Tuesday, September 24 - PM Fluency

This class started as a Fluency/advanced/intermediate class.

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Introduced the focus of the class briefly, mostly for the (for me) new faces: Juan, Will, Maria, Carlos (?): This is a SPEAKING/LISTENING class, ending with a prepared presentation that will be graded according to the SLOs above.

WU: How do YOU solve problems? The students brainstormed in groups of 3-4, while a ‘reporter’ wrote down the ideas. Again, as a group, they decided which two most interesting ideas to share with the class.

Activity 1, p. 158/159 (in the same groups), with short presentations (brainstorm-report-sort-share)

Next, the students (groups) were to collect issues/problems that they would like to know more about. 

I shared a few that came to my mind:

• Burmese Pythons in SFL

• How to successfully start a business

• Presidential elections: Outrageous campaign spending

• Allopathic medicines: How to deal with the scary side effects

• Electronic devices used as explosives

• Viruses: How to protect ourselves