Online Listening Library!

Greetings LINC 7 Students,

Since many of you want to improve your listening skills, here's an opportunity to practice at home.

It's a wonderful online resource called ELLO:

ELLO: English Language Listening Library Online (http://www.elllo.org/index-levels.htm)

Each lesson has audio, a script, a vocabulary exercise, and a short quiz to test your comprehension. 

Levels 5 - 7 are suitable for LINC 7 students, depending on your listening skills.

Please start with some listenings at Level 5, and if they are easy, move to Levels 6 and 7.

I recommend taking the time to do 2 or 3 of these lessons each day. Have fun!

Canada's census 2006

Hello LINC 7 Students,

To prepare for Monday's listening assessment, please look at the "Families and Households" section of the census data.

The St. Roch & the Northwest Passage

Hello LINC 7 Students,

To prepare for our field trip to the Vancouver Maritime Museum on Thursday, watch this NFB documentary on the historic voyages.

Note that the narrator of this documentary uses the word "Eskimo" rather than "Inuit."

NDP Platform on Climate Change

Hello LINC 7 Students,

Here's the link to information that you should preview to prepare for tomorrow's reading PBLA.

Reading for PBLA

Hello LINC 7 Students,

On Tuesday, you'll have a reading PBLA where you'll be interpreting graphs and charts.

Please read it over tonight and become familiar with the content.

You'll have ONE HOUR to complete the questions on this text tomorrow in the computer lab.

Here's the link:

http://angusreid.org/election-2019-blackface-scandal/

Animals of the Canadian North

Hello LINC 7 Students,

On Monday, October 7, we’ll have a listening PBLA in the audio lab (9:30 - 10:15 am). 

You’ll listen to a short lecture on Canada’s north and write down key information that you hear in the lecture. 

To prepare for this task, please read the handout on geography of the north and visit this website to learn about some important northern animals! Make sure you are familiar with the spelling of all the words in the text and the names of the animals.

https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/canada/articles/21-pictures-of-wonderful-animals-youll-find-in-canada/

Building Canada's Railroad

Hello LINC 7 Students,

On the weekend, please read this blog and then watch this 10-minute video about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) across Canada. Then answer the questions about the video. (You can watch the video with the subtitles on. :)

The creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway was a task originally undertaken as "the National Dream" by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald.

The government wanted to build a railway linking the west and the east within 10 years of July 1871. Macdonald (seen below) saw it as essential to the creation of a unified Canadian nation that would stretch across the continent.

First, the government had to make a contract with a company to build the railroad.

Competition for the lucrative (= money-making!) contract to build the railway was intense, and in 1872, wealthy railway promoter Sir Hugh Allan (photo below) was awarded the contract..

However, Allan had also contributed around $350,000 to the Conservative party's election campaign!

When this became public knowledge in 1873, Sir John A. Macdonald's government was forced to resign. This was called the Pacific Scandal.

 

Here's another good link to the History of the Railway.

This is a long PDF file, but please read pages 4, 5 and 6.

You can skim and scan through the rest of the document, and get an idea of the various stages of building our national railway. :)

 

Residential Schools Task

Hello LINC 7 students,

Here's the link to the website you'll need to complete the skill-using task on Canadian public opinion regarding Sir John A. Mcdonald and the legacy of residential schools.

Please follow the directions on the handout, complete the task Wednesday night, and bring it to class on Thursday. We'll check it over in class.

This skill-using task should take you about one hour.

Next Tuesday, you'll complete a PBLA in the computer lab.