Paragraph 2: Reported Speech and Noun Clauses
Part 1:
1.
Watch the TedEd video (it is on the right side of the screen.
Click on CC in the viewing window to get the English subtitles)
2.
Look at the vocabulary below to help you understand the video. Also, good words for TOEFL.
3.
Write in part 2
4.
Save and upload this to D2L’s Dropbox
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-benefits-of-a-good-night-s-sleep-shai-marcu#review
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Piano recital:
performance to show what you know in piano playing
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Cramming:
studying at the last minute
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Neglect:
ignore, not take care of
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Critical:
really important
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Vital systems:
a health term that refers to all of your body’s systems, like breathing, blood circulation, etc.
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Crucial:
extremely important
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Demonstrated:
showed
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Phenomenon:
something that happens
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The forgetting curve:
the idea that we forget 40% of new material within the first 40 minutes after we learn it
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Prevented:
stopped
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Consolidation:
putting things together
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Hippocampus:
part of brain involved in memory
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Declarative memory:
memory that helps you remember facts and ideas (like for a test)
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Procedural memory:
memory that helps you remember how to do particular things, like play the piano or drive a car
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Major:
really important, large
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Skimping on your sleep:
not sleeping as much as you could
Part 2:
Reported speech.
Review page 261 of your textbook.
Then write at least 4 sentences reporting what was said in the video. Each paragraph should use “reported speech” structures from chart 12-7.
You do not have to consider academic citation rules for this assignment.
Suggested subjects of your reporting clause: the authors, the narrator, Dr. Shai Marcu, he, they
1.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Part 3:
Sharing your thoughts with that-clauses.
Refer to page 253 of your textbook to review noun clauses beginning with that.
Then write a 4 sentence paragraph of your reaction to the information in this video.
Use a different expression from chart
12-5 in each sentence.
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Paragraph 2 Reported Speech and Noun ClausesPart 11.Wa.docx
1. Paragraph 2: Reported Speech and Noun Clauses
Part 1:
1.
Watch the TedEd video (it is on the right side of the screen.
Click on CC in the viewing window to get the English subtitles)
2.
Look at the vocabulary below to help you understand the video.
Also, good words for TOEFL.
3.
Write in part 2
4.
Save and upload this to D2L’s Dropbox
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-benefits-of-a-good-night-s-sleep-
shai-marcu#review
·
Piano recital:
performance to show what you know in piano playing
·
Cramming:
studying at the last minute
2. ·
Neglect:
ignore, not take care of
·
Critical:
really important
·
Vital systems:
a health term that refers to all of your body’s systems, like
breathing, blood circulation, etc.
·
Crucial:
extremely important
·
Demonstrated:
showed
·
Phenomenon:
something that happens
·
The forgetting curve:
3. the idea that we forget 40% of new material within the first 40
minutes after we learn it
·
Prevented:
stopped
·
Consolidation:
putting things together
·
Hippocampus:
part of brain involved in memory
·
Declarative memory:
memory that helps you remember facts and ideas (like for a
test)
·
Procedural memory:
memory that helps you remember how to do particular things,
like play the piano or drive a car
·
Major:
really important, large
4. ·
Skimping on your sleep:
not sleeping as much as you could
Part 2:
Reported speech.
Review page 261 of your textbook.
Then write at least 4 sentences reporting what was said in the
video. Each paragraph should use “reported speech” structures
from chart 12-7.
You do not have to consider academic citation rules for this
assignment.
Suggested subjects of your reporting clause: the authors, the
narrator, Dr. Shai Marcu, he, they
1.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________
2.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________
