Work for Monday 3rd October 2016

1. Do a second draft of your initial assessment.

You should correct any mistakes and include anything that you missed out the first time (content and grammar).

When I marked your work, I underlined any parts where there problems and used the following marking codes:

Sp - Spelling

Gr - Grammar (tense)
P - Punctuation
ww - wrong word
? - I don´t understand

Use the marking codes to help you figure out what the problem is.

Your redraft needs to be finished at home if you do not finish it in class. I will check these on Tuesday 4th October.

2. Extension: If you finish your redraft, please go to pages 6, 7 and 8 and look at the sports vocabulary. Make a quizlet (links above) to help you memorise them. Any good ones will be rewarded :)

Informal Letter Writing

Task:

You have been on a trip to a Young Offenders´ Institution and you write a letter to your friend, telling them about what you have seen and what you think.

Remember to include the grammar we have looked at together and the vocabulary we learnt when we read the text.

-Conditionals (1st and 2nd)

-Interesting, varied connectives

-Present (simple and continuous) and past tenses. (and future tense too?)

-Informal language

Aim for at least 100 words before the lesson ends

Formal vs informal writing

1.

2. Copy and complete the table below into a word document.

Try to give an informal equivalent for all of the words below.

Informal	Formal
	apologize, apologise
	increase
	decrease
	examine
	discover
	postpone, delay
	fabricate
	represent
	omit
	indicate
	oppose
	contact
	It concerns, It’s in regards to
	required
	consider
	obtain
	tolerate
	handle
	appear
	demonstrate
	commence
	retain
	release
	bother
	call
	arrive
	permit/authorise

3. Some informal sentence openers:

•I can´t believe…

•I´ve been really…

•It´s been really…

•You´re probably thinking that…

•If I could…

•

Using some of the informal words and phrases from your table, imagine that you have been sent to a
young offenders´institution and complete the above sentence openers, describing your feelings about this.

The Present Simple and Present Continuous Tenses

Youtube clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dToboUPXdxE

Welcome to the class!... Who are you?

This week, we will be producing introductions to ourselves. Here are some areas which would be good to include:
Your favourite:

• -entertainment - books, films, songs, actors/actresses, programmes, singers, groups
• - foods, drinks, restaurants, things which you can cook! 
• - sports - sportsmen and women, which sports do you play outside of school, which teams do you like

Your family - include some details about your family, try to include anecdotes if possible
Pets
Interests outside of school
Interesting facts (e.g. about Seville)
Ambitions and dreams for the future

We're going to be using http://popplet.com/. 

You will be writing information about these topics as well as including pictures, so think about using the following expressions:

• I'm really into...
• I love...
• I used to love... but nowadays...
• Usually I...
• I am used to ... (i.e. I have become accustomed to...)
• I would like to
• Although many people ..., I ...
• I have always...
• To be honest...
• This is ..., who is...

If you don't know the word for something, use www.wordreference.com

Create a Symbaloo

Go to:
http://www.symbaloo.com/

Create an account

1.                     1. In the top hand corner put it in 'English (UK)'

2.                     2. Click on 'Create Free Account'

3.                     3. Enter your details and click 'Create Account'

Create a tile for your symbaloo

1.                     1. Click on the '+' symbol in the middle of an empty box

2.                     2. Click on an empty tile

3.                     3. Click on 'Create a tile'

4.                     4. Enter http://www.wordreference.com/ in the box called 'Add the address of the website'

5.                     5. Click on 'Save'

6.                     6. Note: In order to make your Symbaloo page more visually appealing, you can add an image that corresponds to your weblink. At the bottom of the ‘Edit tile’ box, you can either select ‘Choose icon’ or ‘Upload an image’. For some weblinks, Symbaloo will have images that you can select. However, you can also upload your own saved image.

Create more tiles for your symbaloo. Use all the following websites to start off with.

·                     http://www.studyblue.com/

·                     http://headmagnet.com/

·                     http://quizlet.com/

·                     http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/

·                     http://popplet.com/

·                     http://animoto.com/

·                     http://goanimate.com/

·                     http://www.youtube.com

·                     http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php

·                     http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com

·                     http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/

·                     http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml

·                     http://lingro.com/

·                     http://www.linguee.com/

·                     http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm

·                     http://www.guardian.co.uk

·                     http://www.bbc.co.uk

There will be other weblinks that we will add to your Symbaloo page throughout the year.

Once you have create a number Symbaloo links, you should save Symbaloo as your homepage. You do this by following these steps:

1.  Click on the menu button to the right of the browser  
2.  Select ‘Settings’
3.               Underneath the heading ‘On startup’, click ‘Set pages’
4.  In the box to the right  of ‘Add new page’, type http://www.symbaloo.com
5.  Finally, click ‘Ok’
6.  Once you restart your computer, Symbaloo should be saved as your internet homepage