Wednesday's Assignment

Welcome to the language tasks for today:

1. Role Play: Being Rich and Poor
2. Speaking: Record your role play on Vocaroo.com and embed it in your blog. You may need to borrow headphones with a mic from another classmate to record your voice. If you need help, some of our senior classmates can help you--Katie, Lena, Yoo Lee, who else? :D
3. Research: What are the best phone and data plans available now in Toronto? Create a table in MS Excel and paste the results on your blog.

1. Role Play: Reducing Household Expenses
2. Listening and Vocabulary: Restaurant Guide
3. Writing: Update your blog with details of deals from your last field trip and from your writing exercise this morning.

Honouring the Honest: Field Trip to Mirvish Village and Korea Town

UPDATE: Check out Chang's professional pictures on his blog!

Shawn, Javid, Susannah, Annie H., Lena, Vahideh, Yoo Lee, Ying, Chang, Lisa, Kole, Ding, Lily, and their kids hoping to "Payless For Every thing"

Surrounded by discount shops of every kind, some openly proclaiming "Payless For Every thing" in broken English, Honest Ed's warmly welcomed our class to its Mirvish Village/Korea Town neighbourhood. Some of us rode the subway together from Bayview, but others came on their own or drove over. Upstairs, downstairs, and into the basement we went, and some came out laden with all sorts of interesting wares--toys, batteries, glue, lightbulbs, and even a water-dispensing hardhat.

Those who could stayed for lunch. I hope everyone had a good start to the weekend!

More pix and a vid below ...

Wednesday's Assignment

Today's assignment is two-fold. While some of us work on computers, the others make phone calls.

  

PHONE

1. Call 211 to ask about the nearest food bank or free dental clinic to your home.
2. Call 311 to ask about hockey or ice skating courses in your area.

COMPUTERS

1. Update your blog with your writing exercises from this week.
2. Research: Make a bucket list of Fun Guide courses for your family in the fall, noting the 7-digit course codes. Publish the list to your blog.
3. Listening Comprehension: Leisure Activities

Monday's Assignment

Welcome to a week on Recreational Facilities in Toronto!

1. Research: Check out Toronto’s rec facilities, and plan a class field trip using this checklist. Publish your plan on your blog.
2. Role play with a partner: Supplies for Outdoor Recreation
3. Update your blogs with the field trip report on the AGO visit.
4. Reading: Check out these guidelines (Thanks to Shankari Belandra's presentation today!):

Resource Language Get the guidelines Order free

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for the Early Years 0-4 English Français Other View guidelines online Free PDF Download Purchase Online Purchase by Fax/Mail Ontario BC Manitoba

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Children 5-11 years English Français Other View guidelines online Free PDF Download Purchase Online Purchase by Fax/Mail Ontario BC Manitoba

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Youth 12-17 years English Français Other View guidelines online Free PDF Download Purchase Online Purchase by Fax/Mail Ontario BC Manitoba

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Adults 18-64 years English Français Other View guidelines online Free PDF Download Purchase Online Purchase by Fax/Mail Ontario BC Manitoba

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults 65 years and older English Français Other View guidelines online Free PDF Download Purchase Online Purchase by Fax/Mail Ontario BC Manitoba

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines – All five info sheets in one file English Français Other View guidelines online Free PDF Download

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines – Scientific Statements (Download only) English Français Early Years 0-4 years Children 5-11 years Youth 12-17 years Adults 18-64 years Older Adults 65 years and older All five in one file

Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines – Additional resources (Download only) English Français Backgrounder Backgrounder - Early Years (0-4 years)Physical Activity Guidelines Q&A's Glossary (HTML)

Friday's Assignment

Yay, we're moving! Welcome to the last class on tenancy and all.

