dilluns, 16 de març del 2009

CLASS 10 (16-27.MAR.09)

Writing an opinion essay is one of the topics of unit 4. In opinion essays you have to convince the reader that your point of view is correct. There are three parts in these essays:
  1. Opening - Presentation of the topic and your opinion.
  2. Body - Specific reasons anf facts to support your opinion.
  3. Conclusion - Summary and restatement of your opinion.

It is important to use connectors and expressions to express opinions, as for example,
  • I think that...
  • I believe that...
  • In my opinion...
  • As far as I'm concerned...
  • Personally,...
  • I love / can't stand / don't mind ...
  • As for...
  • For example...
  • In conclusion,...
  • To sum up,...
  • In short,...

Now you are going to read 3 versions of the story The sleeping beauty. You already know the story, so it won't be difficult to understand the content.

First of all you have to do the seven activities in The sleeping beauty. Do them carefully, because you'll have to write a composition with your opinion of the story and its versions.

Use the vocabulary and ideas from the glossary and the exercises to write an oipinion essay explaining your opinion about the story of the sleeping beauty and its different versions (100 words). When you are finished send it to cristina.itaca@gmail.com before your next class in the computer room, with the subject "the sleeping beauty". Remember what we have explained today in class and don't use a translator to write the essay. Try to use your own words.

USE OF TRANSLATORS

Corregint els vostres treballs del segon trimestre (Juno...), m'he adonat que la majoria de redaccions i textos escrits els feu fent servir traductors online.

Aquests traductors MAI poden suplir la vostra feina de writing. És millor escriure fent servir allò que un sap i amb l'ajut d'un diccionari (imprés o online). D'ara en endavant, si detecto que heu fet servir un d'aquests traductors en les feines que heu de lliurar, no les corregiré.

És molt fàcil detectar si un text ha estat traduit amb una d'aquestes eines: textos incomprensibles i llargs, paraules en castellà o incomprensibles, cultismes, frases desordenades... A continuació us poso alguns exemples de les redaccions de Juno, i veureu algunes de les "coses" que heu escrit (hi ha moltes més, i encara no he començat amb les cartes...):
  • This film likes me (Què bé! A la pel·lícula li agrades tu)
  • The movie I liked a lot (A qui li agrada què?)
  • Create that this film to be quite interesting (Ni idea de què vols dir)
  • In my opinion is a film that is worth much the education (Un altre que no s'entén)
  • I liked this movie because it speaks of a very interesting, who is pregnant and is very current, many young people are living today. (Més llarga, però tampoc s'entén res)
  • The girl has to enfrontar a pregnancy (S'ha colat una paraula en català, què era una traductor del castellà?)
  • She has probemas with her boyfriend (per que es traduiexi bé la paraula l'has d'escriure bé en castellà)
  • Ultimately this film is interesting that ja mature individuals (Aquesta ni s'entén ni està tota en anglès)
  • And finally the prominent figures are chosen expressely because they do his work to the perfection and it seems that they this one happening actually(indeed). (!!!!!)
  • I think this movie was interesting for us to see the fact as the personage of the film so you can get pregnant any of the girls at any age and so you realize that you can greatly damage in according to age and will change much the pace and style of life because of that. (Respira! 56 paraules sense punts, ni comes, ni res que s'entengui)
  • A my film because I like to clear this today (????)
  • In my film I like (de què parles?)
  • Something that can formally known as the penalty and an unborn child not want to and it was more like a young man to be the Juno mother. (No sé què vols dir, però sembla que hi ha un nen de penalty...)
Els traductors són una bona eina, però només si es saben fer servir bé i en el context adequat. Però no serveixen per aprendre a escriure en anglès. Si depeneu molt d'ells, quan no els pogueu fer servir (exàmens, selectivitat, entrevistes...) no sabreu què fer, i sovint aquests són els moments realment importants. Feu-los servir, per exemple, si no enteneu el enunciat d'un exercici o per revisar alguna frase que no esteu segurs de si està bé.

