Ten Effective Study Habits

http://psychcentral.com/lib/2006/top-10-most-effective-study-habits/all/1/

Unit 7- what's the use of homework?

http://iteslj.org/questions/homework.html
Conversation questions 

Unit 6- Giving to others

Presentation:

Choose a famous philanthropist (for example Bill Gates) or a philanthropic organization (for example Unicef)
Tell us who your person is (for example, the person's job, where they live, the charities that they donate to) or what your organization does 
Three important philanthropic contributions that it/he/she has made to society
Tell us why you have chosen your person or organization, and why you are interested in what they do.

Listening- The Red Hatters

The poem that inspired the organization: 

Warning by Jenny Joseph 
http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/jenny-joseph/warning/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cACbzanitg - A Youtube recording of Jenny reading her poem

New Vocabulary words: 

Go In For
Bold
Bitterness
Solidarity
Ensemble
Chapter
Gorgeous
Flamboyant
Brag
Self Improvement
Solidarity
Assisted Living Facility
Bargain basement shoes
Dressing down
Envious

Article on early retirement

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0510/051022-retirement-e.html

Please read the article and do the true and false section
and the synonym match section

Unit 5- Longevity, Refusing to be Invisible

Discussion Questions: 

1) Are these pictures of the same person, or of different people? How do we know? 

What identifying features can we see in the people's faces? 

2) What age do you think is most powerful in our society? (for example, teenage years, 20's, 30's...) 

What age do you think is the least powerful and therefore, the most invisible?

3) Why do you think on average, that women live longer than men? What do you think the reasons are?
4) Which country's life expectancy rate surprised you the most, and why? 

New Vocabulary

1) Socialized 
2) Deceive 
3) Spontaneously 
4) Intriguing 
5) Vocalize 
6) Rote Memorization 
7) Categorize 
8) Figure out 
9) Context 

Your sentences: 

1) It just happened spontaneously, so I couldn`t figure out what happened at that time.
2) Sometimes teenagers deceive their parents to protect thems elves.
3) In the movie, chimps were injected with medicine, which allowed them to vocalize words.
4) If you thought that class was intriguing, you should vocalize your thoughts to Danila.
5) I just turned on the tv spontaneously. When I saw cats on a program, I learned intriguing facts about their abilities.

Your Presentation for Friday

In groups of Three: 


Choose a movie about animals and tell us: (watch at least 30 mins of it) 
1) What happens in your movie (the story line)
2) Who are the main characters?
3) What kind of animals are featured in your movie?
4) Give us two or three pieces of information about your animal, for ex:
Where do they come from originally, or where do they live? What do they eat? Are they intelligent? Why or Why not?
5) Show us a clip of your movie
6) Try to use as much vocab as possible (p. 64-65)
7) Write down any new vocabulary you may have learned, and share with us

You will present on Friday: 

Groups:

Minyoung
Valeria
Akinori

Spirit (Horses)

Rami
Gyounghee
Theo

Kung Fu Panda 

Ha Yee
Gina
Guto

The Lion King 

Daniela
Hiroko
Young Woon

Madagascar 

Unit 4-Animal Intelligence

Classifications for animals: 

1) A Band of Horses 
2) A Murder of Crows
3) A School of Fish 
4) A Pack of Wolves 
5) A Flock of Birds 
6) A Pride of Lions 
7) A Herd of Elephants 

Listen to Paul Simon's song At the Zoo 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0uO5RKI-S8
 http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/p/paul_simon/at_the_zoo.html (Lyrics)


Inferring meanings: 
What do: Light and Tumble journey, a Fine and Fancy Ramble, and the Crosstown Bus, mean?
How do you know?

