Homework for March 9

This is the SAME as last week's.  Many of you didn't follow the directions.  Try again, doing 5 different stories.  Follow the directions carefully!

Randall's ESL Listening Lab http://www.esl-lab.com/

Choose 5 Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes and do all the exercises. Write the following information for each one. Do at least TWO Difficult quizzes!

1. Title
2. First quiz score
3. What was difficult about this lecture? What was not difficult?
4. Write and answer ONE Post Listening Exercise question.

Lab Activity February 28

http://www.sonnyradio.com/lastlecture.html   

Take notes for 30 minutes and get ready for a quiz!

Homework for March 2

Randall's ESL Listening Lab   http://www.esl-lab.com/ 

Choose 5 Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes and do all the exercises.  Write the following information for each one.  Do at least TWO Difficult quizzes!

1. Title
2. First quiz score
3. What was difficult about this lecture?  What was not difficult?
4. Write and answer ONE Post Listening Exercise question. 

Lab Activities February 21

1. Is A Woman Into You?    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGQ12Jq4VAQ&feature=PlayList&p=9CC2AB31ADFE61F9&playnext=1&index=2

2. How To Tell If A Man Is Attracted To You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GIMEFfX2g&feature=related

3. Science of Sex Appeal: Sex vs Love http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/35987-science-of-sex-appeal-sex-vs-love-video.htm

4. Science of Sex Appeal: Biological http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/35974-science-of-sex-appeal-biological-sex-appeal-video.htm

5. Science of Sex Appeal: Mating for Life http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/35986-science-of-sex-appeal-mating-for-life-video.htm

6. Science of Sex Appeal: Love for Life http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/35992-science-of-sex-appeal-love-for-life-video.htm

Homework for Friday, February 24

Watch a FULL EPISODE of Nova in the category of Body and Brain.   

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/search/results/page/1/include-all/N?q=&x=0&y=0&facet[0]=dc.subject%3A%22Body+%26+Brain%22&facet[]=dc.type%3A%22Full+Episodes%22

Reading for Brian's Lecture

How many credits do I need to graduate?  What's the difference between an AA and an AS?  Whcih schools can I transfer to?

Go to the SCCC Student Handbook and find out!  Read about degree programs, graduation, and transferring to a 4-year school.  Check out pages 16 and 17 and page 22. 

http://seattlecentral.edu/stu-lead/StudentHandbook.pdf 

Extra Credit - SCCC Survey

 http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IEP2012 

Earn 10 points in the Notetaking part of your grade by completing this survey!  Fill it out and tell me one question that you answered to get your credit. 

Lab Activity, February 14

Listen to all FIVE videos and take notes.  You will have a short quiz at the end of the class.  Helpful vocabulary words are on your handout.

1. History of Valentine's Day
2. History of Chocolate
3. Science of Love
4. Science of Love - Heartbreak
5. Science of Love - Kissing

http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day 

Homework for February 17

Take notes AND write 5 questions for your classmates. 

How Does Your Memory Work

Part 1:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxVb6M8UPTQ

Part 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGXbY3fUOlg&feature=related 

Part 3:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBfKbOEWR6I&feature=related

Short and Long Term Memory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TausqSK9p9k&feature=related

Lab Activity February 7

GLOBALIZATION 

Globalization        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp4znWHvsjU

Globalization’s Effects on Global Poor  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVShrk7Qj_s&feature=fvw

Obama on Globalization  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7owMXrLu2d8&feature=related

Homework for February 10

http://video.nytimes.com/ Take notes on three different stories from the New York Times website.

Go the NY Times video website. You should type the titles in the SEARCH box in the upper right. You must type the EXACT titles.

1. The President Addresses America’s Students
2. The Education of Harunur Rashid
3. YOUR choice. Watch one more video on this website.

Class Activity February 3

http://www.esl-lab.com/  NUMBERS!  

Number Practice  http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/PROF/EPRITCHARD/NUMBERS.HTML 

Lab Activity, January 31

How Brands Effect Our Social Status    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaMhIZyL9NE

Marriage as a Status Symbol      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aSj5tO-qHU

Anti-Consumerism:  A Freegan Story  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5q_FAxDuWs&feature=related

Homework for February 3

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/   
Go to the above website and choose ONE video that is about 50 minutes long.  You may scroll down on the left and choose a topic, or go to the Topic pulldown menu and choose. 

•  Take notes as usual.
• Write 3 discussion questions for your group.  The questions should be general questions about the topic, NOT comprehension questions.  (Remember they didn't watch the video!)  Ask group members what they think about different aspects of the story.   

Cornell Method

Cornell Notetaking Video:  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_nt.html  

Homework for Friday, January 27

Go to the National Geographic website and choose one Full Episode (see bar on the left) of one of the following shows:  Naked Science, Taboo, and Ultimate Factories.  CHOOSE ONE VIDEO -  a topic you are interested in.  They are all about 45 minutes long. Take notes for Friday, January 27.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/national-geographic-channel/      

Snow Day, Number 2!

I'm sure we'll have classes tomorrow, so bring your notes on the brain AND bring your books.  We need to catch up so we'll do both tomorrow.  I hope you enjoyed yesterday's snow and are staying warm.  Have a good day!

Lab Activity for January 17

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7395214n&tag=pop;videos

New words:  autism / autistic    prodigy    recite    ace (verb)    diagnosis    trait    in sequence 

Expressions:  "What did other students make of you?"   light years ahead    math phobia

Homework for January 20

Brain Rules

Take notes on your assigned videos.  *Write a one sentence summary for each one. 

http://brainrules.net/brain-rules-video

EVERYONE should watch the Introduction. 

Rules 1, 2, 3, 4: Haili, Vic, Steven, Chaeri, Esther
Rules 5, 6, 7, 8:  Serge, Shinhye, Sowon, Lili, Kristen
Rules 9, 10, 11, 12:  Tomo, Anastasia, Kitty, Janet, Vivian

Listening homework for Tuesday, January 10

12 Things I Wish My Students Knew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXNfVs1pPQc&feature=related

Note-Taking Tips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-jvsCkR1U&feature=related

Homework for Friday, January 13

http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086/videos

http://www.5min.com/Video/Biography-of-Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-119809154

http://www.5min.com/Video/The-Life-and-Death-of-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-516931635

http://www.5min.com/Video/The-Assassination-of-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-120053253

http://www.5min.com/Video/The-History-of-the-Civil-Rights-Movement-516950482 

Monday is Martin Luther King Day.  Why does the US celebrate this?  Find out by listening to all of the above short videos and taking notes.  Bring your notes to class on Friday.  You will use the notes to create an outline of the important facts of his life and of the Civil Rights movement in general.  You will then turn the notes in to me.  Remember to use standard sized paper!

WORDS/EXPRESSIONS TO KNOW

Baptist     preacher   Jim Crow     segregation     integration     boycott    
Civil Rights     Rosa Parks      

WELCOME TO LECTURE COMPREHENSION!

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