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.

May 28 Assignment

Write a review of a movie you've seen or a book you've read. Use relative clauses when appropriate.

May 22 Assignment

I'm the type of person who....

...loves lazy Sundays.
...tries to see the good in people.
...hates giving tests. (Sorry, I have no choice there!)
...wishes she could be in a all-girl punk band.
...does her very best to enjoy each and every moment. I know it's cheesy, but it's true.