5. Practice
• What is something that you
always beat around the bush
about?
• What is something that you never
beat around the bush about?
• If you were the boss and had to
fire someone, would you beat
around the bush or say it directly?
6. Vocabulary Power – Ch. 3
• Pronounce and discuss
• Check answers with a partner
– Compare answers
– If there is disagreement, try to reach
consensus
– Let Nikki know if you have questions
– Complete “Words in Discussion”
______________________________________
- Quiz your partner on the words in
preparation for the quiz next class
– Practice spelling the words
7. Review game
• Describe the target word without
– Saying the word
– Spelling the word
– Rhyming with the word
• 1 minute + 3 passes
8. Novel Discussion Groups
• 1) Take turns orally summarizing
what happened in the section you
read.
• 2) Let Nikki know you are ready
for the questions.
• 3) Take notes about/answer the
questions – the quiz will have the
same questions (but fewer), and
you can use your notes.
9. 3A Book Groups
A Tangled Web A Tangled Web Oliver Great Expectations
Ali Stas Rawan Nasser
Jasper Bi Hanan Ven
Jacob Mohammed Maria Seungjun
Yazeed Khalid
10. A Tangled Web Oliver Oliver Great Expectations
Zach Abdulrahman Ammar Kyonghee
Abdullah Al H Abdullah Al Bayan Fahad
Mutlaq
Sul Ki Oliver Dhekra Mahdi
Mohammed Ghazy Ghofran Seung Un
11. Goals
• Read a text in English from the
news
• Discuss the major ideas of the
article
• Have a productive class
discussion about the article
• Practice summarizing skills
12. Procedure
• Take turns reading the article
aloud in groups
• Spend about 5 minutes silently
skimming/reviewing what you
read
• Let Nikki/Ruth know you are ready
for the questions
• Prepare answers for the questions
14. Discussion Questions
• 1-What is the main idea of the article?
• 2- What points does Mr. Lord make about the cyber attacks?
• 3- What is the link between that Twitter attacks and the New York
Times and Wall Street Journal?
• 4- Why does Mr. Lord feel that it [is] important to publicize this attack
?
• 5- In your opinion, why would hackers attack Twitter accounts? What
can they achieve through doing this?
• 6 – How has China’s People daily responded to the U.S.’s claims?
• 7 - How are the statements from the Chinese newspaper and US
newspapers different? Why do you think this is the case? What do
you think about this situation?
15. E-Readers Track How We Read, But Is The Data Useful To
Authors? (NPR News)
1) Do you think it is positive or negative for companies like
Amazon or Barnes & Noble to collect data from readers by E-
Readers?
2) Will this invasion of privacy affect your use of E-Readers or
your reading habits?
3) If you were the writer, would you utilize collected data about
your reader’s reading habits?
4) One’s reading habits are not the only personal information
being collected and disseminated; other companies also sell
information about their costumers. What do you think of that?
5) Will you continue using E-Readers in spite of the fact that
your information is being collected?
