Monday, March 13, 2017

2C - Homework assigned Monday, March 13

Group A for Wednesday, March 15:

Task 1) Finish the reading and Exercise 1 on page 47-48 (FMT 2)

Task 2) Do the vocabulary exercise (exercise 2) on page 48

Task 3) Then do exercise 3 on page 48 in your book (what would you write in your diary if you were Ranjit?)

Group B for Monday, March 20

Task 1) read pp. 50-51 in your textbook (FMT 2).

Task 2) Be able to discuss universal design and automatic doors

4C - Homework for Tuesday, March 14 (Pi Day!)

Read the article on pages 92-93 in FMT 3 (Smart Cars)

In class (March 14) we will work together on writing a comment.

5C - Lehrstoff für SA (Monday, March 20, 2 hours)

Think of this as a "mini-Matura."

There will be a listening, a reading, and a writing section.

Text types:
Letter/email (new! letter of complaint)
Blog entry/blog comment
Report
Article
Brochure (New!)

We have done the following topics since the last SA: surveillance society (unit 3, FMT 4/5). internet of things, food production,food miles, peak oil.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Relevant to your interests - Week of March 13

Strawberries and these other foods have the most pesticides (3C, 4C, 5C)
Small dietary changes could bring big environmental gains (3C, 4C, 5C)

April the Giraffe - 1C, 2C. 3C. 4C, 5C

5C - Homework for Thursday, March 16

For Thursday, March 16, you should give Dr. Sandrock two things:

1) a copy of your English abstract for the Diplomarbeit

2) a brochure (leaflet) describing your Diplomarbeit

For your brochure you should have a TITLE, and the following sections:

Overview of the project:
What did you do?  Try to sum up what the problem was, how you approached it, and what the result was.

Project team:
Names of team members, what their individual responsibilities were

Project partners
Names of supervisor(s), company

Importance of the project:
What contribution has your project team made that has helped the company or to technology in general?


ABEND HTL - Homework for Tuesday, March 14

Task 1) Do the vocabulary exercises for the Unit on Travel and Tourism (pp. 69-70 in your Topics and Language in Use book).
Task 2) Reinforce the vocabulary by doing the exercise on page 77.

Task 3) In your Activity Journal,
a) write a paragraph (Absatz) about a memorable place you've visited (use past tense).  Use lots of details:  when did you go there, who did you go with, where did you go, how did you get there, where did you stay, what did you do, what did you like about it?

b) Then write another paragraph (Absatz) about a place you want to (wollen) or would like to (möchten) visit.  Why do you want to go there?  Watch a video in English about this place and include the link in your entry!


Thursday, March 9, 2017

3C - Homework for Week of March 13

For March 14 (Pi Day!)
Look again at the materials we have worked on for food miles/peak oil.  We will do a short exercise in class to see how well you know your vocabulary!

For March 16
On Thursday, March 9, we looked at a monologue task. We looked at how to add examples and connect ideas.  For Thursday, March 16, write out this same task as a blog entry.  Use linking words and at least 1 passive verb, 1 modal verb, 1 gerund, 1 comparative, and 1 if-sentence.   Write about 200-250 words in your Activity Journal.  This should be as mistake-free as possible!

·         explain what “food miles” are and why people should know about them (Graphic 1)
·         give reasons why people prefer to shop at supermarkets
·         discuss the other aspects of food production that impact the environment (graphic  2)
·         suggest ways that people can reduce their food miles and help reduce CO2 emissions (Graphic   2)

Graphic 1


Graphic 2




Tuesday, March 7, 2017

1C - Homework for Tuesday, March 14

1) Vocabulary/phrase check page 57 (schriftliche Mitarbeit)

2) Read page 60-61 (An American Dream) in your textbook

3)  Do exercise 1 (SA Aufgabenstellung), 2 (Vocabulary), 3 (Vocabulary) on pages 62-63. We will go over answers in class.

Looking ahead:  For Tuesday, March 21, write a text about your favorite sport in your activity journal!
Include the following information:
What kind of a sport is it? (ball, motor, racquet, water, mountain, extreme, air, shooting, etc)
Is it a summer sport, a winter sport, or can you do it all-year round?
Is it an outdoor sport or an indoor sport?
Is it a team sport or an individual sport?
What equipment do you need to do this sport?
What do you like about this sport?
What is challenging about this sport?
Is it a physical sport or a mental sport?
Does this sport help keep you fit?


Monday, March 6, 2017

4C - Homework for Monday, March 13 (at the latest!)

NB:  Write BOTH TEXTS in your Activity Journal (as mistake-free as possible)

TASK 1)  Write a summary of the listening
(Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? and details:
a. How much greenhouse gas is produced by one loaf of bread (weight)?
b. How many tons of greenhouse gas is produced yearly just from bread production?
c. What leads to the most greenhouse gas emissions?
d What solution did researchers suggest to reduce these emissions?
e.  How can individuals make a difference?)

Here's a link to the listening:  http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/27/517531611/whats-the-environmental-footprint-of-a-loaf-of-bread-now-we-know

TASK 2)  Write a blog entry for the school's English blog.  The topic is the "Future of Petroleum."
In your blog entry you should:

1) explain the different ways we use petroleum in our everyday lives
2)  analyse the importance of food (production, transport, packaging) as a contributing factor to the peak oil crisis
3) suggest ways that people can reduce their individual impact on the earth

http://www.explainingthefuture.com/images/peak_oil_curve.jpg




2C - Group A, Homework for Wednesday, March 8

For Wednesday, March 8,

Task 1) Look at the grammar for Unit 4 - read the rules on page 52 and do exercises 1 and 2 on page 52-53.  Write the answers to exercise 3 in your HÜ Heft to hand in.

Task 2) Look up the definition of stereotype and prejudice in English.  Be able to explain the difference.

Task 3) Look at these examples of anti-social behavior orders (asbo).  We will discuss some of them during the lesson: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/unborn-baby-gets-an-asbo-and-the-top-178104

5C - Homework for Thursday, March 9

For Thursday, March 9

Write an email of complaint, following the prompt on page 50 of your Focus on Modern Technology 4/5 textbook.  Use suggestions from the lesson on Monday, March 6.

Include linking words, and at least one passive, one modal, one gerund, and one conditional.

Write this text in your Activity Journal so Frau Professor Sandrock doesn't lose it!


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