Julia CO #4- Professor Flemmings Speaking Class

We began class with Professor Flemming explaining the itinerary for the first class. Our first activity was: Listen to sentences from the lecture. Transcribe the sentences. Also, write whether the sentences are True or False according to the lecture they had listened to in the previous class. 

(1st defined paraphrase with examples) 

(make sure everyones ready) 

A. People often cyberbully others through email, in text messages, and on social media like Instagram. T

 B. Cyberbullying is a small problem because kids and teens understand that their words can really hurt other people. F

 C. Some parents say their children learn new ways to get around their parents' rules for smartphones. T

D. There are bad things about the internet, like not being connected to the whole world, and being able to find out many things. F

Students were then read each sentence again, and the class chose whether each statement was true or false. 

We then matched vocabulary to the correct definition. Words were shown with definitions, and students had to match the definitions to the correct vocabulary, all of which they had seen in the previous class's lecture. 

Instructors went around to each person in the class, asked whether anyone needed help, and made sure everyone was on the right track. 

The class was split into 2 groups to provide scaffolding. 

Both Group 1 and Group 2 were given the following questions. 

Group 1 was given multiple-choice answers, while Group 2 had to answer the questions 


Recommend Encyclopedia Britannica for definitions. 

Vocabulary: 

1. to hurt someone 

2. to threaten someone 

3. a teenager 

4. to apply for something 

5. terrible 

6. to block something 

7. to get around something 

8. an account 

9. to get into something 

10. permission 

11. to lead something 

12. a balance 


Definitions: 

A. when someones says it is okay for you to use something 

B. to make something happen next 

C. When things are equal 

D. To ask to join a school or a job 

E. very bad 

F. to stop something 

G. to do something when someone is trying to stop you 

H. a way that someone uses the internet, social media, or email 

I. to make someone feel pain or to injure someone 

J. to become able to use something like an email account or a social media account 

K. a person who is from 13 to 19 years old

L. to tell someone that you're going to do something bad to them




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