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URBAN GREEN 1
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Today you work in pairs,
look for information about your trees
but first decide which information you need.
look for information about your trees
but first decide which information you need.
0.- Open a blank Word document. Give it a name. Save it.
1.- Write a list of things you want to know, from the obvious ones to any you are curious about.
2.- After 10 minutes, read the list to the class and listen to the others. Take notes.
3.- Go into ‘Google’ and write between quotation marks (“) the concepts you want to know.
4.- Write down (on the doc) the information and the webs you have visited to get it, explain briefly why they are good.
5.- Now that you have the information, organize it as a mind map on a doc or a piece of paper.
Do it as homework.
6.- Show the information to your teacher (or send it by e-mail) along this week.
In your free time this week, take a digital camera (you can borrow the school’s) and go with your partner to visit both your trees, you have to take at least 6-8 pictures:
– a general of the landscape
– the whole tree with you on the same picture (your partner takes the picture)
– details of the branches
– details of the leaves
– a close-up of the trunk
– some pictures of other specimens of the same tree
The pictures must be taken along this week and brought in next Monday/Wednesday.
Ask the teacher for help whenever you have any doubts or questions.
Next Monday/Wednesday we will work on English structures.
0.- Your teacher gives you back your previous work commented.
1.- Think about the English you need to write a good report on your tree.
2.- Begin writing.
Grammar exercises online!
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If you want to improve your writing,
it’s a good idea to revise your grammar!
Here you are a link where you can do exercises ,
have a look and practise now and then!
VERBAL TENSES: present perfect (have/has+past participle)
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PRESENT PERFECT:HAVE/HAS + ED/III column
I have worked a lot.
HAVE + -ed
She has learnt to use this blog!
HAS + III column for “learn”
This is a link to practise present perfect!
(new window, please!)
First read the text, and then do the exercises(Comprehension, form and use),
First read the text, and then do the exercises(Comprehension, form and use),
(new window, please!)
Dictionary
(new window, please!)
See this link (irregular vebs and their meanings)!
(new window, please!)
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WRITER’S CHECKLIST
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Writer’s Checklist:
CONTENT,
LANGUAGE &
ORGANIZATION
CONTENT
Did I…
begin with a suitable opening sentence?
present my ideas clearly?
use relevant details and examples to explain my ideas?
support my ideas with details and examples?
end with a suitable closing sentence?
use pronouns to refer to the nouns in the paragraph?
use connectors to link my ideas?
LANGUAGE
Did I…
check my grammar?
check my spelling?
check word order?
use correct punctuation?
use capital letters correctly?
use adjectives correctly?
ORGANIZATION
Did I…
use suitable connectors?
present the information in the logical order?
PERFECT!!!!
WRITING GUIDE: The Writing Process
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STEP 1: Brainstorm for ideas.
STEP 2: Organise your ideas.
STEP 3: Focus on language.
STEP 4: Write a first draft.
STEP 5: Check your work.
STEP 6: Write a final draft.
STEP 1: Brainstorm for ideas
Write down the ideas you can think of.
Don’t worry about whether the ideas are relevant.
Don’t worry about the grammar or the spelling.
You can write on your own language.
STEP 2: Organise your ideas
Decide which ideas to keep and cross out the others
Group similar ideas together
Put the groups in order according to a writing plan.
STEP 3: Focus on language
Think of words and expressions you will need in your work.
STEP 4: Write a first draft
Begin writing. Leave wide margins for notes.
Leave space between line for additions and corrections.
Write quickly. Don’t worry about neatness or accuracy.
If you cn’t think of a word in English, write it in your own language.
If you can’t spell a word, write it in any way you can.
Then check the word in a dictionary when you have finished.
STEP 5: Check your work
Use the Writer’s Checklist to improve your work.
STEP 6: Write a final draft
When you are satisfied with your work, copy it neatly onto a clean sheet of paper.
Write in pen or type it on the computer.
Be sure to include all your corrections.
Leave a margin on the left-hand sid.
Make sure your paragraphs are clearly indicated.
IRREGULAR VERBS 1
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IRREGULAR VERBS
Open a new window for the dictionary!
Go to THIS LINK PAGE (open it in another window) .
Do exercises 5, 6, 7, 8, they are about Irregular Verbs, make sure you know their meaning by looking them up in a dictionary.
Do exercises 9, 10, 11, 12 as HOMEWORK,
you can also do the quizzes if you feel like it.
Have fun while learning!
TEST YOUR VOCABULARY
018 years
by Elena
in Vocabulary
When you have finished correcting your homework,
try the link below and check your level
try the link below and check your level
vocabulary tests
here you are a dictionary ,
you can use it in case of doubt