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Aia Soley 20230630

In class: --Edit Aia's writing:++++++++++++The İnteresting Geography Of Turkey Turkey is a nation that exists on two continents at the same time. And something that makesTurkey even better is actually İstanbul because it also covers two continents too. That is theonly...

Aia Soley 20230628

In class: --Edit Aia's writing:++++++++++Pip’s Plan Well first, we need to talk about Pip’s sister. This woman is a straight uppsychopath and she just goes around, smacking people. And if that was notenough, she also beats bread and butter. So this woman has something...

Okan Ekdi 20230626

In class: --Editing: Edit Okan's followup email to Flo, digging deeper into the below question Flo has. Flo’s question:You talk a lot about inflation and economic instability. But if we measure stuff in euro terms, aren’t things (wages, housing prices, food prices,...

Aia Soley 20230626

In class: --Edit Aia's writing:++++++++++++Albert Einstein: An Amazing Man Albert Einstein is counted as one of the world’s biggest scientists to ever live onEarth. He had a whopping İQ of one hundred and sixty. He is mostly known forhis E=mc2 equation. It means...

Aia Soley 20230625

In class: --Edit Aia's writing:+++++++++++++++++Charles Dickens: A God Amongst Writers Charles Dickens was an English writer and was counted as one of the best writers of theVictorian era. His works got an unpredictable popularity and had a very good taste in...

Tuğba Akyel 20230624

In class: –Reading / mouth practice: Read this at regular speed: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/15/opinion/nyc-flood-waterfront-plan.html –Vocabulary: Tuğba Hoca, with 10 words from the Financial Times “Succession” article. Teach them to Matt, and tell...

Aia Soley 20230623

In class: --Edit Aia's writing:+++++++++Each And Every Straw Hat Characters Listed İn Tiers. Monkey D. Luffy: captain of the straw hat pirates. Because of a speccial fruit he ate when he was a child, he can screcth his body pieces likerubber. This allows him to glance...

Okan Ekdi 20230622

In class: –Edit email to the Germans, about how inflation and economic instabilty are affecting the business. (we didn't have time for this in class) –Okan Hoca: 10 more words from the NY Times waterfront article. Homework: --Email practice: Write a followup email to...

Aia Soley 20230621

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++ The Life İn a İsland The world is broad, and so is the scale of colors and emotions in the nature. The bestplace you can live these feelings is living in a place that is within nature. The island isa perfect example of this....

Beste Alver 20230619

In class: –CV Editing: Look at Beste's CV and edit it in class. –Interview answer practice: Practice answers to the 8 most likely questions Beste emailed to Matt. –Muscle practice: reading the NYTimes waterfront article (normal speed). (we didn't have time for this in...

Okan Ekdi 20230619

In class: –Edit email to the Germans (about the project preparation process). –Okan Hoca Plus with the new NY Times article about the waterfront. Homework: --Write another email to the Germans, about how inflation and economic instabilty are affecting the business....

Aia Soley 20230619

In class: --Edit Aia's writing:+++++++++++++Alice’s Adventures İn Wonderland Once upon a time there was a girl named Alice and she was smart and a really warm-heartedgirl. Then one day, as she was reading books for her little sister and thinking that there wasno...

Aia Soley 20230618

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++++++++++The Boy That Was İn Space Once upon a time, there was a boy that had a dream: a dream to go to space and stay there.But his parents always said to him that he was watching too many cartoons and they said tohim that...

Tuğba Akyel 20230617

In class: --Vocabulary: Tuğba Hoca: 10 words from her notebook. Teach them to Matt, including where you would use them in your daily life. (we didn't have time for this in class) --Reading / mouth practice: Read this at regular speed:...

Aia Soley 20230616

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++++++++++English: An Old But Special Language English is a very special language that is both a widely spoken language by native speakers and the world’s most spoken non nativelanguage. İt is a bit weird that the amount of...

Okan Ekdi 20230615

In class: --Editing: Edit Okan's email to the Germans, about people he just hired. Miscellaneous vocabulary: levee (high wall of something (like dirt) that keeps water away.levy (to charge a tax) --Muscle practice: Read this NY Times article, normal speed:...

