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