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Take a picture of your favorite room at your host family's house and post it here: https://padlet.com/tyreer/2rr2j6c3php8

Due Thursday

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Work on your Cultural Exploration Project presentation!

All surveys due Thursday

Vocabulary logs due tomorrow if you didn't have them today

Bring laptops for presentation work time tomorrow in library

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Prepare your Cultural Exploration Project presentation!

Complete at least 3 of your 5 surveys by Monday morning

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Culture Questions!

Ask 1–2 people your five cultural exploration questions

Reminder:

We will have make-up class time from 1–2:30 tomorrow

We will go the campus library to work on your presentations with access to computers

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Observe and reflect

Write 5 questions you can ask many people to better understand your topic

Take a picture of your favorite room at your host family's house and post it here:

https://padlet.com/tyreer/y084ceyeb5wr

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Host Family Conversation due Monday January 30th

Presentation topic choice

Vocabulary log(s) due Monday, February 6th

You can complete 10 words a week, or just 10 words total.

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Watch Saturday Night Live highlight 'Aziz Ansari Stand-Up Monologue' on NBC.com

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Here are additional instructions for the core values exercise we did in class.

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Ask them to write down the ten things in their life that they value the most, one on each post-it, in the form of a value. In other words, rather than the name of a specific person, put down, for example, "friendship," "family" or "honesty" - something they actually value in the relationship with that person.

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Ask them to write down the ten things in their life that they value the most, one on each post-it, in the form of a value. In other words, rather than the name of a specific person, put down, for example, "friendship," "family" or "honesty" - something they actually value in the relationship with that person.

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* Complete the volunteering homework

* Write two questions to ask during our TrailBlazers tour. Think of questions that help you understand your cultural interests.

1. Social Responsibility

2. Game Operations

3. Ticket Services

4. Sponsorship

5. Marketing

* Study your art work for a 1-minute presentation on Thursday

Due: Thursday morning

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Complete the First Impressions handout

Due: Wednesday by at 8am

Study your art work for a 1-minute presentation on Thursday

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Introductions Using Many Verb Tenses

Write down your answers from Part 2: Interview Another Student

Prepare to introduce your partner in class tomorrow morning (Part 3)

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1. Complete the volunteering homework

2. Complete the Initial Reflection handout

3. Fill in two personal learning goals from our class information packet

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Thank you for a wonderful week one! 🏁
Have a great weekend + I look forward to seeing you next week.

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Harry Potter at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

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Harry Potter at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

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If you're interested in the Harry Potter event, it's in a GORGEOUS venue downtown.

It looks like there's only tickets for Sunday left, so buy them soon if you want to go: http://tickets.orsymphony.org/single/psDetail.aspx?psn=3291

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Introductions Using Many Verb Tenses

By Friday, read Part 1: Robert's Model

By next Tuesday, complete Part 2: Interview Another Student

Get to know your partner a bit more during the action project today and volunteering Friday

Ask 1-2 questions from each verb tense

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DUE: Thursday by 8AM

1. Think of the top three places you'd like to visit in Portland tomorrow

2. Read through our packet

3. Complete our Padlet introduction assignment by following the link below:

https://padlet.com/tyreer/pp87njn81qae

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Here's a list of suggested events from the Portland Mercury

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Here's a list of suggested events from the Portland Mercury

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This week starts with a call to service in the name of one of the greatest Americans who ever lived, includes a protest against some of the worst, and finishes with a stand-up set from a man who successfully embodies (and pokes fun at) the million different shades of grey inbetween both examples. There's also the kickoff to one of Portland's most adventurous arts festivals, and an on-stage retelling of how America came to the West Coast. Sounds like a whole lot of heady, heavy fare-except for the freaky-deaky puppet show, the live podcast about guys you've fucked, and an evening with the author of How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety. That's one hell of a week; hit the links and load your plate accordingly.

