Now Your Opportunity to Join Vlada and Wazira ... NewsLINC Summer Edition

Mosquitoes, blackflies, sandflies, sunburns. Ah, all joys of the summer. Picture from http://www.ccamping.org/research/

Even as we continue to celebrate our classmates' achievements, the next edition of NewsLINC beckons. Here are the guidelines:

The submission deadline for the next edition of NEWSLINC is June 5, 2015. So aim to publish your first draft on your e-portfolios by May 10.

Category Description / Idea Prompts

Activity
Submissions reflecting sports and leisure activities.

Arts

Submissions related to the arts (visual arts, crafts, design, dance, film, literature, music, theatre).
 Write a short story or poem.
 Share your artistic talent/hobby.
 Provide a review of your favourite book / movie / artist / etc.
Bios
Student profiles that exclude information about birth date or age. 

Canada
Submissions which highlight Canada.
 How do you describe Canada to your friends or family living abroad?
 What do you like about living in Canada?
 Write about a famous Canadian personality, landmark, historical event, etc.
 Recommend places to visit or day trips in Ontario / Canada
Celebration
Occasions or events that result in celebration!
 Share a personal success story (big or small)
 Write about a special/milestone life event (wedding, birth, anniversary, etc.)
 Write about a traditional celebration
General
If the submission does not fit with any of the other categories. 

Heritage
Student reflections about their homeland or ethnic origins.
 What do you miss the most about your homeland?
 Describe a custom from your homeland
 Write about where you came from
Recipe
Special recipes that have not been reproduced from the web or a book. 

Seasonal
Submissions related to seasonal themes. Some ideas for summer:
 Describe what you like or dislike about summer.
 What can you do to help prevent West Nile virus?
 Express your opinion about sun tanning.
 Explain how to keep weeds out of your garden.
 Share a personal story about an encounter with bees or wasps.
 What are the Pan Am Games?
Settlement
Student settlement stories.
 Share a funny story about settling in Canada
 What has surprised you the most?
 What are some of the challenges you have faced?
 What or who has helped you to adjust?
Skills
Tips, challenges and experiences related to finding work, working or learning in Canada.
 Workplace culture
 Looking for work / networking / volunteering
 Studying / learning new skills

NewsLINC Publication: Congratulations, Vlada and Wazira!

This season's NewsLINC features two published articles from one of our very own classmates--Vlady I., who recounted her flight to Canada in detail and described the celebration of women in Ukraine.

On the silver level, articles that are not in NewsLINC get featured in LINC Home Study's Forum. Among these is Wazira O's Comparing Spring in Canada to Spring in Ethiopia.

Let's make sure to read their articles and the other articles in NewsLINC and the Forum.

Congratulations to Vlady and Wazira on getting published! What an awesome achievement! Let's all aim to get published in the next season!

CLB5 E-Portfolio Artefacts

Copy the following questions, and publish them with your answers on your blog:

CLB5L Follow a teacher’s instructions for performing a mathematical calculation. Check out this video lesson. Then publish your written answers to the following 4 questions.

CLB5S Ask a colleague or fellow student to help with a task. (Could you empty the garbage? Would you mind if I went first?) Check out this video lesson. Then record your requests of no more than 3 minutes on chirbit.com.

CLB5R Read an email message or letter from a friend containing a discussion of interests. Identify the likes, dislikes and preferences expressed. Here's your reading sample. Based on it, publish three True/False statements, with answers provided, on your blog.

CLB5W Fill out an accident report form at work. Listen to this video lesson. Then check out this sample of a reporting form. Write out your answers for only the lower half of the form, and publish them on your blog.

CLB3 E-Portfolio Artefacts

Here are your tasks. Copy each onto your blog and publish your answer beneath each task:

CLB3L Listen and respond to an informal greeting, simple exchange and leave-taking when meeting a
child’s teacher, a new colleague or a neighbour. For each of the following, listen and record your response on chirbit.com:

• When meeting a neighbour
• When meeting a child's teacher

CLB3S Talk about simple activities of last weekend. Ask about a friend’s weekend, recording your discussion for about 3 minutes on chirbit.com.


CLB3R Read an invitation to a wedding or company event to find the time, location, address and RSVP details. List the required information on your blog using bullet points.


CLB3W Copy from a dictionary 3 different definitions for the same word to learn the meanings. Choose one word from this page. See if it has more than two meanings in any of the following diectionaries: Dictionary 1, 2, or 3. You can also type the word in Google and add the word definition or meaning to your search. If there are three or more different definitions, copy the definitions to your blog.