Thanks Giving

Thanks to Natasha for preparing some Thanks Giving materials for us to watch!

Task 1:

Article to be read in class:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/10/canada-us-thanksgiving-photos_n_4078730.html

Watch these videos

https://youtu.be/nhwuCpXS6WA

https://youtu.be/LQyRW11eCr4

https://youtu.be/h0PGQSINSBw

https://youtu.be/MRVIU3Npog8

Write a quick summary about  both the article and the videos; try to elaborate on what Thanks Giving mean from the Canadian's point of view and include some idioms that were mentioned.

1. is the bird ready yet?

2.  I am going to stuff the turkey. 

3. it even falls on a different day than yours.

Article:

   The article says that there are some differences between American thanksgiving and Canadian thanksgiving. Firstly, Canadian thanksgiving is on the different day from American. Secondly, Canadian can have many variety of food on Thanksgiving day. 

videos:

  The guy made a video of how to cook the turkey for thanksgiving. He had to prepare every ingredient before roasting the turkey. Firstly, he needed to defreeze the turkey. Secondly, he had to cut the bread, onion and celery into pieces. Thirdly, he mixed the poultry seasoning with the vegetables which he cut .  Then, he stuffed the vegetable mixture into the turkey cavity and sewed the cavity.  Lastly, he put the whole turkey into the oven for roasting. After the turkey was ready, the people could took the stuffing out and then serve it with the turkey. 

I feel that the Canadian consider this thanksgiving day as the big day. They not only prepare turkey for thanksgiving dinner, but also cook other foods for the dinner. The Canadian think that they have their own festival which is totally different from American. 

Task 2: 

Now comes our time for our field trip report writing. As we used to do, please write one/two paragraph(s) describing your experience on yesterday's field trip.

Try to include the following ideas in your writing:

• Some background information about the field trip--> location, place's name, history (if you know it)...etc
• Things you liked, and why
• Things you didn't like, and why
• Things that you have learnt
• Things you would like to learn more about

It was the first time for me to visit AGO. We had about one hour tour in this an amazing building. What impressed me the most was a painting named the massacre of the innocent. It was full of slaughter and death. The dead babies really caught my feeling. I saw that a mom was trying to safe her child, but she couldn't do anything except watching her child die. The story was so tragic. Even if I took the picture of that painting, I couldn't see it again. That  was the reason I disliked the painting. Although my strong feeling let me hate this story and the drawing, it also told us that how powerful the painting was. The art did a great job and showed everybody what he was trying to say. I really hope that we don't have this happen nowaday. As a mom, watching the babies die really hurt my heart. I am so glad I am living in 21 century and this peaceful country so that I can leave my child a safe life. However, the tour was short so that I didn't catch all the works. I am sure that they have many interesting stories behind the works. I like the works that can make me happy, that's why I enjoy the keya's museum a lot. If I can, I would like to visit the keya's museum instead of AGO. However, it is good to know about the history through the works. 

Ask two of your peers to edit and post for your instructor's feedback:)

Regulated or not Regulated

Task 1:

Fill the table below and add your own occupations if you can't find it in the table. Write 'R' for regulated, 'L' for licensed, and 'UL' for unlicensed occupations.

Profession	Regulated, Licensed, Unlicensed	Governing or Regulatory Body
Social worker	regulated	Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers
Medical laboratory technician	regulated	College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario
Dentist	regulated	Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
Grade two teacher	licensed	College of Early Childhood Educators (CECE)
Early childhood	licensed	College of Early Childhood Educators (CECE)
College instructor	unlicensed
Lawyer	licensed	The Law Society of Upper Canada
Orchestra conductor	licensed	Ministry of Labour (MOL)
Scientific researcher	unlicensed
Engineer	regulated	Professional Engineers Ontario
Carpenter	regulated	the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU)
Airplane mechanic	licensed
High  school teacher	licensed
Web designer	unlicensed
IT technician	unlicensed

Task 2: 

After you figure out your job and find out if it is regulated, licensed or not, please write down the steps you need to follow to find a job in this field, profession or sector. Click on the following links, this link and that one to help you in your research as well as to track your career map if needed.

I studied Database administration in a private college. I had to take two exams in order to get OCA certification which was the first level. Then, you had to take another exam for OCP certification. If you want to keep going your education, you have to take last two exams in order to get OCE certification. 

Tuesday's Assignment

Common Collocations

Do, make, and take are used in combination with hundreds of words such as experiment (do an experiment), test (take a test), and noise (make noise).

