March 30 2016 Assignment

Here are your tasks:

1. Role play by yourself and then with a partner: Working Part-Time Jobs
1. Rewrite the dialogue with your partner, keeping the words in bold.
2. Publish your new dialogue with audio on your blogs.


2. Check out this page and take notes.
1. Compare your notes with a partner, and ask your partner 5 questions from your notes.
2. Check out your 5 positions from yesterday’s work (Task 3), and identify one to write a resume for.

1.Role play by yourself and then with a partner: Working Part-Time Jobs

      1.Rewrite the dialogue with your partner, keeping the words in bold.

         Luisa: Are you still here? I thought you got off at 3:00. 

                   Why didn't  you  get off yet? It's 4:00.         

         Max: I picked up a second shift. I could use the money.

                  For the money could used, the second shift I wanted to pick up.  

         Luisa: But I thought you had another part-time job in the evenings. 

             But I remembered that you have an another part-time job in the evening. 

         Max: I normally do, but the restaurant where I work has been cutting back my hours,           so I’m trying to pick up as many extra shifts here as I can. 

      The restaurant of my part-time job often cut back my hours, so I must pick up             the extra shifts in here.

         Luisa: And don’t you work at the amusement park on the weekend?

                  Do you still have the part-time at amusement park this weekend? 

         Max: I do half the year, but it’s winter and the park only keeps a skeleton crew on                 during these months. In the meantime, I’m working for a temp agency, which gives               me short-term assignments. 

      Now, I have an another short-term job to working for a temp agency. Because               It's winter and the park only keep a skeleton crew.

         Luisa: I don’t know how you juggle all these jobs.

                   I think all the jobs juggled you. 

         Max: I have no choice. I have to piece together an income if I want to pay rent. 

       I can only piece together an income for my rent.

         Luisa: Have you ever thought about going back to school to qualify for other work,               something full-time?

                   Do you want to go back school to qualify for full-time job?

         Max: Sure, all the time. I’d like a better job, one with benefits and a reliable salary. 

        I would like a good job with benefits and a reliable salary all through.

           Luisa: What’s stopping you?

                  Why don't you beginning?

                  

         Max: I have to pay for something called “food,” and I haven’t met my fairy

            godmother yet! 

                 I will have no money to paying rent and food if I back to school to qualify for work.
            So, I hope my fairy godmother appear.

                  

      2. Publish your new dialogue with audio on your blogs.

March 29 2016 Assignment

To open our week on the theme of job search, here are your tasks:

1. Vocabulary--learn and practise using some new phrases: Landing an Interview
2. Role play by yourself, and then record with a partner: Video Resume
3. Check out these job sites and find 5 positions most relevant to you or your spouse or friend: 1, 2, 3:
1. What’s common among the sites?
2. What’s your best find?
3. What are your partners’ best finds?

Vocabulary--learn and practise using some new phrases: Landing an Interview


Role play by yourself, and then record with a partner: Video Resume
https://audioboom.com/boos/4363038-recording


Check out these job sites and find 5 positions most relevant to you or your spouse or friend: 1, 2, 3:
What’s common among the sites?
What’s your best find?
What are your partners’ best finds?

March 30 2016 Presentation: The Most Valuable Harvest to Canada

The Most Valuable Harvest to Canada

About three months ago, I came to Canada from China. I finished my business and  reunited my family. I hope enjoy fresh air and green foods, maybe have new friends, new holidays, and relax life. 

In my imagination, mastering English should be very easy if I am in the English environment. But I was wrong. In the first few weeks of Linc class, I couldn't understand teacher's lectures, and so many new words and idioms need to learn and keep in mind. I felt I was a deaf person  and understood from my eyes rather  than from my ears. I am grateful to my teacher and classmates for helping me. I told myself I must become an active language learner. After school, I learned from TV, radio, recipe, label, textbooks. Now, I can understand teacher's said basically in the class. But I know, Learning a foreign language is very difficult to adults, if I want to study English well, I must spend a lot of time  to work hard. Different language, different culture made me bewildering.

Problem situation ranged from the silly to the serious, they included finding a good school for kids, researching  doctors and hospital in a new location, finding a good place to get a haircut. They became everyday activities.

My friends often asked me: What is your feeling of Canada?
I told them this is a place to meet life's challenge. Many parents came to Canada for children's education. In China, the kids are studying under high strength and high pressure.  Parents  thought study in Canada maybe relax. But  now, in my opinion, if you want to study well in Canada, you have to work harder than in china. I read a report about students of high school some days ago. It said, in order to go to famous university, many high school students only have four hours to sleep everyday. It's very crazy!
So, I think coming to Canada maybe is a change of your life. The change can be risky, but it also presents opportunities to grow emotionally and linguistically and in many other ways. I think independent personality, re self-discovery，finding true interests and hobbies are the most valuable harvest.   

