UNIT 10 SECOND CONDITIONAL

This will be your last oral project. You will have a chance to practice the second conditional. This is a formula:
If I were a millionaire.... I would + .....(buy, travel, get) ......
If I were a world leader I would......







Think of a hypothetical situation and record a 1 minute audio file.

• What would you do if you were a millionaire?

• What would be different ?

You can use this or any other hypothetical situation and talk about it.
Some ideas :
You were elected head of a student comittee
What would you do to make your school better?

Another option for your dialogues

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Listen to this dialogue




Now listen to this other conversation.


And this other conversation

Unit 8 Present perfect (cont.)

Activities and resources

Listening
Explanation on the use of the present perfect versus the Simple Past.
Present Perfect versus past simple
Practise grammar exercises
Quizz1
Quizz 2
Written grammar description

English bites




High school actors

Reading
Face chapter 16

UNIT 7 PRESENT PERFECT

Activities and resources
Grammar chart
Ever, never, already, yet
Present perfect or Past tense?

Exercises
Irregular Past Participles
Present Perfect vs past tense with some American Presidents
For and since
Present Perfect and Past Simple (Music and Dance)
Present or Past

Videoclip
English Bites - Perth´s Future(download the clip for video dictation)

Reading
Chapter 15 FACE

Students singing a love song in class " I am yours "

Create your podcast

Hi everyone,
You have two tasks for next week.
Task 1.
It is time to concentrate in oral skills. During the last 3 months of the school year you will produce and publish in a podcast page short mp3 files ( 1 minute max) for each unit in the book.
First create an account in podomatic.
If you need a tutorial you can check this one out.
You can record using the podomatic online tools directly from your computer if it has a microphone , you can also use your phone, or your digital camera.
Make sure you send me (to my mail) the link to your podcast page.
Upload your mp3 file and post a picture relevant to the topic discussed.
For unit seven please answer the following questions in your mp3 file.

• What are some of things you have done in your life that you are proud of?
• What haven´t you done yet but are planning to do soon?

or inform your audience about Oxfam

• Read about an organization called OXFAM and explain what it has done to help people around the world.
• You can check their site at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/world/chad/refugee1.htm
• If you need any more ideas to talk about you might find them in the following slide
• Holidayfun 1

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Task 2.
Valentine´s day s coming. Do you know how this celebration started?
Learn this song ,sing it until you feel you can sing along (check the lyrics). Be ready to comment on some of the things you have learned in the media included in this post.

Jason Mraz widget by 6L & Daxii

Writing Project "Face"

Read the book "Face" chapters 1 to 10.
Task:
You are a student at Eastmoreland school in East London(click on this link to get a visual image of the place , check the media -images, video I have inlcuded to learn about its music and its people).
You are collaborating with the school newspaper as a news reporter.
Create a frontpage with your news report. (You can use Publisher or any other template)
Write a news report 450-500 words long describing what happened to Martin.

1.First create a name for the school newspaper
2. Write your name below it in small print
3. Create an interesting Headline for your report.
4. Include at least 2 pictures in your newsreport(the accident, Martin, the inspector, or any other you decide)
5. Describe Martin (what was he like before the accident?, what grade was he in?, who were his friends?, what did he like to do?, )
6. describe how the accident happened (who was with him?, who was driving....etc.)
7.describe Martin after the accident (what does he look like now?, willl he be the same again?,,,)
USE the information from chapters 1 to 10 as the source for your article.
Present your frontpage in print the first class after the coming holidays.

Merry Christmas!

Sentences. Elements and past tense

Hello!!!
Topics for the second assignment:
Elements of a sentence and Past tense

Topic 1 Elements of a sentence
For the second assignment we are going to review the elements of a sentence.
Can you recognize a sentence?

To find out, do these activities:
1. Play the three games in the follow wesbite.Making Sentences

• True or false- are these sentences?

• Does it make sense?

• Add puctuation to put these texts into sentences

2. When you finish. Print the 3 pages with your results. ( Print the screen) .
They will be your required before the exam.
3. To find information about the elements of a sentence read
The fact sheet
4. Then, answer the five worksheets. You can check the answers and grade yourself using the answer keys provided by the website.
Print the 5 worksheets. Solve them and check your answer s with the answer keys.
5 worksheets with answer keys


Topic 2 . Past Tense vs.Present and Future Tense
1. Getting the tense right. Print the 5 factsheets

2. Play this "Treasure hunt" game .Choose the first 2 the levels.
Spot the verb in the sentence
Choose the right verb
When you finish each level print your final score for each.

3. Answer the quizzes for level A, B and C
Print your scores for each level

4. Pronunciation (ed) Past tense
Go to the following webpages . Study the following material
Pronunciation of the past tense
Quizz on pronunciation
BBC quizz past tense

Be prepared for an exam on these topics and unit two by
September 9

Welcome to our virtual class

Hi, I hope you find the course interesting and full of fun ideas and experiences.
In this blog you will find the activities that will help you learn and practise English.
Out first topic will be a review of the most common questions using
Where, How, Who, why, etc.
Check the information in the next web sports pages and find the following information.
olympics.Canada/
olympics.Australia/
olympics NBC. USA

1. What sports are included in the olympic games? Make a list.
2. Choose an athlete . Read his biography. Takes notes and prepare a 1 minute oral presentation .
3. Include a picture of him/her to show to your classmates during your presentation.
Homework will be due: August 19th (group 501) and 21rst (group 509) 2008

(Si tienes dudas sobre como pronunciar tu descripción te sugiero utilizar el software"Text to Speech". Se encuenta como liga en el menu arriba a la derecha.
Copia el texto en el cuadro de texto y te creará un archivo de audio para que tengas un modelo de pronunciación.)


The following links will help you practise these grammar points for review.
Subject-verb agreement
Wh questions (1)
Wh questions (2)
Wh questiosn (3)
Short answers
Assorted questions