Sunday 27 February 2011

APLE LAST HOMEWORK FOR THIS TERM

Hi students,

Your last homework for this term is a new practice with English Central.
Your goal is to get 3200 points from February 27th to March 4th.

Good luck with all your exams.
Javier

Sunday 20 February 2011

APLE COMPUTER ROOM LESSON FEBRUARY 21st

Hi Students,
I hope you have improved your glogs during the weekend.
Today we are going to do an activity regarding films. I don't know if the Internet connection and our technical problems will spoil the activity. I ask you to be patient because if it works, it may be a very funny lesson.
For this activity you need to work in pairs. 1&2, 3&4, etc.
This is the activity we are going to do. We are visiting this page:



 
You have to choose one clip from a Bollywood film. My suggestions are number 3, number 4, number 8 or number 2 (new). The first thing you have to do is to watch the clip several times. Then, it is the time to write your script for the clip and to divide the characters. If it is a woman and you are a man, you will have to make a woman's voice and so on. Once everything is clear, it is time to dub the clip.
On the top right hand corner, choose "microphone" and when everybody is ready, click on "record". Remember you will all be using the same microphone, so hold in in your hands.
When you finish recording, click on stop, listen to the clip with your audio and if you are happy with it, fill in the information at the bottom. Give the clip a title, write your names, your email address, my email address (javiprofeingles@hotmail.com) and click on "send".
Cross your fingers with our Internet connections.
Have fun
Javier

Thursday 17 February 2011

SITUATIONS FOR THE APLE ORAL EXAM

Hello again, students.



These are the possible topics you may have to role play in the oral exam next week. I will start at the end of the list to compensate for the first term.

1- Two friends discussing about something, expressing their opinions and agreeing or disagreeing with the other person.
2- Waiter and customer at a restaurant.
3- Dealing with problems at the restaurant. One of you will be a customer and the other one the waiter or the manager of the restaurant. (waiting for too long, bad food, allergies, wrong bill, etc).
4- Showing a house (one of you will be the possible buyer and the other one will be the owner or the estate agent.
5-Returning an item in a shop (one of you will be the customer and the other one the shop assistant or even the manager).
6- You have just come out of the cinema, but you have very different opinions about it. Say why  you love it or why you hated it.
Javier

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES VOCABULARY

This is the vocabulary from Desperate Housewives that you DON'T HAVE TO STUDY.



You will have to study all the other words from episodes 9-14. Good luck.
Javier

Sunday 13 February 2011

SAINT VALENTINE'S LESSON

Hi students,
Today is Saint Valentine's Day. You may like it or not. You may be in love or not. Anyway, it is a day to celebrate love.
Let's start with a video about the history of Saint Valentine's Day:



Let's see if you can make a rhyme for your beloved one.
Try the easy rhymes first, and then the hard ones:


You can also use music. Here is the famous "Love is all around", from the Original Soundtrack of the comedy "Four Weddings and a Funeral".



Now that you know a lot about Saint Valentine's Day, you can either play this vocabulary game or do this quiz.
Enjoy the day.
Javier

Friday 11 February 2011

APLE COMPUTER LESSON February 11th

Hi students,
Today I'm sick at home (I think it's flu), so I won't be able to stay with you in the classroom. Joann will be in the classroom next door and will keep an eye on you from time to time.
Depending on what you have already done, there are 4 things you can do. For some of them, you will need your headphones. Get the number that corresponds to the number you have in your computer.
-Option 1: If you didn't do your voicethread about discrimination yesterday, you can still do it in the class now. Remember it is on this blog.
-Option 2: If you haven't finished your glog yet, you can also work on it, finding the picture, looking at ways to describe the picture or just recording the description and the reason to choose that picture.
-Option 3. If you have been a good student and have done the two previous options, you can play this game. It is a memory game, but with sounds instead of letters or images. It looks easy, but it is not that simple.
You can play game 1 and game 4.



-Option 4: You can also play this game about homonyms (words that sound the same, but are wriiten in a different way, like weak and week).

-Options 5: Finally, if you want to have some fun. You can watch some videos with jokes. To do it click here.

On Monday we'll have a regular class, so bring your books and not your headphones.
Have a nice weekend.
Javier

Sunday 6 February 2011

APLE COMPUTER LESSON FEBRUARY 7TH

The time for glogster has come.
I suggest  you read about it, watch some videos or presentations about it and then start playing with it with your nick and password.

The deadline to have a first draft of your glog is Monday 14th. Then, I will write some comments and suggestions about it and you have an extra week (until Monday 21st) to create your final version. The topic for your glogs is going to be "A photograph". The first thing you have to do is go to this site:


Here, at the bottom of the page, you can see some examples of Glogs. Have a look at some of them by clicking on the image.

The first you will have to do is log in with this information:


Then, you must edit your profile and write at least your real name.
Now it is the time to change the password to a one you will always remember (write it down somewhere in your diary if you think you might forget).

It is the time to go to the "What is Glogster EDU" Section that you will find at the top of the page. Once you have finished and understand everything, there comes the final stage, "to create a glog". This option is in pink at the top right hand corner of the screen.

Now it comes the time to play with your new glog adding a wall, text, sound, images or even video. Just see how it works.
If you have any problems, just raise your hand and I will try to help you.

Good luck.
Javier

These are your user names and your passwords.

1. Nickname: s5cktv9 Password: k1rzcq98dk

2. Nickname: snox3sc Password: r3xffnkx7g

3. Nickname: sken22t Password: m5t9e4e9z5

4. Nickname: sckogfu Password: riukyapxxx

5. Nickname: s5ncprk Password: ldldb2z0uw

6. Nickname: sv6ndu4 Password: ovj10d3ll1

7. Nickname: scx5gdp Password: ycev5dzheh

8. Nickname: swd7rbe Password: vv4axkfm20

9. Nickname: sov24fh Password: 9ez18ramnf

10. Nickname: szq5rpc Password: hqgcr583qc

11. Nickname: sqx2f2b Password: ko1ta70yw4

12. Nickname: s56j8pt Password: wrv5ij4khd

13. Nickname: s45fb79 Password: cl5yik88ub

14. Nickname: sn9rqgz Password: ioufbjbcgl

15. Nickname: strx9be Password: ykksycbdkr

16. Nickname: szrquro Password: 930wcioc9k

17. Nickname: sefwdwq Password: jvr3lf9suy

18. Nickname: s9rspf6 Password: qfhlfzg82v

19. Nickname: sdetyy8 Password: n1p23aq1ba

20. Nickname: szumyaf Password: 4lz3iyvmb5
21. Nickname: sosytkz Password: r7annglu35

22. Nickname: sohcrkp Password: vtstzec09v

23. Nickname: sf3kp7m Password: vguvyf5m7p

24. Nickname: sh7pkgm Password: kb1damyg4f

APLE HOMEWORK FEBRUARY 6TH

This weekend, your homework has two parts.

Part 1 (deadline Tuesday February 8th):

You have to watch videos 3 and 4 of "A class divided" (the reunion and the lesson in prison) and answer all the questions about it. You have both the videos and the questions on the next entry.
Send the answers to all the questions to javiprofeingles@hotmail.com, saying who you are (surnames included if you are Alvaro or Laura).

Part 2 (deadline Thursday February 10th):

Then, listen to my instructions and record your comment.