Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Some good test quesitons for tomorrow

1. In what ways does stress affect the body?
2. Why are doctors becoming more interested in PNI?
3. What is some of the research supporting the idea that the mind effects the body?
4. Which group of nursing home residents in the study tends to do better and why?
5. How can Pavlov's classical conditioning be applied to people under stress?
6. How does the immune system become compromised?
7. What did Robert Ader discover in his research on rats?
8. Why is Ader's discovery good news for us?
9. More and more medical professionals are teaching their patients to control their problems without medication. Which methods or techniques are they using and why?
10. What happened to the rats that were living under stressful conditions in the experiment?

Listening #2: After the lecture on stress (due Thursday)

Go to page 19 in AE. Answer one of the two questions on the bottom. You can answer both if you wish.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Listening #1: Breathing and Stress (due Thursday)



After you listen, please post a comment. If you have nothing much to say, just write "done!"

Monday, January 25, 2016

Reading Response #1: Night Watch (due Tuesday before class)

After you read "Night Watch" by Roy Popkin, write answers to the 4 discussion questions at the end.

Weekly schedules will be posted here

Week Nine:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVSy1zSVhUU25zUVk/view?usp=sharing

Week Eight:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVcC1DbHJoU2gzVEU/view?usp=sharing

Week Seven:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVS0syanV0ajItenM/view?usp=sharing

Week Six:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVY3BJblJ5TVZVSDg/view?usp=sharing

Week Five:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVd2laR29EUnNVRE0/view?usp=sharing

Week Four:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVb3NneTJtTWdmOHM/view?usp=sharing

Week Three:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVSWktOTZOUFg5NUE/view?usp=sharing

Week Two:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVNTR4VGRSbzctQVk/view?usp=sharing

Week One:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVdVdZM2E4dmJVNEE/view?usp=sharing

SYLLABUS:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVZnVESko5c1ZtNlk/view?usp=sharing

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Blog #1: Introduce yourselves (due Friday)

Today each of you briefly introduced yourselves to the class. Now I would like you to tell us some more about yourself in writing.

Here are some questions to consider:

Where are you in life (meaning, what stage)? Did you finish high school? College? Graduate school? Talk about your background, and your professional and personal aspirations. Also, discuss your interests, hobbies, and talents. Tell us something about yourself that makes you unique. Feel free to add anything else that you would like to share about yourself with the class.

You should post your writing as a comment to this post. Just click on comment.

Websites for roots, prefixes, and suffixes

The following are some websites that will be useful for those of you interested in learning more roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Please comment if you find them useful.

1. These are quizzes for you on structural analyses of words.
http://www.edhelper.com/Word_Roots.htm

2. Prefix Jeopardy--a game
http://www.quia.com/cb/221179.html

You can play this with one or two players. Try it, its fun!

3. A list of Latin roots:
http://www.siliconyogi.com/andreas/acadamn_it/gre/LatinRoots.html

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Books for this class

Academic Encounters (Listening and Speaking), 2nd edition, by Miriam Espeseth

Ten Steps to Improving College Reading Skills, 6th edition, by John Langan

Focus on Grammar 5, 4th edition, by Jay Maurer

LCC Level 5 Writing Course Pack, by Katey Porter

Welcome to your blog!

Hello 5A and 5B,

The purpose of this blog is twofold. First, it will occasionally be a place for you to do some of your homework assignments. I will also place weekly schedules and vocabulary lists on it so if you're absent on Monday or you misplace (lose) your list, you can replace it easily.

I will also use the blog to post internet links for different activities such as on-line reading and vocabulary practice/quizzes and listening activities.

You should check this blog every few days in order to keep current with the class.

I look forward to a great semester with all of you, and I look forward to "seeing" you on-line,
HC

p.s. If you want to respond to something on the blog, click on "comments" and write your post.