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Listen to this Radio Program about Privacy on Facebook

Listen to the program carefully and be prepared to share your ideas about it in class.

List of Videos for Midterm ( I )

Walt Disney Cartoon
Influenza Virus
Teen Job Interview
Ireland 
Global Warming
Colombia is Passion
Video Conferencing
Right Brain Education for Accelerated Early Learning
Tackling the Environmental Issue.
Randy Pausch on Oprah Show.
Ancient Astronauts Documentary.
Gore: On Coal and a New Power Grid.
Tennis Player Prepare for the Final Grand Slam.
Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Original Randy Pausch Last Lecture.
Swine Flu Press Conference Los Angeles.
Physical Education.
Colombian History.
Body Worlds Exposition
Body Worlds Exposition 2
Cartagena City Tour
Environmental Problems

List of Videos for Midterm ( II )

10 Mind & Brain Mysteries, Psychology Mind Control Report

Here's an exercise for all my students. It's a 10 min. educational video. Watch it and answer the questions below.



1. WHAT'S THE TOPIC?
2. WHAT DO ALL 10 MYSTERIES HAVE IN COMMON?
3. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF FUNCTION VS. ESTRUCTURE DIFFERENT THAN THE GIVEN ONE.
4. WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS? GIVE AN EXAMPLE DIFFERENT THAN THE GIVEN ONE.
5. MENTION 3 PARTS OF THE BRAIN AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.
6. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF A LACK OF SLEEP?
7. HOW COME THE TIME IS PERCEIVED IN A DIFFERENT WAY DEPENDING OF THE KIND OF ACTIVITY?
8. WHAT'S YOUR PERSONAL DEFINITION OF INTELLIGENCE?
9. WHAT'S #1 BRAIN MYSTERY?

Crosscultural Communication

Read this text about Colombia and answer the following questions:

1. Is there any surprising information to you about Colombian culture, customs and ettiquete? Provide an example.

2. Is there any fact you don't agree with? Why?


Now, read this text about Cambodia and answer the next question:

3. Compare culture, customs and ettiquete of Colombia and Cambodia. What are the main differences? What are the similarities?

Personal Opinion:

4. What do you think about Crosscultural Communication?

CROSSING CULTURES 0.02

Read the article of Laura Laubeová (2000) titled 'Melting Pot vs. Ethnic Stew' and write a summary of 12 lines including the main ideas.

CROSSING CULTURES 0.01

QUESTIONS

1. Who organized the parade?

2. What's the parade about?

3. Select and comment the interview of one of the spectators.

4. Name three countries participating in the parade.

5. How is the parade related to New York's 'spirit'?

6. Do you think this kind of events are important? Why?

A LETTER TO A COMMUNITY LEADER

Write a letter to a community leader about a topic in this unit that you feel strongly about. Use this questions to help you.

1. What is your opinion about the topic or issue?

2. What are two or three reasons that support your opinion?

3. What do you think should be done?

A PERSONAL STATEMENT FOR AN APPLICATION

Imagine you are applying to a school or a job that requires a personal statement. Use these questions to organize your ideas.

1. What has your greatest accomplishment been? Has it changed you in anyway? How?

2. What are some interesting or unusual facts about yourself that make you a good choice for the job or school?

3. What is something you hope to have achieved in the future? When, why, and how will you reach this goal? Will achieving it change you? Why or why not?

OBAMA´S INTERVIEW

Imagine you had 10 minutes to interview the president of the United States in the White House. What would you ask him? Prepare 5 questions to him, be clever.

Once you are sure about the topics of the inteview, study about one of the issues and rebuild the question this way:

The situation is...

Statistics say that...

Then, finish with your question.

Chapter 2 ( East 43rd Street)

1. What does handwriting say about a person?

2. What do you think a marriage agreement is?

3. What are some of the Angela´s most expensive belongings?

4. Describe Robert Lake´s appereance and lifestyle in a few lines.

5. What was really surprising for the investigator about Angela´s story?

6. What happened to Angela´s jewelery?

7. What does Angela exactly want the investigator to do for her?

8. How much did the investigator receive for his services?

9. Why did Nancy say to her boss about Angela? Why?



Personal research:

Look for an eccentric millionaire over the internet and report about his o her lifestyle. Don´t forget to include the source the information was taken from.

Check this this page.

First Chapter Questionaire (East 43rd Street)

1. What kind of people were in the bar the evening the story begins?


2. Why was the Chrysler building an important icon for the Investigator?


3. Why does Mr. Marly assume the woman in the bar was an "expensive
   woman"?


4. What kind of legs do you think are normally seen in McFadden´s?


5. Describe the appearence of Nathan.


6. What was the weather like outside the bar?


7. Why did the investigator follow the woman, what did she do?


8. Where did Mr. Marly live, where did he work?


9. Who was Mrs. Delgado?


10. What´s the favorite drink of Nathan?


11. Describe Nathan´s office.


12. What was Nathan´s background?

What are some basic facts about Manhattan? Read about it here

EXERCISE ON THIRD PERSON USE.

Finish this exercise on-line and have a nice week.

EXERCISE ON THIRD PERSON USE.

SETTING

How about the setting (place, environment) for this story... Where is this story going to take place... in a big city or a small town? or...

Describe time (past, present, future) and space.

CHARACTERS

Hi.

We´re going to describe two characters for a short story. One is an investigator and other is a rich woman.

Describe their appearance and personality.

More about choosing a career

Watch the video and write down five recommendations Jack Canfield gives about how to choose a career.

Use the ¨Comments link¨ below for your responses.

Career Profile

Have you decided about your future? Take this test and discover something new about you.

Browse through over 700 job profiles by choosing a category or find a specific job profileusing the search facility below.

http://careersadvice.direct.gov.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/



Questions

1. What are some other careers related to the field of your interest?

2. What of the desired skills for this occupation do you have?

3. What do you think about the salary range for this occupation?

4. What are the working conditions?

5. What´s the most interesting thing about this profession?

6. Are there things you dislike about this career?

NOTE: PLEASE, POST THE ANSWERS BEFORE 9:30 AM TODAY AND BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWERS.

INTERESTING JOB (LEVEL 10)

Describing a Process (Level 10)

This week we are going to describe a process step by step trying to use the passive voice. Check page 94 for an example.

Hey, Vanessa, Tatiana, Ana and Mateo... let´s talk about your future (

Guess, you all have a lot of plans. You know you´re the best. I´m curious... tell me some of your plans for the next year.

Checking this video before, would help a great deal.

Click in ¨Comments¨. Write a couple of lines about that.

Welcome UCO teachers

Say or Tell

Say and tell have similar meanings. They both mean to communicate verbally with someone. But we often use them differently.

The simple way to think of say and tell is:

• You say something
• You tell someone something

Learn more about it here.

PREDICAMENT (Level 10)

A predicament is a problem without a clear solution. Think of a past predicament you experienced and write a paragraph or two about it.

Just click "comments" below this message.

"WILD WIND" -- (PLOT) -- Level 10

She's outside at the widow. Many things invade her mind. This is only the beginning... Write your story.