WI567 Class 24

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 5, link to PLOs

·      Vocabulary activities pp7-8

·      Test3- definition paragraph

 

Monday

·      Continue complex sentences- noun clauses

Choose vocab for quiz Tuesday

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Tuesday

·      Quiz4- noun clauses

 

Wednesday

·      Midterm recommendations one-on-one meetings

 

Thursday

·      Midterm recommendations one-on-one meetings

 

Friday

Not settled- SHEC sing-along – Christmas carols

Period 2, Room 202- Everybody is welcome. Dan, Joy, and I will playing guitar, mandolin, and ukulele. People can sing if they want to.

We will have lyric sheets to sing from.

 

Coming up!

·      Phrasal verbs

·      Modals/Modal Auxiliairies

·      NEW IDEA-Begin grabbers, hooks

·      couple more types of paragraphs

·      essays

 

Reading- the importance of reading

 

common – consume information through video

 

incontrovertible proof- comprehension increases greatly throught reading, paper book, not on a screen- phone, laptop, ebook e.g.Kindle,Kobo, tablet

comprehend(v)- understand

comprehension(n)- understanding

 

drool(v) We don’t want to be drooling when we are old. Read books!

 

What can we read?

We want reading to be enjoyable, not painful.

-         magazines- cooking, science, sports, music, knitting, etc

-         novels- mystery, science fiction, crime, horror, romance, etc.

-         children’s books- What level?

Young Adult – teeanger books

higher level- Harry Potter books

-science,nature books for kids

 

We are constantly distracted by our devices. Our attention spans are shot.

-distractions from deep work, focossing

-get a little shot a dopamine- feel good hormone

-external vailidation, attention

 

Solutions:

1.    Put your phone away at some times during the day.

2.    Read some everyday- paper book.

3.    Drink lots of water.

 

cognitive ability- brain power, ability to think critically

 

insomnia- trouble getting to sleep

 

Apps are created to be addictive. Your eyes make other people money.

Advertisement demands your attention.

Your attention and your mind is precious. Don’t give it away.

 

-self-esteem linked to approval on social media- especially for girls

 

-brutal, dangerous- huge increase in psycholical problems- depression, anxiety, self-harm

 

 

 

 

 

Test2

Write a definition paragraph (150+ww) on one of the following topics:

A traditional food from your country

A bicycle