Practice Exercises for 6th Semester

Hello 6th Semester Students ;)

Your own blog will be coming in a short time.
Aldair asked me to get some extra practice exercises to prepare you all for your final, Unit 1 Evidence. Here are some exercises from the Teacher´s Book. The exercise for 1B is the same I had already given you in class. I think it´s good practice to do it without looking at the answers and see if you can do it. Then, check the answers with the corrected version we covered in class. If you have any questions, write them down and bring them to class. We will devote 15-20 minutes on Wednesday before your test to answering any questions you have. Please study all the uses for all the tenses we reviewed: Present Simple; Present Continuous; Past Simple; Past Perfect; Past Continuous;  idiomatic future "going to;" Present Continuous with a future meaning; Will/Won´t/Shall. Also, study your vocabulary, we will do an activity with the vocabulary in class.

Informal Letter Format

Hello all ;)

For your informal letter corrections, please continue to follow the format we covered in class. Here it is again. Your letters have to be typed. Please include your first drafts. Staple your first drafts to the back of your typed, final drafts.

                                                                                 Your Address (2-3 lines)
                                                                                 Date (February 21, 2012)

Dear... (Your Friend´s Name),

"Sorry for not writing earlier, but...(say why you haven´t written)"

"The reason for my letter is...(tell your friend you started practicing a new sport)"

Tell your friend about the sport and  say when you practice, where you practice, how often you practice, etc.

Tell your friend the equipment you need (use the vocabulary you have in your notebooks).

"That´s all for now"

Best Wishes / Love / See you soon!

Your complete Name

PS (Write a sentence, something you forgot to mention in the body of your letter.)

Olympic Games Webquest

Your homework is to go to the following web page to find a topic to investigate in a team of 3.

http://www.gkonstantinou.com/webquest/credits.html

Click on "Process" and look at the blue box on the right. You´ll find 6 topics. Each topic has a list of questions you have to answer. Divide the work into the 3 team members. Each member has to investigate their part individually.
a) For homework, I asked you to go on the internet and print any information that will help you answer your questions. Highlight or underline the main points. Individual work. Don´t forget to write your name and your group #. (GATHERING)
b) Write your FIRST DRAFT. Print it. Make corrections with a red pen (REVISING). Individual work. Write your name and your group #.
c) Put your research together (team work). Write an introductory sentence (say what topic you´re investigating) and a conclusion (after your combined investigations, what do you conclude?) EDIT your teamwork together. Eliminate any unnecessary information and help each other correct any errors. Make your work as perfect as possible. Print this EDITED VERSION. Turn this in on Thursday February 23rd. This is your grade for Writing for this first period.
d) Type a checklist. Include each person´s research. Include each person´s corrected first draft. Include each person´s complete name and the topic your team investigated.
e) Make a time line of your research with images, dates and important concepts and phrases. This will help guide you during your Speaking presentation. Each person has to make a time line reflecting their research. Your team will have your team´s time line if you put each individual´s time line together. Time line is due Friday February 24th.
f) Your speaking is Friday February the 24th. No reading, please. You have to know your information.

To summarize, your final work includes:
Checklist (cover sheet)
3 Individual Investigations (highlighted/underlined)
3 Individual, typed First Drafts (corrected with a red pen)
Final writing, including an introduction and a conclusion which has been edited by the team.
Time-line, to which each member contributed a bit.

