Videos: 5 interesting Questions

Watch the following videos...
Think of 5 questions that you can ask for each video.

i. Blender (click here)
Take seven lighters, put them in a blender, turn it on high ... and stand back.

ii. Mind Over Matter (click here)
Slow-motion cameras catch a Kun Tao master demolish bricks and get struck with a pole without injury.

iii. Time Warp: Fire-Breathing Fuel Girls (click here)
The fire-breathing bikini babes of Fuel Girls give new meaning to the phrase "hot chicks."

iv. Free Runners (click here)
Watch these "free-runners" defy the laws of gravity in super slow-motion

v. Human Feats (click here)
Watch humans showing off their unique skills in super slow motion.

vi. Toothbrush test (click here)
It's old school vs modern electronics in this battle of the toothbrushes.


Catch more Time Warp at: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv.
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Sleep Disorders

Sleep Disorders ~ Do you have any problem getting to sleep?

(click here) Listen to the discovery channel episode about sleep disorders.

Answer the questions below...
Sleep walking:

• When do most people usually outgrow this condition?
• What is the behavior characterized by?
• What ‘triggers’ (causes) sleep walking?

Comprehension:
What does Dr. Judith Owens specialize in?

• What does she say about sleepwalkers?
• What did Owen’s suggest Michael do?
• What did it help Michael do?
• What was discovered?
• What was the treatment for Michael?

Vocabulary:
chronic, adolescence, episodes, bolt, screaming, yelling
rip, shatter, appeared, parasomnia, night terrors, charting
cause, consistent basis, caffeinated, anxiety, deprivation,
results, immediate, restful, plentiful, travel free

Parasomnia, which means "around sleep," includes sleepwalking, night terrors, bedwetting, and narcolepsy.

Also available through i-tunes music store, Discovery Channel - Night Terrors, 2/05/2006
Copyright 2005 Discovery Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. www.discovery.com
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Sleep Disorders

Sleep Disorders - Interview with Greg
(click here)

An interview with Mr. Greg Kennerly about sleep and sleep disorders.
Questions:

Do you drink a lot of coffee? Do you have any trouble sleeping?
What do you do to help you sleep?
Have you ever walked in your sleep?
Do you still sleep walk?
Do you know any other sleep disorders?
*Sleep eating
*Talking in your sleep
*Snoring
Causes of insomnia (sleeplessness):
*coffee
Home remedies:
*Warm milk
*Go for a jog, get some exercise
*Camomile tea
*Reading

Interviewer: Mr. Steven Mondy
Interviewee: Mr. Greg Kennerly
Special thanks to
- the Osaka Y.M.C.A. International College
- Mogu coffee shop

http://www.osk-ymca-intl.ed.jp/users/smondy/Sleepdisorders.mp3

Assessment Task Number 2 (November 9, 2010)

Interview about Job Experience:

• You will have to make a list of questions to ask your partner about their previous job experience. Try to think about what your partner will say and make questions that will anticipate their answers. A useful site may be at the following links: 1. interview questions 2. How to create interview questions (think about open ended vs. closed questions)
• Once you have made the questions record an interview with your partner using the computer recording software (Garage Band). Ask your teacher if you do not know how to use the program.
• After you have recorded the interview, upload it to the English in the Media homepage (ask your teacher for assistance).

Grading Based on:

• List of questions that you have created to ask your partner.
• How you respond to your partner's interview questions.
• Your English ability in the interview.

The Best Job Lesson

Go to the Breaking News English site and print out the lesson on Best Job in the World.

(click here)

As a class, let's talk about jobs...

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0903/090305-jobs.html

Worst Job that you've ever had...

For the next class, I'd like you to think of all the part-time jobs that you have had. Also, please ask your parents about their part time and full time jobs. What do they like and dislike about their jobs? What would they like to do if they could change their job? What is difficult/easy in their jobs?
Think about some unusual jobs for the next class. Make a list.
Please listen to the following.
(click here) It's an interview with three YMCA teachers about the worst job they have had.
Special Thanks to
Okamoto-Sensei - Construction Work
Debbie Sukita - Secretary
Pat Kwan - Service Station attendant
and the Osaka YMCA International College.
clip art from http://www.clipartguide.com/_pages/0041-0510-1114-0349.html

Assessment Task Number 1 (October 19, 2010)

Hello...

Your first assessment task is to research and prepare a presentation on a country of your choice. You should present the country to the rest of the class.

Try to find out about the~

• Culture
• People
• Religion
• Places to see...
• Food and Drink
• Geography and anything else that you want to talk about.

You should use the basic structure of an informative speech, with an introduction, body and conclusion.

Timing: You have 15 minutes of presentation time...

Presentation:

• Remember that a presentation has 3 elements: Physical message, Visual message and the Story message... This is probably what you learned in speech class.
• Presentations should engage the audience (be interesting and include the audience in some kind of activity)
• You can use the projector to show things... So think about how to use the projector to effectively add to your presentation (visual message)

Grading:

• A - Highly informative and very well researched presentation that fully engages the audience. Presentation is logical and very understandable.
• B- Informative and well researched presentation that engages the audience. Presentation is logical most of the time and mostly understandable.
• C- Good presentation that engages the audience some of the time. Presentation needs a little work.
• D- Basic presentation of the facts, but very limited. Presentation needs a lot of work.
• S - Presentation of some things related to topic. Hard to understand.
• NP - Does not satisfy the requirements of a passing grade.

Thank you and good luck...

Steven Mondy