G10-09 The need for speed

Which one is faster? Everyone has an opinion about that, so now is the time to express your opinion. Last week we compared two cars, the Bugatti and the Nissan GTR. We looked at several videos and talked about the "options" they both have and which one is faster. Now you get to write all that down. This is an individual assignment and it will be due on Wednesday.

Compare the Bugatti, any version or model, to the Nissan GTR, and say which one you think is faster. You must talk about the engine specifications, like size, horsepower, etc. and other mechanical features of the car that you think make it the faster car. If you think the Bugatti is faster, I don't only want to know that the Bugatti Veyron can go from 0 to 60 mph in under 3 seconds but why it can go that fast! What does it have that makes it accelerate so quickly?

Along with this being a written assignment, if you have any video link you would like to add, THAT WE HAVEN'T ALREADY SEEN, please do so. I will screen the video to make sure it's content is ok to show in class and if it is, we'll look and talk about it on Thursday. The assignment length is 250-300 words.

G10-04 don't worry....you'll get the chance to do the same exercise next week so just be patient. G10-09 if you have any questions please ask them in class. Until then, see you there.

G10-04-Climbing Everest

Last week we read about Mt. Everest and the first person to climb it Edmund Hillary, in May, 1953. Since that time, as we read, many people have climbed Everest. This month, May is the only month of the year when people try to climb Mt. Everest and there are several groups of people who are there now trying to reach the top, or summit, the mountain. Your assignment, which will be due on Wednesday is to say how many people have reached the top of Mt. Everest this month. Believe it or not, some have already done it so tell us who they are, where they came from, their nationality and what did they have to say about their experience.

Unfortunately, as we read for our homework assignment, many people are unable to reach the top and some people even die trying. Have there been any accidents or deaths this year of people who were not able to get to the summit of Mt. Everest? If so, tell us about those people as well.

For G10-04 this is a group exercise, which means I want only one paper from each group. It should include the information requested above as well as any illustrations or current video you can get of this year's climbing season. I suggest you work in GoogleDocs to gather this information, because this is strictly an assignment you must do on your own time outside of class. That means you must collaborate or work together but separately on your own schedules.

If you have any questions, please ask them during class. See you then!

Did you know?

Engineering students from across the country built remote controlled planes for first Unmanned Systems Rodeo.
Eisa Al Shamsi prepares his remote-controlled aircraft during the flying competition. The first and second placed teams will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C. and Italy.
To know more go to ...http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/education/sights-soar-high-at-aircraft-competition-1.803435

vo·cab·u·lar·y/vōˈkabyəˌlerē/Noun

Vocabulary is a very important part of learning and improving a language. It is the main component of a language. Words play a huge role.

Here are more words we are working on.

Certainly, reservations, receptionist, reception, wake-up call, pillow, room service, floods, level, lose, beaches, crowded, sun burnt, youth hostel, airport, mountains, invitation, truth, pollution, exploration, explorer, experiments, discovery, succeed, greenhouse effect, expedition

Happy Learning!

Excessive use of the Phone: Advantages and Disadvantages

As important as phones can be in our daily lives, there are some reasons to avoid them entirely.

Do a little research and find ten such reasons which may actually succeed in turning you into an anti-social, handsaw-owning phone avoider..

Write down the advantages and disadvantages of using the Phone and write it in your Journal for today. This will be followed by a debate on the same in class.

SIGNS & NOTICES: Unit 11 pg 93

Guidance signs:These signs provide direction and information at all places.

Safety signs: have one purpose in mind - to keep you safe. Of course, they can't do that by themselves. Whether it's the symbol on the side of a cleaning product, a 'wet surface' sign, or just a series of traffic cones, safety signs are simply there to alert people to danger.
Often signs serve a vital purpose by alerting passers-by to dangers that may not be immediately obvious. The most common form of safety sign is probably those which can be seen on the roads, motorways and lanes of countries around the world.

Gentlemen, Prepare a power point presentation to explain the use of the various signs that one can see at the following places:

• Airport


• School.

Gentlemen,
These are the different strategies you should keep in mind while reading…..

•Use pictures to help yourself.
•Look for smaller words inside longer words.
•Read it out/blend words that you don’t know.
•Break down words into syllables.
•Use full stops and exclamation marks to make sense of what you’re reading.
•Go back and read a word or sentence again if you don’t understand it.
•Listen to what you are reading to see if it makes sense.
• Check that you are right by going back to look carefully at words.
•When you have made a mistake go back and see if you can read it correctly.

I'm sure from today onwards you all will ENJOY READING!

Academic Vocabulary

There's vocabulary and then there's academic vocabulary. Academic vocabulary is what you will need to master during your stay here at ATHS-DXB so let's get started with that, shall we?

Here are common words we all know: answer, build, buy choose, get, help, need, show. Here are their "academic" counterparts: assist, construct, indicate, obtain, purchase, require, respond, select. Can you match the first group to the second group?

Here are some more "academic" vocabulary words for you to consider:
academic, relevant, extract, substitute, retain, item, technique,structure. Your assignment is to find the definition of the 16 academic vocabulary words and be able to use them in a sentence. You will find 8 of those sentences in your edmodo accounts that you must complete with one of the 16 words above. We will have a quiz on all 16 at the end of this week, God willing. See you in class!