Tuesday, November 29, 2016

3C - Homework for Thursday, December 1

For Thursday, December 1

You should review the dangers of the internet/wifi including radiation, phishing, addiction, texting and driving, cyberbullying, and other concerns (not enough exercise, no social life, etc)

Review the questions on the worksheet under Discussion Student A and Discussion Student B to prepare.

We will do a speaking exercise in class.

Monday, November 28, 2016

2C - Homework for Week of December 5 (Group A and B)

1) Go through your English activity journal and make a list of all the mistakes you frequently make. Then take measures to improve your English expression!

2) Finish the worksheet you got in class (present simple vs. past simple). We will do a contest in class.

3) Read the text on pages 24-25 (Ex. 3).
4) Do the Aufgabenstellung (Ex. 4) on page 25.
5) Answer the questions on page 26 (Ex. 5 - writing a guided summary)
6) Do exercise 6 on page 26 (idiomatic expressions)

7) Did you write a letter to Becky yet?  Make sure you do this!

7C - Homework for Thursday, December 1 (bzw. Monday, December 5)

1) Go through your activity journal and make a list of all the mistakes that you frequently make.  Then take measures to IMPROVE your English expression.

2) Rewrite your "Wearable Technology" blog entry.  See Dr. Sandrock for help and advice.

3) Have you reviewed relative clauses and contact clauses?

4) Have you done your summary of Airbus?  

9C - Homework for Thursday, December 1

1) Go through your activity journal and make a list of all the mistakes that you frequently make.  Then take measures to IMPROVE your English expression.

2) Have you written your report about Language Week?  You can still earn up to 15 points (5 for handing it in... plus quality points based on quality of the writing).

3) What does the term "Internet of Things" mean to you?  Do some research on the Internet, and be able to describe an example of this technology in the lesson.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

9C - Symposium Dates (1. Semester)

November 28 - Andreas, Johannes
December 5 - Manuel K., Klemens
December 12 - Jakob, Markus G.
December 15 - Jannik, Julian H.
December 22 - Armin, Patrick (Christmas)
January 9 - Hans, Dominik
January 12 - Manuel B. Julian L.
January 30 - Andre (& Cristian?)
February 2 - Gregor, Kivanc

7C - Symposium Dates (Groups A and B)

Group A

November 25 - Manuel S., Tobias
December 5 - Ivan, Valentin
December 19 - Michael S., Thomas
January 10 - Elma, Raphael
January 16 - Almir, Edon (car engines, turbo chargers)

Group B
November 29 - Mike, Julian L. (alcohol)
December 12 - Dzenis, Julian S.
December 13 - Vjencislav, Nick
December 19 - Daniel, Jürgen
January 10 - Pascal, Julian E. Mathias

7C - Homework for Monday, November 28

1) Listening TEST (20 min)
2) Do grammar on page 54 of your textbook
3) Read article on pages 51-52 of your textbook and do exercise 1 on page 51.
4) Text your grammar on pages 60-61, Do You Remember?

7C - Lehrstoff, Schularbeit, Tuesday, December 6

Format (Two hours):
Listening Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Writing (one or two texts)

We have done Units 2 3 and 4 in the book Focus on Modern Technology.
The topics we have done are:
Virtual Eve and the future of education
Robot technology
Artificial intelligence
Wearable technology
Training at Airbus

In addition we have done presentations about language week, and you have been doing activity journals.

TEXT TYPES:
Letter/Email
Report
Article
Blog Entry
Blog comment
Journal entry
(Summary)

Grammar that you should start using in your texts:
Verb Revision
Indirect speech
Relative and contact clauses
Passive voice



Monday, November 21, 2016

2C - Homework for Monday, November 28

1) p. 28-29, Grammatikübersicht and exercises 1, 2, 3
2) p. 30 vocabulary
3) p. 22, write a letter to Becky, comparing Austrian and British school systems (see phrases on page 22 or turn to p. 110 for more help)

Thursday, November 17, 2016

9C - Themenbereiche mündliche RDP aus Englisch

1)      The World Of Work
2)      Sport And Health
3)      Mass Media And Communication
4)      Lifestyle
5)      Tourism And Travel
6)      Environmental Problems
7)      Energy
8)      Advertising

9C - Homework for Monday, November 21

For Monday, November 21 you should

1) write a report about language week if you haven't already done so (see Sandrock for Aufgabenstellung)

2) Work on your activity journal if you have fewer than 5 entries

3) In your HÜ Heft, define these words and give a sentence using each

NOUNS
leisure (could also be an adjective)
affuence
advertising jingle
capitalism
advertising copy

VERB
to purchase
to afford something
to aspire to
to be affected by something
to be effective

ADJECTIVES
materialistic
capitalistic
mundane

4) In class we will do an advertiing Aufgabentellung (mündlich) to review everything you know about advertising.

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