The Assassination of JFK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6267MkTIQBk 

End of Quarter Schedule

 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
11/4	Notes Discussion	Lab – Stress; Quiz - Tobacco	Book: Stress	Book: Stress
11/11	VETERAN'S DAY HOLIDAY	Lab / Quiz	Book: Pheremones	Lecture – Tom, BE 4130
11/18	Quiz / Tom’s Lecture; Book	**NO LAB** Book	Book:  Green Tea	Presentations
11/24	Green Tea / Quiz	Get your grades	REGISTRATION 1 – 3, AM; GRADUATION PM	Happy Thanksgiving

Homework for November 12

IF YOU WANT EXTRA CREDIT TO IMPROVE YOUR "NOTES" GRADE:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/


Watch one 45 - 55 minute story this week.  Take notes and write 3 discussion questions.

You may NOT submit notes from the following videos:

• Retirement Gamble
• Real Life CSI
• Assisted Living
• Nigthmare Bacteria
• Michelle Rhee
• Obama Presidency

 

       

 
 

Lab, November 5

STRESS

 

Take notes, focusing on MAIN IDEAS, on the following videos.  At the end of today’s listening activity, you should be able to:

• Define stress
• Name some of the symptoms of stress
• Tell the difference between good and bad stress
• Talk about how you can manage or take care of yourself when you feel stress

Tomorrow, in class, you will be assigned ONE of these to lead a discussion on.

 

Loading...Top 10 Stress Busters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgeOaygSgIY

adaptation syndrome      flight or fight response      adrenalin      hormone (serotonin)

How to Overcome Anxiety : What is Stress?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0Cx-HBK764&feature=related

flight or fight mechanism      saber-tooth tiger

How to Overcome Anxiety : What Is Bad Stress?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIkUVezb9LU&feature=related

pupils       dilate      sweat

How to Overcome Anxiety : How to Manage Stress

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crx5Vug3OlQ&feature=related

How to Eliminate Stress

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/147267_eliminate-stress.htm

trigger for the stress

 

Homework for November 4

Watch any video from 2013.  You must watch one 45 - 55 minute story this week.  Take notes and write 3 discussion questions for Monday's class. 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/

Lab, October 28

http://www.history.com/video.do?name=halloween

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-VRAemIvbI  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vev-LVFGQjQ 

 Go to Youtube and search American Hauntings + one of the video titles below.  These are short real-life ghost stories.  Choose ONE of the following stories and take notes.  You will explain your story to your classmates tomorrow, using your notes. 

The Ghosts of Slater Mill, The Bonanza Hotel,    the residence for the ghosts of a nun, a cowboy, and two small children.
Fargo ,  The Fairweather , The White House or The Hanging of George Ives
urant...by the morgue.

 

Homework for Monday, October 28

On Monday, we'll have a quiz on the American Revolution lecture (Thursday, October 24, BE 4130).

After the quiz on Monday, you will discuss your notes on Superheroes. 

• Choose ONE of the videos below and take notes as usual.  Write three discussion questions related to the videos and superheroes.  The other people in your group may have watched the same video or a different one so make the questions general enough for anyone to talk about but clearly related to something you learned or thought about  because of the video.

http://video.pbs.org/program/superheroes-neverending-story/  

Lab Activity October 22

http://science.discovery.com/video/how-its-made.html 

Today you're going to practice listening for specific details.  Listen and pause as many times as you want.

1. Watch two short How It's Made videos:  Crayons  &  Violin
2. When you're satistified with your notes, come and get the answer sheet from me.
3. Answer the questions WITHOUT looking at the video again.
4. Repeat the process with Aluminum Foil &  Globe

Homework for Monday, October 21

Watch the TWO videos for your group.  Take notes and prepare 5 discussion questions.  You will be graded on both your notes AND your discussion. 

*The Crash Course videos have Closed Captions.  To  help your listening and note-taking, listen once with the captions OFF and take notes.  If you want, you may listen again with the captions on.  Just remember, this is to help you improve your skills, not give me work to do checking your notes!

 

Group 1:  Vivienne, Mayo, Mimi, Chris, Yoonhee, Lexi

George Washington
http://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-9524786

Taxes & Smuggling:  Prelude to Revolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eytc9ZaNWyc

 

Group 2:  Bruce, William, Ann, Vy Nguyen, Long, Nan, Jerry

Thomas Jefferson
http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-jefferson-9353715

Tea, Taxes and the American Revolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlUiSBXQHCw

Group 3:  Nadia, Dorian, Dom, Sai, Vy Vo, Alice, Judy

Benjamin Franklin
http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-franklin-9301234

Who Won the American Revolution?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EiSymRrKI4

Homework for Monday, October 14

Watch any FULL EPISODE of the "Dog Whisperer" on Youtube.  These are all about 45 minutes long.  Take notes and bring them to class.  Put the title of your episode on your paper as we will try to divide into groups who watched different episodes. 

Lab Activity, October 8

Take notes on these two videos.  After 30 minutes, you will meet with a group and use your notes to complete a worksheet.      

1.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMhdt4_luLI 

2.       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGytoCC23B4

Bootlegging in Tribal Pakistan

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2010/04/12/world/asia/1247467517317/bootlegging-in-tribal-pakistan.html

Homework for Monday, October 7

Depression:  Cause and Effect

Take notes on this video.  You will be graded on your notes and on the quiz on Monday.
We will have a lecture by Dr. Brian Smith on this topic on Thursday, October 10.  The more vocabulary you learn now, the better you will do then.

** on Thursday we will join the other 4:00 LCD class in BE 4130**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHv-uV8mkMU


Numbers Practice
Try this until you get them all!
http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/numbers.html

 

Lab Activity October 1

Watch the video and take notes for 35 minutes.  At the end of 35 minutes, you will meet with a group and use all of your notes to complete a worksheet about the video.  Get as much information as you can!!!



http://www.nytimes.com/video/2009/09/08/us/politics/1247464458756/president-addresses-america-s-students.html

Classwork September 25

Numbers Practice

1.  http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/travel-sights-prices-1.htm     Basic Listening Quizzes:  Medium; Travel & Numbers
2.  http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/09/23/world/africa/100000002459807/timeline-of-the-kenya-mall-shooting.html Timeline of the Kenya Mall Attack 

Homework for Tuesday, September 24

Listen and take notes following the directions on your paper. 

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXNfVs1pPQc  
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-jvsCkR1U

 

Homework for Monday, September 30

WELCOME TO FALL QUARTER LECTURE COMPREHENSION & DISCUSSION!

We'll use this blog for links to homework websites and lab activities.  *If you find stories on-line that you really like, let me know and we might be able to use them in class. 


For Monday's Note-taking and Discussion assignment, go to http://www.nytimes.com/video 
In the upper right corner, you will find the SEARCH.  Watch the following three videos and take notes.  Try to write down the main ideas and major details in an organized way.  

1. Freeing Willy (11:42)
2. The Science of Drug Addiction  (4:08)
3. Urban But Left Behind  (4:56)