Great work the last few days on your house hunting project! The videos are really coming together.
We will be presenting MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016. Groups will be drawn at random to present.
Regardless of when you present, everyone MUST have their video submitted at the start of class (10:25am) on Monday (2 May 2016). It needs to either be on a USB, or sent to be BEFORE the start of class so that we can play it off my device.
Have a great weekend. Cannot wait to see the finished versions!
Great job improving our sentences today everyone! Here are some examples of words and punctuation if you want to check!
Have a great weekend!
Please email me your YouTube Video Translation before the end of today! Remember: handing it in during class tomorrow is NOT acceptable.
I am excited to see your translations! =D
In your groups, you will need to find three different properties: one detached house, one condo, and one townhouse. All of these properties are ones you are BUYING, not renting. Please keep them within the Lower Mainland.
Be realistic with your income. Consider the Career Cruising project we did earlier this year – take your incomes from the career you chose in this assignment and add them together to get your total income. Put this income in a Mortgage Calculator to determine what kind of mortgage and property you can afford as a group.
https://www.vancity.com/Mortgages/MortgageCalculators/
A short video will be shown in class as an example of what we will be looking for in your assignment.
Consider some of the elements we have discussed in class:
Your presentation should give a brief overview of all properties and be narrated equally by all members of your group, whatever format you decide upon.
More details will arise in class and students will be responsible for partaking in the discussion towards elements being assessed in this assignment.
Happy House Hunting! =D
Please finish looking up your rented basement suite, condo, and townhouse. Remember to keep them in the same general neighbourhood, because that will be a big part of our discussion on Monday.
Have a great weekend!
Please finish the Daily Grammar Review. Be ready to go over it as a team on Monday!
Have a great weekend!
Do not forget to check you have done all of these things before you hand in your writing assignments, whether they are written by hand, or typed on your device. Remember, you can always ask a friend in class to help you check!
Here is the assignment we will be working on in class. Save it to your computer just in case the WiFi is not cooperative!
Since we have some background now regarding credits, budgeting, and loans (lines of credit), we are going to see if we can learn about how this applies to motor vehicles.
You will be split into two groups and assigned a position: Finance or Lease. These are two different ways people sometimes choose to have use of a car.
You will have one day (Wednesday) to prepare your position. Keep in mind some of the following expectations:
1. Everyone in your group MUST speak at some point during the debate.
2. Everyone must participate in the preparation.
3. Since we are new to this subject, you will likely run into some terms and concepts you don’t know. When you run into these, write them down – each group is expected to have a list of questions asking about different things they have identified in the process of preparing your argument. Things like Warranty or Insurance might be good ideas to write down as questions.
4. You need to argue why your method is the better choice.
5. Do not just look up one car and base your answer of that. Choose three different types, for example: a simple, base level car; a larger vehicle like a truck or SUV; and/or a more luxury brand vs. a universal brand and see how things change for your position.
I have included three videos here that briefly explain both Financing and Leasing, as well as a comparison of the two. You need to all watch ALL THREE before you start your own research. Some of these videos are from the UK and USA, but overall, the general rules are the same.
Financing?
Leasing?
Which One, Which One?
As previously mentioned, you will have only Wednesday to prepare for this. The Debate will occur at the beginning of class on Thursday, so make sure you are ready!
Here is how the STRUCTURE of the Debate will work:
First Side: Opening Statement (1 minute).
Second Side: Opening Statement. (1 minute).
First Side: Point #1 (1 minute).
Second Side: Rebuttal (1 minute). (A rebuttal means they are only arguing the one point presented by Side #1).
Free For All (3 minutes): Anyone can argue, it just has to be one at a time.
Second Side: Point #1. (1 minute).
First Side: Rebuttal. (1 minute)
Free For All (3 minutes).
Repeat process for Points 2, 3, etc.
First Side: Closing Statement (1 minute).
Second Side: Closing Statement (1 minute).
Here are the general RULES about the Debate:
During the Free For All round, the first person to speak is the person who stands up first. If it is a tie, the teacher will choose. You cannot stand up or crouch to speak next, you must be seated unless you are the speaker.
Remember: You cannot argue against another side if you don’t know their side. 😉
Best of luck! You’ll do great!
Now that we have become better at creating our sentences, we are going to start taking some of our smaller sentences and joining them to sentences. One of the ways we can do this is through Adjective Clauses.
Introductory Terms:
CLAUSE: A group of words containing a subject and a verb.
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE: A complete sentence. It contains the main subject and verb of a sentence. It is also called the “Main Clause.”
DEPENDENT CLAUSE: Is not a complete sentence. It must be connected to an independent clause.
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE: A dependent clause that modifies a noun. It describes, identifies, or gives further information about a noun. This is also sometimes called a “Relative Clause.”
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE PRONOUNS: An adjective clause uses pronouns to connect the dependent clause to the independent clause. The Adjective Clause Pronouns are: who, whom, which, that, and whose.
Another word you will see in your assignment is “modifies.” I want you to think of the word “modifies” as “changes.”
Please complete the following assignment on a lined piece of paper. Please remember to put your first and last name, the block, and the date. You may use your device to help you translate some of these words, but you must use your computer or tablet, not your phone.
Assignment: Azar – Adjective Clauses.
Remember: don’t rush! Take your time, and ask lots of questions! =)
(Azar, 2002: pp. 268-269)
