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Good afternoon!

For our radio listening exercise, here's an excerpt from 680news this morning.

1. Listen once through, keeping an eye on the handout.
2. Listen again, stopping and rewinding as necessary to fill in the blanks.
3. Check with a partner. And fill in the blanks in a different colour.
4. Take a picture of your completed sheet.
5. Publish your handout on your e-portfolio (blog).

Good morning! Welcome back!

This morning we have two main things to do:

1. Read up on Class Policies and Your Online Learning Companions. You can click on the links or look up at the bar of pages at the top of this blog.



Don't take too long to finish, like this guy. When does he finish writing his report?

1. State your response and suggestions to the Class Policies under its Comments section at the bottom of the page.
2. In the Learning Companions page, copy all the questions under "About Me Section" onto your blog and begin answering them on your blog. For some of the questions, you may need to answer them at the end of this week!
2. Write 10 sentences about your March Break. Organize the sentences into paragraphs either logically or chronologically. To help you think of what to write, use WH questions like What, Who, When, e.g. What did I do on Tuesday?
1. Use the editing checklist to check your own work first.
2. Offer your new friends to check their work, but introduce yourself first.
3. Publish your work and mention who helped you to check.

ANSWERS TO RADIO LISTENING:

WEATHER

• Now: Downtown 1C, feels like -4C; Sun-cloud, guaranteed high of 4C
• Tonight, low -2C
• Tomorrow: showers, with flurries, high of 8C
• Wednesday: snow, high of 4C

TRAFFIC TROUBLE ONLY

• Gardiner W Strachan all cleaned up, traffic still slow from Spadina
• Gardiner E slow Parkside past Dufferin, maintenance crew in left lane
• DVP a little busy top end
• 401 in good shape
• Hwy 27 S closed from Dixon to Eglinton, fatal crash investigation
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1. Mark Feldsteins and Associates, tax and accounting
2. BMO wealth management
3. Godaddy.com online store/blog/brand/domain name/email
4. Active Green and Ross - Michelin tires on sale
5. Divorce Angels
6. Manulife One - cashback
7. Lexus from Northwest Nexus - X4
8. Canadian Forex - international money transfers
9. Mercedes Benz - 3 mths payment waived, 0.9% lease

GENERAL NEWS

Toronto

• wintry spring, rain, snow, 10 cm
• Murder in Markham construction site

USA

• Rabbis to walk out on Trump
• Bernie Sanders to Washington State
• NY State wealthiest ask to pay 1% more to improve bridges and infrastructure
• Gawker lawsuit from Hulk Hogan

Sports

• Blue Jays vs Tigers on Friday
• Raptors doing their jobs
• Curling Women - vs Russia
• NFL meetings on safety, video reviews
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JJJ
BUSINESS NEWS

• TSX up 14 points to 13,513
• Wall Street Dow down 18 points to 17,583
• S&P500 down 5 points to 5,043
• NASDAQ down 3 points to 4,792
• Valiant Pharmaceuticals CEO Michael Pearson stepping down, shares up 10% after falling 61% last week
• Oil up 8 cents to $39.52 per barrel
• Natural gas lower by 3 cents $1.85
• Gold down by $9.20 to $1,235
• Canadian dollar/loonie down 4/10 of a cent 76.48 cent US
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