Vocabulary from the text Unit 3

Page 43

1) Chronically 
2) Droop 
3) Dim 
4) Waves of Sleepiness 
5) Blinking 
6) Surge 
7) Out of Sync 
8) Alert 
9) Captivating 
10) Irritable 
11) Hormones 


P. 49

1) Miserable 
2) Accumulates 
3) Suspect 
4) Snore 
5) Cranky 
6) Priority 
7) Fatigue 
8) Spontaneous 
9) Raw 
10) Do Without 
11) Subtle 

P. 51
Idioms


1) Burn the Midnight Oil 
2) Catch Forty Winks 
3) Irritable 
4) Naps 
5) Nod Off 
6) Power Nap 
7) Run By 
¸8) Shut-Eye 

Vocabulary words from the article 

1) rationale
2) propensity
3) optimal
4) debunked
5) cited
6) impair
7) deprived
8) consistency
9) detrimental
10) root
11) determined
12) immune

In your groups, find: the definition of four words on www.dictionary.com (put it in your words) and one synonym from www.thesaurus.com

Unit 3- Early to Bed, Early to Rise

Articles on sleep 


Myths on Sleep 
http://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=411&Itemid=29
In groups of three, read the article and answer the questions

Sleep idioms, expressions and fill in the blanks 
http://www.englishgateway.com/ArticleVm.aspx?SectionID=d3fc99dbd2cd4694b2a31940f1308c55&ArticleID=3adc257d10bf4fb29601d91cc5dfde6e

Your presentation

In groups of three: 

Choose one of the following topics: 

1) An experience that changed my life
2) A person I admire
3) A country I visited
4) A professional challenge
5) A personal challenge
6) My hero

You will present for 3-5 minutes
Remember to be creative :) You can present in any manner of your choice
Each group will have 4 vocabulary words that they must use
The group with the highest number of points will get a prize.

The breakdown of points:

1) Creativity/originality- 5 pts
2) Clarity (being clear) 5 pts
3) Grammar- 2.5 pts
4) Vocabulary 10 ( 1 pt for usage, 2 pts for correct usage)
5) Presentation style 2.5
(total=20)

Unit 2

New Vocabulary -p.22

1) Collapsed 
2 Crushed 
3) In Store For 
4) Landscape 
5) Limitations 
6)Overcome 
7)Proof 
8)Revelation 
9)Scars 
10)Soared 
11) Flew 
12)Disabled 
13) Mangled 
14) Achille's Heel 




The origin of the expression Achille's Heel 
http://www.wordfocus.com/achilles-heel-story.html

Phrases expressing frustration, p 209

It drives me nuts
It drives me bananas
It drives me bonkers
It drives me to drink
It drives me mad (British)

The origins of phrases:
http://www.knowyourphrase.com/phrase-meanings/Driving-Me-Nuts.html

An article on the dangers of technology

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVo2maA7h1E

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1224827/As-new-evidence-links-mobile-phones-greater-risk-tumours-using-cost-child-life.html

1) Have you ever heard about the dangers of cellphone use?
2) Do you agree that using a cell phone can be dangerous?
3) Does reading about tumours (cancer) and cell phones being linked jolt you into action, or push you over the edge?
4) Do you have any beef with the points of view expressed in this article?

New Vocabulary: 
Primary School=elementary school
Mobile phone=cell phone
a Fortnight=every two weeks
Neurosurgeon
Susceptible
Significantly
Culprit
Conductive

Links to your blog projects :)

Your amazing work, so far:

http://drinkingintoronto.tumblr.com/- Adamor, Gyounghee and Gina's project: Rants and Raves about Toronto
http://rdhsdreamdiary.blogspot.ca/- Rami, Hiroko and Daniela's project- a dream diary
http://questclassroom3.blogspot.ca/- Yoshie, Young Woon, and Minyoung's project on Asian Restaurants in Toronto
More to come!

Rant or Rave: Your Blog Project/Presentation for Friday

Rant or Rave: Your Blog Project: 

In groups of three,  you will create your own blog website, using Blogger.com, WordPress, or Tumblr

1)You will use visuals and text to create a personal blog that expresses a strong opinion about a subject of your choice. (you can use many sites for images, including creativecommons.org)

2) You will either rant (like Johnny, on page 195, or Eve in yesterday's link) about something you dislike, are annoyed by, or are frustrated by
or rave (choose something that you love, are interested in, or enthusiastic about, and want to share)

3) You can do as many postings as you wish (one long one, three short ones)

4) The subject will be your choice, but you must remember to use your five assigned vocabulary words 

5) You will present on Friday . Your presentations must be between 5-7 minutes in length 

Unit 10 No Technology No Way

New Vocabulary:  (p. 195) 

To have beef with something 
Sonic 
Sending Me Over the Edge 
Retaliatory 
Vigilante 
Jolted 
Shattered 
Towed 
Siren 
Wail 
Banned 
Prompted 
Vibrations 
To Get Under Your Skin 


Discussion Question: 
Have you ever had serious noise problems with your neighbours? What happened? 
How did you resolve them? 


