SPORTS

In this chapter we will be exploring SPORTS







We will examine and discuss key vocabulary including:

achievement
altar
ceremony
chariot
competition
conflict
coordination
myths
sacrifices
sanctuary
spectators
boycotted
equestrian
Discussion Questions
Q- What events used to take place in the ancient Greek Olympics--during the opening ceremony? What is the difference between old and modern Olympics?
Q- What was the role of girls...then and now?
Q- How do world politics affect the Olympic Games?

Activities
- KWL
- Reading "The Ancient vs. The Modern Olympics"
- Reading "Issues in Competitive Sports in the World Today"
- Create a Venn Diagram to organize details from the readings (group activity)
- Distinguish opinion from fact- exercise
- Summarizing opinions (group activity)
- Understanding prefexes, stems, and suffixes
- Identifying Antonyms

- Vocabulary Quiz part 1 and part 2
- Article Olympic boycott 1980
- Video 10 Greatest Sports Moments

SOCIAL LIFE

In this chapter we will examine: SOCIAL LIFE
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Q: How do young people typically socialize in your country?
Q: What do you think are the best ways to meet a potential boyfriend or girlfriend?





We will investigate and discuss key vocabulary. (Part 1 and 2)



arrangement...arranged
cyberspace...dormitory
socks....speed dating
spouses...hang out
aggressive...discouraged

Assignments
- KWL
- Create a questionaire and interview a classmate
- Write a topic and concluding sentence
- Create a paragraph about a classmate
- Quizzes
- Group work: Create a summary of the reading. (1) pros and cons (2) main idea
- Understanding literal meaning and inferences
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- Methods for ordering information in your paragraph
- Using the correct verb tense and prefixes
- Transition words and phrases: also, in addition, in fact, however
- Express cause and effect with so....that
- Contractions
- present and past participles
- proper capitalization

READINGS
- Reading "Meeting the Perfect Mate, part 1 and part 2
- Article "How to Make Friends"
- Article "College Student Dating Tips"

SUPPLEMENTARY VIDEOS
- Video "How to Make Friends"
- Video "Make a good impression"
- Video Speed Dating

ENTERTAINMENT AND THE MEDIA

In this chapter we will examine and investigate:
ENTERTAINMENT AND THE MEDIA



We will explore and discuss key vocabulary, including the positive and negative effects of visual media (TV, video, youtube, movies) on viewers.
Genre: action, comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, musical, fantasy
heartwarming, action-packed, horrifying, touching, realistic
Q: Possible effect of violent movies or TV programs on people's personalities and behavior.
Q: Signs of possible addiction to visual media; TV and computers, ie. Facebook.







ASSIGNMENTS AND EXERCISES

-Write a one-paragraph review of your favorite movie.
-Create a story web (organizer) and a title for your paragraph
-Analyzing how you choose movies (p. 141)
-Reading "How the Visual Media Affect People" and "Media Stories"
-GROUP WORK: summarize the two readings using an outline; (1)the main idea and supporting details, (2)Effect of the Visual Media; advantages and disadvantages
-various vocabulary exercises

-QUIZZES (3)
-Reading: part 1, part 2, and adjectives from writing pg.130;
-Using appositives to combine sentences pg. 134 writing
-Understanding suffixes and word families p.177
-Using historical present tense pg. 136 and pg. 140

SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
- Article about Facebook addiction: Link
- Article Boy addicted to Thomas the Train
- Article Benefits of TV?
- Article (sample review) Silverado Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Silverado
- Article: video Game Addiction

SUPPLEMENTAL VIDEOS
- Video "TV Addiction: Myth or fact?"
- Video "Why are networking sites so addictive?"
- Video "Media addiction"
- Video "Movie Trailer"
- Video "Video Game Addiction"
- Video "Hereafter" directed by Clint Eastwood

Parasites and your health

Parasites may be present in food or in water and can be identified as causes of foodborne or waterborne illness in the United States. They range in size, from tiny single-celled organisms to worms visible to the naked eye. Their lifecycle may also vary. While some parasites use a permanent host, others go through a series of developmental phases using different animal or human hosts. The illnesses they can cause range from mild discomfort to debilitating illness and possibly death.

What are parasites?
Parasites are organisms that derive nourishment and protection from other living organisms known as hosts. They may be transmitted from animals to humans, from humans to humans, or from humans to animals. Several parasites have emerged as significant causes of foodborne and waterborne illness. These organisms live and reproduce within the tissues and organs of infected human and animal hosts, and are often excreted in feces.

How are they transmitted?
They may be transmitted from host to host through consumption of contaminated food and water, or by putting anything into your mouth that has touched the stool (feces) of an infected person or animal.

How do they vary?
Parasites are of different types and range in size from tiny, single-celled, microscopic organisms (protozoa) to larger, multi-cellular worms (helminths) that may be seen without a microscope. The size ranges from 1 to 2 µm (micrometers) to 2 meters long.

25 Amazing Food Cures

25 Amazing Food Cures

There has been a lot of interest in the media about the health benefits of red wine. It isn't the alcohol in the wine that provides a health benefit but the anti-oxidants, the red wine polyphenols, anthrocyanidins and resveratrol.

Resveratrol, in particular, has been demonstrated to be a potent anti-oxidant (about 20-50 times as effectively as vitamin C alone) and act synergistically with vitamin C enhancing the effects of each. Resveratrol has been demonstrated to have an anti-clotting effect that prevents the formation of thrombi or blood clots in the blood vessels. The formation of thrombi that block small blood vessels is believed to be a cause of heart attacks and strokes. Resveratrol has been demonstrated to have anti-cancer effects as well.

The incidence of heart disease and cancer among populations who consume a lot of red wine is dramatically less than those that don't even though they may also have a high fat diet. Resveratrol has also been demonstrated to promote the formation of new dendrites in the brain. Resveratrol and the other bioflavonoids and polyphenols are present in large amounts in the leaves, twigs and bark of the grape vines. Thus, red wine, which is fermented with the skins, seeds, twigs, etc. tends to contain much larger quantities of the beneficial substances than white wine which is fermented only from the pressed juice of the grape.


http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2010/09/25/enviropig-the-next-transgenic-food/?iref=allsearch

Health

Investigating: HEALTH

Discuss and analyze health, modern and traditional medicine, including key vocabulary and concepts.

Remedies........ Needles....... cure
treatments...... claims ......... prevent
ailments........ longevity .... inhabitants
(part 1 vocabulary on p.133 and part 2 on p.141)

-video of nutrition and traditional foods
-various readings (reading p. 133 & p. 142)

Culminating Activites; Students will design and create a presentation on a topic related to traditional medicine.
Students will also write a paper to accompany their power point presentation.
There will be two vocabulary quizzes (part 1 and part 2)

Traditional Treatments
-Using a vocabulary chart (writing p. 111)
-write a topic sentence for your paper and presentation
-create a Mind Map organizer
-watch and discuss a video about acupuncture

Part 2
advice.....decisions
bacteria..... birth defects.......damage
engineering.......genes....geneticists
parasites......patients
dishonest....fraudulent