Daily Archives: 21 October 2008

Portfolio: It drives me crazy!_3A

I hate it when people play loud music.

I hate it when people plays loud music, which I don’t like, of course. Here you have portfolio activity number 4. What is it that drives you crazy? Are you ok with people smoking next to you? Do you get annoyed when you’re interrupted? Are you ok when the person you are taking to starts text messaging? This activity was about making a list of the different things which annoy you most.

CAN DO statement: I can write about the things which annoy me most.

Here you have my favourites by Martina Moxo, Rebeca Mahedero and Sandra Martinez.

It drives me crazy! by Martina Moxo      It drives me crazy! by Rebeca Mahedero       It drives me crazy! by Sandra Mart?nez

Oliver Twist: Chapter 1

Oliver in the workhouse 

SUMMARY:

Oliver Twist is an orphan, his mother died when he was born. He lives in an orphanage until he is nine years old, when he goes to a workhouse.

In the workhouse, Oliver works long hours for very little food. One day, he is so hungry that he asks for a second bowl of porridge to the master. The master gets furious and calls Mr Bumble, the officer, who puts Oliver in a cold, dark room for one week and they beat him every day. Oliver cries and cries.

One day, Mr Bumble takes Oliver to Mr Sowerberry’s house. Mr Sowerberry accepts Oliver in his house to work in his shop. He made coffins for dead people. Oliver feels very scared and sad.

VOCABULARY:

Adjectives: poor (pobre), ill (malalt), cold (fred), hungry (afamat), unhappy (infeliç), afraid (espantat), dark (fosc).

Nouns: mother (mare), orphan (orfe), workhouse (taller), food (aliments), bowl (bol), porridge (farinetes de cereal), onion (ceba), bread (pa), room (habitació), friend (amic), coffin (taüt), shop (botiga).

Verbs: die (morir), live (viure), work (treballar), eat (menjar), ask for (demanar), leave (marxar), beat (colpejar).

Portfolio: Free topic composition_3A

Writing

Thank you very much for your free topic compositions. You wrote about a variety of topics: hobbies, animals, best friends, last holidays, your life or the description of your bedroom.

CAN DO statement: I can express myself about a free topic. 

Here you can have a look at my favourite ones.

Portfolio: My routines_3A

Daily routines

How often do you do your homework? Always, sometimes, never? This was your first portfolio activity after the holiday break. You had to write about your routines and you also included an image next to each one. You revised the present simple together with the frequency adverbs.

CAN DO statementI can use the adverbs of frequency and tell about my routines in the present simple.

Here you have a couple of examples from your classmates.