Follow the calendar carefully each day. The future assignments may change, depending on the speed of the class. Therefore you should check each day to see if the work has been changed.

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Monday, Oct. 24

Introduction to Unit 8: Right to die, Right to live?
Vocabulary preview, pages 170-171

Homework:

• Read pages 170-171
• Worksheet: Intensive reading questions for pages 170-171

   

Discuss the reading 170-171, do pages 171-173
Crossword puzzle

Homework:

• Finish crossword, if you didn't finish it in class.
• Play this vocabulary game with a friend: Vocabulary Game p. 170

Listening exercises beginning p. 173
Class discussion: Who gets the heart?

Homework:

Preview Buckley reading, p. 178-9
Case Study #1--discuss and decide
In-class writing about Case Study #1

Homework:

1. Read pages 178-179 in text.

2. Think about how your culture (not necessarily you personally) feels about the right to die/assisted suicide. Be ready to write about it in class. If you don't know the situation in your country exactly, you can look on the internet. Search for "euthanasia" and the name of your country.

3. You can do these exercises to help you learn the vocabulary:

Exercise to practice NOUNS from p. 178
Exercise to practice VERBS from p. 178
Exercise to practice ADJECTIVES from p. 178

Week 2

Monday Oct. 31: Happy Halloween!

Review vocabulary p. 178-9 pronunciation
Crossword puzzle for vocabulary, pages 178-9 (handout pages 12 & 14)

Homework:

• Worksheet: Sorting out opinions (answer this for homework)
• Finish crossword puzzle if you didn't finish it in class.

Discuss Case Study #2 (handout p. 22-23)

"Worksheet: Grammar of participial phrases" (packet p. 9-10)

Homework:

• Read pages 17-18 in your packet for tomorrow.
• Write a paper (1 page, size 12 font) for Thursday with your opinion about Johnny's case. Compare it with your opinion about his Grandfather's case.
• If you had trouble with the "Sorting Out Opinions" worksheet from page 179, here are some exercises you can try:

  Understanding Callahan's Opinions
  Understanding Hentoff's Opinions
  Understanding the Pope's Opinions and Buckley's opinions

   

Grammar: Participial Phrases Worksheet

Homework:

• Finish your paper about Johnny.
• Read Euthanasia: Introduction.
  This paper contains many questions that you will want to think about for your position paper. Be sure you understand the idea of "slippery slope."

Turn in paper about Johnny
Read and discuss Oregon's Death with Dignity Law pages 184-6
Plan for Wednesday's debate

Homework:

• Read Case Study #3 (Annie) and Case Study #4 (Nana) (packet pages 25-27)
  Bring both of them to class. Be ready to explain why Annie's husband can be charged with MURDER and how his lawyer can argue that he is INNOCENT. For "Nana," be ready to explain to your classmates what happened in WASHINGTON and what could have happened in OREGON.
  
• Start thinking about a position paper. As medical technology has advanced, the lines between life and death have become blurred. What should be the role of the medical professionals, the patient, and the patient's family in controlling the time of death. Explain your opinion, using examples from the different cases we have discussed or will discuss. In your paper, you should not confuse euthanasia with assisted suicide, and you should not confuse active euthanasia with passive euthanasia. DUE NOV. 10.

Week 3

Monday Nov. 7

Share the stories of Annie and Nana.

Debate about the ethics of Oregon's Assisted Suicide law.

HWK:

• Work on position paper.
• Interview other international students for their opinions on the topic of the essay question. (packet page 11)
• Prepare for the vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.

Oregon's Assisted Suicide Law: text pages 184-185 and additional resources. Students in the media course: Explain to your classmates what is happening in the Supreme Court. Read the State of Oregon's 7th annual report on Assisted Suicide to see what's happening today.

Homework:

Finish paper.

VOCAB QUIZ

Discuss vocabulary on page 49
In class reading of page 49
Crossword Puzzle for page 49 (packet p. 40-41)

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish reading p. 49
2. Do exercise on page 50 in the book and vocab worksheet (packet p. 30-31) for Monday.
3. OUTSIDE READING: The High Costs of Fertility (packet p. 37) for next Tuesday. Use your own words and write clear summaries to the answers on another paper to turn in.