1. Update your blogs with the field trip report on the AGO visit. Some of you may want to check out this blog and your classmates' blogs and then create your first blog.
2. Research and discuss: Compare the information at the Ontario and Toronto Tenants’ websites and discuss it with a partner. Which is better?
3. Role play with a partner: Getting Rid of Bugs and Rodents

Heat Alert? We Safely Are Holed Up in the AGO!

Tina, Basma, Ying, Judy, Susanna, Glory,  Chang, Lisa, Anna, Javid, and some of their kids all raring to go!

Funny picture! Why not, while waiting for three more.

Here they come! Lena, Katie, and Vahideh, the horned ones, finally show up.

While the city baked in the 32-degree heat, the bunch of us took cover in the depths of the Art Gallery of Ontario on a guided tour of all things beautiful. It was a good way to cap off our week of studying some of Canada's most famous artists--Krieghoff, Tom Thomson, The Group of Seven, and Emily Carr. Do add your comments below, or better yet, update your blog with your story about the field trip!

More pictures and stuff below:

Suman's Board

For those of you who missed out on the Writing Workshop this morning, here's a recap of the board.

Don't forget to do your editing handout!

What a blessing to have qualified and willing volunteers in our class! Thank you, Suman.

LINC Options Available

Life sometimes dictates the paths we take, and one person's path to language proficiency may not be another's. What other paths are there available for those who cannot attend LINC class fulltime?

Part-time LINC classes, of course!

Following are some possibilities to explore:

Wednesday's Field Trip: AGO

Our field trip at the Art Gallery of Ontario on Wednesday begins at the gallery at 10 a.m.

Those who want to take the subway together can meet at 9 a.m. on Bayview Station's Southbound Platform and leave by 9:10 a.m. Everybody is to meet at the gallery's entrance at 10 a.m.

Please note the Gallery Guidelines regarding cell phones, food and drinks, photo taking, and baby strollers. Make sure you're wearing comfortable walking shoes!


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Monday's Assignment

Welcome to a week on tenants' and landlords' rights!

Some tenants know their rights.

1. Start your own blog at blogger.com and email me your new blog URL (???.blogspot.ca).
2. Look up some of the answers on morning worksheet in the CLEO booklet. 
3. Listen, and role play with a Partner: Renting an Apartment
4. Research: Compare the best deals at Kijiji and Craigslist for a room nearest to school. Discuss with a partner, and post the links to your blog.
5. Reading, Listening, and Vocabulary: Sharing an Apartment

Friday's Assignment

This rounds out our week of looking at Canadian national unity through the eyes of her artists.

Michael Snow's installation at Eaton Centre

1. Research: Check out Norval Morrisseau's pictures and compare them with Cornelius Krieghoff's and the Group of Seven's. Write a paragraph of 5 - 6 sentences to compare and contrast those pictures. Feel free to insert pictures.
2. Reading and Writing: Read your classmates’ blogs and leave a nice comment on at least 3 of them.
3. Dictation: Watch this video, and write down one sentence that impressed you.
4. Role Play with a Partner: Understanding Modern Art
5. Reading and Speaking: Record your reading of your blog post on Vocaroo.com, and embed it in your Lauren Harris post.
6. Listening and Vocabulary: At the Art Exhibition

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Getting the withdrawals from not being able to connect with your class this July vacation?

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Monday's Assignment

Welcome, and welcome back to school! This week, our theme is Canadian Culture & Society—National Unity (Through Its Artists) .

1. Connect your mobile device to this blog using the QR code (above). 
2. Explore this blog, focusing on Resources, Policies, and Your Classmates' Blogs. Start your own blog if you haven't done so already. 
3. Check out this map, and add detail to our earlier handout of the blank map of Canada.
4. Reading/Listening: Watch the video, and discuss with a partner exactly how many sentences the National Anthem comprises
5. Blog writing: Write about your first day in LINC or your July vacation.

Canadarm, the telephone, and thumb-wracking Blackberries--what else has this one thing in common?

 

But here are 19 more things invented in Canada!

 

 

And a whole bunch more ... check them out at this brain-flossing website!