The story of stuff

We have to see it and discuss it with our students!

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

Home the movie

Dear level 5 students,

This movie is related to the contents you work at level 5, then I thought it was a good idea to post the link here. You can watch it at home and then have an interesting discussion in class, with your friends or at school.

http://www.youtube.com/homeproject?user=homeproject&hl=en

Hope you enjoy it!

Good page

Hi everyone, as I promised, here I’m posting this awesome web page for you to work hard on your English. This is a very good page I recommend you to check, because is not only useful for practicing English but any subject you want and any topic you want. There are also several videos about many different topics, including inventions so I hope you enjoy it. Go and check it and take the quizzes it has.

www.brainpop.com

And this one is another page that could serve a lot to improve your pronunciation and listening. Just type a text you want to hear and it will pronounce it for you.

http://www.yappr.com/welcome/MainLangChooser.action?redirmain=true

Remember that next class we will work on the project; so don’t forget to be prepared for it.

sincerely yours

Jesús

Inventions of war

Hi guys! These are the videos we saw last class. Take a look at the ones you did not see last class and enhance your cultural knowledge. (This link will also be used by level 5 on Saturdays)

http://www.history.com/content/modernmarvels/watch-videos/inventions-of-war

Sincerely yours,

The Coordinator and Jesùs

The future

Dear PIJ students in level 5,

I am amused to post these links here about the future. You won't believe it! Enjoy them and keep informed. It would be good to see your comments posted in English.

Best regards,

The coordinator

http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.html

http://www.thevenusproject.com/resource_eco.htm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912

LET'S PRACTICE THE FUTURE

Hello dear students,
In the following links you may practice the use of WILL and BE GOING TO to talk or write about the future in English.
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/339.html
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs19.htm
Sandra.

GLOBAL WARMING VIDEO - OCTOBER 5th

Hello Students,

In this link you will find the video about Global Warming for doing your work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQ8-zEcE9w

I hope you like the video and learn a lot from it.

Sandra.

COMPUTERS ROOM ACTIVITIES - SEPTEMBER 28TH

Good morning students,
Don’t waste your time in other things… Practice English!!

Today we are going to work on the following links:

VOCABULARY:
Household Appliances - Write the following vocabulary with its definition in your notebook, next class we will do an activity based on it.
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blintervocab_household.htm

GAMES
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/java/words1/haushalt1.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/verbs_crossword.htm

GRAMMAR:
Present perfect
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/present_perfect.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_perfect_negation.htm

Passive voice
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/active_or_passive.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/active_or_passive1.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_present.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_past.htm

READING COMPREHENSION
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/reading/graham-bell.html
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/reading/isaac-newton.html

If you don’t finish, remember you may practice at home.

Work with the blog

Hi everybody! Teacher Martica has left these activities for you to work on them. Hope you like them!

In this link you have to watch and listen to the 9 TV commercials and find the difference between the video and the transcription.

http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php?page=tv-commercials


In this link you have to read the stories, do the dictation, play and then typo.

http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php?page=here-there-and-everywhere

If you cannot finish the activities in class time, don't worry, keep working on them at home.

Good luck!

MULTIMEDIA ROOM ACTIVITIES - AUGUST 24TH , 2008

Hello, Today we are going to work on different web-pages. If you can't finish today, remember you can use the blog at home whenever you want.

LISTENING EXERCISES: Family roots: http://www.esl-lab.com/roots/rootsrd1.htm

Complete: http://www.esl-lab.com/roots/rootsfra.htm

GRAMMAR EXERCISES: Past tense exercises: Change the verb into past, use the list provided. http://www.english-room.com/pasttense_6allA.htm http://www.english-room.com/pasttense_6allB.htm

Fill in the blanks: http://www.english-room.com/pasttense_6a.htm

Multiple choice: http://www.english-room.com/pasttense_6b.htm

Fill in the blanks using the negative form: http://www.english-room.com/negative_6.htm

Complete using DO, DOES or DID: http://www.english-room.com/auxverbs_ddd.htm

ONLINE GAMES: Practice and improve your English trhough the following games:

Opposites: http://www.teflgames.com/msie1v_opposites1.htm

Synonyms: http://www.teflgames.com/msie_synonyms01.htm

Hope you enjoy it and LEARN A LOT!!