One of the most popular comedy shows in town, The I, Anonymous Show returns for its January edition! Don't miss the wondrous Ms. Bri Pruett as she reads the Mercury's most side-splitting and morally questionable I, Anonymous submissions, with lots of sassy opinions and backtalk from this month's panel of local funny people, Jacob Christopher, B. Frayn Masters, and Kirsten Kuppenbender! It's a goddamn hoot, guaranteed! WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
7 pm, The Secret Society, $10-15

Zachary Auburn
Local zinester Zachary Auburn reads from How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives, his complete guide to having tough talks with your feline companion. Also read our interview with Zachary Auburn
7:30 pm, Powell's City of Books

League Night
A comedy showcase featuring some the city's best stand-ups giving their newest material a run, including sets from Alex Falcone, JoAnn Schinderle, Robbie Pankow, Hunter Donaldson, Stephanie Oberto, and Anatoly Brant
8 pm, Sam's Billiards, free

Silence, which is perhaps Scorsese's most overtly religious movie, is self-recommending: It's a nearly three-hour film about Portuguese missionaries in post-feudal Japan, and a slow meditation on the nature of one's faith in one Jesus Christ. Based on that description, you're either all in or all out. If you're in, you're lucky, because Scorsese has some really interesting questions to pose to you. NED LANNAMANN
Various Theaters, see Movie Times for showtimes and locations

For more than three decades, the NW Film Center's Reel Music series has assembled some of the best contemporary and classic music documentaries. This weekend, Reel Music kicks off its 34th installment with 1972's Cocksucker Blues-which the Film Center calls "The best Rolling Stones movie you've never seen"-before moving on to such fare as Blackhearts, about Norway's black metal scene; One More Time with Feeling, about the creation of Nick Cave's latest album, Skeleton Tree; and Contemporary Color, about that time David Byrne rounded up St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock, and Ira Glass to create a "one-of-a-kind color guard extravaganza." Also worth checking out, Vince Giordano: T here's a Future in the Past, about the jazz saxophonist and band leader who's lent his talents to films from Scorsese and Allen; Bobby Womack: Across 110th Street, a profile of the soul icon; and a free screening of a NW Music Video Showcase program, offering a slew of music videos made in the Pacific Northwest. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Jan 13-Feb 5, NW Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium, $8-12 per film, see nwfilm.org for complete schedule

Astoria: Part One
Chris Coleman adapts Peter Stark's best-seller, telling the twin stories of John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson as they seek to establish American dominance of the West Coast.

7:30 pm, Portland Center Stage, $25-70
Erin Nations
A book release party for Nations' Gumballs, an anthology collection following the lead of inspirations like Eightball and Box Office Poison.
5 pm, Floating World Comics

Fertile Ground Festival
Portland's annual festival of proudly uncurated new theater, Fertile Ground, is finally here, injecting our sorry-ass Pacific Northwest winter with a refreshingly unpretentious dose of culture: 10 days of brand-new plays, performance art, and dance invading both the city's major theaters and improvised venues (ever seen a play in a bar? Now's the time!). MEGAN BURBANK.
Various Locations, for a list of participants, venues, and showtimes, click here

Feminist author and essayist Roxane Gay reads from her new collection of stories, Difficult Women, the eagerly awaited follow-up to her bestselling essay collection, Bad Feminist, and her acclaimed debut novel, An Untamed State.
7:30 pm, Powell's City of Books

Louis C.K. has become an unstoppable force in comedy. When he's not writing, directing, editing, and starring in his own FX show, Louie, he's working with his writing partner Pamela Adlon on her own terrific show, Better Things. I haven't even had a chance to check out his other two shows, Horace and Pete and Baskets, and now he's coming to town with new stand-up! Best get your tickets now or feel the pain of dealing with scalpers later!
8 pm, Theater of the Clouds, $25-30

Don't forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!

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This is the class website for our Experience America class.

I'll post homework assignments here and make pages where you can add your own posts.