Activities October 3 to 7

Monday 3

Salvadoran Heroes

Tuesday 4

Narrative Paragraph Assignment

a. write a narrative paragraph
b. hand in in folder (handwritten)

Wednesday 5

Competence V Giving Presentations

Food, Glorious Food
a. read
b. complete exercises

Thursday

The Topaz Cufflinks Mystery

a. read the story
b. complete exercises

Listening Quiz

song "Longer" performed by Dan Fogelbert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btbc2U9_M-k

Pronunciation Material

The Different sounds of S

http://www.4shared.com/document/-GtG-mId/The_different_s.html

http://www.4shared.com/audio/3b0_Gek8/sound_S_3.html


62 words with er sound

http://www.4shared.com/document/f4CrhF-L/62_Words_with_R_r___Part_2__ES.html

http://www.4shared.com/audio/8-Z11NxX/62_Words_with_R_r___Part_2__ES.html

Salvadoran Heroes --CNN Heroes - Task 3

This is tribute to people who make a difference in our country, in our commmunities. You have to write a story about your Heroe and here is the link to one of the stories:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/02/03/cnnheroes.canales.spinal.cord.injuries/index.html

1. make groups (6 groups of 5 members each)
2. write the story behind the heroe
3. choose two representatives
a. one who will be the spokeperson (present the story)
b. one who will convince the class to vote for their heroes (persuade)
c. students who were a spokeperson for task 2 can not be representatives again!
4. present a written report

Monday, October 3

1. presentation of the stories by the spokeperson 1
2. presuasion round (spokeperson 2 tries to persuade audience to vote for their heroe)
3. voting round

Activities September 19 to 22

Monday 19

Communicative Competence IV "Narrating"

Tuesday 20

1. Presentation of "Children´s Tale" (all groups)

2. Buy material "Writing Narrative Paragraphs"

Wednesday 21

1. Listening Quiz

2. Good-by, Good-by

3. Go over meaning and exercises of All Clear, Unit 2


Task 2 "Presidential Debate"

1. make groups
2. assign each group a political party
3. each group has to designate a representative (a politician in real life)
4. members of the group help prepare the representative in the topics assigned by the teacher
5. present a report that includes teh collected information about each topic


Topics:
1. economy
2. education
3. health
4. crime
5. family
6. housing
7. jobs
8. international affairs (e.g. the U.S. Presidential Election)

News

My apologies about today. My daughter was ill and I had to take care of her for the entire day. We will resume activities on Monday, September 19.

Enjoy your extended weekend!

Activities September 12 to 17

Monday 12, Speaking Quiz 1

Expressing your Opinion "the death penalty)


Tuesday 13, Reading Quiz 1 (ativities will be suspended at 8:30AM)

a. The Cat and the Pain-killer
b. Reading Specialized Texts

Wednesday 14, class,

Monday 17, Listening Quiz 1 "Murder: Beyond the Blood and Gore"

Link to audio: (link has been checked and it works, you can listen without downloading, too)
http://www.4shared.com/audio/g-dW_dt0/Murder_Beyond_the_Blood_and_Go.html


Grammar Quiz 2 "Dr. Martin Luther King: used to" and "A Future in Film: The Future"

Reading Material: Good-by, Good-by: "Gerunds and Infinitives" (pages 19-26)

Representation of a Children´s Tale

(representation defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary: a dramatic production or performance)

a. join a group (5 members in each group)
b. choose a tale
c. adapt the script
d. perform in class
e. turn in the script before the play

News Week September 5 to 8

Quiz will take place when transportation goes back to normal. We will have regular class. Finish Reading assignment "Mark Twain´s"