THIS WEEK'S PRACTICE

Hello Students,

Let's practice these online exercises:
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/Interactive/IVQ1.html
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/Interactive/IVQ1A.html

Reading comprehension.
Go to this link, read the story about a Bank Robbery:
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/stories/story041.htm

Now, go to this link and answer the questions about the reading:
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/qs/q041b.htm

Any comment or doubt, please write to my e-mail: sandrami60@hotmail.com

WELCOME!!

Hello Students and Parents,

(Bienvenidos al Blog del nivel 5 de PIJ. Para el semestre 2008-02 trataremos de aprovechar al máximo este recurso. No había publicado hasta hoy viernes, porque sólo esta semana solicité el permiso para publicar en el mismo.
Para resolver cualquier inquietud, pueden ingresar al link de comentarios "Comments" que hay en cada "Post" o escriben a mi correo: sandrami60@hotmail.com ó sandramalvarez@gmail.com)

GET THE BEST FROM IT!!

Explanation and use of the past:
http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpastsimple.htm

Next you will find very interesting Links to practice the use of the past simple:
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/104.html
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/105.html
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/106.html
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/107.html
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/108.html

EIJ 503

CONTENIDOS DEL CURSO

LEVEL’S THEME: MAN’S DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS

OBJETIVO: Al finalizar el curso el estudiante estará en capacidad de describir la evolución de la tecnología y sus efectos sobre la vida de las personas. El estudiante podrá describir además el origen y funcionamiento de algunos inventos.

TEMA: INVENTOS

OBJETIVOS:

- Ubicar eventos importantes en el espacio y el tiempo.
- Dar y pedir información sobre un inventor famoso.
- Describir algunos inventos y su funcionamiento.
- Dar instrucciones sobre el funcionamiento de una máquina.
- Describir procesos.
- Identificar problemas que los inventos del hombre resuelven.
- Proponer un invento que resuelva una necesidad o carencia del hombre de hoy.

SUB-TEMAS SUGERIDOS

- Inventos (el teléfono, el aeroplano, la radio, el computador, la internet, etc..)
- Biografías de grandes inventores, creadores y/o descubridores.
- Los Premios Nobel
- Cambios sociales, económicos y políticos generados por algunos inventos.

VOCABULARIO

- Regular and irregular forms of past tense verbs.
- Names of inventions. Appliances and gadgets
- Dates
- Countries and nationalities
- Past participles of verbs.

ESTRUCTURAS / EXPRESIONES

-Sentences in past tense
-Information questions
-Relative clauses with that (to give definitions)
-Passive voice (simple present and past)

TEMA: TECNOLOGIA: PRESENTE Y FUTURO

OBJETIVOS:

- Describir procesos
- Definir conceptos
- Hacer predicciones
- Sustentar una idea y/o una hipótesis.
- Discutir la importancia y la influencia de la tecnología en nuestras vidas.

SUB-TEMAS SUGERIDOS

- Avances tecnológicos en:
· Transporte
· Medios de comunicación e información
· Espacio (el universo)
· Educación
· Salud, etc.
- El futuro del mundo:
Problemas sociales y económicos
La globalización
La educación
Transporte
Medios de comunicación e información
Tecnología en general
Fenómenos naturales

VOCABULARIO

- Means of transport.
- Means of communication
- Outerspace (the solar system, spacecrafts ,etc)
- New information sources and resources for education.

ESTRUCTURAS / EXPRESIONES

- Simple present tense
- Present perfect
- Information questions
- Future tense
- Expressions of agreement and disagreement
- Conditional sentences to describe conditions and/or hypothesis.

TEMA: HACIENDO PLANES PARA EL FUTURO

OBJETIVO: Describir proyectos personales para el futuro

SUB-TEMAS SUGERIDOS

- Lo que quiero hacer cuando:
Crezca
Me gradúe como bachiller
En 10 años
- Cómo me imagino a mis amigos, a mi familia en el futuro

VOCABULARIO

Time expressions for the future.

ESTRUCTURAS / EXPRESIONES

Future tenses