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!
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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
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
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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
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
Friday, May 4, 2012
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
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
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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
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
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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.
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
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
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