IV Jornadas UPEL-IPC Lenguas Extranjeras con fines especificos
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
2nd Term Tasks May-July 2012
Greeting everyone.. we are in exam week!!! well, hope you all have had fun during the 2nd term. Now, What are some of the task we will posting in our blogs... Well, here they are:
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Level 1
A poem for dad
Lab workshop: facebook group, Secondlife, exercises and blog practice
Unit 3
Personal Items - Modern electronics
1. Take a photo of your bag and what it is in it. Describe what you have in there. This is Andrea's blog.
2. What's the perfect gift for your father? Write a paragraph. Explain what's the perfect gift and why. Check andrea's post.
3. Exercise:
1. This, that, these, those
2. More exercise .. this, that, these, those
3. a challenge.. more exercises..
Unit 4
People from the world
1. Make a photo story with photos of people doing things. Write sentences. Use animoto. http://www.animoto.com
2. Look for a photo with lots of people doing different things. Write sentences describing what they are doing. Use positive and negative sentences. Look at the following example:
1. The birds are singing.
2. The cat is climbing the tree to catch the poor little birds.
3. Paul is watering the flowers..... Paul isn't reading a book.
4. The ducks are swimming. They're not flying.
3. Interview yourself and two friends about your school life. Record your conversation or make a video. Use the following questions:
How are you doing?
What's your name?
Where are you from?
what school do you go to?
What trimester are you in?
Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior?
What are your favorite subjects?
what classes are you taking this trimester?
How are you doing in your classes?
Write three paragraghs, reporting your interview
Great blogs for level 1******************************************************************************
Level 1
A poem for dad
Lab workshop: facebook group, Secondlife, exercises and blog practice
Unit 3
Personal Items - Modern electronics
1. Take a photo of your bag and what it is in it. Describe what you have in there. This is Andrea's blog.
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| http://andreadiaz24.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-purse.html |
3. Exercise:
1. This, that, these, those
2. More exercise .. this, that, these, those
3. a challenge.. more exercises..
Unit 4
People from the world
1. Make a photo story with photos of people doing things. Write sentences. Use animoto. http://www.animoto.com
2. Look for a photo with lots of people doing different things. Write sentences describing what they are doing. Use positive and negative sentences. Look at the following example:
1. The birds are singing.
2. The cat is climbing the tree to catch the poor little birds.
3. Paul is watering the flowers..... Paul isn't reading a book.
4. The ducks are swimming. They're not flying.
3. Interview yourself and two friends about your school life. Record your conversation or make a video. Use the following questions:
How are you doing?
What's your name?
Where are you from?
what school do you go to?
What trimester are you in?
Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior?
What are your favorite subjects?
what classes are you taking this trimester?
How are you doing in your classes?
Write three paragraghs, reporting your interview
Andrea Diaz http://andreadiaz24.blogspot.com/
Samer Buitrago http://sambv.blogspot.com/
Monica Nuñez http://monicanunezf.blogspot.com/
David Melean http://daviddanielmelean.blogspot.com/
Jose Godoy http://www.josefgodoy.blogspot.com/
Jessica Tambo http://jesstambo.blogspot.com/
Geovanna Pinzon http://geovannapinzon.blogspot.com/
Stephanie Zabaleta http://stephanietyfa.blogspot.com/
Kisbel Romero http://kisbelromero.blogspot.com/
Yusmary Castillo http://andreinaca15.blogspot.com/
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Level 2
A poem for dad
Lab workshop: facebook group, Secondlife, exercises and blog practice
Unit 9
Daily Routine and Dating
1. Exercises:
Position of adverbs of frequency - Exercise 1
Frequency Adverbs Multiple Choice
Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of Frequency (organize)
2. Photo story!Yusmary Castillo http://andreinaca15.blogspot.com/
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Level 2
A poem for dad
Lab workshop: facebook group, Secondlife, exercises and blog practice
Unit 9
Daily Routine and Dating
1. Exercises:
Position of adverbs of frequency - Exercise 1
Frequency Adverbs Multiple Choice
Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of Frequency (organize)
- Write a 4 paragraph composition.
- Describe your daily activities: morning, afternoon, evenings and nights.