Reading: A real life scenario, similar to Johnny's: 

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111231213539AAwv19K

Vocabulary from the reading: 


Cork 
Drywall 
Sound proofing 
Structural Alterations 
Drawback 
Quilt/Duvet 
Egg Cartons 
White Noise 
Muffle 
Extraneous 
Generators 
Treble Clef 


What advice would you give Eve? In partners, use two vocabulary words to give two pieces of advice 

Today's listening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xNWX8YcuII

Vocabulary: 

Baked Goods
Sicilian
Considerable
Patio/terrace

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7RcZxH0Qmk&feature=related

Further Listening (at home if you're interested)
A a 30 minute documentary  which features a discussion on multiculturalism in Canada.
Multiculturalism and the Canadian Identity, the changing faces of Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCUOosz36yY

Friday's Presentation- a tourism brochure

1) Choose a city with a large immigrant population (a multicultural city like Toronto) 
2) Give us a bit of background information about your city: For example: Size of the city, its location, major tourist attractions, official language spoken, etc 
3) Focus on, and research three immigrant communities that live there 
Find out which part of the city they live in, where their restaurants are (what they eat, what they wear, etc) 
4) Make a brochure advertising the multicultural aspects of  your city, and present it to the class on Friday. 
You can use images from the magazines in our classroom. 
5) Make sure to include your five vocabulary words in your brochure and in your presentation 

Your Sentences with the new vocabulary words

Relieved: 

1) My parents were relieved that I wanted to live in another country.
2) After I get married, my mother will be relieved.
3) The first time I came here, I wasn't relieved because I couldn't speak English well.

Bone Up On: 


1) I did terribly on the test, so I need to bone up on the grammar.
2) I want to get a high score so I  bone up on my studies everyday.
3) We have to bone up on what we have learned for the mid-term exam.

Mainstream: 

1) The hooligans are a bad part of the mainstream.
2) I don't want to be an outsider, so I've decided to follow the mainstream.
3) Andy always acts like a lunatic, who doesn't want to follow the mainstream.

Unit 9-Finding a Niche

New Vocabulary: p 170-171

1)Niche 
2) Unique 
3) Native Tongue 
4) Flourishing 
5) Tight Knit 
6) Assimilate
7) Suppressed 
8) Relieved 
9) Bone Up On 
10) Intimidating 
11) Uprooted 
12) Set Apart 
13) Polylingual/multilingual 

Adamor and Gyung Hee's presentation

-Phở Hung Restaurant-

Adamor and Gyung-Hee from Toronto

We chose Vietnamese, because Adamor haven`t eaten this kind of food, not so common in Brazil and Gyung Hee recommend south-east Asian food. Vietnamese food has some special spices, like curry and pepper. Now let us introduce some Vietnamese food.

Vietnam has been, for much of its history, a predominantly agricultural civilization based on wet rice cultivation. The base of the Vietnamese food is rice, like rice noodle*.

Some of the most famous food from Vietnam is rice noodle and rice paper wraps. We went to Pho Hung at China Town (350 Spadina Avenue). There are many ‘Phở OO’ Vietnamese restaurants, so we found the meaning of ‘Phở’.

Phở is a Vietnamese noodle soup, usually served with beef (phở bò) or chicken (phở gà). The soup includes noodles made from rice and is often served with Asian basil, mint leaves, lime, and bean sprouts that are added to the soup by the person who is dining. The dish is associated with the city of Hanoi, where the first phở restaurant opened in the 1920s.

We ordered pho tai nam, beef rice noodle soup, and spring roll. The core of Beef rice noodle soup is beef bone. Bone has been extracted after 3 hours. Also you can put ginger and other vegetables for extra flavor. After that, put some thinly sliced flank steak and rice noodles. Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup typically uses rice noodles. You can buy them dried or fresh.

