UNIT 3 Dying for their Beliefs

Hello everybody,

I hope this coming year will bring you happiness and joy!! Happy new year!

During your holiday, please find time to watch this film (Lorenzo'nun Yağı). It is mostly about the things we discussed in unit 3.

After you watch the film, please answer the following questions.

1- What are the conventional or nonconventional methods they used? Were these methods successful?

2- Did you like the film? Why or why not?

Journal Topic

Hello friends,

This week for your journal topic,

I am asking a very simple question.

Please write your answers in the "comments" part. Do not forget to write your name under your comment please. You don't need to write it in your journal notebook.

The question is:

WHO ARE YOU?

(I don't ask your name, surname, title, your job etc. Just write who you are in life, and define yourself.)

Here is my answer:

"I am just a dream of God, and I am a dreamer. I am only a drop of water in the ocean :)"

Unit 2 Vocabulary Exercise

Answers of Unit 1: 1-b 2-a 3-b 4-c 5-a 6-c 7-c 8-c 9-a 10-b

Unit 2- Dreams Never Die

Choose the correct answer.

1. He _______________ his family. His wife and children never saw or heard from him again.
a. abandoned b. yearned for c. traveled with

2. The tennis player didn’t win a game this season. He was always ____________.
a. dilapidated b. tormented c. defeated

3. The old house was falling apart. It was ____________.
a. dilapidated b. defeated c. tormented

4. He could not sleep. His ______________ dreams woke him in a terror every night.
a. meager b. tormented c. light

5. There is very little food in the house. We will have a ____________ dinner tonight.
a. meager b. sordid c. tormented

6. The young girl believed that life was miserable and that there was no possibility for a better life. She lived in ______________.
a. hiding b. shame c. hopelessness

7. The father’s alcoholism brought ______________ on the family name. People in the town talked about how drunk and irresponsible he was.
a. misery b. shame c. hopelessness

8. The young boy was in terrible physical and emotional pain. He was in ______________ .
a. misery b. shame c. hopelessness

9. When their father spent all their money on alcohol, the family had to live in _______________. They had no money to buy food or pay their electricity bill.
a. misery b. poverty c. shame

10. The young woman wanted to return to her home in Ireland. She ______________ her family and village.
a. yearned for b. hoped for c. defeated


NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, High Intermediate: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 2 Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

Taste

Château Branaire-Ducru notes:

Appellation : Saint-Julien

Classification : Quatrième grand cru classé

Second wine : Château Duluc

Surface area : 50 hectares

Grape varieties : 70 % of Cabernet Sauvignon, 22 % of Merlot,
5 % of Cabernet Franc and 3 % of Petit Verdot

This week you will read the story "Taste" written by Roald Dahl. The wine bottle on the picture is the focus point of the story, which creates discussion among the characters.

Please answer the questions below and write your comments.

1. What is your reaction to how Mike Schofield treats his wife and daughter?

2. What do you think Richard Pratt will say and do to get out of the situation at the end of the story?

3. How will Mike react? What will he do? How will the evening end?

Discussion

Hello friends,
In our lesson we discussed about obstacles we have in life and the ways some people overcame them. You were supposed to watch the films above. Please answer the questions below.

1- What kinds of obstacles do the characters have? Do they find a way to overcome them?
2- Do these films have similarities?
3- Which film did you like more? Why?

UNIT 1 VOCABULARY EXERCISE

Choose the correct answer.
1. A(n) ______________ presents news stories and interviews expert guests on a TV news show.
a. editor b. anchor c. celebrity
2. A ______________ writes opinions about news events for newspapers and magazines.
a. columnist b. correspondent c. politician
3. A(n) ______________ travels around the world and reports back news stories.
a. anchor b. correspondent c. celebrity
4. A(n) ______________ reviews all the news stories, decides which stories are included, and makes language corrections.
a. reporter b. journalist c. editor
5. A(n) ______________ is any person who is famous.
a. celebrity b. journalist c. politician
6. People vote for the ______________________ who will best represent their interests in
government.
a. editor b. affiliate c. politician
7. A(n) ______________ writes articles for newspapers and magazines.
a. editor b. anchor c. journalist
8. The small local radio station was a(n) ______________ of a large media corporation.
a. tabloid b. network c. affiliate
9. A(n) ________________ covers news stories for print media, radio, or television.
a. reporter b. columnist c. editor
10. A ________________ is a newspaper that focuses on sensational news with lots of photographs
and short articles.
a. affiliate b. tabloid c. network

NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, High Intermediate: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 1 Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

Marionettes Inc.

Hello friends, this week you were supposed to read "Marionettes, Inc." written by Ray Bradbury. It is a stunning story as you might think.

Please answer my questions below about the story and write your comments.

1- How might this story continue?

