domingo, 30 de noviembre de 2014
Mary-Jess exists!
Here's her web-site:
http://www.mary-jess.com/
And here she is on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_bCcvsqk2k
Read this now!
Please note that if you don't reply to this letter from the CSIM you will recieve publicity from the online programme.
Class 29.11.14
In this class we studied pages 35 & 37.
Listening:
p.35 Ex.7 - 7 stories.
Speaking:
Tense review - Something Circles. (New English File)
Story telling.(New English File)
A time when you met someone famous / Lost something important / Read horoscope.
Grammar:
Tense review - p.37 Ex. 3, 5 & 6
Reading:
Extract from The Big Sleep p. 37 Ex. 5
Homework:
Exam folder 3 - Open cloze p. 38 & 39
Reading - p.40 Ex. 3 & p.41 Ex. 4 Gapped text.
viernes, 28 de noviembre de 2014
MY EXOTIC ANIMAL: BLUE POISON ARROW FROG
We can find this beautiful frog in the forests which are located in southern Suriname and northern Brazil. It grows to 3 - 5 cm in length and females are larger than males.
But be careful with this frog, its skin is poisonous. It has venomous glands which serve as a defense mechanism against predators. The poison can paralyze and sometimes kill. To synthesize it, this frog should eat ants or other insects that produce formic acid. If it doesn't eat these bugs, it won't be venomous.
People who live in those forests use the venom to put it on the arrowheads and darts.
The black spots are unique to each frog and the skin color vary from blue to purple. When male frogs become adults they are able to sing.
They are very colorful and appealing frogs but they hide a dangerous secret on their skin.
But be careful with this frog, its skin is poisonous. It has venomous glands which serve as a defense mechanism against predators. The poison can paralyze and sometimes kill. To synthesize it, this frog should eat ants or other insects that produce formic acid. If it doesn't eat these bugs, it won't be venomous.
People who live in those forests use the venom to put it on the arrowheads and darts.
The black spots are unique to each frog and the skin color vary from blue to purple. When male frogs become adults they are able to sing.
They are very colorful and appealing frogs but they hide a dangerous secret on their skin.
Games for U.3
Click on the link to play.
http://quizlet.com/16565205/fce-phrasal-verbs-unit-3-objective-first-flash-cards/
jueves, 27 de noviembre de 2014
THE PANDA: MY EXOTIC ANIMAL
The panda is a bear that lives in China and it's black and white. Also, pandas eat bamboo but they can eat bananas, oranges, eggs or fish too.
As a result of farming and deforestation, the panda is really endangered. Right now, there are some pandas living in the wild. However, most pandas are living in captivity in China..
This is sad but is necessary too because of the smugglers. They capture and kill them because they want to sell them.
Finally, there are some ONGs like WWF (1961) that has already played a role in conserving the Amazon over the past 40 years.
In my opinion, the panda is the best exotic animal in the world!!!
I would like to see a panda in the zoo, I haven't seen any panda in my life.
Writing Correction codes
To correct your writing, you'll need to refer to these codes.
Writing correction code © BBC | British Council 2007
WW = Wrong word As our plane flew on the mountains we saw snow.
WT = Wrong time As our plane flew over the mountains we see snow.
WF = Wrong form As our plane flew over the mountains we was seeing snow.
WO = Wrong order As our plane over the mountain flew we saw snow.
SP = Spelling As our plane flue over the mountains we saw snow.
P = Punctuation As our plane flew over the mountains; we saw snow.
X = Extra word As our plane flew over to the mountains we saw snow.
M = Missing word As our plane flew over the mountains saw snow.
R = Register As our plane flew over the mountains we observed snow.
? = Not clear As our plane flew over the mountains we saw snow.
! = Silly mistake! As our plane flew over the mountains we seed snow.
RW = Try re-writing Our vehicle flies, we snow find, over mountains you saw it.
WW = Wrong word As our plane flew on the mountains we saw snow.
WT = Wrong time As our plane flew over the mountains we see snow.
WF = Wrong form As our plane flew over the mountains we was seeing snow.
WO = Wrong order As our plane over the mountain flew we saw snow.
SP = Spelling As our plane flue over the mountains we saw snow.