Fresh mint, cilantro, basil, bean sprouts, lime, sliced chili peppers can be served. Just pick and choose what you like.

Phở tai nam was very nice because the flavor was pretty strong. I like strong odor of that kind of food. However if you don’t like strong smell, maybe you will not like pho tai nam. Also if you don’t like rare beef meats, I don’t recommend this noodle soup.

Nem Nướng, it’s a very delicious food, you owner build your food, when I receive the plates I don`t understand, but my friend Gyung-Hee, explain me how do work and I liked. They served one plate with rice papers, other plate with hot water, and one big plate stacked with porky meat, cucumber, carrots, lettuce and Vietnamese mint.

I received too a sweet sauce with peanuts (very delicious, but I didn`t identify the ingredients. When I made my first piece of Nem Nướng, I made so big that I needed to bite (It`s not polite). The flavor it`s so delicious, the core of the Nem Nướng is the meat, a porky meat cooking with some particular spices.

More information:

http://phohung.ca/menu.html

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/vietnamese-fresh-spring-rolls/

Friday's Presentation (and new idioms)

Your Presentation: In partners 

1) Choose a type of cuisine from a country other than your own 
Explain your choice of country and cuisine- why did you choose this one? 
2) Choose a recipe from this country that you like- and describe the flavours and ingredients for us
3) Choose a restaurant that serves this kind of food. Visit it today (Weds) or tomorrow 
Take pictures, bring back a (paper) copy of their menu, or find a pdf online 
4) Act as a restaurant or food critic and tell us whether or not you enjoyed the food, restaurant and atmosphere, and why. 
An example of some restaurant reviews: 
http://www.blogto.com/restaurants

*Don't forget to use your assigned vocabulary words

Some new idioms related to food: (p 159-160)

1) Breadwinners 
2) Bring Home the Bacon 
3) That's a lot of Dough 
4) Let's Get Cooking 
5) There's Trouble Brewing in my office
6) Let's Put It on the Back Burner 
7) Food For Thought 
8)His Bread and Butter. 
9) The Salt of the Earth 
10) Take it With a Grain of Salt 
11) Stirs up 
12) Left a Bad Taste in My Mouth 

New Vocabulary Words

P. 151 


1) Delicacies 
2) Witnessing 
3) Stacked 
4) Shift 
5) Workforce 
6) Phenomenon 
7) Overrun 
8) Core 
9) Intimate 
10) Sit Down meal 

Lychee nuts 
http://www.drgranny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Health-Benefits-of-Lychee.jpg
Snails, escargot 
http://www.grocerycouponnetwork.com/community/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/escargot.jpg
Passion Fruit 
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LFJXL09DWNvkrBGfPOS4dM3IpIglKwxdlfbirtCwAefzZS_vJby2obeN3rZO3QWJzOuvFyAfBBeU3KomUcVNDsZxJysUfAdtc2k2T7Wqv_NUEAJYwAQqlavjTmq9BhRkDigk686hPXU/s1600/passion+fruit2.jpg
Asian Pears 
http://hilthethrill.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/asian_pear11.jpg
Anonas 
http://www.myhealthblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/08-anonas-fruit.jpg
Colombian granadillas 
http://www.neverendingvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/granadilla-570x427.jpg

Vocabulary from the article about the 100 mile diet: 

Peculiar 
Crouching 
Bunchy 
Exploitative 
Plucking 
Ancestors 
Vow 
Virtue 
Lunatic 
Luddite 
Scheme 
Idioms: 
We wasted away 
Patience is a virtue 
In Full Swing 

factors that influence food trends, an article to read

The Six Factors that influence food trends (p 150 in your books)

1) Economic Conditions
2) Faster and Cheaper Methods of Transportation
3) Scientific research
4) Advertising
5) World Cultures
6) Changes in the Workforce

Which two factors have the greatest effect on eating in Toronto?

