Tuesday, September 30, 2014

115 HOMEWORK

Listening 7-1 Answer questions 7

Vocabulary 7-1 - Vocabulary Exercise

  1. What kind of music do you like? What kind of music do you dislike?

  1. Do you prefer music from your country or from other countries?  Why?

  1. Do you listen to the same type of music as you did 5 years ago?

  1. Will you be listening to the same music in 20 years?

  1. Is the internet good for the music industry? Why or why not?

Thursday, September 25, 2014

115 HOMEWORK

GRAMMAR 6-1 EX. 3



Give your partner two things to compare. Take turns making sentences


  1. two foods
  2. two animals
  3. two countries
  4. two cities
  5. two actors
  6. two types of music
  7. two drinks
  8. two hobbies

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

115 HOMEWORK

VOCABULARY 6-1 Exercise 1

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Write 10 sentences: Compare your town and Vancouver
  1. Describe your capital city. Ask your partner these questions

  • What is it like?

  • What are the people like?

  • What is the architecture like?

  • What are the restaurants like?

  • What are the shopping malls and tourist attractions like?

  • What is the nightlife like?

  • What is the traffic like?

  • What is the public transportation like?

  1. Now use the same questions to describe another place that you have visited

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Predictions

Discuss these questions with a partner:

In the future . . .

How will computers and phones change?
How will cars change?
How will your country change?
How will schools change?
How will your life change?

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

AM 115 HOMEWORK

Finish Writing 5-1 and Grammar 5-1
PM1 HOMEWORK

The two points of comparison we are focusing on in class tomorrow are:

Attention Span
Information Literacy

Look through both articles and find specific quotes in order to examine the differences on these two points. How do the two authors differ in opinion regarding attention span and information literacy. Be ready to compare and discuss in pairs and groups tomorrow.
115 SPEAKING

Part ONE: PLANS

Talk to your partner about plans and predictions. What will you be doing? Where will you be? Who will you be with?

This weekend
Next Wednesday
In October
Tonight
In five years

In ten years


Part TWO: Predictions

Discuss these questions with a partner:

In the future . . .

How will computers and phones change?
How will cars change?
How will your country change?
How will schools change?
How will your life change?

Sunday, September 14, 2014

PM1

Read parts 3 and 4 of Is Google Making us Stupid and answer the comprehension questions. Be ready to discuss the reading in class on Monday. Do not complete the vocabulary questions.

Friday, September 12, 2014

115 Speaking

1. When people in your country shop for food ...

  • do they care where the food comes from and how it was made?
  • do they want organic meat, fruit, vegetables, etc?

Do you think this is important?

What about clothes and other products?

  • Do people care where the product is made?
  • Do people want to support local stores instead of big, international companies? Do you think this is important?

Thursday, September 11, 2014

115 Speaking

  1. When you go shopping, do you care about brands? Why or why not?

  1. Do you pay attention to fashion trends? Why or why not?

  1. When you go shopping, do you like getting advice from friends, the salesperson, etc? Why or why not?

  1. Are fake brand-name products common in your country? Like what? Why are they popular? Is there a special market for fake products in your city?

Thursday, September 4, 2014

115 HOMEWORK


  • Finish Writing 3-2 from today's class
  • Make corrections to the paragraph about an important experience
  • Do Vocabulary 3-1 Exercise 1

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

115 HOMEWORK

Finish the paragraph about an important experience

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Grammar 3-1 #4