- Close your composition telling about dating in Venezuela.
- Draw some pictures, use computer images, or take your own photos.
- Use this model to help you tell about your daily routine, habits and frequency. (use always, sometimes, never, etc).
- PowerPoint + voice recording is a plus!!!!
- Don’t forget to check with a tutor and use the check speller in your computer.
- You can make a slide show with Slide or make a poster in Glogster or a short video in Animoto
- have fun working on your homework... smiles
Home Sweet Home!
1. Draw a floor map of your house or apartment. Use the model in your book and describe it.
2. Tell about four rooms in your house or apartment. Describe what furniture is in them.
3. Describe your favorite room in your house. Use prepositions of place to describe where things are.
* You can record your voice and add images.
* Visit your classmates blogs, read their compositions and leave a comment.
* Don't forget to Make the internet exercises from the on line workbook.
* Check your homework with a tutor. Use the check-speller. Make sure there are not grammar or typing mistakes.
Great blogs for level 2
Andreina Chourio http://andreinachourio29.blogspot.com/
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Level 4
A poem for dad
Lab workshop: facebook group, Secondlife, exercises and blog practice
Unit 9
How's your memory? dreams
Write about your childhood memories. Write about your house, parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, food, friends, toys, music, school, vacations, TV programs.
Grammar Exercises - Simple Past Tense
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php
Sentences and questions in the Simple Past - Exercise 1
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_mix.htm
Verbs - Grammar Exercises
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/verbs.htm
Unit 10
The Body, health and Stress
A poem for dad
Lab workshop: facebook group, Secondlife, exercises and blog practice
1. Watch the video .. embed it in your blog and answer the following questions:
What is RSI and what can you do to prevent it? - Explania
2. Create a poster for a health problem. Describe the problem, choose a slogan, talk about the causes and the consequences and finish with recommendations. You can:
- PowerPoint + voice recording is a plus!!!!
- Don’t forget to check with a tutor and use the check speller in your computer.
- You can make a slide show with Slide or make a poster in Glogster or a short video in Animoto
- have fun working on your homework... smiles
Great blogs for level 4
Diego Barrera http://erdiegoant.blogspot.com/
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Level 5
About me task- Mind map
Unit 3
1. Post the mind map with your group story about a crime. Post the composition explaining the mindmap.
2. - Read a crime story on the news.
- Now speculate about it. Use these expressions to write your ideas: I's likely that..., I doubt that..., I bet that..., It doesn't seem possible that..., It's unlikely that... and there's a good chance that...
3. Work on the exercises with stative verbs:
- Stative verbs 1
- Stative verbs 2
Unit 4
1. Write a paragraph to describe families in our country and your family. Use the vocabulary discussed in class. Use statistic terms and quantitatives.
2. Ask your friends about trends in your university. Conduct a survey. Write the questions of the survey. Write a report with photos, and statistics of what you found out. How many people did you talk to? what are URBE's trends in fashion, music, discos, movies, ...?
Great blogs for level 5
Augusto Reyes http://augustoreyes21.blogspot.com/
Well, remember grammar exercises, dictation, facebook tasks... all must be in your blog, too!
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Level 5 Unit 4 - Today's trends
Topic: Modern Trends and fashions
According to Wikipedia.............. Trend may refer to:
- Fads and trends, including fashion trend
- Trendsetter (or early adopter), person who starts (or follows early on) a fashion or technology trend before most other people
- Market trend, prolonged period of time when prices in a financial market are rising or falling faster than their historical average, also known as "bull" and "bear" markets, respectively
Trendy topics
Venezuela: http://venezuela.twirus.com/
tenthingsilove http://statigr.am/p/185714915925934373_5994207
Vocabulary: Family
Video: That's a family!
What kind of family do you have?
- Nuclear Family: It is a family group consisting of a father and mother and their children,who share living quarters.
- Blended Family: Family who is divorced and re-grouped.
- Extended Family: Family who has grandparents and children living together.
- Traditional: Normal families
- Non traditional: no classical families.
Family vocabulary
- Step mother or father
Mother or father who is not your biological father or mother but is married with your biological father or mother.