Aia Soley 20230614

In class: --Edit Aia's writing:++++++++++++++My İdeas About Shakespeare And İts Writings The time my teacher Matt said that we were going to read about Shakespeare, I had a lot ofthoughts in me. These included ’how challenging could it be?’ ‘is it going to be...

Okan Ekdi 20230612

In class: –Take 10 of the words from recent Okan Hoca lessons. Write a paragraph or two using those words. We will edit it together in class. –Okan Hoca Plus. Ten words from the NY Times article (about air quality), and teach them to Matt. See if you can decide which...

Aia Soley 20230612

In class: Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++++++++++My Wits About Shakespeare And İts Writings The time my teacher Matt said that we were going to read Shakespeare, I had a lot ofthoughts in me. These included ’how impetus could it be?’ ‘is it going to be exciting?’...

Tuğba Akyel 20230611

In class: --Mouth practice: Read this article: https://www.ft.com/content/88fc328b-b62a-4236-8f6a-6e11c44080d Once normal, once super fast. (We didn't have time for this in class) --Tuğba Hoca: 10 words from that notebook she always has with her. Teach the words to...

Aia Soley 20230611

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++++++++The Reason Why Constantinople Turned İnto İstanbul In 1453, the king of the Ottoman Empire (also known the sultan of the OttomanEmpire), Fatih Sultan Mehmet always knew that the metropolis of Constantinoplewas one of the...

Defne Canadinç 20230610

In class: --Vocabulary: Defne Hoca. 10 words or phrases from the Financial Times Succession article. Teach them to Matt, including telling him where you would use them in your daily life. (the point of this last part is to imagine using the new words, not just knowing...

Aia Soley 20230609

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++++The Mariana Trench And İts Beauty The Mariana trench is the worlds biggest hole in the world to be found at this point. Thereason I said that is it is the deepest one found right now because that there is not anotherone to be...

Okan Ekdi 20230608

In class: --Edit Okan's email to the Germans, about a new product idea. --Muscle practice: Read this article out loud: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/wildfire-smoke-air-quality-viruses.html Go nice and slow. Do not try to rush or read quickly. The...

Aia Soley 20230607

In class: Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++Germany: The Rise And The Downfall Of A Beautiful Country Germany, one of the most beautiful and stupendously colored nations of all time. But was itreally that colorful and full of joy back then? The history of Germany is...

Okan Ekdi 20230606

In class: –Editing: Edit Okan's email to the Germans, on why they would want to give a project to the Turkey office and not their existing consultants. Send it to Matt before the next class. (Matt: see email from Okan) –Okan Hoca Plus: 10 everyday work words from the...

Aia Soley 20230605

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++++Q And A About Motorcycles With My Father Q: when did your love for motorcycles start, and why?A: well, my love for motorcycles started at the age between 12 and 13, that means I had alove for bikes, like you have for video...

Aia Soley 20230604

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++How My Mom And Dad First Met Back in the day, when I was nothing more than a vitamin in a tangerine, my mom was aninterior architect; and my dad was one of the most solid and most known architects of thosetimes. My mom...

Tuğba Akyel 20230603

In class: --Mouth practice: Read this article: https://www.ft.com/content/88fc328b-b62a-4236-8f6a-6e11c44080d5 Once normal, once super fast. --Tuğba Hoca: 10 words from that notebook she always has with her. Teach the words to Matt, and tell Matt where you would use...

Defne Canadinç 20230603

In class: --Mouth practice: Read this article: https://www.ft.com/content/88fc328b-b62a-4236-8f6a-6e11c44080d5 Once normal, once super fast. --Vocabulary: Look at Defne's "wrong sentences" and Defne explains why they are wrong. (the goal is to understand the words so...

Aia Soley 20230602

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++++ What Volleyball Has Taught Me Note: there is a volleyball match live right now as I am writing and it is our national teamplaying. So that kinda sucks. But still, I am not far away from watching volleyball, now, amI? The...

