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. 


 http://andreadiaz24.blogspot.com/2012/06/my-purse.html
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


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!
  • 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
Unit 10
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


What is RSI?
What can you do to prevent it?


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
Javier Rivero http://javierjrf.blogspot.com/
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. 

    - Write a summary of the story. Use the following questions: What happened, when? where? .. Add the link where you got 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


4. Write a short story about.. ghost, mystery, urban legend. Use adverbs of manner.

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/

Erliana Di Leone http://erlianadileone.blogspot.com/

Well, remember grammar exercises, dictation, facebook tasks... all must be in your blog, too!

Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m

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