What are some of the main festivals/celebrations in your country? What are their origins?

How are they celebrated?

The use of “study drugs” should not be legalized by the government and permitted by universities because of A, B, and C?  

AM 130

1.  3 ways to spend a rainy weekend.

2.  3 things you would like to have done by the time you are 60.

3.  2 reasons to study a language abroad.

4.  3 characteristics of a good parent

5.  2 experiences most people dread.

6.  3 reasons why people get tattoos.

AM 130 HOMEWORK

USE OF ENGLISH 11-3 VOCABULARY FOCUS PARTS 1 AND 2

PM1 WRITING AND READING

PM 1 

Follow the link, read the article and answer the questions IN YOUR WORDS:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/01/health/drugs-adderall-concentration/index.html


1.  What are "study drugs"?

2.  What is their original purpose?

3.  How common is the use of these drugs?

4.  What are some of the dangers?

5.  Do most student's recognize the potential danger?  Explain.

AM 130 TUESDAY

PART ONE

Write 10 sentences using the verbs for smiling, talking, walking and looking from the Body Language Document. Use verbs that will give the following impressions.

1. anger
2. leisure
3. amazement
4. secret
5. curiosity
6. struggle
7. confidence
8. hurry
9. happiness
10. pain

AM 130 HOMEWORK

Finish the doc on Body Language, walking and looking

AM 130 HOMEWORK

Finish the doc on participle clauses
Finish Thursday's homework if you haven't already done it.

AM 130 HOMEWORK

Use of English 10-7 Cloze exercise on Success

Write some sample sentences with the following modifiers.

1. indescribably
2. perfectly
3. positively
4. purely
5. utterly
6. genuinely
7. excruciatingly
8. ridiculously

PM1 WRITING 

Paraphrase the following sentences

1. Cell phones should be banned in class because they can disrupt the lesson, distract students, and enable cheating.

2.  A part-time job is beneficial for teenagers because it can teach them the importance of being on time.
3.  When students choose a university major, they should consider their abilities, their interests, and their financial  goals.
4. Although the dangers of extreme skiing are self-evident, its popularity continues to rise.
5.  International students may have difficulty handling schoolwork, managing their finances, and making new friends.

ANSWERS

1. Cell phones can cause disruption, create distraction and enable cheating; therefore, they should not be permitted in the classroom.

2. Teenagers can learn the importance of being punctual from a part-time job.

3. Before choosing a university major, students should think about what their skills are, what they enjoy, and how much money they want to make.

4. Extreme skiing continues to grow in popularity despite its obvious risks.

5. Foreign students may face financial, academic, and social challenges.

AM 130

A.

Discuss the following quotes with a partner. What do they mean? What advice are they giving?

1. Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to go forward, backwards, or sideways.

2. Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

3. A hidden talent is like a sundial in the shade.

4. Shallow people believe in luck; strong people believe in cause and effect.

B

Rewrite each sentence with the two prompt words so that it is as close as possible in meaning to the sentence before it.

1. The sheer size of my opponent succeeded in putting me off.

alone / enough

2. As many as 85,000 people watched the Cup Final.

fewer / turned

3. You don't have to pay more than $10 for a pair of shoes there.

pick up / little

4. Are you saying it wasn't the boss who suggested a pay cut for his employees?

themselves / idea

130 Homework

Intensifying 130 Document

Parts C and D

130

CONFORMITY

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1PDZQqgeqHAfNgK34Sn-fS7yB9YDdHz97M6-hxk7KUWQ/edit

130 HOMEWORK

Use of English 10-3 Vocabulary Focus Part 5

Use of English 10-2

PM1 Writing

Consider the following topic.  IN CLASS this week, we will write an essay on the following:

Should public schools  form partnerships with corporations to ensure up-to-date equipment and facilities in exchange for advertising?

130 HOMEWORK

Media 10-1 Amy Chua

Follow the link to the Wall street journal article, read it and be ready to discuss it in class tomorrow.

Use of English 10-3 Vocabulary PART 2

130 Discussion

What affects your levels of happiness from day to day?

What’s missing from your life that would make you happier?

