Tuesday's Assignment

How do students classify themselves in their country of origin? Do they have a term for poor or rich students? Or smart or silly ones? Or fat or skinny ones? How do you feel about calling or being called a name? How's the situation here in North America? Have you talked to a schoolkid in Canada lately?

Nerds, goths, and Jocks? Take a look, in images and videos!

Here are your tasks:

1. Vocabulary: Getting Childcare
1. Listen, and work on pronunciation--speak out loud. (If you need text-to-speech, try these resources.)
2. Read aloud while a partner checks your pronunciation.
2. Role play: Types of Students
3. Take dictation from 2:23 through 3:05 of this video.
4. Using 10 of the words/expressions you learnt today, write an email to a friend overseas about school life in Canada.
1. Begin your email with "Hi __________, Long time no see!"
2. In the first paragraph, write 3 sentences describing the children and the culture in Canadian schools.
3. In the second paragraph, write 3 sentences describing your thoughts and feelings.
4. Don't forget to sign off.