Si decidiu fer-los servir, aquí teniu uns quants consells:
  1. S'ha de triar un bon traductor, i aquests normalment no són gratuits.
  2. Cal escriure correctament en l'idioma d'origen; si fas faltes d'ortografia, gramaticals o d'estil el traductor no les detecta (accents, majúscules, oracions desordenades, frases molt llargues...).
  3. Cal revisar sempre el text una vegada traduit, i comprovar que sigui correcte. Convé fer una traducció inversa per veure si coincideixen. O provar més d'un traductor.
Com veieu fer servir un traductor implica una feinada, moltes vegades més que la que suposa redactar un text escrit.

RECORDEU QUE AL 3er TRIMESTRE NO CORREGIREM NI PUNTUAREM CAP FEINA QUE HAGI ESTAT FETA AMB UN TRADUCTOR.

dilluns, 23 de febrer del 2009

CLASS 9 (2-13.MAR.09)

The contents of UNIT 4 - WHO WE ARE are the following:
  • Vocabulary: genetic and environmental factors
  • Understanding reference (pronouns and possessive adjectives)
  • Verb collocations
  • Adverbs of degree
  • Future
  • Express opinions and thoughts
  • Write an opinion essay
First of all let's have a look at the different ways of expressing the FUTURE (click on the image if you want a better picture or download the document here).

Now we are going to practice it in the following exercises:

Now we are going to practise our listening. Go to Medical Advice and listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play Audio" button, then answer the questions. Press the "Final Score" button to check your quiz. Listen to the conversation again as you read the Quiz Script.
You can do practice activities to review the vocabulary:

HOMEWORK


You have to answer the TWINS QUESTIONAIRE. Copy and paste the questions and answers and send it to cristina.itaca@gmail.com before your next class in the computer room. You'll find the information to answer the questions at the following links:

TWINS QUESTIONAIRE

  1. How many twins, triplets and quadruplets were there in the USA in 2004?
  2. What are identical twins?
  3. Who are the world’s oldest twins who ever lived?
  4. Who were the heaviest twins?
  5. Name 5 famous celebrity twins.
  6. Name 5 famous parents of multiples.
  7. Name 5 movies with twins.

dilluns, 16 de febrer del 2009

diumenge, 1 de febrer del 2009

CLASS 8 (2-13.FEB.09)

ESTUDIANTS I CINEMA

Aquesta setmana anem a Sitges a veure la pel·lícula JUNO. Com que la veurem en versió original (subtitulada en castellà) anem a investigar una mica de que va la peli abans de veure-la. He de descarregar el full JUNO EXERCISES , clicar download original i fer tots els exercicis que trobareu. Quan acabeu heu de guardar els canvis al full i enviar-los a la vostra professora a cristina.itaca@gmail.com.

Per fer els exercicis necessitareu concultar algunes pàgines sobre la pel·lícula. A continuació teniu un recull de pàgines que podeu fer servir:

