Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

Good afternoon LINC 7,

This afternoon, you going to begin working on the written report based on your research and presentation. Your report should include 5 paragraphs in the following format: 

Don't forget to include references using APA format.  You will need to include a reference list at the end but also in-text references following quotations and information that you've paraphrased from your sources.

Please refer to the Mohawk College library APA reference sheet that I handed out when creating your references or go to the Mohawk website:

http://mohawkcollege.ca.libguides.com/Citeyoursources

You will submit a first draft and receive feedback on your format, content, and references before submitting your final draft for evaluation.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Here's the presentation schedule:

Monday, February 24th

• 9:20- 9:40         Beatrice
• 9:40- 10:00        Mei
• 10:00- 10:20      __________
• 10:20- 10:40      __________
• 
  
• 1:00- 1:20          Carla
• 1:20- 1:40          Diana
• 1:40- 2:00          Arwa

Wednesday, February 26th

• 9:00- 9:20        __________
• 9:20- 9:40         Jodi
• 9:40- 10:00       Raquel
• 10:00- 10:20     Andrea
• 10:20- 10:40     

Monday, March 3rd

• 9:20- 9:40         Heba
• 9:40- 10:00        Rana
• 10:00- 10:20      Amna
• 10:20- 10:40      Salma
• 
  
• 1:00- 1:20         Ping
• 1:20- 1:40         Modeaa
• 1:40- 2:00         Souha

Wednesday, March 5th

• 9:20- 9:40         Peter
• 9:40- 10:00       Jeena
• 10:00- 10:20     Robert
• 10:20- 10:40     

Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

Good afternoon LINC 7,

You will have the entire period this afternoon to work on your research and prepare your presentation using PowerPoint, Prezi, or Google Drive. 

Once you've completed your research, you'll need to think about what information to include.  Remember not to include to much information on each slide. For a 15 minute presentation, you shouldn't use more than 12 slides, including the title slide and the list of references at the end.  It's expected to include references in presentations, and this will give you an opportunity to practice using APA before you complete the next stage of this lesson. ;)

Melissa and I will be available to help you creating your slides and formatting your APA references.  

Because of the Family Day holiday on Monday, February 17th, presentations will be on the following days: Monday, Feb. 24th, Wednesday, Feb. 26th, and Monday, March 3rd.  Once everyone has selected a topic, I will circulate a sign-up sheet for these three days. 

Consider this structure when putting together your presentation:

1. what are the significant events in your person's life?
2. what was his/her contribution to Canada?
3. how can you connect (or not) with your person?

Here are some websites to help you get started with your research:

http://library.mohawkcollege.ca/#

http://hpl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&q=

http://www.cbc.ca/

http://www.canadahistory.com/

http://canada.ca/en/services/culture/index.html?utm_medium=decommissioned+site&utm_campaign

=Canada+Site+Redirect+Tracking&utm_source=canada.gc.ca/eng/aboutcanada-ausujetcanada/&utm_content=Launch+Tracking

You may need to visit the library to find more information and remember NO Wikipedia!

Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

Good afternoon LINC 7,


This afternoon, you're going to do some preliminary research about some important Canadians and learn more about using references, paraphrasing, direct quotations, and avoiding plagiarism.

First, I would like you to go to the Mohawk College library website and look at the information available for using the APA style for referencing.  This is generally the most commonly used style, with the exception of the Humanities.  

http://mohawkcollege.ca.libguides.com/content.php?pid=135623&sid=2019480

Next, I would like you to take some time to and choose one of the people from the list of important Canadians.  You may need to do some research if you're not sure who these people are. At this stage, you may (you have my permission ;) use Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an acceptable resource to find a quick answer to a question.  It is not, however, acceptable for academic research.  When you begin working on the next part, you will need to consult other resources, which can include: online sources, books, journal, video clips.  Remember to keep track of where you find your information.  

You will need to write down the following information for each source:

• author's name
• title
• year published
• publisher
• page number
• if it's a website, the url address for the website 

At this point, we're not worried about perfect form for references, but rather making sure that any information you use is clearly identified as being someone else's idea(s).

