What question words does this paragraph answer?
Article Title: Russians Vacate Buffer Zones in Georgia
ERGNETI, Georgia - The Georgian authorities reclaimed this ransacked village on Wednesday after it had been under Russian control since August. They kissed one another in congratulation, cleared rotting food from the shelves of a grocery, and got down to serious business: getting a look at the enemy.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Student Focus
Can has been out of school for quite some time. I thought maybe some of you missed him, so I thought he would be a good subject to interview this week. He seems to be the man of mystery, although I do know that he has been at Koç longer than some of his teachers!
Introducing the always smiling, Can Peker!!
Full Name: Onur Can Peker
What does your name mean?: Can = Life and Peker is like, “Pek” = lots/many and “er” means soldier, so lots of soldiers and Onur = Honor
Why did your parents name you that?: It is just a name “Onur” it is not on my passport.
Place of Birth: Milwalkee, Wisconsin, USA
Why were you born there?: My parents were living there. My father was working and my mother was studying.
Age: 14 ... and a half. I was born in January and now we are in October.
Locations you have lived: I lived in Milwalkee for 2 yrs and then we moved back to İstanbul in Beykoz.
What hobbies do you have?: Playing tenis, playing soccer, water skiing and wakeboarding.
Brothers or sisters?: I have 2 twin sisters. They are 2 yrs younger than me. They are going to MEF. I like them.
What schools did you go to?: I was in a British school when I was in Kindergarten and then I started at the Koc School in 1st grade.
At 8pm at night you are: Watching TV in my bedroom or in the kitchen or with family in the living room. On Mondays and Wednesdays I have English lessons...just talking lesson.
Worst habit: I don’t have any.
Embarrassing moment: I don’t have any.
Favorite movie: Zohan – Adam Sandler’s movie, Get Smart, 88 minutes. I watched them recently and I like those. I watch a lot of movies. I can’t remember all the movies, so I just mention the new ones.
Favorite Holiday: I like going to Miami. I go there 3 times a year because it is summer everytime. I like summers and they don’t have a winter.
World’s worst problem: Global warming because when I live in İstanbul, I want it to snow. I like cold when it snows. So, if it is cold without snow, I don’t like it and that is the problem with Global warming.
Who is your hero?: I don’t know...like who...I don’t want to be like someone, I want to be like me.
Biggest decision you are thinking about right now: I am thinking, what should I become in the future. What job should I pick. When I was 3 yrs old, I wanted to be a policeman. Now, I am sure I don’t want to be a policeman, but I am not sure what I want to be.
One word that describes you: Lazy.
Introducing the always smiling, Can Peker!!
Full Name: Onur Can Peker
What does your name mean?: Can = Life and Peker is like, “Pek” = lots/many and “er” means soldier, so lots of soldiers and Onur = Honor
Why did your parents name you that?: It is just a name “Onur” it is not on my passport.
Place of Birth: Milwalkee, Wisconsin, USA
Why were you born there?: My parents were living there. My father was working and my mother was studying.
Age: 14 ... and a half. I was born in January and now we are in October.
Locations you have lived: I lived in Milwalkee for 2 yrs and then we moved back to İstanbul in Beykoz.
What hobbies do you have?: Playing tenis, playing soccer, water skiing and wakeboarding.
Brothers or sisters?: I have 2 twin sisters. They are 2 yrs younger than me. They are going to MEF. I like them.
What schools did you go to?: I was in a British school when I was in Kindergarten and then I started at the Koc School in 1st grade.
At 8pm at night you are: Watching TV in my bedroom or in the kitchen or with family in the living room. On Mondays and Wednesdays I have English lessons...just talking lesson.
Worst habit: I don’t have any.
Embarrassing moment: I don’t have any.
Favorite movie: Zohan – Adam Sandler’s movie, Get Smart, 88 minutes. I watched them recently and I like those. I watch a lot of movies. I can’t remember all the movies, so I just mention the new ones.
Favorite Holiday: I like going to Miami. I go there 3 times a year because it is summer everytime. I like summers and they don’t have a winter.
World’s worst problem: Global warming because when I live in İstanbul, I want it to snow. I like cold when it snows. So, if it is cold without snow, I don’t like it and that is the problem with Global warming.
Who is your hero?: I don’t know...like who...I don’t want to be like someone, I want to be like me.
Biggest decision you are thinking about right now: I am thinking, what should I become in the future. What job should I pick. When I was 3 yrs old, I wanted to be a policeman. Now, I am sure I don’t want to be a policeman, but I am not sure what I want to be.
One word that describes you: Lazy.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Grading/Returning Homework
On almost all assignments that you turn in to me I will underline areas of your writing that can use correction either in your English Grammar or Spelling or Punctuation. I will not tell you what it is, but I will simply underline it.
If at anytime during the unit we are working in, you would like to fix the English and improve the assignment that you handed in once, you can hand in another copy of the assignment with the corrections made, BUT you also need to hand in the original with it.
I will only accept the corrected assignments before the end of the unit. For instance, if we do an assignment while we are reading An Inspector Calls, you must turn in the corrected version BEFORE the exam for An Inspector Calls.
Just like the Enrichment Folder, you will NOT receive EXTRA points, but you will receive an additional homework grade for correcting/revising the assignment. If you have questions, please ask them in the Comments section.
Keep an eye out for Can Peker's interview coming tomorrow!
If at anytime during the unit we are working in, you would like to fix the English and improve the assignment that you handed in once, you can hand in another copy of the assignment with the corrections made, BUT you also need to hand in the original with it.
I will only accept the corrected assignments before the end of the unit. For instance, if we do an assignment while we are reading An Inspector Calls, you must turn in the corrected version BEFORE the exam for An Inspector Calls.
Just like the Enrichment Folder, you will NOT receive EXTRA points, but you will receive an additional homework grade for correcting/revising the assignment. If you have questions, please ask them in the Comments section.
Keep an eye out for Can Peker's interview coming tomorrow!
Excursion Day
Please email me any Excursion Day pictures you guys took yesterday!
If you have a lot, just send me your top 3 pictures. Be sure to email them to this address: celinec@kocschool.k12.tr
I will write a post about my day with some pictures for Monday. Keep an eye out - you might see your face on the blog!
If you have a lot, just send me your top 3 pictures. Be sure to email them to this address: celinec@kocschool.k12.tr
I will write a post about my day with some pictures for Monday. Keep an eye out - you might see your face on the blog!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
What's Up Wednesday
Responsibility
What kind of responsibility do we have toward our family members?
-our friends?
-our neighbors?
-people we pass in the streets?
-people we met on facebook or whose blog we read?
-people we have never met?
What kind of responsibility do we have toward our family members?
-our friends?
-our neighbors?
-people we pass in the streets?
-people we met on facebook or whose blog we read?
-people we have never met?
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Excursion Day
Tomorrow is Excursion Day to the Princes' Islands. Make sure you bring the handouts I distributed in class!
Remember: You guys are reporters for the day and you need to find someone to interview in order to create a story for your newspaper article we will complete later in class.
Your Exam: Remember your exam will also be in relation to newspaper writing using the content of the play, so be sure you are thinking about and reading newspaper articles and how they are written, so you get used to the writing style for the exam.
See you all tomorrow!!
Remember: You guys are reporters for the day and you need to find someone to interview in order to create a story for your newspaper article we will complete later in class.
Your Exam: Remember your exam will also be in relation to newspaper writing using the content of the play, so be sure you are thinking about and reading newspaper articles and how they are written, so you get used to the writing style for the exam.
See you all tomorrow!!
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