Class on 2/5/14

Warm Up: Students wrote 8 sentences on 4 topics. They practiced their responses with a partner.

The instructor demonstrated how to give a very brief presentation. Rules included:

• Stand up.
• Scan the room.
• Make eye contact with one person (in the center of the room).
• Talk to that one person only.
• Say the following:
• "Good Evening. My name is _________. (insert one sentence from practice). Thank you."
• Sit down. 

Each student gave their short presentation. The instructor gave some general and specific critiques.

In pairs students researched current news stories on CNN.com or NPR.org.
The students answered the following:  Who? What? Where, and When. Single word answers were satisfactory. Each pair read their title allowed. Some pairs volunteered to read their other answers.

Students took a practice quiz on the following:

1. is       was
2. came  come
3. stand  stood
4. eat      ate
5. go      went
6. have   had
7. make  made
8. visit    visited
9. walk   walked
10. drive   drove
11. English
12. daughter
13. sandwich
14. lunch
15. Cañada College

Homework: Study the list above for a Quiz on Monday. Also read page 2 and 3 of Ventures Transitions. Listen to track 2 of the CD. On paper (Do Not Email) answer the following:

What 2 Hard skills do you have? Be specific.

What 2 Soft skills do you have? Be specific.