Links Links Links - March 25

Internet of Things: PET CHATZ

Read the first chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit"

Now the US wants to arm students with rocks to defend themselves against school shooters

See also Tolkien Reading Day

English Challenge 2018 - Tolkien Reading Day

Do you like Lord of the Rings?  How about the Hobbit?  Both of those movies started as books by J.R.R. Tolkien and today is "Tolkien Reading Day".  Here's a link to the Hobbit: https://genius.com/J-r-r-tolkien-the-hobbit-chap-1-an-unexpected-party-annotated  Try to read the first chapter.  Then write about one or all of these topics in you English Activity Journal!

TOPICS:

READING IN GENERAL
Do you like to read?
Do you have a favorite book (in any language)?
In general, do you prefer books or movies?

THE HOBBIT
What English vocabulary or idioms did you learn from Chapter 1 of the Hobbit - An Unexpected Party?
Watch this scene in the film "the Hobbit" in English.  Is there anything that happens in the book that isn't in the movie or vice versa (oder umgekehrt)?
Make sure you use the names from the ENGLISH version (Bilbo Baggins NOT Bilbo Beutlin)
Don't copy texts from the Internet.  See guidelines here: http://ennsvalleyenglish.blogspot.co.at/2015/01/academic-integrity.html

English Challenge 2018

ENGLISH CHALLENGE 2018

During the Easter Break, you can get a head start on your English Activity Journal! The more you do in English, the more you write in English, the better your English will be.

Students should plan to write AT LEAST 10 journal entries before the end of the Spring Semester.  More than 10 entries will be considered extra credit.  N.B. You should write at least 100 words for an entry.

In the Easter Break, Dr. Sandrock will post videos and other items to spark your interest!

	Collection Dates
1C – A	April 11, April 25, May 9, May 23, June 6
1C – B	April 13, April 27, May 8*, May 25, June 8
4C	April 18, May 2, May 16, May 30, June 13
5/6 C	April 10, April 24, May 8, May 29, June 12
8C	April 17, April 27*, May 8, May 25*, June 5

N.B.  If you don't have your Activity Journal, write on a separate piece of paper and paste it into your journal when you get it back.

To get you started:

* Find examples of English at the supermarket and in advertisements.  Make a collage or draw these examples in your activity journal. Why do you think English is used for these products?

* Watch an episode of your favorite sitcom in English.  Write a short summary of the episode, then write about the English (was it easy to understand? Did you learn any new vocabulary or idioms? Did it help you understand tenses).  Or you can write what you thought was funny!

*1C - you may certainly write about the Wizard of Oz.  DON'T copy a summary from the internet. Describe the characters in your own words. Give your opinion about the film.  What did you like?  What didn't you like?  Be specific! (suggestions include the actors, the characters, the songs, the special effects...)

* Watch a Simon's Cat video or a short Mr. Bean video.  Describe what happens in the video.

* Write about Easter traditions in your family (especially the Easter meal!)

5/6 C - Robots of Interest

Amazon's Dog Robot: http://bgr.com/2018/02/22/boston-dynamics-robot-dog-opening-door-youtube-video-again/

Self-driving car kills pedestrian in Arizona: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43459156

Woman with bionic arm finds charging stations hard to come by: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5505327/Binoic-woman-Angel-Giuffria-turned-away-socket-SXSW.html

Abend HTL - Preparation for Thursday, March 22

You can read pp.139-141 about the Internet of Things (pp. 139-141 "Interconnecting People and Objects" is a reading comprehension (Leseverständnis) which will help with talking points.

You can also read the handout on RFID  (Radio Frequency Identification) and do the vocabulary exercise.  We will start the lesson with students who want to summarize how RFID works (extra points!)

Also, do the exercise on plurals that you got on March 8 (Form the correct plurals).

