Friday, March 5, 2010

Wek 9 - Agenda

FOCUS ON READING
  • Hypothesis, Probability and Argumentation pp 150-168
READINGS 
  • ALL readings pp 47-69
Lab Unit 3 Sec. 21-29

Monday, March 1, 2010

AVISO Martes 2 de Marzo

Debido al paro de profesores todas las evaluaciones y actividades pautadas para mañana martes 2 serán transferidas a el jueves 4 de marzo.

Week 8 - Agenda

TUESDAY 2
Lab Quiz 1 (5%) Sec 21-29
Reading Quiz 2 (RQ2 – 7%)

FOCUS ON READING
  • Probability
  • Detecting evidence
  • Deductive and inductive reasoning
  • Separating fact and opinion
THURSDAY 4

READINGS
  • When nerves speak, this chip listens
  • Dinosaurs: Why they disappeared
Lab Unit 3 Sec. 10-29

Grades Sec. 29

Grades Sec. 21

Grades Sec.10

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Assignment 6 - Community Contribution - Week 7

Activity 6 (A6) will not be related to the content matter of our ID1-112 course, but instead, it will be a Community Contribution for which all the groups will make 4 PPT slides giving tips and advice on how to save:

1. Energy / Electricity
2. Water
3. Paper
4. Recycling (other than paper, be creative)

  •  Each group will give 4 tips for each category in bullet form.
  • Include the name of all the participants of the group. 
  • Make sure your tips apply to our local situation.
  • If you get more than two tips from the same source please cite your source.
  • Label your presentation Group_Sec#_A6_save.
  • Send it to aprendoingles@gmail.com by Sat, Feb 27

Week 7 - Agenda

FOCUS ON READING
  • What is a hypothesis? p 150
  • Expressing hypothesis in English pp 151-153
  • Different types of conditionals pp 153-157
READINGS

  • Policy debate: Do technological advances result in higher unemployment? pp 47-49
  • What causes tsunamis pp 50-52
  • Cause and effect in global warming p 53
  • Weart replies p 53

LAB QUIZ 1 (5%) Sec 21-29
READING QUIZ 2 (RQ2 – 7%)

Slides A5 - Summary

The best Summary was prepared by The Americans
To see your slides follow http://assign112-jan10.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Departmental Exam 1

Departmental Exam 1 (25%)
Friday, Feb. 19, 11:30-1:30 pm
Sec 10 / 21 - AUL110
Sec 29 - AUL114

Lab Quiz 1

Lab Quiz 1 (5%) / Units 1 & 2
Sec 10 - Tuesday 23
Sec 21,29 - Thursday 25

Agenda Week 6

TUESDAY
  • Holiday. 
THURSDAY

READINGS WEEKS 4-5-6

  • What is Sudoku: rules, history and terminology P 21
  • How to solve Sudoku puzzles: methods, hints and tips PP 22-24
  • The oceanic cycle PP 25-27
  • Beginner’s guide to using iPods as hard disks pp 28-31
  • Clouds in the greenhouse pp32-35
  • How to make ice in five minutes pp 36-37
  • Butterfly biology p 38
  • Aye-aye p 39
  • Grubs on tap for the aye-aye pp 40-42
  • What happens when you drink? pp 43-46
Lab Quiz 1 (5%) Sec 10

Departmental Exam 1 (25%) Fri, Feb 19, 11:30-1:30 pm

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Slides A4 Cause-Effect GOs

The best CE GO was prepared by The Jamaicans

To see your slides follow http://assign112-jan10.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

A5 - Readings - Sections 10-21-29

• Chinese: The oceanic cycle pp 25-26
• British: How to make ice in five minutes pp 36-37
• Swiss: Butterfly biology p 38
• Italians: Aye-aye p 39
• Jamaicans: Grubs on tap for the aye-aye pp 40-42
• Spanish: What happens when you drink? pp 43-46
• Germans: The oceanic cycle pp 25-26
• Australians: How to make ice in five minutes pp 36-37
• Americans: Butterfly biology p 38
• Norwegians: Aye-aye p 39
• French: Grubs on tap for the aye-aye pp 40-42
• Hungarians: What happens when you drink? pp 43-46
• Canadians: The oceanic cycle pp 25-26
• Brazilians: Butterfly biology p 38
• Russians: How to make ice in five minutes pp 36-37

Assignment 5 - Summarizing - Week 6

  • Get together with your group  
  • Check http://www.slideshare.net/Prof_Pat_Muri for info on how to write a paragraph
  • Make a PPT slide with a summary of the reading assigned to your group (only 1 paragraph)
  • Label your slide groupname_sec#_A5_Sum 
  • Send it to aprendoingles@gmail.com by Thursday, Feb 18 
  • The best paragraphs will be published in our assignments blog at http://assign112-jan10.blogspot.com/

A4 - Readings Sec 29

Focus on Reading p147, Exercise 67, Part B:
• Norwegians: Paragraph #2
• French: p 146, Paragraph: Headaches…
• Hungarians: Paragraph #1
• Canadians: Paragraph #3
• Brazilians: Paragraph #4
• Russians: Paragraph #4

