3C - Homework for Thursday, October 3

For Thursday, October 3
1) Review vocabulary for Unit 1, Context HTL 2. 
2) Add vocabulary on page 16-17 and
3) do the exercise on page 18.

9C - Homework for Tuesday, October 1

Homework for Tuesday. October 1

Fill out Tourism Talking Point Worksheet (full sentences, lots of details and examples)

Abend HTL - "homework" for Tuesday, October 1

For Tuesday, October 1:

2) Familiarize yourself with ego4u.com.  If you know you are weak in tenses, or pronouns, or English word order, this is your one-stop shop for English grammar: https://www.ego4u.de/de/cram-up/grammar

1) You should write another entry for your English Activity Journal.  If you don't know what to write about, may I suggest the following:  Write about Greta Thunberg and the climate crisis.  You can watch a lot of videos at this link: https://ennsvalleyenglish.blogspot.com/2019/09/greta-thunberg-videos-and-resources.html (I recommend these two:

1C - Homework for Thursday, October 3

For Thursday, October 3
1) Look at this page to learn more about the present simple tense (https://www.ego4u.de/de/cram-up/grammar/simple-present)  and do exercises.

2) Read the text on page 13 of Context 1 (A day in the life of an engineering student)

3) Answer the questions on page 14 about the text.  USE FULL SENTENCES

(If you need help, you have a COMPANION to Context.  It is a thin, purple book.  You can look up information about present simple tense on page 9, pronouns on page 6)

5C - Homework for Tuesday, October 8

For Tuesday, October 1 (er... October 8!)

1) Identify the different types of tourism on page 5 (ex. 2)

2) Look at the vocabulary on page 5, exercise 2.

3) Read the article on page 6 and answer the questions on page 7.

4) Do the vocabulary exercises on page 8 (connected to the reading on page 6)

5) Take a look at this  Video About disaster tourism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aocfmfRbZ_I

6) be prepared to talk about Sport Week (travel, accommodations, food, activities)

3C - Homework for Monday, September 30

For Monday, September 30

1) Read the text on page 12 (One in Five Adolescents is not in School)

2) Do the exercises on pages 13-14 (Reading Comprehension - Note form,  Answer the questions (ex. 3), Signposting phrases (Ex. 4a, b), Vocabulary (Ex. 5 a, b)

3) Be prepared for schriftliche MA about teen stress

1C - Homework for Friday, September 27

For Friday - Do exercises on pages 10-11 of your textbook (Context 1)

Be prepared to talk (and write!) about your timetable (subjects, time phrases, spelling!)

7C - Homework for Friday, September 27

For Friday, prepare for schriftliche Mitarbeit over Greta Thunberg and the climate crisis.

You should know (and be able to use)  the terms on pages 50-55.  Add:  protect, restore, fund, slacktivism

5C - Homework for Thursday, September 26

For Thursday, September 26

In your textbook (Best Shots 3) do exercises 1-3 on pages 1-2.

If you want to work ahead, look at pages 4-7.

9C - Homework for Monday, September 30

Do vocabulary on p. 308, and readings and exercises on pages 309-314. This will give you a good Basis to do an inc-class exercise on Monday, September 30

9C - Homework for Tuesday, September 24

Group A - Be prepared to do an in-class exercise

Group B - We'll finish the climate change discussion we started on Monday.  Then we will move on to tourism (which, of course, is connected to climate!)

3C - Homework for Thursday, September 26

Homework for Thursday, September 26

1) Read the text on page 10 again.

2) Finish exercise 3 on page 11

3) Review vocabulary on pages 10-11, add new vocabulary on page 12 (bottom left corner)

4) If you want to work ahead, do the exercises on pages 12-14

7C - Homework for Thursday, September 26

For Thursday, September 26

* review the vocabulary on page 50-51 of Trauner

* Complete the exercises on pages 51-55 of Trauner

* watch the videos  at this link if you haven't already! https://ennsvalleyenglish.blogspot.com/2019/09/greta-thunberg-videos-and-resources.html

1C - Homework for Thursday, September 26

For Thursday, September 26

* Bring your textbook (Context HTL) and notebook(s) to the lesson

* Study the words for school subjects on page 13 of Context HTL..  There will be a spelling exercise in the lesson!

