Tuesday, April 30, 2013
ELSA 4A evening class: IMPORTANT
There is a change of plans regarding our field trip. We're going on Wednesday not Tuesday. Come to class on Tuesday.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
How to make a paper crane
Thank you for showing us how to make a paper crane, Eddie. Here is one video if you want to try to make another one.
Free Community Event this Saturday: Party for the Planet in Surrey
It's the largest Earth Day celebration in BC.
Where: Central City Plaza 13 450 102nd Avenue Surrey
When: Saturday, April 27th, 2013
10am - 9 pm
Click on the link below for more information.
Party for the Planet
Where: Central City Plaza 13 450 102nd Avenue Surrey
When: Saturday, April 27th, 2013
10am - 9 pm
Click on the link below for more information.
Party for the Planet
Flowers Are Blooming in Vandusen Garden
A happy family of tulips!
Vandusen Garden is a botanical garden
sponsored by W. J. VanDusen, the Government of British Columbia and the city of
Vancouver. It’s not only a landscape garden but also a living museum.
On a sunny Sunday, some of my good friends
and I went to the Vandusen Garden. I heard this garden before but I was still
surprised by its various plants and flowers. There are too many different kinds
of them so that I can hardly recognize all of them. I could just tell some of
them, for example, tulip, daffodil, hyacinth, camellia, and azalea. At that
time, I could just use my camera to catch the different fascinating moments
even though it is impossible to show them well completely. We walked along
the path, and enjoyed the plants, the flowers, the waterfall and the lakes. We
talked to each other casually. We felt so relax and happy. At noon, we rested on
the grass and had a gorgeous picnic in the warm sunshine. That’s really a
wonderful trip!
If you have an interest, you can go there with your friends, your
family or your classmates. I think that would bring you a good memory.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Field trip plan for ELSA 4A evening class
Important:Change of Plans
We're going on a field trip to English Bay on Wednesday May 1st, 2013. If you're coming to school first, we're meeting at 6:30. If not, we'll meet at the A-maze-ing Laughing statues, on the corner of Davie and Denman at 7:10.Wear comfortable shoes and casual clothes. You can bring a soccer ball, badminton, frisbee, or a volleyball if you feel like exercising. Don't forget your cameras.
Field trip plan for 4B morning class
We're going on a hiking field trip to Deep Cove in North Vancouver on Tuesday April 30th. Three or four students are going to drive us. We're meeting in the classroom at 9sharp. Wear comfortable clothes and runners (sport shoes). Bring water and some refreshments. Don't forget to bring your cameras.
Click on the link below to find out more about this hiking trail.
Hiking trail: Quarry Rock
Click on the link below to look at the directions.
Directions to Deep Cove
Click on the link below to find out more about this hiking trail.
Hiking trail: Quarry Rock
Click on the link below to look at the directions.
Directions to Deep Cove
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Mehdi's Vacation to the Dominican Republic
Mehdi shared his story and photos with us. Thank you, Mehdi.
I went to the Dominican Republic with my friends two
weeks ago. The Dominican Republic is located on an island which is made up of
two countries, Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR). The Haitians are poorer
than the Dominicans. The Island is located in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean
Sea. The currency in the DR is pesos. The average temperature is between 28 and
34 degrees Celsius. When flying over the DR, all you can see is dry land, but it
has beautiful beaches. The flight from
Vancouver to the DR is about 9 hours. The DR has over 10,000,000 people, and their first language is Spanish. Out of the
10 million, about 25% are rich and 75% are under the poverty line. Since most
people are under the poverty line, the crime and fraud rates are high. In the DR there are two different prices for
everything, one for tourists and one for local people. I was very sad to see the
life of people, and I hope one day everybody will be free from poverty.
The people respect you because you have money. Most of country's income comes
from tourism and sugar cane farms. I visited Punta Cana, Saona, Bavaro, and
the capital city, Santo Domingo. Columbus discovered the DR. I was there
for 14 days, but I think the DR is good for one time visit only.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Elections BC
Jobs:
http://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/jobs/election-workers-may-2013-general-election/
List of District Electoral offices: http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/deo_locations_for_web.pdf
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Boston Marathon Bombing
Two bombs exploded in the streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140.
Taken from Metro on April 16th, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Non-Violent or Compassionate Communication
Compassionate Communication is a type of consciousness and a communication process designed to enable us to connect with ourselves and with other people.
Here is a video in which the facilitator explains how we can communicate with our children when they repeatedly say no to what we ask them to do.
Non-Violent or Compassionate Communication website
Founded by Rosenberg, Nonviolent or Compassionate Communication (NVC or CC), has been used in different settings such as, education, work, prisons, peace talks, and conflict resolutions at different levels in many countries for over 40 years.
It is based on the belief that needs and feelings are universal; however, people differ in ways or strategies they employ to fulfill their needs, especially across cultures. Needs are recognized as positive, so when miscommunication and conflicts occur, it is accepted that they happen on the strategy level (how you fulfill your need).
