Live Session with Anne Campbell speaking about Health Care System in the USA

Figurative Language

Dear students, The figurative language helps you to describe something or to make comparisons by using literary devices. You are going to watch two videos. The first video is based on the explanation of such literary devices as simile, metaphor, alliteration and personification. The examples are taken from different songs.







Task 1 Write some sentences using your own examples of the given literary devices as comments to this post.  
 Task 2 Now you have to watch the second video and recognize the figurative language in the following songs. The literary devecies that you have found should be written in the comments to this post below. Please, include the example, too. Good luck!!

Dear students,
To continue up with health topic, I have prepared for you a page on healthy lifestyle choices. You should read attentively the information and then be ready to create
Persuasion Map,
where you will prove that everyone should maintain a healthy lifestyle. The map should be printed and brought in the classroom. Thank you and good luck!

Past Perfect Tense

Dear students,
I have created for you two videos in order to be easier for yoy to understand the Past Perfect Tense, hope you'll like it. The last page is an exercise which you should to at home. In the comments below to this post, write please 3 sentences where you use Past Perfect Tense.

Conflict and Its Solutions

Dear students,
Our topic of the lesson for the next week will be entitled "Problems and Solutions". So, I have prepared for you an interestin activity - a word cloud which will help you to work with vocabulary. Good luck!
Task 1
Pick fom the word cloud below expressions that belong to CONFLICT and  CONFLICT RESOLUTION categories.

Task 2
State the reasons why conflicts appear.

Survey on Grammar Topics

Survey!!!
Take some of your minutes and answer the following questions:
Getting to Know You Survey

Quiz for everyone

Homework for Wednesday, November 12

Dear students,
One of our topics is based on information about Royal Family. You are going to read a text about Queen Elizabeth II. When you find an unknown word go to dictionary and find its definition or you may translate it into your native language. Enjoy reading!!!
 Follow the next link for reading   Queen Elizabeth II

Task 1
Write the timeline of Queen Elizabeth II life events. You should use the following worksheet as a help for you.
Timeline Organizer
In order to give you an example, I have posted Nelson's Mandela timeline:


The timeline could be printed or sent to my email - olgachironda2014@gmail.com and I will print it for you.

Task 2
You have to remember the plural of the nouns and try to find the mistakes in the following sentences:


Can you find the mistakes about Queen Elizabeth II? Write the correct variant:
1. Her nationality is Britain.
__________________________
2. She is an olderly woman.
__________________________
3. Her clothes is green.
__________________________
4. She has short hairs.
__________________________
5. She are very rich.
__________________________

I wish you success and hope you will cope with the tasks.
Write your answers as comments to this post. Have a nice weekend!!!

Homework for Tuesday, November, 11

Dear students,
This is your grammar exercises for next time. Hope you will manage to do it till Tuesday. As I said in the class, this time you do not write your homework in the comments section, but you may print the page or copy the exercise in your notebook. Good luck and have a nice weekend!
P.S. In case you have any questions or you don't understand anything, ask me in the comments rubric or by e-mail.

Present Perfect Continuous Exercises 

Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

This is a presentation about the use and formation of two Perfect Tenses: Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous. It may be helpful for you when doing the exercises.

Present Perfect Simple And Present Perfect Continuous from anarosaleda

Hometask for Monday, November 10

Dear  11th grade students,
Nowadays a very important problem of our planet is deforestation. That's why I have prepared for you an assignement about how people from England tried to solve this issue. You are going to listen to the text "People Vote For The Tree of The Year". I hope you will like it. Be very attentive to listening and be ready for post listening activities. You are welcome to use the dictionary which I included in the blog. Good luck to you!

Assignments:

Task1
Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "forest". Write the words as comments to this post.

Task 2
Go to the Quotes Dictionary and search for the word "tree" and right at least 3 quotes which include this word. Choose the ones you like most of all. Write them as a comment to this post.

Task 3
SYNONYM MATCH:Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	in the running	a.	filled
2	annually	b.	proposed
3.	nominated	c.	about
4.	infused	d.	publicise
5.	significant	e.	on the shortlist for
6.	established	f.	endangered
7.	approximately	g.	set up
8.	promote	h.	yearly
9.	under threat	i.	rewards
10.	benefits	j.	important

You can use  The Dictionary of Synonyms

Task 4
LISTEN to the text once again and FILL IN THE GAPS. 
 Type the words you hear. 

