and Character Relationship Map ______________________________________________________ ________________

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

Today’s Task

• Read the 1st chapter of the following interactive story: The Boat o We will have a discussion on Friday on the following topics so please be ready to answer questions: ▪ The characters in this chapter ▪ The setting, events, and time period of the chapter ▪ The method in which the story is told. ______________________________________________________ ________________

Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

Today’s Task

• Try to beat the following interactive game: The Sage’s Apprentice (hint: read carefully and try and try again) o Answer the questions on the worksheet ______________________________________________________ ________________

Week of Feb. 18th-22nd, 2019

This Week’s Tasks (Complete all tasks by Friday, 2/22)

• AR Reading & Questions o Complete 2 Articles - Read and take Quiz (already assigned to you) • Multi-step Procedure Explanation [Submit to TurnItIn] o ClassID: 19154990 / Enrollment Key: NGELD o In a word document, explain (step-by-step) procedures on how to do complete a standard daily task (ex. brushing teeth, getting ready for bed, taking notes, etc.) ▪ Hint: Think about what you have to do teach a robot, step-by-step, to complete the task • Step 1: Go to your bathroom • Step 2: Make sure you have a cup, a toothbrush, and toothpaste • Step 3: … • We will work on a live task on Friday so let me know if you can ______________________________________________________ ________________

Friday, Dec. 12th, 2018

Today’s Activities

• Reader Theater - Postponed till monday • Friday Flash Fiction o Read 2 stories. For each story: ▪ Write down the title ▪ Write a 2 sentence summary ▪ Write 2 sentences about what emotions you experienced after reading it. ______________________________________________________ ________________

Wednesday, Dec. 12th, 2018

Today’s Activities

• Reader Theater - You and your group will read and perform the mini-play in front of class in class Friday (12/14). Spend the time today to practice. o The Princess and the God (Julia, Eric, Rowena, Dennis) o Master Maid (June, Alice, Andy, Sandy) o The Magic Brocade (Holly, Beth, Ryan, Ranny, Aaron) • Grading (10pts) - Each person will be graded on: o Clarity of voice (clear and easy to understand) o Projection (loud enough to be heard in the back of the room) o Inflection (voice rises and falls based on context) o Practiced (parts read smoothly without too many pauses) o Props (Your group needs to create at least 2 props for your story)

Homework

• Reader Theater ______________________________________________________ ________________

Monday, Nov. 26th, 2018

Today’s Activities

• Reading: Murder on the Orient Express - Chapter 2

Homework

• Answer the following questions on your computer. I will check on Tuesday o To where must Poirot return? o What was Poirot’s former job in Belgium (how does M. Bouc know Poirot?) o How does Poirot describe Mr. Ratchett? Is it a positive view or a negative view? ______________________________________________________ ________________

Tuesday, Nov. 12th, 2018

Today’s Activities

• Taboo! o TOEFL Vocab Words o Business English Taboo Cards ______________________________________________________ ________________

Wednesday, Nov. 7th, 2018

Today’s Activities

• Pronunciation Guide

Homework

• Study for Vocabulary Quiz (Thursday) o Multiple Choice, Fill-in-the-Blank, Pronouncation ______________________________________________________ ________________

Monday, Nov. 5th, 2018

Today’s Activities

• Reading: o Murder on the Orient Express - Chapter 1: An Important Traveller on the Orient Express • Last Week’s Word Board

Homework

• Chapter 1 Worksheet (Due Wednesday, Nov. 7) o Complete questions and vocabulary organizer o Add 3 more words to define: accommodation, savage, melancholy ______________________________________________________ ________________

Thursday, Nov. 1st

Today’s Activities

• Vocabulary: o Surreptitious, Valise, Pallor, Burnished, Downtrodden, Resplendent • Reading: o Murder on the Orient Express - Chapter 1: An Important Traveller on the Orient Express

Homework

• Complete “sentence in context” and “pg #” for vocabulary • Answer the following questions: o Who is Hercule Poirot and what do you think he did for the General? o What hints are there that Miss Debenham and Colonel Arbuthnot know one another better than first believed? ______________________________________________________ ________________

Tuesday, September 26th

Today’s Activities

• Game: Britannica Online Hole o Access Britannica Online and see how many searches you can do to get to a dead-end in links!

Reminders

• Read! ______________________________________________________ ________________

Monday, 27th August

Back to School!

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Britannica Online

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Converting .Pages to .Doc

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Accelerated Reader

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