Unit 4 Should, Must, Can , May

In this unit were are going to practise some modals contrasting their meanings and uses.
Grammar exercises

• Must , musn´t

quizz one
quizz 2

• making suggestions (you should,you could)

• past modals (interactive quizz)
• should (explanation and exercises)
  

Video clips from English bites
1. Occupations
2. Working life

3. Watch the following video clip. Mankind is no island
It's hard to imagine what life would be like without a home - not having a warm bed to sleep in at night, or a roof over your head when it rains. Did you know there are an estimated 300,000 homeless people right now only in Canada?
What do you think we as a society could/should/must/may do?
Write one or 2 sentences in the comment section of this post.

Reading
Chapter 1, 2 and 3 from the book "Face"

NEWS!!!

International Studies
The application for a very attractive program has just come out.
Check the link to see it , you might be interested.
http://www.mx.uwc.org/

Unit 3 future tense

In this unit we are going to review structures to talk about the future.
We are going to watch 3 videoclips, answer some online exercises, read a speech and finally read and write about what we expect for the future.

Videoclips.

Steps.
Print the script. You can access it in the website.
Watch the videoclip as many times as necessary .
Look up unknown words in the script.
You will be asked to answer a fill in the blank exercise and general comprehension questions.
You can use your video clip in class (download it to your cell phone or mp3/4 player).

A. In the English bites website find the following video clips. Download them , and watch them.

How to find them: Click on the above link. Find the section "video to take away" and click download.In the next screen look for "Missed and earlier program? Find them here.

Video clip1

English Bites - Wallaby Island
Duration: 8:16, Filesize: 26mb
What is Jim's last chance to save the rock wallabies?

Videoclip2

English Bites - Recycling Vodcast42
Duration: 7:49, Filesize: 27mb
All big Australian cities have programs where the local governments collect rubbish to be used again, rather than just throwing it all away.

Videoclip3

English Bites - Country Music Star . Vodcast 59
Duration: 10:37, Filesize: 33mb
Every year, the biggest country music festival is held in Tamworth, in rural New South Wales.

The future: Grammar exercises

Answer the following exercises.

1.Grammar exercises quiz 1 quiz 2 Future Plans

2.Grammar challenge quiz 1 and quiz 2"Will &going to

3.Grammar challenge quiz 1 and quiz 2 "Future predictions"

4. The flatmates.

a. Listen to episode 73.

b. Read the section called the language point and

c. Answer the quizz

The future: Reading exercise

It is elections time in the United States. There are two candidates which are trying to convince voters to elect them for President. They are Barack Obama (Democrat) and John McCain (Republican). In the coming weeks before election in November they will debate and explain the voters their plans for their country.

Read Obama´s speech on Education. What is he promising? What are his plans? Identify at least 5 actions in his speech.

Write them and select the sentences from the speech which support your choice. We are going to share them in class.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/obama_education_speech_in_ohio.html

The future:Writing.
Go to a Million futures
Click on launch.
Click on an airplane to see what someone wrote as an answer to the question
¨What are your hopes for the future".
Copy 5 answers to this question and send your own view. Copy the flight number that the system will give you and in the comment section for this post send your flight number for us to see.

The last 2 activities(reading the speech and writing) must be ready by September 12th.

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