March 24 2016 Assignment

Here are your tasks:

1. Listening: Report Cards
1. What words or phrases were hard to understand at first?
2. What surprising pronunciation rules did you discover?

• suppose (verb): do what you should do based on rules or expectations
  - I was supposed to turn in my homework today, but I forgot to bring it.

• butter up (verb): to flatter with the purpose of getting something
  - It is no use trying to butter her up. She won't forget that YOU forgot to call her on her birthday last week.

• blow up (verb): to get angry suddenly
  - My dad blew up when he found out I failed two classes.

• trip up (verb): to cause to make mistakes
  - The first question on the test tripped me up, and I lost my concentration on the rest of the test.

• ace (verb): do very well on an assignment or test
  - I can't believe she aced the test because she didn't study much last night.

• no sweat (idiom): no problem, something that is easy to do
  - I'll get a perfect score on the chemistry test. No sweat.

• pass out (phrasal verb): give something to each member of a group
  - The teacher passed out the assignment at the end of class.

• bright (adjective): smart or intelligent
  - There are plenty of bright straight A students in that class.

• tooth decay (noun): the gradual process of the tooth going bad, sometimes caused by poor dental care and eating habits
  - Eating too many sweets and not brushing your teeth will cause tooth decay.

• straight (adverb): immediately or directly
  - I usually go straight home after work to have dinner with my family.

1. Vocabulary: Punishment
1. What new words did you learn?
2. What new ways can you use those new words in?

1. Role Play: On the Fringes of Society
1. What new meaning and pronunciation items did you learn?
2. What do your partners say when you check your reading with them?
3. How did your Audioboom.com recording with your partner go? What about your classmates'?

March 23 2016 Assignment

For our radio listening exercise, here's an excerpt from 680news this morning.

1. Listen once through, keeping an eye on the handout.
2. Listen again, stopping and rewinding as necessary to fill in the blanks.
3. Check with a partner. And fill in the blanks in a different colour.
4. Take a picture of your completed sheet.
5. Publish your handout on your e-portfolio (blog).

Wednesday's Assignment

Hello everybody! Here's your assignment for this afternoon before going for the job fair:

What kind of outcomes from school do you expect of your kids

Key Vocabulary

honour roll

-They both made our school's honour roll.

roll

-The ball rolled into the net.

-She looked at me and tears rolled down her cheeks

-We rolled up the car windows when we were driving on the subway.

-When I drinking coffer, I like to spread butter and marmalade on a roll.

-This is a new electoral roll.(list)

Nothing major

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workload

-Do you need someone share your workload？

capable

-She is a very capable speaker.

-The restaurant is capable of catering several hundred people.

-People who want to be a capable man must have intelligence and ability.

nosedive

-The value of other shares nosedived by $1 billion.

-Her kid's grades nosedived this term.

-The plane nosedived again.

rank

-She has ranked pretty high on watching TV.

-There was a taxi rank near the railway station.

-The librarian ranked  books on the bookshelf.

-We rank him among the best tennis player.

hang out

-I have got my shirts to hang out.

-He always hung out in the bar.(鬼混)

-I often hang out in supermakets.(闲逛)

-They hung out to the last man.

March 22 2016 Assignment

This week we consider a child's education in Canada. How different is it from your childhood experience?

Here are your tasks:

1. Listening: A Day at School
1. What words or phrases were hard to understand at first?
2. What surprising pronunciation rules did you discover?
2. Vocabulary: Naming Kids
1. What new words did you learn?
2. What new ways can you use those new words in?
3. Role Play: Types of Students
1. What new meaning and pronunciation items did you learn?
2. What do your partners say when you check your reading with them?
3. How did your Audioboom.com recording with your partner go? What about your classmates'?

Vocabulary: Naming Kids

What new words did you learn?

shortlist,  tease, appease, alternate, odd, 

  

What new ways can you use those new words in?

1.shortlist

• He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature several times.

2.tease

• He teased May with a jest.
• Tom teased his mother for ice-cream.
• My hair was teased until it stood out and around her face.

3.appease

• Water appeases thirst and fruit appeases hunger.
• Mother tried to appease her son with some soft words.

4.alternate

• Alternate jogging and walking is very useful for your health.
• She alternated between hope and despair.
• My classmates alternated in reading the essay.

5.odd

• Tom had always been odd, but not to this extent.
• How much is this, $50 odd?
• Amy has been the odd girl.

March 21 2016 Assignment

Your Online Learning Companions
cover Welcome to Portfolio-Based Language Assessment! Instead of tests and exams, your portfolio is used to show what you have done and can do in English!

These are the things you will need in your portfolio:

About Me Section--Write about:

1.Who are you?
I am from China, my name is  Helen Huang.

