Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Speaking

1. CLB5S Ask permission from a teacher to hand in an assignment late.
1. Record a voicemail of your request on Chirbit.com.

http://chirb.it/2LHga5

1. Begin with a polite greeting, state your request and good reasons for it. Think of a polite way to end.
2. Ask yourself: Did you provide details and give reasons, and did you use modals with the appropriate level of politeness?

4.Writing:

Writing

CLB5W Write a formal invitation for a group function (such as a company picnic, BBQ or potluck).

1. Have you ever received a formal invitation to a big event? Look at 10 formal invitations here, and write down 5-6 expressions of politeness or formality. These may include unusual adverbs, key nouns and verbs, and passive verb forms. How are they different from an informal invitation?

1-You are invited 

2-Hosted by :

3-Invite you to attend

4-Please join us for ..

5-Come join us 

6.kindly

2.Think of a group function with some details, and write a formal invitation appropriate to that event.

WITH GRATITUDE TO GOD AND TO OUR PARENTS

Invite you to share in the beginning of our new life together

kindly

SAVE THE DATE

SATURDAY MY 9th, 2016

add........................

3.Ask yourself: Did you convey the intended meaning; use language and content appropriate and relevant to the situation; and express main ideas and support them in some detail?

Online Learning Companions (Monday, May 9, 2016)

Listening

1.CLB5L Listen to a phone message from a medical receptionist (Vocaroo) changing the date and time of an appointment

1-Who is this message from, and for whom?

from Jannatan for Tanya2-Write down the old and new appointment information.

Old one was on Saturday, it has been changed to Sep 21 at 3 pm

3-How does the speaker feel? How do you know?

he was sorry,i got it from this sentence: I am afraid that
4-Check your calendar and plan a call-back response. What better date/time can you suggest? What good reason can you give? Write out your notes.

Let me check out my schedule, well, that day is good, but can you change the time to 4 pm ?

 Because I have school at that time and it will take a time to get there.
5-Ask yourself: Did you identify specific factual details and implied meanings; formal and casual style and register; language functions; emotional states from tone and intonation; the situation and relationships between speakers; and feelings such as interest, likes/dislikes, preferences

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Speaking

1.CLB5S Invite a friend, co-worker, or classmate to lunch.

1.First greet each other.

2.Partner A invites Partner B to a lunch on Saturday. B says no and gives a reason, but invites A to lunch the following Saturday. A agrees but wants to understand some detail that is not clear about the lunch (e.g. who all will be there, going dutch, time, venue).

Hamed: Hello Olivia, how are you doing?

Olivia: I'm good,how about you?

Hamed: fine, I've decided to celebrate my birthday at home next Saturday. would you like to come over and celebrate my birthday together.

Olivia: Really? Happy early birthday.I Would like to come but I'm working on weekends.That's why I'm not gonig to make it.

Hamed: Tank you.That's Okay.I Really wanted to see you.

Olivia: Same here, Are you free on Monday? We can get together and I want to take you for a steak dinner.

Hamed: That's nice of you to say.For sure, I'm free on Monday.

Olivia: Okay then see you Monday.

Hamed: See you.

3.End the conversation in a friendly way, and record it the other way as well--i.e. Partner B starts by inviting A to an event on Saturday.

May 4, 2016 Wednesday's Assignment

1. Watch the video, and fill in the blanks below. 
1. Check your answers with 2 classmates.
2. Sing the song by yourself and then together with a partner or two.
2. What differences do men and women have in this song?
1. Discuss your answers with a partner.
2. Write down 10 things that happen when a person has a crush on someone or falls in love. How is it different in a different culture?

1.That person would like to talk about it with her/his friends.

2.That person feels happiness.

3.For that person thinking about them still makes her/his smile.

4.That person will get upset if he/she cant visit him/her for long time.

5.That person always remember important details of her/his life.

6.That person will get excited whenever he/she thinks about her/his.

7.You have a twinge of jealousy when you see them with someone else.

8.That person will get nerves whenever he/she  visit her/his.

9.That person has things for remind of them  whether ,it’s songs or words or particular places.

10.That person feels that he/she is as fortunate as everyone else.

FILL IN THE BLANKS

ELIZA:
I could have danced all night!
I could have danced all night!
And _still__have____begged_____for_____more___ 

I __could_____have_____spread_____my_____wings___
And done a thousand things
I've never done before.

I'll never know __what made it so exciting__;
Why all at once my heart took flight.

I only know when he
__began to dance with me__
I _i could have danced, danced_.......
All night!

