Level 9 Programa de Inglés para Jóvenes

Saturday, September 24, 2011

MULTIMEDIA LAB CLASS - SEPTEMBER 24TH

Hi dear students,

LISTENING (SONGS)

In this link you will find a very simple exercise, but the song has a very important message, even more now that you had the idea of visiting people who are in trouble.

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6773

A romantic song by Aerosmith (As the video is not available on the page, please click on the link below the exercises link to listen to the song)

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=673

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKAn1HvmRXM

WEBQUEST:

A webquest is an activity in which you have to find information related to a topic to answer some questions by just surfing the web. The answers can be gotten from one single page or from several pages. Today, you will answer some questions about HUMAN CLONING; the link to the article where you can find the answers is this one:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/human-cloning.htm

1. What did a group of Scottish scientists achieve in 1997?

2. For what will some people be willing to pay a fortune?

3. What does the author say about why scientists are working so eagerly on that project?

4. What procedure will be used to clone human beings and what has the method been used for previously?

5. Who will a cell be taken from?

6. Who will provide the egg?

7. What diseases might be cured through genetic engineering?

8. What moral/ethical question do critics ask?

9. Why is one of Dolly’s co-creators opposed to human cloning?

Please don’t forget to do the evaluation of the visit to the Multimedia Lab in the following link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG5mcXdyLUxtRzdXajRMWXc3STBWUVE6MQ

Thanks a lot for your good work!

Sandra.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

LET'S PRACTICE!

Hello dear students,

This week we are going to practice on

THE PASSIVE VOICE:
Explanation and exercises:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=55

Exercises in different tenses:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1213

EMBEDDED QUESTIONS:
Explanation:
http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Orange%20Level/O20_Embedded_Questions.html

Exercises:
http://english-zone.com/grammar/noun-clz1.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/312.html

NOW... LET'S HAVE SOME FUN...

THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING ENGLISH:
Take a look at these funny commercials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT86iWiH2mI&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79U3KafaXs

See you,

Sandra.

Friday, August 26, 2011

MULTIMEDIA CLASS AUGUST 27TH

GOOD AFTERNOON!

Today we are going to watch the following video. After watching it, you will answer the questions below, please take notes for a discussion in class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbw_BxDwdjk&ob=av3e

(If you find it hard to understand, you can click on the link below where you will find the lyrics for the song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vjXvJ5Q4g

QUESTIONS:

Is there any relationship between the song and the main topic of this level?

What is Eddie's case? How old is he? What do you think about his decision?

What is Stan's case? How old is he? Was his decision right or wrong?

What is Grady's case? How old is he? What's his occupation? What do you think about his situation?

What do you think about Eminem's attitude in the song?

Is Dr. Dre attitude right or wrong?

Another title for this song could be... _____________________________________

How did you like the song?

FAST FINISHERS

If you finish the song activity, you can enter the following links to practice some grammar exercises about topics worked in class.:

Simple past:
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/b_past.html

Present perfect:
http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/g_presperf.html

Common mistakes in English:
http://go4english.co.uk/vg/read.php?unitid=652

Link to evaluate the visit to the multimedia lab:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG5mcXdyLUxtRzdXajRMWXc3STBWUVE6MQ