2.What are your English learning goals in Level 4-5?
I want to improve my LSDW skills in this class.

3.What are your goals for this week?
My goals is taking a presentation and writing some essay.

4.What have you learnt so far?
Before  I went to here, I felt very difficult to listen and speak. Now I can speak some easy total sentences not only with words. I can understand teacher's lecture.

5.What I have enjoyed doing the most?
I enjoyed doing everything of learning English.

6.What I have enjoyed doing the least?
Too many days to break in one month.

7.Any other comments I may have ...
I may have more speaking and listening exercises in class, I hope to spend more time to conversations with my classmates in English.

March 10 2016 Assignment

March 8 2016 Assignment

                                      Skiing Trip



   In Canada, the favourite winter activity is skiing I think. Yesterday, our classmates went to skiing for second time,and they also have a very interesting pot luck. They felt better than before. Some classmates told me that they can skiing from high hill. I came from south of China and never learned skiing and skating before. I have a good opinion of my classmates and maybe I will try to have a skiing experience next time.

March 8 2016 Assignment

Correct Sentence:

Family Day, Civic Holiday and Halloween are not considered statutory holidays. Government or bank workers may have a day off. In the private sector it depends on the individual company.


Editing Check-list:

 1.  PREP(Preposition)：to, of, with, or, about...... 
 2.  SVA(Subject-Verb Agreement)
 3.  Proper Nouns: IT, Microsoft, London, Sarah......
 4.  Formatting: spaces, enter......
 5.  CS(Comma Splice)： 
 6.  FRAG（Fragment）: 1.Subject;  2.Verb; 3.Complete Meaning
 7.  Run-on sentence
 8.  Tense
 9.  Periods/Commas/CAPS
10. Number
11. Spelling

Here are your tasks:

1. Vocabulary: Vacation Plans
2. Role play: Visiting Places of Worship

1.Vocabulary: Vacation Plans

2.Role play: Visiting Places of Worship

https://audioboom.com/boos/4282072-recording-visiting-churches-mosques-and-temples

   

March 2 2016 Assignment

Here are your tasks:
1. Make comments on your classmates' assignments on Monday and Tuesday, including Version 1.0 and Version 2.0 on the following for each:
a. What went well: was the meaning clear? was the pronunciation clear? how was the self-correction?
b. What could be improved: was the meaning clear? was the pronunciation clear? how was the self-correction?
2. Role play: Nurses and poor handwriting

3. A nurse hands you this burns outpatient resource. Do the following:

1. Find (Ctrl-F) the number of times itch, itching, itchy, or itchiness appears.
2. Write down 2 do’s and 2 don’ts when feeling itchy.
3. State in your own words 5 steps for bathing.
4. Write down 3 rules regarding diet.

1. Make comments on your classmates' assignments on Monday and Tuesday, including Version 1.0 and Version 2.0 on the following for each:

    a. What went well: was the meaning clear? was the pronunciation clear? how was the self-correction?
 b. What could be improved: was the meaning clear? was the pronunciation clear? how was the self-correction?

2. Role play: Nurses and poor handwriting

3. A nurse hands you this burns outpatient resource. Do the following:

1. Find (Ctrl-F) the number of times itch, itching, itchy, or itchiness appears.
itch appear 8 times, itching appears 5 times, itchy 2 times, itchiness i time.

2. Write down 2 do’s and 2 don’ts when feeling itchy.
  • Wash your skin daily with warm water only.
  • Massage moisturiser (Dermaveen or Sorbolene) into the healing skin to prevent
dryness and flaking.
• Do Not Scratch as this will not relieve the itching. Scratching causes blisters  • Do Not Wash your skin with soap.

3. Sate in your own words 5 steps for bathing.
remove, temperature, exercise, non- perfumed soap, Dry gently

4. Write down 3 rules regarding diet.

 • You should aim to include all food groups everyday, especially the recommended serves of meat and milk/milk products, as these are excellent sources of protein and will help your wounds to heal.

• If your weight is within or above the healthy weight range for your height. You must have 3 meals each day.

• If you have lost weight during the treatment for your burn and are now below your healthy weight range for your height, you will need to follow a high energy/high protein diet.

March 1 2016 Assignment

Here are my tasks:

1. Role play: Scheduling a Medical Appointment

2. Listen to this voicemail.  Then write down the following information:

Addressee: Dr.clogel Office

Contact number: 416,490,1540

Doctor’s name: Clagel

New Appointment date/time: Thursday June 15 3:50 pm.

Old Appointment: Friday

3. Take dictation of the voicemail and publish it.
Hi, this message is for Sam from Dr.clogel Office. I'm calling to inform you that your appointment of this Friday has been rescheduled to Thursday June 15 3:50 pm. If you are unable to make the time please call us back: 416,490,1540. Have a good day. Goodbye.