Wednesday-- Last day of class

1.   2:30 – 2:55 Typing lessons, newtongue.com, Side-by-side, or whatever you want.

2. Story- put in the missing "i"s
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ixyr8mVmQtmPB289xi_hVbEQyFRSgpiH1KJgVyjRuWk/edit?authkey=CKS87eAG#

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Monday

1. 2:30 – 2:55 Typing lessons, newtongue.com, Side-by-side, or whatever you want.

2. News Quiz. Can you find the answers to these questions on cnn.com?

1. What kind of beer did Obama drink yesterday? 
2. In what state was there a terrible tornado yesterday?
3. How much vacation time do most US citizens get each year? 
4. Does having children make a person happier? 
5. The singer Lady Gaga has a new album and it’s on sale today. How much does it cost?

 3. Microsoft Word--Shapes and Drawing tools

Open a word document. Go to "insert", then to "shapes" and clic "new drawing canvas". Then go to shapes again and try to make a picture of a face with a hat. Then try whatever you want. A tree?  A dog?

Wednesday

1. 2:30 – 2:55 Typing lessons, newtongue.com, Side-by-side, or whatever you want.

2. Music. This is a classic song from the 1970's called "Lovely Day"

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYi7uEvEEmk

Here are some goofy kids in a car pretending to sing the same song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMZPJJntLZQ


Here are the lyrics:

When I wake up in the morning, love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And something without warning, love
Bears heavy on my mind

Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be

A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)

When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
When someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way

Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be

A lovely day
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)
(Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day)


3. You might want to take look at a website called hulu.com. That have lots of great television shows there that you can watch online.  For example, one of my favorite shows is "Taxi". If you search for "taxi" you will get many episodes.

4. Rick Kappra has a good story on his website about same-sex marriage. And you can listen to the story too.
http://rkappra.blogspot.com/

Monday

1.   2:30 – 2:55 Typing lessons, newtongue.com, Side-by-side, or whatever you want.

2. Powerpoint
Make a powerpoint presentation about an animal. There are some good lists of animals here if you're not sure what you want animal you want to do:
http://www.animalsoftheworld.ecsd.net/
(There are also some very cute drawings by children there.)

In your presentation, you can use senetences like these:
It eats ....
It lives in....
It fights with ....
It can ...
It ??????

3. Story Exercise
http://www.rong-chang.com/nse/se/nse030.htm
http://www.rong-chang.com/nse/secloze/nse_cloze030.htm

Wednesday

1.   2:30 – 2:55 Typing lessons, newtongue.com, Side-by-side, or whatever you want.

2. Story with missing letters

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t7BboPx9VvAlR52BYlubl2bRr-VB-dHLpE5ZjC13Muo/edit?authkey=CJyU77MB

3. Music – This is a classic song from the 1970s. Use "Tile windows vertically" to see the lyrics and video at the same time.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3i9z2pDvc&feature=fvsr

Lyrics:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zOULLLUeYi-BnOVLwqMcPn0IYnL8fIJ5wS9BUwclw4E/edit?authkey=CNbfr4YG&hl=en&pli=1#

4. Vocabulary (review, for some of you)

Do you remember your sea creatures?

http://www.newtongue.com/abc/read-sea-creatures.html

Monday

1.   2:30 – 2:55 Typing lessons, newtongue.com, Side-by-side, or whatever you want.

2. Vocabulary--Insects

Do you know these insects?

centipede

caterpillar

slug

firefly

cockroach

butterfly

dragonfly

fly

moth

wasp

worm

mosquito

ant

bee

snail

You can practice here:

http://www.newtongue.com/abc/read-insects.html

http://www.newtongue.com/abc/spell-insects.html

3. Reading-- How do you feel about eating bugs? Here is an article about it. (Some of the vocabulary is very difficult, but I think you can understand the article without understanding all of the words.)

http://www.nyunews.com/news/2011/04/29/29bugs/

4. Conversation and/or Writing

Talk to another student or just write the answers to these questions in a Microsoft word document.

• Have you ever eaten an insect? Was it good?
• Have you ever been stung by a bee? Did it hurt a lot?
• Have you ever been stung by an ant? Did it hurt?
• Have you ever seen a firefly? Where did you see it?
• Have you ever seen a dragonfly? Where did you see it?
• Have you ever caught a butterfly?
• Are you afraid of spiders?
• What insect are you most afraid of?
• What do you think is the cutest kind of insect?
• The author of the article above thinks that more and more people will begin to eat insects. Do you think that's true?

5. Video about eating insects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-7BDZFk12s

6. Keyboard shortcut
Sometimes, using the “start” menu can be difficult. Try this keyboard shortcut. Press control + escape to open the "start" menu. Then use the arrow keys to go to the program you want. For example, try opening the calculator. Go to "start", then "all programs", then "accessories", then "calculator".

7. Video about the praying mantis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF__ODGk8PA
(note: it's very long)

Wednesday

1. Typing lessons, newtongue.com, or whatever you want.

2.  Reading, Conversation.
The following is a list of common sayings. Have you heard any of them? What do you think they mean? Talk to some other students.

1. Birds of a feather flock together.
2. Blood is thicker than water.
3. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
4. Don't bite off more than you can chew.
5. Don't burn your bridges.
6. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
7. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
8. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
9. Every cloud has a silver lining.
10. It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
11. Measure twice, cut once.
12. There is a thin line between love and hate

3.  Microsoft Word
Write one of the above sayings in big letters in a word document. Try different letter styles until you find one you like. Add one or more pictures to decorate your page.


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