Wow! This is an excellent presentation made by a wonderful English teacher. Her name is Kalina and her blog is called Kalina English. It's a great way to understand what it really means to know a word... watch the presentation and ask yourself... Do I really know that word?
This was made by using google documents.. :) another excellent tool. Now, she also explained how to use this presentation and how to share it.. so feel free to embed it in your blogs..
* To view in full-screen, see the icon on the right of the black box with slide numbers.
* To embed it on your own site, click on menu to grab the code.
* To embed in a Ning or other learning platform save your own copy and upload into the GoogleDocs app.
* To share this blog post with colleagues, tap on "bookmark" button at the bottom of this post - above the retweet button - and click on the social-networking/envelope/print icon.
* To send just the document to someone, right click over THIS LINK and select the option to copy the link-address then insert this into an email.
Hope this help you to improve your vocabulary...
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
doris3m
Baby, you're a firework!!!! Are you a firework?... mmmm. Let's see.. how are fireworks?.. what words would you use to describe a firework?.. During this week we discussed fireworks in class. We Googled the word and we got:
Fireworks are a class of explosivepyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display. A fireworks event (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics) is a display of the effects produced by firework devices. Fireworks competitions are also regularly held at a number of places. Fireworks (devices) take many forms to produce the four primary effects: noise, light, smoke, and floating materials (confetti for example). They may be designed to burn with colored flames and sparks including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and silver. Displays are common throughout the world and are the focal point of many cultural and religious celebrations. (this was taken from wikipedia)
Well, in Venezuela as well as in the United States and many parts of the world, people love fireworks. You can see an aerial fireworks show at an amusement park, baseball game, Fourth of July celebration (in the U.S.A) or on New Year's Eve. Fireworks have a special and beautiful magic all their own -- a good show is absolutely amazing.
After reading and discussing about Fireworks we ended up with a list of words and phrases:
This is from wikipedia:
* aesthetic an entertainment purposes. * fireworks display, fireworks event, fireworks show * noise, light, smoke, and floating materials (confetti for example) * burn with colored flames and sparks: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and silver * focal point of many cultural and religious celebrations.
If you want to see what all these words and expression mean, just press ALT + click on the right button of the mouse and you'll see the definition and have the chance to listen and practice the pronunciation of the word you are curious about. Like in the picture:
Now, watch the following video by Katty Perry
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting thought the wind
Wanting to start again
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
......Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in
Do you ever feel already buried deep
Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that tehre's still a chance for you
Cause there's a spark in you
You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know
You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through
Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em goin "Oh, oh, oh!"
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
After watching the video, reading the lyrics, singing and discussing about it : What's your take on it? Do you like it? yes? No?, why?... What did you like the most? what phrase do you like in it? ... What's the message?
Teacher says... this video and song represents the spirit of this class... what does she mean? do you agree with it?. Well, write your answer here as a comment or post it in Facebook or in your blog... don't forget to share your post in Facebook or Twitter... to #URBEEFL, #EFL, #ESL, #URBE
How To Improve Your Vocabulary! well, I found this great site called About.com: English as 2nd Language. They suggest several techniques to improve our vocabulary .. mmm.. I thought we could use some of those great ideas in class, so here I will write about some of the ones we'll be working with in class or for homework.
1. Vocabulary Charts place vocabulary in connected categories to help "long term" memorization. This is a printable vocabulary chart to help you create in-class vocabulary charts.
Example of a vocabulary chart
2. Learn Collocations: Collocations refer to words that often or always go together. A good example of a collocation is to do your homework. These lists of important verb + noun collocations will help your learn some of the most important.
Now, match these words and make collocations: Verbs:Nouns:
Take Have Break a break a leg a headache
Write your answers in the comment area.... smiles...
3. Making a wordle "word cloud": According to Wordle..... It is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
