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Wednesday Homework

Grammar 9-1: Exercise #1

The Weather in Mexico

Mexico is mild almost the whold the year but you can find the 4 seasons in one day.The average temperature almost all the whole year is 25 degrees.The best weather I think is in Mexico City because it is mild and the worst is in north because it is harsh. At night it can be -40 degrees and in the morning it can be 40 degrees.The difference between the season is minimal.Sometimes there are earthquakes and occasionaly hurricanes on the coast.

Jin Young Lee

Spring starts in March, and the temperatures get warm. Spring's weather is mild. The average temperature is about 8~10 degrees. Flowers start to bloom. The earth and trees turn beautiful green. Some people go on picnics with friends. This season of Korea is full of energy. I think spring is the best weather.

However there is one disadvantage which is Yellow Dust from the desert in the middle of Asia.

On a day with lots of Yellow Dust, we try not to go out. Because it has caused serious disease related with bronchial tube.

Summer starts in June and ends in late September.

Summer season in Korea is really hot. Temperatures rise to over 25~30 degrees.

It rains a lot and has a high humidity throughout the season. Especially in July rainfall is over 1000mm.

And we have strong typhoons in late August in the south part of Korea. So some parts of Korea suffer from the typhoon.

Fall starts in late September and the temperatures get cold. Average temperature is 5~8 degrees. During this season the mountain scenery is lovely.

Winter starts in December. Temperatures drop to -17 ~ -20 degrees.

There is a lot of snow. Especially January is a snowy month. The air is dry in the winter.

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Protecting our environment

Here are the scores and the analysis for the quiz.
36-48: You’re so concerned about the environment, it’s unbelievable! Are there even more things you do to protect the environment?
24-35: You’re very environmentally aware. You care about and respect the world around you.
12-23: You do some things to protect the environment, but there’s always room for improvement.
0-11: You’re not concerned about the environment at all. Be aware of the things you can do. Everything you do will help.

Global Issues

miju park

I think my country's weather is very nice because it is not cold, So we don't need to wear thick clothes. When I arrived in Canada it was very cold. But I'm becoming familiar with Vancouver's weather. My country's average weather is 5 degrees Celsius in winter and 25 degrees Celsius in summer. The north part of Korea is more cold than the South. I live near the south part of Korea. My country has 4 seasons. So we  have to wear appropriate clothes for each season. Sometimes Korea happens to have natural disasters such as floods. But I have never experienced it so far in my life.

THE WEATHER IN CHINA

As everyone knows China is a large country, so in my country the weather is really different in different parts. It is warm in the middle of the country, cold in the north of the country, and hot in the south of the country. It may be dry in most parts of my country, and it is mild I think.The average temperature is different in different places. The whether is clear in every season, I think Shanghai's weather is the best in China, and the worst place maybe is in the north-east of China because it is very cold in winter. Natural disasters, I think it always happen in these years like earthquake, drought, flood and so on. This is the weather in my country.

In my country the weather is mild but sometimes it's pretty cold. Now it's a maximum of 17 degres celsius. In Mexico we have 10-12% of the world's biodiversity. we have more than 12,000 species. For me the best weather is tropical and you can find it in many parts of Mexico like Oaxaca, Yucatan, Guerrero etc... there you can enjoy your vacations and a tanning.

The Weather

Writing: Weather in my country

Vocabulary: Picture Dictionary

Test Time!

Unit 8 Test

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Practice

Plastic ocean!

For more information write "plastic ocean" in wikipedia.

The Environment

Reading and Writing: Plastic Bags

Vocabulary: Global Issues

Unit 7 Test

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Quiz

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The most famous singer in Saudi Arabia- jomanah

Mohamed Abdu
He was born in 1948 , His father died when he was 6 years old so he lived in an orphanage 
He wanted to be a sailor so he studied about that but when he graduated from the college he was thinking to be a musician because he loves music  
In 1963 he was going to Italy in a scholarship to continued his studying but he changed his mind and went to Roma then to Beirut to be a singer in 60th he became the most famous singer in Saudi Arabia after that he worked as a composer 
In 70th he was the most important singer in the Persian Gulf ( the countries around Saudi Arabia ) 
In 80th they called him the Arab singer And the most popular song for him is Al amaken it means the places

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mztgfvpiECI

He has more than 1500 different genres of songs 
And around 200 of Patriotic songs
He has also the best song for marriage ceremony

http://abdu-music.org/khas/afrah/mp3/alzaffah.mp3

Finally I'll end my presentation by this song . 
Enjoy it

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLF3Ll4nut0

 

 

The Cranberries .

