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

4BHK - Homework for Week of March 14

For Monday, March 14

MINIMUM
Task 1 - Page 72, exercise 4  (Matura- bzw. Schularbeitaufgabenstellung)
Task 2 - Write a summary of the text (exercise 4).
Task 3 - Page 73 - Read and do Exercise 1 (you can do this alone, you don't need a partner

FOR EXTRA PRACTICE
Task 4 - Page 74 - Read the text and answer the questions (Ex.2-3)
Task 5 - Page 74 - Write a summary of the text.
Task 6 - Page 75 - Read the text and answer the questions (Ex.4)
Task 7 - Page 75 - Write a summary of the text.

For Tuesday, March 15
Study for a Vocabulary Quiz over pp. 80-81 (pages 68-69, pages 71) + gullible
Be able to use the words in a sentence.

Now Read This! - A Collection of Cool Articles - 2

Politics: Is Bernie Sanders More Electable than Hillary Clinton?
(related: John Oliver covers Donald Trump - video)
Social Media/Marketing: Whole Foods Pulls Pre-Peeled Oranges Off Shelves After Twitter Backlash
What will they think of next?! - Cleaner Skies:  Boeing designs self-sterilizing jet bathrooms
Pros and Cons: Iowa Mulls Eliminating Front License Plates for Vehicles
Science (Video): Back on Earth, Astronaut Scott Kelly Discusses His Year in Space
Cars:  Pirelli World Challenge Has a Ton of Marvelous Weird Cars This Year
Design (video): It's not you: Bad Doors Are Everywhere!
Quiz:  Take the Fast Company News Quiz

Now Read This! - A collection of cool articles - 1

Funny:  Vienna Bartender Fined €70 for Loud Burp
Sports:  Did You Do Today's Workout?  Inside the Crossfit Craze
           A team of Refugees will compete at the Olympic Games in Rio 
Language:  No H8 on license plates
Very Interesting: How Leap Year Babies Celebrate their Birthdays
Quiz:  Take the Fast Company News Quiz

3C - Homework for Thursday, January 28

Task 1)  Read, read, read so you don't grow up to be ignernt!  Everything you read, be able to give a summary of it (Who? What? Why? When? How?)  Especially important:  Read the article on page 62 in your textbook and do the exercises on p. 63  if you haven't done that already.

Task 2) We are doing a reading test to complement your SA.  It will take 15-20 minutes.

Task 3) Look up the German meanings of the English words on the Linking Words handout.  We will talk about these Verbindungswörter in class after the SA.

New Research by Jon Krakauer into Chris McCandless' death

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/05/01/403535274/into-the-wild-author-tries-science-to-solve-toxic-seed-mystery

3C - Practice for Schularbeit, January 15, 2015

We didn't get to some of the exercises in the book, so you can use them for practice:

LISTENING:  For exercise A6 on page 73, you can use the CD (Sandrock will leave an extra copy in the classroom on Thursday, January 8).  If you don't have the CD, you can still practice matching the beginning of the sentence with the end of the sentence. HINT: the sentences should make grammatical and logical sense!

READING:  Read the text Food Miles on page 74.  Then do Exercises B1, B2, B3 on page 75.  For Exercise 2, if the answer is True or False, indicate the sentence where you got the answer by writing the first four words...

Example:  1  Extra food miles are a problem because they harm the environment. TRUE. This travel adds substantially...

LISTENING:  For exercise B5  listen to the CD Sandrock leaves in the classroom on January 8) and answer the questions about food miles. Match the country to the product, then indicate where the product came from.

READING:  How a refrigerator works.  Read the text on page 27, then answer the questions in exercises C1 and C2.

4AHK - Homework for Tuesday, December 9

Q:  How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
A:  Practice, man, practice!
- George Carlin

For Tuesday, December 9, do some PRACTICE for the Schularbeit. All exercises are from your Focus on Modern Business 4/5 textbook).

- Chapter 2 - pp. 23-24 (Reading: complete the sentence with a maximum of 4 words)
- Chapter 2 - pp. 25-26 (Reading: True/False justification)
- Chapter 3 - pp. 36-37 (Reading:  match the correct heading to the paragraph)
- Chapter 3 - pp. 37-38 (Listening: True/False)

The first three exercises are Matura tasks.

In class, we will do one last listening exercise.  Then we can go over any of the practice answers you are unsure about.

I checked the key for the reading we did in class Tuesday.  For the questions 7 and 8:
7 - A is the correct answer. Justification:  'they're less good at anticipating problems'  B is incorrect, because the writer does not link speed and confidence.
8 - A is the correct answer.  Justification 'it's also a big thing on my CV'.  B is incorrect, because as y'all pointed out, we only know how the writer feels, not what her superiors think.

I will review the papers you handed in on Tuesday before I submit midterm grades. Thanks for handing everything in on time!

Enjoy this video from George Carlin!