Final marks

Dear Students,

A few announcements:

1) Había un problema con las notas inferiores a 4.0 en la escala que Freddy usó la última vez. En realidad, las notas eran 0.2-0.4 más bajas. Sin embargo, NO bajé las notas en el sistema, pero deben saber eso porque explica porque su nota no subió con el 1 punto más que muchos de Uds. recibieron con la revisión.

2) Como expliqué en clase, debido a las circustancias especiales de este semestre, mostré flexibilidad con respeto a la mínima asistencia de 80% cuando 1) no faltaron "demasiado" y 2) su nota final fue sobre 4,5.

3) Acá pueden revisar las notas. Si hay una discrepancia, pido que me manden un mensaje con los detalles a sabdore@gmail.com ANTES del viernes, 2.

FINAL MARKS


THANK YOU FOR A VERY GOOD SEMESTER. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND LEARN ABOUT MATH. (I LEARNED A LOT!). BEST OF LUCK IN THE FUTURE. CONTINUE TO STUDY ENGLISH AND YOU WILL SEE THAT MANY DOORS OPEN!!!

Quiz with answers

Dear Students,

In the "archives" folder on Virtual, you can find today's quiz with the answers. I suggest you review it before Thursday's test.

Best,

Sabrina

Answers

Dear Students,

Because the answers to the homework are on a Pdf file, I cannot upload them as a Gdoc. Thus, the document is in the "archivos" folder of Virtual. Miguel, email me (sabdore@gmail.com), and I'll send you the document!

Remember, the next time we meet, you have a quiz on Abel and Galois and discourse markers. Because we need to prepare for the final exam, plan to have 30 minutes of class before the quiz. Also, on the 22nd, you have an obligatory workshop.

Another announcement: SOON I will publish the names of students who do not have to take the final exam. I will base the results on marks up until the 3rd quiz as explained in class.

If we do not have class on Nov. 24th, your final exam will be on Friday, Nov. 25th at 16:30.

Best,
Sabrina

I'm posting the answers as a Pdf image.

Thursday's homework

Dear Students,

Here is the handout we used today in class. For you students who were absent, the homework for Tuesday is to complete Activity 1 and 2 of Part V on Discourse Markers.

Click HERE.

Best,

Sabrina

Homework for week of Nov. 7

Dear Students,

Click here to access the next hand out. Please complete PARTS I-III before Thursday's class.

Kind regards,

Sabrina

About Tuesday, Nov. 8th

Dear Students,

If you are in seminar on Tuesday, please download the hand out (=guía) that corresponds to that class and bring Parts I, II and III COMPLETED to Thursday's class.

If you do not have it AND have Parts I and II completed, you may be considered absent and/or asked to leave the class.


See you,

Sabrina

News for Thursday's class

Dear Students,

Nobody has emailed me so I have no information regarding a change of plans for tomorrow. Therefore, I will assume that tomorrow is a NORMAL day, with class beginning at 15:00. We will continue on the History of Algebra and take the mini-quiz (=control) on new vocabulary from classroom presentations.

Please note, your 3rd quiz will be on Thursday, November 3rd. I will publish the contents later in the week. Please check on the weekend. (IF THERE IS NO CLASS TOMORROW, THE QUIZ DATE WILL NOT CHANGE. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE HANDOUTS FROM THIS BLOG).

Note: Freddy is uploading to the "files" (=archivos) folder in Virtual the material he prepared for yesterday's workshop. This MAY appear on the quiz, so please do NOT disregard (=ignore) it.

See you tomorrow!

Sabrina

The History of Algebra

Dear Students,

This week and next we will be looking at the history of algebra.

This document (click HERE) contains the entire text that we will use in class.

Best,

Sabrina

Hypatia homework

Dear Students,

Attached you can find the handout on Hypatia. This was homework from 2 weeks ago.

Hypatia homework.

Best,

Sabrina

him? her? them? Which is correct?

Dear Students,

We will soon be reviewing these words in English.

Click here to practice object pronouns and see how they can help you in reading.

Online Quiz

Online explanation

Be sure you have the Hypatia homework completed for our next class!

No classes this week

Dear Students,

Because of the seminar and/or strike tomorrow, there will be no English class as we agreed. Furthermore, because of the "claustro" on Thursday and Friday, we cannot have classes after 13:30 these two days. This means that our next class will be on Tuesday, October 25th. I would like to have an extra class on Thursday, Oct. 27th at 13:30. Does this work for you? Please, talk and let me know by e-mail or this blog (you can leave a comment) if this is OK. I will need to reserve a room!

Clarifications:
The next time we meet, we will continue with presentations.

Have a good week!

Sabrina

NEW date for presentations

Dear Students,

Because there is no class today, presentations on paradoxes will now be on Thursday, Oct. 13th.

See you on Tuesday!

