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Learning needs practice

Check the links on the right, I have just added "Word builder".
Practice English at least 1 hr every day.
If you check the blog and would like to have new sites to practice please leave me a comment on this post.
Have a great vacation.

Final Course Evaluation

It is time to look back and see how much we have learned this year
I hope you enjoyed the activities during this school course.
There will be two final activites:
One is sharing your work.
A. Please select 3 persons form the list of blogs ,watch the videoclips and leave a comment.
B. Form a comunity and become a follower of other's blogs. You can ask your friends from school to become your followers.
Second
C. Answer a survey to help me become a better teacher telling what you liked, what you did not like,and in general your opinion about the activities.
SURVEY
Click Here to take survey

Third videoclip

Well we are almost in the finish line.
The last activity will be sharing a bedtime story.
Tell a story that you like, draw some pictures or act it out , record it in your cell phone and publish it in your blog.

Topic for 2nd videoclip

Topic for the second videoclip

This first year of highschool has brought new experiences , but before we talk about what these have meant for you let´s reflect back on your Middle school years and share
what did you like the most?,
what did you enjoy about your school ?
who was your best teacher?
who were your best friends?.
Were your Middle school years fun and memorable ? why?
Did you participate in the school band? Were you part of the football team? Did you receive a special award?
Describe your Middle shool years in one minute videoclip. Post it in your blog.

A collection of blogs

Dear students
We are reaching the end of our course and it is important to share some ideas.
Here you will find a list of the blogs created with the recording for the last units of the course.
Take a look at some of them and leave a comment.
Gustavo
Tonatzin
David Cruz
Hugo Alberto Medina
Elizabeth Chavarria
ZeltzinAlvarado
Omar Perez
Dulce Ortega
Alejandra Alvarado
Gabriela Gravioto
Alejandro Jesus Hernández
Andres López
Alejandra Romero
Atzin Escamilla
Ana Donaxi Ramirez
Daniel Cabello
Galicia Serralde
Omar Lozano

Roberto Sampayo
Celic Rodriguez
Felipe Lopez

Karla Rojo

Andrea Sanchez Alvarez

Yazmin Martínez

Rodolfo Castillo

Guadalupe Zepeda

Edna Karina Napoles

Issac Santacruz

Elizabeth Chavarria

Jesus Daniel

Nallely González Gómez

Allison Jiménez

BlancaFlores Reyna

Beatriz Tlelo

Adriana Villegas

Jeannette Beltran

Karina Mondragón

Reyna Iztel Segovia
Sarai Zavala
Eva Solares
David Cruz
Daniel Hernández
Emilio Tenorio

Task: Videoclip "My favorite keepsake"

Dear students,
We are getting close to the end of our school year.
For the last part we are going to emphasize oral skills.
For each unit, you are going to create a small videoclip (less than 1 minute).

The first video clip is about:


"Your favorite keepsake"
It may be a picture, a gift or present that you have and that brings you special memories.
Tell us what it is, when you got it and what it means to you.

a.First, write a brief description. This will be your script.
b. Then practise it and record yourself using your cell phone. You are the star!!!!
c. Create a blog in blogger and publish your video recording .
d. Finally, send me your URL for your blog to my mail
edelgado1313@yahoo.com.mx

These are some of my favorite pictures. Please leave me a comment.
My husband, my daughter and may son are in some of the pictures. Can you guess who they are?
Memories on PhotoPeach

Do you remeber the activity on Eritrean children?

Watch the following you tube video on Eritrea.
Write 5 questions about the information on the video.
bring them to class next week (March 16/17th).
Be prepared to answer general questions about the video.

UNIT 7 MENUS AND RECIPES

Objetivos

Deberás ser capaz de:

• utilizar en un diálogo el vocabulario para ordenar los alimentos en un restaurant
  
• utilizar correctamente some, any, a lot, a litte y a few
  
• utilizar las preposiciones de lugar ( on, under, in , between, behind, next to)
• utilizar There is, y there are
  

Activities
1. Prepositions
2. Prepositions
3. Prepositions
4. Countables and Noncoutables
5. Countable vs Noncountable


Reading and hands-on Practise
Try the following recipe. it look tasty.
Spaghetti and tuna

Listening Practise
Names of vegetables
At a Restaurant
Joe-s hamburger restaurant
Dinner Time

English bites videos (download the video clip for dictation)
1. English Bites - How much is that?
Duration: 6:21, Filesize: 22mb
Today we're going to look at how you buy things in a market.

