SMRT120 Elena K.: June 2012

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Wednesday in class

School bans hugging and high-fives

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1105/110528-hugging.html Listening / Reading

Discuss school rules in groups.

Write a paragraph about school rules.

Phrasal Verbs

Have fun with phrasal verbs!
http://autoenglish.org/picnic.htm

http://www.autoenglish.org/videos/phrasalverbs.htm Common Phrasal Verbs Video

http://www.carolinebrownenglishlessons.com/

Sunday, 24 June 2012

Review week

MONDAY in CLASS:

Let's review verb tenses:
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest18477-187504-verb-tense-review-enter-tags-education-ppt-powerpoint/ Review

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/verb-tense-review-quiz Quiz

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/verbtense.html Quiz

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Scientists Warn of Space Junk Danger

Thursday in class:

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1109/110904-space_junk.html

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Noun Quantifiers Practice

http://learnlab.hfcc.edu/sites/learnlab.hfcc.edu/files/nouns_articles_and_quantifiers_quiz.pdf
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/agree2b.html
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifiers_quiz.htm Intermediate
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifiers_quiz2.php3 Upper-Intermediate
http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/subject_verb_agreement_quantifiers.html Subject-Verb Agreement with Quantifiers

Good luck!!!!

Some Notes on Quantifiers

Like articles, quantifiers are words that precede and modify nouns. They tell us how many or how much. Selecting the correct quantifier depends on your understanding the distinction between Count and Non-Count Nouns. For our purposes, we will choose the count noun trees and the non-count noun time:

The following quantifiers will work with count nouns:
      many trees
      a few trees
      few trees
      several trees
      a couple of trees
      none of the trees

The following quantifiers will work with non-count nouns:
      not much time
      a little time
      little time
      a bit of time
      a good deal of time
      a great deal of time
      no time

The following quantifiers will work with both count and non-count nouns:
      all of the trees/time
      some trees/time
      most of the trees/time
      enough trees/time
      a lot of trees/time
      lots of trees/time
      plenty of trees/time
      a lack of trees/time

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/uncountable_nouns.htm
http://www.engvid.com/english-resource/countable-and-uncountable-nouns/ Good reference material
http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson37/Lesson37.htm Some more + practice
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-un-countable_3.htm Nouns that can be countable and uncountable
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=COUNTABLE-UNCOUNTABLE-NOUNS-IN-ENGLISH-1 Quiz

Enjoy!

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Reported Speech

Use the following links to practice Reported Speech:
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-2.html Reported Questions
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/say-or-tell-exercise-1.html "Say" or "Tell"
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-1.html Reported Statements
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-3.html Requests and Orders
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-4.html Reported Speech Mixed Ex.
.http://knowing-english.wikispaces.com/reported+speech+exercises More Practice...
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm ...and some more..

Have fun! ;)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Listen to the beautiful song and do the listening activity. Enjoy!
http://busyteacher.org/4324-song-worksheet-im-with-you-by-avril-lavigne.html

I'm With You

Avril Lavigne

I'm (1)___________ on a (a)__ _________
I'm (2)___________ in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now
There's nothing but the (b)___________
No (c)_____________ on the ground
I'm (3)___________ but there's no sound

Isn't anyone (4)_________ to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home?

CHORUS

It's a damn (d)________ night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the (e)__________?
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I... I'm with you
I'm with you

I'm (5)_________ for a place
I'm (6)__________ for a (f)_____________
Is anybody here I know?
Cause nothing's (7)________ right
And everything is a mess
And no one likes to be (g)___________

Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me (h)__________?

REPEAT CHORUS

Oh why is everything so (i)______________
maybe I'm just out of my mind

REPEAT CHORUS

Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere (j)_________
I don't know who you are
But I... I'm with you
I'm with you
I'm with you.

Celebrities

Read the following biography about Avril Lavigne and do the reading comprehension exercises below:

She can be “Anything” but not ordinary. That’s one way to describe Avril Lavigne. A skater-punk, a dynamic spirit.
As a child, she was restless in class but the dream of becoming popular in New York City and Los Angeles walked into her head. At the age of 17 she declared: “I’m just coming out and I’m going to clearly be myself - I write what I feel, and I never worry what others think,” Avril says. “I’m going to dress what’s me, I’m gonna act what’s me and I’m gonna sing what’s me.” Avril does exactly that on her debut CD, Let Go, combining lively vocals, a crystal-clear voice and real-girl lyrical style. “Anything But Ordinary ” is a rocking’ composition about individuality.

Right now I am everywhere, I fly here and there, doing different things everyday,” she explains. “This is my lifestyle. I get up early but I never know what activities I’m going to do each day. I don’t want a normal life. It’s boring for me.”

She was born for fame in Ontario. A middle child who “always wanted to be the centre of attention”. She says “I always knew this was what I had to do,” she says. “I remember when I was really young, standing on my bed thinking I was at a theatre, singing at the top of my voice and visualizing thousands of people around me.” She progressed from her bedroom to singing from gospel music in church to country music at parks - until Arista Records discovered her. At 16, she moved to Manhattan and started to work on her debut CD.

“I love writing,” she explains. “When I get upset and really need to get it out of me, I go to my guitar. Sometimes I feel like my guitar is my therapist.” Avril can’t wait to get out and play. She says touring with her own “skater-punk band of rocker boys” probably isn’t going to be all that different from her childhood. “I wasn’t always very feminine. I played hockey during the autumn and winter and baseball in the summer. I loved playing with the boys.” Of course, both boys and girls like her music (not to mention some adventurous adults) “I can’t wait to be out there - I want to rock the world! I want people to know that my music is real and honest and it came from my heart. I was just being true to myself.” Avril’s real, all right. And ordinary? Anything but.

Write True or False:

1-As a child she wanted to become a popular singer.

2-She likes expressing herself

3-“Anything But Ordinary” is connected with teenagers’ interests.

4-She likes the life she has.

5-When she was 16, she left Ontario.

6-She started to work on her first album in her country.

7-She sometimes needs therapy.

8-She’s a typical girl.

9-Only teenagers enjoy her music.

10-She wants to tell real stories with her songs.

Complete the following chart about her:

Name:	1)…………………………….
Hometown:	2)…………………………….
Likes :	3)……………………………. 4)…………………………….
Dislikes:	5)……………………………. 6)…………………………….
Sports she played:	7)……………………………. 8)……………………………. 9)…………………………….
People who like her music:	10)……………………………. 11)…………………………….
How did her career develop?	12)……………………………. 13)…………………………….
Why is she a good artist?	14)……………………………. 15)…………………………….