Oral Class Trip

The oral class trip to Ajloun will be this Saturday, the 30th of April. We will gather in front of the south gate of Yarmouk University (under al Ameer Ra'ad Bridge) at 7:30 a.m. The bus will leave at 8:00 sharply. The fee is 7 JD.

Class on Monday

Reading 2: We will begin class promptly at 8:00. Be on time, as I will take strict attendance.

Oral-Aural Skills: Class in canceled. Please work on "Join the Club." The final will include material from throughout that book.

Class on Monday

For Reading 2: we will continue working on Chapter 6, "Music." Your annotated bibliographies are due May 7, at midnight. Nothing late will be accepted.

For Oral-Aural Skills: we will look at the Lincoln-Douglas debate style. Check out the link here.

Second presentations will need to begin immediately. The topics must be persuasive. That means that you should be arguing for or against something in a logical way. Here are some topics.

• The case for organ donation
• The need for recycling
• Why the death penalty should be abolished
• The need for gun control
• The dangers of taking illegal steroids
• How to pay off your credit card
• Why we should abolish school uniform
• Global Warming – What we can do about it
• Why we should wear seat belts in cars
• Why you should become a blood donor
• The dangers of gambling
• Has the DaVinci code just been made up?
• • Half man – half robot. Should we be scared?
  • Why there should be a United States of Europe
  • An easy way to give up smoking
  • How we can get more people to vote?
  • Why the death penalty should be abolished in the United States
  • Why we should not consume genetically modified crops?
  • Should religious clothes be banned in schools?
  • The war in Iraq – was it justified?

Class on Wednesday

Both Reading 2 and Oral will meet on Wednesday, April 6th. Be there or be square. Please prepare Chapter 6 (that's Reading 2 students only).

We will also have a test on Sunday, April 10th, in the Nursing Hall, 3:15-4:15. Class will resume on the next day, with the next chapter.

Class Canceled

Both Oral and Reading 2 are canceled for Monday, April 4th. The make-up class on Sunday, April 3rd, is also canceled. We will make both days up later. Enjoy the day off.

Use sunscreen if you plan on being outside!