Thursday's assignment

Good afternoon everyone,

In order to make our speech/writing more colourful and vivid, we need to learn and practice the use of descriptive adjectives and adverbs.

Click on this link, go over the list there, and then answer the following questions:

Task 1:

Look at this picture below and describe the person in it. You need to describe the surroundings, what she is thinking of, what you think is her emotional state, and what might have been going in her life. Use at least 10 different adjectives/adverbs and make sure to write all in third person speaker (he/she/it).

Task 2:

Ask two of your classmates to proofread it and tell you his/her opinion and then they can add or change anything that they feel is not relevant.

Friday 4th, Field Trip to CBC Sound of the Season

On Friday, we will be going to CBC's Sounds of the Season to enjoy live performances and help our community at the same time.
Check out their website by clicking on this link.
This is an all-day event, but our meeting time is at 10 a.m. However, you are free to go earlier if you want to. The schedule is on their website, so please take some time to check all the events there.

Monday's assignment

Good morning everyone,

Since we are getting closer to the end of 2015, we need to come up with some new year’s resolutions for 2016.

Task 1:

Write one paragraph on your new year’s resolution; what you want to quit or have less of, and what you feel like working on or increasing, and why.

Task 2:

Ask one of your peers to proofread it for you, and then publish on your blog for class and instructor review.

Friday's assignment

Good morning all,

Today we will be working on our pronunciation. Click on this link, listen carefully to all the sounds both the vowels and the consonants, and then follow the following tasks.

Task 1:

Think of at least two examples of each sound you hear and write them down.

Task 2:

Use these words in sentences where you can match two or more sounds together. 

Wednesday's assignment

Good morning everyone,

It is about time to plan your coming presentation. Here is an outline template to help you out with it; fill it out with you group member.

Good luck :)

1.       Introduction

                    I.            Greeting

                  II.            Attention grabber

                III.            Presentation outline

2.       Body

        I.            Main point and examples

      II.            Main point and examples

    III.            Main point and examples

3.       Conclusion

        I.            Restating main ideas

      II.            Closing 

Monday's assignment

PRESENTATIONS

Good morning everyone, hope that you have had a great, productive, and relaxing weekend. This week's theme is Presentations. Presentations help you develop confidence, build self-esteem, get more organized and learn to track your time.

Click on this link  and this link; these are two different presentations; play both and answer the following questions after.

Compare between the two links in the following table:

Criteria	First Link	Second Link
Useful Tips
Dos
Don'ts
Engaging
Helpful
New Vocabulary

Wednesday's assignment

Canada's History

Good morning everyone,

We will start this week by talking about Canada’s history. Click on this link and follow the tasks below:

Task 1:

Read your assigned article and make sure to understand it very well. 

Task 2:

Prepare a very short presentation for the rest of your classmates about the article you have just read.