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Tuesday's Assignment

1. Watch the video, and fill in the 15 blanks below. 
1. Check your answers with 2 classmates.
2. Sing the song by yourself and then together with a partner or two.
2. What differences do men and women have in this song?
1. Discuss your answers with a partner.
2. Write down 10 differences between men and women, and check them with 2 partners before publishing.

FILL IN THE BLANKS

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Men are so honest, so thoroughly __square_;
Eternally noble, historically __fair__.
Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat.
Why can't a woman be like that?

Why does every one do what the others do?
Can't a woman learn to use her head?
Why do they do everything their __mothers__ do?
Why don't they grow up, well, like their father __instead__?

Why can't a woman take after a man?
Men are so pleasant, so easy to __please__.
Whenever you're with them, you're always at ease.

Would you be slighted if I didn't speak for __hours__?

COLONEL PICKERING:
Of course not.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Would you be livid if I had a __drink__or two?

COLONEL PICKERING:
__(8)nonsense__.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Would you be wounded if I never sent you __flowers__?

COLONEL PICKERING:
Never.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Well, why can't a woman be like you?

One man in a million may shout a bit.
Now and then, there's one with slight defects.
One perhaps whose __truthfulness__ you doubt a bit,
But by and large we are a __marvellous__sex!

Why can't a woman take after a man?
'Cause men are so friendly, good-natured and kind.
A better companion you never will __find__.

If I were hours late for dinner would you bellow?

COLONEL PICKERING:
Of course not.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
If I forgot your silly __birthday __, would you fuss?

COLONEL PICKERING:
Nonsense.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Would you complain if I took out another fellow?

Pickering
Never.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Why can't a woman be like us?

[dialog]

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Men are so decent, such regular chaps;
Ready to help you through any mishaps;
Ready to buck you up whenever you're glum.
Why can't a woman be a chum?

Why is thinking something women never do?
And why is logic never even tried?
Straightening up their hair is all they ever do.
Why don't they straighten up the mess that's __(14)inside__?

Why can't a woman behave like a man?
If I was a woman who'd been to a ball,
Been hailed as a princess by one and by all;
Would I start weeping like a bathtub overflowing,
Or carry on as if my home were in a __tree__?
Would I run off and never tell me where I'm going?
Why can't a woman be like me?

May 2, 2016 Monday's Assignment

Here are your tasks:

1. Watch the video, and fill in the 10 blanks below. 

1. Check your answers with 2 classmates: I did
2. Sing the song by yourself and then together with a partner or two.

What differences in accent from Canadian English can you find in this song? 

Discuss your answers with a partner.

cold. lovely. making. hands. sitting. absolutely.still. head resting.and. she

1. Any additional syllables? (lovely_loverly),(absolutely_absobloominlutely)
2. Any vowel changes? cold,coal,face
3. Any consonant changes?heat, hands,sitting,making.....
1. Write down 10 things that happen when a person has a crush on someone or falls in love. How is it different in a different culture?

FILL IN THE BLANKS

COCKNEYS:
It's rather dull in town.
I think I'll take me to Paris.
Mmmmmm.

The missus wants to open up
The castle in Capri.
Mmmmmm.

Me doctor recommends a quiet summer by the sea.
Mmmm. Mmmm.
Wouldn't it be loverly?

ELIZA:
All I want is a __room__ somewhere,
__far__   away from the cold night air,
With one enormous __chair__.
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?

Lots of __chocolate__  for me to eat.
Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat.
Warm face, warm 'ands, warm __feet__.
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?

Oh, so loverly sittin' absobloominlutely __still__.
I would never budge 'till __spring__
Crept over the windowsill.

Someone's 'ead restin' on my __knee__,
Warm an' __tender__  as 'e can be,
Who takes good __care__  of me.
Oh, wouldn't it be loverly?
Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Another way to maintain a healthy lifestyle is to go for annual checkups with one's doctor. Do you agree? Do you do that?

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Here are your tasks:

1-Vocabulary: A Visit to the Doctor

1.Pick 5 words or expressions to learn for meaning and pronunciation.

 strip down, stethoscope,  particularly, weigh

2.Practise saying them in sentences, and record your sentences on Audioboom.com.

2-Role play: Doctor-Patient Confidentiality

1.Pick 5 new pronunciations you never knew before.

 Hippocratic,divulge, confidentiality, miraculous, ethics

Practise saying them, and read them to a partner, who will check your pronunciation.

Cheng and I practised them

1.Publish your audioboom.com recording with a partner.

https://audioboom.com/boos/4452445-hamed-cheng-taking-care-of-your-teeth

2.Using yesterday's nutritional triptych as a guide, write a dialogue between a patient and a dental hygienist:
1.Work in pairs, with a partner.

Cheng: Welcome! I'm glad you've finally found our dentist hygiene centre. What can I do for you?