Si no podeu veure els vídeos, aquí teniu els enllaços al youtube:
  1. MOVIE TRAILER - Primer veurem un trailer de la pel·lícula. Mentre l'esteu veient heu de fer l'exercici 1 de JUNO EXERCISES, en el que heu de veure i escoltar el trailer i anar omplint els espais en blanc que hi ha als diàlegs. Podeu veure el vídeo tantes vegades com necessiteu, parar-lo, avançar, tornar enrera, repetir fragments...
  2. JUNO QUESTIONNAIRE - Ara heu de respondre a les preguntes sobre la pel·lícula que trobareu a l'exercici 2 de JUNO EXERCISES. Trobareu totes les respostes als enllaços que teniu a dalt.
  3. JUNO SOUNDTRACK -L'exercici 3 de JUNO EXERCISES va sobre la banda sonora de la pel·lícula. Heu de buscar els autors de les cançons que formen part de la banda sonora d'aquest film. Als enllaços teniu pàgines que us ajudaran. Després podeu de provar de cantar All I want is you.
  4. PERSONAL OPINION - A aquest exercici heu de donar la vostra opinió sobre JUNO. Heu d'escriure una redacció explicant si us ha agradat la pel·lícula o no, i per què.
  5. EXTRA EXERCISES - Aquesta activitat no és obligatòria, però potser voleu fer alguna cosa més per practicar el vostre anglès i també millorar la vostra nota. És una activitat en grup i es tracta de gravar un fragment de la pel·lícula, fent vosaltres d'actors i actrius. Heu de buscar el vestuari, l'escenari, els diàlegs... assajar una mica i ja podeu gravar! No cal que sigui un fragment molt llarg: els podeu triar de Juno - movie fragments i buscar els diàlegs a Juno script. Qui s'anima a gravar la seva pròpia versió de Juno? Pot ser divertit...

Quan tingueu tots els exercicis de JUNO EXERCISES acabats, heu de guardar els canvis al full i enviar-los en un arxiu adjunt a la vostra professora (cristina.itaca@gmail.com), escrivint JUNO a l'assumpte del missatge. Si us heu decidit per gravar el video, lliureu-lo també a la professora i el podem publicar al nostre blog.

Si has tingut problemes per descarregar els exercicis, els pots veure a:

diumenge, 25 de gener del 2009

CLASS 7 (26.JAN-6.FEB.09)

We're back! You have the HORARIS DESDOBLAMENTS for the second term in the right menu of the blog.

Let's start practicing with unit 3 in your book "Have you heard?". The objectives of this unit are:
  • Discuss the attraction of gossip
  • Guess the meanings of words from context
  • verb + preposition
  • used to / would / be used to / get used to
  • Contrast present perfect simple and past simple (talk about the past)
  • Time words and connectors of sequence
  • Write a biography
First of all we're going to deal with the present perfect simple and the past simple. We've already dealt with the form and use of these verb tenses, and now we are going to have a look at some time expresions and adverbs we use with these tenses: yet, already, just, for, since, ago.

Study carefully the following mind maps and do the exercises you have after them (open the exercises in a different window so you can look at the diagrams while you are doing the exercises).





If you want to download a mind map with all the information about present perfect and adverbs click on PRESENT PERFECT AND ADVERBS.

EXERCISES:
Now, do you want to know more about gossip and rumours? Go to It's my life and read all the information you have about this topic. It will be helpful for you to enlarge your vocabulary about this topic. There are no exercises, you only have to read the information in the website, and look up the words you don't understand in an on-line dictionary or translator. You can also vote in and take the How do most rumors get started? and take the Raging Rumours Quiz.




HOMEWORK
  • Finish all the exercises you haven't done on the present perfect simple and the simple past.
  • Open the main menu in "Top Marks 3 - Student's Activity Multirom" and do all the exercises in Grammar: present perfect simple; Vocabulary: adjectives and prepositions, verbs and prepositions; Listening: Chocolate... facts and myth. Then fill in the chart homework 3 with your scores and send it to cristina.itaca@gmail.com before your next class.

dilluns, 8 de desembre del 2008

CHRISTMAS

Christmas are about to come and today we are going to do some activities to know more about this festivity:

CHRISTMAS VOCABULARY

You may need to have a look at this words in order to know more about Christmas.

CHRISTMAS HISTORY

Learn about the story of Christmas and then try to do the quiz. You can also write your personal Christmas story.

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

How is Christmas celebrates all around the world? In the following websites you will learn many things about celebrating Christmas in different countries ans also how to say Merry Christmas in 123 different languages.

CHRISTMAS POSTCARDS

Send a Christmas card to your teacher to cristina.itaca@gmail.com from the following websites:




CHRISTMAS GAMES

And now it's time to have some fun with these Christmas games. Try to play them all.