Second Set of Activities

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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

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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! 

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February Activities

1. Study the charts and explanations for Modal Verbs in: 

The English Page
 http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html

and English Grammar Online
 https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/modal-verbs

You must do all the seven exercises from the English Page in your notebook along with the three from English Grammar Online.


2. It is time to learn about Phrasal Verbs, so you need to read the information in English Grammar Online

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

and do the exercises of Phrasal Verbs with 'up', 'on', 'turn', and the Mixed Exercises 1 & 2 in your notebook.


3. Watch and listen to 5 Ways to Listen Better by Julian Treasure in 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPAzMG6v46I

a. Why do people do not listen to the other?
b. Why is listening important? 
c. How can you improve listening? Write down the five exercises and explain them.


4. 

These activities are due on

March Activities

4. Read the first chapter of Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles in the following link:

 http://www.bartleby.com/112/1.html

Read the questions and write down the answers in your notebook:
a. Who are the main characters?

December Activities

Merry Christmas

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Dear Students,

The following activities are due on December 9th (612A, 611B & 626A), 13th (603A) and the 14th (604B,   & 629B)

1. Read the simplified version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens in the following webpage:

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

     Make sure you read the five chapters and answer the exercises at the end of every chapter. This time you will have to write down the answers in your notebook.

2. Watch the movie A Diva's Christmas Carol in the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCmOS25wyFM

     In your notebook draw a chart in which you compare the book and the movie: the similarities and differences. For example:

3. Grammar Activities

a. Click on the following link:

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

Study Conditional Sentences Type 1 and do the two exercises in your notebook

Dear Sixth Graders:

As some of you have expressed anxiety about Physics, I found a webpage which might help you. Please, feel free to ask if you have doubts related to English.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Tutorial/Newton-s-Laws

In the same page you can find a section called Physics Interactives which can also be helpful.

http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives


Make sure you read all the information. Good Luck to You All!

Happy Halloween! 

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All Saints' Day Activity


Dear students,

Halloween and All Saints' Day celebrations will be held next week. Consequently, I chose a simplified text you might enjoy: The Ghost of Canterville by Oscar Wilde. You can read it in the next link or print the PDF document. Please, don't forget to answer the questions included in every chapter.

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

It is a good idea to review the grammar topics suggested for each chapter, especially passive voice, simple past, adjectives & adverbs, possessive case of nouns, and direct speech in the grammar section named "All other grammar topics" of ego4you.com:

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

These grammar activities should be finished by November 18th.

After reading the seven chapters, please write and answer the following questions in your notebook.

Chapter 1

1. Why did everybody tell the man who bought the house that he was being foolish?

2. What were the names of the family members whose father bought the house?


Chapter 2

3. Why did the man who bought the house wake up at night?

4. How did he solve "the problem"?


Chapter 3

5. What was the daughter's reaction to the green stain?

6. What gift did the ghost get from the new owner's wife?

7. Why was the ghost not able to use his armour?

8. What did the ghost see that frightened him?


Chapter 4

9. What did the ghost give up?

10. What did the ghost want to do to the youngest members of the family?

11. What happened next?


Chapter 5

12. Who killed the ghost's wife?

13. Who killed the ghost and how did he die?

14. What does the owner's daughter promise the ghost?


Chapter 6

15. What did the owner's daughter hold in her hands when she was found?

16. What happened to the ghost?

17. When the owner's daughter prays for the ghost what happened to the almond tree?


Chapter 7

18. What did the ghost tell the girl?

19. What did the girl learn from the ghost?

20. Why did Lord Canterville want the girl to keep his ancestor's gift to her?

21. What is the meaning of "He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both?”


This quiz should be ready by November 4th.

Enjoy All Saints' Day Celebration!

Some people place flowers on the graves of family or close friends on All Saints' Day.

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October Assignments
October 5th-31st

Dear students,

It is time to review some grammar tenses.

1. The link English Grammar Online presents an overview of all the English Tenses: a table, a diagram, and some example sentences for all the tenses. Please read the information, and make sure you review the irregular verbs list, the simple and progressive or continuous tenses for present, past, future, and present perfect. Please, read all the information and do all the exercises after the explanations. You may write some of the exercises in your notebooks, and others you may print.

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

2. From English Grammar Online study the information about the following Parts of Speech: nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions. Please, do the exercises following the explanations in your notebook.


3. BBC Learning English. Please click the link and do Unit 1: Pop-ups
Do the three activities in Session 1: Do you need a hyphen? 
The three activities in Session 2: Present Tenses
The activity in Session 3: The Power of pop-ups
The two activities in Session 4: How to haggle
The activity in Session 5: New Drama

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


4. Read and listen to Isaac Asimov's Biography in the 5 Minute Biographies link. You may play the podcast in a new window, so you can simultaneously read and listen to the text as many times as you wish. Then answer the questions.

http://www.5minutebiograhies.com/isaac-asimov/

a. Who was Isaac Asimov?
b. What did Asimov do for a living besides writing books?
c. Where did Asimov's family migrate from?
d. Did he speak his parents' language? Why?
e. What kind of texts did Asimov write?
f. Why did he become famous?