An article on the 100 mile diet:
http://thetyee.ca/Life/2005/06/28/HundredMileDiet/
1) What is the 100 mile diet?
2) Is it a healthy diet? Why?

a take out menu from a Greek restaurant in Toronto

http://www.santorini.ca/menu.html

An advertisement for frozen food in Toronto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0_NRapPecc (it's not delivery, it's Dellisiso)

"He's not a vampire dad, he's a goth"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_ux2H473I

Unit 8- Goodbye to the Sit Down Meal

New vocabulary words: 

To criticize (verb)
To be critical (adj)
critic (noun)
To support
To be supportive
Meal Preparation=to prepare a meal
a decade=ten years
Take out=food from a restaurant that you order to eat in another place
Plantains

Some new phrasal verbs: 

To Order In
To Throw out
To Throw away
To Throw up
To hang out
To Chill out

Extra links from our discussion

http://mirateno.cl/ (Ivan's hometown, in Chile)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keanu_Reeves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lake_House_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281358/
Please remember to bring food for our potluck tomorrow!

Debate

Please look at the debate vocabulary on page 17:
In two groups, we will be debating our topic in Unit 7.
Please use as much of the new vocabulary as possible to make three arguments.
First debate topic:
Homework as punishment for bad behavior (for ex, 3 or 4 hours in one night)
Second debate topic:
Homework guarantees better grades for students and higher test scores (and more entry into universities and better careers)
Third topic:
Less homework and longer school days would benefit students most

Offering An Opinion

If you ask me
In my opinion
Well As Far As I know
As I See It

Agree:

I couldn't agree more

That's just what I was going to say.

Yes, exactly.

I concur.

I totally agree with you.

Disagree

Maybe, but

You have a good point, but

Yes, but on the other hand...

That's not exactly the way I see it. I think...

Not Giving An Opinion:

I'm not really sure/ I am unsure

I don't know what to think right now.

I haven't made up my mind.

Beats me (informal)

Extra stuff from our in class discussion yesterday

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thesimpsons/seemyvest.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln2930rBisg

New Vocab words from the song:

authentic
Irish setter
African endangered rhino
vampire bat
evening wear
'twas
Grizzly bear
Beret
Poodle
noodle
red robin
loafers
gophers
chauffers
greyhound
fur
tuxedo
matching
clogs

New Vocabulary for Unit 7

Project: With your partner, create a story using your five vocabulary words. (from your flash cards) Perform the story for our class.

Vocabulary Words: (p. 129-130)

Ritual
Advocates
Foundation
Fluctuated
Tangible
Self-esteem
Sacrifice
Duty
Demanding
Monitor
Accountable
Distraught

A new photo of our class! :)

Unit 7- What's the Use of Homework?

Conversation Topic:

What's the best excuse you've ever heard, or told for not doing your homework?

Some examples we gave in class with our partners:

My mom was sick and I had to take care of her.

There was a blackout and the electricity didn't come back on until today.

I had a fever.

It was my father's birthday and we had a party for him that went on until late last night.

I wasn't feeling well.

I sent it to you by email, I don't know why you didn't receive it.

I did do my homework, but I left my notebook at home.

I handed it in, but you lost my assignment.

I had a terrible stomachache.

My bus had a flat tire, so that's why I was late.

My sister drew on my homework.

more vocab from in class discussions

Pg 105 in your texts talks about people in the news, including Bono of U2.
We listened to the lyrics of With or Without You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzeDqRhM09w

More new vocabulary based on the lyrics

Sleight of Hand
Bed of Nails
a Thorn in my side
You give yourself away
If you give a man a fish, you can feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you can feed him for life.

50 Warren Buffet quotes:
http://www.investinganswers.com/education/famous-investors/50-warren-buffett-quotes-inspire-your-investing-2310

Your Presentation on Friday (Unit 6)

Answer these questions with your partner:

1) Which organization did you choose? what is it called? where was it started?
Give us a little bit of information about its history.

2) Why did you choose your organization? Are you passionate about your cause. Tell us why.

3) Has there been any controversy surrounding your organization (for ex, the Peta fur campaign) If so, what?

4) How can we get involved if we want to help with this cause?

Remember: Each group has been assigned four vocab words from Unit 6 (see below)
You must use these words (and you can use more, but 4 is mandatory) as part of your presentation.