February 7th-10th, 2012 Lab Activity

Hello all!
Hope you enjoyed your long weekend ;)
Your assignment for this week in lab is to practice the structures we learned last Friday in class.
Have to/ Don´t have to/ Must/ Mustn´t

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6837
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6845

Bookr: Pimpampum

Your homework for today was to investigate a little about the evolution of 80´s Rock and Roll.
What aspects of the evolution interest you?
As part of your brainstorming process, you have to create  a mental map with images and some ideas to explore.
Go to this website and make a book to illustrate your ideas...
http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/

On the first page, think of a title.
Where it says author, write your complete names.
TAG (bottom): type the image you´re looking for. Drag the image you want onto the page.
To turn the page, click on the right hand corner (top).
To add more pages, click on the + sign.
When you finish, click on "Publish this Book"
"Send to:" Type my e-mail address (jessicarreon.cecyt2@gmail.com, your e-mail address)
"Go"

Class Rules

Class Rules/ Reglamento del Salón de Clase

Hello and welcome back to school. I hope you all had a great break!

Hola y bienvenidos de regreso a clases. Espero que hayan disfrutado sus vacaciones.

Please read the class rules carefully.  Favor de leer el siguiente reglamento detenidamente.

The class blog for 4^th Semester is/ El blog de 4o semestre es:

http://english4jessicarreon.blogspot.com

Tardiness/ Retardos

• ·       For the 7 am class, you have 15 minutes to get to class.
• ·       Para la clase de las 7, tienen una tolerancia de 15 minutos.
• ·       For any other class, you have 5 minutes to get to class.  You may not come in after attendance has been taken.
• ·       Para cualquier otra clase, tienen una tolerancia de 5 minutos. No podrán entrar después de que se haya pasado lista.

Absences/ Faltas

• ·       If you´re sick, please bring your official note from the school control office. I will only accept late work with a COPY of the official note. You have 1 day after your absence to turn in any late work. The work won´t be graded until you turn in your official excuse note. No doctor´s notes or parent´s notes will be accepted to excuse an absence.
• ·       Si te enfermas, favor de traer tu justificante oficial de Control Escolar. Solo se aceptarán tareas o trabajos tarde con un justificante oficial. Tienes 1 día para entregar tu trabajo. La tarea no se calificará hasta que yo reciba tu justificante. No se aceptan recetas ni recados de padres para justificar una falta.
• ·       In order to have the right to take the Extraordinary Exam, you must have 90% attendance for the semester. A 2-hour class counts as 2 classes.
• ·       Para tener derecho a Extraordinario, debes de tener un 90% de asistencia durante el semestre. Las clases de 2 horas cuentan por 2 clases.

Computer Lab Rules/ Reglas del Laboratorio de Computación

• ·       No food or drinks in lab, EVER.
• ·       Favor de no traer comida o bebidas al laboratorio.
• ·       Don´t use USB´s. If you need to save information, send yourself an e-mail. If you are caught using them, it will be confiscated and your parents will have to come pick it up.
• ·       Favor de no usar USB’s. Si es necesario guardar información, mandate un mail. Si se te sorprende usando una memoria en el laboratorio, ésta será confiscada y solo tus padres podrán recogerla.

Classwork/Homework/Trabajos/Tareas

• ·       All your work should have a date on it, your full name and your group number.
• ·       Todo tu trabajo deberá tener la fecha, tu nombre completo y tu grupo.
• ·       For all assignments, write original sentences. Please don´t copy/paste from the internet and don´t use “Translator.” All unoriginal work will get a ZERO and you will not be allowed to re-submit it.
• ·       Para todos los trabajos, escribe tus propias oraciones. Por favor no copies y pegues de la web, y no uses “Traductor.” Todo trabajo copiado o traducido no obtendrá crédito y no se te permitirá volverlo a entregar.
• ·       No late work will be accepted without an official excuse note.
• ·       No se aceptará ningún trabajo fuera de tiempo, al menos que tu falta sea justificada con un justificante oficial.

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Left Brain Right Brain Quiz For Teens

1. Take the quiz on the following page...
http://homeworktips.about.com/library/brainquiz/bl_leftrightbrain_quiz.htm
2. Answer all 20 questions.
3. When you complete the quiz, click on "Your Result."
4. Copy/Paste your results onto a Word Document. Type your complete name, date and group on the page.
5. Print it.
6. Bring it to class.