The Last Supper Webquest

I. Warm-up:

1.       Read the following lyrics, think about what they might mean, and write your response to the lyrics in a piece of paper.

Listen to the song as you read along: 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQIqeMJYdHU

Wicked Rain, Los Lobos

Rain, rain, rain, a wicked rain
Falling from the sky
Down, down, down, pouring down
Upon the night
Well there's just one chance in a million
That someday we'll make it out alive

Rain, rain, rain, an evil rain
Falling all the time
Sun, sun, sun
Sun don't ever want to shine
Well there'll be no light in the morning
Till some peace at last we find

Like travellers in the darkness
Can't see our way
Trying hard to make it through
Another day

Father, father, father
Why do you let your sons go astray
Brother, brother, brother
Why must we go on this way
There's a storm off in the distance
And it looks like it's here to stay

Rain, rain, rain
Rain, rain, rain 

Listen to the song as you read along: 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQIqeMJYdHU

II. Presentation:

2. You will be reading about the following topics: 

 The Bible, its symbols, and meanings

Globalization and social change around the world

Children, parents, and society

Minorities’ rights (homosexuals, immigrants, etc.)

Cultural relativity and ethics

Phonetics

Cultural Relativism

Now, how about if we learn about cultural relativism, follow these links and get ready to get philosophical!!! 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_relativism  

http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v11n1/relativism.html  

How about abortion?

http://www.religioustolerance.org/abortion.htm

and homosexuality? 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality

Now, what do you think about studying some phonetics??? 

Follow this link and do exercises 10, 12, 15, 17, and 24 

http://www.manythings.org/pp/.  

Please go to page http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/pron.htm and look for: vowel sounds 1, vowel sounds 2, Do the exercises!!! 

Now, let’s continue with our work… 

What is Wrong with Society Today?

http://www.leaderu.com/offices/stoll/society.html

 Old testament women 

http://www.christian-parents.net/Children/C103_Successful_Parents.htm 

In the movie The Last Supper, we will see “liberals” vs. “conservatives,” who are they?

Follow this link and you will have an idea:

http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative_vs_liberal_beliefs.shtml 

How about learning about the names of the apostles and thinking about these names and what they may mean in the movie The Last Supper:

Pete, Luke, Jude, Paulie and Marc?????

Go to: 

http://www.cswnet.com/~duxrow/apostles.htm 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Apostles 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Mark 

Glossary of Symbolic Words in the Bible

http://unravelingfalseimages.com/glossaryofsymbolicwords.aspx?gclid=CLqsrMGn3qgCFZAs7AodNzjp0A

Taken and adapted from  1471- The Last Supper Webquest by Elizabeth Quiros

 

Sentence Stress, Rhythm and Intonation Review

Click on the link below to download the presentation on "Sentence Stress, Rhythm and Intonation." Study the presentation. Then answer the questions given.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LM1471/files/Pronunciation/

1. How would you define "stress" in your own words? Why is "stress" important to handle for a non-native English speaker?
2. How is the rhythm of English?
3. What's a thought group?
4. Why is it important to learn/teach about blending?
5. Pronounce each of the following expressions as a blended unit:
1. the plant, the tones, the cars, a name, of the war, the sound of it, of a restaurant, is a question.
6. Why is it important to use the right intonation in your speech? Can it vary depending on the context in which you say something?
7. In some contexts, speakers may stress words that usually are weak. Why? Look at the following examples:
1. He CAN'T SWIM, CAN he?
2. YES, he IS SICK.
8. Jokes often play on reduced words and linking. Jokes are one way young children who are learning English as a first language become aware of these features of English rhythm. Analyze the following jokes. What words are reduced? What words are linked? Practice telling the jokes with a partner.

Joke 1
A: Knock! Knock!   B: Who's there?   A: Letter.   B: Letter who?   A: Letter in. It's cold out here!
Jose 2
A: Knock! Knock!   B: Who's there?   A: Doughnut!   B: Doughnut! who?   A: Doughnut worry it is just a joke!

This next joke is just for fun...haha :-)

Knock Knock!

Who’s there?

Britney Spears.

Britney Spears who?

Knock knock

Who’s there?

Oops I did it again.

Initial and Final Consonants Review

Look at the presentation below and answer the questions given.

Initial and Final Consonants on Prezi

Watch the presentation on Initial and Final consonants. Then, answer the questions below.

a)      Besides being voiced and voiceless, how can consonants be differentiated?

b)      What is aspiration?

c)       When are all voiceless sounds aspirated?

d)      How is aspiration phonetically represented?

e)      When are all medial consonants aspirated?

f)       When is /t/ flap?

g)      What is lengthening?

h)      How do you phonetically represent lengthening?

i)        When are stressed vowels lengthened?

j)        When are voiceless sounds aspirated at the end of words?