All the people listen to this band teenagers, adults and old people.

They have a lot of songs like Zombie, Linger, Animal Instinct etc…

My favorite song is Animal Instict because this song makes me happy. Maybe it’s a little upbeat but the have 1 mellow song called Linger.

I've listened to this band since I was eight years and I've been to the concert 3 times, twice in one year.They come from Ireland and the genre is pop rock.

Zombie-the cranberries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=6Ejga4kJUts&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TL8cqH_4JOJCo

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Friday Presentation

Criteria

I am writing about my favourite musician. His name is Rashid who is an Arabic musician. He was born in 1969. His father is from Saudi, and his mother is from India. He has four brothers and two sisters. He has been singing since 1984. He did the first albom when he was 15 years old. He has had a company since he was 22 years old. He has already had more than 600 songs. His songs are almost all romantic.

I like” Southern All Stars” that is a very popular band. It consists of four men and a woman.The Vocalist and a woman who plays the piano are a married couple. They have released a number of hit songs since they made their debut. Each song always is a big hit
so I can’t decide what song to introduce to you. I love their ballad song ‘Tsunami’ the title is strange, but contents of this song are so romantic and are include emotional words.
They keep a number of sales of their CD of the the year.They are admired by all generations and have many fans not only in Japan but also in Asian countries.Sometimes each member has acts as a solo musician. I started listening to their music about 30 years ago. Their music makes me feel comfortable. They always leader of Japan pop music.Ｌｉｓｔｅｎ　ｈｅｒｅ．　

Diego's favorite singer

Caê

Caetano Veloso is a Brazilian musician and one of my favorite male singers in the world. He was born in Bahia in 1942 and is a complete artist able to write, produce, play and sing great songs. I started to listen to his music when I was a child; my mother is a big fan too and influences me a lot. Caetano’s music in general belongs to MPB (popular Brazilian music), but he also participated in important political and artistic movements and was a very important fighter against the military dictator in Brazil. For almost all the critics who know his work Caetano is a genius and has a good spot in the history of music and politics. He also is a good writer and has made a lot of soundtracks for Brazilian movies and some international movies too working with famous names like Pedro Almodóvar.

To see a Caetano’s video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb4RauhteFA and also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1emgUdD3_pE

jerry

My favourite singer was ZhouJieLun who was the most popular singer in China. But now I prefer Avril Lavigne. She has an amazing voice,She's beautiful and fascinates me. I like her from the bottom of my heart. The first time I heard her music was 1 year ago. At that moment I felt everything was not true without her voice. When I'm disappointed I always like to listen to her music,it will take my dismay away. But sometimes it will make me sorrowful,because her emotion is sad when she's singing.And I don't care about what genre the music is . http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/121454

My favorite band is The Beatles(Han Park)

My favorite band is The Beatles. They were born in England and as soon as they appeared they became a legendary group in the world. They made a lot of diverse music and everyone was enthused by their music.  

Listening to Beatles music make me comfortable so when I feel bad I listen to Beatles music.

And then defiantly it made me feel positive. It sounds very mellow so I could have patient and optimistic as well. Therefore their music has many memories to me. Whenever I listen to Beatles music I can remember memories of past. I don't want to forget my memories so It is helpful for me to remember my memories. That's why I like their music. I might like them until I died.

Israel's Favorite Band.

My Favorite Rock Band.

My favorite rock band is call U2. It’s a rock band from four Irish people: Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Bono. They have been playing music since 1976. They have won a lot of awards. U2 has a lot of songs that have been in the top of the popular list like:One.

1. With or without you.

2. Pride (in the name of love)

3. Ultraviolet

U2 has been traveling around the world because of a tour call 360u2 tour. They have a foundation call One. This foundation helps children's in Africa by giving them food and clothes. U2 came to Mexico in May of 2010 and they made 3 concerts in Mexico City and I went to one of these concerts.

