Thanksgiving

Learn about this important celebration in the USA.
Read and listen to the information in the following web site.
The First Thanksgiving
Next November 22nd there will be a special event in the English language floor (building D)

Thanksgiving Questionnaire.

• Copy and print the following questions.
• Answer them
• Take your questionnaire to class next Wednesday 21rst.

Voyage on the Mayflower
1. The trip form England to North America took place in this year ______
2. The voyage took this many days ______

Tour the ship
3.Mayflower was the name of a ship built in the s____ century
4.It was not for battle. It was used to transport __________
5.The Mayflower did not have motors, it used 6 ____________
6.The master use the position of the s______ to direct the ship.
7.The cook prepared food for example _______ and _______________
8.What time of the year was it when the Pilgrims arrived to North America ?
_____________

9. Who helped them to survive? _________________
10.The Indian tribesmen and the Pilgrim celebrated for a week . This celebration is called ______________

"Dia de Muertos" project

Dear students,
I hope you had a chance to take lots of wonderful pictures and videoclips for the "Día de muertos"project.

We will use Springdoo for the videoclip and evoca for the audio.

If you have pictures you can use Bubbleshare
Once you have created your projects share them in your blogs.

Please have them ready for next November 12th an 13th as we will meet in the LACE room to upload the files.

You too, can Springdoo

Congratulations!!!

Most of you have finished your project with Voicethread.


So, this week for those of you who have finished you can continue with the fun part.

1. In the same way we can find the top 10 (favorite songs)in MTV . I want you to select your
TOP 3 songs in SMS tunes karaoke. Please write the names of the songs in the comments section of this post


2. Play with the Halloween activities selected by Mr. Maufroid . His collection of games and activities are wonderful. ACTIVITIES and GAMES

A halloween song

BBC kids Halloween

Listen to your text

Dear students,
This week we will work on describing a place in Mexico using images , audio and an online tool called Voice Thread.

Before you record your audio please practise and make sure you know how to pronounce your text.

You can use the following TEXT TO SPEECH software .

All you need to do is write your text ( or copy and paste it ) in the text box and click the button SPEAK to listen to the correct pronunciation.

Just for Fun

Dear students

Check this karaoke site.and write a comment in this blog telling me if you like it or not.

SMS Tunes Karaoke

Thanks and see you on Monday

A multimedia Library

After the Voice thread project we will begin reading on curricular topics.
Check the types of materials you can find here. We will explore, listen and read about the topics of your choice.

A place in Wales

I found this interesting description.I hope you like it.
It was made with Voice Thread.

http://voicethread.com/view.php?b=8519

A memorable trip

Group Profile

We are now going to protray the 509 group.
We will use a tool called "Create a graph" to show our results form the survey in a grpahical way.
First you need to create your graphs using the following link
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Make 5 graphs. One for each one of your questions.
Then, in a powerpoint presentation create :
slide 1 The title of your project
slide 2 Your name and a brief description of the purpose

of your survey include the total number of subjects

and the 5 questions you asked.
slide 3 Write question 1 and the corresponding graph.
slides 4 to 7 do the same as with slide 3
slide 8 Write a conlusion based on your findings.

If possible include a picture of your group.

Save your powerpoint presentation as "jpg"
When you are finished use the following tool to upload the powerpoint into your blog.
slide share http://www.slideshare.net/
Have fun

My family

Topic: My family

In two weeks , you are going to create your blog in the LACE computer labs on September 10th and 11th)
So we need to get ready and have something written for the first post.
Our topic for the post will be our family. Look at the following example.

This is my family. I have a daughter named Gaby and my son is Carlos, just like my husband. We enjoy being together. We like to visit places and to play tennis.
Gaby is almost 14 and Carlos is 11. They are students . My husband is an economist . He works for the Central bank .

Getting ready
1. You will need several digital photos of your family.

2. Listen to Lotti describe her dad
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-my-dad.htm
Print and answer the activiy that comes with the description.

3. Practise the words for family relations
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-wordsearch-family.htm

4. Now, look at some examples of webpages where people talk about their families.
Write 5 facts about the members of the family.
A. The British Royal family
www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5541.asp (click on members of the Royal family)

B. Listen to an example of a family description
http://www.trainyouraccent.com/a-family.htm

5. Finally, describe your family. Write a description and include your digital pictures.

Have fun

Sign my Guestbook

Second grammar topic-Pronouns

Our second topic for review is Pronouns.
To learn and practice pronouns , go to the following link.

Personal Pronouns in BBC skillswise
www.bbc.uk/skillswise/words/grammar

1. Start with the game section

2. Continue with the quizzes and print your certificate for Quizz level A, B and C

To get more practice on pronouns answer the following uizzes
http://www.marshalladulteducation.org/hot_potatoes/pronouns/pronouns.htm


Be ready for a quizz September4th

Welcome to class...

Dear students
I hope you enjoy the activities that I will be posting in this blog.

Our first topic is Adjectives.

In the following web page select http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
select " Describing people, places and things"

Copy and Paste the URL on a new page.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/
Practise with the 'game' section
Then answer the "Quizz" . Level A, B and C.

On August 28 we will have a quizz on this topic.

Have fun