• Christine's Links to Listening Resources 
• Academic Skills -- Note-taking Strategies, Standard Symbols & Abbreviations, Discourse Cues
• NPR (National Public Radio)
• 9-25-2012 NPR newscast 
• Techniques of Sentence Combination - Discourse Markers 

• Quizlet for Article: Obama to leaders: Reject extremism(Burlington Free Press, 9/26/20128A)
• Protests Spread Over Anti-Islam Video (5 min) 

1. Listen to and take notes on 4 short news items/events. Be prepared to summarize them verbally in class.
2. Review your Note-Taking Strategies handout for a quiz. 
3. Read the article: Obama to leaders: Reject extremism. There may be a quiz on it.
4. Study the flashcards in Quizlet for Article: Obama to leaders: Reject extremism for a vocabulary quiz.
5. Join Voxopop, a site for recording your summaries and commenting on others'. An invitation has been sent to you.

1. Polls show Obama creeps ahead in Ohio (1:40 min)
2. UN Assembly remains divided over Syria (2:32 min)

1. Log into our talkgroup in Voxopop. Another invitation was sent to Roaa, Nidda, and Coca today. 
2. Record a 1-minute summary of the main points in Polls show Obama creeps ahead in Ohio.
3. Record a 2-minute summary of the main points in UN Assembly remains divided over Syria.  

Thursday,

October 4, 2012

1. Romney 'wins' first debate with Obama (2:14 min) 
2. Maps: First settlements on Eastern Coast of North America and Early Discoveries and Explorations, 1497-1609, Early Discoveries and Explorations, 1497-1621
3. Voice of America Learning English: American History: English Settlers Establish Colonies In the New World (15 min.) 

1. Study the Quizlet vocabulary flashcards for American History: English Settlers Establish Colonies in the New World for a quiz.
2. Complete the Incomplete Outline for American History: English Settlers Establish Colonies in the New World.
3. Take notes on 2 news events of your choice to present in class. 
4. EXTRA CREDIT: Listen to at least 15 minutes of the First Presidential Debate and summarize the main points discussed. 

Tuesday,

October 9, 2012

1. Insurance Costs Rise, but More Slowly (2:30 min)
2. Understanding the History of Halloween : Jack-o-Lanterns in Halloween (1:55 min)

1. Listen to and take notes on the video "How will Chavez's victory impact the world?" (25:15 min). Go to our talkgroup in Voxopop and record a 2-minute summary or write a summary.
2. Study the Quizlet vocabulary flashcards for Jack-o-Lanterns in Halloweenfor a quiz.  
3. Complete your homework from before. 
4. Check out the History of Halloween, Halloween Jokes, Halloween Superstitions, and Trick-or-Treat Rhymes. 

1. Incomplete Outline for American History: English Settlers Establish Colonies in the New World -- test 
2. The Greenhouse Effect And Health -- notes; questions

1. Review Discourse Cues in Listening for a quiz.
2. Study the standard symbols and abbreviations for a quiz.
3. Listen to The Greenhouse Effect And Health -- take notes; answer the 9 questions. Suggestion: Write the vocabulary we had on the board 3 times for spelling practice.
4. Listen to 2-4 news events; take notes and be prepared to present an oral summary in class. 

NO CLASS!!! 

1. Discourse Cues in Listening - quiz
2. Standard Symbols & Abbreviations - quiz
3. Presentations of news summaries 
4. The Greenhouse Effect And Health -- summarize main ideas; vocabulary review; answers to 9 questions. 
5. The Stages of Culture Shock -- notes
1. Multiple-choice quiz
2. Text Completion Quiz
6. Pakistan outrage over attack on Malala (2:45 min)