ESL SIX CLASSES 3 AND 4, MARCH 21ST, 2011

Good Evening Students:

A positive reflection:  Wow!  Your vocabulary, tableau, and dialogue project of word discoveries were so "realistic."  Nice Job!  Remember, for homework you need to have at least 10 words from the table from page:  NS/RW, 11.  (ESL SIX, Class 4 already finished their sentences in class--thank you, and you have your credit.

Now, let's get ready for class (March 22nd) :

ROUTINE

HOTS:  How helpful was yesterday lesson in better preparing you in knowing the key vocabulary for this unit?  (Date and Free write in Journal)

Share Ideas

Read CO/LO

Read each word below and the beginning paragraph below.  Read about why MM felt better about his life at the end of his life.  Use at least seven or more words from the list below to complete the paragraph.  Be sure to use the correct form of each word.  Then, reread the letter aloud.

avoid (v)    celebrate (v)     depression (n)    devastated (adj)     manage (v)     sober(adj)
blame (v)    choked up (v)    determined (adj)   donor (n)     priority (n)     strength  (n)


From Class 3:

How M M Changed

     At the end of his life, M M was more in touch with his feelings than he had ever been before.  He had overcome his addiction to alcohol and was able to stay sober.  Whenever he celebrated something with his father, he always got choked up for everything that his father didn’t say to him.  He blamed himself of his life because he didn’t play baseball with his sons.  He avoided facing the death of his father.  Mickey Mantle couldn’t manage his stable life because of his addiction of drinking.  Hence, he got a liver transplant because of his priority and popularity within the country (USA).  After the age of 37, his drinking got really bad because his father died and he went through a deep depression.  So, Mantle determined that his life was taken away by alcohol.    Mantle was so devastated by his father’s death that he became an alcoholic, that brought liver cancer and then he had to wait for a donor to survive.  At the end of his life, he had enough strength to overcome his obstacles and stopped drinking.


From Class 4:

How M M Changed

     At the end of his life, Mickey Mantle was more in touch with his feelings than he had ever been before.  He had overcome his addiction to alcohol and was able to stay sober.  Remember, Mickey Mantle had a  "miracle strength," in that he could hit the ball with both hands.  Mantle felt ashamed and blamed himself about what he had done in the past.  He tried to avoid drinking because he didn’t want to die so early in his life.  After the death of Mantle’s father, Mantle’s life became devastated.  Hence, his last wishes were to establish a donor awareness program.  In addition, he was very depressed.  He was determined to stop drinking.  It was said, he became addicted to alcohol because of his pain; so, he could never celebrate his realistic dream with his father and he became choked up.  So in the end, his life wasn’t manageable because he didn’t make his family life his first priority.

Next, understand the meaning and utilize this meaning in forming ideas.  (New meaning --TBA).