Broken English?

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Poster

Mexico

Design a poster about the major social issues in Mexico.

Working together

Instructions:

1.       It should be written in English.

2.       Look for information about the topic. Some examples:

a)      Poverty, class division, social division, …

b)      Violence, juvenile crime, bullying, …

c)       Children at work, street children, …

d)      Gender violence, …

3.       The poster must include: title, introduction, body and conclusion, images, pictures, different fonts, colors, and references. It should answer to: what happens? Why does it happen? Who are the affected? Is this problem being taken care of? etc.

4.       You can use Power Point or http://www.easel.ly/ to create your poster.

5.       It should be printed in an A4 opaline paper or card stock.  

6.       DEADLINE for handing in your poster is May 27^th, 2015.

If you have any question, send me a comment and I´ll answer ASAP.

 

Oral Exam

Oral examination for the Communicative Competence in English class.

Instructions:
1. Go to http://es.padlet.com/lic_brendagarci/oralexam.
2. Record yourself answering the questions given.
3. Upload your mp3 file to the padlet by double-clicking on it.
4. Check out the example.

Created with Padlet

Where do you see yourself in 25 years?

Based on the video "What is your plan for the future?", decide the future you want for you.

Write about your plans. Use the padlet given and check out the example.

You can double click directly on the padlet or go to http://es.padlet.com/lic_brendagarci/in25years.

This site will be available from May 12th, 2015 to May 15th, 2015.

Created with Padlet

What are your future plans?

Watch the following video and reflect about the future!




What do you want to do? What kind of life? Do you want to survive or to succeed?

Plan for the future but start thinking big!

Extracto de El valioso tiempo de los maduros.

Me encantó esta parte del poema porque me siento identificada. 

Ya no tengo tiempo
para soportar absurdas personas
que, a pesar de su edad cronológica,
no han crecido.

Mario Andrade 

Let´s practice the future!

Answer the following exercises to practice about future.

Future-exercises

You can:
1. Download them.
2. Copy on your notebook.
or 3. Print and answer them on your own.
4. Send me the answers or any question to miss_garcia@outlook.es

Speaking about the future...

In English, there are different ways to express the future depending on the certainty or attitude we have aboute the future events. The following mind map might give you a clearer idea about this.
 Visit the site: http://www.grammarmindmaps.com/future-tense/

What do you think about the mind map? It is easier, isn´t it?...

About the future...

Lately, I have been thinking about the future. What will happen to me? Will I be happy? Will I get married again? Sincerely, I don´t know because I believe our future is in hands of God and whatever happens to me is his plan for me. However, we are aways trying to guess or worrying about our destiny. Looking for information about the future, I found a some poems about it in American English. This is a site where you will find different resources for learners like: texts, pdf´s, games, mp3, etc.

The one I liked the most is:

About My Future…

My future, I think, will be happy.
My future, I think, will be good.
I will be strong, clever and healthy.
And I will not be staying along!
I will stop up the aggression,
I will build up myself,
I will destroy the pressure,
I will grow my own respect!

by Zharkyn and Rakhim from Kazakhstan

Please share in the coments:

1. What do you think about the poem?

2. What is the poem about?

3. What do the authors think about the future?

4.Write at least 7 ideas you have about your future similar to the ones written in the poem.

5. Why don´t you write a poem on your own? Use the ideas above.

Spongelab: Learning through content.

How good are you at chemistry, biology, math, and physics? How much do you remember? Well, I’m going to give you an opportunity to test out your knowledge and to practice English at the same time. I want to recommend you this amazing site.

Spongelab is an online learning platform with science animations, images, videos and games integrated. It is science-based but it could give you an excellent opportunity to practice language. It is necessary and I really recommend you to register (it´s free) and create your account so you will get rewards and credits.

 

 

I created my account and was checking the different options and I really loved Questionaut. It is a journey through strange worlds. Test your knowledge of English, Maths and Science on this magical mission to recover your friend's hat. Questionaut is a beautiful point and click puzzle game where players are tasked with answering questions on the subjects of mathematics, language, psychology and biology.

Come on. Go and try it!

Questionaut

 

Peanut butter cookies

Do you want to learn how to cook some delicious three-ingredients peanut butter cookies?

Watch the video below and write down the steps to follow.



Peanut butter cookies.
Ingredients:
______________________
______________________
______________________

Directions:
1. ________________________
2. ________________________
3. ________________________
4. ________________________

Would you like to prepare the cookies?  Yes or no? Why?

 Share your comments below.

Imperatives

What do these signs mean?

 You might have seen these signs and many more on the streets. These signs are some real life examples of the use of imperatives. Do you want to know what else can you do with the imperatives in English? Well, take a look at the following presentation and find out!



I don´t know how to cook!

One of the things I regret the most about my life is the fact that I never learned how to cook. Now that I´m a mother, I remember all the different occasions in which my mom asked me to pay attention to her cooking. It was a bother and I didn´t want to be involved in anything related to the kitchen. My cooking experiences go as far as preparing a sandwich.

My resolutions this year (and almost every year since then) is to learn how to cook. I started looking for cooking classes, but my schedule is so tight that I expected to find one at midnight; unfortunately, nobody was available. Suddenly, I thought about creating a blog for asking and sharing cooking tips. So why don´t you give me some ideas or easy recipes you love? And I’ll give you mine.

I am going to give you an easy and healthy idea for breakfast, especially if you are in a hurry all the time.  You can do it the night before and enjoy it in the morning.

Oatmeal   Ingredients: 5 or 6 tbs of oatmeal. 1 cup of almond milk (vanilla or chocolate) 1 tbs of honey Some raisins, peanuts, nuts, almonds, and cranberries.

1. Pour the almond milk into a bowl. 2. Add the oatmeal. 3. Add the raisins, nuts, and so on. 4. Mix everything 5. Place in the fridge overnight. 6. Enjoy it in the morning!

 

Please share your recipes in the comments and I will follow them to the letter and tell you (in the next posts) how well they went.