130 HOMEWORK

Write short responses (2 or 3 sentences each) on what the following quotes means and to what extent you agree with them:

1.  ‘Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn’t know the first thing about either.’ 

2.  'The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.'  

3.  The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

PM125

Essay topic to consider for tomorrow

Think of a current trend or fad.  It can be a popular style of clothing, a kind of a movie, TV show, a kind of music, a sport, a pastime, an invention, or an appliance.  

Write a short essay (250-300 words) on the causes of this fad or trend.  In other words, why is this thing popular?

What changes in society have encouraged this trend?

What changes in the economy?

Does it appeal to a specific age group?  Why?

Does it meet hidden emotional needs, like gaining status, feeling safe, powerful, etc.

PM1 Academic Writing

Thesis Statements

Take the following topics and develop them into thesis statements for cause and effect essays.

1.  Why are divorce rates increasing?

2.  Why are children afraid of the dark?

3.  Why do people go on diets?

4.  Why are students sometimes hesitant to speak in class?

130

Watch the TED talk featuring Salman Khan, take notes while you listen, and answer the questions:

• 1.  Why did Salman Khan first start making videos?
• 2.  According to Khan, what are some of the benefits of videos over live instruction?
• 3.  How do Khan Academy's exercises work?
• 4.  How are the lessons structures on Khan Academy?
• 5.  How are teachers using Khan Academy?
• 6.  What is the vision for the future of Khan?

HOMEWORK 130

Use of English 1-3 Collocations

Exercise 2
Part 3 Good Friends

130 Friday

READING

Follow the link and read the article on technology and friendship.  Take notes as you read it, and summarize the main points of the article with a partner:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/what-is-technology-doing-_b_2902065.html


WRITING

Follow the link to the exercise on topic sentences:

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/11NI7rxdRz3S17b6b6EiYobPMKSBjG6Eg3z-ueiwlyhM/edit

Write two short paragraphs.  In the first, summarize the article on social media and children’s friendships.  In the second, respond to the text with your opinion.  Do you think the positive influence technology has on our friendships outweighs the negative?

Academic Word List Highlighter

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/alzsh3/acvocab/awlhighlighter.htm


Exercises:

http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/