Important Canadians:

1. Lincoln Alexander- Beatrice
2. Chief Theresa Spence
3. Pierre Elliott Trudeau-Jodi
4. Nellie McClung- Souha
5. Frank Gehry- Rana
6. Roberta Bondar- Andrea
7. Timothy Eaton- Sai
8. Louis Riel- Jeena
9. Adelaide Hoodless- Diana
10. Jian Ghomeshi- Peter
11. George Stromboulopolis- Selma 
12. Elizabeth Bagshaw- Merna
13. Tommy Douglas- Souha
14. Romeo Dallaire- Raquel
15. Agnes Macphail- Modeaa
16. Joseph Brant- Amna
17. Ellen Fairclough- Mandeep
18. David Suzuki- Carla
19. Margaret Atwood
20. Lester B. Pearson- Arwa
21. Karen Kain- Mei
22. Tim Horton- Ping
23. Rick Mercer-
24. Ivan Reitman- Heba
25. Graham Greene- Robert

Once you've chosen the person you'd like to research, begin collecting information and prepare to complete a 15 minute presentation.  You should use MS PowerPoint slide, Google Drive Presentation, Prezi, or any other program that will allow you to create a visual to accompany your presentation. You will have some class time to prepare, but you will also have to work on this outside of class.  Presentations will begin on Monday, February 17th and take place over several Monday and Wednesday classes.  

Wednesday, January 29th, 2014

 Good afternoon LINC 7,

Today we are going to do some more on-line listening using TED Talks.  I would like you to follow the link below to the talk entitled, "Bryan Stevenson: We Need to Talk about an Injustice." This talk is 23:41, so it will be possible to listen to it twice if necessary.  *DO NOT enable the subtitles in your language.

http://www.ted.com/playlists/15/the_pursuit_of_justice.html

Here are some vocabulary words that will hear in the talk:

matriarch, enslaved, y'all, hung up on, probation, parole, distort, culpability, disenfranchised, litigation, lynched, unconscionable, degraded, marginalization, conviction

• After you have listened, please research these people who were mentioned in the talk: Vaclav Havel, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King.  
• What is the connection between these three people and concepts of 'identity' and 'injustice'? 
• Please write about the connection between these three and identity and injustice.  Which one do you identify with the most? Why?

This weekend, there are two special things happening.  Friday marks the beginning of the lunar new year, also known as the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival).  

         恭禧發財

Here's some interesting information about the festival:

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/535951/20140126/chinese-new-year-2014-wooden-horse-facts.htm

This year is the year of the horse. 

Sunday is Groundhog Day.  Don't forget to check the news and see whether Wiarton Willie sees his shadow or not. 

Enjoy,
Kim

Paraphrasing

Remember when you are paraphrasing someone else's words and ideas, change the words but not the ideas.  Here's a picture to help you remember. :)








Page 135, Task 7, Practising Paraphrasing


Here are some example paraphrases created by previous LINC 7 students:

1.  Vaccines are safe for almost everyone although very rarely there are people who experience adverse reactions. (original)

• Immunizations are considered safe for every single person even though they have negative effects for some.
• Not very often, people have a negative reaction to vaccines.
• Vaccines can cause severe reactions to a minority of people in rare cases.
• Some people have bad reactions to vaccines. However, vaccines are okay for most people.
• Vaccines are good for people, but some have a negative reaction to them.

2. Some mild side effects are experienced by most people after they are immunized. (original)

• After immunization, most people usually have mild side effects from vaccines.
• Most people  have mild side effects when they are vaccinated.
• Mild side effects occur for some people after vaccination.
• Even though there are people who have negative reactions to immunizations, they are still good for the majority.

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

Good afternoon LINC 7,

This afternoon, I'm going to give you some time to practice working on paraphrasing and modal verbs.

You can continue to work on the handout that I gave you in class. Here's a website that you may find helpful with your paraphrases:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/


When you're finished, you can work on those pesky modal verbs:

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html


Finally, here's a chart with the meanings of modal verbs and examples.