Is this a good cover letter? What do you think?

Caliegh Luanne Pacis

57 Baldwin Crescent

Saskatoon, SK S7H 3M5

(306)-716-1399

lurald144@gmail.com

January 27, 2014

Ms. Carol Smith

Saskatoon City Hospital

701 Queen Street

Saskatoon, SK  S7K 0M7 

Dear Ms. Smith:

I came across your posting for the Medical Office Assistant position on your company’s website. I am confident that I meet the qualifications you seek for this position.

At the end of June, I will graduate from a ten-month Medical Administrative Assistant program with add-ons on Medical Clinical Assistant at Saskatoon Business College. During my time at the college I received training in the complete Microsoft Office 2010 Package, acquired keyboarding skill of 55 wpm, completed my clinical procedures and maintained a high mark in all my subjects.  Before attending to college I completed my diploma in Bachelor of Secondary Education with Concentration in Mathematics and had earned 39 units in Masters of Arts in Education major in Administration in the Philippines.  For five years I gained experienced on my Bachelor’s degree with a high rate of performance appraisal.  I had the opportunity to work in a busy environment setting.   Organizing school paper works, entering data, filling documents, and teaching students in five subject area.  Currently, I am working as a casual food service worker in patient area, production area and retail area at Saskatoon City Hospital Food and Nutrition Department. With these experiences I enhanced my customer service skills, learned how to work with others and managed my time properly.  I have enjoyed both my training and my work experience and believe I can effectively fill the position in your office.

My resume and references are enclosed for your perusal.  I maybe contacted anytime at (306) 716-1399.  I look forward to discussing my qualifications with you during a  personal interview.

Sincerely,

Luanne Larrissa Pacis

Enclosure:        Resume

                        References

Level 8 - Writing REVISED VERSION

W Take notes while listening to a presentation on a familiar academic or work-related topic. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4NhOIpxXt4

Three major components of food.

1.Fats

                   examples of fats olive oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter and shortening

         Two features of fats:

             1. Fats can be in a liquid or a solid form

                       example of liquid form: a glass of olive oil

                       example of solid form: shortening

              2. Fats don't dissolve on water

2. Carbohydrate - consist basically of sugar

       Properties of sugar

        1. Sugar is very hard substance

        2. Sugar dissolved very well in water

3. Proteins - are polymers with amino acid

     examples of protein at work in the food

   1. steak - hemoglobin

   2. eggs - albumin

   3. milk - cascin

One of the properties of protein is that it can be dissolve in water. But if you heat up water and with protein in it, the protein will change its shape and configuration

Level 8 - Writing

Take notes while listening to a presentation on a familiar academic or work-related topic. 
 The link I used in this activity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIO--Lam2Bk

Teacher Grading Procedures must be discuss to the students from the beginning of the school year. The following are the different ways on making the students grades.

1. Weighted Categories 
1. Test - 40%
2. Quizzes - 30%
3. Daily Work - 20%
4. Participation - 10%
2. Point Systems versus Percentage system - you are going to set points in each activity you are giving to your students.
3. Established a time in giving the students grades.
1. Daily
2. Weekly
3. Monthly
4. Avoid grading homework - means just checking their homework for completion only to check whether they understood the lessons.

Level 8 - Speaking

S Express sympathy, comfort, and reassure a friend who is going through a difficult time. 

Dear Marrion,

I was so sorry to hear that your family in Tacloban,Philippines was affected by the typhoon Haiyan. I hope you can contact them the soonest possible. Always think that all this things happen for a reason and the Lord God knows that your family can survive in this difficult times.

I will include you and your family in my prayers.

In friendship and faith,

Luanne

A recorded message :

https://audioboo.fm/boos/1830196-level-8-speaking

Level 8- Listening

L Watch a televised speech by the Prime 
Minister or another politician to share the 
main points and specific details with 
someone else. 

This is the link of the televised speech by the Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWdnHTBSf8U

The Prime Minister said that Canada is the greatest country in the world for many reasons. One of which is for being the great cultural diversity of this country of which the Canada's Vietnamese community has growing from the modest roots in just the few decades to be now close as to three hundred thousand people from one end of the country to another and being successful in almost every area. He mentioned that by coming of the Vietnamese to this country , the government of Canada will continue to build relation with the country of Vietnam through immigration, accepting students in education, through trade and through building prosperity. He also added that as the country engaged with  Vietnam front-end Senator Ngo Thanh Hai in relation that the country will provide freedom,democracy and human rights to all people of Vietnam.

