Listening practice: Deep ocean life and mountain ranges

Hello jellyfish. Here's a TED Talk how volcano vents help create ocean life: David Gallo: Life in the deep oceans.

Here are some words to know before you watch:

• A vent is an an opening through which air, steam, smoke, liquid, etc., can go into or out of something.
• A ridge a long area of land that is on top of a mountain or hill. In this talk, the ridges are in the ocean.
• And bacteria are groups of very small living things.

And, of  course, here are some comprehension questions. Feel free to post your answers in the comments below. Try to write short answers.

1. Are the longest mountain ranges on land or in the ocean? [detail]
2. Do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur on land or in the ocean? [detail]
3. The speaker says that these deep ocean areas are "A world within a world." Why does he say that? [author's purpose]
4. How are these scientists making maps of the ocean mountain ranges? [detail]
5. Using the maps, what do the scientists drive underwater? [detail]
6. What is the pressure at these deep ocean sites? (X pounds per square inch) [detail]
7. The sun light does not reach this deep into the ocean. So from where does life there get its energy? [detail]
8. How many new species has this project discovered? [detail]
9. What is the main idea of the presentation? [main idea]
10. Do you think the scientists fear being in the water? [inference]

Extensive Reading & Listening on Climate, Earth, and More

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Student-created study guide: Reading Explorer 2

For now, only units 5 and 6 are available.
Click here for the study guide.

Autonomous project (you decide and create)

The rules:
1. Create a product in English
2. Use all English
3. Post it to your blog
4. Present it to class

Monday: Have a quick meeting with Mr. Oberlin

Thursday: Present to class

Present a character from The Gifts of Wali Dad

1. Re-read or listen (mp4) to the story we listened to last week: The Gifts of Wali Dad.
2. Choose one character (person) from the story.
3. Organize your ideas about that character. For example, think about who the character is, his or her personality, what happens to him, what is important in his life, what happens to him in the end of the story, etc.
4. From your ideas, record a one-minute speech about the character and post it to your blog.

You can use this web site Vocaroo to record your speech: Or, you can record it on YouTube or any other technology you'd like. Your choice.

Listening practice for SE2: Comparing cultures

Felipe talks about how life seems different in Colombia and Ecuador. Click here. A vocabulary and comprehension quiz is on the right side of that web site.

Three Gorges Dam mp3

If you're having troubles listening to the file, try this link. It is not the complete file, but try your best. It's the best we have!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1IoFx3peHD1WFVqaEN4U09LQW8/view?usp=sharing

Games: A balance of risk and reward

Risk     خطر or  مخاطرة

Create a game summary and post to blog. Your choice:

• Descriptive essay (3,5,5,3).
• Slideshow (6 slides: Intro, rules, winner, strategy, risk, conclusion; each slide with pictures).
• Speech recorded on video with real game examples.

Questions you must answer in your project:

• What are the most important rules to play the game?
• How do you know who wins?
• What is an important strategy?  ( تخطيط  or التدبير )

Copying another student or from the internet (including reading from the internet) equals zero, nothing, sifr, walashay)

Bookstore Visit

Next small project (Fahhad’s b-day present):

1. Visit a bookstore or library and find a book in English you might like.

2. Take a selfie with it.

3. Post it to blog (or WhatsApp) for evidence.

4. And post / write a paragraph (7 sentences) about the book.

Due March 14th (Saturday)

Football Day

Students created original chapters to a football manual. See student blogs on the right side.

Football manual

1. Type your group ideas
2. Organized in a paragraph, list, or slideshow
3. Should be at least one page (slideshow would be many pages)
4. Choose one picture to add

5. Put all content on your blog (each student will post on his blog)

NOTHING COPIED FROM INTERNET!

Students are responsible for the following chapters of our football manual:

• Basic explanation (teams, ball, goal, field) Ali J, Sattam, Fahhad, Fawaz

• Players (types [attacker], positions) Hussain, Zeyad, Bader

• Rules (hands, hits, ball out) Salman, Ahmed, Salem

• Fouls system (yellow, red, referee) Abdulla, Ali A.

• Gear (uniform, shoes, shin guards, water) Abdul-Aziz, The Magician, Mohammed

• Medical advice (pulled muscle, ice, spray, hydration) Yahya, Omar

Information about Exam Two

For the Communications exam, the student should be familiar with the skills:

• vocabulary in context
• main idea
• detailed information
• pronoun reference
• classification

The vocabulary in the exam comes only from Reading Explorer 2, Units 1-4.

But the themes (topics) of the exam include:

• Reading Explorer 2, Units 1-4
• Pathways 2, Units 1-4

Directions to share your slideshow presentations to your blog

A. Did use Google Drive?     No? Go to B.1.

1. Go to your presentation in Google Drive
2. Click Share
3. Click Get Sharable Link
4. Copy the URL address (link)
5. Go to a new post on your blog
6. Add the link with the "Link" button
7. Write a title of your presentation

You can also add a picture of your presentation.

B. Did you use PowerPoint?

1. Go to drive.google.com
2. Click New > Upload
3. Upload your PowerPoint presentation
4. Go up to A.1

Slideshow on Health

Make a slideshow presentation about health. Follow the directions below. Then upload it to your blog.

• Use Pathways Unit 1 topics and vocabulary
• Make three parts: diet, exercise, and traditional medicine or therapy
• Make six slides (pages) (two slides for each part)
• Use at least two vocabulary words from Pathways Unit 1 on each slide
• Use adverbs of frequency of each part (for example: often, seldom, and three times week)

When done, download your slideshow as a PDF or pictures. Then upload it to your blog.

Skills practiced:

• Pathways Unit 1 vocabulary
• Pathways Unit 1 topics
• Technology: slideshow presentations

Unit 1 Vocabulary

• Healthy:  not sick
• Habits:  things do often / usually 
• Likely:  probably, 80-90% sure
• Disease:  illness for people, animals, and plants
• Stress:  worrying about s.th
• Stress-free:   not worrying
• Strong:  in good health, with good muscles
• Exercise:  
• Cause:  make s.th happen (reason) (opp: effect)
• Diet:  1) special type of eating habit     2) all the food eaten by a person or culture
• Pressure:  force divided by area; push; stress

Photo shoot

With your phone or camera, take a picture of anything interesting (or not interesting) on campus. Upload the photo to a new post on your blog. Write a five-sentence paragraph describing the photo.

Remember to follow the standard paragraph structure: topic sentence, supporting sentences and examples, and a conclusion sentence.

How to upload from your phone? Two choices:

1. Download the Blogger app to your phone and upload a photo directly from your phone.
   
2. Or, email the photo from your phone to your email. Go to a computer and download the photo from your email. Go to Blogger, start a new post, and upload the photo.

Class blog roll

Copy and paste your blog's URL into the comments section along with your name.