Thursday, April 21, 2016

Thursday's Assignment

Besides diet, flossing, and annuals, what else is essential to a healthy lifestyle?

Does anyone else you know exercise so vigorously? What other great ideas on physical exercise can you find here?

Here are your tasks:

1. Reading: Find clues here as to what Her Majesty the Queen does for exercise. Discuss your answer with a partner.
2. Vocabulary: Walking or Running as Exercise
1. Learn 5 words or expressions for meaning and pronunciation.
2. Make sentences with them, have a partner check your reading of those sentences.
3. Record them on Audioboom.com, and check at least 5 other classmates' recordings.
3. Role play: Childhood Fitness
1. Practise aloud by yourself, and find 5 words that are most commonly mispronounced (e.g. "Ob City" or "opposite," instead of "obesity.")
2. Practise with a partner, focusing on correct pronunciation of those 5 words.
3. Record with your partner on Audioboom.com those 5 words, followed by the whole dialogue.
4. Write a list of 10 Dos and Don'ts on exercise and fitness for your family. For example:
• Wear good tennis shoes to avoid getting blisters.
• Don't do high-impact workouts to avoid getting shin splints.

Find clues here

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is often photographed still riding her horse. 

I believe her exercising these days is limited to long walks with her dogs which is more than most people her age do.

Vocabulary: 

psyched

He looks psyched.

blister

When you try new tennis shoes, you may get blisters.

work up a sweat

From now on, I'm ready to work up a sweat.

Pick up the pace

If you want to increase your  heart rate you should pick up the pace.

maintain a low-impact workout

It’s important that we start slowly and maintain a low-impact workout. 

to stretch and to warm up

Before we start exercise, it’s a good idea to stretch and to warm up to avoid injuries

https://audioboom.com/boos/4464599-walking-or-running-as-exercise

Childhood Fitness

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Wednesday's Assignment

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

Did you chuckle at this cartoon? What else tickles you on this search?

Here are your tasks:

1. Vocabulary: A Visit to the Doctor
1. Pick 5 words or expressions to learn for meaning and pronunciation.
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.
2. Practise saying them, and read them to a partner, who will check your pronunciation.

Vocabulary: 
1.put   off 
2.annual physical, yearly check- up
3. be getting around sth
4.check-in at the receptionist desk
5.takes one's temperature and blood pressure
6.examination room, sit on the exam table
7.to show up
8.stethoscope
9.breathe in and out
10.orders a blood test 
11.abdomen
12.HMO card
13.down the hall

Role play:
to divulge any sensitive information
breach doctor-patient confidentiality
hippocratic Oath to do no harm
adhere to the spirit of 
sit my patient down

Friday's Assignment-Friday, April 8, 2016

Friday, April 8, 2016

Friday's Assignment

After you see today's assignment, you might exclaim, TGIF!

Think about your view of Canada before coming here. How was it similar or different from this:

Here are your tasks:

Role play: Reading a World Map
Read this article, and in your own words write down 10 facts that you learnt from it.
       1.Turks and Caicos islands are very beautiful beaches.

       2.The federal NDP may debate if Canada will adopt Turks and Caicos as  Canadian 11th province.

       3.This conversation can back in 1917.

       4.Turks and Caicos is a British Overseas Territory .

       5.Former prime minister Robert Borden asked Great Britain to give the islands.

       6.Turks and Caicos is comprised of 40 low-lying coral islands in the Atlantic, 

       7.Turks and Caicos is in southeast of the Bahamas. 

       8.The Caribbean island’s Premier, Rufus Ewing, was open to this conversation in 2014.

       9.Canada’s former foreign affairs minister John Baird sunblocked the idea of a tropical Canadian province.

       10.It’s sunny and 26 degrees Celsius in Turks and Caicos right now.

Scanning: Looking for patterns
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.

 Canada beats United States for gold at women's hockey worlds.

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.

The Bank of Canada remains surprisingly bullish on China in spite of widespread investor angst about slowing growth.
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.

Canada calls on UN to review Palestine human rights appointment 
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.

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.

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.

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.

April 18, 2016 Monday's Assignment

Here are your tasks:

1. Vocabulary: Fad Dieting
1. Copy out key phrases and words, and use them in sentences.
2. Record those sentences on Audioboom.com.
2. Role play: Eating Unhealthy Foods
1. Practise alone and then with a partner.
2. Record your work.

1.don’t look so hot

 She doesn’t look so hot.

2.perfectly

He's perfectly fine.

3.grouchy

The old man grew grouchy.

4.diet

He is on diet.

5.pop pills

He is popping pills.

6.shed a few pounds

She is in for shedding a few pounds.

7.fad diet

She likes fad dieting.

8.onto

we got onto the train.

9.guarante

we offer a 10-year guarantee against rusting.