I like to listen to u2 because it makes me feel good and also I like the style of Bono.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZhCezZQqxx4

My favourIte music - Jomanah

         Listening to music is a very interesting thing for all people .   There are a lot of genres of music around the world .  Everyone in the life has a favorite kind . For me Arabic music is the best .   I like to listen to many kind of Arabic music . For example ,  Egyptian , Syrian , Lebanon , Iraqi ,  and Saudi .     I started listening to this music when I was a child  but I loved it when I was a teenager because I started to understand the words and the meaning .   It was so funny when I was listening to this music and dancing with my lovely people .    Heart Heart is my favorite song forever . It was the last song I heard with my family  before I came to Vancouver





www.youtube.com/watch?v=48eQSR_WBxA

Peter's favourite singer

My favourite singer is Avril Lavigne. She's an excellent singer .

Her sounds makes me feel warm inside. She's a pop style singer .

She has a lot of famous songs , such as "Let Go","Under my skin"," The Best Damn Thing",

I feel comfortable when I am listening to her songs , She was called the World's Best-Selling Canadian Artist in World Music Award.

She travelled around the world for the concert .When I was in high school ,

somebody recommended listening to her songs.

At first I didn't believe it worth listening to , however I was wrong ,

Her songs are amazing . Now I often listen to her songs on the weekend.

Spiritual music by Sergey

I’m going to write about special genre of music - it’s spiritual music. Most of songs we know it’s songs about love. They are about a a guy and a girl. And authors of the modern songs try to contain a life story from the beginning to the end in four or five minutes. In 5 minutes they must meet each other, fall in love, get through life troubles and to reach the happiness. It’s just ridiculous. It doesn’t happen in real life. But if we see it on TV, or hear it on a radio every day, we start to believe that it’s possible. And we wait for it to happen to us, but it’s doesn’t happen. Or it happens. But we ware taught to have relations for five minutes, so they don’t take a long time. I'm trying to say, it’s just business – the show business. It’s not real thing. They only play with people desires. Spiritual music it’s different. Spiritual songs are about: eternal things, infinity expanse of universe, about stars, about earth, about creation, about goodness. All nationalities have their own spiritual songs. You just need to find them, if you want, and enjoy!

Boy George - Bow Down Mister - YouTube

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=boy%20george%20-%20bow%20down%20mister&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB4QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBwg7uyy9g2c&ei=pBXEToiVO6fSiALruJDVCw&usg=AFQjCNEKuIcqMODKld1Q2bd7Zxd35ZPvBA

Neil

My favourite genre of music,ah...I can't give you a straight answer,because I just like the music that sounds nice.And about favourite singers, for me,I really like a band from Taiwan named May days.I like their music because their songs always encouraged me to be strong.I have listened to their music for 5 years.I listen to their music every day.The best song of them I think is ,because it sounds nice and makes me feel warm and lifts me up when I fail.They are the best band in Chinese music circles.And it's really a hot potato to say their nationality,because as everyone knows the relation between Chinese government and Taiwan's.Anyway I like their music.

GG

I like a Korean pop group called 'girls generation'. It consists of 9 young girls. They are famous in many countries like China, Japan, U.S., and so on. I like their songs because they are very fascinating and addicting when I listen to them. When I go to school or back home, I usually listen to their music on MP3. Also, their dance is very cute, beautiful, and attractive. They win a prize almost every year in Korea. All their songs are good, but 'Genie' is the best.

To see a

movie, go to Genie

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Food Vocabulary

Food Discussion

Eating Out

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Practice

Present Perfect Speaking

Art Gallery Vocabulary

Student 1

Student 2

Unit 7 Vocabulary

Music and Art Picture Dictionary

jerry

.............?............ (1993) was born on May 6th. He is from Waxi, China.He studied in the third High School of his city. He won thesecond place of the Singer's Competition 2 years ago. He really enjoyed theactivities of his High School. One of these Activities was going toa mountain where he had to do everything by himself.................?............. is thinking about going to the SF Universityhere in Vancouver. He is going to be here for 5 years.

