Vancouver News

Find an interesting newspaper article about something that has recently taken place in Vancouver. Summarize the article telling only the most important information. Use the passive with reporting verbs where appropriate. (See your textbook p.132 B2&3 for useful grammar points).

What do you do in your free time?

What are your favourite things to do to relax? Do you have any hobbies? Do you practice any sports? Are you an artist of some kind? Give a detailed description of what you do and why you like to do it. Use some vocabulary from your phrase builder if it's appropriate.

How does Vancouver compare to your home city?

What are the similarities between your home city and Vancouver? The differences? Do you think that globalization is making every city the "same"? Why/why not? Use some of the vocabulary you have learnt this week and some of the phrasal verbs from p.4 in your phrase builder.

Tough Times in Vancouver

Write about a challenge you've faced here in Vancouver. How did you handle it? Did you learn anything from it? Make sure to check your verb tenses!

A Canadian Adventure

Write about something exciting that has happened to you here in Canada. Make sure to use a variety of connectors (subordinate conjunctions, coordinate conjunctions, transitions, and prepositional phrases) to link together the ideas in your text. If you can include some pictures, that would be fabulous!

June 18 Assignment

Using direct reported speech, describe a conversation that you overheard (either in real life or something from a tv show or movie). Be sure to use lots of adverbs. Watch for run-on sentences!

June 04 Assignment

Write an anecdote. Be sure to include lots of details and use noun clauses where appropriate.