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CALL Lesson for Wednesday, November 21

CALL Lesson for Wednesday, November 21

Today, we will complete three tasks: Studying vocabulary, Working on your country research project, and Completing a Midterm Course Evaluation.  Please see the detailed instructions below.

VOCABULARY
Step One: Lex Tutor
Let's do a review of your vocabulary words using the website, Lexical Tutor
Go to the site, and enter the vocabulary words you want to review in the box in the upper-left corner.  Then, click the circle after the word "quiz"; after that, click "build".  You will see a fill-in-the blank style quiz with the words you entered.  Complete your quiz and show me when you've finished.

Step Two: Leave a comment on the blog (optional)
As I mentioned, I'll give a presentation about our vocabulary learning program at a conference in Tokyo this weekend.  As part of the presentation, I'd like to share some student perspectives.  Please write a comment about our vocabulary program.  We have made word cards and studied them every week this year. What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of this method for learning vocabulary?  Leave your comment here on the blog!

RESEARCH PROJECT WORK
Work on your country research project
Continue researching and/or start writing your paper or presentation. 

If you're having trouble finding information, please see the following tutorial which gives detailed instructions on how to conduct a more effective Internet search.  Go to Finding Things on the Web; you may find "Search Tips" quite useful.

I did a search for sources of information about a variety of countries and here are a few results!          

• Lonely Planet            
• About                         
• Country Reports       
• Google Images and Pictures

MIDTERM COURSE EVALUATIONS
One activity of today's class will be to fill out a midterm evaluation of our course.  I have created an online survey to gather your responses to this semester's class.  Click Here to take survey

See you in class!

posted by: MaryH at November 20, 2007 12:48 | link | comments (3) |
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CALL Lesson for Wednesday, November 7

MYTHOLOGY
As we previously studied, The Hobbit has some similarities to mythology.  Today we will explore some Greco-Roman Myths and an artist's depiction of the myth.  You will be assigned one of the myths below.  Click on the link and read the information there; also, mouse over the painting to get more information on the artist's rendition of the myth. 

Then, answer the following questions with your partner, and write down your answers on your own paper:

1. What phenomenon does the myth attempt to explain?
2. Who are the characters in the myth and how are they related to one another?
3. Who painted the myth?
   

Pandora

Apollo pursuing Daphne

Diana and Endymion

Fall of Phaeton

The Corinthian Maid

Once you've finished reading and answering the questions, please tell me, and I'll direct you to more questions about  your myth and painting.  Finally, please write your final comment about this myth and/or the painting on your paper and turn it in. 

OTHER ACTIVITIES
After completing the mythology activities, do not sit idly!!  Please do one of the following:

• Write down an explanation of a Japanese myth OR create your own original myth!

• Read Christine's responses to your questions about wedding cakes.  Leave her a comment, if you have something further to say or to thank her!
• Spend some time working on/researching your topic for next week's Hobbit presentation, or for your Country Research.
  
• Study your vocabulary cards, or work on this week's Hobbit reading assignment/questions. 

posted by: MaryH at November 07, 2007 09:50 | link | comments |
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