August 29, 2016 -- Monday


Warm-up
Please write short answers to the following questions
1. quick grammar review -- what do the following terms mean?
     a. noun      b.  verb    c. adjective     d. adverb
2. what words did you NOT understand in the Scientific American article


Grammar review using "cinquaine"   --- a five-line poem using grammar categories
1st line:   a noun
2nd line:  2 adjectives
3rd line:   3 adverbs
4th line:   a verb phrase (a verb plus some other words
5th line:   another noun that comments on the line in the 1st line

Teacher example (not very good, actually...)
August
hot and steamy
quickly, humidly, heavily
brings summer to an end
sadness



Students mentioned these words from the Scientific American article:
synthesizing
ubiquitous
paradoxical
cumbersome
cognitive
**********FROM THIS POINT ON, keep your own list of new words and be sure to write down the sentence you found each new word in, as well as the word itself.


Some ways of talking about "learning styles," other than those in Bridging the Gap
visual learners
auditory learners
kinesthetic learners


Discussion of group assignment, page


Homework:
1. complete your grammar cinquaine so that you can hand it in on Wednesday
2. read pages 6-11 in Bridging the Gap, the portion about cognitive styles.
     Fill in the blanks on page 11 -- this is about understanding your strengths as a learner