Okan Ekdi 20230601

In class: --Editing: Edit the email to the Germans, Okan's thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of planning 5 years into the future, especially as it relates to the Germans’ desire to plan for the Turkey business. --Reading and vocabulary:...

Aia Soley 20230531

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++++The Freedom Of Scotland Almost a thousand years ago, the realm1 of Scotland was enemies with England. Now theycongrageted2 their flags and share the same land. But how did when get here? The yarn3 ofScotland starts over...

Beste Alver 20230530

In class: --Interview practice. --Reading/vocabulary: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/26/us/open-national-park.html Homework: --Email Matt a copy of your CV. (done) --Write 8 of the questions people are most likely to ask you in an interview. Email them to...

Okan Ekdi 20230529

In class: –Writing/vocabulary: Edit Okan's fake email that used 5 recent Okan Hoca words. –Writing: Look at Okan's fake email to the Germans, about the steps in starting a company in Turkey. Okan explains the changes ChatGPT made. Homework: --Writing practice: Write,...

Aia Soley 20230529

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++The Normal Story Of Wales Wales is a part of the United Kingdom. But it wasn’t for some fights to mix flags unlikeScotland. They had a normal peace between them. But almost every nation has peacebetween them. Why would they...

Aia Soley 20230528

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++++++The Mix Of Scotland Almost a thousand years ago, the country of Scotland was enemies with England. Now theymixed their flags and share the same land. But how did we get here? The story of Scotlandstarts between the years...

Defne Canadinç 20230527

In class: --Vocabulary: Defne Hoca, with the article “Does Therapy Work?” --Editing: In class, review and edit Defne's rewrite of a couple more paragraphs of the NYT Floor Plan article using normal, everyday words. (we didn't have time for this in class, we will ditch...

Aia Soley 20230526

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++++The Creation Of Türkiye In 1918 at the end of world war 1, most of the countries were free, happy and excited becausethe conflict ended. But not every nation was in a good mood. And one of those countries wasTürkiye. The...

Aia Soley 20230524

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++Wines: The Worlds Most Known Alcoholic Drink İf you go to a nice restaurant and look at the alcohol menu, you have a guaranteed onehundred percent to find at least 5 types of wines. And for adults, these grape...

Aia Soley 20230522

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++Thor: The Lord Of Thunder Note: If you are wondering why I never write about Roman mythology, well it isbecause that Roman is actually Greek, but different names. They are justimitations.Thor is the god of lightning, rain...

Aia Soley 20230520

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++Göbeklitepe: The Biggest link we have to our past İf you go to a ringroad at Şanlıurfa, you will stumble upon a box office. There is a highamount of buses filled with tourists. You can either take a bus there, or you can just...

Okan Ekdi 20230518

In class: --Vocabulary: Okan Hoca: Teach Matt the new vocabulary from the Scientic American Pluto article. –Writing practice: Review and edit Pluto article. (don't worry about this) Homework: --Writing/vocabulary: Take 5 recent Okan Hoca words and work them into a...

Aia Soley 20230517

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++My Happy Trip To Zonguldak The way to Zonguldak did not start off as well people would decry this decision of my friendsand I because the community would think that being with your friends for eleven hoursstraight, but...

Beste Alver 20230517

In class: –Fancy Speaking: Practice talking about a subject that is really challenging for Beste, to push her language skills. As you talk, write down 5 new vocabulary words that might help her with her description. (we didn't have time for this in class, but...

Okan Ekdi 20230515

In class: --In class we discussed elections, and then only at the end did we discuss what to do for next class... Homework: –Vocabulary: Get ready for Okan Hoca: Teach Matt the new vocabulary from the Scientic American Pluto article (reminder to Matt: embed this...

Aia Soley 20230515

In class: --Read the Scientific American Pluto article. Write down five words and a similar word. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pluto-rsquo-s-secrets-revealed/ Homework: --Write about your trip to Zonguldak (300 words), and use the following five words:...

Okan Ekdi 20230508

In class: --Today we practiced speaking for the dinner tonight. Homework: --none

Beste Alver 20230508

In class: –Interview practice: What is one of the projects you are most proud of? Why are you proud of it? Tell me about a problem you had with a boss or a colleague at work. How did you handle it? –Normal reading and vocabulary practice: Read the Weak Ties NYT...

