December Activities

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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Dear students,

These are the last activities you must carry out in December. I advise you to get them done them from December 12th to 20th. Otherwise, you will have a lot of homework after New Year's Eve!

It's up to you!

Best Wishes for HAPPY HOLIDAYS!



Part II

a. Click on the link and read the five Chapters of 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens and answer the questions on the text. Don't forget to write both the questions and answers in your notebook.

https://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/literature/christmas-carol


b. Watch the videos 'A Christmas Carol'  and 'A Diva's Christmas Carol'.

https://youtu.be/5mEH5emAoAc

https://youtu.be/emvp39x-PXs

In your notebook write your opinion on both movies. Say which one you liked best and explain why. Then draw a chart in which you  display the similarities and differences between both movies. 

November & December Activities

A

https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/travel/cruises/scandinavia/the-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-frequently-asked-questions


Dear students,

Keep up the good work, so here are some activities just for you. Just remember that if the grammar activities are easy enough, you don't have to write them down. A photo of the screen will do. On the other hand if you experience some difficulties - in other words, you have done several times the same exercise, the smart thing to do is to write it down in your notebook. 
   
     All the reading and Ted Talk activities must be done in the notebook. You may look up in the dictionary unfamiliar or unknown words, but only if they are monolingual (some links are provided below) and most videos are closed-captioned, so you can listen and read the subtitles in English.

   The due dates are December 5th, groups 632A, 633B, 611B, & December 7th, groups 626A, 612A, 603A.

Please, have a good time!


Part 1

A. Click on the link below and study the information provided on the following parts of speech: nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, prepositions, pronouns and determiners. Do not forget to read the information, look at the examples, and do the test. 

LEO Network
https://www.learnenglish.de/grammarpage.html


B. Click again on the same link. This time check the explanations provided for open and closed questions; simple present, simple past, and simple present as future, & present continuous, past continuous and present continuous as future. If there is an exercise or a test or both, do them please. Do not forget to write them down or take pictures of the screens if they were too easy for you.

LEO Network

https://www.learnenglish.de/grammarpage.html


C. Click on the BBC Learning link and do the three activities in Session 1. Do you need a hyphen? and the three activities in Session 2. Present tenses included in Unit 1. Pop-ups

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate



C. Read  The Canterville Ghost, Chapters V, VI & VII. Then do the grammar exercises.

https://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/literature/canterville-ghost

Second Set of Activities

https://www.coopersiegelcommunitylibrary.org/event/steam-lab-sharpsburg-fall/2018-09-12/

Dear Students,

It is time to check grammar. In other words, we will review parts of speech (verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and so on), along with more tenses. We will also have some strategies to learn verbs, more reading and listening activities.

Have fun and enjoy them. It doesn't matter if you have to do them online several times. When you get them all right, it will be worth it!

Ms. Crom

1. Click on the BBC Learning link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate

a. Do all three (3) activities for Session 1. Welcome
b. Do the four (4) activities for Session 2. Question forms
c. Do the two (2) activities for Session 3. Be a Journalist
d. Do the four (4) activities for Session 4. 'Dear Sir' or 'Hey folks'?
All these activities must be written down in your notebook.



2. Click on the link English Grammar Online
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs

a. Read the explanations for adjectives and adverbs: comparison of adjectives, form and comparison of adverbs, and adjective or adverb. Once you undertand the information, do the following exercises in your notebook when you get them right:

• Exercises on English Adjectives: Comparison exercise on the text 'Los Angeles' and Positive form and comparison exercise on the text 'London'.
• Exercises on English Adverbs: Exercise on the form of adverbs, exercise on comparison of adverbs, exercise on position of adverbs (Make sure you do all the exercises for adverbs of manner, time, place, and frequency), and exercise on adverbs (mix).

b. Read the information for nouns, articles, plural and possessive case. Do the four exercises included.

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/nouns

c. Read about prepositions and then do the exercises. They seem to be many, but they are not. Each exercise contains few items.

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions

• Five (5) exercises on prepositions of place
• Two (2) exercises on prepostions of time, and also one for the prepositions since and for.
• Do the exercises for prepositions: Buses, A Picture, A Photograph, The Wampanoag, George Washington, Henry Ford, MacDonald's, and Uluru.

