What's Next?

Tomorrow, Thursday- regular class.

Friday, 4-27-12: Tell Me More progress test (mandatory), then Student presentations about the Erie Canal.  After the presentations you will work to finish all your blog posts.

Monday, 4-30-12: Regular classes.

Tuesday, 5-1-12: CELSA test during grammar class. Please be on time. Regular classes after the test.

Wednesday, 5-2-12: 9:30am GAC 127.  Erie Canal boat ride. The time on the boat is about 1 hour. We will be driving over to the canal and back to Naz.

Thursday: GAC 127 at 9:00am. Game Day! We are having a day of games (using your English skills), food and prizes! This our last day, please come.

Here's Another American Folk Song

This is Pete Seeger (remember the Erie Canal song?) and a few of his friends singing a song written by Woody Guthrie. It is called This Land Is Your Land. Can you hear the figurative language?

Where is the Blog/Portfolio Class Tomorrow?

On Friday, 4-20-12, we will meet at 10:30 in GAC 44, the computer lab. Be ready to sing, and do some interesting fact-finding about a nearby waterway!

Saturday Collage/Art Journal Class

This Saturday, 4-21-12, from 1pm to 4pm, in GAC 127, Victoria will be leading a class on making an art journal (a handmade book) from recycled materials. We'll be using junkmail, magazines, tape, fabric and other materials to create unique books we can use as scrapbooks, journals, sketchbooks or picture albums.
If you enjoyed the map-making, you'll like this class. Bring your junkmail and your creativity!
For more information HERE is a blog post about the process.
Here are some sample journal pages made with junk mail, shopping bags, paper scraps, drawings, and photos.

How Many Posts Are on Your Blog?

It’s Time to Check Your Blog!
Do You Have All the Posts?
If Not, It Is Time to Catch Up!

Your blog should have these assigned posts. Your grade depends on satisfying this requirement.  The blog shows your work and progress in English this semester. It must be complete.
If you have extra posts, you are a wonderful blogger! We love to read everything you post!  

1. Scavenger Hunt post, with photo and caption.
2. Polish Heroes post.
3. Where does your food information come from? Include a photo and caption.
4. Susan B. Anthony post, with photo and caption.
5. A post with a link to the Jeopardy game you created. Describe your game. (Links are on the Friday page of the class blog.)
6. Your ‘How To...’ lesson, with at least one photo and caption.
7. A Spring Poem, with one photo and caption.
8. A poem inspired by a photograph, following the style of Billy Collins’ poem, “Litany”.
9. A post answering the labryinth questions, and describing your labryinth walk.
10. A post about your annotated, illustrated map. (You will recieve an email with the photo of your finished map. You can write about the map and post your writing. You can add the photo later.)
11. A post about your Erie Canal research. (We will do this on 4-20-12.) If you want to start early, you can check the Friday page for the research links.


(Mariam and Naseem will have 8 posts, and Linlang will have 7 posts, because they came into class in February.)

Let's Learn an American Folk Song

Start practicing today! We'll be singing this song in class on Friday, so please listen to the video and read the words below before you come to class. Ask your American friends if they know the song. It's a classic!

I've got a mule and her name is Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
She's a good old worker and a good old pal                                  
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

Chorus:
We hauled some barges in our day
Filled with lumber, coal and hay
We know every inch of the way
From Albany to Buffalo

Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, we're comin' to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal.


You can bet your life I'll never part with Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
She knows every inch of this old canal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
(Chorus)

Have you ever seen wheelchair basketball?

Physical Therapy Club will be hosting it's Annual Rochester Wheels Basketball Game on Tuesday, April 17th at 6PM in the Shults Gym!
The event is a friendly basketball game played in wheelchairs against the Rochester Wheels Basketball Team!
Everyone is invited to play! Teams may consist of 5-7 players and the cost for each team is $32!
All proceeds of the event will go towards Rochester Wheels. Additional donations are gratefully accepted!
You must register your team by 9:00AM on Monday, April 16th. Please email ptclub@mail.naz.edu with the names of the individuals on your team and your team name!

What is a Monk? Come and Find Out!

The William H. Shannon Chair in Catholic Studies proudly presents a talk byPaul Quenon, O.C.S.O, a Trappist monk who has lived for more than 50 years at the Abbey of Gethsemani in rural Kentucky where the famous monk and writer Thomas Merton was his novice master. Quenon’s talk, Poetry, Prayer, and the Play of God, is April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Shults Community Center Forum.  Quenon will also present a second lecture, Seeing with a Poet’s Eye: Photography as Spiritual Practice, on Friday, April 13 at 1:30 p.m. in the Linehan Chapel of the Golisano Academic Center. Both are free and open to the public. 

Come and Learn About Islam

Are all Muslim women oppressed?
Are all Muslims terrorists?
Does Islam promote violence?
FIND OUT AT MUSLIM MYTH-BUSTERS
Tuesday, April 10 at 12:10 pm 
Center for Spirituality Community Room (GAC #151)
Lunch will be provided.

Come learn about this important global religion and get to know us personally!

Hope to see you there!

~Naz Muslim Student Association (MSA)

Event Sponsored by Center for Spirituality

Improve your vocabulary and listening skills!

Here is a link to a podcast series that some of our students have been using. They highly recommend it for extra practice, even if you are not taking the TOEFL test. Download the podcasts to your phone or computer. Listen while you drive, eat, or sleep! (Okay, maybe not while you sleep.) Try it and see what you think.

Donate Blood to Help Others

***RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE***

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Forum & Reading Lounge 

10:00 AM -  4:00 PM

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Please make every effort to donate. 

KICK UP THE HEAT AND HELP SAVE LIVES!
All presenting donors at participating drives in April will receive a coupon for
6 FREE wings from Buffalo Wild Wings.


The best way to make your donation quick and convenient is to make an appointment ahead of time!
You may do so by going directly to the Naz website at  
http://www.naz.givesblood.org/
to reserve a time.
Walk-ins are welcome.

Please note:  you may use your Nazareth address and phone # for the requested information.
Make the best of your experience but please be safe:

• Drink 2-3 eight ounce glasses of non-caffeinated liquids before donating.
• Eat regular meals the day before donating.
• No dieting in the previous 24 hours.
• East a good breakfast or lunch before donation.
• No strenuous exercise on the day you donate. (No athletes in season!)
• A high fluid intake should continue for the next 2 to 3 days.

If you donated on or before February 15, you will be eligible to donate

Take a CD player and headphones to listen to music while you
donate. When the process is over, most centers offer juice and
cookies and recommend a short rest before leaving. 

The American Red Cross has indicated the need for blood donors of all types.
Thanks for being a lifesaver!
They appreciate all of your support!

Center for Spirituality Staff

Free Health Check!

Annual Wellness Fair

Tuesday, April 3 

10 am - 2 pm in the Shults Center

FREE:  Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and Vision Screenings

PLUS

Lots of Valuable Wellness Information!

Take in the Fair, fill out an evaluation and register for  prizes!