Tuğba Akyel 20230506

In class: --Fancy speaking: A topic, any topic of Tuğba's choice, that pushes her ability to explain it in English. –Vocabulary review: Review the 10 sentences from the vocabulary notebook. (we didn't have time for this in class today) –Normal reading and vocabulary...

Defne Canadinç 20230505

In class: –Defne Hoca: 10 words from the NYT Floor Plan article. --Writing / Vocabulary: Rewrite (actually, since we are in class, respeak) the first paragraph of the NYT Floor Plan article with normal, everyday words. (we didn't have time for this in class) --Muscle...

Aia Soley 20230505

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++Soccer Technics In football, you need to score a goal by kicking the ball with your foot. Butsometimes, it is not that easy. The player needs to learn a couple of moves andtechniques. I will write down some of them. The...

Okan Ekdi 20230504

In class: –Vocabulary: Okan Hoca: Teach Matt the new vocabulary from the first paragraph of the NYT floor plan article. –Writing/Editing: Rewrite the first paragraph of the NYT floor plan article using easier vocabulary (hint: see if ChatGPT will do this for you)....

Aia Soley 20230503

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++The Money Used For Defense In Turkiye Turkey is one of the world’s biggest countries in terms of defensive and offensivemachinery. Turkey has a high budget on this economy of its own, but does the publicadmire this...

Okan Ekdi 20230501

In class: to cave in (to collapse)In Soma, a coal mine caved in. –Okan Hoca Plus: Take 10 of your new words from your Excel spreadsheet. Write 1 sentence for each word. Then put the original word in there instead. Explain to Matt how the word change changes the...

Aia Soley 20230501

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++++++My Favorite Book About Greek Mythology I have a book called The Stories Of The Greek Mythology. I like it very much because it hasstories about the greek mythology for readers of all ages. My favorite story in it has to...

Tuğba Akyel 20230429

In class: --NOTE: Tuğba was at a cafe today, so we weren't able to do much language-wise. --Fancy speaking: A topic, any topic of Tuğba's choice, that pushes her ability to explain it in English. (we didn't have time to do much of this in class) –Vocabulary review:...

Defne Canadinç 20230501

In class: --Defne Hoca, with vocabulary from the Loose Ties NYT article. --Editing / vocabulary explanation: Words from 22 April class. Edit the sentences Defne made with those words, and have Defne explain how the different words change the sentences. --Speed reading...

Aia Soley 20230429

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++still looking, haven't found it yet ++++++++++ --Reading/vocabulary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey Homework: --Write 300 words about a book you like (it doesn't matter what language the book is in). What is it about,...

Okan Ekdi 20230427

In class: –Writing practice: Edit Okan's summary of the Financial Times article on Ghana debt. 5 sentences to summarize, 3 sentences go give opinion. Then compare the original and ChatGPT versions. Homework: --Vocabulary review: Take 10 of your new words from your...

Aia Soley 20230428

In class: --Review Aia's writing: ++++++++++++What We Learned From The Apollo Landing The Apollo landing was a real breakthrough in the history of humanity. There were 25 million viewers in the United States alone. Millions more around the world listened to radio...

Aia Soley 20230426

In class: --Edit Aia's reading: +++++++++++++++Life On Jupiter To habitate on Jupiter, you must obtain a rocket speedy enough to get you therebefore you are on the eve of being a poppa. You must box up some odds and ends tokeep you company. We could say something like...

Okan Ekdi 20230424

In class: –Okan Hoca Plus: Write down 10 new words you heard this week, look them up in the thesaurus, and teach Matt the difference between the original word and the new word. –Writing practice: Summarize the Financial Times article on Ghana debt. Pretend your boss...

Aia Soley 20230424

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++++++++++++What I Expect In The UK In this summer I am going to England by airliners. I plan that it will be a safe journey.When I come along in England I will touchdown in the Heatrow airport. It will beBrobdingnagian sized. I...

