September 19, 2016 -- Monday


On the board:

1. Warm-up is first part of vocabulary handout -- discussion
2. N.Y. Times about our novelist, Ursula LeGuin   "Ursula LeGuin Has Earned a Rare Honor.  Just Don't Call Her a Sci-Fi Writer"
3. discussion of homework due today (Bridging the Gap pages 60-72)


Handout:

READ 097-6.     2016.09.19

 Do you understand these words?   What do the word groups have in common?  How are they different?

intrapersonal                           interpersonal

intrastate                                 interstate

intragalactic                            intergalactic

intranational                            international

intramural                               intermural

antithetical                               antedate

antiapartheid                           antecedent

antibiotic                                 intediluvian

anticlimax                                antebellum

antiseptic                                 anteroom

there

their

they're

 Do you know about the Academic Word List?    Esldesk.com/vocabulary/academic

Assignment for this week  (see homwork list below):

Read Chapter 3, pages. 94-110 in Bridging the Gap and do the exercises 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3   --- Due Friday

Bring the Ursula LeGuin novel Powers to class on Wednesday. You should read chapters 1 and 2 by Monday of next week.

Discussion of abyss and atom -- yes, the "a" suffix means "not" in these words, but the other parts of those words (-byss and -tom) cannot stand by themselves in English,

Monogamy  monogamist         bigamy   bigamist

polygamy    polygamist

polyandry

antediluvian --- before the Flood (often used to mean "very old)

antebellum -- before the war (usually means the Civil War)

antecedent    Bill is busy.  He won't come today.

                  "Bill" is the antecedent  of "he."

Video on the old-fashioned teaching style:

https://www.facebook.com/baltimoresun/videos/10154522831964712/?hc_ref=SEARCH  

If you get a teacher/professor like this, don't take it personally!

Homework:  

1. Read Chapter 3, pages. 94-110 in Bridging the Gap and do the exercises 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3   --- Due Friday

2. Read the Ursula LeGuin article and write down 6 of the most important points in the article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/books/ursula-le-guin-has-earned-a-rare-honor-just-dont-call-her-a-sci-fi-writer.html?_r=0 

3. Bring the novel Powers to class on Wednesday