Monday, May 19, 2008

ORAL PRESENTATION

The last term we've also done an oral presentation. This time we could try one of the two topics: My World, My Life or Trip to Italy. I've chosen My World, My Life because I thought it could be in teresting and I had more different information to talk about.

Here you can see a video of my oral presentation:




Here you can see the slideshow, because you can't see it very well at the video:

Writing:

A DIARY ENTRY

Writing:

A DISCUSSION ESSAY

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Monday, April 28, 2008

Four weddings and a funeral

Watch the video and answer the questions.



What wedding is it in the novel?
It's the second wedding, of Lydia and Bernard.
Where do the bride and groom meet each other?
The meet each other at the first wedding, of Angus and Laura.
Who's the best man?
The best man is Tom.
Why is it so funny?
Because the priest doesn't know exactly what he has to say,
and he doesn't know how to pronunce the names of the bride and the groom.

Four weddings and a funeral

Write 5 to 8 senteces about what happens in the chapter.
Júlia Rigau and I had to do it about the first chapter:

This chapter is about the first wedding of Angus and Laura
Charles and Scarlett wake up late and they arrive at the last moment at the wedding.
Charles fell in love with Carrie and they talk to each other at the reception.
Bernard and Lydia fell in love at the end of the evening.
Charles and his friends make plans to go and stay at Tom's castle.
When Charles discovers that Carie is staying at the Lucky Boatman Pub, he changes his plans.
Carrie and Charles spend the night together at the Pub.
The next morning Carrie leaves to America, but before she goes away, she jokes about merry each other.

Most important characters:
Charles, Scarlett, Tom, Fiona, Gareth, Matthew and Carrie.



We can find the rest of the chapters at the wikispace

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Magazine: NUMBER 7

Last day I rode the magazine number 7.



My world: Boiled eggs
They've created eggs with a logo made with invisible ink. The ink becomes black when the egg is ready. I think it's a very useful invention! haha


Cinema: 27 dresses
This is a fim about a woman, Jane, who's a bridesmaid. She's secretly in love with her boss, but when he decides to marry Jane's sister, Jane tries to stop being a bridesmaid and try to become a bride. I haven't watched it, but I think it's a very nice film.


Music: Dido
After 20 million albums sold, the British pop singer is back with a new album.


People: Eva Longoria
She's a very famous Mexican-American actress. She plays the beautiful ex-model in Desperate Housewives. She has played in 5 films: Over her dead body, the hearthbreak kid, Harsh times, The sentinel and Desperate Housewives.


Crazy: Fun paper shredders
It's machine which destroys paper. So if you have letter that you don't want your parents to read it's very useful. I think it's very funny, because it's in the form of a frog or a cow.


Report: Britain's young photographers
Every year they organize a compatition for young people o take photos of animals. There are different categories: 12-18 age category, pets category and under 12 age category. I think it's a really nice idea.
The winners this year are:
Magan McCubbin, Alex Worthington, Isabella Williams and Sophie Livsey.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Dialogue: GIVING NEWS

Inés: Miquel, Miquel! Look, I can't believe it!

Miquel: Well, tell me! What don't you believe?

Inés: Do you remember that magazine competition?

Miquel: Oh yes, I do.

Inés: We've won a trip to Dublin!

Miquel: Wow, what a good luck!

Inés: Yes, I'm really surprised, because I didn't remember it!

Miquel: And when will we leave?

Inés: The flight is leaving next Saturday.

Miquel: That's great!




Dialogue: ASKING ABOUT RULES

Miquel: Excuse me.

Inés: Yes?

Miquel: I'm afraid you can't smoke in this area.

Inés: Oh right, sorry. Where am I allowed to smoke in this shopping centre?

Miquel: You can smoke outside or in that café.

Inés: OK, thank you. I won't smoke anymore here.

Miquel: That's OK. Have a nice day.

Inés: Bye.



Dialogue: INVITATIONS AND EXCUSE

Inés: Hey look, Miquel. The Dream Machine is playing again the 15th of June.

Miquel: Yeah? Where's he playing?

Inés: He's playing in London, in the Hackney Empire.

Miquel: Right. At what time is it?

Inés: It starts at 20.00h.

Miquel: I'm definitely going to that. Would you like to go with me?

Inés: I would love to, but I'm afraid I can't go because my parents won't be very happy about it. Do you know how much the tickets cost?

Miquel: Go on! We can ask them. I think they are about 20€.

Inés: No, sorry. I better can't go.

Miquel: That's a shame. Oh well, do you fancy going out another night?

Inés: I”ll think about it, OK?



Sunday, April 13, 2008

I LOVE ENGLISH: Number 5

The last day I rode the magazine and I did the exercices.


My world: Technology
It's an article about an invention: the wake-up-helmet.
It has got headphones, a jet of water and eyelit openers.


Cinema: P.S. I love you
I think it's really good film, I've seen it at home in English and I loved it.
It's a romantic and sad story, but there're also very funny moments.


