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ILLNESSES & DISEASES EXERCISES
HEALTN & DISEASES VOCABULARY
BELIEF AND MEDICINE
MEDICAL TRADITIONS
12 DISEASES THAT ALTERED HISTORY
OPINION WRITING
LINKING WORDS OPINION WRITING
COMPONENTS OF A FRIENDLY OR INFORMAL LETTER
2nd PRESENTATION HOW TO WRITE AN INFORMAL LETTER
PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENTS
PREPOSITIONS OF MOVEMENT:EXERCISES
GEOGRAFICAL FEATURES
PLACES IN A CITY
PARTS OF A CITY: VOCABULARY
TALKING ABOUT THE CITY
Let's write a review. But, what is a review?
In order to know how to write a critical review Movie, go to the link and read the document. Do not forget to take some notes about, you maybe need them later.
Here some questions to answer:
1- From the following quote, say if you agree or not. Support your answer. "A strong review weighs different aspects of the movie, and draws a fair conclusion about its merits and flaws."2- What does it imply being specific?3- What does it means being objective? give couple of examples.4- Why is it important a "research"?
Finally, mention some tips to conclude a critical movie review.
http://moviesatfonsegar.wikispaces.com/
OBSERVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD
MAIN OBJECTIVE:
At the end of these activities students will be able to write a two-paragraph composition about their own neighborhood using verbs of senses with a descriptive focus.
ACTIVITY 1
Watch the video "around our neighborhood Part 1" to identify:
- main purpose of the presenter
- main character of the video
- main structure of the video. the presenter describes, then he interviews someone, then he gives his feelings about the place.
ACTIVITY 2
- Use "MY NEIGHBORHOOD" to express your opinion about the video.
ACTIVITY 3
A) When describing particular details of a place, it is important to use your senses (sights, sound, smell, taste, touch). e.g. I live in a cottage, You can still smell the wood from which it was built. A combination of static and moving features is also used in descriptions. e.g. The cottage is at the top of the hill. Moving features (dynamic verbs): The stream flows down the hill. Check the video one more time. based on the examples given, identify some of those features (stative and dynamic verbs) in the video and post them inside the "
MY NEIGHBORHOOD".
MY NEIGHBORHOOD".
LET´S PRACTICE VOCABULARY
B) If you need help with stative and dymanic verbs click on
Stative and Dynamic Verbs, there you can find useful exercises, and feedback on this topic. Or click on
C) If you need help with punctuation, click on Using Colons and Semi-Colons
ACTIVITY 4
Outlining a description of your neighbourhood. Follow the steps below to outline the description to be used in your composition. Bring it to the Face-to-Face session. You will receive feedback on it.
- Name and geographical situation of the place.
- Reasons for choosing the place.
- Particular details of the place (sights to see- how to spend your free tiem there etc)
- Feelings and final thoughts about the place.
ACTIVITY 5
Coooperative task:
A) Use the wall to write some sentecnes in which you describe your neighborhood, pick up one of your classmates, and comment on it, providing ideas or suggestions on their sentences. Click on the link, once you are there, double click to start your comment.Coooperative task:
MY NEIGBORHOOD AND TOWN
B) USE THE FOLLOWING SHOUTBOX TO GIVE IDEAS ABOUT DESCRIPTIONS. E.G. PLACES, ASMOSPHERES, ACTIVITIES DONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ETC.
REFERENCES
Evans V. and Dooley J. (2000) Mission coursebook. mission 2. FCE. Express Publishing. New York.
Youtube videos.
USING PIMPAMPUM TO CREATE A STORY
- Check Pets by luizfonseka story. Check it, and comment it with a classmate. Say what you like it or you don't like it. Be sure to give at least one reason.
- In a whole activity, share your opinion.
- Choose a classmate you want to work with, then create your own.
- Remember you have 45 minutes to create the story and send to your tutor's mail.
- corporacioneducativafonsegar@gmail.com
Pets by luizfonseka
Have you ever participated in an outdoor activity?
What did you like the most? why?
Share you opinion by writing it on a piece of paper, then bring it to the class.
