The Day of The Books

Special thanks to our volunteers at The Day of The Books celebration on April 28th.

Instructor Carolyn Ashford-Works, Rosa  and her kids Salvador, Evelin, and Yaninsa volunteered at our CCCC booth. They gave out fliers with information on our ESL classes and also read books to the children. Way to go Carolyn’s class!!

Salvador, Carolyn, and Rosa at the CCCC information table

Maria made kids very happy with her face-painting designs.

Sandra and Porfirio were not scared about the weather conditions and read the book, Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type.

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Past Continuous Vs. Simple Past

This quiz will help you practice using the past simple and past progressive tenses correctly:

http://www.esltower.com/GRAMMARQUIZ/intermediate/past%20simple%20or%20past%20continuous.htm

Practice Simple Past vs. Pas Progressive by playing this Jeopardy-style game. Read the sentence and enter the correct form of the verb in brackets. The game is timed.

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/perfectpast/past%20progressive%20vs.%20past%20simple%20betting.html

HAVE FUN!!

Interactive Whiteboards Rule!!

Jesus and Juan had so much fun last Thursday night while practicing the Past Continuous Tense on the SMARTboard®!!

You did a wonderful job, guys!

Special thanks to Juan for sharing these pictures for our ESL Blog.

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The Sky Is The Limit

I was browsing CCCC Website, when I saw this great success story that you may like to read.

Click on this link to learn more about Jeronimo Prieto Medina: http://www.cccc.edu/50years/stories/story/index.php?storyID=4

What’s YOUR story? What are your dreams?

Please leave a comment in the comment box that is right next to the title of this article.

5K Run at Pittsboro to Celebrate CCCC 50th Anniversary

Rabbit Run 5K & Children’s Fun Run: Awards will be given to Overall Male & Female Finishers and the Top 3 finishers in each age group. T-Shirts and other fun goodies will be available to those who pre-register. Proceeds from this event will go to help fund scholarships for deserving students and other educational needs at CCCC. Find out more…

Entry Fees:

$20 (until Wednesday, April 25) $25 Race Day $10 (for Children’s Fun Run)

The Celebrations for CCCC 50th Anniversary Are About to Begin!

Permission Granted from CCCC

                                          July 23, 2011                                 April 28th

                                    Chatham Celebration                50th Anniversary Kickoff 

                                               Sanford, NC                                Pittsboro, NC

Earth Day Celebration

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Why do we celebrate Earth day around the world?

According to earthday.org, “April 22 marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.”

Even though we have a celebration once a year, our commitment to take care of our planet should be daily.

Celebration in Pittsboro – Siler City:

April 21, 2012 – 8:00am – 5:00pm

Briar Chapel

16 Windy Knoll Circle Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Participate or cheer someone participating in the 5K race through Briar Chapel. Registration begins at 8am and the race begins at 9am. The Earth Day Celebration continues from 3pm – 5pm with hands-on demonstrations and exhibitions from local businesses and organizations, artists and athletes, food and drink artisans, live music, and Chatham County’s first ever Food Truck Rodeo including Carolina Brewery, Chirba Chirba, Parlour, Will & Pop’s, Baguettaboutit, and Fullsteam Brewery. There will also be bubbles, hoopers and face painting for the young and young at heart! At dusk, there will be short films from Briar Chapel’s sustainability PSA contest and a screening of Wall-E on the lawn.

source:http://www.briarchapelnc.com/earthday

Celebration in Raleigh:

Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21, 2012
5:00 p.m. on Friday through 5:00 p.m. on Saturday – 24 hour event

Downtown Raleigh, NC
In & around the Museum of Natural Sciences
11 West Jones Street

For more information, visit this link: http://www.planetearthcelebration.com/

Dialogs

Students wrote these dialogs using modal auxiliaries might (not), could (not), and should (not).

GREAT JOB, GUYS!! 🙂

Thinking Maps on Smart Board

Adrian M. just shared these photos of the bubble map students created to write information about “chikilidae”.

Students read the newspaper, “News for You” and completed a bubble map on the Smart board.

According to “News For You” newspaper, Chikilidae are rare legless amphibians that have been recently discovered in Northeast India.

You can watch this video to learn more about this new family of Indian caecilians.

What is Good Writing?

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According to Poet  Jimmy Baca, “writing is so personal that comes out of your heart and soul. When you are so truthful, THAT is writing.”

Jimmy suggests to begin by focusing on small tiny things because they will “give you access to the world.”

In this video you will see Mr. Baca helping a group of writers come up with ideas. ENJOY! 🙂

TV411 Video: Getting Started

How to Write a Greeting Card

Laverne (Liz Torres) fromTV411 helps a young man write card to his girlfriend.

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If you watch this video in the link below, you will be able to write a greeting card, too.

TV411 Video: Greeting Card

SMCA Easter Egg Hunt on 4/7/12

Where? Bray Park T-Ball fields

When? Saturday, April 7th

Who?  3 age groups:

Ages 2-4       Ages 5-7       Ages 8-10

All age groups will hunt at 11:00 AM in designated fields.

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Bring your own basket

Turn your eggs at the end of the hunt for a special prize.

Closed on April 6th and 9th

Siler City Center will be closed for the holiday weekend. There will be no classes on Friday, April 6th and Monday, April 9th.

Remember you can practice English in this blog 🙂

Have a wonderful Easter weekend!

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Shhhhhh! Readers at Work!

Students at Siler City Center are practicing their reading skills for The Day of The Book event on April 28th. Reading is not an easy task, but they are practicing a lot to do a great job in this Fiesta de los Libros.

Thanks for volunteering, guys. I enjoy listening to you. You will do such a great job! Kids are going to LOVE your stories!

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Banking: Deposit Slips

Students learned how to fill out bank deposit slips for many purposes, such as checking withdrawal, credit card payment, and checking deposit.

CASAS Competencies achieved in this lesson: 1.8 Demonstrate financial literacy skills 1.8.1 Demonstrate ability to use and manage savings and checking accounts, including services such as ATMs, direct deposit,debit card purchasing, and online banking

 

Juan, Porfirio, and Crispin are ready to hand in their deposit slips 🙂

Miguelina is making calculations to get some cash back from her bank deposit.