Task 1:

Which verb completes the phrase? Fill in the table below by ticking the correct column.

do	make	take
	x		1. a lot of noise
x			2. your homework
	x		3. always _________ excuses
	x		4. breakfast
		x	5. lots of family photos
	x		6. friends easily
x			7. nothing all the time
		x	8. sugar in your coffee
	x		9. supper
	x		10. the bed
x			11. the cooking
x			12. the dishes
x			13. the ironing
x			14. the laundry
	x		15. a lot of mistakes
x			16. the housework

Task 2:

Check your answers with your peers and then use at least five of these collocations to put them in sentences of your own.

when my husband does the dishes, he makes a lot of noise. Therefore, my son can't do his homework well. My dear husband does the cooking and the housework, so I can do nothing all the time. However, I have to do the laundry every week. 

Monday's assginment

Dealing with Culture Shock

Task 1:

Write a two-three paragraphs to describe your experience with culture shock. Talk about the following areas:

• Which stage do you think yourself at?
• Did you pass through all the stages?
• What did you do to overcome your culture shock?
• What kind of advice(s) would you give to a family member or a friend to help him/her overcome culture shock?

    I came here ten years ago and studied in a private college as an international student. When I left my home and away from my parents, I was so excited. No one interfered to my life and I could do whatever I wanted. Therefore, I was at the honeymoon stage at that time. And then I quickly went to the third stage, because the place I was living was all around Chinese people. If I have problem, I can go for the school counselors anytime. I don’t even worry about my language skill. Everything was set up for me. The only thing I have to do was studying until I went to the university. I was in the different place and started to rely on myself. I had to find a place to live, register my program, pay my tuition fee, and so on.  At this moment, the language barrier was the major problem I had encounter during the life. I was sort of going back the second stage. I had many issues during the school years. I had been away from the school and tried to overcome all my problems. I did whatever I could to get through them.

     Now I am here with a nice family and an adorable kid. When I recall the memories on the past, I don’t regret it. I am glad that I have those experiences. It makes me mature and strong. If anyone asks me how you have been survived, I can’t give them any tips or ways to help you out honestly. Everyone has his own problems. They may have a lot of different ways to solve the problems. However, I do have some suggestions that you have to trust yourself if you want to reach your goals. No matter how hard it will be, you need to look for the hope in order to let yourself see the twilight. 

version 2:

 I came here ten years ago and studied in a private college as an international student. When I left my home and went away from my parents, I was so excited. No one interfered in my life and I could do whatever I wanted. Therefore, I was at the honeymoon stage at that time. Then, I quickly went to the third stage, because the place I was living at was all around Chinese people. If I have problems, I can go for the school counselors at anytime. I didn’t even worry about my language skills. Everything was set up for me. The only thing I had to do was studying until I went to the university. I was in the different location and started to rely on myself. I had to find a place to live, register my program, pay my tuition fee, and so on.  At this moment, the language barrier was the major problem I had encountered during that period. I was sort of going back to the second stage. I didn't understand any word which came out from the professors' mouth. I couldn't understand the lectures which the professors talked about. I realized that I couldn't keep going like this. I had to do something to help me get through these. Therefore, I decided to live with a nice native family. I was forced myself to talk with them in English everyday. No matter what I heard, I watched or I spoken was all English. After four years, my English speaking was improved rapidly. 

     Now I have a nice family and an adorable kid. When I recall the memories on the past, I don’t regret it. I am glad that I have those experiences. It makes me mature and strong. If anyone asks me how you have survived, I can’t give them any tips or ways to help them out honestly. Everyone has his own problems. They may have a lot of different ways to solve the problems. However, I do have some suggestions that you have to trust yourself if you want to reach your goals. No matter how hard it will be, you need to look for the hope in order to let yourself see the twilight. 

Task 2:

List some strategies/ways/activities you will use or advice a close friend or a family member to do or use in order to reverse any symptoms of culture shock.

- You have to be patient, don't rush to do anything before you think. 

- If you want to send your children to go oversea, please ask them to be independent, be prepared. 

- Trust yourself, human can do anything if they will. We are powerful. 

- Never give up in front of the goals. 

- always think it positively which can release some stress from you. 

Task 3:

Before publishing your experience on your blog, ask two of your peers to edit it for you, and then you can publish it on your blog then.

Dictation on Friday!

1. Julio offered to do that? Well, if he's on board then we can give it a shot. But here is another hitch. My extended family lives in a lot of different countries and I am not sure they will get visas to visit the U.S, especially on short notice.

2. Let's try, anyway. Your cousins in Canada don't need a visa because most Canadian citizens don't need  one to cross the border. What about your uncle in Korea?

3. I will get on the horn first thing in the morning to see what I can find out. I might email them and ask them to check with the embassy or consulate there to be sure. This party is really shaping up.

Friday's assignment

Here are your tasks:

1. Watch this video and discuss with a partner what NORAD is all about.
2. Then discuss this article with your partner.
3. Role play with a partner: Getting a Visa to Travel

http://chirb.it/D1Fx9P