P = Punctuation As our plane flew over the mountains; we saw snow.
X = Extra word As our plane flew over to the mountains we saw snow.
M = Missing word As our plane flew over the mountains saw snow.
R = Register As our plane flew over the mountains we observed snow.
? = Not clear As our plane flew over the mountains we saw snow.
! = Silly mistake! As our plane flew over the mountains we seed snow.
RW = Try re-writing Our vehicle flies, we snow find, over mountains you saw it.
sábado, 22 de noviembre de 2014
Class 22.11.14
In this class we studied pages 32 - 36 of U5
Vocabulary:
Emotions.
Adverbs of degree
Speaking:
Frightening / exciting experiences.
Stuck in a lift.
Listening:
Stuck in a lift.
Grammar:
Review of past tenses.
Writing:
Notes on the listening.
Homework:
WB p.12 & 13
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Complete the 10 circles in 'Something Circles.' Remember to include only the activity, with no reference to time. Do not write your activities in the same order as prompts 1 - 16.
See you next Saturday.
MY EXOTIC ANIMAL: DUCK-BILLET PLATYPUS
This is a duck-billet platypus, one of the most weird animal that exists. He has a beak similar to ducks', and his legs and skin remind to otters'. The duck-billets are amazing because they have skills of bird, reptile and mammal what indicates that they are a link in the evolution between retpiles and mammals.
This kind of animal lives in the rivers and lakes of Tasmania and Australia. He is a digger, he builds dens in the cost of rivers. When he is under the water his eyes, ears and nostril are closed. For this reason, he has electroreceptors in his beak. The length of that oviparous is around 40cm. And, like marsupials, the milk that he produces is suckled by his children directly from the skin. The males segregate poison like snakes.
All these rarities become him in my favourite exotic animal.
viernes, 21 de noviembre de 2014
My exotic animal: albino peacock
My exotic animal
I want to host you my favourite exotic animal. This is a white peacock or an albino peacock.
I remember the first-time I saw this rare animal. I mean, when someone say "peacock", you always think in a beautiful bird with an amazing colors, broadcasting a sense of life. Nevertheless, when I saw this rare type of peacock, I felt peaceful. When I see the peacock with outstretched feathers, comes to my mind a snowflakes.
When you hear the therm "albinism", you think of a natural genetic disorder, right? I fear that in this case is not natural. This kind of peacock born by the men hands, and their life spectancy is really short.
It's a beautiful animal that make you feel peaceful and sad at the same time.
WHITE TIGER: MY FAVORITE ENDANGERED ANIMAL.
The White Tiger is also know as the White Bengal Tiger, which is a subspecies of tiger, found throughout the Indian subcontinent.
These animals are incredibly rare as their colouration is dependent on a defective, recessive gene that is passed on from their parents.
Over the past couple of centuries the White Tiger has become even rarer in the wild due to trophy hunting or capture for the exotic pet trade, with there having been no recorded sightings of these elusive predators for the past 50 years. Today, the wihte tiger can still be found in a handful of zoos and animal sanctuaries around the world with these large and beautiful felines often being the star attraction. Along with the Bengal Tiger, the White Tiger is considered to be the second largest species of tiger in the world after the Siberian Tiger.
sábado, 15 de noviembre de 2014
My exotic animal
This is one of my favourite exotic animals , the Slow Loris . They are really endangered , mainly because of the contraband . Smugglers usually capture and kill many of them in Asian jungles , their natural habitat , and then ,they often sell some of them illegally . This is quite sad because many people don't realize they mustn't be used as a pet , so they buy them and this is how the business is generated for the contrabandits. Fortunately , many ONGs like WWF are trying to stop this activity by creating protected areas , denouncing many cases in front of the Justice or rescuing many slow loris from this kind of people.
Homework for Saturday 22.11.14
First of all, if you haven't accepted your invitation to the blog, do it now. If there's any problem, write to me again, and I'll send you another invtation.
Secondly, do Ex. 5, 6 & 7 from WB p.11
Finally, I want you to do Writing folder 2, but without the final essay in Ex.7
That means Ex.1 - 6, including the 30-40 word paragraph in Ex.3. Please print this double
space, as I'm doing with these instructions.