- Half Brother or sister: Sister / brother who is not your biological sister/brother.
- Single parents
- Married parents
- Divorced parents
- Foster parents
- Step parents
- Adopting parents
- Working parents.
- Stay-at-home parents
Read about families in the USA:
Statistics on US Families
http://groundspark.org/our-films-and-campaigns/thatfamily/taf_statistics
Nontraditional Families Becoming More Traditional
http://www.parentdish.com/2009/07/15/nontraditional-families-becoming-more-traditional/
Family Statistics
Expressions for Agreeing and Disagreeing
| Expressing agreement |
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| Expressing disagreement |
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Exercise on disagreeing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1756_how_to_discuss/page4.shtml
Fashion and Style
What is your opinion about fashion and style? what's your style? what kind of clothes do you wear?
Take the quiz: http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourstyletypequiz/
http://www.quizrocket.com/fashion-style-quiz
for more fashion vocabulary:
Clothes /Accessories/Fashion
http://inglessoto.wikispaces.com/file/view/FASHION+VOCABULARY.pdf
Fashion Talk: http://busyteacher.org/8366-fashion-talk-speaking-cards.html
Teen Styles: http://busyteacher.org/6131-teen-styles.html
giving advice with could, should, ought to and had better.
Homework
1. Write a paragraph to describe families in our country and your family. Use the vocabulary discussed in class.
2. Ask your friends about trends in your university. Write a composition with photos, and statics of what you found out. How many people id you talk to? what are URBE's trends in fashion, music, discos, movies, ...?
Monday, June 18, 2012
Level 1. Unit 4 - What are you doing?
Things to do and say
Things we are doing:
Listening to music
studying
eating
exercising
sleeping
cooking
watching tv
singing
reading
playing the guitar
Telling what you are doing right now
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| Pio is drawing a kitten |
A: What is Pionia doing?
B: She's drawing a kitten.
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| Pio is reading a book. |
She's reading a book.
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| She is sitting down and relaxing on a chair. |
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Greetings
How are you doing?
A. Hi, Mary. How are you doing?
B. Great. How about you?
A: I'm okay.
Pronunciation: Question intonation
Are you cooking?
What are you doing?
Taking about school subjects
A: what school do you go to?
B: I go to Engineering school in URBE.
A. What are your favorite subjects?
B. English and math. What about you?.
A: what classes are you taking this trimester?
B: I’m taking a six classes… a math class, an English class, ….
A: How are you doing in your classes?
B: I’m dong well in English but I’m not doing so well in math.
School Subjects
writing
math
science
music
literature
English
art
business
cooking
history
Physical Edu.
Grammar Points to Practice
The present continuous
A: What are you doing?
B: I’m listening to music.
| affirmative | negative | question | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | I am playing. | I am not playing. | Am I playing? |
| he, she, it | He is playing. | He is not playing. | Is he playing? |
| you, we, they | You are playing. | You are not playing. | Are you playing? |
Spelling Rules
Cook - cooking
Study - studying
Come - coming
Swim - Swimming
Extended time
Actions happening right now
I’m studying for a test right now.
Craig is talking on the phone
Actions happening these days
I’m taking six classes this trimester
Maria is studying at engineering school
Practice
1. Exercise 1 - Form
2. Exercise 2 - Affirmative Sentences
3. Exercise 3 - Negative Sentences
4. Exercise 4 - Yes/No questions
5. Exercise 5 - Information Questions
Homework
1. Make a photo story with photos of people doing things. Write sentences. Use animoto. http://www.animoto.com
2. Look for a photo with lots of people doing different things. Write sentences describing what they are doing. Use positive and negative sentences. Look at the following example:
The birds are singing.
The cat is climbing the tree to catch the poor little birds.
Paul is watering the flowers..... Paul isn't reading a book.
The ducks are swimming. They're not flying.
3. Interview yourself and two friends about your school life. Record your conversation or make a video. Use the following questions:
How are you doing?
What's your name?
Where are you from?
what school do you go to?
What trimester are you in?
Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior?
What are your favorite subjects?
what classes are you taking this trimester?
How are you doing in your classes?
Write three paragraghs, reporting your interview
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