miércoles, 26 de noviembre de 2008

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

CHAPTER 3


Who winked at Dorothy?

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Why couldn’t the Scarecrow’s feet reach the ground?

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Why is the Scarecrow an unusual Scarecrow?

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Who fell asleep immediately? What did the Scarecrow do meanwhile?

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Where did Dorothy find the oil?

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How did she help the tin man?

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Fill in the blanks

They walked and ________ until it was _____. Finally, they stopped at an old _______ in the middle of the _______. There was no one home. Dorothy and Toto were ______ and fell _________ immediately. The scarecrow wasn’t tired. He stood in the ________ all night awake. He __________ Dorothy and Toto sleep. The next morning, Dorothy ______ better. She got out of bed and went _______ with Toto. The Scarecrow followed them. ___________, they heard a noise. It _________ like somebody was calling out for ________.


Make a list of all the verbs you can find in the text. How many did you find? Then, Write a sentence with each verb.


Build a sentence with the following verbs:

To get out of

To call out for help

To run back to

To walk along

To get out of

To call out for help

To run back to

To walk along


Find a nice title for this chapter



DIFFICULT ENGLISH WORDS

Practise / Practice

In many parts of the English speaking world (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and South Africa) “practice” is the noun, “practise” the verb. However, in the U.S.A the spelling “practice” is more often used for both the noun and the verb. Contrary to popular belief a significant minority of the American population also observe the distinction. If you are not sure about what a verb or noun is, it might be safer to just use the spelling "practice", as many Americans do!

Now test your own knowledge of the use of 'practise' and 'practice':

I need to my English.

Dr Haines has a in Hudson Way.

Magda is a Roman Catholic.

lunes, 17 de noviembre de 2008

Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland





OVER THE RAINBOW
by Judy Garland


Somewhere, over the rainbow,
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

Somewhere, over the rainbow,
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds
Are far behind me,
Where troubles melt
Like lemon drops,
A way above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere, over the rainbow,
Bluebirds fly,
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then, oh, why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow,
Why, oh, why can't I?


domingo, 16 de noviembre de 2008

THE WIZARD OF OZ TEAMS

GUESSING BEFORE STARTING


TEAM B

The Wizard of Oz (summary)


The history begins when a little girl is walking in the farm and twister arrives. She goes to the cellar place, when she falls. She kills the evil witch. Sudenddly, she meets a friendly witch and she gives Dorothy her magic red shoes. She meets 3 friends: a lion, the tin man and the scarecrow. They walk on the yellow road to the Emeral City, looking for the Wizard of Oz. They meet the Wizard and they help him because she needs to come back to Kansas City.


TEAM A

The Wizard of Oz (summary)


The main character is Dorothy. She lives in a flat with her Uncle, Aunt and a little dog called Toto. One day a cyclone hit Dorothy's house. She was scared. Uncle and Aunt ran to the cellar but Dorothy and her dog didn't arrive on time. The house started to move and; she was scared and she fell asleep. When she got up, she met a fairy and she started to talk to her about how to find the way back home. So, the fairy told her that the Wizard of Oz would help her. She began a journey and she took the yellow road…! On the way, she met a good witch and she found the way to come back, she was very happy to found her family.

The group:

Francis Hernandez

Angel Quiñonez

Ma. Del Carmen Rodriguez

Carlos Fernando

Faberlis Rodriguez

Tatiana Padrón

Ariadna Sánchez


NEW LANDSCAPE


TEAM B

The Wizard of Oz (chapter 2)


When Dorothy opened the door, she found a new place. She was surprised. she didn't know that place. She doesn't know it. It isn't leke her home. We think it is like Paradise. We can see many colorful flowers. Some are big and small. Everything is beautiful. There are some hills and green grass.The people in this place are a bit strange. There are some dwarves with a big smile. They wear blue clothes and a long pointed hat. There is an old lady too. She is wearing a white beautiful dress and a long green cap. She is holding a magic wand with magic powers. Dorothy is wearing a blue dress with a white apron tied up at the back. Next to Dorothy is Toto, her dog. Toto is small and black.

The group:

Francelys

Marietta

Rosaura

Abraham

Ariadna

Edimar

Elisa

Faberlis Rodriguez


TEAM A

The Wizard of Oz (chapter 2)


In the picture, there are many colorful flowers and some of them look like stars. There are trees trees with different kinds of fruits. There is a wooden house behind the characters, also. There is an old woman. She is wearing a white long dress with green dots. On her head, she has a green cape. There are three little guys smiling to the little girl, and one of them is giving her a flower.
They're wearing blue clothes and long pointed hats; one of them is wearing
glasses and a full beard. The little girl's name is Dorothy and she's standing up beside the door. She's dressed in blue, and Toto, her black dog, is next to her.
There are two blue butterflyes; one is on the roof and the other one is on a yellow flower.
Tatiana
Carmen
Angel
Oswaldo
Pedro
Francis
Fernando
Josmairy


I CAN WRITE A POEM



Diamond-shaped poems with 5 lines:

WAR
by Saud

War

Sad, destructuctive
Killing, injuring, destroying
A thing that kills life.
Terminator







TEMPLATE
Title of Poem
Author's Name

_________________
_____________, ___________
_______________, ______________, _______________
____________________________________________________ .
__________________

Line 1: War = 1 NOUN-A
Line 2: Sad, destructive = 2 related ADJECTIVES
Line 3: Killing, injuring, destroying = 3 descriptive GERUNDS (verb + -ing)
Line 4: A thing that kills life. = 1 complete, related SENTENCE
Line 5: Terminator = 1 NOUN-B (a synonym of NOUN-A)




SILENCE

by Francis Hernández




Silence

deep, mysterious

talking, thinking, feeling

everything that you can not see

Air




MOTHER

by Josmairy



Mother

Sweet, Kind

Caring, sharing, Loving

A woman who loves me

Mum!


DANCE

by Edimar


Dance

Good,

LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE



PRACTICE(*)

  1. Comment on it with your partner.
  2. Now copy and answer these questions in your notebook:

    a. which animals can you see?

    b. What is the cat doing?

    c. What is the fish doing?

    d. Can the cat speak?

    e. Can the fish speak?

    f. Why does the cat go away?
  3. Read these words. Look up their meaning in a dictionary. How do we say them in Spanish?
    mew - swim - hungry - frighten - bark - fish bowl
  4. Complete the following text with these words

    The fish is ______ing in the __________. The cat is ______ and wants to eat the fish. The cat cannot speak, but it can _____. The fish cannot speak but he wants to survive. It has learnt another language. He has learn to ________ as a dog. He barks because he wants to _________ the cat. The cat thinks the fish is a dog and goes away.
  5. Go to wordreference and complete this table (http://www.wordreference.com/)

English

Spanish

m

maullar

b

ladrar

s

hablar

f

pecera

  1. Now comment on your answers with your classmates.
  2. How many languages can you speak?


(*)
¿Practise or Practice?In many parts of the English speaking world (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and South Africa) “practice” is the noun, “practise” the verb. However, in the U.S.A the spelling “practice” is more often used for both the noun and the verb. Contrary to popular belief a significant minority of the American population also observe the distinction. If you are not sure about what a verb or noun is, it might be safer to just use the spelling "practice", as many Americans do!

Now test your own knowledge of the use of 'practise' and 'practice':

I need to my English.

Dr Haines has a in Hudson Way.

Magda is a Roman Catholic.