See you next Saturday.
Tom.
My exotic animal.
We met this lady, much to intimately for comfort, in the Kruger park in South Africa a few years ago.
Feel free to upload your favourite annimal, exotic or not.
Tom.
viernes, 14 de noviembre de 2014
As or like?
Better English Lessons
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As or like? Matching exercise
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My friend Rob looks ______ John Travolta.
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There is too much traffic in London ______ in New York.
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We're late for the train. We'll have to run ______ the wind.
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I'm your friend and, ______ a friend, I advise you to think again.
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lunes, 10 de noviembre de 2014
Writing Correction Code
Writing correction code
Writing correction code © BBC | British Council 2007
WW = Wrong word As our plane flew on the mountains we saw snow.
WT = Wrong time As our plane flew over the mountains we see snow.
WF = Wrong form As our plane flew over the mountains we was seeing snow.
WO = Wrong order As our plane over the mountain flew we saw snow.
SP = Spelling As our plane flue over the mountains we saw snow.
P = Punctuation As our plane flew over the mountains; we saw snow.
X = Extra word As our plane flew over to the mountains we saw snow.
M = Missing word As our plane flew over the mountains saw snow.
R = Register As our plane flew over the mountains we observed snow.
? = Not clear As our plane flew over the mountains we saw snow.
! = Silly mistake! As our plane flew over the mountains we seed snow.
RW = Try re-writing Our vehicle flies, we snow find, over mountains you saw it.
WW = Wrong word As our plane flew on the mountains we saw snow.
WT = Wrong time As our plane flew over the mountains we see snow.
WF = Wrong form As our plane flew over the mountains we was seeing snow.
WO = Wrong order As our plane over the mountain flew we saw snow.
SP = Spelling As our plane flue over the mountains we saw snow.
P = Punctuation As our plane flew over the mountains; we saw snow.
X = Extra word As our plane flew over to the mountains we saw snow.
M = Missing word As our plane flew over the mountains saw snow.
R = Register As our plane flew over the mountains we observed snow.
? = Not clear As our plane flew over the mountains we saw snow.
! = Silly mistake! As our plane flew over the mountains we seed snow.
RW = Try re-writing Our vehicle flies, we snow find, over mountains you saw it.
domingo, 9 de noviembre de 2014
Class 25.10.14
Class Saturday 25.10.14
In this class we studied pages 15 - 21
Speaking:
Discussion on computer games and their users.
Reading:
Skimming & scanning of computer game reviews.
Vocabulary:
Collocations
Computer games
The internet.
Formal Vs informal writing.
Grammar:
Review of present tenses.
Spelling of ..ly adverbs
Exam preparation:
Key word transformation
Grammar:
Review of present tenses.
Spelling of ..ly adverbs
Exam preparation:
Key word transformation
Writing Folder 1
Homework:
Workbook p.7
Also, in the link below, you will find 9 different sections for practising 'Key Word Transformation'. Do the first two from each section. Print or copy down both the original sentence and your answer, and bring them to class on Monday.
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/strategy/p3pt3a.htm
Homework:
Workbook p.7
Also, in the link below, you will find 9 different sections for practising 'Key Word Transformation'. Do the first two from each section. Print or copy down both the original sentence and your answer, and bring them to class on Monday.
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/strategy/p3pt3a.htm
Finally, spend at least 15 minutes on the vocabulary review game below.
Take a note of your best scores to compare with your classmates on Sat
8th.
http://quizlet.com/34604241/objective-first--unit-1-phrasal-verbs-go-flash-cards/
Take a note of your best scores to compare with your classmates on Sat
8th.
FEBRUARY PROGRESS TEST
FEBRUARY PROGRESS TEST
This is to let you know, well in advance, that just after the Chistmas break you will have a progress test consisting of reading, writing, Use of English and listening tasks, but no speaking component. The test will be based on the material covered in class, and will take up 3 hours of class time.
Attendance is compulsory, and the test represents 30% of your overall mark.
The dates of the progress tests will be February 11th and 16th (M&W groups), 14th for Saturday groups.
Please mark this in your diaries now.
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