Monday's Assignment

Today's is our culture show day!

Write a quick explanation to the item you have brought with you. Explain to your peers why you brought this item and what is the significance of it.

Our class pot luck/culture show

Small Business Forum pictures

Meeting at MCC

Followed by lunch at Jack Astor's

Friday's Assignment

Dealing with Culture Shock

Task 1:
Write a two-three paragraph essay describing your experience with culture shock, then list the ways you have personally done or will do or overcome it.

Task 2:
List some strategies/ways/activities you will use or advice a close friend or a family member to do or use in order to reverse any symptoms of culture shock.

Task 3:
Before publishing your experience on your blog, ask two of your peers to edit it for you, and then you can publish it on your blog then.

Wednesday's Assignment

Students Vote

Some people promote themselves to serve the city (or that's what they tell us), and others do so obviously to get rich. Today, we are checking out both kinds of people:

1. Watch the videos on the municipalities and school boards in Ontario. Find the list of candidates running in our Ward. 
2. Vote for the following:

• Mayor
• Councillor
• School Board Trustee

Then write down the reason(s) for your choice on your blog.

Thursday: Field Trip to Small Business Forum

This Thursday's field trip is to an entrepreneurship event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre's SOUTH Building, located just behind CN Tower and Ripley's Aquarium.

Let's meet at noon in front of the Trade Show entrance for a class photo. You may attend the sessions before and after that, or check out the business and learning opportunities at the trade show throughout the day. Some of us might plan to have lunch together after the photo taking.

To get there by 9 a.m., you should get on the  8:05 a.m. train from Don Mills Station. Feel free to arrange to meet and travel together with a classmate!

Tuesday's Assignment

Task 1:

Identify three different uses for the phrasal verb fit in, and then write a sentence to clarify the meaning.

E.g. fit in: to live or work easily with a group of people.

Sentence: I hope I will fit in with my new colleagues at work.

Task 2:

The use of acronyms can be hard to understand sometimes at the workplace if a person is not familiar with the term.

Now complete the chart below; then add any additional acronyms that you have heard in the workplace, street or among your friends. Write example sentences using the acronyms.

Acronym	Meaning	Example Sentence
HR
CEO
ASAP
ROI
CPP
WHMIS
NASA
CSIS
RCMP
RRSP
RESP
TFSA
RBC
CIBC
TD
OAS
OPP

Monday's Assignment

Good morning, everyone,

How to Work Well in Canada is our theme this week. Trying to observe and understand culture is like trying to observe and understand an iceberg. Anyone who is either looking for a job or starting out a new job will require some time to figure out the expectations, culture, and customs of any or prospective workplace.

Task 1:

Look up the meanings of the vocabulary words below.

Aggressive                                     equality                                       rituals  

Annoyed                                       minimize                                       task

Collaborative                                 oblivious                                     valuable

Customs                                         promptness                                values

Embarrassment

Task 2:

Use at least five of these vocabulary words to write an email to a friend describing to him/her the Canadian culture.