3. Listen and read the biographies of Albert Einstein and Johannes Kepler and answer the questions. Read the text at least 3 times.

http://www.5minutebiographies.com/albert-einstein/

• In your opinion, what are the five more important events in Einstein's youth? 
• Write down a timeline of Einstein's professional experience as a physicist.
• What event makes Einstein turn down his German Citizenship?
• What other interests did Einstein pursue in his later years?
• What do you think the quote 'The difference between stupidy and genius is that genius has its limits' means?

   - Now read Johannes Kepler biography at least three times.

http://www.5minutebiographies.com/johannes-kepler/

• Write down a time line for the most important events in his personal life and his career as a scientist.

       Think about Einstein's and Kepler's texts and find the similarities as well as the differences. Organize the information in a chart where you clearly show what they have in common and what the differences are.

For example: 

     
      Similarities                                        

Both Kepler and Einstein were scientists.  

      Differences
 Einstein was a physicist, and Kepler was a mathematician and an astronomer.

      Now that you know about Einstein and Kepler's lives, who do you like best?
Write down an explanation.

4. Reading Time. Click on the link below and continue reading Chapters 3 & 4 from The Canterville Ghost. Please, do not forget to do the exercises in each Chapter and write them down in your notebook.

https://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/literature/canterville-ghost

*** Those of you who can read the original version, you may download the original version from the right side bar menu.


5.  Watch the video 'The Danger of a Single Story?
https://youtu.be/D9Ihs241zeg

Please, do watch the video with subtitles in English. You may watch it as many times as necessary to answer the following questions:

• What influenced Miss Chimamanda's early writing?
• What happens when children only read text from foreign countries about different cultures?
• What difference made in Ms. Chimamanda's view of literature the discovery of African writers?
• What is the main issue Ms. Chimamanda pose about creating a single story of something?
• Can you explain the role of power in creating a single story?
• If you focus only on one story, what is the outcome?
• What is the power of stories according to Ms. Chimamanda?
• What conclusion can you reach from Ms. Chimamanda's talk?
• Do you agree with her? Please, explain why or why not you agree with her?

Below you can find a list of monolingual dictionaries you can use in case you need to look up vocabulary.

- Merriam-Webster Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictionary

- Oxford Dictionaries
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/english

- Word Reference Monolingual dicitionaries
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/monolingual

- Cambridge Dictionary
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/


These assignments are due by October 16th & 17th (603A, 632A, 633B, 626A, 611B, & 612A)

Welcome to English VI

https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/travel/cruises/scandinavia/the-northern-lights-aurora-borealis-frequently-asked-questions


Dear Students,

Welcome to English VI! During this school year we will be doing different activities in webpages and projects. Please make sure you do them as requested, for the deadlines will not be changed.

September 

1. Click on the link for English Grammar Online and check the table for English Tenses.  https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar

a.  Check the list of irregular verbs provided, and identify those you do not know well. Start learning them all by using the techniques you know.

b. Make sure you read the information about the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms, as well as their use and signal words for the following tenses: simple present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, and present perfect simple. In case, you need some help, it might be useful to click on go to form → for further explanations and don't forget to see the diagram of all tenses.

c. Now, it's time to do all the exercises in the links for every tense. Yes, the exercises for simple present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, and present perfect simple. 
You do the activities in the webpage, so you get corrected whenever you make a mistake. Take photos of the screens and save them in your PC. Those activities which were difficult to get them right, write them down in your notebook once they have been corrected.

d. Reading Time. You will read a simplified version of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. https://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/literature/canterville-ghost
Read Chapters I and II, and do not forget to write the questions and answers at the end of each chapter in your notebook.

e. Watch the video 'The Brain-changing benefits of Exercise' (Close- captioned in English as many times as you need to answer the questions).
https://youtu.be/BHY0FxzoKZE

Write down the questions and your answers in your notebooks.

• What can protect your brain from conditions such as Alzheimer disease, depression, or dementia?
• How does Dr. Suzuki define 'physical activity'?
• What part of the brain has crucial importance in decision-making, focusing attention, and personality? Please label and color that section of the brain in an illustration.
• What part of the brain is essential to form and retain memories of facts and events? Please label and color that section of the brain in an illustration.
• How do neurons communicate with each other?
• Why does Dr. Suzuky say exercise is 'the most transformative thing you can do for your brain?
• What are the brain areas susceptible to neurodegenerative diseases?
• How often and how long do you need to exercise in order to get brain benefits?

All the activities are due on October 12th, 2019.

Thank you!