Homework

Health&Illness. Seizure First Aid Video and Listening Comprehension.                      (November 16th)




 LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

 

1. How many Americans have been treated for epilepsy over the last 5 years?

2. What do the 3 people presenting the video do and why are they involved in this?

3. What can seizures and epilepsy be related to?

4. How many types of seizures are there?

5. What is NOT epilepsy? (Myths)

6. How can you help a person who’s having Tonic-Clonic seizure? What things should and shouldn’t you do?

 

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National Geographic Halloween video. Answers, listening comprehension:                                           (October 31st)

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Steve Jobs: The Apple of Our Eyes!                                  (October 11th)

(from ELS-VOICES.COM)  http://esl-voices.com/2011/09/12/steve-jobs-the-apple-of-our-eyes/


Steve Jobs during his keynote address at MacWorld Conference
In the world of technology,  the name Apple is synonymous with Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is a legend, and as  with all legends, we want them to stay with us (where we can readily see and listen to them) forever…unfortunately  Mr. Jobs will no longer be able to do this (sort of). He  has had to step down as the CEO of Apple due to illness, however he won’t be totally out of the picture. The following is an excerpt from an article written by David Pogue:
When Steve Jobs resigned as the chief executive of Apple on Wednesday, his note to the public and the Apple board was short and classy. The gist was this: “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s C.E.O., I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.”
As you can imagine, this news is rocking the world, and not just the tech world. Mr. Jobs, after all, has almost single-handedly reshaped a stunning range of industries: music, TV, movies, software, cellphones, and cloud computing. The products he’s shepherded into existence with single-minded vision read like a Top 10 list, or a Top 50 list, of the world’s most successful inventions: Macintosh. iPod. iPhone. iTunes. iMovie. iPad…¶
Most of the reactions online today read like obituaries — for Steve Jobs, if not for Apple. Is that appropriate? Well, only Mr. Jobs’s inner circle knows how sick he actually is. (He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004, had a liver transplant in 2009 and has had health troubles ever since.) But nobody, not even Mr. Jobs, can say for sure whether Apple can still be Apple without him at the helm.
There are three reasons that it might, and one big reason that it might not. The good news:

First, Mr. Jobs isn’t leaving Apple. He’ll remain as chairman of the Apple board. Tim Cook, who’s been Apple’s director of operations for seven years, will take over as chief executive. (He’s been acting C.E.O. since January.)
Second, the tech world doesn’t turn on a dime. Apple’s pipeline is already stuffed with at least a couple of years’ worth of Jobs-directed products. In the short term, you won’t see any difference in Apple’s output of cool, popular inventions.
Third, even if Mr. Jobs isn’t sitting at every design meeting, ripping apart or heartily embracing each idea presented to him, his tastes, methods and philosophies are deeply entrenched in the company’s blood…So it’s pretty clear that for the next few years, at least, Apple will still be Apple without Mr. Jobs as involved as he’s been for years.
But despite these positive signs, there’s one heck of a huge elephant in the room, one unavoidable reason why it’s hard to imagine Apple without Mr. Jobs steering the ship: personality.
His personality made Apple Apple. That’s why no other company has ever been able to duplicate Apple’s success. Even when Microsoft or Google or Hewlett-Packard tried to mimic Apple’s every move, run its designs through the corporate copying machine, they never succeeded. And that’s because they never had such a single, razor-focused, deeply opinionated, micromanaging, uncompromising, charismatic, persuasive, mind-blowingly visionary leader.
Tim Cook gets rave reviews as an executive and numbers guy. But is he a Jobs-style visionary? Does he have Jobs-style charisma? …Does he know where the puck of public taste will come to rest two years from now? Five years from now? There’s an awful lot of Steve Jobs in Apple, and an incredible amount of talent at its Cupertino headquarters.
But what will happen when Mr. Jobs’s pipeline is no longer full, and when his difficult, brilliant, charismatic, future-shaping personality is no longer the face of Apple? It’s hard to imagine that we’ll ever see another 15 years of blockbuster, culture-changing hits like the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad, from Apple or anyone else. And that’s really, really sad. continue…