Another premise of this model is that people’s actions and language are motivated by their needs, which, whether met or unmet, trigger their feelings. The fact that one is responsible for one’s own utterances and actions implies having a choice. Rosenberg (2003) argued that in many cultures people have been conditioned to speak a “life-alienating” language of evaluating, judging, labeling, and blaming, which naturally leads to disconnection and denies a personal responsibility. Therefore, when people communicate, they tend to think in terms of being wrong or right, not whether their needs are being met or not. Not being aware of one’s own feelings and needs implies disconnection with our selves, which brings about disconnection with others (Lamb, 2012).
Another important tenet of the CC model is empathy and self-empathy. Rosenberg (2003) defines empathy as a “respectful understanding of what others are experiencing (p.91). More often than not, instead of empathy people tend to give advice, console, sympathize, educate, or explain their personal opinions. Empathy presupposes being empty of oneself and fully present for the other person. It is a difficult skill to apply consistently, but its powers are healing. To be able to empathize with someone people need to receive empathy. Rosenberg (2003) asserted that the most valuable application of the model is self-empathy. It is hard to give empathy when one is violent to oneself. When a person makes a mistake, he/she tends to make self-judgements and evaluations, which are the expressions of one’s unmet needs. The process of CC allows people to understand what needs were not being met and what feelings they had. Self-empathy enables a person to accept and forgive himself/herself and grow.
Rosenberg (2003) emphasized that the capacity for compassion is ingrained in every human being, but it is often dormant. Therefore, the goal of this model is to give people the tools to access compassion, including self-compassion, more readily in order to develop awareness and a language that will contribute to better understanding of self and others; thus, meeting one’s own and other people’s needs in a more peaceful way.
The Compassionate Communication model is a two-way process of either expressing honestly or connecting empathetically by applying a four-step process which consists of observations, feelings, needs, and requests. Since it is “mind-set” (Connor & Killian, 2012, p. 306), it is possible to experience it without saying a word. It can be customized depending on circumstances, a personality, and culture.
In conclusion, CC is “both a type of consciousness and a dialogical process of communication, which focuses on compassion for others and for self “(Jones, 2009, p. 46). The dialogic process allows people to connect with what is “alive” for them and others by talking about their feelings and needs (Jones, 2009; Rosenberg 2003).
Here is a video in which the facilitator explains how we can communicate with our children when they repeatedly say no to what we ask them to do.
Non-Violent or Compassionate Communication website
Founded by Rosenberg, Nonviolent or Compassionate Communication (NVC or CC), has been used in different settings such as, education, work, prisons, peace talks, and conflict resolutions at different levels in many countries for over 40 years.
It is based on the belief that needs and feelings are universal; however, people differ in ways or strategies they employ to fulfill their needs, especially across cultures. Needs are recognized as positive, so when miscommunication and conflicts occur, it is accepted that they happen on the strategy level (how you fulfill your need).
Another premise of this model is that people’s actions and language are motivated by their needs, which, whether met or unmet, trigger their feelings. The fact that one is responsible for one’s own utterances and actions implies having a choice. Rosenberg (2003) argued that in many cultures people have been conditioned to speak a “life-alienating” language of evaluating, judging, labeling, and blaming, which naturally leads to disconnection and denies a personal responsibility. Therefore, when people communicate, they tend to think in terms of being wrong or right, not whether their needs are being met or not. Not being aware of one’s own feelings and needs implies disconnection with our selves, which brings about disconnection with others (Lamb, 2012).
Another important tenet of the CC model is empathy and self-empathy. Rosenberg (2003) defines empathy as a “respectful understanding of what others are experiencing (p.91). More often than not, instead of empathy people tend to give advice, console, sympathize, educate, or explain their personal opinions. Empathy presupposes being empty of oneself and fully present for the other person. It is a difficult skill to apply consistently, but its powers are healing. To be able to empathize with someone people need to receive empathy. Rosenberg (2003) asserted that the most valuable application of the model is self-empathy. It is hard to give empathy when one is violent to oneself. When a person makes a mistake, he/she tends to make self-judgements and evaluations, which are the expressions of one’s unmet needs. The process of CC allows people to understand what needs were not being met and what feelings they had. Self-empathy enables a person to accept and forgive himself/herself and grow.
Rosenberg (2003) emphasized that the capacity for compassion is ingrained in every human being, but it is often dormant. Therefore, the goal of this model is to give people the tools to access compassion, including self-compassion, more readily in order to develop awareness and a language that will contribute to better understanding of self and others; thus, meeting one’s own and other people’s needs in a more peaceful way.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Extremely Cute :) Do you know your ABC's?
My daughter shared this video with me and I couldn't help watching it over and over again. I thought it would be fun to share it with you guys.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Reminders
Go to the Homework page to see the homework for the next week.
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 below to take
some tests. If you are taking tests this month, it's a good idea to take this test to practice.
Online Self Assessment Test
Online Self Assessment Test
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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