Wednesday's Assignment

What are your greatest concerns about workers' rights in Canada? Is it whether your immigration status as a newcomer is a factor? Are you worried about age or racial discrimination? Is it about holiday pay or overtime work? Or whether you could join a union?

What do you think these people are protesting?

Check out pp. 3 - 6 of this document.

1. Enjoy doing the listening activities there.
2. Discuss whether the publisher is reliable.

Tuesday's Assignment

Should employers allow restaurant staff to split their tips among themselves, or should they take some of it back? What happens in other countries?

Here are your tasks:

1. Video Exercise: Tipping Etiquette
2. Discussion Strips: Tipping
3. Read Tipping FAQ
1. Write 10 T/F statements after reading.
2. Try it out on 2 classmates before editing and posting.

Monday's Assignment

Welcome to Canada! Do you have to do something that hurts your health if your boss says so? Do you have breaks during your work? What about overtime pay? What could happen if you complain? What if you said you'd complain to the government? How different would it be in a different country?

Can you guess the theme for the week?

Here are your tasks:

1. Get registered for Friday's field trip--instructions above.
2. Watch and take notes: Know your rights video
3. Role play: Unsafe Workplaces

Friday's Assignment

As a family member, what is your role in conflicts? Do you bring resolution? Or do you cause new conflicts?

Spot all the mistakes!

Here are your tasks:

1. Listening and Vocabulary: Parenting
2. Role play: Describing Family Relations
3. Follow up on yesterday's presentation:
1. Listen to this lecture that mentions Ritalin and self-control (-42:44 to -28:04). Follow along with the text if necessary.
2. Discuss with a partner in what ways it agrees with yesterday's presentation. Then in what ways it disagrees.
3. Write 5 sentences using modals (with or without negatives) expressing your thoughts and beliefs about conflict resolution in the family.

Thursday's Assignment

What happens when the kids act up? What could you do? Or, not do?

Damned if you don't; damned if you do. You can't win. Feels that way, doesn't it?

Now you know why!

Here are your tasks:

1. Review the attachments for our 1 p.m. Child Welfare workshop.
2. Vocabulary of words in bold: Having a Temper Tantrum
3. Role play: Taking Care of a Willful Child
4. Discuss this claim with a partner: "Willfulness is the root of all evil."
1. Together, write down 3 arguments (sentences) that support the claim and 3 arguments that refute it.
2. Choose a position, either supporting the claim or not.
3. Write a paragraph with a topic sentence clearly stating your position.
4. Add 4 sentences that deal with the arguments you have written.
5. Add a concluding sentence to the paragraph, have a new partner check the work, and then publish.

Materials for the Child Welfare in Ontario Session, May 26, 1 p.m.

Hello all,
Be sure to access the documents here!
Enjoy the goodies!

Wednesday's Assignment

Who does the ironing at home? The dusting? Feeding the kids? Laundry? Cooking?

Are you strict about it? What happens when people don't do their household chores?

Is this you? Discuss with a partner.

Well, find out what the old woman did, who famously lived in a shoe!

Here are your tasks:

1. Vocab of words in bold: Punishing Kids
2. Role play: Being a Strict Parent

Tuesday's Assignment

Welcome back! Hope you had a great Victoria Day long weekend.

First, congratulations to Cheng and Sally for completing their 25 portfolio tasks! It was not an easy feat, and they have done well in finishing six tasks for each of the four skills plus an About Me section. But all of you who did your tasks the best you could can celebrate--keep up the great work!

More pictures here!

We have just one more thing to do for the tasks--please add your Self-Assessment and Reflection on at least one task of each skill--one or more for Listening, one or more for Speaking, etc. All you need to do is to click on the edit pencil icon, copy the instruction for the task (L/S/R/W), and write in your assessment and reflection.

When you're done, click below for today's assignment:

See you back on Tuesday, May 24

Why might she have thought that?

Daily Assignments May 9 - 20

Good morning!

These two weeks we review our class policies and maintain a two-week focus on our e-portfolios.

Those who attend regularly and finish their work best will be rewarded!

If you have any suggestions or comments, do share them below.

Friday May 13th Field Trip: Free Concert at RTH

With Gaby and friend Angela, Tina, Xiaoyun, Meizi, Xinyang, Cheng, and Alaa. More pictures here.

For one of the last free noon-hour concerts of the season, we'll be heading to Roy Thomson Hall on Friday to enjoy some stunning organ music and the Toronto Mass Choir. To get there on time, do plan to leave no later than on the 10:27 a.m. train from Don Mills Station. Those who gather and enter together by 11:15 a.m. could sit together throughout the concert.



You are welcome to bring older children and adult friends and family, and do remember to maintain good concert etiquette.

At the end of the concert, let's meet at the entrance for a group photo and perhaps head out to lunch together.
Don't forget to post your comments before and after the concert below!