Friday, 18 February 2011

PHOTOSTORY

INTRODUCTION  

Your classmates think that this year the student book is really boring. ‘Photostory’ characters aren’t attractive and the stories aren’t funny. It is dead boring!

You tell it to your teacher and you decide you can do it better. Now you are designing your ‘Photostory’. To do that, you have to imagine new stories that you have to narrate with dialogues and photos.

The main characters are teenagers like you and your story is about a group of teenagers that are living a funny or curious situation.

You are creating your own English book! Other students can learn English with your stories!
 Use these LINKS to find:

  1. The description of the Project , the Task and the Process for the First Part.
  2. First Part Activities.
  3. The Process and Activities of the Second Part.

MY FAVOURITE MOVIE

                            
MINI PROJECT 3 ESO

INTRODUCTION
            Everybody loves movies, but not everybody share the same tastes. So, we are going to learn about what movies our classmates like. We will learn vocabulary and expressions related to the cinema and, also, we will practice speaking in English.

Use your imagination...                                  LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES


TASKS
            After doing some activities, you will have to prepare an oral presentation (between five and ten minutes) about your favourite movie with some visual aid (it can be a power point, a poster or photocopy to hand out).

TASK 1
-        Form couples and decide what movie you are going to present.
-        Do the activities that the teacher will give you to learn vocabulary and structures.
-        Do some research about the movie: facts, plot, pictures...
-        Prepare two paragraphs: you can divide your work but remember to revise together everything.
-        The movie
-        An introduction of a person related to the movie: an actor, actress, the director, the composer of the soundtrack...

            At the end of this part you must hand in these texts to you teacher for correction. Present it in a neat formal way.

TASK 2
            You have to present in front of your classroom the texts you have prepare.
-        Prepare the supporting material (power point, poster, photocopies).
-        Decide who is going to present what part and practice pronunciation.
-        Present your work in front of the classroom.

            Remember that you will be assessed both regading content and performance (lo que dices, cómo lo dices y cómo lo presentas).To make your presentation more interesting and funny, you can add different things, like the performance of a scene or dialogue, disguises, gadgets...

You can click this links to read the instructions about the PROCESS and ASSESSMENT, and you can also download the ACTIVITIES page.

Monday, 31 January 2011

St Valentine's Day

Read the poem Love is the source of live and match the definitions with the verses. After that, you are going to write your own love poem. It's not so difficult! The best ones will be published.

St Valentine's Day

Read this story about St Valentine and answer the questions.

Now you can write your own love poem and share it with your classsmates. We will publish the best ones.

Monday, 10 January 2011

Katy Perry - Sesame Street


HOT'N'COLD (Elmo's version)

KP: Hi Elmo!
Elmo: Hi Ms. Katy
KP: Are you ready to play "dress up"?
Elmo: "Dress up"?
KP: You said that you wanted to play "dress up", don't you?!
Elmo: Hmm
KP: C'mon Elmo, don't you wanna play?
Elmo: Mmm
KP: Elmo!

You wanna play so I wore dressed up clothes
Then you ran away, leave me here in this pose
How am I suppose to play with you?

(Refrain)

(1)You're _________ then you're _________
You're running _________
You're _________ then you're _________
You _________ then you _________

(2) You're _________ then you're _________
You're _________ then you're _________
You're _________ then you're _________
I'm starting to doubt

You. You don't really wanna play, no?
You just really wanna go

We used to be
Just like twins, so in sync
Used to love, how we played
Now you just runaway
Didn't know, that you ware gonna change

(Refrain) (1) (2)

Someone stop that monster
Gotta chase him, all over
How to catch him, I wonder?
He’s too quick for me

You. You don't really wanna play, no
You just really wanna go

(1) 



ACTIVITIES

a) Look for the past verbs in the song. Write them and their infinitive form. There are 6.


b) Translate the underlined words or expressions from the text.


NOW YOU ARE READY TO SING!

KATY PERRY




HOT'N'COLD

ou change your mind
Like a girl changes clothes
Yeah you PMS
Like a bitch, I would know

And you overthink
Always speak cryptically
I should know
That you're no good for me
 

(Refrain)
(1)'Cause you're __________ then you're __________
You're __________ then you're __________
You're __________ then you're __________
You're __________ then you're __________

(2 )You're __________ when it's __________
It's __________ and it's __________
We fight, we __________
We kiss, we __________

(3) You! You don't really want to __________, no
You! But you don't really want to __________

(4) You're __________ then you're __________

You're __________ then you're __________
You're __________ then you're __________
You're __________ then you're __________

We used to be
Just like twins, so in sync
The same energy
Now's a dead battery

Used to laugh 'bout nothing
Now you're plain boring
I should know that you're not gonna change

(Refrain)
Someone call the doctor
Got a case of a love bi-polar
Stuck on a roller coaster
Can't get off this ride

You change your mind
Like a girl changes clothes

(Refrain) (1) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4)



ACTIVITIES

1) Find in the text these words or expressions:

cambiar de opinion - cambiarse de ropa - solíamos ser - alguién - pilas que no funcionan - eres totalmente aburrido - nada - montaña rusa - no me puedo bajar de esta atracción

2) Write 5 meaningful sentences using some of the words or expressions from exercise 1.

3) Watch the video Katy Perry sings "Hot N Cold" with Elmo on

Sesame Street! write the different opposite words used in each video.



NOW YOU ARE READY TO SING!