Level 7 - Writing

W Write 2 or 3 paragraphs to compare the education system or election procedures of 2 countries for an academic preparation course. Add a paragraph expressing a preference for one or the other and give reasons. 


Education System in Saskatchewan and the Republic of the Philippines


Based on what I read in Wikipedia, "Education in Canada is funded and overseen by federal and provincial governments. Education is within the provincial jurisdiction and the curriculum is overseen by the province. The education in Canada is divided into primary education, followed by secondary education and post-secondary education. Within the provinces under the Ministry of Education, there are district school boards administering the education programs . Education is compulsory up to the age of 16 in every province in Canada, except for Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick, where the compulsory age is 18, or as soon as a high school diploma has been achieved. In some provinces early leaving exemptions can be granted under certain circumstances at 14. Canada generally has 190 (180 in Quebec) school days in the year, officially starting from September (after Labour Day) to the end of June (usually the last Friday of the month, except in Quebec when it is just before June 24 – the provincial holiday)".

Education in the Philippines changed radically. The Department of Education is the sole department that administers the entire educational system in the country. The curriculum along with the utilization of given funds for school services, equipment, recruitment of teachers and all other things needed. The former educational system of the Philippines is not compulsory and had a total of 10 years to complete it. It was composed of 6 years of elementary education starting the age of 6, and 4 years of high school education starting at the age of 12. With this kind of system education is not compulsory. However in the year 2011 signaled the start of the implementation of the new educational system, which is the K-12 educational system. It includes the new curricula for all the schools. With this system, education will be now compulsory. All public and private schools in the Philippines must start classes from a date mandated by the Department of Education usually every first Monday of June for public schools only and must end after the each school completes the mandated 200-day school calendar of Department of Education usually around the third week of March to the second week of April. The four phases of the implementation of the new educational system in the Philippines is still in process.

Based on what I read and experience about the educational system of the the two countries. I will still prefer the educational system in the Philippines. Education in the Philippines is more competitive. Most of the Filipinos had a chance to go to abroad it is because of the quality of education that the country provides them. Wherever you go in the whole world you can a Filipino worker it is because the educational system in the Philippines made them competitive to all other workers.

Reference: WIKIPEDIA

It's all about Christmas - late post!

Listen to this reading (right click and click on Open in New Tab) and take dictation on the following blanks:

1 Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways. 2 In these last days, he has spoken to us by his son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. 4 So He became higher in rank than the angels, just as the name He inherited is superior to theirs.

 Listen to this narration (right click and click on Open in New Tab) and fill in the ten blanks:

2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be (1) registered. 2 This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So everyone went to be registered, each to his own (2)town.

4 And Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David, 5 to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was (3) pregnant. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to give (4) birth. 7 Then she gave birth to her firstborn Son, and she wrapped Him snugly in cloth and laid Him in a feeding trough—because there was no room for them at the lodging (5) place.

8 In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock. 9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were (6)terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Don’t be (7) afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the (8) people: 11 Today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David.12 This will be the (9) sign for you: You will find a (10) baby wrapped snugly in cloth and lying in a feeding trough.”

13 Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:

14 Glory to God in the highest heaven,and peace on earth to people He favors!
15 When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
16 They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the feeding trough. 17 After seeing them, they reported the message they were told about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard, just as they had been told.

late - post: Remembrance Day

Here are a couple of exercises online for some background information on Remembrance Day (what else is it called?):

1. Take dictation from the following Vocaroo audio, check it with a partner, and post it on your blog:

After volunteering us an army private following the outbreak of World War 1 in 1914, former German school boy Harry Drink-water 25, joined a pal;s battalion so-called because the men were encourage to joined up with local friends and work colleagues. 

Audio recording and upload >>
1. Listen to the following WWI diary entry, following along with the text with blanks below, and post the missing words on your blog:

Sunday, December 19
No words can adequately describe the conditions. It’s not the (1) German's we’re fighting, but the weather. Within an hour of moving off, we were up to our knees in mud and (2) water.
The mud gradually got deeper as we advanced along the trench.
We hadn’t gone far before we had to duck; the enemy were sending over their evening salute of shells.

Pals battalion: Harry (centre left, marked in blue ink) joined the Second Birmingham Battalion alongside friends from home. Most of them died by the end of the war

To move forward, I had to use both elbows for leverage, one each side of the trench. After about one and a half hours of this, we reached the firing line. Later, I groped my way to our dugout. What a (3) site.
Imagine a (4) room underneath the ground, whose walls are slimy with moisture. The floor is a foot or more (5) deep in rancid-smelling mud.*