Homework for Week 4

Here's a reminder of your homework assignment for this week:

1. Go to your partner's blog and find the personality profile that he/she wrote about you. Copy and paste that profile to your blog, but before you post it, check it carefully and correct any mistakes. Obviously, if there are factual errors or incorrect details, you can change those, but try to focus on English usage. Consider clarity, vocabulary, spelling, and grammar. Once you've checked their writing and made any changes, then post it to your blog.

2. Write a short review of a restaurant. For an example, please look on page 18 or 137 of your book. You can write about any restaurant you've ever been to...in fact, you can even write about your mom's cooking, if you want. Just write a paragraph or two.

Good luck, and have a nice rest of the weekend. See you next Saturday!

Homework: Partner Personality Profile

1. Your homework assignment for this week is to write a personality profile about the partner you interviewed in class. As we discussed, you can include some biographical information, but you should mainly focus on your partner's personality.

Please include direct quotations from your interview, as well as things that you observed during the interview. For a few examples of a personality profile, you can look:
here
here
and
here.

2. When your partner has completed his/her profile of you, please go to their blog and comment on it. Do you think it's accurate? What would you add, subtract, or change? Does it really summarize who you are?

If you were not in class today, then you need to find an English-speaking person and interview him or her, and complete the same assignment. If you have questions about this please contact me as soon as possible.

Oh, Hello There.

I wanted to say that I've checked all your blogs and left comments on them. You did very good work in general, and I enjoyed reading your descriptions of your planets. If you've not finished your "review" of your partner's planet, try to do that as soon as possible so that you have time to go to the...

MOVIE CLUB TONIGHT!
6:30-8:30 PM!

I'll actually be substituting for the teacher, so your host this evening will be Good Ol' Ryan Sitzman. Or "Evil Ol' Ryan Sitzman," depending on your perspective. Based on your comments, it looks like I SHOULD be playing Star Wars, since most of you seem like you would be woefully unprepared when it comes to the life skill of Star Wars Trivia. But we'll see which movie we watch tonight.

But in any case, I'll hope to see you at the Movie Club tonight, or else in class tomorrow morning*!

*Please remember, class starts at 8:00, not 8:12... if I have to be there on time, so do you! :)

Week 2 Homework

For your homework, you need to write a paragraph or two about your partner's planet. Some ideas are:

-Are the inhabitants of your partner's planet more like Venusians or Martians?

-How is their planet similar to or different from yours?

-Would you like to live on their planet? Why or why not? What would make it difficult or easy for you?

-Do you think that your partner's planet would join the Galactic Empire, or would it become part of the Rebel Alliance?

-(BONUS!): Which Star Wars character would be most likely to come from your partner's planet? (Note: original trilogy only, please, no prequels)


Please post your answers to your blog. If you want to put comments on any additional classmates' blogs, that would be great, but don't forget your partner!

If you have any questions or problems, please tell me. Until then, have a great week!

A Few Reminders!

1. Please remember your homework assignment about bringing two items that help define or describe your identity!

2. Most people have sent me their blog addresses, but if you've not, please do it. Also, be sure to post your homework about your planet as soon as possible.

3. If you're looking for free ways to practice English, there's the...

FREE MOVIE CLUB TONIGHT!
6:30 TO 8:30 AT CCCN PALMARES!

...be there or be square, hear your friends talk about how awesome it was and how it was a shame you missed it, regret it for the rest of your life, etc.

The event will be led by Oskar, our dashing, daring, glorious-haired CCCN Palmares hero!

As usual, the event is BYOP (Bring Your Own Popcorn).

See you all tomorrow!

Assignment For Week 1

1. First, remember to read the course information and the student manual.

2. Then, remember to bring two objects that you think help define or describe your identity. Remember to keep them secret from your classmates, and that they shouldn't have your name on them.

3. Then, when you have started your blog, send me the address.

4. Then, please complete your writing assignment:
-Invent and name a planet where everyone is just like you
-What characteristics would people from your planet share?
-How are they similar to Martians and Venusians? How are they different?
-Write at least one paragraph describing your planet and its inhabitants, and post it to your blog.

If you have any questions or problems, please tell me!
Good luck!

(P.S.: I know you're concerned, but don't worry: I have plenty of stupid cat pictures to last the whole bimester.)

Hello To My Advanced Program, Level 1 Class!

Hello and welcome to my blog! If you're here, you're likely in my Advanced Program class in Palmares. If not, that's OK; you're still welcome.

I'll be posting your class homework assignments here, as well as any comments, links, or other information that I think might be relevant for our course.

ASSIGNMENT FOR WEEK 1:
If you were in my AP-6 class last bimester, then you should still have a blog. If you weren't, that's OK, but I would like you to start a blog. I will occasionally be giving you assignments that involve commenting or posting things to your blog. Here are some basic steps to start your blog:

1. Go to blogger.com

2. Click on the orange button that says "Create a blog" (or "crear un blog")

3. At this point, if you have a google account (for example, if you use gmail, you do), then you can sign in to that, and the process will be easier.
If you don't have a google account, that's OK, but you'll just have to quickly create one. Fill in the information on the new page. At some point, you may be asked for your telephone number, in order to send you a confirmation number. That's normal, and the students who did that last bimester didn't have any problems with this.

4. From there, you should basically have your blog started. You can either customize the appearance, or start blogging. You might want to do a test post, which you can later erase.

5. Send me the link to your blog, either to my email address, or by posting it in the comment section of this post. I'll add you to the class blog list, which you will see on the right of the screen.

If you have any problems with this, please contact me. I'm excited to get to know you all better, and also excited to read your opinions!