READING III IS OVER

I want to thank my excellent students. Everyone passed the final exam and I received some great final papers. In the end, I think everyone made a lot of progress. Final grades are posted on line.

Happy Holidays to everyone. FYI the gift card was used to buy a gift for 10 year old girl who really needed it this year. 

I am teaching Grammar II next semester (not Reading I) on Monday and Wednesdays at 6 pm.

Above: gift grizzly attacking Bambi.

12/10/08

Whole Class read 

CR3 page 159

And answered the following questions:

How many kids were engaged in outdoor activities?

90% of obese children did not....

What is the significant message?

Was anything surprising to you?

Whole class read p160 and looked for funny/strange vocabulary and tried to identify what information was brand new. 

Short discussion of Chapter 29

Homework: Read last two chapters of La Línea. 

Be prepared to turn in Final project and Journals

12/8/08

Whole class Read pages 147 through 149 of CR3.

Afterwards students took a practice quiz on the following questions;

1. Name one fatal disease linked to Osesity.

2. What is happening in the developing world?

3. Your opinion: What is our government's role? What can the government really do to help with the problem.

All students offered a suggestion for question number 3.

Discussion of Final Projects

Demonstration of simplified Works Cited rules.

Whole class found most important events in Chapter 27 and together wrote a paragraph.

Individually students wrote a paragraph about the most important events of Chapter 28. 

Homework:

Read Chapter 29 of La Linea

Write your last Journal entry. 

12/3/08

The class met at Cañada's library

Homework:

Read La Línea Chapters 26 and 27 

Write in  your Journal

Class for 12/3/08 will be at the library (third floor of the new building). 

At 6 pm we will be meeting with: Librarian Margie Whitnah.

She will demonstrate some great research tips and strategies and then there will be time to do some research on your own. 

See you there!

12/1/08

Final Project

Link to Redwood City Data

Link to Census Data

Review and adaption of Syllabus. Final Project is now due on Dec 15th (instead of Dec 8th). 

Final Exam will include:

2 questions about race and ethnicity

2 questions about stress

2 questions about obesity

and will cover several techniques and strategies regarding "attacking" a text

The final exam will also include a timed reading of a brand new text. Students will use strategies and answering questions about new content.

Quiz on CR3 p 146

Self quiz on p 147. 

Discussion of the importance of identifying acronyms (or repeating vocabulary) and understanding their definitions. 

Class split in two Groups to discuss La Línea

Group A identified the two main events in Chapter 24 and 2 very important vocabulary words. 

Group B same for Chapter 25

Each group shared with the whole class

Homework:

Chapter 26 of La Línea (write in your Journal)