Tuesday, June 26, 2012

LET’S REVIEW: DESCRIBING PROCESSES

Hello Students,

You’ve been reading and writing about books, but have you ever wondered how books are made?

By clicking on the link below, you’ll have the chance to see the whole process. In your copybook, take down notes of the main steps that are followed, paying special attention to the use of passive voice and the new vocabulary:

Step 1. _________________________________

Step 2. _________________________________

Step 3._________________________________ (Etc)

http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/misc/uk/puffin/makebook3.swf

Now watch the video below and write down the process of making newspapers. Use the passive voice as well as appropriate sequence words .

After you watch the video,do the following task:

Pairwork: Can you find similarities and/or differences between both processes?

Write a paragraph stating your findings.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Are you UP for a film?

Film Review Exercise

Hi, students!
Today in the lab you'll practice your film review writing with part of a very popular animated film. Do you know what film this is?

Let's take a look at Carl and Ellie's love story.

Task

Individually, write a film review about this extract from the film "Up"including all the aspects seen in class, such as:

Title
Introduction
Plot
Setting
Characters
Best moment/scene
Conclusion

You can use some of these phrases to write your film review.

The film is called... (title)
It is a... (type)
It is directed by... (director's name)
It starts... (actors' names)
It is set in... (location)
It is about... (story)
It is... (description using adjectives)
if you like... (recommendation)

Hand in this assignment to your teacher at the end of this class.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Book Review

Hi students,

Today in the lab you are going to work on book reviews.

You've been asked to write a book review for a local newspaper. For this, you need to choose one of the books you have read this term in class: The Picture of Dorian Gray or Robinson Crusoe.

Considering information below, take notes about the book which will help you write your final review. You can also refer to "The Components of a Book Review" chart found in your class worksheet to organize your ideas.

After you've done this, transfer the main information from your notes to the "Newspaper Matrix" you'll find at the end. Hand in this to your teacher at the end of this class.

(Takes notes in your notebook)

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Newspaper Matrix

Project!

What's your favourite book? - Tell us about it!

Write a book review about your favourite book of all time or about one you find really interesting. Write the review considering the aspects discussed in class today. Hand in this to your teacher next class Wednesday 20th.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

MOVIE TIME!

Dear Students,

Have you seen the film Titanic? We are pretty sure you have, so let's see how much you remember about the story by answering the questionnaire below. Use the pictures and the vocabulary to help you.

Useful Vocabulary:

unsinkable, accident, iceberg, sinking, sank, right ahead, hit, lifeboat, women, afraid, cold, children, drowning

1. Why is the Titanic famous ?
2. Where did the Titanic start ?
3. What did it cross ?
4. Where was it going to?
5. What happened ? And then?
6. Who got into the lifeboats ?
7. What happened to many people?
8. Why didn’t they go back to rescue the drowning people ?

After you complete the questionnaire, watch the movie trailer,take down notes and compare your answers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCy5WQ9S4c0

Project

Writing a Film Review

Use the information you've gathered in the questionnaire as well as the notes you've taken from the trailer in order to write a review of the film Titanic.

Follow the guidelines below to organize your writing. Hand in your work to your teacher. This is

an evaluated task.

Introduction

Most people remember and liked the movie, "The Titanic". Perhaps this was because the movie was based on a real story. And,of course, it was a movie with drama, action, adventure and romance.

Main Idea #1

The “Titanic” was made by the director James Cameron. _______________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Main Idea #2

At the beginning of the movie, the main characters Jack and Rose board the boat in America.

___________________________________________________________________________

Main Idea #3

One of the best things about this movie was _________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Main Idea #3

One of the best things about this movie is ___________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Conclusion

“The Titanic” has become a classic movie because ____________________________________

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!

Hello Students, Carrete_de_cine : Un proyector de cine 8 mm vintage proyecta una imagen en blanco con película polvo y rascaduras sobre una pared junto a una pila de carretes de película Foto de archivo

Carrete_de_cine : Un proyector de cine 8 mm vintage proyecta una imagen en blanco con película polvo y rascaduras sobre una pared junto a una pila de carretes de película Foto de archivo

Today in class you've learned about a very old film called The Lady Killers.

The Ladykillers

Now watch an extract from this film and take down notes based on what you see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVrFhpoJ7PE

After you gather all your notes, compare them with a partner and write a summary of what happens.

Hand in your work to your teacher.

Journal

Answer the following questions.

What kind of movies do you like? Who's your favourite actor/actress?
What was the last film you saw? Did you see it at the cinema or on DVD?
Who was in it?
What was it like? Would you recommend it? Why(not)?

Hand in your work to your teacher next class.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Robinson Crusoe Part 3

DANIEL DEFOE’S LIFE AND WORK

Provide the past forms of the verbs in the box and the pronouns needed to complete the sentences about Daniel Defoe.

receive	bury	Be x 5	have
produce	Be born	Travelx2	lead
study	establish	marry	Publish
Write x 2	die	arrest	continue

1660. ……………………….. in London, son of a tallow-chandler and butcher.

1671. …………………….. at religious academies in preparation for a career in the Presbyterian ministry.

1682…………………………..as a merchant in the hosiery trade.

1684……………………... Mary Tuffley and ………….a *dowry of £3,700. ……………………….. seven children.

1685. Merchant dealing in wine, tobacco, and general goods. ……………………………………..

extensively in France, Holland, Italy, and Spain.

1688. …………………..a political tract: A Letter to a Dissenter from his Friend at the Hague.

1692. ………………………. .bankrupt for £17,000. ………………………. to pay his creditors in full.

1697……………………………….. Agent for William III in England and Scotland.

