Intermediate: Alice in Wonderland Chapter 12

Questions to answer while you read
1. What happens to the jury-men?
2. What is Rule Forty-two? Is it a real rule?
3. What is in the “letter”?
4. (Make sure you understand the King’s pun.)
5. What is done at the end of the trial?
6. Where has Alice been during this whole story? What might the pack of cards have been? The teacups? The Queen’s voice? Other strange sounds? The Mock Turtle’s crying?

VOCABULARY
Upset(ting)
Globe
“I beg your pardon”
Proceed
Diligent(ly)
Overcome
Verdict, sentence
“directed to”
Verses
Mischief
Cardboard
Fit (n) / fit (v.)
Pun
Dull

Intermediate: Lab 11 (Group projects)

Due December 1, 2006

This week you will be doing a project with a group. In class, you will draw lots for the Unit 11, 13, or 15 project.

* Each person in every group should turn in their worksheet with any questions answered.

* You will also do a group presentation.

* If it is obvious that some people in the group have contributed much less and others much more, I will award points accordingly.

Unit 11 project:

• Your group should bring a picture, model, or design or the monument you have created. (Remember, this is a totally new monument that you imagined.)
• Share the monument with the class and explain it.
• You should use some passive constructions in your description. (See pages 73 & 75 in your book.)

Unit 13 project:

• The first part of your presentations should be a “review” of the movie you watched. How did you like it? You may use the questions in the “Class activity” section. You should use some participles as adjectives and relative clauses in your description. (See pages 87 & 89 in your book.)
• Remember you are performing a scene for the class. You should use all your group members as actors.

Unit 15 project:

• You should prepare at least 12 situation cards and 12 answer cards. Sign your name on the back of the situation cards you created.
• Outside of class, practice playing the game. Make sure you understand the rules.
• In class, play the game for the class, but answer questions one at a time so that the rest of the students can listen easily.

Your name: ______________________________

Other group members: ______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

I think I contributed about ________ % of the work to this project.

Foundations: Lab 11 (My Favorite Season)

Due December 1, 2006

Read the instructions on the Chapter 14 project sheet. Do what the instructions tell you.

Remember, you will be bringing a poster of pictures or drawings. The pictures should show your favorite season.

In class, show us your poster. Tell why you like the season you chose.

Tell us some experiences you have had during that season. Remember to use past tense.  

(Look at pages 93, 94, and 95 in your book for help.)

Intermediate: Alice in Wonderland Chapter 11

Questions to answer while you read

1. Who are the following people in the trial?

Defendant (possible criminal):
Judge:
Herald (makes announcements in court):
Juror (one of 12):
Witness 1:
Witness 2:
Witness 3:

2. Are the jurors very smart?

3. Something begins to happen to Alice during the trial. What is it?

4. What do the guinea-pigs do, and what happens to them?

5. The King asks, “What are tarts made of?” What are two answers to this question? What happens to the second person who answers?

VOCABULARY

Courtroom terms
Judge
Jury-box
Jurors
Accusation
Verdict
Deny
Suppress
Cross-examine

Other
Tarts
Wig
Crown
Slate
Spectacles
Squeak
Herald
Shillings and pence
Stolen
Confusion
Squeeze
Breathe
A reasonable pace
Concert
Dunce
Applause
Whiskers

Foundations: Lab 10 (demonstration)

Due November 17 

In this lab, you will demonstrate an ability. You should come to class Friday ready to demonstrate something you can do.

  In 5 minutes or less, you will show us your skill or talent.

• We can go outside if necessary (weather permitting).
• You must bring all equipment or objects you need.
• After your demonstration, you should describe your ability. Use these sentences (and more, if you want):
  

I can…

I learned to … (time or age) …

To learn to …, you need to …

Example:

“I can play the clarinet.”

“I learned to play when I was 11 years old.”

“To learn to play the clarinet, you need to have a teacher and practice a lot! You also have to move your fingers fast and have a strong mouth.”

 Examples of skills and abilities:  

“I can…”

• draw
• dance
• play the (instrument)
• head a soccer ball, dribble a basketball, catch a pop fly (any skill necessary for a sport)
• tie my shoes
• make a sandwich
• tie a necktie
• braid hair

Intermediate: Lab 10 (demonstration + future tech)

Due November 17

I. (From last week’s lab…)
… browse the internet for some instructions for something you know how to do. (Examples: baking bread, heading a soccer ball, knitting, washing clothes.) 

Activity: _________________________________________________________

Web address of instructions: _________________________________________ 

This week…

You will do a presentation for the class to show us how to do something.

• Show us the website with the instructions for your activity. Point out the useful information.
• If your chosen activity was something you can’t demonstrate in class or outside the building (cooking or snowboarding, for example) you may describe it to us, but you must show something like pictures or diagrams.
• Demonstrate the steps needed to do the activity. Use words like “First,” “Next,” “After that,” and so on.
• While you are demonstrating, describe what a person must do to accomplish this activity. Use “advice” language like “you should…” “you need to…” or “you ought to…”

II. Future technology

Choose one of the following pages from SciFi Tech and read about the new technology.

Home snowmaker – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/10/26/home_snow_lets.html
Personal tsunami warning system – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/09/09/tsunami_warning.html
Robot shark – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/02/24/robot_shark_mak.html
Thought-controlled robot hand – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/06/01/mindcontrolled.html
Robo-dinosaur – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/11/08/more_pleo_he_do.html (with video) Color-changing handbag – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/02/23/chameleon_bag_c.html
Cyber pajamas – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/04/04/cyber_pajamas_l.html
My Day umbrella – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/05/10/my_day_umbrella.html
Heated pants – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/10/29/heated_pants_no.html
Glow-in-the-dark carpet – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/02/24/shining_carpet.html
Teddy bear surveillance camera – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/04/17/teddycam_provid.html
(Example: Message bean – http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/10/26/message_bean_th.html )

(Here is the main page if you want to explore on your own: http://blog.scifi.com/tech/ )

1. What is this technology used for now?

Example: The Message Bean is used for sending a unique message to a loved one. The person who receives the gift puts water on the soil, and a plant grows with a message on the leaves.

