Put your drafts here before our next class on March 27. Have a great vacation everyone. There are some writeboards in below posts if you wish to do some editing work on existing pieces.
NOTE: Ben's piece, "How I Saved My Party" has been published at The Pearson Buzz
LINK: Writing a Book Review (sorry Masaru for not posting this earlier!)
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All you want to know about “Writing 12 “
By Masaru
Q. What is “Writing 12 “course?
A. Introduced by experienced English teacher Brad in 2007, and was a huge success. The purpose of this course is to promote and brush-up our writing skill which most students, especially for Oriental, have a difficulty or, I would say hate, in learning English as a second language.
Q. Then, it is another essay learning class isn’t it?
A. Not really. Of course you have to know essay basic but don’t worry, Brad teaches us various kind of techniques like short sentences of how to describe a things, how to use a proper words, how to create a story, how to report subject and so on.
Q. Who can register in this course?
A. Whoever finished English 11, 12 and Communication 12.
Students who are taking self paced could be allowed. Please consult with Brad.
Q. When and how long take to finish this course?
A. Every Thursday afternoon for two and a half hour , therefore it takes one year to finish this program. It is one credit course for graduation.
Q. One year is a little bit too long, isn’t it?
A. I don’t think so. It is rather too short, for me anyway. One student is taking this as second time and whenever you have to take absences for any reason, take it and come back any time to catch up class. We had a pregnant lady who attended to the class until her due date. We hope she will show up again with a baby.
Q. How does Brad teach you? What kind a text book he uses?
A. Unlike other courses, he doesn’t use any book. He provides some print out material. He instructs us every week’s home work through computer, and then we check each sentence in the class. Some good writing will be on The Pearson Buzz. There are graduators’ writing already on that board, you should read them, very good writing in there I think.
Q. Sound like a really hard course isn’t it?
A. Yes and no, depend on how you take this course. Yes, you have to write one home work every week and post to Blog, and then Brad will correct it. When I saw my writing cross out with red line, my writing became almost all red lines. I fainted out with disappointment. I am a so slow writer that I have to think over and over about topic. It needs time to express in right way. No, the same thing happened to another students’ writing too. We are learning and I should take this course as a challenge and seek enjoyment to show my idea to the public. Fortunately, Brad is a very patient teacher and he knows what a problem with student is.
Q. Last question. How do you rate this course?
A. Good. Join us anytime. We, E.S.L. students are all in the same boat of “up in an ‘s’ creek”, so Brad has a paddle to guide us to a shore without making our “mistake.”
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Accounting 11
I took Accounting 11 because I needed a credit for my graduation. I have also heard from Helen, who teaches this course, that it is very useful not only for people who pursue a carrier in accounting, but also for practical use in everyday life of an average person. Helen’s qualifications are also encouraged me to take this course. She has the Bachelor of Business Administration and Masters of Economics degrees and several years of practical experience in conducting her own small business.
In order to take this course, students need to pass the Math 10 level test, to rent a book for $100 ($80 is refundable) and to buy an exercise book for $25. The books are heavy, but they are really good, helpful and will be used for Accounting 12 course.
Accounting 11 takes place twice a week on Monday and Tuesday and is very time demanding, so you need to be morally prepared for this. Helen teaches very well, clearly explaining everything until everybody understands the subject, but you will have to go through a lot of homework with plenty of writing and calculations. Your knowledge of material will be tested nearly every week of through voluminous tests that require quick and attentive work. I can confess that, for me, it was sometimes a stressful situation. However, during the test, you are allowed to have a list with your handwritten memos and, sometimes, you will be allowed to have extra time for your test.
During Accounting 11 students will understand what Accounting is all about, and will be prepared for the Accounting 12 course that also includes computer use. Students will learn about special qualities that people need in order to enter this field: attentiveness, accurateness, love for figures and patience for obtaining the desirable balance between debits and credits. They will also learn practical information about banking system and documents. Additional benefit of this course is that along with actual accounting, you will also practice your English skills.
I would recommend Accounting 11 for a graduation credit, for practical use in everyday life, for brain fitness, and for a good start on the way to the profession in accounting. Good luck!
Thanks to Masaru and Natalia for early homework completion! It's interesting to note the two different styles you might choose to explain yourself. I'm looking forward to the rest and to our discussions on the 27th.