1703. …………………………… and put in pillory for The Shortest Way. His imprisonment ………………………… to the failure of his brick and tile factory.

1704. For ten years Defoe ………………… The Review, a thrice-weekly newspaper.

1705. ……………………… a Government agent under Harley, serving as pamphleteer, reporter, and advisor. ……………………………… widely in England and Scotland, promoting the cause of the Anglo-Scottish union.

1713. ……………………………………….. twice for debt and publishing ironical political pamphlets.

1719. ……………………………. First successful novel, Robinson Crusoe.

1722. …………………………………………… Moll Flanders, A Journal of the Plague Year, Colonel Jack.

1725. ……………….. producing pamphlets, biographies, fiction, homilies, political tracts at a prodigious rate.

1731…………………………. at his lodgings in Ropemaker's Alley, Moorfields. ……………………………

in the cemetery at Bunhill Fields, in the city of London.

*Dowry: Money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage.

B. Now choose five main events in Defoe´s life and write a paragraph using sequence words. E.g. First – then – after – next –finally, etc

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ROBINSON CRUSOE

Eight things are wrong in the following summary of the story. Make them right.

(a) Robinson Crusoe’s parents wanted him to stay in his home town of London but he has other ideas. (b) He wants to become a captain and see the world.(c) He leaves without saying ‘hello’ to his parents (d) and finds a ship in York. (e) He goes to Yarmouth by road and finds another ship. (f ) He goes to Guinea and comes back to London with £500. (g) Then he goes to sea again and becomes a poor man in Brazil. (h) But he is not happy with his life in Brazil and he goes to sea again to get slaves from Europe. (i) His ship goes to the bottom of the sea again and none of the other sailors die. (j) He swims to the beach of a big island.

Put the following sentences in the right order. Use the numbers 1–8.

a c The cannibals pulled two prisoners from a boat.

b c Robinson Crusoe saw five boats on the beach near his house.

c c One of the prisoners ran across the beach as fast as possible.

d c The prisoner jumped into the river.

e c The prisoner put Robinson Crusoe’s foot on his head.

f c Robinson Crusoe used his gun to kill a cannibal.

g c Robinson Crusoe saw thirty men on the beach.

h c Robinson Crusoe went home and cleaned his guns.

Based on the three last chapters of the story answer the following questions.

1. What did Robinson do when he found the print of man’s naked foot? How did he feel?

2. What did he find that made him horrified?

3. Who was Friday? How did Robinson meet him? How did they get along?

Do the following things happen in the story? Justify your answers.

1. Robinson Crusoe finds the bones of a man on the beach.

2. Friday helps Robinson Crusoe run away from a group of cannibals.

3. Crusoe and Friday help Crusoe’s father when he is a prisoner of a group of cannibals.

4. Crusoe makes an umbrella.

5. Friday goes back to his country.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

How to...

Hello students!

Today you will work on describing manufacturing processes. Let’s take a look at the first process:

How to Make Olive Oil

Harvesting

Production of olive oil begins with the harvest. The picking of the olives starts as early as September, when the lives are under-ripe and still green. They yield little oil, but their flavor is intense. These oils have the longest shelf life and are richer in flavor and aroma. Oil from olives harvested early has a low percentage of acid and a deep green color.

However, most harvesting takes place between early November and late December.

The youngest green olives are handpicked off the branches, whereas riper olives are beaten or shaken down with rakes or sticks and collected on nets beneath the trees. Since olives are delicate, the best oils are made from olives that are picked by hand or by machines that do not beat or bruise the fruit. Leaves and small stones are removed.

Milling and Pressing

After gathering the olives, growers bring them to be pressed. Olives should be crushed within the first 24 or 36 hours of picking. If left to wait, the level of acidity rises, creating olive oil of poor quality. Just before being crushed, the olives need to be run through a washer to eliminate any remaining impurities. Generally the olives are crushed whole, without prior stoning.

The simplest and oldest method of crushing olives is with granite millstones, although other methods are now used. The olive paste obtained is layered on nylon or natural fiber mats which are stacked high with metal disks between them. These mats of olive pulp are then put under great deal of pressure from a screw or hydraulic press. The liquid produced by the pressing drains through the mats and is collected for the final separation.

This liquid is made up of water and oil that need to be separated from one another. The liquid is put through a centrifugal separator, where the rapid spinning eliminates all remaining water and all of the impurities from the oil.

After centrifugation, oil appears amber in color, with an opaque quality—a characteristic feature of superior oils. The more acidic the oil, the clearer and brighter it appears, and the worse it is for your health. Oils processed in this mechanical or hydraulic presses cannot be called virgin olive oil and is expensive. Cheaper

oils are produced by crushing the olives several times or by heating.

Taken from:

http://www.italiancookingandliving.com/olive_oil/oil_essentials/production.html

TASK

Complete the diagram with ten pieces of missing information from the passage “How to Make Olive Oil”.

How Cadbury chocolate is made

Are you familiar with the chocolate brand “Cadbury”? Where is it from?

The next three videos explain how Cadbury chocolate is made from cocoa beans to chocolate bars. Take notes while you're watching the videos.

Watch the three videos and do the following activity.

Summarize the two videos into 10 sentences describing the main features of the manufacturing process. Write the description using passive voice and sequence words.

The following verbs can help your writing

Harvest	Dry	Grind	Mix	Sort	Refine
Ferment	Roast	Winnow	Pack	Grade	Mould

1.____________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________

4.____________________________________________________________

5.____________________________________________________________

6.____________________________________________________________

7.____________________________________________________________

8.____________________________________________________________

9.____________________________________________________________

10.___________________________________________________________