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Cinquain

Saint George is coming!!!!

It’s time to participate in the school’s literary contest. This year we are going to write a cinquain.

But what is a cinquain?

Have a look at this cinquain poem by Khaled, an adult intermediate-level ESOL student at the University of Oregon:

Nature
by Khaled

Nature 
Beautiful, pure 
Refreshing, enjoying, relaxing
Nature is healthy. 
Fun

I. A cinquain is a 5-line poem. An what is its structure? Match these parts of speech to the 5 lines in the poem:

PART OF SPEECH EXAMPLE IN THE POEM
a) 2 adjectives. They describe the noun in line 1.
b) 1 short, complete sentence about the noun in line 1.
c) 1 noun. This is a synonym for the noun in line 1.
d) 1 noun. This is the topic or theme of the poem.
e) 3 gerunds (verb + ing). They describe the noun in line 1.

II. Now check the structure:

 

Other examples:

River 
by Miki

River 
Clear, wonderful 
Slapping, whirling, flowing 
The river is cold. 
Water

Dove 
by Min

Dove 
Active, free 
Flying, sitting, crying 
A dove is free. 
Bird

Have a look at the poems written by Mireia Xortó’s students.

Now it’s your turn!!!!

[All activities inspired by PIZZAZ & the University of Oregon and the post has been adapted from Mireia Xortó’s blog]

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How Hollywood says “I love you”

Let’s play Bingo!

Take a piece of paper and draw a graph with 16 boxes (4×4).

Write 16 out of these 21 words in the boxes:  love, you, weak, home, I, very, want, only, smart, sorry, need, never, one, give, more, day, always, fly, wait, life, hello

We’re going to listen to the audio of the following video. Every time you hear one of the words on your sheet, you should put an “X” in that box.

The first five people to have four X’s in a row will be the “winners” 

Are you ready?

[Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo]

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Our Cookbook

 

Source: Pixabay Creative Commons

Source: Pixabay Creative Commons

WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A COOKBOOK!!!

STEP 1 – Think about what ingredients you need for your recipe and write down the steps you need to follow to cook it.

(CLICK HERE TO LOOK FOR THE MODEL)

STEP 2 – Go to Google Drive, create a document to share with the members of your group & the teacher.

You can use online dictionaries (Wordreference / Cambridge) to look up words or check your spelling.

Type your recipes and look for royalty free photos to illustrate your recipe.

 

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Cinquain poems for St. George’s Day (E12)

E-12 Cinquain poems

NUTELLA

 By: Nerea, Yousra & Paula

Nutella

delicious, brown

eat it, taste it, sense it

nutella is famous

the best.

 

BUTTERFLY

   By Ainara, Claudia & Xavier                

butterfly

colourful

it’s beautiful and small

insect

Dragon

by Mark & Iker

Fierce,giant

Fly,fast,resistant

The dragon is strong.

Majestic.

HARRY POTTER

by Sandra & Dafne

MAGIC, FANTASTIC

ANIMALITING,LEVIOSING, MAGICING

HARRY POTTER IS AVADA KEDABRA

MARAVILLOSING

BFF

by Naiara  

best friends forever

beautiful, fun

eat, dance, laugh

BFF is friendship

flawless

CHOCOLATE

by Carla & Itziar

Chocolate

delicious, beautiful

enjoying, tasting, amazing

chocolate is the happiness

magic

Saint GEORGE

BY YERAY AND JOEL

BRAVE, CLEVER

RESCUING, KILLING, GIVING

SAINT GEORGE AND THE PRINCESS

ROMANTIC

 

                              

 

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Three short stories about escape (Step 1)

Permission to leave and other stories is a book by Steve Buckledee. Do you know who he is?

I. Look on the Internet for information about him and answer these questions:

  • Where is he from?
  • Where does he live? 
  • What is his job?

II. Permission to leave and other stories is a book with three stories about escape. Read the title of the stories and discuss what they can be about.

STORY 1. “Permission to leave”

STORY 2. “Can Helen escape?”

STORY 3. “Raimundo Sánchez – Superstar”

III. We are going to divide the class in groups of 3. Each group is going to read a story and is going to fill in My story report.

GROUP 1. Permission to leave.

GROUP 2. Can Helen escape?

GROUP 3. Raimundo Sánchez – Superstar.

 

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What is persuasion?

To convince people to join your club, you must be very persuasive. You have to give a persuasive oral presentation.
 
But what is the meaning of “persuasion”?
 
Watch this video with subtitles and complete the sentences:

 
1. To persuade means to  __________________.

2. You can persuade someone to ____________ action or ______ something.  

3. To persuade you can write a letter or make an _________________________ like a commercial or a __________________. You can also give a s________________.

4. Persuasion can be used to convince, family, _______________, _______________, ________________.

[Activity created by María Marquez]

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