Monday's Exam - September 24

Here's what's on the exam:

• Grammar: Verb Patterns (Infinitive, -Ing, Infinitive + Object, Infinitive or -Ing)
• Vocabulary is from the following documents:
• Media 12-1, In the News 12-1, Unit 12 - Hollywood North, Media 12-3, Media 12-2
• Reading Comprehension - Vancouver film industry
• Listening Comprehension - Vancouver film industry
• Writing  - please refer to Unit 12 Essay 
• Speaking - questions about the topic including the grammar

Have a super weekend!  If anything is unclear, please email me!

Homework for Wed. Sept.19th

Please do the preparation work for In the News 12-1 vocabulary - just the work on the word families.

Thanks and see you tomorrow :)

Monday September 17 - Exam

Hi everybody - just wanted to give you the lowdown (you can check this expression in an urban dictionary) for the exam.

• Grammar - question formation
• direct questions ("wh" and Y/N)
• indirect questions
• how come / what for?
• what...like / how...?
• Vocabulary
• vocabulary from Reading 11-1:  Career Games, In the News 11-1:  Computer Aids..., Ted Talk, Shigeru Miyamoto
• Reading - general comprehension (from the internet) - about mobile gaming
• Writing - essay about the the positive/negative aspects of gaming (please review the brainstorming we did in class)
• Listening - general comprehension (from the internet) - about the gaming industry
• Speaking - you will be given a situation in which you'll need to make questions (direct/indirect)

Again...please let me know if you need any clarification - please email me :)

Have a super weekend and enjoy the sun !!!

Tuesday Sept 11th - Homework

Here is the homework for tonight.

• Exercise 3 & 4 - Grammar 11-1 (shared document) - you do not need to share your copy with me as we'll check it in class tomorrow morning.
• Reading 11-1 - optional - found on the 125 website - if you choose to do this, please share the document with me (those students who already did it can share your document with me too)
• Please also finish off the questions regarding the Media 11-2 document that I shared with you. (this you do not need to share with me)

See you tomorrow!

Monday September 10th - Homework

The homework for tonight is on the 125 website:

- Reading 11-1: Career Games (Exercise - reading comprehension homework)

Thanks :)

The Happy Monday Morning Exam :)

Hey everybody,

Just wanted to give you a rundown of the exam for Monday Sept. 10th

• Grammar - past modals of probability and regret/criticism
• Vocabulary - you will be tested on vocabulary from the following documents
• In the News 10-1 - Global Zero
• In the News 10-2 - World Wonders Threatened
• The History of Greenpeace
• Ted Talk - Bjorn Lomborg
• Reading - not selected yet - but something about global issues
• Listening - a report on global issues
• Writing - Unfortunately, we didn't have time to prepare this in class, so please think about it over the weekend
• "What do you think is the world's biggest problem?  Write an essay describing the problem, why you think it's so important and possible solutions to the problem.  Remember to write in paragraphs and include an introduction and conclusion."
• Oral Exam - Discussing global issues using the past modals

Please feel free to email me should you have any questions!  Have a great weekend and we'll see you on Monday :)  Enjoy the sun!

Island President

Hello everybody,

I received an email today with the list of some films being shown at the Vancity Theatre (downtown) where I am a member.  The Vancity Theatre generally shows non-Hollywood movies and a lot of documentaries.  Ironically enough, this weekend they are showing "Island President" - the documentary about the Maldives, which may soon disappear due to global warming.  I know we mentioned another name in class today, but I think we are talking about the same country.

Here is the link if anybody is interested:

http://www.viff.org/theatre/programs/pg2324-island-president


Happy Viewing :)

Thursday September 6th, 2012

I just wanted to thank all of you for your hard work today.  I realize that what we were talking about is very challenging, but I wanted to thank you for opening your minds to becoming "global citizens".

In case you are interested, here are some of the websites mentioned in class today:

Water.org:  http://water.org/

Kiva.org:  http://www.kiva.org/

Peace Boat: http://www.peaceboat.org/english/

On the CGI document, you have all the links to the various areas on the website.

Thanks again everyone - can't wait to hear the presentations tomorrow!

Remember...."think globally, act locally" :)