10C - In Class, Tuesday, March 3

PRACTICE MONOLOGUE/DIALOGUE

After you graduate from the HTL, you are interviewing by Skype for an internship at John Deere in Waterloo, Iowa.  The interviewer wants to know more about your qualifications, especially your knowledge of English. 

Individual Long Turn:  In your monologue you should:

* describe your education at the HTL Trieben (subjects, internship, DA)
* explain the importance of the diploma thesis in your education with so
* suggest ways in which you are the perfect candidate for the internship

Interaction: In your dialogue you should:

* find out more about the position at John Deere
* outline your future career plans
* state how an internship at John Deere would help your career

JOB POSTING: https://jobs.deere.com/job/Waterloo-Part-Time-Student-Manufacturing-Engineering-Waterloo%2C-IA-IA-50703/545252000/

4C - Homework for Friday, March 6

1) Look at pages 126-128 in your textbook (Context HTL 2) to get the basic talking points and vocabulary for "Fake News"

2) Take a look at this interactive site about fake news: https://money.cnn.com/interactive/media/the-macedonia-story/ and be able to answer these questions:

What is the purpose of fake news?  

What is clickbait?

How is fake news spread?  

What are some examples of fake news stories?

What are the most dangerous fake news stories?

How can you tell if a news story is fake?

What is fact-checking?

What are some websites that can help you fact check?

1C - Homework for Thursday, March 5

1) learn the vocabulary (see handout).  Do about 20 words a day (not all at once!)

2) Watch this video about the present perfect tense:

3) Find something you love (hobby, celebrity, etc) to do in English (Lernen ohne Lernen)

8C - Homework for Thursday, March 5

1) Be prepared to give a monologue about social networks (see handout) 

2) Watch this video which would be a good monologue at the Matura (except it is a little short)

3) Find more videos about Ocean Clean Up and Boyan Slat's new project, Interceptor. 

6C - Homework for Tuesday, March 3

1) Finish the worksheet for Dozens of Polar Bears Invade Russian Town (vocabulary, phrases, spelling, true/false, summary)

2) Watch this video about polar bears:

3) Follow current events - do one or more of the following!

 - set your news.google.com to English (read the headlines twice a day, and read an article or two that interest you!)
- bookmark (or "Like" on social media) NPR.org.  Listen to the podcast "Up First" (ca. 13 minutes a day with the top three stories) or the national news broadcast (4 minutes) twice a day.  BONUS:  Listen to the podcast "Short Wave" - about 10-13 minutes about science!
- bookmark (or "Like" on social media) BBC News.
- bookmark ("Like" on social media) "Now This" (nowthisnews.com) or subscribe to their newsletter go.nowth.is/KnowThis
- bookmark (or "Like" on social media) thelocal.at (Austrian news in English)
- just for fun:  check out viennawurstelstand.com

We will begin each lesson with a current event discussion for 10 minutes.

4C - Homework for Monday, March 2

Watch this clip from Twin Peaks, and be able summarize it (Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?)

Then read this article and be able to talk about it. https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/24/kyle-maclachlan-twin-peaks-day-tiktok/

8C - Homework for Friday, February 28

Whole speech:

U2 - "Pride (in the Name of Love):

5C - Tic Tac Video Challenge

Be prepared to talk about this video on Tuesday, February 11.

1ZBMI - For Tuesday, February 11

1) Don't forget to follow current events!

2) Look at at least FIVE Super Bowl Commercials at this website:  https://superbowl-ads.com/ Be able to describe one commercial IN DETAIL so that a person who hasn't seen it could imagine what it looks like.  Then explain what makes it a successful commercial (see list from class)

3) Finish the reading "Extreme Ironing" . We'll go over the answers.  Make sure you have FOUR words or fewer in your answers.

4) Bring any questions you have about English, English expectations, English grammar,

February 4 - In Class

Group A - Write a text
Group B - Talk for at least three minutes

* Explain what the Super Bowl is and why it is so popular for advertisements
* Give examples of products that are advertised during the Super Bowl
* Analyse what makes a memorable commercial
* Describe your favorite Super Bowl commercial using the AIDA formula

February 3 - In Class

9C - Give a monologue about Super Bowl advertising.  In your monologue you should:

* give an overview of the Super Bowl and why it is ideal for advertisers
* give examples of the products that are advertised and the features that make their ads effective
* analyse one ad using the AIDA formula

3C - Talk for at least two minutes about your favorite Super Bowl commercial

* Describe your favorite commercial from this year's Super Bowl
* Explain why you like it (what features made it memorable?)
* Bonus points if you can analyse it using the AIDA formula!