Now check this link to have an idea how to create your own story about outdoor activities
CAMPING IN COLOMBIA by LUIZFONSEKA
Do you like this book. How about creating your own book? Go to the link below and create a book in which you show what you enjoy doing.
You can also use the links below to check some vocabulary (adjectives) to enrich your composition.
- vocabulary: dwelling
- Words used to describe attractive places or views
- adjectives that describe a place
- adjectives for a description focus
- PREDICTION: WILL
- WILL FOR PREDICTIONS
- weather in the news
- WEATHER VOCABULARY
- WEATHER VOCABULARY 2
- WEATHER VOCABULARY ADVANCED
- WEATHER GLOSSARY AND TERMINOLOGY
If you need some help with your writing process or some techniques for improving it, go to:
What's your job?
When we want to find a job, we usually compare the different advantages or disadvantages a job offers to us. In order to learn the appropriate way to do a comparative description, we need to review how to "build-up" certain words. Here you have a link in which the rules are explained.After watch the video read about job decriptions, choose three jobs and write a short paragraph about them. Job descriptions
- RULES FOR LEARNING COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
- RULES: COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
- In this link, you have an exercise to mechanize the structure
- DRILLING: COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
- READING AND WRITING ABOUT PEOPLE: USE OF COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
- MEMORY WORK: ADJECTIVES
Job Categories
5. Listening exercise Audio
Dream Job
6. Read the wed page and write about your dream job.What's your dream job?
Grammar
Exercises
1.How many things belong to how many people?2.Do you add 's or '?
3.Write the correct form of the possessives
4.Write apostrophe 's or the of-phrase into the gaps.
PHYSICAL FEATURES IN THE WORLD
PHYSICAL FEATURE VOCABULARY
10 of the most extreme physical features
American Countries
Work at home.
1. Watch the video and then make a box like in the example with each country (look for a used name in the country)
2. Bring to the class and show it to your partners.
Name
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Country
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Nationality
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Juan
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Colombia
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Colombian
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Paola
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Brazil
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Brazilian
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1. My name's Juan. I'm from Colombia. I'm colombian.
2. My name's Paola. I'm from Brazil. I´m brazilian.
Exercise
1.Choose three countries you did not know
2. Look for information and make a short exposition about them
3.Your exposition should have information about : capital, language, typical food and tourist attractions .
Countries of Europe
Work at home.
1. Watch the video and then make a box like in the example with each country (look for a used name in the country)
2. Bring to the class and show it to your partners.
Name
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Country
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Nationality
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William
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England
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English
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Edith
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France
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French
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1. My name's William. I'm from England. I'm English.
2. My name's Edith. I'm from France. I´m French.
Exercise
1.Choose three countries you did not know
2. Look for information and make a short exposition about them
3.Your exposition should have information about : capital, language, typical food and tourist attractions .
Sports - Play, do or go?
2. Practice
Countries of Africa
Work at home.
a. Watch the video and then make a box like in the example with each country (look for a used name in the country)
b. Bring to the class and show it to your partners.
Name
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Country
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Nationality
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William
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Algeria
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Algerian
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Edith
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Congo
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Congolese
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1. My name's William. I'm from Algeria. I'm Algerian.
2. My name's Edith. I'm from Congo. I´m Congolese.
- Use this link to help you: Africa – countries
Exercise :African Countries and Nationalities
Exercise
1.Choose three countries you did not know
2. Look for information and make a short exposition about them
3.Your exposition should have information about : capital, language, typical food and tourist attractions .
Telling The Time
1. Vocabulary :
Practice
1. Watch the video and do the exercises: Prepositions
2. Read and do the exercises. Other kinds of prepositions.
Adverbs Of Frequency
- Read and Watch the videos
- Grammar Rules / Adverbs of Frequency
- Adverbs of Definite Frequency and Adverbs of Indefinite Frequency
2. Do the exercises ►Activities
3. Read and practice ►Daily Routine Verbs
4. Listening activities ►a. Listen to the conversation
b. Listen and answer the questions
Countries of Asia
Work at home.
a. Watch the videos and then make a box like in the example with each country
b. Bring to the class and show it to your partners.
