Listening/Speaking Academic B

Classwork

Collected extensive listening packets (yellow papers)
Reviewed the terms hero and anti-hero by watching a clip from The Dark Knight: Harvey Dent, Gotham's district attorney, was the city's knight in shining armor, a virtuous hero. Batman was its dark night, a man who took the law into his own hands, who could support a tarnished reputation.
Watched a clip from Star Wars to illustrate Han Solo's anti-heroic qualities.
Discussed the vocabulary in Ex. B, p. 181-182.
Listened to a radio program about the hero's journey in Star Wars. Answered the question in Ex. A, Listening for the Main Idea, Section 1, p. 183. Completed the chart in Ex. B, Listening for Details, Section 2, p. 183. You can find the recordings in Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_6/Listening/Star Wars/Radio_Star_Wars_Section_1(or 2).
Read the information in the box labeled Listening for Influences on p. 183.

Homework

Finish the sentence in Ex. C, Listening for Influences, Section 3, p. 184. Listen at least 2 times. You can find the recording in Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_6/Listening/Star Wars/Radio_Star_Wars_Section_3.
Answer the questions in Ex. D, Listening for Influences, Section 4, p. 184. Listen at least 2 times. You can find the recording in Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_6/Listening/Star Wars/Radio_Star_Wars_Section_4.

Classwork

Answered the three questions on p. 167.
Discussed the terms protagonist and antagonist. Identified the protagonist and antagonist in this film clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EC2tmFVNNE
Discussed the terms hero and anti-hero. Described the anti-heroes in these film clips: Severus Snape in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTyTqEpMKo0 and Edmund Pevensie in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7YHXzmTj3M
Discussed the term spaghetti western. Described the protagonist in the trailer for the famous spaghetti western, A Fistful of Dollars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zFVpDJ_xpc
Discussed how samurai films influenced spaghetti westerns. Described the protagonist in the trailer for the samurai film Yojimbo, on which A Fistful of Dollars was based: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzFq5hOlZ5s
Reviewed the homework.
Listened to a conversation about heroes in film. Answered the one question in Ex. A, Listening for the Main Idea, p. 174. You can access the recording at Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_6/Listening/Conversation_Spaghetti_Westerns.
To discuss the terms above, I created a powerpoint that you can access in Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_6/Listening/Talking_about_Heroes.

Homework

Tomorrow

Thursday

I returned your transcriptions today. With your transcription, you should first study my comments on your grammar and vocabulary. I've made many of the changes myself, but occasionally I've asked you to fix a subject/verb agreement error (SV), or a singular/plural error (S/PL). You should make any necessary changes and understand my comments. Second, you should add new idea and details if your transcript is fewer than 250 words. Third, you should practice reading the revised transcription aloud. When you feel confident, you should fourth record it and fifth save it in Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_5/1215 or 130/YourName. Sixth, you should return the transcript to me so that I can read it while I listen to your revised recording.

Announcements

Thanks to all those who came to the prom. You looked gorgeous, and it was a lot of fun! We missed those of you who couldn't make it.

Classwork

Returned this week's citizenship grades.
Listened for the passive voice in the Maya Angelou radio broadcast (Ex. C, p. 165).
Listened for proper names and inference in another section of that same broadcast (Ex. D, p. 157).
Studied the medial t in the box at the top of p. 150 (Track 30 on your CD). Additional info: When /t/ is surrounded by vowel sounds, it is often pronounced /d/ in the North American dialect. When /t/ is near /n/, it is often pronounced as /n/. Completed Ex. G, The Medial T, p. 150 (Track 31).
Practiced intonation for questions. Studied the box on p. 145 (Track 24). Completed Ex. A on p. 146 (Track 25). Studied the box on p. 146 (Track 26). Completed Ex. B on p. 146 (Track 27) and Ex. C, p. 147 (Track 28). Completed Ex. D, p. 147, with a partner.
Listened for details in the conversation about the poetry class. Completed Ex. C and D on p. 142.

Homework

Tomorrow

Wednesday

Announcements
Come to the PROM! 7:00 tonight!
Classwork

Remember to listen to the news. You are required to listen to 30 minutes of news (e.g., ABC, CNN, FOX, etc.) for each yellow handout. Many students are listening to only university lectures and TED lectures.
If you listen to a recording 2x, I will give count half of the minutes for the second listening. For example, if you listened to a 40 minute lecture twice, I would give you credit for 60 minutes. However, you must write on your paper that you listened two times, or I will never know.
You do not need to write a summary. I want you to take notes as you would in a college class or for a test. The purpose is to build your note-taking, not summary skills.

Reviewed your citizenship and proficiency grades. Remember citizenship must be over 84% at the end of the semester to remain at the ELC. For your proficiency grade, the score shows only your listening scores, many of which were not high. We will work on question types and other skills to improve this.
Listened to the radio broadcast of Maya Angelou. Answered the questions in Ex. B, Listening for Main Ideas, on p. 155.

Homework

Extensive Listening for Chapter 5 (yellow handout). Due on Wed, June 29. Don't forget my comments above.

Classwork

Reviewed notes from last night's lecture on American poets.
Chose one of the questions on p. 152. Brainstormed. Then recorded for 2 minutes in a QuickTime audio file. Saved the file in Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_5/1215 or 130/YourName.
Transcribed the recording. Included your name, the word count, and the number of pauses and fillers in the document. Double-spaced the transcription and saved it in the same folder as above.
Listened to Caged Bird, the poem on pp. 154 and 155. You can find the recording at Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_5/Listening/Caged_Bird_p154.
Practiced reciting Caged Bird. Read the poem aloud and recorded it in a QuickTime audio file. Saved the file in Classes/Gigger/Summer/Chapter_5/1215 or 130/YourName.

Homework