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Week 4

Monday, Nov. 14

Turn in position paper. turn in vocab worksheet (packet p. 30-31)

Review reading, review vocab p. 50-51,

Summarize, p. 51-52

Look at grammar of passive verbs Worksheet (packet p. 28-29)

Small group discussion

Homework: Upcoming reading assignments and their due dates:

1. "High Costs," turn in Tuesday, Nov. 15 (packet p. 37, but write answers on another paper)
   
2. "The Eggs," Discuss on Monday, Nov. 21, Textbook p. 56
   
3. "Fertility Treatments," turn in Monday, Nov. 21 (packet p. 36, but write answers on another paper)
   
4. Fertility news: Present Tuesday, Nov. 22. Go to this website: IVF.net Advances in Egg Freezing With a partner or by yourself, choose one of the stories from the right side columns, "Latest" or "Most Popular." Be prepared to teach the class about your topic. If you read the article and can't understand it, come to my office and talk to me about it before you present.
   
5. Another country assignment: Present Wed. Nov. 23. Investigate the status of fertility practices in another country (not your country). Find some news about what kind of research they are doing or what ethical issues they are dealing with. Be prepared to share one news story. In about 1/2 hour, using Google, I found these websites. You can use one of these, or you can find your own.
   
6. "Eggs on Ice," packet p. 38-39, due ...?

Turn in "High Costs"

• Listen to commentary about the case (pages 52-55)
• Preview vocabulary for "The Eggs" p. 56

Homework:

1. Reading (check the list above for Nov. 14)
   
2.  

• Crossword puzzle for "The Eggs" (packet 41-42)

Homework:

1. Reading (check the list above for Nov. 14)
   
2. Finish the crossword puzzle, if you didn't finish it in class
   
3. Worksheet on vocabulary, for pages 56-57 (packet p. 32-33)
   
4. Writing Assignment: If you were the judge in the Tennessee case, how would you have ruled? What are the implications of this judge's ruling? Explain your opinions with support from the articles we have read. Please type this assignment. DUE THE WEDNESDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING BREAK.

No class today so that you can attend the Multicultural Symposium.

HOMEWORK:

Reading (check the list above for Nov. 14)

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Week 5

Monday, Nov. 21

Turn in "Fertility Treatments."

• Discuss "The Eggs," text p. 56
• Word search vocabulary exercise, page 58-9
• Class discussion p. 60, vocab. p. 61
• Grammar (adjective clauses) (packet p. 34-35)

Homework:

Reading (check the list above for Nov. 14)

Finish Grammar (adjective clauses) (packet p. 34-35) if we don't finish in class. Turn in Wednesday.

• Presentations: Fertility News (from Nov. 14)
• Discuss vocab worksheet (packet 32-33)
• Class discussion--Argue in front of the judge

Turn in grammar homework.

Presentations: Fertility in other countries (from Nov. 14)

In class reading and discussion, pages 62-63

Preview exam

HOMEWORK:

Study vocabulary for Tuesday's exam

VOCABULARY PRACTICE: Use these web pages to practice the words from this chapter. The "Flashcards" exercise is good for studying. The "matching" and "concentration" are games to help you study. If you play a game two times, you will get different words on each one.

Exercises for page 49 vocabulary
Exercise to practice ADJ & ADV from "The Eggs"
Exercise to practice NOUNS from "The Eggs"
Exercise #1 to practice VERBS from "The Eggs"
Exercise #2 to practice VERBS from "The Eggs"
Exercise to practice PREPOSITIONS from this unit

Don't forget the writing assignment due MONDAY, Dec. 5 <date change>: Writing Assignment: If you were the judge in the Tennessee case, how would you have ruled? What are the implications of this judge's ruling? Explain your opinions with support from the articles we have read. Please type this assignment.

Thursday, Nov. 24 NO SCHOOL--Happy Thanksgiving!

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Week 6

Monday, Nov. 28

Presentations: Fertility in other countries (from Nov. 14)
Grammar exercise: Adjective clauses, workbook p. 34-35
Grammar exercise: Negative inversions text p. 64-67

Discuss reading, p. 62 & 63
Vocab. exercise, p. 61
Review Vocabulary for Chapter Quiz on THURSDAY

Writing due next Monday. Check assignment.

Finish up the chapter details, review for quiz

CHAPTER QUIZ: Negative inversions, word families, vocabulary (fill-ins), writing (using the vocab), prepositions

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Week 7

Monday, Dec. 5

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Week 8

FINAL EXAM: Monday, December 12, 9:00 a.m.

Created by: Debbie Anholt
Email: anholt@lclark.edu
Last Updated: Nov. 9, 2005