Wednesday's Assignment, July 27, 2016

Wednesday's Assignment

If the first thing that you think of when it comes to Canadian celebrations is John Graves Simcoe, you can jump up and shout Woohoo!

You may already know of Lake Simcoe and Simcoe Street downtown. Well, how about a Simcoe Day, and who really was Simcoe?

What Canadian celebrations are represented above?
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Thanksgiving, Easter day, Valentine's Day, Christmas Day, St. Patrick's Day, Simcoe Day(Civic Holiday)

Here are your tasks:
1. Look for at least 5 new words about Governor Simcoe here.

lieutenant
initiate
coincidence
resonate
abolition
impetus
abolish
compromise
2. Listen to the story using a free TTS (Text-to-Speech) website online.

Text-to-Speech
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByOtyZdu9LDueGlDNnNBMmxhZk0/view?usp=sharing
3. Find the meaning of those words.

lieutenant, "an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent".
If he can't attend, he will send his lieutenant.

initiate, "bring into being".
He initiated a new program.

coincidence, "a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time apparently by mere chance".
Is this coincidence? yes, It's an amazing coincidence.

resonate, "to produce a positive feeling, emotional response, or opinion"
The students resonate with the lecturer.

abolition, "the legal prohibition and ending of slavery".
The studnts are talking about the abolition of slavery.

impetus, "a force that moves something along".
Children need an impetus to study.

abolish, "to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void".
Was slavery abolished in the 19th?

compromise, "an accommodation in which both sides make concessions".
I can not compromise on this opinion.

4. Read the sentences containing those words to a partner to check for pronunciation.
5. Wait for class take up.
6. Write a dialogue using those words.
7. Read your classmates’ stories and identify their words from Simcoe’s story under Comments.

Tuesday's Assignment, July 25, 2016

Tuesday's Assignment

What happens when the weather in Canada gets really hot?

The barbecue gets hotter!

Is this how other people celebrate the summer?

Here are your tasks:1. Identify the tenses used in the chairman’s message.

Present simple,"represents"

present prefect simple, "has become"

present prefect simple passive, "has been raised"

present continuous, "is enjoying"

present future, "will join"

2. Then identify 10 useful adjectives.

Adjectives are Highlight in yellow colour.

Some other words are highlight in blue colour.

A Message from the Chair of 

the Scarborough Ribfest Committee

Organized by the Rotary Club of Scarborough, Scarborough Ribfest represents the organizations largest annual fundraising event. To date, over $800,000.00 has been raised to support local charitable organizations. The Rotary Club of Scarborough is very proud to serve its' community and help those in need.

The event has become an annual community favourite over the August long weekend and is enjoying a 14 year track record of success. From small beginnings to what it has become today, East Toronto's largest community event continues to grow and become a must attend celebration of family fun, food and entertainment on the summer calendar!

We hope you will join us in supporting our community by considering a sponsorship participation opportunity at the 2016 Scarborough Ribfest. Support from our business community will go a long way to help those in need.

Sincerely,

Don Hall

Event Chair

Steering Committee Members:

Gary MacGregor

Buddy Ibe

Bruce Pettit

Mike Murton

Audrey McCaskill

Adam McBrain

3. Click on all the links at the site and tell a partner what the top three thing are that you’d like to do there.

Eating ribs, chickens, and Pulled Porks.

Drinking beer and cider.

Appreciating Music.

• The time is Friday, Jul 29, 2016 from 11:00am - 11:00pm.
• cider, "the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc."

4. Under Comments below, list your proposed field trip itinerary for Friday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesday's Assignment, July 20, 2016

Wednesday's Assignment

Who are these people?

Can you remember how to start a conversation at a party? How about:

"Excuse me, but I heard you were the person who made the punch. I just wanted to tell you it’s unbelievably good."

So you get talking for the next 10 minutes. Then what? Silence starts to set in. So does panic.

