Activity 1 - Building Social Capital
Vocabulary : Acquaintance
Not a close friend
Vocabulary: obsolete
old fashioned, out of date
Vocabulary: interfere
to get in the middle, to meddle, to get in the way
Vocabulary: triage
Medical triage is the process of sorting patients based on the urgency of their condition to determine the priority of treatment.
Number of provinces and territories in Canada
13
Vocabulary: persistence
The ability to not give up
Directions: Write the following paragraph, inserting a, an, and the where needed.
I have horse of my own. I call her Pretty Girl. She is intelligent animal, but she is not thoroughbred horse. I could never enter her in race, even if I wanted to.
I have a horse of my own. I call her Pretty Girl. She is an intelligent animal, but she is not a thoroughbred horse. I could never enter her in a race, even if I wanted to.
Vocabulary: ingenuity
intelligence to create original things
Vocabulary: peripheral
Peripheral means "away from the center."
Capital cities of at least 8 provinces or territories
Victoria, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Quebec City, Fredricton, Halifax, Charlottetown, St. John's, Whitehorse (Yukon), Yellowknife (Northwest Territories), and Iqaluit (Nunavut).
The 5 steps of problem solving
Identify the problem, get more information, list possible solutions, examine pros and cons, and choose a solution
How to answer the phone if you work for Vancouver Community College.
Hello, Vancouver Community College (VCC), (name here ) speaking. How may I help you?
3 examples of sources of renewable energy, and 1 example of a non-renewable energy source.
Wind, solar and hydro
Fossil fuels
Vocabulary: hepatitis
Inflammation of the liver
5 steps for initiating a conversation with a stranger
Attend and approach, bridge, comment, develop, end.
5 steps in giving feedback
1. General positive comment, specific positive comment with examples, specific improvement comment with examples, listen for the response, make a conclusion.
4 ways to reduce our carbon footprint
Eat less meat, recycle, use public transit, reduce energy use
Change the following to reported speech: John said, "Are you going to kiss me now, Mary?"
John asked Mary if she was going to kiss him then.
3 methods of active listening
supportive words and phrases, echoing, paraphrasing, facial expressions
5 ways of being persuasive
state facts, give reasons, use "you" statements, use intensifiers, be the expert, use repetition
2 ways AI is harmful to humans.
spread misinformation easily, cause people to lose their jobs, behave in unpredictable ways
Bonus! Make a present, unreal conditional (2nd conditional) sentence based on the following: "I don't have a million dollars, so I can't buy a Ferrari."
If I had a million dollars, I would / could buy a Ferrari.