So you may remember the teacher who helped the university out by taking on numerous extra classes. Then he learned that the university couldn't pay him for all 33 hours he's teaching.
There seemed to be no way around this (which bothers me because it seems that the university doesn't realize how indebted they should feel to him) so he offered to teach 3 hours free and not do office hours (he would be available by appointment only).
The university should have agreed to this right away or offered to take one of his classes. They have done neither.
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in (4), on, until (2), by, lured, hostilities, conquest, devastated, succumbed, emigrate, permanent, vast, heathen, barbarous, wilderness, indigenous
You have to finish this test _____________ 9:50.
You don't have to finish this test ___________ 9:50.
_____ 1522, the Spanish completed their ____________ of Mexico.
About 40 years later, the Spanish established St. Augustine, the first ______________ European settlement in the present day US.
_____ 1578, Queen Elizabeth said to colonize the "__________ and ___________ lands" in what is now the US. These words show that the __________ people were seen as wild, savage, and crude.
After Jamestown was established _____ 1607, many people began to _____________ from Europe to North America. These settlers were generally unprepared for life in the __________ forests that made up the ____________ on the east coast of America.
In Jamestown, many colonists _____________ to disease. European diseases spread to the Native American population, which was ____________ by disease, particularly smallpox.
Jamestown is also famous because of the story of Pocahontas, a Powhatan Princess. She became friends with John Smith when they met ____ December 1607. She visited her friend less and less as _______________ between the Settlers and the Native Americans increased.
John Smith was injured and returned to England; Pocahontas didn't see her friend again ______ she herself went to England after marrying John Rolfe.
Rolfe and Pocahontas' love story is a strange one: Pocahontas was _________ onto a British ship and held prisoner. As a prisoner, Pocahontas met Rolfe, who she married _____ April 5, 1614.
You may remember me complaining about my schedule. Well I recently learned that a friend of mine has too much overtime. The university does not ahve enough teachers and my friend is doing 15 hours overtime. But it seems that a Korean law prevents him from getting paid all that overtime.
So he is ready to drop a few classes if the university won't bend the rules for him. Of course, we all feel we have too much work (though I think he wins) and no one wants his classes. This might become an interesting story so I'll keep you posted.
I finally got my coursebooks for the semester. Mos of them I'm seeing for the first time ever since I had to choose them in a hurry. I only got my final schedule the day syllabuses were due! So far I'm not sure I like Oxford Business English: Business Vision but will keep you posted.
Someone claiming to be Howie and using email@internationaleflcafe.com has been spamming my ESL go fourms. What's with these ESL web site owners and spam? I mean spam will not make an ESL site successful. Anyway, I suggest avoiding this internatioanleflcafe site and of course the old markesl or whatever site. I've had spam problems with both of these guys.
I found an interesting paragraph organization information sheet, but everything was explained to the students. I prefer my students learn more activley so I took the answers away and made it more suitable for my Elementary English Composition class. Students will work in pairs to identify problems in paragraphs:
Paragraph organization worksheet adapted by James Trotta from http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/paragraphs.htm
Most paragraphs start with a controlling idea or claim, which it then explains, develops, or supports with evidence. Paragraph sprawl occurs when digressions are introduced into an otherwise focused and unified discussion. Digressions and deviations often come in the form of irrelevant details or shifts in focus.
Identify the controlling idea of this paragraph and then find 2 irrelevant details.
When I was growing up, one of the places I enjoyed most was the cherry tree in the back yard. Behind the yard was an alley and then more houses. Every summer when the cherries began to ripen, I used to spend hours high in the tree, picking and eating the sweet, sun-warmed cherries. My mother always worried about my falling out of the tree, but I never did. But I had some competition for the cherries — flocks of birds that enjoyed them as much as I did and would perch all over the tree, devouring the fruit whenever I wasn't there. I used to wonder why the grown-ups never ate any of the cherries; but actually when the birds and I had finished, there weren't many left.
Topic Sentences
All three paragraphs start out well with a topic sentence. A topic sentence is a sentence whose main idea or claim controls the rest of the paragraph; the body of a paragraph explains, develops or supports with evidence the topic sentence's main idea or claim. The topic sentence is usually the first sentence of a paragraph, but not necessarily. It may come, for example, after a transition sentence.
Topic sentences are not the only way to organize a paragraph, and not all paragraphs need a topic sentence. For example, paragraphs that describe, narrate, or detail the steps in an experiment do not usually need topic sentences. Topic sentences are useful, however, in paragraphs that analyze and argue. Topic sentences help writers develop a main idea or claim for their paragraphs, and, perhaps most importantly, they help these writers stay focused and keep paragraphs manageable.
Identify the topic of this paragraph and then find 2 shifts in focus.
1It is a fact that capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime. 2Statistics show that in states with capital punishment, murder rates are the same or almost the same as in states without capital punishment. 3It is also true that it is more expensive to put a person on death row than in life imprisonment because of the costs of maximum security. 4Unfortunately, capital punishment has been used unjustly. 5Statistics show that every execution is of a man and that nine out of ten are black. 6So prejudice shows right through.
Is the following paragraph better or worse? Why? Compare each sentence 1, each sentence 2, etc.
1The punishment of criminals has always been a problem for society. 2Citizens have had to decide whether offenders such as first-degree murderers should be killed in a gas chamber, imprisoned for life, or rehabilitated and given a second chance in society. 3Many citizens argue that serious criminals should be executed. 4They believe that killing criminals will set an example for others and also rid society of a cumbersome burden. 5Other citizens say that no one has the right to take a life and that capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime. 6They believe that society as well as the criminal is responsible for the crimes and that killing the criminal does not solve the problems of either society or the criminal.
Well I had complained about my schedule and it has gotten a little better. I now ahve 6 classes instead of 7 and one less writing class so fewer papers to correct. Of course i still ahve 6 preps as no two classes are the same so i will be planty busy this semester...
These are some web pages with info that will be useful for my American History students - those of you teaching other academic content-based courses may also find help:
Top ten ways to listen to boring lectures
Taking notes in history class
Why study history?
Studying history
The proper attitude for studying history
History of women in America
Courtship in colonial America
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I remember reading a while back about the cultural differences involved in the labor dispute between Citibank and the Korea labor unions. I've found a couple of articles about it, but not ones that really concentrate on the cultural aspects. I'm thinking this would be a great issue to discuss in my Business across Cultures class...
http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/a-list/2004-July/031307.html
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/FG03Dg01.html
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