Language Circle lesson

1. LanguageCircle(L3-4):
Vote
basedon
ElectionIdioms
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Objectives
• Review and practice the idioms in the Election Idioms
Lesson and use them in a related activity
• Speak about your personal experience with elections
• Vocabulary
• Listening – Watch a video and answer true and false questions
• Reflect on your learning today

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Review the idioms
in this related lesson
https://livelearn.ca/lessons/community-circles/election-idioms/

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Review the idioms in this related lesson
“to cast your vote” – to vote
“to abstain from voting”– not to vote even if you are eligible to do so
“to throw in the towel” – to quit or give up
“to vote with your feet”– to leave an organisation
“election fever”– to talk about elections a lot

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
If someone wants you to cast your vote, they
a) want you to vote for them
b) want you be in the cast of a movie

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
If someone wants you to cast your vote, they
a) want you to vote for them
b) want you be in the cast of a movie

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
If you abstained from voting, you
a) voted twice
b) did not vote

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
If you abstained from voting, you
a) voted twice
b) did not vote

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
If someone throws in the towel in a game, they
a) give up
b) ask for another towel

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
If someone throws in the towel in a game, they
a) give up
b) ask for another towel

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
If someone in an organisation votes with their feet, they
a) cast the wrong vote
b) are leaving the organisation

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
If someone in an organisation votes with their feet, they
a) cast the wrong vote
b) are leaving the organisation

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
My sister has election fever. She
a) talks about the upcoming elections all the time
b) has high temperature

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Idioms activity
Let’s practice!
My sister has election fever. She
a) talks about the upcoming elections all the time
b) has high temperature

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Speaking

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Speak about your personal experience
How do you elect your head of state in your native
country?
What do you know about federal elections in Canada?

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Vocabulary

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polling place (phr) deadline (noun)
convenient (adj.) application ( noun)
advance voting (phr)
1. the latest time or date by which something should be
completed
2. a building where voting takes place during an election
3. allows voters to cast their ballots before the scheduled election
day or period.
4. fitting in well with a person's needs
5. a formal request to an authority for something

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polling place (phr) deadline (noun)
convenient (adj.) application ( noun)
advance voting (phr)
1. the latest time or date by which something should be
completed
deadline
2. a building where voting takes place during an election
3. allows voters to cast their ballots before the scheduled election
day or period.
4. fitting in well with a person's needs
5. a formal request to an authority for something

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polling place (phr) deadline (noun)
convenient (adj.) application ( noun)
advance voting (phr)
1. the latest time or date by which something should be
completed
deadline
2. a building where voting takes place during an election polling place
3. allows voters to cast their ballots before the scheduled election
day or period.
4. fitting in well with a person's needs
5. a formal request to an authority for something

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polling place (phr) deadline (noun)
convenient (adj.) application ( noun)
advance voting (phr)
1. the latest time or date by which something should be
completed
deadline
2. a building where voting takes place during an election polling place
3. allows voters to cast their ballots before the scheduled election
day or period.
advance voting
4. fitting in well with a person's needs
5. a formal request to an authority for something

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polling place (phr) deadline (noun)
convenient (adj.) application ( noun)
advance voting (phr)
1. the latest time or date by which something should be
completed
deadline
2. a building where voting takes place during an election polling place
3. allows voters to cast their ballots before the scheduled election
day or period.
advance voting
4. fitting in well with a person's needs convenient
5. a formal request to an authority for something

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polling place (phr) deadline (noun)
convenient (adj.) application ( noun)
advance voting (phr)
1. the latest time or date by which something should be
completed
deadline
2. a building where voting takes place during an election polling place
3. allows voters to cast their ballots before the scheduled election
day or period.
advance voting
4. fitting in well with a person's needs convenient
5. a formal request to an authority for something application

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Listening

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Watch the following video and
answer the True and False questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4U0_moVzmc

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Watch the following video and
answer the True and False questions:
1. There are four ways to vote in federal elections in Canada?
2. The Voter Information Card is sent to you by mail by Elections Canada.
3. You cannot vote in person at an Elections Canada Centre near you.
4. You need to apply online to vote by mail.
5. More information you can find on elections.com

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Watch the following video and
answer the True and False questions:
1. There are four ways to vote in federal elections in Canada? True
2. The Voter Information Card is sent to you by mail by Elections Canada.
3. You cannot vote in person at an Elections Canada Centre near you.
4. You need to apply online to vote by mail.
5. More information you can find on elections.com

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Watch the following video and
answer the True and False questions:
1. There are four ways to vote in federal elections in Canada? True
2. The Voter Information Card is sent to you by mail by Elections Canada. True
3. You cannot vote in person at an Elections Canada Centre near you.
4. You need to apply online to vote by mail.
5. More information you can find on elections.com

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Watch the following video and
answer the True and False questions:
1. There are four ways to vote in federal elections in Canada? True
2. The Voter Information Card is sent to you by mail by Elections Canada. True
3. You cannot vote in person at an Elections Canada Centre near you. False
4. You need to apply online to vote by mail.
5. More information you can find on elections.com

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Watch the following video and
answer the True and False questions:
1. There are four ways to vote in federal elections in Canada? True
2. The Voter Information Card is sent to you by mail by Elections Canada. True
3. You cannot vote in person at an Elections Canada Centre near you. False
4. You need to apply online to vote by mail. True
5. More information you can find on elections.com

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Watch the following video and
answer the True and False questions:
1. There are four ways to vote in federal elections in Canada? True
2. The Voter Information Card is sent to you by mail by Elections Canada. True
3. You cannot vote in person at an Elections Canada Centre near you. False
4. You need to apply online to vote by mail. True
5. More information you can find on elections.com. False. It is elections.ca

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Reflect
on
learning

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What did you learn today?
• Review and practice the idioms in the Election Idioms
Lesson and use them in a related activity
• Speak about your personal experience with elections
• Vocabulary
• Listening – Watch a video and answer true and false questions
• Reflect on your learning today

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Homework
Write 5 sentences using the idioms you have learned in this lesson.
Send the homework to your instructor.

35. Thankyou!
Questions?
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