Sharing Your Cultural Perspective (due Thursday, March 4)

Answer ONE of the following questions:

1. Binet's test was designed to identify "dull" children. Do you think children should be told that they're bright or dull? Why or why not?

2. Do you know anybody who is very intelligent in some ways but not in others? Explain.

3. Remember what the lecturer said about "street smarts." Do you have a term for this in your language? Give an example of "street smarts" from your culture.

Have an amazing weekend!

I hope you had fun today. I did. I love games!

But the LCC isn't Camp Fun and Games. At the LCC, our goal is to build your language skills! Our philosophy is that if you take a non-English speaker and make him learn 10 words a day, he will become an English speaker!

So please be prepared for next week:
Monday
USA Today article
Holes vocabulary test, 1-6
We will discuss Holes on Monday

Tuesday
Be prepared to discuss the chapter on psychology in RS. You should read it twice before Tuesday and complete the exercises (all of this is on the schedule).

Your MIDTERM reading exam will be on MAIN IDEAS. If you don't complete the chapter on main ideas and PRACTICE this, you will not pass the test. Usually.

Your MIDTERM vocabulary exam will be on USA TODAY (list one) and Holes, chapter 7.

I will give you the vocabulary you will need next week for the MIDTERM listening test.

You must complete all of your blog assignments before midterm. If you don't, you will receive an F (which means "fail," not "fun") on the section of the report card that says "completes assignments."

Vocabulary Practice Quiz (list three, words 1-40)

http://mytest.vocabtest.com/user_test.php?tid=44559

Let me know if this test is too easy!

Sharing Your Cultural Perspective (due Thursday, February 25)

Ruth and the man in her story (the dunce/genius) both gave themselves labels early in life. Though usually negative, labels can also be positive. In either case, they are powerful.

Answer the following questions:

1. What kind of labels have you given yourself in your life, and why? Have they been helpful or harmful in your opinion?

2. What labels have been given to you by others? Did they help you or hurt you?

Website for Prefixes

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/prefixsuffix.html

This site has 5 tests for you to practice.

Steve Jobs article from Fortune Magazine, in case you don't have it

http://cnnmoney.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=Steve+Jobs%27s+legacy+-+Nov.+5%2C+2009&expire=-1&urlID=414166237&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2009%2F11%2F03%2Ftechnology%2Fsteve_jobs_legacy.fortune%2Findex.htm&partnerID=2200

Homework Schedule

For Monday:

1. Read article on Steve Jobs
Reading quiz on the article (with the article)
2. Take on-line quiz on Type A
You will present results in small groups on Monday

For Tuesday:

1. Prefix/suffix/roots test
2. Read Holes, ch. 1-6, and learn vocabulary (test on this list on Friday)
3. RS, main ideas, pp. 84-90

For Wednesday:

1. Vocabulary test, list 3, part one (first 40 words)
2. RS, main ideas, pp. 91-100

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