Homework

Prepare your book and movie presentation, if you have not done your presentation yet (today, Nov. 30th).  Dec. 7th class has been cancelled.  Makeup class will be on Saturday Dec. 15th (not Dec. 8th as I announced in class.) For presentation guidelines, see last week’s blog post here.

Everyone must do their book and movie presentation twice. If you did your book-and-movie presentation Nov 30th or earlier, please do it again on Dec. 14th.

• You must
  • include historical background and
  • say what readers can learn about American history from the movie or the book (or both).
  • Give the key points.
    • A point is “the important or essential thing”.
    • A key point is “the most important or essential thing” about the movie and the book.

Today’s class

Student “movie and book” presentations.

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Homework

None.

Today’s class

• presentations
• what do you want presenters to do? Make a list.
• 1-2-1  conferencing about presentations
• Textbook pp 24-26.

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Homework

None.

Today’s class

1. Remaining student presentations
2. What can we learn about British history and/or culture from watching movies or reading British books?
   1. Facts
      1. Dates
      2. Names
   2. E.g.  “The movie ‘Diana’ focuses on Pricness Diana’s life from her marriage to her death.”
      1. Yes, but WHEN did she marry (what year) and WHEN did she die?
   3. E.g. “Pride and Prejudice” –
      1. date of the original novel
      2. date of the BBC dramatization
         1. Main actors (Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle)
            1. Who is Colin Firth? What other movies has he been in?
      3. date of the most recent movie (2005)
         1. main actors’ names (Keira Knightley)
         2. Who is Keira Knightley? What other movies has she been in?
      4. List of dramatizations and movies based on “Pride and Prejudice”
   4. E.g., “Love Actually”
      1. Directed by Richard Curtis
         1. What other movies has he directed? Who acted in them?
      2. Main actors
         1. What other movies have they been in?

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Homework

Prepare a 3-4 minute presentation on any topic of US history.  You can use any topic from the textbook or from the handouts. You can use the same topic as for your New York presentation if you want (but it must be 3-4 minutes long).

• Use PowerPoint rather than the overhead camera, for clarity
• repeat the key points several times during your presentation.
• Speak slowly.
• Remember the lessons you learned from watching the video today.
  • use simple English.
  • use words that you know (if you don’t know them, your listeners probably won’t know them either).
  • use short sentences.
  • speak key words
    • loudly,
    • slowly,
    • clearly,
    • with gestures
    • point to the picture, map, illustration, etc.
    • speak with life and passion.

Today’s class

Presentations by 3 students.

We watched an episode from a famous TV drama and made notes about how to communicate key points, how to be convincing and persuasive, and how to write (and speak) in English with few mistakes.

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