October Conversation Groups

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yNno1SVM4c0o1R2c/view?usp=sharing

Assignments - Tuesday 10/04/16

FoG4:

Review the grammar presentation / notes on pages 141-143.
Do exercises 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 on pages 146 - 150.

Check all your answers from units 7 & 8:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yS3BjdDJFcDJkcDA/view?usp=sharing

Writing Project:
Type your essay (what you have so far): title, introduction, body (2 paragraphs).
Then add some transition words and expressions to the body of your essay.
Think of some examples to add to the body of your essay.
Review your essay for spelling, subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, ...

WoR2:
Read pages 37-39.
Then do the comprehension / vocabulary exercises on pages 40-42.

Assignments - Thursday 09/29/16

FoG4:
Do exercises 8, 9, and 10 on pages 112-114.

Read "McWorld" on pages 138-139.
Then do the vocabulary/comprehension exercises on page 140.

Assignments - Tuesday 09/27/16

FoG4:
Review the grammar presentation/notes on pages 103 to 106.
Then do all the exercises in Unit 7.

WoR2:
Review all vocabulary.

Writing Project:
Type your sentences and group them into two paragraphs.  One paragraph for similarities, and one paragraph for differences. Which aspect/paragraph would you like to focus on more, the similarities or the differences?  Put that paragraph in second place, near the conclusion.  Save your work, print it, and bring it to class.

Assignments - Thursday 09/22/16

WoR2: Read "People on the Move: Moving Young" on pages 30-31.
Then do the comprehension/vocabulary exercises on pages 31-34.

FoG4:
Study pages 134 and 135 very carefully.
The essay on page 134 is a good example of a compare/contrast essay.

Intonation: Seinfeld

https://youtu.be/4T2GmGSNvaM

FoG4 - Answers

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yb3ozQWl1Z21Bdmc/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yY2xPM05kcTFRRHM/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2ydFBRaENHZ1lZZnM/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yczNWM3lOWngxa1k/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2ydXB1ZUNHdVAtR3c/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yY1RZSDJQc2toN3c/view?usp=sharing

Assignments - Tuesday 09/20/16

FoG4:
Read "The Twin Question" on pages 118-119.
Then answer the vocabulary/comprehension questions on page 120.
Study the grammar presentation/notes on pages 121-124.
Do exercises 1 to 8 on pages 124 to 129.

Writing Project:
You all have your topics and your list of similarities / differences.

Write one sentence for each similarity.  To connect the clauses in these sentences, you can use the grammar presentation / notes on pages 121 to 124 of FoG4.

Write one sentence for each difference.  To connect the clauses in these sentences, you can use the words "but" and "however."

Assignments - Thursday 09/15/16

FoG4: Check all your answers.
All the answers have been posted below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yb3ozQWl1Z21Bdmc/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yY2xPM05kcTFRRHM/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2ydFBRaENHZ1lZZnM/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2yczNWM3lOWngxa1k/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2fvJUBid2ydXB1ZUNHdVAtR3c/view?usp=sharing

WoR2:
Review the vocabulary chart on page 25.

Assignments - Tuesday 09/13/16

F0G4: Read "Cities of the Future" on pages 60-61.
Then do the vocabulary/comprehension questions on page 62.
Review the grammar presentation / notes on pages 63-65.
Do exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on pages 66 to 71.

WoR2:
Read "To a Daughter Leaving Home" on pages 22-23. 
Then do the comprehension/vocabulary exercises on pages 23-27.

Writing Project:
Send me your topic by email to: noosharavaghi@gmail.com by Monday 5pm.
In the Subject line of the email message, write your first name and last name.
Then in the message space, write your topic. (See the example below.)
example:
Hi Noosha,
I would like to compare and contrast Coke and Pepsi.
See you next Tuesday.

Assignments - Thursday 09/08/16

WoR2:
Read "It's OK to Be Different" on pages 15 and 16.
Then do the comprehension / vocabulary exercises on pages 17 to 20.

FoG4:
Review the grammar presentation on pages 40-42.
Do exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 on pages 43 to 49.

