Thursday, October 16, 2008

Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Quiz: http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blvocabquiz_money1.htm

Money Vocabulary

Money
The words below are some of the most important used when talking about Money.
Money - Banking
account
bank statement
bankrupt
borrow
budget
cash
cashier
check
traveler's check
credit (card)
currency
debt
deposit
exchange rate
interest (rate)
invest
investment
lend
loan
mortgage
owe
pay
save
savings
shares
withdraw
Money - Buying
bargain
bill
cost
expense
installments
price
purchase
purse
receipt
reduction
refund
spend
wallet
Money - Earning
bonus
earn
earnings
income
gross income
net income
rise
salary
wage
Money - Giving
collection
donate
donation
fee
fine
grant
income tax
inherit
inheritance
pension
pocket money
rent
scholarship
tip
winnings
Money - Verbs
add up
go up / down
make ends meet
pay back
pay into
put down
put towards
run out
save up
take out
Money - Other Related Words
profit
property
valuable
value
waste of money
wealth
worth
worthless
Money - Related Adjectives
affluent
broke
generous
hard-up
mean
poor
prosperous
rich
stingy
wealthy
well off

WoW Student Assignment Word Numbers


StudentWord # in Part 1 Word # in Part 2
Abraham112
Yun-Hsing (Zach)211
EA310
Humbat49
Azamat58
Teeerawuth67
Raj76
Sumitra85
Kornwika Pinky94
Zanda103
Sudil112
Saken121
Galiya11
Halil22
Yalcin33
Wised44
Benjamin55
Extra CreditAny word

Friday, October 10, 2008

Assignments

Check syllabus for due dates

Where Do You Stand?
Introductory Essay & MindMap
Unit I: Humanities Essay & MindMap
Unit II: Social Sciences Essay & MindMap
Unit III: Physical Sciences Essay & MindMap
Chapter summaries & maps

Reflections
Presentations
Exercises

Blog with assignments, including graphic versions of the maps, and additional materials

Wiki (Optional)

Assignments

Check syllabus for due dates

Where Do You Stand?
Introductory Essay & MindMap
Unit I: Humanities Essay & MindMap
Unit II: Social Sciences Essay & MindMap
Unit III: Physical Sciences Essay & MindMap
Chapter summaries & maps

Reflections
Presentations
Exercises

Blog with assignments, including graphic versions of the maps, and additional materials

Wiki (Optional)

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Book Report Assignment

Assignment:
1. Select a book that interests you from the public library near you or the main San Francisco Library.

2. READ IT

3. MAP IT (Central idea, main topics, selected details)

4. WRITE ABOUT IT

Who wrote it?

What's the title?

Where, By Whom, and When was it published? (Back of title page)

Why did you choose it?

What did you find most interesting about it?

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Saturday, October 4, 2008

BioPoem Exercise

How to Write a Biopoem
(Line 1) First name
(Line 2) Three or four adjectives that describe the person
(Line 3) Important relationship (daughter of . . . , mother of . . . , etc)
(Line 4) Two or three things, people, or ideas that the person loved
(Line 5) Three feelings the person experienced
(Line 6) Three fears the person experienced
(Line 7) Accomplishments (who composed . . . , who discovered . . . , etc.)
(Line 8) Two or three things the person wanted to see happen or wanted to experience
(Line 9) His or her residence
(Line 10) Last name
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Biopoem Sample
Rosa
Determined, brave, strong, loving
Wife of Raymond Parks, mother of all children
Who loved equality, freedom, and the benefits of a good education
Who hated discrimination, loved to stand up for her beliefs, and loved to help others
Who feared that racism would continue, feared losing the opportunity to make a difference, and feared that young people might lose opportunities to develop strength and courage
Who changed history as she accomplished great strides for equality and encouraged excellence for all
Who wanted to see love triumph and see an end to all bias and discrimination in a world in which respect is freely given to all
Born in Alabama and living in Detroit
Parks

From Abromitis, B.S. (1994, June/July). Bringing lives to life. Biographies in reading and the content areas. Reading Today, 11, 26. Reprinted with permission of the publisher and author.
Copyright 2004 IRA/NCTE. All rights reserved.