Can you keep it going? How can you keep the conversation alive? How would you do that in your first language? Write a few lines and check with a partner before publishing:
A:"Excuse me, but I heard you were the person who made the punch. I just wanted to tell you it’s unbelievably good."
B: Really? That was nice of you to say.
A: It's true. I already tasted it at your home last month.
B: If you like it, I can tell you how to make it.
A: Thank you. please send a Wechat to me.
B: No problem.

http://chirb.it/nAN2zs

Friday's Assignment, July 8, 2016

Openers: Bling, Buzz, Bravos

http://chirb.it/8wnhat

Monday's Assignment, July 3, 2016

Monday's Assignment

Welcome back to school! Are you glad or sad to be back?

This week we start with a new theme. Look at the picture below and guess what it is:

If you guessed job skills, you're right!

Here are your tasks:1. Vocabulary: Diverse Skills
    1. Identify at least 5 news words/terms.

niche, "It's something that you can do better than other people."
Conventional wisdom, "Something very similar to common sense, most people think and believe."
diversify, "had a lot of different kinds, variety"
half of the picture, "You don't have whole idea"
jack of all trades and master of none, "people are able to do many things a little bit but they are not good at anyone "
indecisive from the standpoint of
potential, "possible, as opposed to actual"
fall by the wayside, "not be use"
stand out in the crowd,"to be different other people "
go-to person, "seem to know everything"
Keep this in mind and you’ll go far , "you will be successful that I hope."

    2. Learn their pronunciation and meaning.
2. Role play: Upgrading Job Skills
http://chirb.it/kBfIyh
3. Take this Skills Assessment Test.
    1. Post your results and comments.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vwXPxutsGeQLeFtMKtHRLK0Ri9t8O5mgIHWmakNZ6lk/edit?usp=sharing
    2. Post your comments on 3 of your classmates’ results.

My Field Trip to Centre Island

Version 1

My Field Trip to Centre Island
Have you ever tasted the Ontario lake water? Joseph told us the water is not salt.
Our school went to Centre Island for a field trip on June 24, before the July 1 Break. It was a sunny day. We met at coffee shop inside the Don Mills subway station by 9:30 a.m. A lot of classmates and their family attended this activity. After we got off Union station by subway, we took Ferry to Centre Island.

Our huge troops left the Ferry dock. I was glad to see Waldi and Joseph. I had ever thought they couldn't come with us. Olivia, Suki and I felt hungry, so we decided to picnic first. We ate lunch beside the lake. Meanwhile, we breathed fresh air, saw the beautiful lake views. It was fantastic! After lunch, we walked to Centre beach. We were across centreville  to Pier. All of us were very excited when we arrived Pier. I felt like seeing a sea, blue sky, flying birds, limpid water, white cloud and sandy beach.

I had to leave early at 2 pm. I liked this field trip. On the back way, I plan to come Centre Island again in the autumn. I will take my family spend whole day at there.
By the way, I tasted the lake water. It is really fresh.

Version 2

Have you ever tasted the Ontario lake water? Joseph told us the water is not salt. Our school went to Centre Island for a field trip on June 24, before the July 1 Break. It was a sunny day. We met at coffee shop inside the Don Mills subway station by 9:30 a.m. A lot of classmates and their family attended this activity. After we got off Union station by subway, we took Ferry to Centre Island.

Our huge troops left the terry dock. I was glad to see Waldi and Joseph. I had ever thought they couldn't come with us. Olivia, Suki and I felt hungry, so we decided to picnic first. We ate lunch beside the lake. Meanwhile, we breathed fresh air, saw the beautiful lake views, played games. It was fantastic! 

After picnic, we walked to Centre beach. We were across the centreville went to Pier. All of us were very excited when we arrived Pier. I felt like seeing a sea, we also saw the blue sky, flying birds, limpid water, white cloud and sandy beach. It was amazing. We couldn't stop taking pictures. I got a cool picture!

I had to leave early at 2 pm. Suki and I walked to the ferry dock along the same way. so we visited the farm. We saw some animal and old house. I didn't like the smell.

I liked this field trip. On the back way, I plan to come Centre Island again in the autumn. I will take my family spend whole day at there. By the way, I tasted the lake water. It is really fresh.