1C - Preparation for Tuesday, March 20 (Groups A and B)

For Tuesday, March 20, do DO YOU REMEMBER 2, pages 71-74 (all exercises)

If you want to earn extra points, prepare to speak 1-2 minutes about natural snow vs. machine-made snow (pp. 66-67).

1C - Preparation for Friday, March 16

1) Do exercises 5, 6, and 7 on pages 64-65 (future tense).  Pay special attention to the instructions!

2) Looking ahead:  for Tuesday, March 20, do DO YOU REMEMBER 2, pages 71-74 (all exercises)

If you want to earn extra points, prepare to speak 1-2 minutes about natural snow vs. machine-made snow (66-67.

10C - In Class, Thursday, March 15

Beware the Ides of March!

https://grist.org/article/we-recycle-so-much-trash-its-created-an-international-crisis/

LINKS LINKS LINKS - Websites you should bookmark!

Check out these websites (or like them on Facebook!)

Live Science:  https://www.livescience.com/
IFLScience: http://www.iflscience.com/
Global Citizen: https://www.globalcitizen.org/
Grist:  https://grist.org/
Mental Floss: http://mentalfloss.com/
Learn English - British Council:  http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
The Local (Austrian News in English): https://www.thelocal.at/
BBC News: http://www.bbc.com/news
Cheddar: https://cheddar.com/
Radio:
Vienna International Radio:  http://vienna-radio.at/
National Public Radio (US): https://www.npr.org/
BBC World Radio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_world_service

YouTube Channels:
SciShow: https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow
TED Ed:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsooa4yRKGN_zEE8iknghZA
Real Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR1IuLEqb6UEA_zQ81kwXfg/videos
Learn Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZQJ4600a9wIfMPbYc60OQ
Prince Ea: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgUAAHgsV2fFZQm2fIWBnA
Cheddar: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC04KsGq3npibMCE9Td3mVDg

LINKS LINKS LINKS - Wednesday, March 14

Use these links to practice your English or to inspire your activity journal!

Gun culture in the USA:
Students injured when teacher accidentally fires handgun in class 

Stephen Hawking:
Stephen Hawking dies at 76

National Pie Day:
Is it cake or is it pie?

4C - In class, Wednesday, March 14

5/6C - Preparation for Tuesday, March 13

1) Finish the worksheet you got in the lesson! (plural nouns)

4C - Preparation for Wednesday, March 14

1) Finish the vocabulary worksheet you got in class.

2) Bring your Activity Journal with TWO entries (1: https://ennsvalleyenglish.blogspot.co.at/2018/02/4c-first-activity-journal-entry.html, 2: response to the prompt:  Violent movies, violent video games and heavy metal music make teens aggressive. 
State clearly whether you agree with this statement.  Give reasons for your answer.  Write about 150 words).

8C - Preparation for Tuesday, March 13

1) Finish the vocabulary worksheet you got in class.

2)  Bring your activity journal to the lesson so we can do an in-class writing.

8C - In class, Tuesday, March 13

1) Last discussion about gun culture and violence in America

2) Write a journal entry responding to ONE of the following prompts:

• "Guns don't kill people. People kill people." - the NRA
  
• Trump's solution for school shootings:  "Arm teachers"
  
• America has a gun problem - Here are some solutions

Take 5 minutes to plan your text.  Then write for 25 minutes.  Write 200-250 words. Ideally you will support your ideas with details and examples from the last few English lessons.

10C - Lehrstoff for Schularbeit on Thursday, March 22 (2 hours)

You are responsible for everything you've learned at the HTL in English.

EXPECT:
1 or 2 listening tasks
1 or 2 reading tasks
2 writing tasks (one of which will definitely be a brochure!)

