Week 1 Spring 2009

02/03/09

Activity: Course Objectives Review

Homework#1: Describe an opportunity or crisis you have experienced in your past. What was your attitude or reaction to it? What action did you take?

02/04/09

Aim: What problems were described in the film and article? How were they delt with?

Do Now:

1. Copy Word of the Day (brief definition)
2. Copy Daily Test Prep
3. Read and copy ONE news summary

Activities:

1. Watch the slide show The Neediest Cases | On and Off the Court and describe
   • What occurred in the slide show?
   • What is the protagonist's attitude?
   • What action did she take to deal with the situation?
2. Watch the video Iraqi Women Vie for Votes and Power and discuss
   • What are the obstacles for these Iraqi women?
   • What 's their attitude toward the election?
   • What will they do to gaintheir rights?
3. Read the article Layoffs Spread to More Sectors of the Economy and answer (read the article locally)
   • What is the problem our nation is facing economically?
   • What will the govenment do to help people?

Homework #2 Describe what you you learned today from the slide show or film and the article.

2/05/09

Aim: Why does Bolivia refuse foreign countries to tap into their lithium reserve?

Do Now:

1. Copy Word of the Day (brief definition, partsof speech, and the example sentence)
2. Copy Daily Test Prep( question and answer)
3. Read and copy ONE news summary

Activities:

1. Share homework #1 and #2
2. Watch the slide show about Bolivia's lithium reserve and answer the questions
   • What's Bolivia's govenment's attitude toward foreign countries that want to tap into the resource?
   • What's lithium for?
   • Why do foreign countries like Japan and America want to tap into the resource?
   • How do the native residents feel about the goverment's approach?

Homework#3 Read the article about Lithium in Bolivia and make your own decision on whether Bolivia government is right or wrong to refuse foreign countries' interestes to tap into their lithiun reources. Provide at least two reasons why you made that decision.

02/06/09

Aim: In what ways do we, as New Yorkers, share similar character traits or personal stories?

Do Now:

1. Copy Word of the Day (brief definition, partsof speech, and the example sentence)
2. Copy Daily Test Prep( question and answer)
3. Read and copy ONE news summary

Activities:

Watch the interactive multimedia presenttion of One in 8 Million and respond-

• Do you have similar stories to tell about yourself or your family member?
• Write a personal narrtive in a similar style.

Homework#4

Write a personal narrtive in a similar style.