Monday, March 17. Preparation: Write the definitions of vocabulary words on the handout you received in class Friday. Finish answering the questions on pages 3-6. Read the second article in the series, “Lake Superior Basin feeling heat: Part 2.” Make a list of 5 new vocabulary words and definitions from this article, as you did for the first one.
In class: We’ll go over the rest of the questions on the first article. (We’ll do the conclusions from p. 7 together in class.) We’ll also talk about the second article and practice vocabulary.
Wednesday, March 19. Preparation: Finish reading the second article, “Lake Superior Basin feeling heat: Part 2.” and complete the vocabulary definitions in the lists on the handout. Write answers to the questions on the handout for discussion in class.
Lab assignment: Read 15-20 pages in your book (2 or 3 chapters) and do a summary and vocabulary list of 8 words as usual. (Copy context with word and give definition from context or dictionary.) Be prepared to talk about your book – in your own words with notes (not from your paper) and teach the class one or two vocabulary words. 5 minutes maximum.
In class: We’ll discuss the second article and vocabulary. If there is time some students will report on their books. (See above)
Extra Credit: Read the third article in the series, “Businesses feel the heat: Lake Superior warms up, part 3.” To receive credit: Make a list of 5 new vocabulary words and definitions from this article, as you did for the first one. Write a paragraph summary of the article to hand in for credit. Indicate what kinds of Keweenaw businesses have been affected by global warming.
Wednesday evening: (Optional) There is a Japanese film at MTU as part of Earth Week: Princess Mononoke. It is an animated film that focuses on the struggles between supernatural guardians of the forest and humans who are consuming its resources. The hero, Ashiitaka, struggles to help both the humans and the creatures of the forest find balance and harmony. The movie will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Minerals and Materials (M&M) Building in room U113. Unfortunately Suzanne and I cannot attend, but if you have your own transportation and wish to go to it, you may. You can tell us about it in class Friday for extra credit – or write an article for the blog. See the article about Earth Week on Keweenaw Now.
Thursday, March 20. Field trip to Michigan Tech for evening Earth Week presentation. Suzanne will drive us in the van. Time and place to meet will be announced in class. Probably about 6:30 p.m. The presentation is at 7 p.m. Katie Alvord, the author of the articles we have been reading, will be at the talk and will meet with you afterwards. Prepare at least two questions to ask her, based on your reading of her articles.
Friday, March 21. No class. Good Friday.
Monday, March 24. Preparation: Review vocabulary from the climate change readings. Finish any questions we didn’t finish in class Wednesday. Do the mini-quiz sent on email and correct it with the key posted above.
In class: We'll discuss the rest of the questions on the second article and review vocabulary. We’ll have a VOCABULARY QUIZ on just the vocabulary we learned from these articles.
Wednesday, March 26. Preparation: Lab reading summaries due. Read and summarize at least 2 chapters or 15-20 pages in your book. Be ready to give a short (5 minutes maximum) oral report on it in class and teach the class one or two new vocabulary words your learned from your reading. Text: Do Before your read, p. 39, scanning and reading, p. 38, and ex. A, p. 39.
In class: We'll have some lab reading reports and go over your answers to p. 39. We'll do ex. B and C together in class.
Friday, March 28. Preparation: Review vocabulary from movie unit 5, all 3 articles. Do the Wrap-up, p. 40, A and B. Bring your vocabulary notebook up to date. If you have time, begin reading Beauty and the Beast. Notice what your character is like. Try reading some of his/her lines out loud. We'll start discussing the play in this class on Monday, March 31. Bring it to class today and every day from now on. You'll also be working with it in Suzanne's writing class.
In class: We'll go over your answers to p. 40, review movie vocabulary, and have a Quiz on Unit 5.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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