11/22/10 - Thanksgiving Listening and Writing

Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange

Good work today everyone, especially in the speaking section. I hope that everyone enjoyed the new format, although I will take your advice, and in the future you'll have 1 minute instead of 30 seconds. We'll be doing this activity every day from now on.

Beyond that, the links to the listening sections from today and the class notes are below. I have added definitions for all the vocabulary words. Email me if you have any questions about the essay from today.

Here is the link for the class notes from today.

Here is the link for the first listening section.

Here is the link for the second listening section.

I know a few of you had some questions about Dorothea Lange. You can find more information about her "Migrant Mother" series here, and a good collection of her photos here.

For those of you who had some questions about the Woodstock Music Festival, here's a video that should help explain it:



Here's English singer Joe Cocker performing his classic "A Little Help From My Friends" at Woodstock.



And here's Jimi Hendrix performing "Purple Haze", which is one of the most famous moments from the festival.



Enjoy!