See Spot Run

Write about one of the characters in the movie.

Gordon
James
Stephanie - neighbor

Mob (maffia guys):
Sonny - boss
Gino + his friend

Most memorable character: Spot, alias Agent 11

If you wish to learn useful expressions from the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," go to the following website and click on "Word" under the movie title to download the Word file:

http://www.eslnotes.com/synopses-m.html#Anchor-My-49575

For example, who said the following?

"You have a spirit. You want to see things, you want to learn."
In this case, a “spirit” is a lively or energetic attitude toward life.

Strange Salad

Can you spot anything strange in this salad?

Recommended Websites

The following websites have been highly recommended by your classmates:

ESL-related websites
www.eslgold.com - over a thousand pages of free information and resources (not bad for a site...)
www.eslflow.com (courtesy of Yassmine)

www.englishpage.com
www.breakingnewsenglish.com (courtesy of Nastaran)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ - OWL - Online Writing Lab (courtesy of Nasrin)

http://esllearning.com (courtesy of Vivian)

Cool websites:

www.boingboing.net - Some interesting videos
www.flavorpill.net (courtesy of Yassmine)

http://delittleprince.com (courtesy of Vivian)

Enjoy!

Useful Websites

If you know of any useful websites that are related to ESL, share them with the class. Furthermore, you can also share one "cool" website.

Here're a few websites that you may find useful:
http://www.pccc.cc.nj.us/library/asrc/esl/ - ESL writing and grammar lab (level 4 covers punctuation)

http://www.trainyouraccent.com/ - Train Your Accent - Exercises for accent reduction

http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page - Simplified Wikipedia (encyclopedia + dictionary)

http://www.ezslang.com/ - EZ (pronounced Easy) Slang --> Helpful to learn useful expressions & idioms

http://www.odyssium.com/other.html - I like this website because it has a cool feature on the main page: to see it, just move your mouse over the image on the main page (TELUS World of Science website)

Global TV Moves to MacEwan (CCC)

On Thursday, March 15, Global Television will broadcast their entire 6:00 newscast from the cafeteria of MacEwan's City Centre Campus. More than 50 per cent of the newscast will focus on MacEwan's diversity of programs, campus life, and outstanding degree and career opportunities. Staff, faculty and students are welcome to be a part of the live studio audience. Global Television will be providing loot bags for the first 400 studio guests. There will also be an opportunity to meet the Global news crew: Lynda Steele, Gord Steinke, John Sexsmith and Nicola Crosbie. Autograph session will follow at 7:00 p.m.

Spiderman?

Alain Robert, the French climber who calls himself "Spiderman," crawls up the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority building in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on February 23. While other famous urban climbers sometimes used clamps or suction cups, Robert uses no tools or safety devices. Using only his bare hands and climbing shoes, Robert has scaled more than 70 giant structures around the globe including many of the world's tallest structures.