Music: Nelly Furtado
She has bring out a new CD of her last concert tour: Loose: The Concert.
I think she's a really good singer, and I love her lyrics.

This is one of her songs: Say it right



People: Alicia Keys
Her newest album is: As I am.
I think she also is a good singer and I also listen to her songs.

This is one of her songs: No one



Crazy: Bubble record
The made a buble around 50 schoolchildren!
It's a new world record.


Report: Valentine's day
14 February, and it's celebrated all over the world.
People send messages to there loved ones.

Writing:

A LETTER: EXPLAINING A PROBLEM

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

ORAL PRESENTATION

This term we do an oral presentation.

The instructions are:
1. choose a topic to talk about: last christmas, summer, a trip you enjoyed...
2. find some images and prepare a powerpoint, slideshare, fotoangelo or photolog with them
3. prepare a four-five minutes speech introduction
detailed description of the photographs chosen
talk about what the images evoke

My oral presentation is about a trip I did to India last christmas.


My oral presentation is about a trip I did last Christmas. I went to India. We left the 22nd of December and we came back the 6th of January. I went with my mother and 4 friends of Holland, so we were six. We travelled in a mini-bus and we had our own chauffeur, because it’s very dangerous to drive there for strangers.
We travelled to a lot of cities and also through the countryside. In the city there were a lot of people, during the day they stay outside and they live outside. There are a lot of colours. In India there’s market every day. People use bicycles, riksja’s (to transport other people or things) and tuk-tuk’s (this are Indian taxis). Trough the city you can see cows everywhere, you also can see camels and horses. When we travelled trough the countryside, we had to stop a lot to let some cows or camels cross the road.
We also visited a lot of monuments: temples, forts, palaces, havelis (which are houses were traders lived) and we also visited the Taj Mahal. They all were very nice.
We did a trip on an elephant to go up to a fort. It was very touristic but a nice experience. We also did a trip on a camel to go to see a sunset. My friend and I painted some henna on our hands and arms.
It was a very nice experience, I really loved it.



Tuesday, February 12, 2008

YES WE CAN - Barack Obama




Watch carefully. How many Obama sentences can you write in your blog?

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can!

USA ELECTIONS 2008

The politicians in the USA elections for the democrats are: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The politicians for the republicans are: Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Mitt Romney.
Now Obama has got the most wining states, but Clinton has got more delegates.

The next voting states are:
Virginia -> 12 February
Maryland -> 12 February
Wisconsin -> 19 February
Texas -> 4 March
Pennsylvania -> 22 April
North Carolina -> 6 May

NEWS in ONE-MINUTE

Six-hundred and fifty people have been killed and many others have lost their limbs in the Afghanistan battle. Some of the fights are stopped but now they are struggling against the worse winter in decades.

An ambassador of Pakistan has been kidnapped says president Karzai. The men went missing on Monday.

Russian & Ukraine agreement over their gas dispute

Some people have been arrested because they wanted to kill people who made cartoons of Mohamed.

(12-February-2008)

Monday, February 4, 2008

Monday, January 21, 2008

Dialogue: DESCRIBING AN OBJECT

Inés: Excuse me, I've lost a pencil case. Has anyone handed one in?
Miquel: A pencil case? What sort of pencil case? What does it look like?
Inés: It's a small cilindric and orange pencil case.
Miquel: Hold a minute. I'll go and have a look.
Inés: OK, thanks.
Miquel: I've found 2 orange pencil case. Which one is it?
Inés: Oh, it's this one! Thank you very much.
Miquel: You're welcome. Bye.
Inés: Bye.


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Dialogue: MAKING AN APPOINTMENT

Inés: Hello, Family Dental. Thsi is Inés speaking. How can I help you?
Miquel: Hello, Inés. I'd like to go to the dentist.
Inés: Yes, that's no problem. Would you like to make an appointment?
Miquel: Yes, please.
Inés: Is friday OK for you? At 5 o'clock?
Miquel: Yes, OK.
Inés: What's your name?
Miquel: Miquel Verdaguer.
Inés: Miquel Verdaguer. OK, Miquel, we'll see you on Friday.
Miquel: OK. Thank you. Bye bye.

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Dialogue: SUGGESTIONS

Miquel: Hello Inés. What are you doing?
Inés: Hey Miquel, I'm going to recollect thinks for the bingo we do at school.
Miquel: Do you want me to come with you?
Inés: Oh yes. Afther thath, why don't you come with me to the cinema?
Miquel: OOK. How about watching Rec?
Inés: Oh no, it's very scary. Whay don't we go and see Bee Movie?
Miquel: That sounds good.


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Dialogue: TALKING ABOUT PHOTOS

Inés: Have you got some photos, Miquel? Can I have a look?
Miquel: Yes, of course.
Inés: Where did you take them?
Miquel: Oh, this was when we were on holiday in Italy last summer.
Inés: This is a nice one! What were you doing here?
Miquel: We were on the beach, drinking a coke.
Inés: How many days were you there?
Miquel: We stayed there for 2 weeks.
Inés: Lucky you! Have you got more?


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Friday, January 18, 2008