Monthly Archives: March 2012
BOOKSALE AND FESTIVAL OF READING
Used with permission from Alachua County Library. via 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
If you are planning to be in the Raleigh area this weekend, you can visit The annual Wake County Public Libraries Booksale and Festival of Reading.
WHEN? March 29-April 1, 2012
WHERE? Jim Graham Building on the NC State Fairgrounds campus. T
HOURS
Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Opening Day
Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Musical entertainment – View schedule
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Family friendly entertainment – View schedule
Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Bargain Day
PRICES
Thursday & Friday: $4.00 hardbound books; $2.00 paperbacks and children’s books
Saturday: Half Price Day with $2.00 hardbound books; $1.00 paperbacks and children’s books
Sunday: Bargain Day with a bag of books $2.00 and a box of books $5.00
Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted. Customers may bring carts and/or book trucks as none will be provided on site.
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteer sign-up has closed. Walk-in volunteers are welcome.
Excellent Material For Teachers
The Grammar Teaching Newsletter is a monthly electronic publication from Cambridge University Press . You can sign up to receive tips, classroom activities, and summaries of important research practicing classroom from teachers and grammar experts. You can also browse the archive to find articles and activities that match your interests.
My favorite articles this month are:
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Are You Organizing Groups that Work? Revisiting 3 Beliefs
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Oral Error Correction: 3 Questions Answered
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Forming a Memorable Grammar Party
http://www.cambridge.org/grammarandbeyond/newsletter
Abbreviations
Used with permission from “StacyCurtin2011” under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license
If you are looking for a job or even a house, you need to
understand common abbreviations that appear in newspapers
or Internet Websites.
For example,
BA= bathroom
BR= bedroom
avail: available
refs. req.= references required
pd. vac.= paid vacations
Now, try these 2 quizzes:
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Abbreviations Used in Employment Ads: http://a4esl.org/q/h/nr/abbr-ads-job.html
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Abbreviations Used in Ads for Houses or Apartments for Rent: http://a4esl.org/q/h/nr/abbr-rent.html
Day of The Books
Happy Spring Day!
Used with permission from “Trish” under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license
Do you know why we celebrate spring day today?
March 20th is the day of the year when the Sun crosses the celestial equator going from South to North. This day is known as Vernal or Spring Equinox.
What is equinox?
According to Oxford Online Dictionary, Equinox is “the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length (about September 22 and March 20).”
This is an interesting video that has very good illustrations about this natural phenomenon.
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100% Tabacco-Free Campus Policy
Central Carolina Community College is committed to providing its employees and students with a safe and healthful environment. CCCC also recognizes the use of tobacco products on campus grounds is detrimental to the health and safety of students, staff, faculty and visitors. CCCC also recognizes that it has the legal authority to prohibit tobacco use pursuant to G.S. 143-599.
Therefore, CCCC has set the following 100% tobacco free campus policy to be implemented on January 1, 2009.
The use of tobacco and tobacco products is prohibited by students, staff, faculty or visitors:
- in all campus buildings, facilities, and outside areas of the campus.
- on campus grounds, or in vehicles that are the property of the college
- at lectures, conferences, meetings, social and cultural events held on campus
- for the purposes of this policy, tobacco is defined as any type of tobacco product including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipes, bidis, hookahs, smokeless or spit tobacco or snuff.
Students who offend this policy will:
1st offense: verbal warning by any CCCC staff member
2nd Offense: verbal warning by any CCCC staff member and writing warning issued by the Vice President of Students Affairs
3rd Offense: Warning by any CCCC staff member and suspension from al CCCC programs for the remainder of the current term.
Class Schedule
Mornings: Mondays to Fridays 9am a 12pm
Evenings: Mondays to Thursdays 6 to 9pm
Siler City Center
Central Carolina Community College
400 Progress Blvd.
For more information, call Julia Herbón at (919)545-8667
ESL Classes are FREE.
Volunteers Needed for Dia de Los Libros
Volunteers are needed by the organizers of El Dia de Los Libros/ Book Day.
The event will take place at Bray Park on Saturday, April 28th from 10am to 2PM
You can volunteer in the following:
Arts and crafts station
Book area
Food pick up
Food serving
Interpreters (drama; reading)
Running last minute errands
Registration table
Set up and break down (if it rains, set up would have to be done directly indoors)
Please leave a message with your name in this blog or contact Luis Melodelgado (Latino Program Coordinator for Child Care Networks) at 919.542.6644, ext. 12
Used with permission from "Shots By Me" under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license
Your help will be greatly appreciated
Career Fair
Are you planning on pursuing a career?
Do you want to find the job of your dreams?
The Career Fair at CCCC will give you the opportunity to learn more about the careers you plan to pursue
What: Career Fair
When: Wednesday, March 14 from
What Time: 10:00am to 2:00 at pm
Welcome!!
Courtesy of Julia H.
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