2- Would you prefer to duplicate yourself or a friend of yours? Why / Why not?

Journal Topic 1

Hello friends,

I hope you are having a good time on holiday.

This will be your first journal topic. Please write your comments in your journal notebook and bring in the class on Wednesday.

* Do you think the famous people have an easy life? Which aspects of their lives are easy, which are not?

WELCOME

Hello friends,
You are all welcome. I hope we will have a great year together.
I design this blog page in order to create discussions, share our ideas, and to practice vocabulary etc. As this is Reading&Writing course you will be reading the materials published by me and also writing comments for the questions and discussions.
During the term I can make some of the announcements via this blog page, so please check here frequently.

I wish you all a good and successful year!

Emel ŞENTUNA

The Right to Read

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

This week we talked about the censorship and the right to read.

Now, you are supposed to find two Turkish books which were banned, and tell me why they were banned.

Journal Topic

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

As we studied about adjectives and descriptive language in our lesson, now it is time to use them.

This week, you are going to create your own poem.

Let's see how we can do it. There are some simple steps to follow:

Write a 5-line poem in the following constructive manner.
1- On the first line write a noun of your choice.
2- On the second line write two adjectives joined by and to describe this noun.
3- On the third line write a verb and an adverb to describe this noun in action
4- Start the fourth line with "like or as" followed by a comparison.
5- Start the final line with "if only" followed by a wish.

Here are some examples of a few well-known poets:

Life
Terrible and wonderful
Going fast
Like a train
If I only knew where it goes and when it stops.
(by Marielle Gustafsson)

Wind
Light and cunning
Flying everywhere
Like a naughty boy
If only I had the patience to catch him.
(by Candace)


The sky
Blue and deep
Waiting patiently
Like eternity
If only I can fly to it.
(by Francisco Ramirez Alvarado)

Please write your poems and publish them in the comments. I believe yours will be better than the examples given above :))

Journal Topic

Ladies and gentlemen,

This week you are supposed to find three military terms and explain what they are in English with your own words.

Please write these terms in the comments.

Vocabulary

Ladies and gentlemen, for this blog entry, you are supposed to write 2 fill-in-the-blank style questions using the words you learned in the vocabulary activity we finished today. Just write two sentences in the comments part, but do not give the answers please. :)

P/S: We are going to discuss the ELT journal article on Thursday. Please come prepared.

Journal Topic

Hello friends this week for your journal topic I am asking a very simple question :))

Please write your answers in the "comments" part.

The question is:

WHO ARE YOU?

(I don't ask your name, surname, title, your job. Just explain who you are in life)

Here is my answer to the question: I can write a composition to answer it but simply...

"I am just a dream of God and I am a dreamer. I am a drop of water in the ocean" E.S.

Note: For Tuesday you are supposed to read the ELT journal chapter 4. Please do not forget it and inform your friends who don't have a chance to read my reminder.

Journal Topic

Hello friends,

This week please write about the following topic in your notebook for the dialogue journal.

"Have you ever been misunderstood? What was the situation? Why do you think you were misunderstood in that situation? Please explain in detail"

If you haven't been misunderstood, please explain in general why people are misunderstood. What are the reasons of that?

Please bring your notebooks on Tuesday.
Take care

ELT Journal

"You've Got mail": A film workshop

Hello friends, I think most of you have watched this film. The article we are going to discuss is about it as you know. Thus, please check out the following questions, read the article and if necessary watch the film again more critically.

1- The article states that using films as teaching materials brings many advantages. But what could be the disadvanatages ? Please write your opinions.

2- The researcher used films in the lesson called "Media Studies" and created an indepth analyses of films together with students. As a candidate teacher, in which lesson would you like to use films and why?

3-I used the film "You've got mail" to teach vocabulary in my reading class. After the students watched the film, I gave them a short summary of the plot and students were supposed to fill in the blanks with the required vocabulary such as "competition, chain store, family-owned business etc." So, think about an activity related with this film that you could use in your language class. What sort of activites could you give to your students about this film? Please write in details.

Journal Topic

Hello friends,

I hope you are enjoying your holiday. Have a good rest and please do the assignments until you come back to school.

Here you go. The first one.

Write your comments about the following question. There is no correct answer as you might guess. Just write what you think.

Why do we call a pencil "pencil"?

JOURNAL TOPIC

Hello everybody,
Sorry for the delay about the post that you are going to write in your dialogue journal.
This week please visit the the following website and take the quiz:

http://www.colorquiz.com/

In your journal please write :

1- How did the color quiz results describe you? (Explain briefly)
2- How accurate do you think the quiz was in describing you?
3-Do you believe the quiz is a reliable tool for assessing someone's personality?

4-Do you believe there is a connection between color preference and personality?