Neil

.......(1986-).A student of Canada college of English language.He was born in Seoul.When he was about 18,he went to University in Korea.After 4 years of studying he took part in Korean army for two and a half years.After retiring from the army he went to Vancouver and be came a student of CCEL.I think he has a really colourful life.What will he do in the future?Can you guess?

Biography

___________is a guy who comes from China. He is 18 years old. He hasn't done any jobs before, and he is single. He looks cute and he has long hair. He is going to be a university student .And now he is working hard for his dream.
__________ was born in Xi Ning which is in belongs to China. He graduated from his high school.And he likes playing computer games. Also he can play them very well.

.......?........ He was born in 1985. He has big family in Brazil.When he was 20 years old he studyed in FAAP.He learned subject was advertising and his job was designer logo message.Sometime he like taked a cup of coffee and sang song in class.He is funny guy!I thought he is very loveliness.

He was born in 1996, March 13th , He's from Mexico He has been studying in LA SALLE BAJIO high school.
He won second place in local music bands. Two years ago , the guy was in a soccer match. The match was between two high schools and his team won the game eventually . The guy's going to stay in Vancouver for one year .

……?……… was born in 1991. ….was born in Asia. ………has studied one year from chemical engineering in university. …...is studying English in Canada. .…..is gonig to study in the Toms Ariver University.

Sergio Fedoroff

He is Korean. He was born in 1986. His family consists of mother, father, brother and himself. His parents live in Korea. His brother lives in New York. And he is living in Canada, now. He used to be a brave soldier in the Korean army. Now he is a student in Canada. He's leaning English. He finished university in Korea. His major is tourism. He is very good and funny guy!

Han Park

He was born in 1988 and he's from Russia. He has 4 people in his family including father, mother and one older brother. He was a basketball player when he was high school student so he is the tallest in our class. In spite of this he is a vegetarian so he hasn't eaten meat since he was young. He finished military service and graduated from university. His major was engineering. Now he is working at a restaurant as a cook.

Yamil Biography of ......

Mis. ………….. ……….. She was born in september 9 (year?)She’s a beker in japan, she was receptionist, accountant and chef in a kinder garden.

She was born in pagano it’s a place in japan there she was a chef for babies in a kinder garden, receptionist, accountant and beker.

She only studied on to high school but she took many cookery courses and she plays tennis .

Shadi -Alqhatani

......Is 27 years old . .....Graduated from the University. ......Has bachelor's degree. .... Wants to study a masters. ....Has a family with him . ....... Was born in Saudi. ......Has studied English for seven months. ...... Has studied in CCEL . ......Was working in a company.

Mystery Biography

….......................................... He was born on the 12 of July in1995 in Mexico City.
He is a high school student in Mexico but he is a student of CCEL now.
He is studying English there very hard.
He has studied abroad in Spain ,as well.
He loves working out in gym.
He is a good diver.

Homework: Nov. 9/11

1. Grammar Practice: Exercises 20.2, 20.3

2. Writing: Mystery Biography

Biographies

Unit Six Test

Please hand in one test per group.

Hockey

The Hockey Song

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Friends

Homework: Nov. 2/11

1. Review verbs followed by infinitives.

2. Infinitive exercise #82, 83

Sports

Writing Topic

Find Someone Who

Homework: November 1/2011

1. Make small talk with a Canadian.

2. Review the list of verbs followed by Gerunds.

3. Finish Gerund worksheet: Exercise #79. (paper)

Gerunds and Infinitives

Gerunds and Infinitives Notes

Gerunds Practice

Small Talk

Topics

Unit six Sports Vocabulary

Sports Vocabulary Activity

Part One: On the class website, put your mouse over a number, and you will hear the name of a sport. Go to "Visual Dictionary - Sports" at About.com to find the proper spelling. On that site, click the picture to find the proper verb to say with the sport.

Write the sport and the verb we say with the sport below:


1.baseball


2.basketball


3.bicycling


4.billiards


5.boxing


6.camping


7.diving


8.fishing


9.football


10.golf


11.hiking


12.ice hockey


13.ice skating


14.karate


15.rollerblading


16.sailing


17.snowboarding


18.soccer


19.surfing


20.weightlifting


21.yoga