New Vocab words for Unit 6

Page 106 in your books:

Cause
Moral
Anonymously
Motivated
Donation
Contribute
Inherit
Passion
Mandatory
Generosity
Fundraiser
Appeals

Page 114

Wealthy
Passionate
Motivation
Catastrophe
Inheritance

Page 116

Freelance
Morality
Rewarding
Under the Radar
Wealth

Unit 6- Giving to Others

New Vocabulary words:

Charity
Charitable
Philanthropist
Philanthropic
Donor
Donation
Donated
to Donate
Volunteer
a volunteer job (adj)
to volunteer (verb)

Your Sentences:

I fancy helping homeless people by creating a philanthropic organization called Hee Jae's House.
I have donated blood twice so I'm philanthropic.
Some companies donate to poor people because they want to have a philanthropic image.

Do you know of any charities for children?
WWF is a charitable organization that helps to diminish animal suffering.

There were a lot of blood donors after the earthquake because a lot of people got injured.
She wore donated clothes after the hurricane.
Many people donated medicine and food to Haiti after the natural disaster.

I think it's a kind of donation to get a volunteer job.
I want to volunteer at a charitable organization.
If you want to be a volunteer, you can get some information at this website: www.canadahelps.org

A great resource for your presentations:
http://www.canadahelps.org/Home.aspx
Choose a cause, and type it into the 'I Want To Give' Section for listings of charities

International Writers

Today, we went on a field trip to BMV books on Edward Street.

http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/pabloneruda.html#anchor_76- Pablo Neruda's poetry

http://www.arabe.cl/chile/cultura/poema20ingles.html - poem number 20

http://students.cs.byu.edu/~hit/neruda_15.htm- poem number 15

http://www.createtoday.com/w/walking-around-pablo-neruda/18267 (Walking Around)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Ji-young (Korean writer Gong Ji Young)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkCHCvcPy9A (the Crucible)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/machado.htm (Machado de Assis, Brazilian author)

http://www.murakami.ch/main_5.html (Haruki Murakami)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Kyung-sook (Shin Kyung Sook)

some photos of us!

Some of Our Sentences with new vocabulary

Team IJ
Team Ramiela
Team A2G

Gorgeous-

Brad Pitt is the most gorgeous man in Hollywood.

Algonquin Park is a gorgeous place to spend the summer.

She is wearing a gorgeous necklace.

Solidarity

Obama has a lot of solidarity from famous people like Oprah Winfrey.

She expressed her solidarity when she sent a lot of medicine to Haiti.

The solidarity of the people who have suffered because of the earthquake is necessary.

Nurturing

Jane was a good, nurturing person when I was sick.

He is living in an assisted living facility because he has no one who is nurturing him.

He is a nurturing man because he is always helping people.

Flamboyant

Cheerleaders are flamboyant because they always wear colorful and shiny uniforms.

My grandmother is wearing a flamboyant hat with fancy jewelery.

I can find you in a crowded place because you are flamboyant.

Some useful websites

www.thesaurus.com
www.dictionary.com

http://www.better-english.com/multiword/amix.htm
http://www.better-english.com/multiword/2bmix.htm

http://language.nuvvo.com/lesson/13001-how-to-write-a-persuasive-letter

Week of April 2nd :)

Welcome to this week of Danila's High Intermediate conversation classes at Quest.
Our topic this week is Longevity:Refusing to be Invisible (Unit 5)
Here are two articles I found related to our unit, about life expectancy in Canada:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/study-says-five-unhealthy-lifestyle-choices-are-killing-ontarians-faster-145726025.html
http://healthblog.ctv.ca/post/The-High-Cost-of-Bad-Habits-with-an-exact-prices.aspx
Our vocabulary words for the week are:
Go In For
Bold
Bitterness
Solidarity
Ensemble
Chapter
Gorgeous
Flamboyant
Brag
Assisted Living Facility
Self-Improvement
Nurturing
They appear on page 87 of our text.
Our other words include:
Anxious
Mourning
Life expectancy
Elderly
Generation
Hotspot
Attendant
Get Together With
Generation
(which appear on Page 93)