Reading exam
The Wimpy kid pages 1-44

Unit 6 Comparatives

Objetivos

Deberás ser capaz de:

• Describir la ropa que se usa todos los días, tamaño y color de prendas de vestir.
• Utilizar los adjetivos para comparar dos objetos (more..... than....)
  
• Utilizar los adjetivos en el superlativo (the best.....,)
  

Activities
1. Grammar explanation on comparatives
Click on the practice game
2. Rules for comparatives(1)
3. Rules for forming comparatives(2)
4. Rules (3)
5. Explicación en español sobre la forma de los comparativos

Practice Activities
1. PBS which is bigger?
2. Quizz on comparatives
3. geography quizz using comparatives
4. basketball game using comparatives and superlatives
5. Comparatives (1)
6.Exercise on comparatives
7. Exercise -Comparative and superlatives
8. Exercise using superlatives

Writing
Watch the animation comparing Men vs Women
Write ten sentences explaining the similarities or differences indicated in the clip.

Listening - English bites videos (download the video clip for dictation)
1. Fashion designer
2. Perth´s Future

Practice names of clothes. Answer the exercise indcated below.
1. Clothes. 38-wearing
Cargado por realdogswimming
Exercise

Before we go on vacation........

Christmas is coming .I suggest the following activities:
1. How people celebrate Christmas
2.Match Christmas words and pictures
3. Discover the order of a letter to Santa
4. Listen to a boy talk about Christmas
Look also for the print activity included .

Unit 5 Simple Present (do, does)

Objetivos

Deberás ser capaz de:

• Describir tus actividades diarias y rutinas utilizando el presente simple
• Formular preguntas utilizando "do / does",
• Formular ideas en negativo utilizando don´t / doesn´t
• Utilizar palabras de frecuencia (sometimes, never, always,)
  

Activities
Game. review sentences in present
Style a hero and print your design

Daily activities
Song (jobs). Listen and learn the song
Practise making questions (1)
Practise making questions (2)
Practise completing negative answers
Bill Gates and I (antonyms , present tense)

Read about the daily life of a cactus picker. Find the activity in the wiki, print it , answer it and take it to class.

Listening and reading
A. Daily activities (Randal ESL lab).
B. A day at school (randal ESL lab)
B. Watch the flinstone episode, be ready to answer the following comprehension questions.
1. Why is Fred nervous?
2. How does he help Vilma? (mention 3 things he does)
3. Find and copy 5 sentences that use ¨do/ does/ don´t/or doesn´t
4. Find and copy on a piece of paper 5 sentences in Simple present.
Take your answers to class.

Unit 4 Getting around, describing (there is/are), and instructions

Objetivos

Deberás ser capaz de:

• Hablar sobre como te transladas ( medios de transporte) y cuanto tiempo utilizas en tus translados.
  
• Describir los servicios de un lugar utilizando there is/are"
• Seguir y dar instrucciones (imperativo)

Activities
Useful phrases with pictures for Asking for and giving directions.
Phrases for asking directions. Make a list and make sure you know their meaning.
El imperativo explicación y un ejercicio
Imperatives Explanation and exercises
Springfield . The Sympsons(There is/are)
How to Give directions (BBC)
Listen to the mp3 file, there are two exercises. (A and B)

There is /there are. Activity one
Activity two
Activiy Three (There here is/are not)
Activity Four
Activity Five (there, their, there)
Activity Six
Activity seven Flash There is/There are
Activity eight. Song Good night moon and lyrics. Listen to the song 3 or 4 times while reading the lyrics or until you remember some of the ideas related to "there is/are".
Then complete the following worksheet . Print it





Listening
A. Video clip form English bites "How do you get to uni"
Duration: 6:11, Filesize: 22mb
In this episode we'll talk to students from Adelaide University. We ask them about travelling between their homes and the university.
Listen and read the script fom the clip . Make sure you understand the how to talk about transportation. Be ready to take a video dictation. remember to bring your videoclip in your cell phone for the listening quizz.

B. Listening and reading
1. Practice following instructions with Computer tutor 1
This is a long tutorial so make sure you have 2 hours to conclude it as you can not continue it on a different session. On the first page, select your type of connection (broadband or dial-up) and the box "subtitles". This will help you understand what you are asked to do.
Visit Cobweb castle
Jet Setter, Find my match, etc.

C. Writing instructions.
Make a wish list for Santa, write ten orders and check if Santa can do them.
First select "English " as a language. Then in the box "enter your command" write the order and click on "start".
Write two of the orders you enjoyed the most in the wiki, look for the page selected for this activity.

