June 29th

Canada day quiz!!! Conditionals: If you were....what would it be? Getting the job done: promote / bacteria / packaging / janitor / perfect / outfit / punch the clock / scrub / worthwhile / philosophical come up / go down / hand out / give away

June 28th

Conditional: dictation, presentation and games

Job satisfaction-personal problems / financial planning / top performers / general manager / common sense / social responsibility / corporate culture / employee loyalty

vocabulary review : perks / pampered / give it a second thought / lose one's temper / productive / profitable / fell behind / catch up / revamp / juggle / for advancement / in a row /  common sense / burn out / jump at an opportunity / devise / retain / cope with / stressful / hot trend / loyal / firm / go a step father / align with / urge / reminiscent / look out for / work over time

June 27th

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Workplace privacy

June 26th

Gerund and Infinitive


Job Satisfaction : burn out / lose your temper / in a row / give it a second thought

June 25th

10000 germ species in/on our bodies 
It's like talking to a brick wall : nothing to write home about / hit the roof / people who live next door / a home away from home / smoke like a chimney / drive me up the wall / go out of the window / get on like a house on fire / a night on the tiles
compromise: go halfway / find middle ground / all or nothing / meet - halfway / stick to one's guns / middle-of-the-road / give-and-take / strike a happy medium / not give an inch / get one's own way

Attitudes at work
The dream job
: provided that / on the condition that / whether or not / assuming that / supposing that

June 22nd

music: This is a Fire Door Never Leave Open
exam check
Passive Games

Dougie dog and Fabulous furballs : recession / comfort food / open up / street meat / break even / tweaking / buy into it / kudos / you rock / add up / grand / I bet / freaking me right out / franchisee / profit margin / funky / beef up / come across / dodge a bullet / 401K / went under / lucked out

June 21st

Passive causative : have / get + O + PP

Stative passive : is related- / is located- 

Descriptive language: adjective

Changing of circumstance

improve / increase / recover / rise / go up 

decline / decrease / go down / drop / fall

dramatic movement :

rocket / skyrocket / soar / shoot up 

sink / plummet

June 20th

Grammar test & speaking test!!!
The cellist of Sarajevo: solitary / anticipation / haunting / repertoire / furor /subside/ exuberant / defy / croaking/ cherich / soothe

June 19th

Passive
What skills or abilities may be helped by listening to such music? : well-rounded / proficiency / curriculum / building blocks / sequential / abstract reasoning / enhance / self-esteem / neurological / hallmarks / intervention / underscore

grow up / get along / go away / come back / move in / work out / go out / eat out / go on / go up / sit down / break down / pick up / pay back / watch out / build up / point out / figure out /  find out /

penny / nickel / dime / quarter / loonie / twoonie

Sharks and Angels : income / expenditure / cash flow forecast / break even / budget / part with / live on(get by)

June 18th

Doctors back denial of treatment for smokers and the obese: blackmail / in-vitro / transplant / gluttony / arbitrary / spark a row / a slim majority / from the cradle to the grave / withhold / body mass index / on the ground of / take a stance
preposition: against / along / alongside / around / at / beside / by / on the left.right of / near / next to / towards
nature ability idioms: have the golden touch / be a whiz at / be a natural born sth / have a knack for / have a good eye for / have a green thumb / be all thumbs / have two left feet / have a nose for / lose their touch

Money: run out / build up / take out / pay off / sort out / set in / put off / figure out / sit down / write down / find out / add up / eat out / give up / set up / work out / put away / break down /

June 13th

Article!!!

Religion : place of worship / religious leaders / religious practices
definition essays

June 12th

article / noun (countable / uncountable) : a grain of rice / a speck of dust / a game of soccer / a branch of astronomy / a clap of thunder / a piece of advice / a grain of sand / a flash of lightning / a piece of furniture / a piece of jewelry / an article of clothing

Religion : designate / cease / exile / mobilize / propagate / reincarnation / relevant / short-sighted / speculate / temporal

Job interview : work under / work on / sleep around / get ahead / storm out / stand up for / give so a shot / have a shot / give it a shot / litigious

communication in a workplace

June 11th

Preposition of position: above / after / below / down / on / on top of / over / under / underneath  / up
OLD & YOUNG people: old people smell nicer than young people
kindness: give s.o. the shirt off one's back / lend s.o. a hand / offer one's services / help out / save the day / bend over backwards / go out of one's way / come to the rescue / do so many favors for / go to bat for s.o.

Job interview : follow up / resume / diverse / qualification / deal with / involve / correspondence / billing / multitasking / commute

June 8th

World News
Can you solve it?
pictionary / stop the bus

Ethics : bribery and corruption / insider trading / counterfeit goods / sex discrimination / environmental pollution / industrial espionage / animal testing / money laundering / price fixing /
tax fraud / truth stretching / exaggeration / dress up / candidate / cross the line / discourage / carry one's weight / be in someone else's shoes / accomplishment / sell yourself short / slack off

                    

June 7th

Similar or very different?
In one school, many sagas :  My history(background of their ancestor)
noun with suffixes : -ness, -ty, -ity, -ment
What the said and what they meant : mis-communication and misunderstanding


The ethics of resume writing

June 6th

Magazine questionnaires: Are you a risk taker?
Speaking test: Where is the best place for you to live as a ESL teacher.
Reading: Lost in translation/ The struggle to be an all-American girl

June 5th

Grammer: tag question and answer
Reading: Feng Shui
Speaking: Lost in translation

July 4th

Newspaper Q&A
stop or stay:
    tough it out / give up / throw in the towel / sweat it out / hang in there /  
    bailed out at the first  sign of trouble / call it quits / stick with it to the bitter end /
    drop the course / keep at it until she gets it right
Write a story with 10 words

Ethics: what is right? what is wrong?

June 1st

ed.ted.com:  Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce
tense summarize / article
Gotye- Somebody that I used to know :
      cut sb off / stoop so low / screw sb over / let it go / hung up on
Phrasal verb review : cut / look / give / go

May 31

Future tense: future perfect vs future perfect progressive
Tomorrow's world: How will the future be?
Reading: a fable for tomorrow

Management : Who is the best for manager? What ability is needed to be a manager?