Wednesday, March 27, 2013

130 HOMEWORK

MEDIA 1-3  EXERCISE 1

FINISH THE SAMPLE SENTENCES FOR THE LINKING DEVICES


Rock and Roll Education

Lesson One
David Bowie


Monday, March 18, 2013

AM 130 HOMEWORK

Follow the link and read the story.  Be prepared to discuss the story and its plot/themes in class tomorrow.

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1wQZVLGWOa8mxFgGgOtNlknQJyZoTALjdbs7lCF2ukJE/edit



The Lottery

Before discussing the following questions, ensure that you and your partner(s) agree on the details of the story.  What is the lottery?  Why do the townspeople do it every year?

1.  How does this story explore the theme of conformity?  Is the story symbolic?  Is it telling us something about ourselves?

2.  How do the commonplace details of life and folksy language of the characters contribute to the impact of the story?

3.  Why have some other villages given up this practice?  Why hasn’t this village done so?

4.  What is the significance of Tessie’s final scream “It isn’t fair.  It isn’t right!”  What aspect of the lottery is she challenging?

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Thursday, March 14, 2013

AM 130

Writing 11-1 Parallelism

Exercise 5

PM1 125 Writing and Reading:

Open this link to a short story

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/13Sz8xr2kewKQUdkl_U9js4sXaWJ1SSLSZ3H5ncqR64c/edit

HOMEWORK

Finish the story for Monday's class.  Do not answer the questions

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

AM 130 HOMEWORK


Finish the last part of the Parallel Structure doc we were working on in class today, writing 6 nice, smooth parallel sentences.

AND

Use of English 11-3 Vocabulary Focus
Part ONE and TWO

Thursday, March 7, 2013

AM 130 HOMEWORK

Use of English 10-5 and 10-6

Lots of free listening exercises through the CBC

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/
AM 130

Listening:

1.  How much more earning power do daughters of immigrant parents have than daughters of Canadian-born parents?

2.  Give three possible reasons mentioned in the listening.

3.  Who are the Trinhs?  What is their story?  What was the mother's “dream” for her daughters?

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

130 HOMEWORK

Finish the sentences with the adverb adjective collocations.  AND

Use of English 10-2 Quality of Life.