The Beneficial course: Civic 11
I am glad to take Civic 11. This course has provided me with much information regarding the global issues. Such as, the democratic right, the human right, and citizen right. An active citizen can make a difference in the world. The most important thing is educating people how to be global citizens.
A democratic society is based on human dignity. If people respect others’ rights and have a sense of responsibility for other people, they will be able to work for the common good in their communities. However, conflict occurs everywhere due to different views and needs. At the moment, the democratic way, a decision made by the majority, is considered the best one to approach problems.
The retraction of human rights can lead to grave consequences. According to historical record, the rights have been denied by certain ideologies in the world, such as racism, sexism, and religion. Since the prejudiced assembly mishandled their power, the human rights were twisted and became adverse. For example, Hitler systematically removed economic, political, and human rights from Jews, then killed over six million in his Nazi camps, the genocide in Rwanda that massacred eighty thousand people, the child labor that bonded one hundred million children into slavery in India and Pakistan. There are too many to mention them all. Since human rights have been distorted and have become tragedies, people should examine how to work on human rights to reach a creative solution.
Being an active global citizen, any individual can make a difference in the world. Everyone should recognize that they are a part of the global village. Interconnection and interdependence are inevitable issues. The best way is to take action that can not only benefit the world community but also reflect on individual lives. For example, Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to found orphanages and many charitable centers worldwide, Craig Kielburger, a 12-year-old boy, organized a “Free the Children” NGO (non government organization) to rescue enslaved children, Nelson Mandela fought against racist policies in South Africa. Both Mother Teresa and Mandela won Nobel Peace Prizes. They made a difference in the world.
Civic 11 educates people what methods an active citizen can use to solve problems and bring about changes. After I took this course, I not only gained information about global issues, but I also realized what the responsibility of an active citizen should be.
From Ben:
Entrrepreneurship
Last year I toke the course of Entrepreneurship. L. was our teacher. The course was really amazing! Before I came to Canada, I was a business man; therefore, when L. mentioned about various cases in the business, which reminded me as the same as when I was in the business field before. A solid diploma can not turn us to be a sucessful entrepreneau. One plus one sometimes are not necessary to be two because we should analize things with more flexible way in the different angles. Experience and brain would make us to succeed that is the way for doing a business. I suggest, that we shouldn't underestimated our potential, or we could follow the tactics that L. has mentioned to deal with our challenge in the business.
There were some key contents that we could learn from this course:
1.How to assess our own potential to fit into our future business.
2.How to arrange our finance to buy a business or to do a franchise business.
3.How to choose our partners and recruit our capitals and so on.
In this course, we have to do some projects cooperatively:
a.We have to earn our cash back ffrom doing some real business initiatively.
b.Make a business proposal and explain it in the front as well as accept challenges from all viewers.
c. Visited Trading Centre with a workshop in Waterfront through L's arrangement.
All of those activities were very meaningful and practical. We do love this course very much, and it brings us a unforgetable memory. In this class, we have noticed L's knowledge as broaden as a minning, the more we excavated, the better we gained.
DFT12
DFT12 is short for the Drama, Film and Television 12. The content of this course is just as the name suggests. It is very benefit for improving your ability of English skills and knowing about the American culture. I like it very much.
The main activity in DFT12 is watching DVD. From the silent W/B film to the coloured 3D, DFT12 covers all history of the movie along its own paces. It includes the main great Hollywood classical movies in its golden ages, such as: Casablanca, The Grapes of Wrath, Maltese Falcon, and All about Eve .... It isn't hard to imagine that the course is full of interest. We all enjoy it very much, for every hour is the happy hour and everyday is the "holiday"
In DFT12, we also learn about the history of the movies, movie-making and movie-making techniques. For example: the camera-the long shoot and the close-up; the sound--diegetic and non-diegetic; the lighting--the key light and the back, the fill light; and the editing--the cut, fade, dissolve and the montage sequence. Besides, we also discuss the themes, the symbols and the literacy topics of the films, so we can watch the movie in a critic's eye. Is that an interest thing too?
In addition to that, DFT12 provides a easy way to learn English and opens a window to see through the American culture.In a free and easy atmosphere seemingly like in the cinema, you could get this goal. As the matter of the fact, it isn't so easy for an ESL student. To catch the plots and the speeches of the roles will not easy, and the movie is a kind of culture--a deep ocean of literacy. While you catch more of it, you will feel happy for the progress you made and then you will have the freedom to swim and dive into the deeper of that ocean.
