Weeks 6 & 7 Skills:

Chapter 3-Biology

  

  • Understanding Emotion from Tone of Voice
  • Thought Groups in Listening and Speaking
  • Knowing WHEN to take notes
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Expressions of Disbelief and Skepticism
  • Changing Statements into Questions
  • Agreeing/Disagreeing with Negative Questions
  • More reduced words practice
  • Making Inferences (identifying indirect information)
  • Understanding  a Speaker's Point of View
  •  Hearing Stress
 

 

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Thursday, October 11

IN Class:
  1. Small group Discussions HW Questions: 
    • Check Handout Answers, make any corrections
    • Do you think that animals have feelings?  If no, why not?  If yes, WHY and what kinds of feelings do you think they have?  Be specific, For example:  love, hate, envy, desire, likes and dislikes, sadness, joy.
  2. Page 92, expressions, Video of That Darn Cat.  What do the expressions do for our understanding?
  3. Page 98-100 LISTENING for Main Idea & Details, and Taking notes while listening
  4. Page 101-Making Inferences
  5. Page 101-Small group discussion, Part A
 
HW: 
1.  Pages 93-97 (A, B, E)...use the CD in your book to listen
 
2.  Watch and Listen to this YOU Tube video about saving Chimps in the wild: "JGI (Jane Goodall Institute) & Green Mountain Coffee - Short Version"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQSTBX7DEyQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ejanegoodall%2Eorg%2F%3Fgclid%3DCNmwsNKrh48CFROJgQoda2cDuQ
 
Answer these questions on paper: (use ONLY the video for your information)
  1. Who is Jane Goodall?
  2. What is her connection to Chimps?
  3. What is causing harm to chimps in Africa today?
  4. What is the solution offered?
  5. How will this solution work?
  6. What are the benefits to
a.  The Chimps
b.  the people of Africa
c.  us as consumers
 

Friday, October 12

IN Class:
  1. Page 98-100 LISTENING for Main Idea & Details, and Taking notes while listening
  2. Page 101-Small group discussion, Part A
  3. Nonverbal communication, page 104-105 VIDEO
  4. What details should be in your notes?  Pages 106-107
  5. What was the speaker's point of view (what does HE think?):  Page 108
  6. Watch Friends-Look at non-verbal communication: 

Choose a character to write about:  What did their non-verbal communication say in this episode? 10 minutes

 

FRIDAY NEXT WEEK:  MID TERM CONFERENCES, No class.  Appointments to be made on Thursday in Class.

 

HW: 

Research and complete your tasks for your Group presentation on Thursday

 Group Presentation.doc 

 Get you camera from GMU Star Lab:  http://media.gmu.edu/star/whatsat.html

 

Groups:

 

  1. Kanzi the bonobo:  Hamad, Dong Hee, Se-Whan, Sunny
  2. Alex the parrot:  Ghada, Hsin-Ju, Dong-Han, Charlie
  3. Washoe the Chimpanzee (Chimp):  Faisal, Yalin, Tony, Ji Min
  4. Koko the Gorilla:  Maryam, Mi Jung, Byung Wook, Pla
 
 


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