Happy New Year!!!

    

                Here is a list of New Year Resolutions. This list never ends! Please put them into correct order. FOR YOU, YOURSELF...

- Enjoy life
- Quit smoking
- Say no to junk food
- Workout and exercise
- Take a trip
- Be more independent
- Save Money
- Concentrate more on studies


THIS IS MY WISH TO YOU ALL FOR 2011:

         When you're lonely, I wish you Love! When you're down, I wish you Joy! When you're troubled, I wish you Peace! When things seem empty, I wish you Hope! Have a Happy New Year!

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR WISHES FOR ME....COULD YOU PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS!!! THANKS...

Just three little words...

'PLEASE REMEMBER ME' whenever you listen to this New Year Song!!!

Confucius

China has been influenced by numerous great leaders and thinkers. One of them was the great philosopher Confucius.Here is a video of his life story:after we watch the DVD in class,why don't you make comments on the following?
1.What was the cause of disorder in society according to Confucius?
2.Which idea of 'The Master' has attracted your attention the most?(family relationships,education,money and wealth)Which do you think suits the Turkish society the most and how?
Thanks...waiting for your contributions...

Run-on Sentences Exercises

Hello, we have about ten days for the mid-term exam. It's time to practise. this week we will go over run-on sentences. Here are two exercises for you. Please try them and if you have any questions we can discuss in class.

Good Luck!!!!

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/run-ons_add1.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/run-ons_add2.htm

Problem Solving

Hi there! This week we will learn about problem solving strategies. Watch the video and answer the questions please. Animals have problems, don't they? 

1) What is the chimp's problem?

2) How does the chimp solve it? (no details)

3) What is  the chimp's approach in solving the problem?

HAVE A NICE BAYRAM WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS...

Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK

'' To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me''

                                                                                                                       

Atatürk Explains Himself

                   Posters were being prepared for the twelfth anniversary of the Republic. Among them were some like these:

   ''Atatürk is the greatest.''

  ''It has taken the Turkish nation centuries to produce a Mustafa Kemal.''

                 Atatürk, carefully looking over the wording of the posters, scratched out these words and all those like them, and in their place wrote: ''ATATÜRK IS ONE OF US.''

Fragment Exercises

http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/quizzes/grammar/KappaExer/sentencefrag.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/frag01/frag01.01.htm

Try these links and see if you can do the fragment exercises correctly. Waiting for your comments! Who? me of course, your dear teacher...

I thank you very much for the comments you have made up to now. Your interest in the class blog makes me happy. I hope you go on like this... Kisses...

 

Do you ever recall the past? High school days? Sweet memories!

I recommend the film 'High School Musical Series'

Enjoy Yourselves

Iam looking forward to hearing your comments.......

Crop Circles

Special thanks to all of you for your contributions on Friday.I was really happy to see your interest in the above mentioned topic.Unfortunately we didn't have time for class dıscussion.Now it's your turn!Come on!Burak,Pınar,Gizem.....and many others. We would like to hear what you think about this strange phenomenon.
   1.What do you think?How are these circles created?
   2.Remember the young Englishman,Matthew? What does he mean by saying 'crop circles are definitely signs of intelligent life on Earth! Explain please.
One more thing. The ones who have handed in essays are doing their best.I believe,with all my heart,they will
improve in a very short time.What about the others?BETTER LATE THAN NEVER........

Education Quotes

- The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. 'Dr.Thomas Fuller'
- He who opens a school door,closes a prison. 'Victor Hugo'
- If you study to remember,you will forget,but,if you study to understand,you will remember. 'Unknown'
- If you can read this,thank a teacher. 'Unknown'
- Education costs money,but then so does ignorance. 'Sir Claus Moser'

Tomorrow we're going to read about the Afghan education system and discover how many students

have been struggling to make up for the years that they missed! I'd appreciate your opinions on the topic. 

Tense Revision

It's me again,
I hope you all had a nice weekend. Now it's study time.
Here are some useful links for revising tenses:

Future Perfect and Future Continuous:

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5110.php

Mixed Tense Exercises:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/zeitformen.htm

http://www.englishdaily626.com/tenses.php

Grammar - Noun Clauses/Parallelism

Hi again!

I hope you will be visiting our blog. Here are some useful links for you. There are multiple choice questions to answer. I am sure these exercises will be a great help to you. I would like you to share your evaluation with me. Thanks!

Noun Clauses
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/nounclausequiz.html

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/az_review12.html

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg1_nounclauses1.html

and

Parallelism:
http://www.towson.edu/ows/modulePARALLEL.htm

http://www.towson.edu/ows/exerciseparal.htm

http://aliscot.com/bigdog/parallel_exercise.htm

 

Travelling with baby

Critical thinking throws light on goals, examines assumptions, observes hidden values, evaluates evidence, accomplishes actions and conclusions. It can occur whenever we judge, decide or solve a problem; IN GENERAL, whenever we must figure out what to believe or what to do and do so in a reasonable way. SO WHY NOT TRY???

Now it's time for Brain Challenge

1) A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream?

2) After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6. The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.

*** I NEED YOUR SUGGESTIONS TO SOLVE THESE RIDDLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Critical Thinking Skills

My Dear Students;
This week we are starting a new book! The first chapter is about ''critical thinking'' What is ''thinking?'' It is the activity of using our brains to consider a problem or to create an idea.
EVERYONE thinks; it is our nature to do so. But NOONE ALWAYS acts purely objectively and rationally. What do we do? We usually gossip, boast, exaggerate and avoid speaking the truth. It is ''only human'' to wish to prove that our prior knowledge is correct; we support our prior decisions or earlier beliefs. In the process of satisfying our ego, however, we can often deny ourselves, intellectual growth and opportunities. We may not always want to apply ''critical thinking skills'', but we SHOULD!!! 

***Please comment on the above mentioned piece of writing stating your reasons***

Week 1

Here is the plan of the first week:

1) Summary Writing  
- http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=6&act=1
- http://www.clarkschools.net/Curriculum/Summarizing_ppoint.ppt

2) Academic Writing
- http://www.slideshare.net/mfarrer/the-writing-process-132091
- http://biblioconnections.pbworks.com/f/TheEssay.doc

3) Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement
- http://a4esl.org/q/j/kf/mc-svad.html
- http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/subverb1.htm

4) Tense Revision


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                                                                                                                           GOOD LUCK

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