Thursday Assignment - January 28,2016

Activity 1

Watch this video and write a summary of the video in 1 paragraph which includes the 5 points below. I'm looking for what connection you can make between the video and what you've learned about your rights and responsibilities in terms of safety as a worker in Canada.

1) What the incident that occurred was
2) What Clera did wrong (regarding working a new machine)
3) What Clera should have done
4) Your rights and responsibility for safe work in Canada
5) How the video made you feel overall

  Clera work in a factory. One day, her co-worker had a sick break suddenly. Supervisor needed a operator for a new machine. Supervisor collected some staffers and asked " Who can operate this machine?". Clera answered " I can.". However, Clera do not study that how to operate this machine. Clera just wanted to get this job because she need to earn money for her family. Clera thought that operation for this machine is easy because she heard that this machine is not difficult from her co-worker. Her co-worker tried to stop her but she did not hear anything. She was badly injured when she operated this machine.
  Clera do not accept this job before training this machine. Her co-worker need to report supervisor that Clera can not operate this machine. Supervisor need to confirm the truth from other staff.

Tuesday's Assignment Janary 26th, 2016

Task 1:

Read the following adjectives for emotions and identify which words describe a positive, neutral or negative feeling. Write down (p) next to the word to mean positive, (n) to mean neutral, and (na) to mean negative. If necessary, look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary. Some words may fit into more than one category.

Task 2:

The list above contains adjectives to describe emotions. Where possible, change them into nouns.

ambivalent      (n)  ambivalence	discouraged    (n)  discouragement	overwhelmed   (n)
annoyed      (n)  annoyance	embarrassed    (n)  embarrassment	regretful    (n)  regret
anxious      (n) anxiousness	enthusiastic    (p)  enthusiasm	relieved   (p) relief
apprehensive  (n) apprehension	frustrated   (n) frustration	shocked   (n) shock
concerned     (n) concern	furious    (n) furiousness	thrilled   (p)  thrill
content     (p)  content	grateful   (p) gratefulness	Uneasy  (n) unease
defensive   (n) defensiveness	grieving    (n) grievousness	vulnerable  (n) vulnerability
determined    (p) determinedness	miserable    (n) miserableness	wary   (p) wariness
disappointed  (n) disappointment	optimistic   (p) optimization	upset  (n) upset

Task 3: 

Choose five of the emotions from the list above. For each emotion, describe a situation you have experienced that made you feel this way.

I have immigrated to Canada almost 1 year. This year is very hard to me. I have become anxious 
for our life at Canada. When I first came to Canada with my family, I was very optimistic. However,
as time went by I become discouraged, because I can not find a profession job. I had twice telephone
interview from some companies, but I have failed because of my English skills is not enough good. 
My wife is content about Canadian life. She always tell me "Don't worry, you can find a professional job.".
She believe determined me. 

Visit Toronto Reference Library

Thursday January 7 2016: Field Trip to Toronto Reference Library 
Please meet before 9 a.m. at Don Mills Station so we can leave at 9:10 a.m.

Dication

1.Hi, Are you the librarian? Could you help me check out this book? What if the reason the bar-code with the card or ID card?

2. I do not know with this is fiction or nonfiction. It does not show in the online catalogne gather.

3. It supposed to open Monday to Saturday from ten to six or the side to suite the new library for myself.

Hi, are you the librarian? Could you help me check out this book? What if there isn't a bar code or RFID tag?

I don't know if this is fiction or nonfiction. It doesn't show in the online catalogue either.

It's supposed to open Monday through Saturday from 10 to 6 so I decided to see the new library for myself.