Oct. 26th...

We got lots of exercise in the rain today, as we were moved from room to room to avoid the orientation students who were in our classroom. Thank you everyone for your patience!
We did the computer lab projects listed below, and then we went over our reading of the Delaney Sisters and previewed next week's assignment.  We will be talking about the silk road.  In reading, we are concentrating on gathering information without using dictionaries, finding personal ways to relate to readings, and looking for ways to predict and find information BEFORE reading.
This week, do the take-home homework handout.  Also try to find ways to incorporate a few new idioms in your speech...this will help to strengthen your vocabulary skills. Remember, every skill strengthens the others......GOOD LUCK.

In computer lab:
Look up any images or information that will help you to further understand the homework assignment.
Then:
Go to Simple Wikipedia.
Skim the page, and be able to answer these questions:
1. What is a Wikipedia?
2. Who can change it?
3. Who can use the pages?
4.  What should you keep in mind when writing articles?
5. Which "knowledge group" looks most interesting to you?

Then, explore Simple Wiktionary
Look up xenophobia.  What is it?

NEXT: A place to look up IDIOMS!
Look in A-C. Find 2 or three that seem useful and bring them to class!

Last but not least, practice speed reading at spreeder.com, using stories from eslfast.com