We also said goodbye to Atsushi (Sushi) and Carlos. We're going to miss them a lot and wish them both the best of luck.
Finally, we had a little Eid celebration in our class. Thanks to everyone who brought some yummy food, especially Soo who prepared some amazing maki sushi, Dhefaf who brought a lot of Saudi sweets, Yunju who treated us to puffed rice, and Ohana for the sweet chocolatey desert with sprinkles. (can't remember the name!). Did I miss anyone? If I did, sorry!
Our Writing assignment is a 300 word compare and contrast essay in which you should show the similarities and differences between your home town/city and Boston. If you're from a small town, perhaps you should use a Boston sized city that you're familiar with. You can organize it in several ways: half about Boston, half about your town; point by point, dealing with Boston and your town in each paragraph; and half comparing, half contrasting. There are other ways, too, but I think these are the most common. Your essay should be handed in on Monday or sent in to my email address at jfzkaplan13@yahoo.com by Monday evening. As usual, try to use as many vocabulary words that we are learning as possible in your essay, organize well, and support your points with reasons and examples. If you're practicing for the TOEFL, I recommend that you limit yourself to 30 minutes total. If you do that, write a note to me so I can take that into consideration in your writing grade.
Finally, here is the study sheet. For grammar, we studied Units 7 and 8 in Grammar Dimensions, so study all the Focus Points in those units. As we had no time to prepare any listening, I won't include a listening section but will ask you to write a paragraph about a selected topic related to this week's topic of cities and crime.
And finally, here is our study sheet. Please note that I have removed the listening vocabulary and the final pages of Grammar Dimensions.
AM Proficiency Week
Eleven Study Sheet
Unit 7, p136-7
to modify
valid
a realtor
p138
catch fire
to put out (a fire)
a pulley
a pup
a cradle/to cradle
to soothe/soothing
a stool
p141
a (light) switch, to switch
p142
to evaporate
a board (committee)
credentials
p143
to lean (towards)
authoritative
determination/to be determined
Unit 8 (p150)
to be acquainted with/an acquaintance
to pat
to pile/a pile
p151
plain
clumsy
plain
fancy
to mingle
to flee/fled/fled
fellow (adj)
starve/starved
a preoccupation/to be preoccupied
to resemble
to last
prestigious
to liberate
“believe it or not”
a cottage
p154
to stuff
a pouch
awkward
p154
a carcass
Academic Connections Unit 1
metropolitan
metropolis
rural
the suburbs, suburban
p6
a corridor
to sprinkle
subtle
volatile
to dismiss (an idea, a theory)
to foster
visionary/a visionary
p7
to diminish
bedrock
a vendor
to augment
to discredit
to prevail
a slum
at all cost(s)
vandalism
territory
to insulate
p8
an insight
a buzzer
to drop in
to drop out
to arrive at (a vision, a conclusion)
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