A Culinary Approach to Immigrant History

Hello on this rainy Thursday!  For those of you who joined us today, thank you for making the trip.  If you didn't get to come to class, that's okay as all the important details discussed will be posted here.

1. As mentioned in class and in a previous post, there is now a calendar on the very top of this website.  Some students have had trouble retrieving the necessary information (e.g., pages in the book, homework, etc) from the calendar but I'm pretty confident in saying that it is now in working order.  Just click on the title for the day you want more information on (e.g., today's class) and a box should pop out.  Please, please, please let me know if you have any problems.
2. We also decided in class today that we will be going on a field trip next Thursday, November 11 (which also happens to be Veteran's Day; there IS class that day).  Specifically, we will be exploring the culinary and historical aspects of Manhattan's oldest immigrant communities: the Lower East Side (as pictured above in the early 20th century).  Our walking tour will start in front of Penn Station at around 9 a.m. and will end sometime in the afternoon (3-4pm).  We will walk (and eat) our way through the area, learning about the lives of these groups and how they struggled to make a living in this big city.  There will be a short assignment before the trip for preparation purposes but more information will be provided in class on Tuesday.  Again, any questions and concerns related to the field trip should be emailed to me (harvey.chan.is@gmail.com).
3. The homework for Tuesday is pages 30-33 in the NorthStar 5 book.  You can download the audio for these pages here (right-click to "Save As"):
   
   Track 14
   Track 15
   Track 16
   Track 17
   Track 18
   Track 19
   Track 20
   Track 21

As always, please email me if you have any questions.  Have a great weekend!

Happy Halloween!

Hello there!

To those who joined us on Thursday for the first time this session, a very warm welcome to you!

As mentioned in class on Thursday, the class blog now has a calendar embedded at the very top of the website. On each class meeting, you'll find the topic to be covered and hopefully in the near future, I will also provide links and handouts to download.

On another note, I've been thinking of squeezing in a field trip in the semester before the winter season unleashes its fury at us in the form of snow, bitter temperatures, and strong winds. To the right of this post is a poll where you can vote on the type of field trip that you'd like to embark on. Alternatively, you can suggest a destination by commenting on this post. I will also be making an announcement in class on Tuesday.

Until then, I leave you with this cartoon. Have a safe and happy Halloween!

Welcome!

Welcome to the website for GEA's Advanced Grammar/Oral Skills class. On this website, you'll find links to documents, handouts, and information related to the class and any lessons we do.

Today we talked about a very disturbing story where a daughter was imprisoned in her own home by her parents. Here is another story featured recently that took place in Indiana. I would like you to:

1. Watch the video (as many times as you need to).
2. Answer the question in the poll to the left of this post.
3. Explain your answer by commenting on this post below.

Enjoy!