TOPICS:
waste management
plastics
e-waste
gun culture in the USA, teen violence
advertising (esp. Super Bowl)
You should also be able to write about your diploma thesis in English
American Dream
(we also talked about Trump, Logan Paul - internet influence, Matura ball - sponsoring)

TEXT TYPES
letter
e-mail
blog comment
blog entry
article
report
brochure

GRAMMAR
you should be able to write at a high level, meaning:
write in paragraphs
use linking words
use a wide variety of vocabulary for the task
use a wide variety of structures (passives, if sentences, gerunds, comparisons, indirect speech, modal verbs)
use proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization and grammar

10C - In Class, Monday, March 12

What does "Land of Opportunity" mean?  What kind of opportunities are there in the United States? 

What do you think particularly attracts people to the United States as a tourist destination or a place to live?

Have you visited the United States?  Where did you visit?  What kind of differences did you notice there?

Do you want to visit the United States?  Where would you like to visit? Why?

Do you think the United States is really a "Land of Opportunity" where people can live the "American Dream"? 

What kind of events make you think twice about going to the United States?

POSSIBLE STRUCTURE OF YOUR MONOLOGUE:

• Explain what the "American Dream" means to you.
• point out some of the advantages of living in the USA
• balance out the pros with some cons of living in the USA
• based on your analysis, would you be likely to move to the USA with your free Green Card?

Abend HTL - In Class, Thursday, March 8

1)  I need copy money!
2)  SA, Thursday, May 3
3)  What is today? - Discussion
4)  Qualifying language:  perhaps / in general / may / might / could - worksheet
5)  BREAK
6) Talking about the Florida school shooting and gun culture in the USA

• What do you know about the Florida school shooter?
• What do you know about the Florida school shooting on February 14, 2018?
• What do you think is the most shocking thing about the Florida school shooting?
• Do you think that anything good can come from the Florida school shooting?
• What are some options for reducing gun violence in the US?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNGz-kO4VYE

7) Introduce Internet of Things,pp. 139-142
8) Homework:  Plurals worksheet, next activity journal:
http://fortune.com/2017/02/17/smart-home-tech-internet-of-things-connected-home/
https://www.wired.com/video/2018/01/ces-2018-3/

4C - Preparation for Monday, March 12

1)  We'll do a short in-class passive verb quiz.  If you need to practice, look at the passive verbs in your Essential English Grammar book or check out the passive exercises on ego4u (https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive)

2)  Make sure you BRING your Activity Journal to the lesson on Monday!  We will do an in-class writing for your second journal entry.  Activity Journals are due Wednesday, March 14!

1C - Preparation for Tuesday, March 13

Preparation for Tuesday, March 13

1) Read the article on page 60-61 (An American Dream) - note the vocabulary for Old Cars on page 61
2) Do exercise 1 - multiple choice reading comprehension (Leseverständnis) on page 62 (the answers are in the text on pages 60-61.
3)  Do exercise 2 on pages 62-63 (vocabulary)
4)  Do exercise 3 on page 63 (more vocabulary)

1C - In Class, Wednesday, March 7/9

COLLECT ACTIVITY JOURNALS

GOAL:  WHAT IS A SUMMARY?

TASK 1:

a) In your book, turn to page 58.  Read the article "Sports Technology - better, stronger, faster"

b) After you have read the article, fill in exercise 3 on page 59 with words or phrases from the text on page 58.

c) If you finish early, write the summary in your exercise book.

d) When you have finished, take turns reading through the summary with a partner.

TASK 2:

Listening strategies: RULE #1 - DO NOT TALK DURING THE LISTENINGS

a) build your expectations (what do you know about the topic "performance enhancing drugs"? what vocabulary do you think you'll need?

b) read through the task on page 59, exercise 5.  This will help you build your expectations further.

c) listening #1:  Listen for GIST (what kind of a listening is it?  what is the main message?)

d) listening #2:  Listen for DETAILS (who? what? where? when? why? how?)

e) finish exercise 5 based on the listening (match the begnnings of the sentences to the ends of the sentences)