Assignments - Tuesday 09/06/16

FoG4:
1 - Read "Jumping for Joy" on page 26.
2 - Then do the vocabulary/comprehension exercises on page 27.
3 - Review the grammar presentation on pages 28-30.
4 - Do exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on pages 30 to 35.
5 - Read "The People's Conductor" on pages 38-39.
6 - Then do the vocabulary/comprehension exercises on pages 39-40.

WoR2:
 7 - Read "Peer Influences on Achievement" on page 10.
 8 - Then do the comprehension / vocabulary exercises on pages 11 to 13.

White Collar - Discussion Questions

White Collar - Season 1 - Episode 1 - Questions

1. What is Neal wearing when he walks through the prison hallways?
2. Why does Neal buy a yellow jacket?
3. Why does Agent ask, “How many of you went to Harvard?”?
4. Why are US Marshals requesting Agent Burke’s help?
5. Why do the marshals and Burke agree that Neal’s escape is “unusual”?
6. How long did Agent Burke chase Neal before he arrested him?
7. How much head start does Neal have?
8. Where did Neal get his guard uniform?
9. Whose credit card did Neal use to buy the uniform?
10. What kind of credit card did Neal use?
11. What kind of car did Neal use to escape?
12. What does Peter Burke find inside the book in Neal’s prison cell?
13. Why is Neal shaving his beard important to the story?
14. How often did Kate visit Neal before she disappeared?
15. Where does Peter find Neal?
16. How long did it take Neal to escape prison?
17. How much time will Neal get for escaping prison?
18. Neal offers to tell Peter what he finds on his coat in exchange for what?
19. Why are the Canadians upset about Peter finding the security fibers for the Canadian hundred dollar bills? 
20. Why does Peter call the criminal he is chasing “the Dutchman”?
21. What does Neal offer to do in exchange for getting out?
22. What does Neal say about the new GPS tracking anklets?
23. Why does Peter stay up on that particular night?
24. What is Neal wearing on his ankle when he gets out in Peter’s custody?
25. What will happen if Neal runs again?
26. What is the condition of making Neal a permanent FBI consultant?
27. How far can Neil go from the Motel he is supposed to stay in?
28. Where does Neal go right after Peter leaves him at the motel?
29. How do Neal and June meet?
30. Why does Neal ask June if she lives nearby?
31. Why does Peter think he has the wrong address?
32. What is Peter’s reaction to Neal new living arrangements?
33. Neal says he helps out in addition to the $700 rent he pays.  What are his responsibilities?
34. What does June’s granddaughter do?
35. Why does Peter think the book is not rare?
36. Why was Tony Field killed?
37. Does the FBI have a policy against hiring homosexuals?
38. Why are the books valuable?
39. Where did Tony Fields go before he left for Spain?
40. How many times did Fields visit that place?
41. What does he do each time?
42. Why did Fields go through the trouble of making a nice forgery?
43. Why did Fields put the forgery at the National Archives?
44. When Elizabeth calls Peter, what does she lie about?
45. What happens to the dinner El cooked for Peter?
46. Why does Peter suddenly stop the car in the middle of the street?
47. Where is Mozzie waiting for Neal in the dark?
48. Why does Peter go through his wife’s things?
49. Why does Jones call Peter at home?
50. Why did Neal go to Peter’s house?
51. How did Neal find out who the Dutchman is?
52. Where do Peter and Neal go on the way to the office?
53. Why is the church closed to the public?
54. Why does Neal “lie” to the priest?
55. Why does Neal ask Peter if he thinks Diana is attractive?
56. Why does Peter go through his wife’s visa bill?
57. What was the bottle a symbol of for Neal and Kate?
58. How much time does Neal have to help catch Curtis Hagen?
59. What happens if they lose Curtis Hagen?
60. What did Mozzie find about Kate?
61. Is Mozzie a smoker?
62. Why is he smoking?
63. What’s hidden in the filter?
64. Why doesn’t Peter go to the warehouse and arrest Hagen?
65. What does Neal do to help Peter?
66. What does Peter think when he gets the phone call in the middle of the night about Neal?
67. How does Neal get in the warehouse?
68. What does he explain he’s doing with the camera?
69. What does Peter Burke say to his agents when they get to the warehouse?
70. What do they find in Hagen’s office?
71. How does Peter surprise El?
72. What does Peter show El when they’re on Neal’s roof?
73. Does Neal show Kate’s picture to Peter? Explain.
74. What do you think will happen next?