Nate's Reading and Writing Classes

 By Nate Feldman *Today, we are going to take a field trip to the Print Center museum in Center City Philadelphia.  I chose this museum because fields such as graphic design, printing, and art have definitely been affected by the gig economy.  While you are at the museum looking at the exhibits, I want you to think of how these type of things can be turned into gig jobs and if you think that is better than the traditional economy.   

By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Building vocabulary through class activities 1. Return last week's reading quiz; collect short writing about parks (short writing assignment) 2. Review P.45-46, C-E 3. Give worksheet on words on P.46.  Have students make sentences using these words in groups.  4. Read the story, "The Fairy and the Crown," together with a partner.  Then, come up with a story about someone or something.  One person will describe a character.  The other person will tell something that is actually or in reality true about the character that their partner does not mention. For example: Student A: A long time ago, in a forest, there lived a frog in a pond. Student B: Actually , he wasn't a frog.  He was a prince!   Another example: Student A: One day, Bill went into the woods and ran into a man there. Student B: In fact, he wasn't a man, he was a werewolf!   Then, you will read your examples for the class.  4. Do P.47, ex...

 By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Improve writing skills through writing stories about the gig economy 1. Warm-up: We will read the children's story "Penny the Rabbit Does Gigs."  You will read it with a group.  Then, your group will make a children's story about the gig economy and read it to the class. 2. P.46-47, using language to align or distance yourself from an opinion.  We will study connectors on P.46 and answer questions on P.47.   3. Speed Reading.  Read about Philadelphia area parks and answer questions.  H.W. Short Writing Assignment: In 100-150 words, write about parks you like to go to and why they are important.  P,45-46, C-E 

 By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Building vocabulary through reading activities and acting out stories about the gig economy  1. Reading Quiz 1.  We will do this during the first class. 2. When finished the quiz, you can do the vocabulary activity on P.44.  When everyone is finished, you can review the answers with groups. 3. Skit about the gig economy. We will read a skit about the gig economy.  Then, you will make your own skit and act it for the class.  Use vocabulary from the book in your skit.

By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Building vocabulary through reading and discussions  1. Collect short writing (for those who haven't done them and return short writings)  2. Speed read about judging other people's eating habits  3. P.40, exercise A-B (I will put you with partners for this)  4. Vocabulary on P.41.  We will go over the definition of the words and discuss questions in groups 5. Reading: The Dark Side of the Gig Economy  H.W. Prepare for Reading quiz tomorrow.  Read "The Winners and Losers of the Gig Economy, P.35-36 and know vocabulary.  

 Class Objective: using phrases that introduce opinions in writing 1. Collect weekend homework short writing assignment.   2. Speed Read about Shortening School Days. 3. Worksheet on phrases that introduce an opinion from P.40.  We will read the examples then practice using these expressions in our writing. 4. Do exercise A. P.40 with classmates.  Answer questions with exercise B.   5. Study phrases that show a different opinion  H.W. Prepare for reading quiz on Wed.  It will be about the winners and losers of the Gig Economy, P.35-36 with vocabulary from the text.  

 By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Reading and analyzing text on the "Gig Economy"  1. Warm-up: Present your skit about one of the vocabulary words we learned yesterday, i.e. labor, job security, substitute, on the margins, expertise etc.  We will guess which word you are acting out. 2. Speed Read: We will read and answer questions about the gig economy in 10 minutes.  3. We will re-read about winners and losers in the gig economy, P.35-36.  We will do exercises D-F on P.38-39.   4. P.40, learning to use examples or sources to support your opinions  H.W. Short Writing Assignment.  In about 100-150 words, write a persuasive paragraph about one of the following topics: A. Should ELS days be longer or shorter or the same length? B. Should people still go to university? C. What people should be gig workers from your perspective?

 By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Building vocabulary through discussion, reading and understanding the Gig Economy, developing writing skills  1. We will discuss vocabulary on P.34.  Learn the definitions and have a discussion with vocabulary 2. P.35-36, Reading about Winners and Losers in the Gig Economy 3. P.37, exercise B, match ideas with the paragraphs from the reading passage  4. Practice Persuasive writing style *Do you think the Gig Economy is beneficial?  HW, P.37, exercise A vocabulary, prepare a skit with one of the words to perform in class tomorrow 

By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Building speaking skills through discussions about the Gig Economy  1. Warm-up: P.33, A-B 2. Create a ridiculous new gig platform.  Examples: A. Emergency relationship holiness B. Professional excuse creators  C. Personal Line Standers D. Rent a parent service Prepare:  A. A company name B. Business model C. Why people should fund you D. Why people should work for you

 By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Build reading and writing skills by doing a class activity on the driverless buses in Trikala, Greece 1. I will hand out a worksheet.  It includes a reading passage about the driverless buses in Trikala, Greece, which we learned about yesterday.  Read and discuss the questions. 2. Do the role play.  One student pretends they are a local person in Trikala, and the other imagines they are a tourist.  Imagine you are having a discussion about the driverless buses. 3. Writing assignment: Write about future buses in your cities.  

 By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Complete reading quiz and build vocabulary 1. We will do a warm-up activity with vocabulary from P.25-26 in the book.   2. Reading quiz 2 3. P.38, Video, "A Driverless Future"   Preview: Show a video about a driverless car.  What do the students think about that? Watch the video and listen for the main idea and details Students can do Section D, Reflection after we watch the video twice.

 By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Re-writing our final essay 1. I will hand back the first draft of the final essay you did on Friday.  You will correct mistakes and try to add details to improve it.   2. We will re-read "Green Air Travel" P.29-33 in the textbook.  We will do the questions on P.34-35 together as a class. Note: Tomorrow, we will take the second reading quiz.  Study the vocabulary on P.26-27 and 34-35.  Study the reading passage, "Green Air Travel" on P.29-33.  

 By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Write a comparison essay. *In class, we will write a comparison essay comparing things from the following topics: 1. Two places (cities, countries, towns etc.) you are familiar with 2. Two types of transportation you like to use  3. Two seasons of the year (i.e. summer and winter)  Compare weather, activities, length of day etc.  4. Two types of cuisines (i.e. American and Colombian food)  5. Gas Engine cars vs. Green Engine cars  Note: If possible, try using vocabulary we have learned from the book in this essay. Before we begin the essay, we will read over a model essay comparing trains and airplanes.  Then, you have as much time as you need to finish writing your essay. Trains vs Airplanes: Model Comparison Essay Do you like to travel to different places?   In order to see the world, transportation is very important in modern life. There are many ways that people do this, but two common types of transportatio...

By Nate Feldman Class Objective: Preparing to write a comparison essay and building reading and vocabulary skills through speed reading and learning new words from the book. Warm-up: We will watch another video.  Compare it to the one we did yesterday.  This will be our warmup writing activity.   Speed Read: We will read a comparison essay about trains and airplanes and answer questions in 10 minutes Read P.24-25 and discuss questions on P.24 with each other.   Do P.26-27 in groups and discuss the meanings of the words.  There are questions, exercise C, on P.27 you can discuss with one another.  Reading: P.29-33, Green Air Travel.   H.W.  Prepare for the Final Essay tomorrow, Draft 1.  

By Nate Feldman Class Objective: developing reading, writing, and vocabulary skills 1. Warm-up: We will watch a video.  Write a brief summary about what you heard.  Be mindful of sentence structure. 2. Speed Reading: Read the passage about animals and answer the 8 questions.  You have 10 minutes. 3. Unit 2, P.23.  Discussion questions about transportation. 4. Unit 2, P.24-25.  Read and answer questions on P.24. 5. Vocabulary on P.26.