Learning the Nursery Rhymes

Okay, some of you wanted to learn nursery rhymes in English this morning. You know, like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Humpty Dumpty.

Well, I just saw this one on a friend's Facebook page:


See if you could take dictation of some of those rhymes sung in a most unusual manner.

And let me know if you still want to learn more nursery rhymes!

Wednesday's Assignment

 

1. Please complete all the corrections on your blog. Also, please email me your confirmation of registration for next Tuesday's Small Business ARTS Forum at NYCC.
2. Discuss The Hunger Project with your partner and recommend ways our class might participate. Record your plans and your partner's on your blog.
3. Does Toronto have any food deserts? Check out this article. Do you agree with the information on the map (compared to the one above)?
4. Role Play with Another Partner: Eating Junk Food

Monday's Assignment

Welcome to a week focusing on Global Issues--Hunger.

1. What is a famine? Find the definition in this resource.
2. Read the information and order a Canadian FoodGrains Bank postcard.
3. Role play with a classmate: Being Hungry and Full

Oh no, what if you forget your elevator pitch?

No worries! Listen to Willie!



Then take dictation of his speech, and use it as a model for your own!

For more interesting LiveLeak videos, check out LiveLeak Freaks or LIKE it in Facebook.

OR ...

Friday's Assignment

What a crazy week it's been meeting some of Canada's famous personalities! Guess which famous Canadian is featured in the following videos:




That's right--A.Y. Jackson, one of Canada's Group of Seven.

Here are a couple of tasks to round things out:

1. Make corrections on your blog--all of them! Use your editing checklist as necessary.
2. Sing this world-famous song (see below) along with Joseph Scriven of Port Hope.
3. Dictation and/or singing on Canadian heroes
4. How might you, your children, or your grandchildren like to contribute to Canada over the next 10 – 20 years? Blog your thoughts!

Wednesday's Assignment

1. Tense Buster: Work on gaps in grammar from bottom
2. Read up on “ordinary,” scientific, and business heroes, one from each category, and tell a classmate what you learnt. Record your summary on Vocaroo.com and post the audio links on your blog.
3. Role play with a classmate: Being Famous and Anonymous.

Free Art of Writing – Creative Writing Workshops for Women

Date:	Saturday, April 20 – Saturday, June 15, 2013
Time:	10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location:	Newcomer Women’s Services Toronto, 745 Danforth Avenue, Suite 401, Toronto Greater Toronto Area

Have you always wanted to write?
Do you sometimes wish you could put some words that you think of on paper?
How would you like to write beautiful words in your language and in English?
Newcomer Women’s Services Toronto (NEW) is pleased to offer creative
writing workshops for newcomer women on Saturday mornings, starting
April 20th, 2013.
Taught by Dr. Althea Prince, who has published 9 books including In
the Black (2012), this 9-week program provides women a supportive
space to write stories that they remember from their childhood and new
stories that they heard or created as adults.
*Participants who do not write in English are encouraged to write in
their original language! – We will provide translators for the
stories. A book of stories will be published at the end of the
program.
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Dates: Saturdays, April 20 – June 15, 2013
Time: 10 a.m. – 12p.m.
Location: 745 Danforth Avenue, Suite 401
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Space is limited, please register by April 12, 2013.
How to register:
Register online at http://storytelling-420.eventbrite.com/ or call
Najma at 416-469-0196
For more information, please contact Najma by phone 416-469-0196 or
email pa@newcomerwomen.org

For More Information

Name:	Najma
Phone:	416-469-0196

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#nowthatchersdead, What's the Use of Punctuation?

Those of you who have ever tweeted or used Twitter will know that a hashtag (#) is used to highlight and index topics of interest.

When this hashtag appeared this morning, it created some confusion: #nowthatchersdead

The topic could have been either

•  #nowthatchersdead = Now that [famous singer] Cher is dead ...

or

•  #nowthatchersdead = Now [former British Prime Minister Margaret] Thatcher is dead ...

Which was the right story? Who, in fact, died?




If you still don't know the answer, check out this Toronto Star article.

Monday's Assignment

Welcome to a week on Famous Canadians!

Who's the genius who put Brad Pitt among the famous Canadians on Google Images?

1. Blog your impressions of the IEP Conference and add pictures. 
2. Read the passage, write down 5 important points, and upload them to your blog. 
3. Watch the video and discuss with your partner whether you agree with the ranking.

Talk about a Reunion: Classmates Old and New at IEP

Our school was well-represented today at the 10th annual Internationally Educated Professionals Conference. Besides the plenary session, there were tracks for professionals in engineering, IT, healthcare, and marketing and communications.

Besides Level 4 - 5, Workplace English were there as well. We saw Reza and wife, as well as Morteza and his wife. The others had their photos taken:

 

Angela, Young, and Lena get the ball rolling!

 

IEP This Friday

This year, the IEP Conference is again held at Metro Toronto Convention Centre's North Building. A 500-metre walk from Union Station, the program starts at 8:30 a.m. and runs through 4:30 p.m. You are encouraged to attend as many sessions as you can.

To get there and back, please make arrangements with your classmates to leave from Don Mills if you're not sure of the TTC and walking routes.

As a class, let's meet together for lunch, discussion, and a group photo around 12 noon just outside the Information and Resources Marketplace (Room 106/107).

We look forward to an enriching and enlightening experience there!