5C - Homework for Tuesday, September 24

For Tuesday, September 24:

1) bring your textbooks and notebook(s) to the lesson

2)  Use this link ( http://ennsvalleyenglish.blogspot.com/2019/09/greta-thunberg-videos-and-resources.html ) to learn everything you can about Greta Thunberg, the climate crisis and the Global Climate Strike, September 20-27.  How can you get involved?

Be prepared to talk intelligently about these issues on Tuesday!

3C - Homework for Monday, September 23

Homework for Monday, September 23:

1)  Use this link ( http://ennsvalleyenglish.blogspot.com/2019/09/greta-thunberg-videos-and-resources.html ) to learn everything you can about Greta Thunberg, the climate crisis and the Global Climate Strike, September 20-27.  How can you get involved?

2) bring your textbooks and notebook(s) to the lesson

3) Do the mind map on page 10 of your textbook and the vocabulary exercises on page 11 (2, 3)

9C - Homework for September 23

For Monday, September 23

1) Review pages 49-68 in your textbook (Trauner)
2) use this link http://ennsvalleyenglish.blogspot.com/2019/09/greta-thunberg-videos-and-resources.html to find out more about Greta Thunberg, the climate crisis, and how you can get involved. 

Be prepared to talk intelligently about these issues in class on Monday, September 23.

Abend HTL - Homework for Tuesday, September 24

For Tuesday, September 24, you should:

* get two notebooks for the lessons and bring them to class:
- one for your notes/vocabulary/in-class exercises
- one for your Fernstudium

* Check your answers to the orthography exercise here

* Finish your Student Information Sheet to hand in

* Finish two entries in your activity journal (CHOOSE FROM:  "My Job", "English in my World", "My New English Teacher" or something else from this list)

* If you have books, bring them to class!

Abend HTL Fernstudium

English is the only subject that you can learn without studying
(Englisch ist das einzige Fach, das man "lernen ohne Lernen" kann) - Frau Prof. Sandrock

ENGLISH ACTIVITY JOURNAL

WHO:    You!

WHAT:  You will record in your journal the ways you use English outside of English class.

WHERE: Outside of English class!

WHEN: Whenever you can work it in to your schedule! (at least one hour a week)

WHY:     Because 90 minutes a week isn’t enough to learn English for Matura.

HOW:    At least once a week[1], set aside time to do some of the following:

               

                WATCH!                part of a movie in English (with or without English subtitles)

                                               an episode of a series in English (with or without English subtitles)

                                               videos in English

                                               the news in English

                                               sports or sports highlights in English

                LISTEN!                 to music in English

                                               to the news in English

                READ!                    a book in English (you don’t have to read 250 pages at one sitting!)

                                               poems in English

                                               the news in English

                                               memes in English

                                               articles about your favorite band, sports team, actor/actress, etc

                SPEAK!                  English with a classmate

                                               English in an online gaming community

                                               English with a native speaker or a tourist

                WRITE!                 texts in your journal in English

                                               in English on social media

                                               in English in online gaming communities             

                                               forum entries on the blog (question of the day)

                TRANSLATE!         articles, music texts, poems, memes

                SET!                       Your electronics (iPhone, iPad, computer, etc) to English

                                               Your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc) to English

                EXTRAS!                Make a recipe following the English directions

                                               Make your own memes in English

                                               Make a video in English

                                               Write your own English texts (stories, poems, ideas)

                                               Notice English in the world around you (especially in shops and advertisements)

DOs	DON’Ts
USE A LINIERTES HEFT MIT KORREKTURRAND!	Don’t wait until the last minute!
Do activities in English	Don’t copy from your classmate
Write your journal entries in English.	Don’t copy from the Internet
Use complete sentences.	Don’t use Google Translate
Include lots of specific details (date, length of time, activity, skills used, titles of films, books, URLs of                                websites, videos, links)
Write at least 100 words per entry.

MINIMUM: One entry per week

FIRST COLLECTION – Tuesday, September 24 (minimum 2 entries:  Choose from - "My Job" "English in my World" "My New English Teacher" or see list above!)

See blog (ennsvalleyenglish.blogspot.com) for ideas and inspiration!

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[1] Students who do more than one English activity a week and/or write more than one journal entry are likely to learn more English and get better grades.  Make it so!

Abend HTL - Answers to Orthography Exercise

Hello, my name’s Alex Dogaru. That isn’t a typical Austrian name. I come from Romania, you see. I was born on 11 June in Bucharest, Romania. I’m 18 years old and this is my first year at the technical college in Linz.

