VSB summer programs for kids, K-12
fun, academic, sports, art, etc.
free or pay
List of summer course and programs VSB website
Registration is in late April
Course fill up immediately.
There is high demand and limited availability.
It’s luck of the draw. You might get in; you might not.
There is also very high demand for camping spots in the
Lower Mainland.
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Continue business writing
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Adjective clauses
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Essay work
Thursday
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Check progress on presentations
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Adjective clauses
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Essay work
Friday
There will be a substitute teacher. Lisa
I am setting up for grad
Monday
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Essay to pass in
Tuesday
·
Presentations
Wednesday
·
Presentations
Thursday
·
Presentations
Friday
·
Presentations
LAST WEEK
Monday
Tuesday, June 23rd
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Opportunity to replace one quiz and/or one test.
Replacement quiz will be a mix of simple,
compound , and complex.
Replacement test will be a new topic.
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Replacement essay will be a new topic.
Wednesday, June 24th
Final day
Final reports and comments
One-on-one meetings, if you want, the same as midterm recs.
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Finish business writing
CONTINUE TOMORROW
GREETING 90% of the time
Dear Ms. Chen:
Dear Mr. Jones,
BUSINESS LETTER FORMATTING
Business letters are formatted differently than school writing.
School writing- double space and indent the first word in every
paragraph
Business letters -DON’T
INDENT THE PARAGRAPHS
-SINGLE-SPACE YOUR WRITING
-LEAVE
A SPACE BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS
-Justification - left
justified
-right
justified
-fully
justified
-centre
justified- titles, poems
Keep your margins.
Thank you for
meeting with me yesterday to discuss the job opportunity. I am very eager to
speak further with you about this. Please let me know what day and time you
will be available to meet.
BUSINESS LETTER – no indent, and single space
Thank you for meeting with me yesterday to discuss the job
opportunity. I am very eager to speak further with you about this. Please let
me know what day and time you will be available to meet.
SPACE BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS
I would like to setup an interview with you in the next few weeks.
I can be available any workday between 10 and 3.
SKIP A LINE BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS
*Business writing uses a different format than school writing.*
** ENDING/CLOSING FOR BUSINESS LETTERS
Yours truly,
Sincerely,
Regards,
Best regards,
MY FAVOURITE Best,
Yours,
Yours sincerely,
Warm regards, (sounds very friendly, very nice)
Kind regards,
Best regards,
Kindest regards,
Regards, (more formal sounding-sounds cold)
Respectfully, (talking to someone higher in the business than you)
Thank you,
Best wishes,
All the best,
Thank you very much.
I appreciate your help.
I appreciate any help that you can give.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Cheers, VERY CASUAL
Sincerely,
Signature
FOUR LINES GAP
Your Name
ADVICE: Keep your signature consistent.
MY FAVOURITE:
Best,
PERSONAL
Sincerely yours,
Yours sincerely,
Faithfully,
cc CC – carbon copy -other recipients of the email or letter
bcc BCC- blind carbon copy
--other recipients of the email or letter, you don’t know who else got it, mostly
for privacy
Email- Reply, Reply All
Can you “unsend’ emails?
ONE MORE PIECE OF ADVICE: Try to keep a business letter to one
page. Make them as short as possible. Edit. Cut.
**
Font- the style of lettering
You can choose a style of font that you like.
Do you have a favourite font you like?
This is a font
style.
This is a font style.
This is a font style.
This is a font style.
This is a font style.
This is a font style.
This is a font style.
Font size
This is a font size.
This is a font size.
This is a font size.
This is a font size.
This is a font size.
I find that restaurant menu fonts are too small.
I think 14-16 points is usually a good choice.
**
Adjective clauses
The students who sit in the front row are from China.
Adjective clauses
who- people
that- things, animals
which- special things, unique things
**whom** rarely used’ grammar book word
whom- rarely used, usually substitute “who”
object pronoun
EXAMPLES:
The man who lives
next door is friendly. adj cl SV
‘who’ subject pronoun
The man who I was talking to is friendly. adj cl
SV
‘who’ object pronoun
GRAMMAR BOOK The man whom
I was talking to is friendly.
We usually just say ‘who’.
When you have an object pronoun, ‘who’, you have some
choices:
1. The man who I
was talking to is friendly. very authentic sounding
2. The man who I
was talking to is friendly. most authentic
The man I was
talking to is friendly. most
authentic
3. The man whom I
was talking to is friendly. grammar book
*who-people
The people who are in this class are smart.
My neighbour who parks his car in front of my house
is a bad-looking guy.
*that- things, animals
He has a phone that takes great video.
She took a bus that was crowded.
I saw a dog that had three legs.
I saw a dog that can carry bags in its mouth for her
owner.
*which – special, unique things
She comes from Beijing, which is the capital of China.
We study at SHEC, which is on Fraser Street.
Her most valued possession is her necklace which her
grandmother left her.
Comma usage with adj cl- complicated
Starbucks
Let’s meet at the Starbucks that is on the corner of Fraser
and 49th.
A His mother who is retired likes playing mahjong.
B His mother, who is retired, likes playing
mahjong.
Same meaning? Yes? No?
How many mothers does he have?
A more than one
B one
simple and complete subject
The teacher who taught us yesterday did a great job.
restrictive clause, essential clause
Our teacher, who was sick yesterday, is back.
Your son, who is very tall, plays computer games. 1
son
Your son who is very tall plays computer games. 2+
sons
Exercise 3
1.The meeting was interesting. I went to it.
The meeting that I
went to it
was interesting.
The meeting that I
went to was interesting.
I went to the meeting which was interesting.
I went to a meeting that was interesting.
I went to the PNE, which was fun.
2. The man was very kind. I talked to him yesterday.
The man was very kind who I talked to yesterday.
misplaced modiifer
The man who I talked to yesterday was very kind.
The man was very kind. I talked to him yesterday.
I talked to the man who was very kind yesterday.
Yesterday, I talked to the man yesterday who was
very kind.
misplaced modifier- sound funny or confusing
I gave a table to my sister that has wooden legs. misp
mod
I gave a table that has wooden legs to my sister.
I gave my sister a table that has wooden legs.
He gave a toy to his son.
He gave his son a toy.
You give something to somebody.
You give somebody something.
Vancouver is one of the cities that were chosen to host the FIFA
World Cup.
The man saw a cat that was driving a motorcycle. misp
mod
The man who was driving a motorcycle saw a cat.
3.I must thank the people who I got a present from. awk
I must thank the people who gave/got me a present. RW
GRAMMAR BOOK I must thank the people from whom I got a
present.
Exercise 4
1. I apologized to the woman whose coffee I spilled.
2. The man whose wallet was stolen called the police.
The woman whose kids were on the honour role was very proud.
3.I met the woman whose husband is the president of the
corporation.
4.The professor whose course I am taking is excellent.
5.Mr. North teaches a class for students whose native language
is not English.
Mr. North whose native language is not English teaches a math
class. DIFFERENT MEANING
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