domingo, 31 de mayo de 2009

domingo, 24 de mayo de 2009

UNIT 6 WRITING ACTIVITY 1ST ESO

WHAT ARE THEY WEARING?

Hi, boys and girls! We are learning how to describe what people are wearing and vocabulary related to clothes. So, we will go to the Medusa Room and we will do the following writing activity: We will describe what a man and a woman are wearing, writing as well the colours of the clothes... as we did in the digital board.

Steps to follow:

1. Choose two people's photographs (man and woman). They can be famous or not. You can go to google images or to Venca's website, or any other you like.

2. Try to choose a photograph where we can see the whole body.

3. Describe on a piece of paper what these people are wearing using the expressions "He is wearing...", "She is wearing..." or "They are wearing..."

4. Write the final version of the descripcion in a word document.

5. Save it in the computer's desktop. The teacher will save it in her pendrive too.
6. You will see your writing activity in http://www.englishinarinaga.wikispaces.com/


NEWS: YA ESTÁN LOS TRABAJOS EXPUESTOS EN LA PÁGINA ANTERIOR, LA DEL WIKI. LA NOTA TAMBIÉN APARECE. VER EL APARTADO DE "What are they wearing? 1st ESO E"
I hope you enjoy this activity!
Regards,
Lydia :-)
Have a look at this example:

sábado, 23 de mayo de 2009

NEWS!! WIKISPACE 2nd ESO


Hi, boys and girls!. I have created a new wikispace for our works (presentations) in English. Have a look at here and browse your mates and your works. It's amazing! Little by little all our activities will be here. Enjoy them!!!
Just in case the link doesn't work, this is the HTML address http://englishinarinaga.wikispaces.com/TRABAJOS+DE+2%C2%BA+ESO
(Poco a poco les iré dando los permisos para que puedan colaborar con sus aportaciones a título personal). Mientras tanto vean sus propias creaciones en la web!! Son importantes sus contribuciones al mundo virtual. De hecho, son creadores de la Web 2.0. Sigan por el mismo camino. Estoy muy orgullosa de ustedes!)
Regards, and have a nice weekend!
Lydia :-)

domingo, 3 de mayo de 2009

ATTENTION 2ND ESO PROJECT

2nd ESO students must do in pairs or groups of three a project to present on Monday, 11th May (speaking). It has been explained in class. POSTER FORM to display them on the school's walls. It will be part of your speaking mark of the third term.

Steps to follow.

1. Choose a partner.
2. Choose a country or a place you want to visit this summer.
3. Find info on Internet about that country.
4. Plan a five days-holiday.
5. Each day you must visit an important place of that country and explain why. Include a photo of the place and what you ae going to see there and why you've chosen this place.
6. How you are going to get to the different places: which means of transport you are going to use....
An example will be shown in class. Start doing it now! Don't waste your time!


EVALUATION CRITERIA.
- Clear and original layout
- Use of English (written and spoken). 5-10 minutes.
- Pronunciation (it can be understood by others)
- Peer evaluation.
Have a look at your mates' and your presentation in the wiki we have created exclusively for that: www.englishinarinaga.wikispaces.com. There, you will see the wonderful holidays you've planned to: ENGLAND (Adrián and George), ITALY (Evelyn P.), EGYPT (Carlos and Gonzalo), CANCUN (Sara), NEW YORK (Carlos and Gabriel), USA (Alicia); COLOGNE (Cecilia V and Rebecca); BARCELONA (Josua), COLOMBIA (Jeraldine and EvelinV); CHILE (Cecilia G and Elvira); AUSTRALIA (Kilian and Raquel); IRELAND (Fiona and Chaxi)... Your marks (notas) can also be seen there. (Allí también pueden ver las notas que han tenido). The marks of the presentations done during this week (25.29th MaY) are already uploaded! Have a look at them!

viernes, 1 de mayo de 2009

JUST TO THINK ABOUT! (SÓLO PARA REFLEXIONAR...)

INCREDIBLE SONG. THANKS PINK FOR SAYING SO MANY TRUTHS...
Listen to the song carefully and try to understand it! It's a song sang by Pink, a female singer to the former president of the USA, George Bush, and it is titled: Dear Mr. President. (canción dedicada a Goerge Bush cantada por Pink. Si no entienden la totalidad de la letra, aquí la tienen traducida.)

GRAMMAR 2ND ESO UNIT 7

In unit 7 we have worked on "Be going to" (for predictions as in the cartoon :-) and for future plans and intentions). Although the explanation is clear and almost everybody have understood the exercises we've done up to now, here we have more exercises to practice. Remember that "be going to" is the same as "gonna", specially in spoken English and in songs.
- Choose the right answer with Be going to: affirmative, negative or interrogative
- Uses of going to: Is it used for plans and intentions or for predictions?
REMEMBER: If you have any problem, ask me or write a comment!