10.slimmer

There was just a slim chance of success.

11.infomercial

She dosen't like infomercials.

12. be scientifically proven

It  was scientifically proven.

13.lose weight

She 'd like to lose weight.

14.make fun of it

The boy went to the zoo to look around and make fun of it.

15.bleeping

That fact stoped his bleeping mind.
https://audioboom.com/boos/4452704-fad-dieting-new-words
https://audioboom.com/boos/4452727-eating-unhealthy-foods

Tuesday's Assignment-April 19, 2016

Tuesday's Assignment
Now that we've taken a bite at dieting, let's chew on the topic of dental hygiene.
Where's the humour in the cartoon? Can you find a funnier cartoon from among these?
Here are your tasks:
1.Role play: Taking Care of Your Teeth
    1.Publish your audioboom.com recording with a partner.
https://audioboom.com/boos/4452536-taking-care-of-your-teeth
https://audioboom.com/boos/4452615-taking-care-of-your-teeth-with-partner

    2.Then take dictation of the longest sentence as a Comment on a partner's blog.
https://audioboom.com/chenghuang

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.

       2.Have the patient tell the hygienist about battling plaque.

       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.

Dialogue:
Hygienist: Welcome to the Dental Preventive Care Center. What can I do for you?

Patient:    I need your help  for battling plaque. It made me crazy.

Hygienist: How often do  you do  dental cleaning ?

Patient: I seldom  do  that.Because I don't like the machine of dental cleaning to scrape against my teeth. 

Hygienist: Ooh? that's  too bad. You should  floss every day and rinse your mouth with mouthwash to keep your teeth and gums healthy. Also you’re supposed to get a dental cleaning  twice a year.

Patient:Really? I haven't heard that before. Do you have other ways to remove them fast? Can I take any medicine?

Hygienist:  You don't need to take medicines. You really should get that checked out. Do you want me to make an appointment for you?

Patient: Are you a full-fledged hygienist? 

Hygienist:  I don't have my registered hygienist designation yet. Hopefully by the end of the year. 

Patient: Hmm. Then I will make an appointment next year.  

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

       1.has yo-yo dieted  
              2. have piled on the pounds
              3.is struggling to stick to any sort of diet or exercise
              4.to slim down
              5.a cycle of trying to lose weight

Tuesday's Assignment- April 12, 2016

1.Abuyahya Yusuf.
Yusuf  Abuyahya.
2.St., Toronto 8Y9 M2J Yonge 660-145 ON.
660-145 Yonge St. Toronto ON, M2J 8Y9.
3.cheque registered Please address. the to my send .
 Pleas send the cheque to my registered address.
4.holder account I'm a policy of RRSP investment #90245, and I cancel would away. like to the policy right  
I'm a policy of RRSP holder, and I would like to cancel the investment#90245 right away
5.2016 12, April. 
 April 12,2016
6.you. Thank. 
Thank you
7.CANCELLATION RRSP WITHDRAWAL AND.
CANCELLATION AND WITHDRAWAL RRSP.
8.Broker, Dear.
Dear Broker.
9.regards, Best
Best regards.
10.Home a I need under Buyers' Plan. it for deposit the.
I need a Buyers' Home Plan for the deposit under it.

pre-trip activities for Thursday's Field Trip-April 14, 2016

What are three rules of etiquette at any concert?

1. Sit quietly and wait for the concert to begin and during the performance.

2. Applaud after each full piece of music has been completed.

3.Cell phones should be turned off or to mute.

4.f you must get up to leave during a concert, do so only at the end of a groups performance or between pieces. It is best if you stay for the entire concert.

5. IPlease use discretion in taking photos. Flash photos during a performance are extremely distracting for all.

6. Please remove all hats.

What instrument or performance would you expect to see at the concert?

piano

What time does the concert begin?

12 p.m

Who's the performer?

aKaraKara Huber

What do you hope to take away from the free concert?

Take some some photos about field performance.

Who's leaving from Don Mills Station on Thursday, and at what time?

It's me and Ling.At 1:10pm or so.

Which of the other places on the itinerary interests you, and why?

Perhaps any of them.Becuuse they are all fresh for me.

What's the weather going to be like on Thursday?

sunny

What would you advice your classmates to bring on Thursday?

bring camera

Who's your lunch partner on Thursday?

Ling Li

checklist-April 11,2016

My Second Presentation

My Introduction

Hi, there! Show time again! Several days ago, I attended a lecture about how to introduce yourself in a job interview. Today I prepared my introduction for practice. Now, let me start.

 I’m Xinyang, Zheng. I’m a computer network professional, specialized in computer network cabling and network maintenance for 22 years.

