Sounds of the Season 2015

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

Hope you have a good time there! I'm taking a sick day; sorry I can't join you. But please take a nice group picture if you can, and share it on Facebook, okay?

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.

Thursday's Assignment

Good morning! Having seen the historical and popular Christmas, how about the commercial one?

Here are your tasks:

1. Role play: Boxing Day Sales
1. Do it aloud.
2. Practise with a partner aloud.
3. Record a chirbit.
2. Group writing of 3 sentences each: 1. Graph 1 2. Graph 2.
1. Make sure to discuss in a group of 3 or 4.
2. One person will write down a list of 6 points.
3. One will talk about Graph 1 while the others help.
4. Another will talk about Graph 2 while the others help.
5. If there's a fourth team member, that person will check the writing by sitting next to the writer.
3. Copy out the headline and subheads of this article.

Wednesday's Assignment

So, besides Christmas, which we've looked at over the last couple of days, what else do Canadians celebrate? Imagine being Santa Claus and arriving in a home that doesn't celebrate Christmas:

Why is this picture funny? Identify some of the objects you see in this picture.

Here are your tasks:

1. Role play: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa
1. Learn the vocabulary, using a good online text-to-speech resource. Can you recommend one? How about any of the following?
1. From Text to Speech: speed, voices
2. ReadSpeaker TTS + accents
3. Text2Speech: simple choices
2. Then do the usual, practising speaking aloud and getting a partner to practise with.
3. Do you think it's ok to mix up various traditions? With your partner, write a 10-line dialogue using the vocabulary you have learnt. Feel free to include a chirbit.
2. Listen and take notes: Hanukkah for Kids.
1. Discuss in groups of 4 or more how historical Hanukkah is.
2. Publish your findings.