Why do you think so many people have difficulty “finding happiness”?

130 HOMEWORK

USE OF ENGLISH 9-2 PART ONE
Vocabulary Exercise

130 HOMEWORK

Part A: Write 12 example sentences using the Cause and Effect verbs we studied in class today.

Part B: Write a short, one-paragraph response to the following:

Hypothetical situation: In 1985, Canadian inventor Gordon MacLeod invented a car engine that ran entirely on water and required no oil or gas; however, the engine was never developed for consumers.  How would the world be different now, and how would modern history at the turn of the 20th century have been different had this car engine been mass marketed, greatly decreasing the world's dependence on oil?


PM1 Writing

Here is a key to my comments:

G is for Grammar
T is for Tense
P is for Punctuation
WW is for Wrong Word
WO is for Wrong Word
Sp is for Spelling
/\  means missing word (probably an article or preposition)
!!!!! means "this is making me angry"
? means ?

130

Match the following sentences with one of the eight words

1.  Carmen always goes to bed before 11 pm.

2.  Martin is a multi-millionaire, but he lives in a tent in his backyard.

3.  My aunt believes breaking a mirror brings seven years' bad luck.

4.  Raymond can't stop thinking about football.

5.  I nearly bought a bottle of champagne even though I knew I couldn't afford it.

6.  Some people talk more softly than others.

7.  When he's nervous, my father always straightens his tie.

8.  Felicity has to brush her hair every few minutes, the same number of brush strokes on either side.

130 AM

Just a reminder that your speaking test video must be shared with me by Monday morning to get a complete mark on your exam

AM 130 HOMEWORK

Use of English 8-4 Believe the Eyes Multiple Choice Cloze

AM 130

Follow the link and do the vocabulary exercise with a partner

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1KXbmganj4q8MDo8HohH2h0KC8b-uLAJ6ocT46_Eucig/edit

AM 130

HOMEWORK

Choose 12 of the phrasal verbs/phrases from Part Two of the Alan Turing document and use them appropriately in your own example sentences.

Also take a look at the document on Formal Relative Clauses from Friday's class; we will go over the exercise in class tomorrow.

AM 130

PRE-LISTENING

Do some quick research online and find the following info:

1.  Who was Alan Turing and why is he considered important in the field of computer science?

2.  What is widely recognized as his most important contribution to computer science and technology?  How was this historically significant?

3.  What are the details of his controversial criminal conviction?

4.  How did he die?

5.  Has the British Government taken any steps to make up for their treatment of Turing?

130 HOMEWORK

In a composition of 100-200 words, summarize the article from class today on the robot industry in Japan and respond to it with your own feelings about living in a world where more and more tasks are done by robots/machines.

130

Find the following phrases from the text on the robot industry in Japan.  Working with a partner, decide if these expressions are literal or figurative, and then paraphrase them.

1. roll out a new robotic invention

2. from the dazzling to the horrifying

3. music to the ears of many government officials

4. cultural crushes

5. blur the lines between

6. whip up pancakes

7. gathering dust

130 FAIR TRADE

Answer the following questions in your own words

1) Why is free trade discouraged by some?

2) What are “ATOs”? What do they do?

3) What happened in 1988? Why is this significant?

4) What is FLO? What do they do?

5) What is a social premium? How do they help?

PM 1

Have you ever had a scary/difficult/unpleasant experience that taught you something? Have you ever made a potentially dangerous or serious mistake?

PM1 Writing

Develop each “story” by inserting three or four sentences describing the background action. Remember, the goal is to create atmosphere.

1.  It was an ordinary day at school.

(background action)

Suddenly, the fire alarm went off.

2.  We sat in the bay on the tiny boat and gazed at the beautiful view around us.

(background action)

Then, out of nowhere, black clouds rolled in and the sky grew dark.

3. Detective Robson and Officer Lutes arrived at the scene and were shocked by the chaos around them.

(background action)

Officer Lutes radioed for backup while Detective Robson ran into the crowd.

In a paragraph, respond to the following questions:

What determines the success or failure of a social movement?  At what point can you consider a movement successful or not?

How can we measure the success of a social movement?

Be specific and give examples.