My jobs responsibilities have been involved in 1 .computer DIY technician, 2. computer sale service engineer, 3. computer parts cooperation agent, 4. network maintenance and software development engineer, in China. I’m very strong in hardware mounting and maintenance, software debugging and development, network cabling and supervising. I’m good at taking along with team colleagues, communicating with clients, and fulfiling tasks independently. Besides, I have bachelor degree for Archives Management, master degree for command automatization in China. Therefore, I made a lot of profits for the companies I served.

To be an engineer was my dream when I was a student. I did it. But now, it has been my new dream since I landed here two months ago. As for me, to be an engineer is honourable and more Canadian.

That’s all. To do a good introduction, I summarized ‘Three Abouts’ and ‘Two Practices’.

1.   About Tense. ‘Used to be or used to do’, sounds what you have or did is to o old. Try to use present tense is better.

2.   About Time. Limit talk time less than 2 minutes. This can ensure all you are saying be focused on.

3.     About Structure. There’s a classic expression. Fist paragraph, define your career and what you are specialized in. Second paragraph, describe your values. Try to stress on work experience, skills, accomplishments, education, etc. Last paragraph, is conclusion. It includes your goals and passion for this job. You can tell an interesting story about this.

Two practices:

When you finish the writing,

1.     practise using key words describe yourself and revise the writing necessarily until you satisfy.

2.     practise writing down accomplishments, then recite them. 

Wednesday's assignment

Wednesday's assignment

Look at the map of Toronto. Can you find where you live?

Now go to google.com and type in your address.  

Find your neighbourhood, maybe your house.

Identify places of interest in your neighbourhood.

1) Find a partner!

Where does your partner live?

24 leith hill road

Write down the information in 4 or more sentences.

Cheng lives in 24 leith hill road.

2) Remain in pairs.

Let's go outside your neighbourhood. Think of a place of interest you have visited in Toronto.

Find the place on google.com. Describe your experience.
In this March Break, I got a special tour with my family. We went to The Legislative Assembly of Ontario. We discovered the Legislative Building and learned about parliament through a special program. The program was fun and interactive . It included a mock debate, a chance to dress up and a scavenger hunt, etc. To my surprise, in China such kind of places are not open for the public.I think this is a effective way to popularize laws and improve  everyone 's legal consciousness.


3) Interview some of your fellow students. See if you can come up with 5 interesting places in Toronto. Write them down. 
Present to the class.
Cheng likes ONk Science Centre.Emma likes Toronto Zoo. Gasia likes Fairview Mall

Watch the video below.

Watch it at least 3 times.
What is the video about? Take some notes.

   

1) Let's talk about it.
Anything familiar?

2) You will be given the video script.
Work with your classmates to complete the script.

3) Circle any word that you don't understand or is new to you.

Can you write a summary of what you saw in the video?  
We will do this together in class.

meet Wally

Monday, April 4, 2016

Monday's Assignment

Monday Afternoon: Meet Wally!



Find Wally in this picture:

1. Write a short list of directions on how to find Wally.

Wally is near to the centre of picture, behind a lady with a shovel in her hands whose skirt is green . 

1. Sit with a partner and give directions on finding Wally in these pictures.

Friday's Assignment

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Friday's Assignment

Welcome back! Hope you had a wonderful time yesterday at DBAF!

For all the pictures and more, log in to this FB album.

Here are your tasks:

1. What tense would you expect to use to make your report? Complete and answer the following questions with a partner:



Click to watch the MicroSkills and Bayramov families in action!

1. Who came to the  DBAF yesterday?

Some of my classmates and schoolmates came there.

1. How long did you stay there?

I had been there for 3 hours.

1. When did you get to the museum?

I got there on 11 o'clock or so.

1. What did you feel about the pictures?

Those pictures made me go into  colorful  world.I liked them.

1. What did your partner say about the pictures?

She said, the artist was great and the style of the pictures fit adults.

1. Which painting or photograph made you excited?

Several landscape works did make me excited.they had different character and charm.

1. Would you recommend your friends to visit there?

Certainly!

1. Would you visit the museum again?

Maybe I will do next month.

1. How could Durdy Bayramov Art Museum attract more people??

Maybe some special  programs with interesting themes should be put out.

1. In what way has your view of art affect your life?

I think that views of art can arouse  romance, happiness and other passion that will affect you.

1. Record report of the field trip on audioboom.com, and publish it on your blog. DO NOT type or write it out. Just speak out your answers. You may use the above questions to guide your speech.

https://audioboom.com/boos/4376712-my-field-trip-to-the-museum

1. Listen to at least 3 classmates' reports. For each report, write a comment that includes:
1. Three facts they mentioned
2. Three facts they did no mention
3. What you liked about their report
4. What they could work on to improve

If there's time, check out the comments, write out the best suggestions, and make a Version 2 of your audioboom.com report. Also, don't forget to tag yourself in the pictures on Facebook!