Unit 3 - Folk tales

Hi everybody,

This week, we have begun Unit 3, and have looked at the Tale of Gluskap, and the Baby. It is a North American Native story.

I asked you to write a Japanese story at home. Maybe Kaguya Hime,, or Momotaro, or another story, but in no more than ten sentences. Could you do it?

The picture above is from a famous story from England. Do you know the name of this story, and do you know how the story ends?

Let me know, if you do.

Best wishes,

Johnny

Unusual jobs

Hello,

On page 14-55, of Headway 3, we looked at the story of someone who is a "Clown Doctor". Do you remember what this actually means? What does a clown doctor do, and why is their job important?

Can you think of any other unusual jobs? Here are some, that I got from the internet, for example from:

http://www.careerbuilder.ca/CA/JobSeeker/CareerAdvice/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=137&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=33b8dbe4531348c596c15ed763f50286-259899915-JT-5&ns_siteid=ns_us_g_unusual_jobs

Here are examples of unusual jobs:

Bingo announcer

Clown for rodeos

Fingerprint analyzer

Do you know any really unusual jobs? Ainu language teacher? Insect doctor?

Let me know!

Johnny

PS In the picture, you can see FRED the RED. A very unusual job.... does anyone know who he is?

What about you?

Hiya,

Last week we looked at happiness. We compared the lives of Sidney, who is a lawyer, with Jeff, who delivers newspapers (Headway 3, pages 11-12).

We asked questions, comparing their lives, to see who was the happiest. Who do you think has the happier life?

Also, students asked each other about their jobs, what they do in their jobs, and if they are happy.

If you would like to to some extra work, at home, please write a conversation, between the sailor, and the bartender, in the picture.

E.G.

Sailor: What do you do?

Bartender: I mix drinks all day, and take cash from the customers. Also, if anyone is drunk, and noisy, I throw them out of the bar. How about you? What do you do?

Sailor: Well, I get to wear a nice uniform, so I cam impress girls! It's great!

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Have a good week, talk to you soon.

Johnny