Thursday, June 9, 2011

1.What does it mean to "freak out?"
2.How would one announce themselves before entering a room?
3.What things might you do to "get into the spirit" of a big soccer 
game -- Korea -vs-Japan?
4.What are some other sports rituals besides the "chest bump?"
5.Bejeweled means what?
covered in Jewels


6.Why would you hear the name Phil spoken, and then proceed
to touch someone?


To long = to desire


That's wrong on a whole different level.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Questions

What might you guess a "mall-walker" to be?
a senior citizen
Gosh is a substitute for what other expression deemed offensive by many people?


What is a pretzel (in a mall) like?
http://www.whereislittlejimmy.com/Soft%20Pretzel.jpg


What do you think the expression "Pretzel Logic" means?
It sounds like pretzel logic to me.


What is frosting, and where does it go?
A sugar based cream which is spread over a cake or cupcakes


What type of disease is mononucleosis or  "mono" for short?


What is the nickname for mono and what age group does it usually impact? kissing disease


What might you image a "coin-up car wash"  to be?

Monday, June 6, 2011

Page 45 Vocabulary and Discussion a-b, and a-c


detritus =Matter produced by the decay or disintegration of an organic substance.


The social detritus / The detritus of society


A city can be viewed as a living organism, which cast off detritus in the form of criminals, street people, etc.







Thursday, June 2, 2011

Left off on page 5 script in the middle of the page (Modern Family)


mel·an·chol·y

  [mel-uhn-kol-ee]  Show IPAnoun, plural -chol·ies, adjective
–noun
1.
a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual orprolonged; depression.
2.
sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
3.
Archaic .
a.
the condition of having too much black bile, consideredin ancient and medieval medicine to cause gloominessand depression.
b.
black bile.

Feeling down in the dumps.

Modern English

Did multi-media script 1-3
Begin on page 4 for tomorrow






You are with me on this, right?
You agree


peers = of equal status



Cameron: I guess that’s possible.
Mitchell: So, here.
Cameron: What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Cameron: Yes, I’ve gained a few extra pounds while we were expecting the baby, which has been very difficult. But apparently your body does a nesting, very maternal, primal thing, where it retains nutrients… Some sort of molecular physiology thing. But that’s science, you can’t fight it.
Mitchell: I’m not saying anything.
Cameron: You’re saying everything.

something a little less…gay? And we need to stop having friends with names like Andre.
Cameron: Red-headed daddy is angry daddy.
Mitchell: No, I’m not.
Cameron: Yes, you are. Even Pepper pointed that out on the way home from the airport.

look down on someone = you think them less a person than you
staring someone down = asserting your dominance

Mitchell: Okay, that’s another one Pepper.




Monday, May 30, 2011

First hour (multi-media) with Modern Family: Listening and discussion of highlighted terms.

Handout: Innovation & Invention (Research and Tech.) (Patents & Intellectual Property)

Group work discussion on Innovation and Invention

Begin Wed. class with multi-media (Modern Family) & Return to text.



zero article

: nouns which are concepts (usually) do not take an article

home / breakfast, lunch, dinner / love / hate, etc.


bound to...

in·ev·i·ta·ble

  [in-ev-i-tuh-buhl]  Show IPA
–adjective
1.
unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain;necessary: an inevitable conclusion.
2.
sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable: The inevitableend of human life is death.
.

...ha...have to follow throughve to follow through

re·nege

  [ri-nig, -neg, -neeg]  Show IPAverb, -neged, -neg·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.
Cards to play a card that is not of the suit led when onecan follow suit; break a rule of play.
2.
to go back on one's word: He has reneged on his promise.

a blow up = to get really upset