(Peterson-More)
Homework assignment for Wednesday, March 21
- (1) Pudney, pg. 111 translate passages 7 & 8
- (2) Introduction to Academic English, pp. 41-42, exercises B (complete) & C; + pp. 45-49, 51-53 all
- (3) Skim or re-read the article,“The National School Walkout, explained”
[ https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/13/17110044/national-school-walkout-day ] + answer the following questions:
(a) In general what lessons can be learned from the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and from the National School Walkout?
(b) What, if anything did you personally learn from reading this article? What has it made you think about?
(c) Lastly, find and underline the following terms/phrases from the article. Make sure you would be able to explain their meanings (by providing definitions or synonyms in English) within the specific context of the sentence (N.B. you are not necessarily required to write down a definition or synonym for each term – just make sure you understand the meaning in its context; however, DO write down any terms you did not previously know or had difficulty understanding):
Walkout
(a) In general what lessons can be learned from the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and from the National School Walkout?
(b) What, if anything did you personally learn from reading this article? What has it made you think about?
(c) Lastly, find and underline the following terms/phrases from the article. Make sure you would be able to explain their meanings (by providing definitions or synonyms in English) within the specific context of the sentence (N.B. you are not necessarily required to write down a definition or synonym for each term – just make sure you understand the meaning in its context; however, DO write down any terms you did not previously know or had difficulty understanding):
Walkout
activism
mass [shooting]
partly
nationwide
march
observe moments of silence
hand out
scars
on the ground
staging
unfolds
amid
sparked
relentlessly
called out
“never again”
slaughter
lockdown drills
aberration
woven into
purpose
stage
stream onto
stream onto
outline
action points
gather
quad [area]
the Second Amendment
Trump country
balloons
tailoring [to fit]
This Wednesday
take into account
guns blazing
First Amendment
First Amendment
not exactly loving having
principal
condone
wink
threatened
suspensions
walked back that statement
has held [that]
pushback
in terms of disrupting classes
student bodies
sit out
campuses
driving [a new push for]
ignited
numb
steal away
active shooter drills
active shooter drills
morph
lockdown mode
spoke to us
grasp
“urgency of collaboration”
staunchly
bucked
deemed
mulling
mulling
banned
reanimated
backed away from loosening
tighter
stake out [their role]
No comments:
Post a Comment