Lesson from the Shenzhen Daily:
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-09/04/content_2189188.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. What's an atlas? What's a gazetteer?
2. In an atlas, look up each of the cities and countries named in the conversation.
3. What are the countries in the Southern Hemisphere called in your language?
Astronomy Terms
Lesson from the Shenzhen Daily:
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-09/03/content_2186801.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. What do you know about the astronomers Copernicus and Galileo and their discoveries?
2. Name the planets in order from the sun.
3. What is the Milky Way? Is there a different name for it in your language? If so, translate it into English.
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-09/03/content_2186801.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. What do you know about the astronomers Copernicus and Galileo and their discoveries?
2. Name the planets in order from the sun.
3. What is the Milky Way? Is there a different name for it in your language? If so, translate it into English.
New Computing Terms II
Lesson from the Shenzhen Daily:
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/30/content_2182528.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. Use the words emoticon, netiquette, newbie, phishing, unfollow, and wi-fi in sentences.
2. What are some of the basic rules of "netiquette"?
3. In what situations do you (or would you) use "emoticons"? If you wouldn't use them, why not?
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/30/content_2182528.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. Use the words emoticon, netiquette, newbie, phishing, unfollow, and wi-fi in sentences.
2. What are some of the basic rules of "netiquette"?
3. In what situations do you (or would you) use "emoticons"? If you wouldn't use them, why not?
New Computing Terms I
Lesson from the Shenzhen Daily:
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/28/content_2178503.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. Use the words bloggable, bulletize, cyberbullying, cybersquatting, and digerati in sentences.
2. Has anything happened to you recently that's "bloggable"?
3. Have you ever been bullied, by a cyberbully or a regular one? If so, talk about it. If not, what do you think it would be like?
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/28/content_2178503.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. Use the words bloggable, bulletize, cyberbullying, cybersquatting, and digerati in sentences.
2. Has anything happened to you recently that's "bloggable"?
3. Have you ever been bullied, by a cyberbully or a regular one? If so, talk about it. If not, what do you think it would be like?
Gone with the Wind
Lesson from the Shenzhen Daily:
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/27/content_2177947.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. Have you seen "Gone With the Wind"? If yes, talk about it. If no, what do you know about it?
2. Do you know any famous quotations from other movies?
3. "Gone With the Wind" is set against the American Civil War. "Titanic" is set against that ship's sinking. Do you know of other personal stories set against major historical events?
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/27/content_2177947.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. Have you seen "Gone With the Wind"? If yes, talk about it. If no, what do you know about it?
2. Do you know any famous quotations from other movies?
3. "Gone With the Wind" is set against the American Civil War. "Titanic" is set against that ship's sinking. Do you know of other personal stories set against major historical events?
World Religions II
Lesson from the Shenzhen Daily:
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/23/content_2173706.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. Why do some people think that Taoism and Confucianism aren't really religions?
2. What do you know about the Indigenous traditions?
3. What other traditions are named, both religious and not religious? Talk about each.
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/23/content_2173706.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. Why do some people think that Taoism and Confucianism aren't really religions?
2. What do you know about the Indigenous traditions?
3. What other traditions are named, both religious and not religious? Talk about each.
World Religions I
Lesson from the Shenzhen Daily:
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/21/content_2170079.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. What do you know about each of the four categories of religions: the Abrahamic, the Indian, the Chinese, and the Indigenous traditions?
2. What are the similarities among the Abrahamic traditions? What are the differences? Compare and contrast them.
3. What are the two major Indian traditions? How are they the same? How are they different?
http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-08/21/content_2170079.htm
Practice the conversation; study the vocabulary; then discuss the questions with a friend in English.
Questions:
1. What do you know about each of the four categories of religions: the Abrahamic, the Indian, the Chinese, and the Indigenous traditions?
2. What are the similarities among the Abrahamic traditions? What are the differences? Compare and contrast them.
3. What are the two major Indian traditions? How are they the same? How are they different?