A PLACE WHICH MADE AN IMPRESSSION ON LOURDES

The document below contains the composition Lourdes wrote and the final part of which made an impression on me.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgb2k5np_21d2jt9hd2&hl=en

"A place which has made an impression on you"

The following link shows some of the sentences taken from your writings about "A place which has made an impression on you". I think you can easily improve them, we'll try and correct them tomorrow in class once Jessica leaves.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgb2k5np_20g6q63zc7

THURSDAY 13TH DEC

We started the class by comenting on the changes in the Evaluation system, previous to that Verónica informed everybody about the class representatives meeting last Monday.

Today it was basically correction class. We went through the correction of the cleft-sentences left from the other day, we corrected inversion homework, both from your books p.28 and from the photocopies. Finally we corrected the lexis exercises from p. 26-27 in Inside Out. To round emphasis off I asked you to do some extra homework about both cleft-sentences and inversion. I'm also attaching the key, so we will only correct those examples/exercises which you arises some kind of doubt.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgb2k5np_19fwwngmdg

I remind you that Thursday 18th is the deadline for your composition, "A place which made an impression on me". The instructions are in Inside Out p. 29 Anecdote.

REFURBISHING. THE PICTURE

Remember when I showed you the picture of a painfully disastrous living room?? I think I finally found the way to show it to you!! Keep your fingers crossed!!
http://docs.google.com/PresentationEditor?id=dgb2k5np_17c4k8jgx
You will have to enlarge the image using your mouse, this is the best I could do!!

EVALUATION SYSTEM 2007-08

The following document is for you to be informed of the changes in the evaluation system since we started our classes at the end of September. Due to new legislation our previous ideas had to be slightly changed. Read it carefully and in case you have a doubt POST A COMMENT!!
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgb2k5np_16dvwg5qdm

TODAY'S CLASS

First of all Verónica told us about Queen Elizabeth from www.breakingnewsenglish.com.

Then Robert showed us his Power Point presentation about Limerick and we could learn quite a few things about his city.

In the second part of the class we went down to work with grammar. First we revised some of the Cleft Sentences due for homework. We introduced another kind of emphatic structures, INVERSION. These are the handouts with the grammar explanation together with the exercises to practice it.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgb2k5np_14g4b863gt&hl=en
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgb2k5np_15dbcqxsf6&hl=en (HOMEWORK)

This is part of your homework too. In this case it is a description of Kabul and it will help you revise and learn some vocabulary to describe a city.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgb2k5np_5fv3npb&hl=en (HOMEWORK)

The writing for the unit is due for Tuesday next week, and it is explained in Inside Out p.29 Anecdote ex.1"A Place that has made an Impression on You". It doesn't necessarily have to be a description of a visit to a city, it can be any place which has made an impression on you. (IT IS A PLACE WHICH HAS MADE AN IMPRESSION ON YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT. What's this??) 150 to 200 words, I prefer quality to quantity!! Remember my expectations on you are high: some way to show emphasis, special adjectives to describe a city, not to forget compound words, adverbs, phrasal verbs... and so many things you have already learnt.

I haven't forgotten about the key for the Cleft Sentences we didn't correct in class, but I forgot my pen at work, I promise I'll try to post it tomorrow.

Last but not least, remember you're having conversation class with Jessica next Thursday at 10.15. Am I wrong??

See you ALL in class the following day!

TOO LATE FOR THANKSGIVING??

Remember when Jessica came to talk about Thanksgiving and I told you about some background information about this celebration?? There you go!! You can have a go at the quiz!
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgb2k5np_3d35v34&hl=en

AMIR'S HOUSE from The Kite Runner

At last! I think I've been able to upload one of the handouts without showing all the text. Click below and you will hopefully see part of your homework.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dgb2k5np_7dv5dq9&hl=ens

LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH MOVIES

Talking about houses!!! As you watch the following short movie draw your attention to the house items. Another caotic man, and this is not the IKEA's one!
The link below is very useful because you can watch this movie and many others with or without subtitles, you can try the quizzes and that's a different way to learn English and enjoy yourselves.
http://www.lingual.net/lingualproductitems/viewmovie.php?productid=3

The commercials are particularly worth watching!! Don't you miss "Molson-My name is Joe, and I am Canadian". This ad, which poked fun at Americans’ faulty perceptions of Canada, was an instant hit.
http://www.lingual.net/lingualproductitems/