April 28 -30: PENGUINS

We will watch 20 minutes of The March of the Penguins



Here is a FILE for you to download and print. Whew, it took forever to prepare... Look over the handout for difficult words and phrases.

This will take both Tuesday and Thursday.

INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK: APRIL 14- 16

Don't forget the interviews are this week.

Just come prepared to discuss. No long, memorized, boring answers please.

David

For Thursday April 9 -- Superstitions

I decided to delay the Fear Factor. We will have a listening quiz so look know the vocabulary on the right hand side of this paper. If you know them, you will be happy. Trust me.

Kindly print the Indiana Jones file. We will use it to make passive sentences.

For your reference, some Western superstitions are
Here, here and here are some Western superstitions for you to print out, consider and bring to class.

Later,
David

For Tuesday, April 7: Magic

We will watch a video in class by the magician, Chriss Angel. Superstitions, magic, worshiping idols, all are related to irrational beliefs (and maybe a little fear thrown in). The following video is low quality, but the sound is good. Answer the questions.



1. How does the woman know that she can be hypnotized?
2. As he is hypnotizing her, what does Chriss ask her to think about?
3. According to Chriss, what the feeling that she will get as she is enters the hypnotic trance?
4. What does the name of the TV show, Mindfreak, mean?

Please print THIS

Print out this paper too. The most important thing on this paper is the 5 Korean superstitions I want you to write down. Okay, we all know dream of a pig! Can we find other, more interesting ones? Also, note the vocabulary.

About the quiz last week. Some people did very well because they were prepared. If you didn't do well you need to review the vocabulary more often.