Hamed: I need you to help me. I have a terrible toothache.

Cheng: Yeah, we hear that a lot. Have you been in dental in years?

Hamed: No, I have't seen a dentist for 2 years. So what's your advice? 

Cheng: Oh! my God. 2 years! You should get completely check. After that dental hygienist will talk to you.

Hamed: Ok, I will. I knew I'd get the right help from a registered dental hygienist!

Cheng: I'm an experienced dental hygienist with 20 years experience. I'm glad to help you.

Hamed: Tanks

2.Have the patient tell the hygienist about battling plaque.
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3.Then have the patient wonder if that was a full-fledged hygienist.

4.Create a happy ending if you're on the east side of the room, or an unhappy ending if you're on the west side.
5.Publish and perform your dialogue to the class and then as a recording.

6.Read the headline of this article and then look for 5 words or expressions that you've recently learnt.

Friday Assignment, April 8

1.Role play: Reading a World Map
2.Read this article, and in your own words write down 10 facts that you learnt from it.
1.CANADA former prime minister in 1917 was Robert Borden.
2.Turks and Caicos is a British Overseas Territory.
3.Turks and Caicos island include 40 low altitude islands.
4.Turks and Caicos islands located in the Atlantic, southeast of the Bahamas.
5.Turks and Caicos island is tropical region.
6.Canada wanted to adopt Turks and Caicos island.
7. Canada’s former foreign affairs minister was John Baird in 2014.
8.This island is very beautiful, basically located in heaven.
9.The Caribbean island’s Premier was Rufus Ewing in 2014.
10.In the winter Turks and Caicos it’s sunny and 26 degrees Celsius
Scanning: Looking for patterns

1.Google and then click News for "Canada" and "USA." Look at the results on the first page and tell a partner what's most prominent:
EU may require visas from Americans and Canadians: source

2.Google and then click News for "Canada" and the name of another country. Look at the results on the first page and tell a partner what's most prominent.

Canada and Iran ease into a new friendship 

Google and then click News for "Canada" and "United Nations." Look at the results on the first page and tell a partner what's most prominent.
Arms deal by Canadian firm violated international embargo: UN report

Google and then click News for "Canada" and "mountains." Look at the results on the first page and tell a partner what's most prominent.

Parks Canada issues Easter weekend avalanche warning f

Google and then click News for "Canada" and "lakes." Look at the results on the first page and tell a partner what's most prominent.

Mayor will be pushing for Great Lakes cruise ships destination

Google and then click News for "Canada" and "oceans." Look at the results on the first page and tell a partner what's most prominent.

Oceans North Canada calls for Inuit input on Canada's Arctic ...

Google and then click News for "Canada" and any other search item! Look at the results on the first page and tell a partner what's most prominent.

CMHA planning to create 'edible urban forest' in Owen Sound

Tuesday's assignment

The geography of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, covers an area of 630 km² (243 sq mi) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east. In addition to Etobicoke Creek and the Rouge River, the city is trisected by two minor rivers and their tributaries, the Humber River in the west end and the Don River east of downtown. Both flow southward to Lake Ontario at Humber Bay and Toronto Harbour respectively, which are part of the longerWaterfront. The concentration and protection of Toronto's ravines allows for large tracts of densely forested valleys with recreational trails within the city. Approximately 26–28% of Toronto is covered with over 10 million trees,^[1] a fairly high percentage within a large city in North America and there are ambitious proposals to double the coverage.

Passive verbs : pas  (bounded----trisected-----coverd)
Active forms: (bound-----tisect------cover)

1. Check out the grammar in the  paragraph:  


1. Identify all the passive verbs there. 
1. Discuss with your partner why the verbs are in the passive:                                     because the subject of an action is not important as what the subject did 
2. Compare them with the actives:                                                                                             you can see those  above. 
2. Now identify all the prepositions there:                                                                                                         to . the. in. by. of.for,with 
1. Discuss what each preposition is used for :                                                                               to the north. in addition. allows for. part of the longer waterfront. by two minor rivers.                      
2. What verbs are associated with each preposition?                                                          passive verbs
3. What nouns come after each one?                                                                                          
2. Check out the meaning and pronunciation of the paragraph.
1. Write down and discuss your list of the 10 hardest words to read/understand with a partner.                 1.addition
2. trisected
3. densely
4. approximately 
5. recreational
6. ambitious 
7. proposal
8. tributaries 
9. .............
10. Write down and discuss your list of the 10 hardest words to pronounce.                      
11. Take turns reading it to each other.
12. Write a True/False quiz of 5 statements on your blog.
13. Have your partners put their answers in the comments.