Happy Wednesday!

Just 1 1/2 hours away, the world takes in a spectacle:



Enjoy the rest of nature's art here! Then enjoy the manmade stuff on Friday.


If you haven't signed up for the IEP Conference on April 11, be sure to do so right away.

Tuesday's Assignment

Welcome back!

 

Here are your tasks:

1. Watch the first video without CC and take dictation from 3:30 - 3:40. Click CC or this to check your answer.
2. Practise this dialogue with a partner, and perform it to another pair of partners. If it's cool, make an audioboo.fm recording and put it on your blog with a link back to the eslpod.com dialogue.

 

Monday's Assignment

Bonjour! Welcome to a week on paying taxes in Canada!

And here are your tasks for this afternoon:

1. Complete your work from the morning if you haven't done so already.
2. Watch this video and write down the names of Canada’s Group of Seven. Take notes on each of them.
3. Post your notes with a sample picture by one of Canada's artists on your blog.

You may find these a little taxing, but your tasks for this morning are:

1. Complete this Speaking Task.
2. Complete this Listening Task.
3. Complete this Reading Task.
4. Complete this Writing Task.

 This Friday, we have a field trip made possible by our provincial taxes! Guess what this place is:



We'll be leaving at 9:30 a.m. from Don Mills Subway Station. Let's meet outside the coffeeshop in Don Mills Station about 10 minutes before that, and head off to St. Patrick Subway Station.

Recognize any faces? Check out these photos from last year's trip!

Friday's Assignment

How many other famous college dropouts do your know?

Here are your tasks for this afternoon:

1. Write about your field trip yesterday. Check each other’s work using the editing checklist before publishing.
2. Read point number 8 in this article. Discuss with a partner.

Brrrrrutal Field Trip

What a field trip it was!

Braving winds of about minus 20 degrees C and heading in the direction of the UofT's Visitor Centre, we began our cycles of hot and cold, in and out of buildings in one college or another in different parts of the city, led by our indefatigable guide, Stephanie.

All smiles despite the challenges

Amazing survivors Yang, Chang, Teresa, Rui, Feng,  Ling, Haider, Li, Salim, Hamidreza, Mehran, Fahimeh, Aswathi,  Esmail, someone hiding behind Esmail (shh, it's Harpreet), and Yasmin (with Mohammadali on the way!)

Wednesday's Assignment & Thursday's Instruction

BRR ... IT'S EXTREMELY COLD AND ONLY GETTING COLDER--SO BUNDLE UP!!

Departing Thursday morning from the Southbound Platform of Sheppard Yonge Subway Station at 10 a.m. Please get there 10 minutes ahead of time. The guided tour of St. George Campus starts at 11 a.m.

Tuesday's Assignment

Welcome to another day learning about post-secondary education in Ontario.



Here are your tasks:

1. Take dictation of the following audio:

Audio and voice recording >>

1. Then write your answers next to the questions. Check with two partners before publishing on your blog.
2. Listen to this conversation on intelligence. Take notes and practise, first by yourself and then with a partner. Finally, record your conversation with your partner on audioboo.fm.

Check the answers to number 1 below:

Monday Afternoon's Assignment

 

1. Listen to the following: Starting a new school year. Take notes. Practise the conversation with a partner. Then record your conversation with your partner on audioboo.fm and embed or post the link on your blog.
2. Blog: Post in point form the educational planning options you learnt from this morning. Peer check before posting. If you have the time, write about the ski trip or what you did last week and check before posting. Include some pictures!

Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Day ... Happy Valentine's Day!

Feeling sore this morning? Anyway, hope everyone had a great time! And look forward to seeing you on Feb 24th all rested up!

Who's that in snowshoes?

Somebody just baked a big pizza!

Yay! Energy levels still high!

Friday's Field Trip Is On!

So get into some snowpants (I'll bring some along just in case), bundle up, bring some snacks and a good camera (since Chang may be too busy to take pictures!), drive safely, and--God willing--we'll have a great time there! It may even snow!

See you at Earl Bales Ski and Snowboard Centre, off Bathurst St at the end of Raoul Wallenberg Rd.

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Thank you, Nina, for the JSW!

Nina has ably conducted a customized version of the Job Search Workshop, which we hope would be very useful to us all. Wouldn't you want to record your thanks and comments below (under Comments)?

In addition to the classroom work, Nina has requested that the following resources be shared:

1. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3366112/LINC/Nina%20-%20making%20the%20connection.doc
2. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3366112/LINC/Nina%20-%20master%20inventory.doc
3. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3366112/LINC/Nina%20-%20My%20Occupation%20Research.doc

Thank you very much, Nina!