HW:
1) Read the article on page 60-61 (An American Dream) - note the vocabulary for Old Cars on page 61
2) Do exercise 1 - multiple choice reading comprehension (Leseverständnis) on page 62 (the answers are in the text on pages 60-61.
3)  Do exercise 2 on pages 62-63 (vocabulary)
4)  Do exercise 3 on page 63 (more vocabulary)

5C/6C - Preparation for Monday, March 12

For Monday, March 12, be able to use the vocabulary below to talk about virtual teachers and virtual classrooms.  Be able to give a summary of the reading on page 23-24 and the listening on page 24.

ability/capable/capability/to enable
according to
alter
anytime access
appropriate/appropriately
artificial intelligence
capture
digital
to draw attention to
education
holograph
image
minority
to observe
remote
response
robot
vital

10C - Preparation for Thursday, March 8

Learn the vocabulary on page 327 (Guns and Gun Control) and read about the arguments for and against guns.  We will do a vocabulary writing/speaking exercise in class!

4C - Preparation for Wednesday, March 7

Using the spider chart on page 168, plan a short talk about one of your favorite movies.  Note:  MPAA ratings are described on page 165 (I think).  Be able to talk FREELY about your favorite movie for at least two minutes in class.

10C - In Class, Friday, March 2, Supplierstunde

Electronic Waste:
https://www.thebalance.com/introduction-to-electronics-e-waste-recycling-4049386
https://www.thebalance.com/e-waste-and-the-importance-of-electronics-recycling-2877783



Gun Culture in the U.S.

Text of the Second Amendment:

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

 A great article with all the talking points: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/21/17028930/gun-violence-us-statistics-charts

Who can own a gun: http://lawcenter.giffords.org/gun-laws/policy-areas/who-can-have-a-gun/minimum-age/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/who-nikolas-cruz-florida-school-shooter-joked-about-guns-worried-n848266

Responses to the gun situation:  https://www.boredpanda.com/gun-situation-reactions-america/

https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/blessing-the-ar-15-idUSRTX4ZCOJ

Abend HTL - Homework for Thursday, March 8

1)  page 327, vocabulary for guns and gun control

2) Do some internet research about the Parkland, Florida school shooting and its aftermath. (Here's a good with videos for background:  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/who-nikolas-cruz-florida-school-shooter-joked-about-guns-worried-n848266)

3) English activity journal - respond to ONE of the following topics:

a)  "Violent movies, video games and heavy metal music leads to aggressive behavior"

b)  "High school teachers should be armed to prevent school shootings"

c)  "In the United States there are 101 guns per 100 people"

Write about 250 words, using YOUR OWN ideas (don't copy a text or translate a text from the internet). Make sure you write in paragraphs, with proper spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.

Abend HTL, In-Class, Thursday, March 1

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/vape-reservations-why-our-government-wont-talk-about-ecigarettes/news-story/d877ecc3910816038439069accae1652

Group 1:  "the smokers" - Why did you start smoking?  What are the advantages of smoking?  How do you justify the cost? the health risks? the effects on your breath, teeth, skin, hair, and

Group 2:  "the non-smokers" - what are the strongest arguments against smoking?

Group 3:  "the politicians"  Explain the situation in Austria with the smoking law and the petition

Group 4:  What are some ways to stop smoking?  What are some alternatives to smoking?

Group 5:  What are the disadvantages of smoking?  What's in cigarettes?  What are the health risks?  What is "second-hand" smoke?

10C - Talking about waste

waste - Müll
waste you throw away - trash
waste you recycle - recycling, recyclable materials
to separate waste
to sort waste
to throw away
to dispose of
to put it in the bin
trash collection
recycling center
paper, cardboard, glossy paper, newsprint
glass - clear and colored
plastic
metal
hazardous materials, medications, large items like furniture, appliances
e-waste
organic waste/compost
biodegradable
non-biodegradable
to decompose
resources
destroys our environment
container
bin
dumpster
furniture
e-waste