Eventually, you will merge into the mainstream society. Who isn't linger for this day?
DFT12 is such an interesting course and benefits to further the understanding the American culture. It will help you in many ways. I hope you to have the time to take this wonderful course.
Biology 12
I took Biology 12 last year. It’s a knowledgeable and useful course about the study of life. The course includes a sequence of content from the tiniest cells to the largest organism. It shows a mysterious world of human body and help to form a complete conception about organism.
The teaching material contains three books: the Textbook, Chapter Notes, and the Biology Study Guides. The Textbook is college level, so students are required to have at least Grade ten English. In the Textbook, the information is more specific with colourful illustrations to help understanding. Chapters Notes is very useful for generalization and memorization after learning the Textbook. The Biology Study Guides is a supplementary material based on the former two books. It includes many biological terms and their specific interpretation. It’s a helpful tool for Biology 12’s students.
The course mainly focuses on Chapter Notes and the Textbook. In the class, the teacher also play the video about the chapter, it helps to memorize what the teacher had taught.
Tazim is a kind and very organized teacher. In the beginning of the term, she prepared everything about the course of whole term. Students have twelve unit tests, two lab reports, and a final exam. The unit tests are very intensive. Almost every other class is a test! Two lab reports are interesting and practical. One of them is about vital capacity. Another is about permeability of cell membrane. They are very useful to help students living their life in a scientific way. Students can understand that smocking and inaction are the main reasons for decrease of vital capacity! Also, the lab results about permeability of cell membrane presents that we can use pure water to keep vegetable fresh.
In Biology 12, students can learn the four main classes of biologically significant molecules. They are Proteins, Carbohydrates, Lipid and Nucleic Acids. After that, Cell Structure and Function, Enzymes and Cellular Metabolism, DNA and Protein Synthesis,
the Digestive System, Blood, Respiration, Excretion, the Nervous System, and the Reproductive System are the main content of the course. The course involves large volume of vocabularies. It’s hard and stressful for some students who have no any medical background. Preview before the class should be necessary.
Biology 12 is available in every Monday and Wednesday morning from 9:00am to 11:30am in number four classroom.
After I took Biology 12, I think it’s a good choice for me. Although it was a hard time to learn Biology 12 before, I can feel more confident to see an English speaking doctor today. Moreover, for the common sense I’ve learned, I’m living a healthier lif
Second draft for Civic 11
The Beneficial course: Civic 11
I am glad to take Civic 11. This course has provided me with much information regarding the global issues. Such as, the democratic right, the human right, and citizen right. An active citizen can make a difference in the world. The most important thing is educating people how to be global citizens.
Cheryl is the teacher of the course. Her instruction is clear and lively. Talking about the citizen right, she encouraged students to write a letter to one of MLAs. She mentioned about her experience complaining about an overcrowded class in her son’s school. Later, the school reduced the number. This is a realistic example, for people can understand what their right is.
A democratic society is based on human dignity. If people respect others’ rights and have a sense of responsibility for other people, they will be able to work for the common good in their communities. However, conflict occurs everywhere due to different views and needs. At the moment, the democratic way, a decision made by the majority, is considered the best one to approach problems.
The retraction of human rights can lead to grave consequences. According to historical record, the rights have been denied by certain ideologies in the world, such as racism, sexism, and religion. Since the prejudiced assembly mishandled their power, the human rights were twisted and became adverse. For example, Hitler systematically removed economic, political, and human rights from Jews, then killed over six million in his Nazi camps, the genocide in Rwanda that massacred eighty thousand people, the child labor that bonded one hundred million children into slavery in India and Pakistan. There are too many to mention them all. Since human rights have been distorted and have become tragedies, people should examine how to work on human rights to reach a creative solution.
Being an active global citizen, any individual can make a difference in the world. Everyone should recognize that they are a part of the global village. Interconnection and interdependence are inevitable issues. The best way is to take action that can not only benefit the world community but also reflect on individual lives. For example, Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to found orphanages and many charitable centers worldwide, Craig Kielburger, a 12-year-old boy, organized a “Free the Children” NGO (non government organization) to rescue enslaved children, Nelson Mandela fought against racist policies in South Africa. Both Mother Teresa and Mandela won Nobel Peace Prizes. They made a difference in the world.
Civic 11 educates people what methods an active citizen can use to solve problems and bring about changes. After I took this course, I not only gained information about global issues, but I also realized what the responsibility of an active citizen should be.
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