Wednesday's Assignment

If the first thing that you think of when it comes to Canadian celebrations is John Graves Simcoe, you can jump up and shout Woohoo!

You may already know of Lake Simcoe and Simcoe Street downtown. Well, how about a Simcoe Day, and who really was Simcoe?


What Canadian celebrations are represented above?


Here are your tasks:

1, Look for at least 5 new words about Governor Simcoe here.

governor

slavery

abolition

initiated

coincidence

2. Listen to the story using a free TTS (Text-to-Speech) website online.

http://www.fromtexttospeech.com/

3, Find the meaning of those words.

governor: the person in authority; one's employer
slavery: the state of being under the control of another person
abolition or abolishment: the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.

initiated: cause (a process or action) to begin
coincidence: a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection

4, Read the sentences containing those words to a partner to check for pronunciation.

5, Wait for class take up.

6, Write a dialogue using those words.
Paul:  Lisa. How was diong today?
Lisa:  We learned about Simcoe Day.
Paul:  Which day is Simcoe Day?
Lisa:  It is on the first Monday of Aufust.
Paul:  Please tell me about Simcoe Day,  I never know that.
Lisa:  In Toronto, however, it's known as Simcoe Day in honour of John Graves Simcoe, Upper                        
         Canada's first lieutenant governor and the man who initiated the abolishment of slavery in     
         Canada.
         Toronto City Council established the civic holiday in honour of Simcoe in 1869.

         It's no coincidence that, in of all places, Simcoe's name still resonates in southern Ontario.
Paul: Thank you for giving me the information.
Lisa：Your welcome.

7, Read your classmates’ stories and identify their words from Simcoe’s story under Comments.