For World Cultures period 1.

Please leave an anonymous review of this class. 1. What was good about it? 2. What needed improvement? 3. Did your teacher seem knowledgeable about the subject? 4. Was the class too hard or too easy? Thank you.

For students Chen, Bohan through Zhou, Kevin

Just like the other posts from 2013, please leave comments about your experience in Mr. Cabalu's class. Note positive things as well as areas where the instruction can be improved! Example: I liked...../My favorite part of class was or I didn't like.../My least favorite part of class was... Again, you may make your posts anonymous, meaning that your teacher won't know who wrote the comments! Thanks for being a good class! Good luck and have fun this summer!! DISH!

For Students of ESL-3 Grammar and Writing, Spring 2013

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Thanks for being a good class!  Good luck and have fun this summer!!

For Students of ESL-3 (Grammar and Writing), fall and winter 2013

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Thanks for being a good class!  Good luck with the remainder of exams and in mainstream classes!

Unit 9 Study guide

Focus on Grammar Unit 9 Homework – Quantifiers Study Guide

A. Vocabulary – Label the part of speech (n, v, adj, adv, prep, etc)for each word and define each word.
(p. 141-142)
originate-
“plastic”-
crisp-
have little use for-
balance-
correspondingly-
huh
deduction-
means (n)-
(p.146-150)
Scandinavian-
souvenirs-
economical-
left over-
premium cable channels-
sack lunch-
gross domestic product/GDP-
life expectancy¬
birth and death rate-
measure-
loophole-
revenue-

B. Comprehension - give a short answer for each question.
1. What gives paper money its value?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
2. What is the most abstract type of money?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
3. How does the transfer of e-money work?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
4. According to the reading, what are some advantages of cash?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
5. What are some disadvantages of electronic money?
_____________________________________________________________________________________

C. Identify the Grammar – Give examples of each type of quantifier.
Quantifiers Used with Count Nouns:
1._____________________________________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________________________________

Quantifiers Used with Non-Count Nouns:
1._____________________________________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________________________________

D. Grammar Charts
1. Which words mean “all” in the charts?

2. Which words mean a large number or amount?

3. What are the two meanings of “few” as used in different ways?
example: “I have a few friends” and “I have few friends.”

4. What is the equivalent of a few (which we use with count nouns) for non-count nouns?

Writing 3 Extra Credit Oppo(..rtunity)

Hi, Students. Welcome to the wonderful week of Thanksgiving Break! You all can write your journal paragraphs here in the form of comments. Have a great and safe week off!

Grammar 3 Thanksgiving Vacation homework

Unit 6 Study Guide

This unit deals with mysteries in everyday life and in history, myth and legend. The reading examines the question of who "discovered" America. In the past, American schoolchildren were taught that Columbus made the discovery, but that opinion has become extremely controversial because the old view ignores Native Americans, who were certainly the first to arrive in the New World.

Write your study guide into your notebook. Mr. Cabalu will check your work on Tuesday, Nov. 29.

A. Vocabulary- Define the following words and phrases. (Don't forget to list the parts of speech!)

p.89-90
artifact
fragment
abbot
pottery
monk
monastery
candidate
hemisphere

p.94-99
cherchez la femme
retirement home
dwelling
flourishing
devastate
hives
rash
receptors
Hodgkin's disease
tolerable

B. Comprehension
1. According to the reading, who are the best-known candidates for the title of "discoverers" of the New World?
2. What evidence is offered that the Vikings found the New World?
3. What evidence is offered that the Irish reached North America?
4. Who were the real discoverers of America?
5. In what sense did Columbus "discover" America?

C. Identify the Grammar

How sure are each of these statements? (99% sure, not very certain, etc)
...Columbus may not have been the first to visit the Western Hemisphere.

Scholars originally assumed Vinland must have been present-day Newfoundland.

Today the assumption is that Vinland couldn't have been Newfoundland.

Could the climate have been warmer in Erickson's day?

The pottery evidence must mean something.

Notes:

Modals of certainty are different from modals of necessity. Necessity means "need" or "rule," while certainty connotes "guess" or used when we are not 100% sure of a fact or situation.

Examples:

Students must go to study hall every night. (necessity, this is a rule)

Teachers should sometimes be nice to their students. (also necessity)

It is 8:10 A.M., so Mr. Shriwise must be checking the study hall for tardy and absent students right about now. (certainty: I am 99% sure/certain that Mr. Shriwise will be doing this.)

At 2:45 P.M. most of the students should be arriving into study hall shortly. (certainty: not all students arrive into study hall at this time, especially during soccer and girls' basketball seasons. Consequently, I am not completely sure about my statement.)

past tense modal question: Could Mr. Cabalu have been away from school last week? No way! We saw him every day.