How to Solve a Rubik's Cube

I really want to know how to solve a Rubik's Cube. The Rubik's Cube is a complicated puzzle that was around when I was a kid. Now, it has made a come back. My daughter recently got one as a birthday gift and she can do it. I popped on You Tube to see if there was a step by step process I could easily follow. There are videos that are long and complicated, but I did find another way.





What is the main idea of this news report?

1. Write a one sentence introduction to this video.



Discussing the Video:

2. Write 5 to 7 factual questions about this news report.

3. Write 3 or 4 questions to solicit another person's opinion or personal experiences on topics related to this video.

Are you still curious about the solution? Here's the secret. Press on Rubik's Cube .

How to: Describing a Process

There are several patterns of organization. Which pattern does describing a process belong to?

1. Listing

2. Sequencing

3. Comparison/Contrast

4. Cause/Effect

5. Problem/Solution

6. Extended Definition

A process uses sequence organization. Describing a process requires using steps that follow one after another in time order. Common time words or phrases used are first, then, next, after that, finally and the next step.

Steps in a Process

Listen to the following video. Then complete the exercise.

1. What is the topic?

2. What is the main idea?

3. What is the pattern of organization?

4. What does the presenter say in her introduction? List the parts of her introduction.

5. Listen for time words. For each step, write a signal word or phrase and the detail that follows.

For example,

Step 1: Then - fold the paper.

6. Does the presenter offer any warnings? Can you give an example?

Lie to Me Game

If you have been following this blog, you know Lie to Me is a popular American TV show. Also, did you know Candians watch a lot of American TV? There are probably more American television stations than Canadian stations. Anyways, a game started on the internet where you can post three stories about yourself. One is a lie. Then the viewer is to guess what one of the three stories is untrue.


Can Canadians lie well? Let's watch Nadine from the west coast of Canada tell her three stories.




So, which one is the lie?

Now watch the next video. Stacey thinks she knows which story is untrue. Watch Stacey's video. She explains her answer. Do you agree with her answer?

Then Stacey tells her three stories. Which story is untrue?





Maybe you find it difficult to spot Nadine's lie and Stacey's lie. For more help, go to "How to Spot a Liar". See the related links below.


Related Posts:

• How to Spot Liars
  Lie to Me

The post, Lie to Me Game: The Update,will give you the correct answer. Which of Nadine's stories is untrue? Is it story number one, two or three?

How to Spot Liars

Can you tell when people are lying? Here a retired FBI agent or a government crime investigator talks about identifying lies. He was a polygraphic examiner. A polygraph is a machine that records people's feelings when they talk. Sometimes criminals are asked to take a polygraph or a lie detector test. If you fail a polygraph, it often means you were lying.

Listen to this news report and try the quiz. The former FBI agent uses a proverb or wise old saying, "The eyes are a window to the soul". He adds, "You can see right through them." It's interesting to know right and left handed people lie differently. Also, have you ever noticed people are uncomfortable when they lie?



Related Posts:

• Lie to Me

Lie to Me

Lie to Me is an American TV program that started in January 2009. This show has returned this fall for a second TV season. On the show is a man who can read faces. He is able to read a person's emotions. Moreover, he is able to see if someone is lying or not. He is like a human lie detector test.

Watch this video. It is a promotion for Lie to Me. It's kind of fun! See if you can read the emotions on these faces. You may like to watch it more than once. If you look carefully, you will see white words beside each photo. There are words like surprise, excitement and disgust. Are you good at reading people's feelings? Are you good at reading people you know well? Strangers?

Food and Drinks Around the World

Every country has food and drinks that make you feel at home.Today Real Canadian English welcomes some guest bloggers who talk about their comfort food..


As in Canada, tea and coffee are popular in my country too. In India, we prefer to drink these beverages with milk.The first drink at home at the beginning of a day is coffee or tea. After that with breakfast, we also drink either of these. Another popular drink in Kerala, where I am from, is pure coconut juice. People always love to drink this juice mainly because it is natural, pure and delicious. It is healthy too. I can very well say that no foreigners leave our country without having this drink. It is readily available anywhere in Kerala, a southern state in India.

Jancy
Kerala, India

In China, everyone should know dumplings are very popular food, especially in the northeast part of China. Most people love them because they have a history not less than four thousand years old. The dumplings are available in a wide variety of stuffings. You can put everything that you want in the dumplings. During the Chinese Spring Festival or other important holidays, people make the dumplings for celebrations. They are an indispensable food on the table, eventhough they are not easy to make. However, people like making them. People get together and sit at the table. That is a best chance to communicate with each other. Everyone should have her own role because that is team work. If you eat the dumplings, you will have good luck in the future. Right now, you can eat dumplings anywhere that there are Chinese living because that is an old Chinese custom. There are many people from different countries who enjoy them too. Also, dumplings are my favourite food.

