Practice vocabulary and feed the hungry

 Would you like to practice English vocabulary and  help hungry people? If your answer is positive, read on.


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 Vocabulary Game: Free Rice

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Self Assessment Test in English

 When you have an hour of free time and you want to see what  CLB (Canadian Language Benchmarks) level you are, click on the link to take some tests.

Online Self Assessment Test

Every day conversations

 Click on the link below to watch dialogues in different every-day situations.

LINC 3Videos

Christmas Party: ELSA 4 Evening class

Christmas Party ELSA 4 Morning class

Thank you for singing for us, Sarah.

Food Bank Drive at VCC

Thank you everybody for organizing the Food Bank drive at VCC. We collected 13 boxes of food. Helen wrote about the project, so keep reading.

Three ELSA classes,4A full-time class, 4B morning class, and 4A evening class with Mandana and Vesna, our teachers, organized a Food Bank drive at VCC. In nearly a month, we collected thirteen boxes at VCC's Broadway Campus for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.  The boxes were in the cafeteria. On the last day of school in 2012, some of the classmates helped to take the boxes to Owen’s car. Owen and I drove to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank’s main depot, located at 1150 Raymur Avenue, not far from school.  We have learned about the Food Bank in class recently, but this was the first time I went there. It’s a huge warehouse and in front of the gate there is a drop off area for food donations.  When Owen and I arrived, a volunteer came and helped us unload the boxes from the car. We asked him about volunteering there, and he said with a smile that he had been volunteering there for a long time. It was a very busy day at the Food Bank. So many boxes were being unloaded and there were many volunteers working in the warehouse at this time of the year. Even though it was cold that day, my heart was warm. It is encouraging to see people helping other people in the community.  I’d like to have a chance to volunteer at the Food Bank in the future. Vesna told us that we may volunteer as a class. I really like this idea.  How about you? Would you like to help out in your community?

Helen

Merry Christmas

Dear students,

It was my pleasure teaching you and learning from you.
I wish you all the best during the holiday season and in the New Year.

Vesna
 

Click on the link below to see a fun Christmas card.
Merry Christmas

Skating in Robson Rink 4A class

Field Trip Downtown 4B Class

December 19th, 2012: Evening classes are cancelled because of the weather

To: ELSA 4A evening class
From: Vesna 

The classes are canceled for tonight, December 19th, 2012 because of the weather. We'll have a class tomorrow. It's our last day. We'll have a potluck party. I hope you can make it.
 

WEATHER ALERT: VCC CLOSED, DEC. 19

Due to ongoing, poor weather conditions, VCC is closing for the remainder of Wednesday, Dec. 19. Please check www.vcc.ca and myVCC for updates. Transit scheduleswww.translink.ca Road conditionswww.drivebc.ca Weather alertswww.weatheroffice.gc.ca .....

A Christmas Carol part 1

A Christmas Carol part 1

To: Evening class students
I gave you a reading: A Christmas Carol for homework. A Christmas Carol is a novel written by Charles Dickens and it's one of the most famous stories about "Christmas spirit". Many movies have been made based on this story. The video I  posted is an animated movie. To understand the story better, you can watch the video.

Canadian Anthem: O Canada

Before we sing Christmas songs, we're going to sing O Canada.Be ready! :)

Santa Claus and Coca Cola

 

Coca-Cola® and Santa Claus

Most people can agree on what Santa Claus looks like -- jolly, with a red suit and a white beard. But he did not always look that way, and

Coca-Cola® advertising actually helped shape this modern-day image of Santa. 2006 marked the 75th anniversary of the famous Coca-Cola Santa Claus. Starting in 1931, magazine ads for Coca-Cola featured St. Nick as a kind, jolly man in a red suit. Because magazines were so widely viewed, and because this image of Santa appeared for more than three decades, the image of Santa most people have today is largely based on our advertising. Before the 1931 introduction of the Coca-Cola Santa Claus created by artist Haddon Sundblom, the image of Santa ranged from big to small and fat to tall. Santa even appeared as an elf and looked a bit spooky.It's a common misconception that Santa wears a red coat because red is the color of Coca-Cola. In fact, Santa appeared in a red coat before artist Haddon Sunblom painte him for Coca-Cola advertising. Through the centuries, Santa Claus has been depicted as everything from a tall gaunt man to an elf. He has worn a bishop's robe and a Norse huntsman's animal skin. The modern-day Santa Claus is a combination of a number of the stories from a variety of countries. Many people thought of Coca-Cola as a drink only for warm weather. The Coca-Cola Company began a campaign to remind people that Coca-Cola was a great choice in any month. This began with the 1922 slogan "Thirst Knows No Season," and continued with a campaign connecting a true icon of winter -- Santa Claus -- with the beverage.   In 1931, The Coca-Cola Company commissioned Michigan-born illustrator Haddon Sundblom to develop advertising images using Santa Claus -- showing Santa himself, not a man dressed as Santa, as Mizen’s work had portrayed him. For inspiration, Sundblom turned to Clement Clark Moore's 1822 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (commonly called "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"). Moore's description of St. Nick led to an image of Santa that was warm, friendly, pleasantly plump and human. For the next 33 years, Sundblom painted portraits of Santa that helped to create the modern image of Santa -- an interpretation that today lives on in the minds of people of all ages, all over the world. From 1931 to 1964, Coca-Cola advertising showed Santa delivering (and playing!) with toys, pausing to read a letter and enjoy a Coke, playing with children who stayed up to greet him and raiding the refrigerators at a number of homes. The Coca-Cola Santa made its debut in 1931 in many newspapers and magazines in the States. The Coca-Cola Santa has had a powerful, enduring quality that continues to resonate today.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

I posted some Christmas songs we're going to sing together. Take a look and listen. I hope you'll enjoy them.

Silent Night, Holy Night

Silver Bells-Bing Crosby

Miley Cyrus - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Deck The Halls

Auld Lang Syne (with lyrics)

"Auld Lang Syne" is a Scotish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788. It is well known in many countries, especially (but far from exclusively) in the English-speaking world; its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions.
The song's Scots title may be translated into English literally as "old long since", or more idiomatically, "long long ago","days gone by" or "old times". Consequently "For auld lang syne", as it appears in the first line of the chorus, is loosely translated as "for (the sake of) old times".
Taken from Wikipedia

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Christmas songs: Jingle Bells

TED Talks: Stacey Kramer - The Best Gift I've Ever Survived

Listen to the talk and fill in the missing words.

Guest speaker: Barbara

Today, Barbara came to our class to talk about volunteering and Feed Our Future Program. Her speech was inspiring.

Greater Vancouver Food Bank

In the computer lab on Monday, you'll be watching this video to answer the questions on the worksheet I'll give you.




Click on the link below to find the answers to the questions on your worksheet.

https://www.foodbank.bc.ca/