Computer Lab: October 26, 2011

Prepare your presentation for Friday!

1. Timeline: Click on the link below and look at the list of people. Pick one person who interests you. Listen to their story and read along.

Amazing People

After you listen to the story, make a timeline of the important events in their life. You should have at least 8 events in your timeline.

When you finish your timeline, you can start part 2, Writing.


2. Writing: Next week, you are going to give a presentation on the life and goals of this person. Open Microsoft Word and write a summary of the person's life. Answer these questions:

Paragraph 1:
1. Who is this person?
2. What did he/she do?
3. Where did he/she live? When was the person alive?
4. Why is this person important?

* Now, you will present the timeline you made of the person's life

Paragraph 2:
1. What was the person's goal? Why did this person want to achieve this goal?
2. What obstacles did the person have?
3. What were the person's strengths?
4. What people helped this person achieve the goal?
5. What resources did the person use to achieve the goal?
6. What was the person's strategy to achieve this goal?

Paragraph 3:
1. Did the person achieve their goal? How do we know?
2. Why is this person important to you?
3. What do you think of this person?

When you finish, save the document on the desktop. Save the document as the famous person's name (for example, Martin Luther King). Then, e-mail it to cnajvs@gmail.com

3. Note Cards: When you finish, you can write your presentation on note cards. You have three note cards: One note card for paragraph 1, one note card for paragraph 2 and one note card for paragraph 3.

When you finish, you should practice your presentation. Check your grammar and pronunciation. Do you know how to say all the words?

Computer Lab: October 19, 2011

1. Pronunciation: Open Voice Recorder. Record yourself reading the exercise from class. Pay close attention to the past tense endings. When you finish, listen to your recording. Check your pronunciation.

2. Listening: Click on the link below and look at the list of people. Pick one person who interests you. Listen to their story and read along.

Amazing People

After you listen to the story, make a timeline of the important events in their life. You should have at least 8 events in your timeline.


3. Writing: Next week, you are going to give a presentation on the life of this person. Open Microsoft Word and begin to write a summary of the person's life. Answer these questions:

Paragraph 1:
1. Who is this person?
2. What did he/she do?
3. Where did he/she live? When was the person alive?
4. Why is this person important?

Paragraph 2:
1. When was the person born? Where?
2. Where did the person grow up? What was the person's family like?
3. Did the person go to school? Where?
4. Did the person get married? When? To who?
5. Did the person have children? How many?
6. Were there any other important events in the person's life?

Paragraph 3:
1. What was the person's goal? Why did this person want to achieve this goal?
2. What obstacles did the person have?
3. What were the person's strengths?
4. What people helped this person achieve the goal?
5. What resources did the person use to achieve the goal?
6. What was the person's strategy to achieve this goal?

Paragraph 4:
1. Did the person achieve their goal? How do we know?
2. Why is this person important to you?
3. What do you think of this person?

Computer Lab: October 12, 2011

1. Pronunciation: Click on the link below, then click 'start'. Listen to the way both words are pronounced. Then take the quiz. Click on the arrow to listen to the next set of words.

ball/bowl

Ordinal Numbers

2. Listening: Click on the link below. Listen to the conversation, then answer the questions. Record you score when you are done.
Schedules

3. Grammar Practice: Click on the links below. Then do the activities. When you finish, record your score on a piece of paper. You can do the activity many times until you get a score you are happy with.
Capitalization

Questions and Answers

Verbs and Pronouns Review

Computer Lab: Oct. 5

Welcome to the Computer Lab!

1. Listening Practice:
Listen to the phone conversation. Then do the practice activities. When you finish, raise your hand and show the teacher.

Could I leave a message?


2. Computer Vocabulary:
Complete the sentences with the correct word. When you are finished, record your score on your paper.

Using Computers


3. Grammar Practice:
Do the grammar practice quizzes below. You can take the quizzes as many times as you want. Record your best scores on a piece of paper to give to the teacher.

A kind of...

Definitions

Prepositions