Sabrina

Zeno's Paradox

Dear Class,

Here is the handout for Thursday's class. It includes several fun links. If there is no class because of a march or strike, please complete before Tuesday, October 4th.

Click here.

See you all tomorrow!

Sabrina

Let's practice "do" and "does"

Dear Students,

This class is not about grammar, however, it can be helpful and relevant to your interest to review the use of "do" and "does" and "am", "is" and "are". Here are some links for you to practice. Note, during the first week of October, you will have basic quiz on this material. The mark (result) will be part of participation.

EXERCISES:

Practice link 1: Do and does. click here.
Practice link 2: Do, does, and did. Click here.

Practice link 3: Am, are and is. Click here.
Practice link 4: is, are, do, does. Click here.

If you want to read a grammar explanation click here:

HUMAN CALCULATORS

Hi Class,

These people are AMAZING: Human Calculators!

In class we will practice listening to English and writing down numbers. Click HERE to access the handout that will guide you through the exercises.

See you,

Sabrina

Class September 20

Here's the homework.

Click here.

Archimedes Death Ray

Some fun videos:

Some good practice with numbers. Click here.

Wow! This produces heat! Success! Click here.

A good listening comprehension video. Click here.

Homework from Tuesday, Sept. 13

Here is the worksheet (homework) we used in class today.

If you were absent, please complete through Exercises A-C on the reverse before Thursday's class.

Click here.

Genius of Archimedes

Dear Students,

During the next few weeks, we will study the Genius of Archimedes. This man from the past is considered to be one of the greatest scientists of all times!

To read authentic articles about this inventor, physicist and engineer, click on the links below:

BBC History. Click here.

We will also study NUMBERS this month. Here are some helpful sites for you.

Here is a list of numbers. Click here.
How do you say numbers? Click here.
Practice listening to numbers. Click here.
Practice

Class 5: Euclid (new homework)

Please come to class with activity A completed.

Click here for the document.

(Recuerden que alumnos sin la tarea hecha corren el riesgo de tener que salir de la sala y estar marcados "ausentes").

Announcement: Your quiz will be on Thursday, September 8th (NOT the 6th). Your workshop ("ayudantía") with Freddy is on the 6th.

Have a nice weekend!

Sabrina

Euclid of Alexandria

Good afternoon,

Here is the document for this week. If you are absent, you are still responsible for going to class prepared.

Euclid of Alexandria

See you in class!

Sabrina

Pythagoras's Theorem

Here is the document from Tuesday. Please bring completed to our next class!

Click here

Sabrina

Learning Vocabulary

Dear Students,

Remember that your goal (= objective) is to learn many (MANY!) words in English. In the long term, it is best that you do this by NOT just translating the word English-Spanish. It is better to work with the word by...

1) writing a synonym
2) writing an antonym
3) giving a visual representation (i.e. drawing) the word.
4) using it in context (write a phrase).
5) defining the word
6) ?
7) ?
8) as a final resort...translate.

(What was 6 and 7?) Help me by writing a comment!

Study the bold words!

Week of Aug. 22

Hello Class,

This week we will explore Pythagoras's Theorem and, connected to English, study SHAPES, COLORS, and words used to COMPARE objects. Words that compare objects frequently end in "-er" or "-est". We also use the word "more" sometimes.

Click here to visit some interactive sites:

Shapes and Colors quiz

Grammar explanation on comparatives

(It is not necessary that you write comparatives, but you need to comprehend comparatives when you read).

Video: comparatives with countries (i.e. Russia, China, Chile, England, etc.)

(You can practice listening. Also, you can repeat to practice speaking English)

Class 1: Homework

Dear Students,

Note: understand = comprehend

Your homework is to visit this site and copy in your notebook all the words that you understand. Mark the words that are cognates (words that look similar and have the same meaning in English and Spanish).

Pythagoras Theorem

Now, select 5 words that do not understand but think are important to comprehend the text or math problem. Copy these words into your notebook. Look them up in a dictionary. Write the translation in Spanish and, if possible, a synonym in English.

Week 1: Program and online dictionary

Here is the program for your convenience:

Click here

If you have questions, please talk to me!

And, if you need an online dictionary to help you with your studies, you can use...

Word Reference


(Do you notice some words are in bold--"negritas"? These are useful words for you to learn!)

Welcome! Class 1

Dear Math Students,

Welcome to General English 1. This semester we will study English. This blog is for you. It has important links, websites, documents, etc. Visit the blog every week to see what is new.

Here you have the list of words from Class 1. Do you remember what they mean? Which column do you associate with English, with math?

language	shapes
speaking	equations
verbs	lines
nouns	numbers
tense	zero
accent	limits
dialect	geometry
listening	algebra
writing	astronomers
interaction	equals
communication	plus
reading	minus
adjectives	square
words	area
text	division
American	Greek