 My family moved to Austria when I was five years old, so I speak very good German now. My sisters were born in Austria and they only speak German. But I still remember enough Romanian to talk with our grandparents when we go back to Romania to stay in their house in Bucharest. English is my third language.

 My favorite subject at school is information technology because I’m very interested in computers. I want to be a software engineer when I finish my studies. But I’m not a typical tech-head because I also like music. I play trumpet and I’m quite good at it.

 In the photo you can see me with my cat. His name is Dr. Strange. That’s because “Dr. Strange” is one of my favorite films. I’m 1,65 meters tall and have brown hair and green eyes.

 I like travelling a lot and one day I want to go to the USA. My biggest dream is to fly in a helicopter along the Grand Canyon in Arizona. That would be great!

 Well, I think that’s all there is to know about me. Hmm, maybe I should also tell you that I’m very bad at winter sports. I tried snowboarding once and broke my leg. But you can’t be good at everything, can you?

Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19

Talk Like a Pirate Day Song (1C, 3C)

Talk Like A Pirate Day Song (5C, 7C, 9C) - lyrics in description (subtitles aren't reliable!)

What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?

Greta Thunberg Videos and Resources

NEW:  Added Saturday, September 21

NEW!  Added Tuesday, September 24:

Global Climate Strike: https://globalclimatestrike.net/
Follow Greta on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretathunbergsweden/
Follow Greta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg
Follow Greta on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretathunberg/?hl=en

Greta's TED Talk (August 2018) https://www.ted.com/talks/greta_thunberg_the_disarming_case_to_act_right_now_on_climate?language=en

Greta addresses the UN Climate Change COP24 Conference:

Greta addresses EU leaders in Strasbourg (April 2019):

On the Daily Show with Trevor Noah (September 2019): http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ed6ma7/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-greta-thunberg---inspiring-others-to-take-a-stand-against-climate-change---extended-interview

"Climate Warrior" on PBS News Hour (September 2019):

Greta Thunberg speaks to Congress (September 2019)

9/11 - Nine-eleven - Patriot Day

The video was shot by a French film crew, that happened to be filming one of the firefighters in New York City on September 11, 2001.  Everything you see is real:  buildings collapsing, people jumping from the twin towers of the World Trade Center.  It is not for the faint of heart.

I remember the day well...  my ex-husband (the blues musician) took me to work that day.  As we were driving onto campus, we heard a news report on National Public Radio that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center.  My ex said that many years ago, a plane had flown into the Empire State Building.  Planes accidentally fly into buildings... that's a fact of life.

But later as I was walking to my office, a student came up behind me and said "Have you heard the news? The United States is under attack!"  Now, I had never seen this student before, and I never saw him again, but he was the person from whom I found out that a second plane had hit the other tower of the World Trade Center, and this was not-- REPEAT-- NOT an accident.

I was teaching that day at Louisiana State University, and New York City seemed very far away.  I continued to teach my classes.  One of my students came to Latin class with a portable television on a lanyard around his neck.  Mind you, streaming video on the internet was in its infancy or non-existent.  On this tiny screen, smaller than a modern cell phone, I saw the first images of the Twin Towers collapsing into dust along with the remains of nearly 3000 people. It was horrifying.

The next few days, the only thing that was broadcast on television was the attack on the United States of America.  In addition to the images of the Twin Towers collapsing, was footage of people, covered in dust, crossing the bridges of New York on foot, and videos of neighbors across America reaching out to comfort each other.

Since that day, I have met people who were in New York on 9/11 and walked across those bridges. My best friend's husband was an air traffic controller in the DC area and could only watch in horror as three planes crashed into nothingness.  I have met people who lost loved ones in the attacks.  I have seen countless times the video of a plane hitting Tower 2, with such accuracy that it looked like a Roadrunner cartoon.  I have read the stories of people who fought back against the terrorists, the conspiracy theories, the transcripts of voice messages left for people on the ground.

Although Americans drew a little closer in the days after 9/11, I can tell you that every single time I get onto an airplane, I scan the faces of my fellow passengers and I wonder if these are the faces that will be on the next cover of Time magazine, victims of yet another terrorist attack.

The world changed on 9/11/2001 - and I don't think it was for the better.