Country
|
Nationality
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Japan
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Japanese
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Russia
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Russian
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1. Watch the video ►Prepositions of Time: At / On / In
2. Exercise ►preposition of time
3. Practice ►in, on, at, -
Watch the video and do a list with the words that you didn't know ►
Exercises
3. The bedroom
Kitchen
Exercises
- 1. Vocabulary - Kitchen
- Things in the kitchen
- Kitchen Tools
- vocabulary exercises with pictures
- FOOD PACKAGES VOCABULARY
- FOOD EXPRESSIONS "A...OF..."
- FOOD CROSSWORD
The Dining Table, 1897 - Henri Matisse
Learn Dining Room Vocabulary
Dining Room Vocabulary :
Exercises:
What's in your garage or tool shed?
Litening exercise ►Garage Sales !!!
Look at the images and repeat ►Vocabulary for a garden and yard
Vocabulary - Tools & hardware
Exercises:
1. Look at the pictures, repetead and practice ►Garden Objects
2. Writen exercises ►In the Garden
3. Watch the video and do the exercise ►In the garden
How to Grow a lot of Food in a Small Garden
World's Most Beautiful Backyard Ponds
Read and practice ►The Weather English Vocabulary
Words we use to talk about the weather ►Common questions and responses about Weather
Useful Expressions ►Ten Expressions to Use In Speaking And Writing
EXERCISES ►Weather,Months and Seasons
Adjectives to describe places
Read ► What is an adjective?"
Read and practice ►order of adjectives
Read and do the exercise ► Adjectives - Word Order, Types of Adjectives.
Using 'ed' and 'ing' adjectives correctly
Read and do the exercises► Adjectives ending in ED and ING
Read the explanation ►Using -ed and -ing to make an Adjective
ADJECTIVES: Describe nouns and are the same in singular and plural. They can be FACTURAL (small, round, yellow, etc) or OPIONION (awful, ugly, etc).Note that after ►appear, be, become, get, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste. we use adjectives, not adverbs. It It tastes awful. ( not : awfully)
Most common adjectives (long, late, etc) do not have a particular ending . However, there are certain common endings for adjectives which are formed from nouns and verbs. There are:
-able fashionable
-al magical
-ant hesitant
-ar spectacular
-ary disciplinary
-ate considerate
-ial artificial
-ent persistent
-esque picturesque
-ful successful
-ian Iraian
-ible terrible
-ic melodic
-ical mechanical
-ious rebellious
-ish stylish
-ist racist
-ive selective
-less faultless
-like woman-like
-ly deathly
-ory sensory
-ous humorous
-some bothersome
-y sandy
The most common prefixes used with adjectives are:
a- asexual
ab- abnormal
anti- antisocial
dis- disinterested
hyper- hyperactive
il- illegible
im- immoral
in- inactive
ir- irresposible
mal- maladjusted
non- non-existent
over- overweight
pre- prearranged
pro- pro-war
sub- sub-zero
super- superhuman
un- unavailable
under- understaffed
Compound adjectives are formed with
1. Present Participles ► a long-playing record, a free-paying student
2. Past Participles ► cut-off jeans, undercooked meat, a rolled-up carpet
3. Cardinal Numbers + Nouns ► a three-year contract, a ten - minute journey
a two-week course.
4. Prefixes and Sufixes ► a modern-day costume, an open-ended discussion
5. Well, Baby. ill, Poorly + Past Participle ► a poorly- kept garden, a well -time joke,
a badly - furnished room.
Present and Past Participles can be used as adjectives ► The lecture was boring.
We were exhausted
Explanation What is an adjective?
Adjective Suffixes►Adjective Suffixes
Adjectives Prefixes ►Negative prefixes before adjectives
Practice ►-ed / -ing adjectives, POSITIVE-NEGATIVE
Grammar ►Present Continuous
Verbs that are not usually used in the continuous form ►state verbs
Practice the Present Continuous with scenes from TV shows
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE through Movies
Exercises ►Present Continuous Use
Activities ►Check your grammar
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