Steve Jobs, young visionary STA Blog

Next Challenge: photo: Business Insider
ESL Voices Lesson Plan for this article.
Lesson: Steve Jobs and Apple
Level: Intermediate -Advanced
Materials: article excerpt.
Objectives: Students will learn who Steve Jobs is and his importance in developing Apple,
Procedure:

I. Pre-reading Task
A. Have students read the titles (of both this post and of the original article) survey the photos, to see if they can predict what the article will be about.
B *Stimulate background knowledge by having students brainstorm to build a list of all of the terms they can think of connected to the name Apple, (e.g., computer, ipad, iphone etc.)
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II. While Reading Tasks
A. Vocabulary Inference
Students guess the meanings of the words in bold, and use a dictionary or thesaurus for assistance.
  1. In the world of technology, the name Apple is synonymous with Steve Jobs.
  2. Steve Jobs is a legend.
  3. When Steve Jobs resigned..
  4. his note to the public and the Apple board was short and classy.
  5. The gist was this.
  6. As you can imagine, this news is rocking the world.
  7. Most of the reactions online today read like obituaries.
  8. Apple can still be Apple without him at the helm.
  9. Second, the tech world doesn’t turn on a dime.
  10. …his tastes, methods and philosophies are deeply entrenched in the company’s blood.
  11. But despite these positive signs, there’s one heck of a huge elephant in the room.
  12. That’s why no other company has ever been able to duplicate Apple’s success.
  13. they never had such a single… micromanaging, uncompromising, charismatic, persuasive, mind-blowingly visionary leader.
B. Questions for Reading Comprehension and Discussion

  1. Why is Steve Jobs resigning as CEO of Apple?
  2. According to the article, which industries has Steve Jobs reshaped?
  3. The article states, ” Most of the reactions online today read like obituaries, for Steve Jobs, if not for Apple.” Why do you think people are reacting in this manner?
  4. What are the three reasons that Apple can still be Apple without Steve Jobs at the helm?
  5. What is the one reason that Apple may not continue to be as good without Steve Jobs?
  6. Why has it been difficult for other companies to duplicate the success of Apple?
  7. The article lists some of Steve Jobs character traits. What are they?
  8. Name some of the other companies that tried to copy Apple.
  9. Who is Tom Cooks?
  10. Is everyone positive that Tom Cook will be as successful as Steve Jobs was with Apple?
C. Questions for Reflection and Discussion
1. Do you think Apple will continue to flourish without Steve Jobs at the helm?
2. In your opinion will the Apple products (e.g., ipod, iphone, ipad) increase or decrease in popularity now that people know Jobs may not be involved in the company as much?

III. Post Reading Tasks
A. Listening Task: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005- YouTube
Here we see Steve Jobs delivering his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005. In it he talks about getting fired from Apple in 1985, life & death.

Listening Strategy: Focused
Students will listen to You Tube of Steve Jobs and answer the following questions:
  1. How many stories did Steve Jobs tell?
  2. What was the first one about?
  3. Did Jobs graduate college?
  4. Why did Jobs drop out of college?
  5. Did he stop studying?
  6. What was one class he took that he felt was beautiful, but not really useful at the time?
  7. What was his second story?
  8. What was his third story?
  9. What quote did he like?
  10. How old was he when he read this quote?
  11. How did “death” help Jobs in his life?
  12. Jobs stated: ” Death is the single best invention of life” What does this mean?
  13. In essence, what was Steve Jobs message to the graduating class?
B. *Essay Writing: Either Choose one of the following to write an essay.
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1. Write an essay describing the kind of company you would like to start.
2. Write an essay in which you compare Bill Gates of Microsoft and Steve Jobs of Apple.
3. In his comment speech at Stanford University, Jobs spoke about how he used the idea that we could die at any time as a way of motivating himself to work hard. Write an essay in which you either agree with this idea and provide reasons, or why you disagree with this idea.
4. Today is the last day of your life. Write an essay describing what things you would do with your time.