130 HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY MORNING

FINISH Use of English 7-5, which we were doing in class on Friday.

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When and why did he come to the UK?

How are our cell phones connected to oppression in the Congo?

According to Bandi Mbubi, what is the “paradox” of cell phones?

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HOMEWORK

Do some online research (you can follow the link in reading 7-1 as well) and find out why some people do not like Fair Trade.

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?

HOMEWORK 130

Use of English 6-3: Vocabulary Focus: Change

Written response to reading. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

Montgomery covers up advertisements with poetry, which is considered a crime.  What is your opinion of Brandalism?  Is it acceptable or should it be a punishable offence?

Do you think advertising “feeds into our fears and insecurities” and that it has a serious impact on things like “debt, consumerism and body image”?

Is some measure of incivility necessary for a social movement to be successful?  Are some forms of destruction, or even violence, acceptable for certain causes?

130 WEEKEND HOMEWORK

For Monday Morning:

Finish the doc I sent you on Phrasal Verbs as nouns - define each noun and try to use it in an example sentence.

Use of English 6-7 Part TWO

ENJOY!

HOMEWORK

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In 200 words or less, write a two-paragraph composition on the Q CBC debate you listened to last night.  In the first paragraph, summarize the viewpoints or both Farhad Manjoo and Joanne Saul.  In the second paragraph, respond to the listening with your own opinion of the bookstore debate.


WEEKEND HOMEWORK

PM1

Finish the questions on "All Summer in a Day" for Monday's class.

130 HOMEWORK

Optional Pre-listening articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/opinion/amazons-jungle-logic.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/12/independent_bookstores_vs_amazon_buying_books_online_is_better_for_authors_better_for_the_economy_and_better_for_you_.html

Follow the link below and listening to the interview from the CBC:

http://www.cbc.ca/q/news_promo/2012/01/31/post-3/

You will hear a debate between two people, Farhad Manjoo, a writer for Slate Magazine, and Joanne Saul, a bookstore owner, on the topic of book stores.

Take notes while you listen and answer the questions below:

1.  Why are some people criticizing Amazon.com?

2.  What are some of Farhad Manjoo's criticisms of "brick and mortar" bookstores?

3.  Why does he think bookstores are unnecessary?  What, in his opinion, are the benefits of online bookstores like Amazon?

4.  How does Joanne Saul defend "brick and mortar" bookstores?  Give several benefits that she mentions in the debate.

5.  What is her point about the "serendipity" of bookstores?

6.  Whom do you agree with more?  Are bookstores relevant or unnecessary?