2. Think about the future. How could this technology be used? Write a conditional sentence based on your ideas.

Example: If governments give this technology to spies, the spies might send seeds that can communicate secret messages.

Intermediate: Alice in Wonderland Chapter 10

Questions to answer while you read
1. Two times during this chapter, Alice stops herself from talking in the middle of a sentence. Why does she do this? What is she talking about? Who is she talking to?
2. The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon describe an activity some of the animals do. Can you think of some adjectives to describe this dance?
3. The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon make Alice recite more poetry. Does this go well or not? Why?
4. The Mock Turtle sings a song. What is it about?
5. Where do the Gryphon and Alice run off to?

VOCABULARY

Animals
Lobster
Seal
Salmon
Jelly-fish
Whiting
Snail
Porpoise (vs. “purpose”)
Sole (vs. “sole”)
Eel (vs. “heel”)
Owl
Panther

(Where do most of these animals live?)

Verbs
Punch
Taste
Interrupt
Advance
Caper
Check (oneself)

Other
Voice
Quadrille
Sea-shore
Crumbs
Blacking
Would vs. could
Queer
Trial

Intermediate: Alice in Wonderland Chapter 9

Questions to answer while you read

1. What is the Duchess’s attitude toward Alice?
2. What does the Duchess like to do when she is speaking? (a characteristic of her speech)
3. How does the croquet game end?
4. What happens to the people who are sentenced to execution?
5. What is the mood of the Mock Turtle? Why does he feel this way?
6. The Turtle, the Gryphon, and Alice discuss something from the Turtle’s past. What is it? Describe what they talk about.

VOCABULARY
Affectionately
Temper
Moral
Mustard
Bite (two kinds)
Follow (an idea)
Tremble
(“you must”) be off
Shade
Mock (adj.)
Turtle soup
Gryphon
(to) rub (one’s) eyes
Fancy (n.)
Pity (v.)
Sigh
Sorrow
Sob
Turtle vs. tortoise
Subjects
Flappers
Grief

Phrases and figures of speech
“tut, tut”
Minding (one’s) own business
Mine (adj.) vs. mine (n.)
Frowning like a thunderstorm
“tortoise” – “taught us”
(to) be ashamed of (one)self
Ready to sink into the earth
(to) hold (one’s) tongue
“Reading, Writing, and ‘Rithmatic”
-fy (to make)
-tion (noun)
Lesson (n.) vs. lessen (v.)

“Morals”
Love makes the world go ‘round.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Be what you would seem to be.

Foundations: Lab 9 (reading)

Due October 10

Go to this page to read a story.

This story may be difficult for you to read. That is okay. You do not have to read it all. You only have to get the information in the questions.

One rule: DO NOT USE A DICTIONARY.

1. Where was this story published/printed?

2. What kind of story is it?
a. children’s story
b. news
c. school book

3. What is this story about? (one word) ________________________

How did you know?

4. Where does this story take place? __________________________

5. How many animals were involved? __________________________

6. How far did they have to travel? __________________________

7. Where did the water come from?____________________________________

8. Tell me something else about this story. You may write your opinion if you want.

OTHER QUESTIONS (Do these if you want extra practice. This is optional.)

For these questions, you it is okay to use a dictionary to look up 3 words. (Only 3!) But you must tell me the words, and why you chose them.

(a) First word: ____________________________

I chose this word because ___________________________

(b) Second word: ____________________________

I chose this word because _____________________________

(c) Third word: ____________________________

I chose this word because _____________________________

9. What was the problem the animals had?

10. How long were they in trouble?

11. How was the problem solved?

12. What are the names of two towns in the area?

13. How far is this area from Amsterdam?

14. The Dutch Agriculture Ministry is asking questions about what happened. Name (write the names of) two people who might be responsible.
____________________________
____________________________

15. What weather event caused this problem?

Intermediate: Lab 9 (how-to)

Due November 10, 2006

1. Go to the page for the audio story “Inside the World of Do-It-Yourself” on the National Public Radio (NPR) website.

*This story is 40 mintues long, but you only need to listen to the first 15 minutes.

2. What does “DIY” mean? _________________________________________

What are some examples of DIY? ______________________________

______________________________

______________________________

3. The interviewer talks to a magazine publisher, Mark Frauenfelder. He says that the last issue of Make magazine gave instructions on how to make a(n) ___________________ cigar box ___________________.

He also says there is an article about how to attach a _______________ to a ___________, send it up 250 feet in the air, and take pictures of your neighborhood. The device uses a timer made from Silly Putty and rubber bands.

4. The interviewer also talks to Shoshana Burger of ReadyMade magazine

Her favorite project in the last issue was a disco ball made out of used ____________. To make it, you attach them to a __________ ______________.

Another thing is a ________________ made from old ___________________.

5. What does “DIFM” mean? _________________________________________

6. Go to the Make magazine website and click on the Projects link. Look at the projects that appear on the page. Which one would you most like to do?
___________________________________________________________

7. Go to the ReadyMade magazine website. Write down the first project that appears on the homepage.
____________________________________________________________

8. Now browse the internet for some instructions for something you know how to do. (Examples: baking bread, heading a soccer ball, knitting, washing clothes.)

Activity: _________________________________________________________

Web address of instructions: _________________________________________