Unit 3 Family and occupations

Objetivos

Deberás ser capaz de:

• Describir a los miembros de una familia, identificando su parentezco,
  
• Utilizar adjetivos para describir la personalidad.
  

Activities
1.Flashcard memory game to practise family vocabulary
2.Flashcard memory game to practise occupations
3. Listen and choose the correct option (family)
4. Put words in order (family relationships)
5. Matching exercise (family relationships)
6. Listen and write (family)
7. Possessive ´s (family)
8. Flatmates at the airport
(Listen to the dialogue, read the language point section and answer the quizz)
9. El genitivo sajón
10. Choose at least 5 activities from the British Council page

Reading and writing
A.Scavenger Hunt
Meet this family and answer the following questions. Write your answers on a paper and take it to class.
Click on the characters to read their descriptions.

1. Look for the grandmother.
a. What's her name? b. What is she like? (write 3 adjectives that describe her personality)
2. Is she an ordinary grandmother? (Yes or no?).
3.What's the dog's name?.
4.What colour is he?.
6.Look for Anneena.
a. How many brothers and sisters does she have? she has..... brothers or sisters.
b.What is she like? (write 3 adjectives that describe her personality)
7.How many children are there in the family? (write in letters).
8.What's the little black girl's name?
a.What is she like? (write 3 adjectives that describe her personality)
9.What is the name of the blond little boy?
10.How old is he? ( write in letters).
11.One boy is good at computers, what's his name?
12.What is Bill's brother's name?

Play with the following sections form the Adventure section
Choose the option Game in each of the following
a. The Patch Worker
b. The Crema Cake Mystery
c. Fraser the Eraser

B. Complete the Simpons family description

Listening
A. Listen to the song and answer the multiple choice questions in the exercise "Rags to Riches"
to become a millionaire. Reapeat as many times as necessary until you win a million dollars.

B. Video clip
Look for the following video clips from English bites
English Bites - What do you study?
Duration: 7:12, Filesize: 25mb
In this episode of English Bites we’ll meet some students and look at how they answer the question "What do you study?"
Read the script and listen to the dialogue. Download the video clip to your cell.
Be ready to take dictation.

Topics: Telling the time and dates

Unit 2
Objetivos
Deberás ser capaz de:

• Expresar la hora y la fecha utilizando diferentes formatos.
• Saber escribir los días, y meses del año y su secuencia en el calendario.
• Identificar las palabras que necesitan mayúsculas.

Activities:

1. Solve the three quizzes Level A, B, and C from Skillswise . Print your scores and bring then to class.
2. Read the 11 factsheets Pay special attention to factsheet number 1, 4,5, 6,7,8,10,and 11
3. Answer the worksheets 1,8, 10 11 and 13 check your answers with the answer keys.
4. Practise telling the time
5. Practise identifying the words that need a capital letter
6. Capital letters (there are 2 games)
7. Interactive exercises to write days of the week, numbers, and months
   

Videos , audios and quizzes for unit 1

Unit 1 English 4
En este blog encontrarás recursos adicionales que te ayudarán a practicar y repasar los temas de clase.

Objetivos
Deberás ser capaz de:

• dar información personal tuya y de otras personas
• (tu nombre y como se deletrea, tu edad, tu nacionalidad)
• (el nombre, edad y nacionalidad de un sujeto masculino (he) y de uno femenino (she)
• (el nombre , edad y nacionalidad de sujetos -plural (They)
• Debes aprender a escribir, pronunciar y entender el vocabulario para identificar las nacionalidad.
• Deberás escribir, pronunciar y entender las formas más frecuentes para saludar.
• pronunciar,escribir, tomar dicado de los números del 1 al 100.
  

Videos de práctica.
Actividades:
a.Escucha los dialogos
b. Repite los dialogos mientras los escuchas (lectura de sombra- shadow reading)
c. Copia los dialogos en tu cuaderno

Videos. Da clic en cada uno de las siguientes ligas para ver los videos.
Real English
Asking for names and greeting
The alphabet
Telling your name and spelling it
Where are you from?
What nationality are you?Numbers

Randalls lab
Where are you from?

ESL quizzes
Nationalities , countries and languages
Nationalities
Nationalities (2)
Nationalities(3) sounds

Quizlet
Utiliza las 6 opcions de ejercicios que te ofrece esta herramienta para aprender vocabulario.
Nationalities
Numbers
Grammar
Pronouns
Possessive adjectives
Verb forms: am, are,is(1)
Verb form: am, are , is (2)
Word order