A4 - Readings Sec 21

Focus on Reading p147, Exercise 67, Part B:
• Spanish: Paragraph #2
• Germans: Paragraph #1
• Australians: Paragraph #4
• Americans: p 146, Paragraph: Headaches…

A4 - Readings Sec 10

Focus on Reading p147, Exercise 67, Part B:
• Chinese: Paragraph #1
• British: p 146, Paragraph: Headaches…
• Swiss: Paragraph #2
• Italians: Paragraph #3
• Jamaicans: Paragraph #4

Monday, February 8, 2010

Assignment 4 - Cause/Effect GOs - Week 5

Week 5 - Agenda

TUESDAY 9
  • What is Sudoku: rules, history and terminology PP 21
  • How to solve Sudoku puzzles: methods, hints and tips PP 22-24
  • The oceanic cycle PP 25-27
  • What is cause and effect? pp 141-143
  • Cause and effect indicators pp 143-144
  • Exercises pp 144-148
READING QUIZ 1 (RQ1 – 8%)

THURSDAY 11
  • Beginner’s guide to using iPods as hard disks pp 28-31
  • Clouds in the greenhouse pp 32-35
  • How to make ice in five minutes pp 36-37
  • Butterfly biology p 38
LAB Sec 21-29

Monday, February 1, 2010

Reading Quizzes Schedule

Week 4 - Agenda

TUESDAY 2

  • A3: Feedback Timelines
  • Check Readings Weeks 2 & 3
  • Focus on summarizing p 104
  • Focus on compound nouns pp 73-80

THURSDAY 4 

  • What is Sudoku: rules, history and terminology pp 21
  • How to solve Sudoku puzzles: methods, hints and tips pp 22-24
  • The oceanic cycle pp 25-27
  • Section 10 - Lab Session 1 - Unit 1
READING QUIZ 1 (RQ1 – 7%)

Lab Units Vocabulary Forum


    Post here any questions you may have about the vocabulary of lab units

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    • Identify your post Fullname_section#

    Lab Quizzes Schedule

    We will have two Lab Quizzes worth 5 pts. each for a total of 10 pts.

    Assignment grades Sec. 29

    Assignment grades Sec. 21

    Assignment grades Sec. 10

    Sunday, January 31, 2010

    Slides A3 - Timelines




    The best Timeline was made by the Russians

    Check the best Timelines at http://assign112-jan10.blogspot.com/

    Tuesday, January 26, 2010

    Timeline Readings Section 29

    • Norwegians: The history of calculators pp 11-13
    • French: Internet history pp 18-20
    • Hungarians: Internet history pp 18-20
    • Canadians: Biography - Albert Einstein pp 1-3
    • Brazilians: Biography - Ernest Rutherford pp 4-7
    • Russians: Biography of Jonathan Ive - Apple Computers pp 8-9

    Timeline Readings Section 10

    • Chinese: The history of calculators pp 11-13
    • British: Internet history pp 18-20
    • Swiss: Biography - Albert Einstein pp 1-3
    • Italians: Biography - Ernest Rutherford pp 4-7
    • Jamaicans: Biography of Jonathan Ive - Apple Computers pp 8-9

    Timeline Readings Section 21

    • Spanish: Biography - Albert Einstein pp 1-3
    • Germans: Biography - Ernest Rutherford pp 4-7
    • Australians: Biography of Jonathan Ive - Apple Computers pp 8-9
    • Americans: The history of calculators pp 11-13

    Assignment 3 - Timelines - Week 3

    • Get together with your group
    • Check Google (web& images) for a model of a timeline or a timeline template that suits your reading
    • Make a PPT slide with the timeline of the reading assigned to your group
    • Label your slide groupname_sec#_A3
    • Send it to aprendoingles@gmail before Saturday, Jan 30

    Monday, January 25, 2010

    Class Tuesday, Jan 26

    Due to the students marchs and protests
    we don't have class this Tuesday 26.
    Please check for Assignment 3 - Time Lines on this blog.

    Slides Assignment 2 - Week 2

    What makes an Effective Reader?



    Week 3 - Agenda

    • Do the activities of Focus on Reading pp. 132-140
    • Process pp 132-133
    • How to identify process pp 134-140
    • Focus on summarizing pp 104
    • The passive voice pp 137

    Review the information on Passive Voice on our Grammar 101 blog http://grammarid1101.blogspot.com/

    • Do the activities of Reading Selections pp. 11-20
    • The history of calculators pp 11-13
    • A brief history of the iPod pp 14-17
    • Internet history pp 18-20

    Reading Selections Forum




    Post here any questions you may have about the readings of Reading Selections for ID-1112 articles.





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    Evaluation & Grading Plan


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    Wednesday, January 13, 2010

    Material

    Se utilizarán:

    • Reading Selections for ID1-112 - Sep 2009 (Revised)
    • Focus on Reading

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