Aia Soley 20230423

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++++My Trip To The Lourve Museum And What I Saw There The trip to the Lourve museum didn’t start interesting. We used the metro, got outof the underground and went to the line. It was gigantic. Well, it was for the peoplewho...

Tuğba Akyel 20230422

In class: –Advanced speaking: topic??? (something Tuğba chooses; she’s tired of Kant) –Tuğba Hoca Plus: Like last week: Listen to a movie or show this week. Pick 10 words, any words. Find similar words, put them in the sentence instead, and teach Matt how the new word...

Defne Canadinç 20230422

In class: --Defne Hoca: Words from the Reese Witherspoon shows article. --Muscle practice: Speed reading with advanced vocabulary: Use the Reese Witherspoon shows article. NOTE: Defne wants to switch from 2 sessions per week for 4 weeks (8 sessions total) to 1 session...

Aia Soley 20230419

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++++++I am Aia, the first character to ever pace over the acres of Mars. I was an accustomed like every one here and there. Until I pinpointed a spaceship cascade into the sea. Every one heard the sound, but never a one saw it,...

Aia Soley 20230417

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++In the end of December, we went from Istanbul to Paris. The flight was rather making the individual loosen the strings and make a delightful trip start while you haven’t even touched the terraria. When we arrived, it was mayhem...

Aia Soley 20230416

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: ++++++++++In 2021, I was far from home. I was standing in the feet of Global Sailing Academy; a seminary where mentors give you sessions about sailing. It was a midget rigourus at the start. But then it got much more smooth ‘’sailing’’,...

Defne Canadinç 20230415

In class: –Defne Hoca, with Hamnet NYT article. –Take two of the words from each of last week's eight sets (2 words x 8 sets = 16 words total), and verbally explain, out loud to Matt, how they are different, and an example sentence for each (16 sentences). The point:...

Aia Soley 20230414

In class: --Edit Aia's writing: +++++++++++++ My Cozy Bedroom In the south corner of my house, i have a big bedroom. It’s 16 squaremeters wide and 3meters tall. It has a exceedingly high amount of stuff that are always used. Such as my greydesk that i sit and write my...

Okan Ekdi 20230413

In class: –Mouth practice: Speed read the NY Times article about Flaco the Owl. Don’t worry about vocabulary, just read fast. We will look at vocabulary after you read. --ChatGPT check: Write a letter to a friend, and paste it into ChatGPT and let ChatGPT fix it. Show...

Aia Soley 20230412

In class: --Edit Aia's revision: ++++++++++ Walking İn The Vineyards A few weeks ago my friends and I were at school and I noticed something not unusual, but sad. Every one in my classroom and the school system (including the teachers and the principal) were looking...

Tuğba Akyel 20230407

In class: –Advanced speaking: Kant: What are the three books he wrote, and how are they different, and what were they saying? (we didn't have time for this in class) –Tuğba Hoca + : Listen to a movie or show this week. Pick 6 words, any words. Find similar words, put...

Okan Ekdi 20230410

In class: –Mouth practice: Speed read the NY Times article about Flaco the Owl (embedded below). Don’t worry about vocabulary, just read fast. We will look at vocabulary after you read. (we didn't have time for this in class) –Pick 10 Flaco sentences and rewrite them...

Aia Soley 20230410

In class: --Review Aia's writing: +++++++++++ A few weeks ago me and a couple of my homies were at school and i noticed something not unusual but sad. Every people in my class and the entire school system (including the teachers and the principal) were looking at...

Defne Canadinç 20230410

In class: --Defne Hoca: Go through the New York Times article and pick out 8 sentences. Pick a word out of that sentence. Any word, but especially a word you think sounds interesting, or colorful in some way. Look up alternatives for that word at thesaurus.com. In the...

Aia Soley 20230409

Intellectual writing (Odin) is pretty good (we do, however, need to fix the comma spacing -- typically no space before the comma, and then one space after the comma). We need to practice experiential writing next, to test experiential vocabulary, the ability to use...

Aia Soley 20230408

We haven't started our first class yet, so this is the beginning homework to get started: What is his favorite character in Norse mythology? What does he like about him/her? Write 500-800 words on that (2-3 pages).