Week5-Unit-5NS

North Star: Unit 5

Speaking of Gender & Different Ways of Thinking/Talking!

During this session we will learn:
1. How to avoid sexist language when we speak or write.
2. How to read between the lines. In other words, how to link your background knowledge ( old information), with new knowledge (new information), to draw a conclusion or to create an opinion.
3. How to ask questions in English.
4. How to write an essay.

Activities:

Family Memebrs (Audio Memory Games, by Charles Kelly).

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Practice Asking Questions

Homework Assignment

Reading:

The problem of miscommunication between men and women looks like a universal one!

Read these two parts taken from two books, and then answer the questions, below.
- Go to book 1: "Men from Mars and Women from Venus", by Dr. John Gray. (USA)
- Go to book 2: "Women In Kuwait -The Politics of Gender", by Dr. Haya Al-Mughni. (Kuwait)
Questions:
1. Compare the ideas of the above two authors with the main idea included in Unit 5, Reading 1:"Different Ways of Talking", paragraph 9. (To make the comparison, outline the ideas using a table that you can create with Word Processor, (WP)).
2. Print out the table and bring with you tomorrow for our class discussion.

Writing:

Watch the movie, and then do the quiz, at BrainPop

Useful Links:

Learn more about essay writing, at Tips-O-Matic