If you want your GEPT scores, email me at pcowsill@gmail. Include your Chinese name and student number and I will see what I can do.
We will have the final exam online at Google Meet. I will send invites on that day.
1. Part one of the final exam: I will dictate ten questions. You can ask me "Could you please repeat that?" or "How do you spell __________?" You must write down the question you hear. Then, you must answer the questions with a sentence.
2. Part two of the exam: memorize the following vocabulary.
psychology, lilac, furniture, emerald green, socialize, extrovert, introvert, personality, seek, siblings, exhibit, photography, sculpture, jewelry, drawing, museum, ceramics, bracelet, necklace, quilt, talent, fascinated by, influenced by, abstract art, scroll up, scroll down, attach a document, click on, cursor, cyberbully, ethic, tattoo, suitcase, wallet, shrimp, lobster, reward, cut & paste, permission
3. Part three: you will write a paragraph. I will tell you the topic for the paragraph during Google Meet.
If you plagiarize something, I will know. You will get zero percent.
Reno is a gambling town in northern Nevada. R.E.M. put this song out in the late nineties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHlpWokiduk
Bryony Richards, a photographer in the U.S., took this photograph of the core of the Milky Way Galaxy just before dawn in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah.
PART I: I have been marking the essays you wrote about going to an art exhibit. First, I was surprised at how many students have not been to an art exhibit. Second, I have corrected a lot of run-on sentences and sentence splices. We will practice this for homework. Do page 143 in your Top Notch textbook, take a photograph of 143, and send it to me at pcowsill@gmail.com and I will give you a 10/10 grade. Remember to put your name and the time of your class in the subject of the email. Thanks.
PART II: Do page 111 in your Top Notch textbook. Take a photograph and send it to me. I will give you another 10/10 grade.
PART III: Go to this skit on YouTube and watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uJA-1-zWo or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uJA-1-zWo
Answer the following questions with a SENTENCE and I will give you another 10/10 score:
House Sitting -- Saturday Night Live
1. What happened to the protagonist's neck?
2. Why is she so excited (30 seconds)?
3. Is the remote (control) hard to use?
4. Who phoned?
5. Why does he/she continue to call?
6. How does the woman with whiplash feel after she answered the phone?
7. What was the conclusion?
8. What genre is this program?
Your homework is the post called Super Size Me (posted in the previous post).
This is a picture of Brazil's Iguazu Falls, one of the world's largest waterfalls. The shot is from the Milky Way Photography Competition.
Go to this website, please, and watch the documentary about fast food. That will be our genre this time. The narrator expresses his opinion on how much fast food influences modern society. He seems to have a negative opinion of fast food:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3edUWzy2lg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3edUWzy2lg0
PART I: Answer these questions and I will give you a 10/10 grade. Please remember to answer these questions with a complete sentence. We use a sentence to improve our grammar. After you are finished, email your work to pcowsill@gmail.com
Remember to tell me you who you are (English name). Please tell me the class time. For example, if you study from 1:10 to 3:00, write 1:10 to 3:00 in the subject of the email. Thanks.
1. How many continents does McDonald's operate on?
2. What is the "fattest state in America (1 minute, 50 seconds)?"
3. According to Morgan (the narrator), why are people obese?
4. What are the Golden Arches?
5. How many McDonald's restaurants are there in Taiwan? Why?
6. How many days will Morgan (the narrator of the documentary) only eat McDonald's food?
7. What is the patient embarking on (6 minutes, 40 seconds)?
8. How does McDonald's influence our cholesterol?
9. How much does Morgan originally weigh?
10. What percent of Americans exercise (11 minutes, 5 seconds)?
11. How often do you exercise? What do you do?
12. What did Morgan order for breakfast on the first day (14 minutes, 20 seconds)?
13. Why did Morgan get a cab?
14. Can he eat food from other restaurants?
15. What happened to Morgan after 30 days?
PARTII: Write a few sentences about why the actors seem so anxious. What happens if you are too slow? Do a good job and I will give you 10/10 for a grade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMIfScB9aY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMIfScB9aY0