England's annual Tree of the Year contest (1) ___________________. An environmental (2) ___________________. Over 200 trees were nominated but judges (3) ___________________ ten. Some of them are in England's most historic places. One tree is in Sherwood Forest, famous for Robin Hood. A local newspaper wrote: "(4) ___________________ Robin Hood was infused (5) ___________________ tree." Another is the tree that gave Sir Isaac Newton the idea for (6) ___________________.

The (7) ___________________ to protect Britain's forests. It has 400,000 supporters. They (8) ___________________ the country's forests. Its website says: "Our vision is a UK (9) ___________________ trees, enjoyed and valued by everyone." The charity wants (10) ___________________ forests, restore damaged ones, and (11) ___________________ in danger. It hopes people all over England will visit woods, plant trees, and enjoy the (12) ___________________ trees and forests

In your comments you write just the number and the word next to it.

Six Vocabulary Activities For The English Classroom

Vocabulary Activities by Keith S. Folse

English Vocabulary In Use

Vocabulary activities by Stuart Redman 

Homework for Wednesday, November 5

Enjoy watching this video and be ready for post-watching activities (make some necessary notices):

Coca Cola Secrets: 7 Things You Never Knew About Coke's Recipe

Tasks:
1) Who was the inventor of Coke?
2) How do you understand the word "embedded" (Explain it in English)
3) What was the first purpose of Coca Cola?
4) Write whether the following statements are true or false? Explain your answer.

•  Coca Cola contained cocaine.
• You can be allergic to Coke.
• Coca Cola has the taste memory.

5) What is your own opinion about this drink? Do you see it as a healthy drink? Argue your answer in three-five sentences.

The Plot Diagram (homework)

Dear students,,
Last time, in the classroom we discussed with you the text "The Devoted Friend" by Oscar Wilde.
Now, for checking your understanding of the text, I want you to create the Plot Diagram of the story using the tool which I give you in the following link. Hope you will like it.
The Plot Diagram
Before creating, I prepared you to watch a video on how to do that. It will take you 8 minutes.


If you have any questions or any problems on how to do that, feel free to ask me and I will help you with pleasure.
By the way, do not forget to print your projects and bring them in the classroom. Or, if you do not have the possibility to print the project, send them on my e-mail and I will do that for you.
Good luck!!!

Homework

Read the article from the following link:
Top Ten People Who Changed the World

Tasks:

1. Recognize the personality whose photo I have used to make the speech. What was she famous for?
2. Work with vocabulary: Translate the following words:

• to exempt -
• polio - 
• segregation - 
• apartheid -
• blond-haired master race - 
• ape-like ancestor - 

3. Which one of the above  mentioned personalities did you like most? Why?

4. Name some other names that also contributed to the world's changement.

5. Choose a personality and create Bio Cube with the help of this tool:

Cube Creator

You should print your cube and bring it in the classroom and we will discuss on it. I hope you will enjoy to do that.

If you have any problems or questions about your homework, feel free to ask me, I will help you as soon as possible.

 Good Luck!!!

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Homework for Russian Group

CIVILIZATION TOPIC

How do you think computers have changed the world? (10-12 lines)

ESSAY WRITING

Write about the challenges you have set for yourself? (18-20 lines)
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The book "COOL TOOLS FOR THE CONNECTED CLASSROOM"

It sounds very cooool!
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The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown

To my mind to be a teacher is a difficult task because it certainly requires many skills , but there are many issues that may be included. Learning includes the action to learn to help the students to become more human, more open to the world. The process of teaching is learning to enrich, to entertain, to discover every day, to teach children to live, to ask questions, to work in group, to listen, to share, and to respect each other. They learn to appreciate the charm of words,to find a sense, to understand the moral of a story, to discover a new culture, a different way of thinking .... It is the art of feeling the weight of the trust. Teaching is guiding children, the issue of wandering, ignorance ... It is at the same time to train, to inform and transform, it is not simply to transmit the knowledge but we are concerned about the security of the child or student so that they can move forward with confidence.