Ever Seen a More UPbeat Speech Than This?

First, listen to Dr. Kimberly Alyn's 3-minute 10-second speech. What kind of phrasal verbs does she use?




Now watch the video again and post a list of all those phrasal verbs. How many of them are there? What do they mean? Pick five of your favourite and write a sentence or paragraph for each to bring out its meaning.

Finally, if you like, take dictation of her speech from beginning to end. Read it to a friend over the phone! Was it fun? What kind of response did you get?

P.S. Don't forget to post the website that has the full transcript of this speech--you should be able to find it by googling!


All right, all right, here's the transcript, one of them, anyway.

Halloween: The Bad and Ugly and the Good

You already know the bad and ugly Halloween.

However, could there be a good side to it?

It depends. If you're looking to popular culture, the jack o' lanterns, the ghost masks and costumes, witches on broomsticks, trick o' treating, horror movies, Samhain, etc., forget it. The same goes for the crazy amounts of candies kids collect on that day--any parent knows that can't be good for weight or attention management!

But if you check out the history of Halloween, especially that particular one in 1517 in Wittenberg, Germany, you will see the event that helped a town, a nation, and the world overcome a thousand years of darkness, superstition, fear, and corruption, an event that gave us what we now call western civilization or the free world (including this great country of Canada!).




The Halloween of 1517 is one alternative celebration embraced by those who don't really go for the ghouls or the candies.

Feel free to click the article below and enlarge the picture.

Which Halloween are you celebrating this weekend? Write about it on your blog!

It's LINC Homework Day today (Friday, October 29th).

Here's the Word for the Week: Say, Noomano ...

In case you thought English words are short in comparison to those in your first language, here's a word for you to consider, and negotiate:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

How many syllables do you see? Which syllables are stressed? How do you pronounce each syllable? How do you say the word? This website provides the pronunciation; remember to click the speaker icon.

Do you think any of the 33 Chilean miners might suffer from it? Thank God they're safely out!

Congratulations, Michael and Justyna!

The October issue of NewsLINC is not out. With his article on his vacation trip, Michael joins two of his classmates who have been published. And Justyna gets published twice in a row!

Student’s Submission	Student	Region	Teacher
Dinner For A Prince	Martin C.	Peterborough Region	Lesley H.
Teacher’s Day	Manju J.	York Region	Fiona E.
Fall	Rachida L.	Halton Region	Deborah K.
Fall	Xiao Mei D.	Toronto Region	Deborah K.
Fishing In Canada	Xuan Z.	Saskatchewan	Samuel M.
Thanksgiving In Canada	Patrice S.	Hamilton Region	Natasha A.
International Day Of Older Persons	Ke Y.	Peel Region	Alena S.
Halloween	Maria K.	Toronto Region	Jonathan B.
Korean Thanksgiving Day	Sunnam H.	New Brunswick	Rachel B.
Fall	Karen G.	Nova Scotia	Samuel M.
Returning To School	Bob G.	Prince Edward Island	Paul H.
Pleasure Trip To Varadero, Cuba	Michael C.	York Region	Joseph N.
Halloween In Philippines And Canada	Lorna M.	Niagara Region	Marilyn K.
Having A Baby As A Newcomer	Nils P.	Peel Region	Brenda V.
Recipes
Pancit	Frankie O.	Durham Region	Jonathan B.
Turkish Meatballs	Duygu G.	Guelph Region	Jonathan B.
Pumpkin Soup	Justyna K.	Hamilton Region	Joseph N.
Fish Cutlets	Nirosha G.	Peel Region	Andrea R.
Student Corner
Biographies
	Xuan Z.	Saskatchewan	Samuel M.
	Yulia K.	Niagara Region	Brenda V.
	Su Ling C.	Toronto Region	Alena S.
	Nathalie M.	Peterborough Region	Terese C.

Check out their articles and more at the NewsLINC site. Great job, people!

Happy Thanksgiving!

But how did it happen?

Did it have anything to do with

1. Martin Frobisher, 

2. Plymouth Rock, 

3. John A. MacDonald, or 

4. None of these? 

The answer is ... (drumroll) ... read on:

Look who's selling an iPad today for $10!

UPDATE: Just came home tonight from redeeming six Team Save coupons on a Chinese buffet dinner. Burp.



Canadians are some of the most avid online shoppers. Sometimes, buying things as a group can save you a lot of money. Instead of one customer buying a buffet meal for $13, how about 100 people buying the same meal for $6 each? Or maybe 1,000 people? Many businesses love this idea. Customers, too! This is known as economies of scale. Here are few great group-buying sites:

1. Fab Find - Just for today, they're offering an i-Pad for $10! But it's a rush to get it.
2. Group On
3. Team Buy
4. Wag Jag
5. Team Save
6. Deal Find
7. Steal the Deal

Some of these sites also give you a bonus if you introduce your friends to group buy, like what I'm doing now! Check these out and let me know what you think.

Vets, Volunteers, or Santa: Your Pick This November

OK, it's back to the drawing board--or, the writing pad or QWERTY keyboard! This November, the LINC school's newsletter is calling for articles on the following topics:

1. An essay on your favourite city/town/village in Ontario, what you like most about it and what you recommend to see especially in this fall season
2. Indian summer
3. Diwali  - November 5th
4. Remembrance Day – November 11th
5. Toronto Santa Claus Parade
6. How you spend the fall season (your hobbies, sports or any other recommendations)
7. Fall recipes
8. Benefits of volunteering
9. Emergency preparedness (storms, hurricanes, floods, epidemics etc)

If you'd like to blog on any of them, please do so by noon on Friday, October 15th. That's about two weeks from now. It might be a good idea to send me the text via My Messages as well.

You're always welcome to write about yourself, your life, your interests, etc.--student biographies are always popular reading!