Week 2

In preparation for Week 3:

1. Work on the AWL Weekly Guide in preparation for a quiz on Tuesday. http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/Weeklystudyguide_weeks/index.html 

2. Girls with Goals

Read the article, using your critical thinking skills, and then write questions to the answers provided on the handout. Create a Word document, and submit to your instructor by Monday at 9.00 am.

http://www.theworldin.com/article/10509/girls-goals

3. Grammar Handouts: complete

4. Text, Unit 1, pp. 13-15. Complete.

To Do List for Tuesday

1. Complete grammar handouts as review.

2. Come prepared to write about distracted driving. Do some critical thinking in advance.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/distracted-driving-put-the-cell-away-or-spend-time-in-one/article31498601/

3. Vocabulary quiz on the following words and their derivatives:

create
source
benefit
approach
legislate
individual
unresponsive
policy
finance
environment

Use the website http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/
Go to Academic Word List in the Weekly Study Guide to complete practice exercises.

4. Complete your Map of Canada.

5. Take time to improve your reading on Ace Reader.

WELCOME to CLB 7/8 FALL SEMESTER

Good morning and welcome to our class. Please do not hesitate to ask questions, for that is how we all learn. 

Please refer to your copy of the schedule for important information.

We have exciting new software to help you improve your reading skills!

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Good morning.
Please work through the following interactive exercise on critical thinking.
Jot down any new vocabulary as you go.
http://www.prepareforsuccess.org.uk/critical_thinking.html 

Next, see if you can complete the map of Canada without using the internet.
How far can you get?

Thursday, June 16

Good morning. What gorgeous weather we are enjoying in June!

Today I would like you to think about the unit question,"How well does a picture illustrate the truth?"

You have read an article on infographics and how the truth is altered for various purposes. 

Now read the second article, "Phototruth or Photofiction", and write in response to the question, "How could marketers use the manipulation techniques described int he reading to advertise products and services?"

Submit your carefully constructed paragraph by the end of class.

Canadian Citizenship

Thursday, June 9th, 2016

Please take out paper and a pen so that you can take notes when needed.

This lesson incorporates multiple language skills and will provide you with an opportunity to review material you are familiar with; it will also introduce you to new material.

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/eal/2013/01/lesson-85-canadian-citizenship.html

Canadian Art: Emily Carr

June 2, 2016

          EMILY CARR

Today you will be introduced to one of Canada's art treasures: Emily Carr.

First, take a look at some of her works. Do any of them look familiar? Where might you recall seeing them?

http://www.aci-iac.ca/emily-carr/key-works

Then, go to the following website, and work through the short reading and exercises as quickly as you can.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/wchild/index.htm

Now that you know a little more about this famous artist, do some of your own research on the internet. Remember to choose sites with care, and use your discretion as to their reliability.

Take notes. Here are a few helpful sites:

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/emily-carr/ 

http://section15.ca/features/people/2001/07/11/emily_carr/


This link provides you with the complete text of Klee Wyck. Why would a visual artist write instead of paint? Read a few selections to get an idea of what this literary work is all about.

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100131.txt  

Imagine that you will have to write a 5 paragraph essay on Emily Carr. What topics would you suggest? Are your notes adequate for the task?