Grace
China

Koumiss is an ancient Kyrgyz beverage which is prepared by fermentation of mare's milk. For a long time people have believed that this curative drink gives power after long illness, cures many heart diseases, and cures disorders of the alimentary and pulmonary system. Koumiss contains enzymes, vitamins, iron, iodine, calcium, lactic bacteria and many other things. This drink improves metabolism, reduces cholesterol level in blood and raises an organism tonus. Scientists have come to the opinion that koumiss is one of the most healthy drinks, and the secret of Kyrgyz longest living citizens relates to the regular usage of koumiss.

Svetlana
Kyrgyz

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Summer in Toronto: Taste of the Danforth

Taste of the Danforth
Originally uploaded by BruceK

This weekend catch the Greek celebration on Danforth Avenue. Get off at the Pape subway and you will be in the middle of the festival. There will be free music and entertainment. Many of the restaurants will have food specials. It was started 16 years ago and attracts huge crowds every year.



Here is a short video about the Taste of the Danforth.

Lie to Me Game: The Update

In October, 2009, there were three posts related to lying.

• Lie to Me, the television show
• The game, Lie to Me
• How to spot the liar

It's time to give the answer to the Lie to Me game. I have hidden it here, so you must first watch Nadine tell her stories. Here is the video where Nadine reveals her lie. Were you right? Are you good at spotting a liar?

Validation: A Narration

A narration tells a fictional or factual story. It uses time order. Time words and expressions help develop the story. By using some, but not too many time words, the reader can follow the story easier. In this student generated story, you can see a variety of time words and expressions. Also, like any story, there are three parts, the beginning, middle and end. Be sure, your beginning doesn't tell too much of the story.

Before you read this narration, you might like to view the film, 'Validation'. This story comes from the comments after the film. Press here to view 'Validation'.




A young man, Hugh Newman, worked at a validation booth in a parking lot. People came there for their tickets to be validated. However, once they saw Hugh, no one could stop smiling because he always found good characteristics about everyone. Hugh told them they were great and he made them feel glad. Soon, a security person found that people made a really big line up from the validation booth to the parking lot. Then the security informed the supervisors. Everyone including his boss was happy after they met this young man. They all felt they were appreciated.

Hugh continued to say good words that gave people a positive feeling and made them happy. He thought that the people liked to hear the good words and enjoyed their great smiles. Even some presidents of nations like Bush and Saddam smiled. Also, when he was in trouble with the police officer about his driver's license, his positive words helped him get out of an unpleasant situation.

When Hugh went to have his picture taken for his driver's license, he saw a young beautiful girl called Victoria. She was the photographer. While she was taking his photo, he started to smile. However, she reminded him that no one is allowed to smile in a driver's license photo. Hugh went away sadly and came back the next day to have his picture taken. He tried to make Victoria smile, but she didn't want to do it. He felt upset and she took his photo. She was a very unhappy person and this continued to upset him.

Hugh became so sad that he was unable to make others happy. Then he lost his job at the parking lot. However, he found a new way to make people smile. He was a very good street photographer. He talked to many people and made money taking their photographs. Later, he went to the dentist's office. He saw a driver's license photo with a smiling face. After that, Hugh tried to find Victoria at her job, but it was not easy. Victoria had been fired because she took pictures of smiling people. It was not allowed for documents. He sought her everywhere. Finally, Hugh met Victoria in the passport office.

When Hugh found her, she was taking pictures. Victoria was smiling and people were smiling too! Then he asked her about the change. She explained what happened during her childhood. She told him she was always sad because of her mother. Now, she knew her mother had started to smile because of his kindness. Finally, Hugh and Victoria hugged and kissed. The people who were standing there appreciated them and clapped.

Film Festivals 4: Validation

' are the newest films in the series.

Before you watch the film, do you know what the word, validation, means? The movie starts off with the main character working in a parking garage. His job was to validate parking tickets. When customers shop, go to a movie or eat in a restaurant near the parking lot, they can get their parking tickets validated. Then the parking is free.

This employee has special qualities that make him very popular. He is a very positive person and helps others feel good as well. However, even the happiest people can stop smiling. What will happen to this young man? All I can say is there is a lot of positive energy in this short film and I hope it brightens your day. Enjoy!


Now tell the story. Press "comments" below this post and help tell the story. Each person should write two or three sentences of the story. The first person will start the story and each person will continue the story. If the story finishes, the next person will start the story again.

Remember, you will continue the story from where the last person stopped. Replay the video if you need help. I look forward to reading the story:)