domingo, 10 de novembro de 2013

BREAKFAST - Jump to it! (Nutrition game)

(Unit "Be in shape": healthy eating)

Dear 9B and 9C students:

A. Game.
1. Click on the link below and play this interesting game. You can even get a certificate! Notice the vocabulary used.

 

VOCABULARY:

cuts and scrapes = that's what you get when you cut yourself or when you fall down and get hurt
pick foods = choose foods
stay fit = be in good shape
do well at school = have good results at school
soda = soft drink; carbonated beverage
candy = a sweet confection made with sugar and often flavoured
balanced breakfast (also: balanced diet; balanced meal...)

Notice: you can play other games in the same page. See the menu on the left.

sábado, 26 de outubro de 2013

The Girl and the Fox (animated cartoon)

(Describing past actions)
 
Dear 8B, 8C, 9B and 9C students:
 
A. Writing
1. Watch the animated cartoon "The girl and the Fox", by Tyler J. Kupferer.


2. Notice these words. Check the ones you don't know in the dictionary.
 
- wood hut
- duck
- trail of footprints (trail; footprint)
- lantern
- go into the woods (go into; wood)
- bushes (bush)
- knife
- snow heavily (snow; heavily)
- freeze to death (freeze; death)
- tail
 
3. Write a text as if you were telling the story and hand it to me for correction. Don't forget to use text organisers and linkers: after that, then, some time later, when, finally; and, but, however, because...
 
Start your text like this: In a cold winter night, a girl...
 
Mind: this is extra practice - another opportunity to improve your writing skills and revise the Past Simple. It's not for evaluation!
 
4. If you prefer, you can comment on the following (use the "comments" box below):
 
Why did the girl decide not to kill the fox?
 

domingo, 20 de outubro de 2013

Way out West - Red Dog

(Unit "Get about!". Topics: travelling; cinema)
 
Dear 9B and 9C students:
 
A. Listening:
1. Watch the video (an excerpt of the film Red Dog) and listen to the song. Enjoy it and recall an important moment of the film!
2. Click on the picture (lyrics) below. Copy and paste it into a Word file. Print it. Try to fill in the blanks while listening to the song again. Click on the second YouTube frame to listen to the original song. Check the correct answers at the end of this post.
 

 

 
 

3. Only 3 of the sentences below are correct. Select them.

a) The singer was looking for a change in his life.
b) He doesn't pay any rent because he owns a house.
c) The weather in the west is very dry.
d) Life isn't very hard.
e) He wants to stay there.

B. Language work
1. These two lines show the use of colloquial informal English:
 
You don't need no money.
And I'm never gonna leave.
 
How would you say them in standard English?
 
2. Some useful vocabulary:

* brand-new (adj.): completely new; unused
e.g. He headed west for a brand-new life; I've got a brand-new friend; They bought a brand-new car.
* At last (idiom): finally; after a long wait
e.g. At last I get the feeling that I'm really alive; The train arrived at last; At last the hostages were released.
* make some change (informal English): make some money; earn some money.
 
C. Writing
1. You've seen the film. We've worked on it. It's difficult not to believe dogs can't think or don't have any feelings, don't you think? So, I challenge you to comment:
 
What is Red Dog thinking while he is leaving the bar and looks back at his friends?
 
Start like this: I think...; In my opinion...; I'd like to believe...; I'm almost sure...
 
ENGLISH is FUN!
 
Answers:
A.2. change, quit, left, away, pay, cheap, night, fight, tough, leave.
A.3. a), c), e).
B.1. You don't need any money; And I'm never going to leave.