Activity ESO2: WRITING NEWS

We are going to create a piece of news in pairs. To do it you have to follow these steps:

STEP 1. Choose a natural phenomena (tsunami, earthquake, landslide, storm, hailstones, avalanche, hurricane, volcano, flood, thunder and lightning, wildfire or tornado)

STEP2. Go to Padlet to create your piece of news and

  • Add a title to your news.
  • Write your piece of news. You must include this information: What happened?When? Where? To what people?  What were the people doing when it happened?
  • Add photos or videos. You have to add photos and videos to illustrate your piece of news. You can find a lot of pictures in Google Images. Make sure your image is Creative Commons by checking it in “Eines de cerca –> Drets d’ús”. You can also find videos on Youtube.
  • Sign it with your name, surname and group.

STEP 3. Click on the “SHARE” button and send me the link by mail or as a comment in this post.

Here you are an example of what you have to do:

 

 

ASSESSMENT

We are going to use this rubric to correct your presentations. You will be given from 0 to 3 points. The maximum mark is 6:

0 1 2 3
Aspect (photos and multimedia) The presentation has no photos or multimedia The presentation is poor and has only one picture. The presentation is average and has several photos. The presentation is very attractive with pictures and video.
Writing (use of Past Simple and continuous,connectors,vocabulary) The writing is very poor. It is difficult to understand it The writing is short, the sentences are simple and the vocabulary is not very rich The writing is good, past tenses and connectors are used appropriately. The writing is perfect. It uses verbal tenses and connectors and a richness of vocabulary
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Eine Einladung

Schreibt ihr Varianten zu diesem Telefonat. Nächste Montag werdet ihr den Dialog in der Klasse spielen.

         Biggi lädt Eva ein.

  • Eva Herzog.
  • Hallo Eva. Hier ist Biggi.
  • Hallo Biggi.
  • Kommst du am Samstag zur Party?
  • Du, nee, ich muss bis 20 Uhr babysitten.
  • Dann komm doch später. Wir feiern bestimmt bis 22 Uhr. Es ist ja mein Geburtstag!
  • Super! Dann komme ich noch für zwei Stunden. Kommt Tom auch?
  • Nein, er ist krank.
  • Schade! Also dann bis heute Abend.
  • Ja, bis später!

 

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Activity ESO2D 2/2: Our Christmas holidays

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Write an essay about your Christmas holidays using some of the sentences we gathered in class. Use at least 5 sentences. You have to hand it in on January the 15th.

-I went to the parade.

-I went to see the Three Wise Men.

-On holidays I didn’t put up the manger in my house.

-I didn’t enjoy this holiday because my family was connected to the wi-fi all day and I couldn’t play online videogames.

-On holidays I didn’t play football with my team.

-On holidays I didn’t go by bike.

-On Christmas holidays I went to Murcia to visit my grandparents.

-I liked these Christmas holidays because I didn’t go to school.

– On Christmas holidays I didn’t go to skii.

– The three wise men brought me a lot of presents.

– On holidays my family gave me a lot of presents because on the 4th of January it was my birthday.

– On Christmas holidays I put up the Christmas tree.

– On holidays I didn’t play videogames.

– I didn’t go to see the Three Wise Men.

 

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Merry Christmas Mr. Bean

[youtube]http://youtu.be/L2UCRNldC3s[/youtube]

Answer the following questions:

1.What did he do at the shopping centre?

2. What was he doing with the toys when the shop assistant warned him?

3. How many stockings did he have at home? For whom?

4. What happened with the turkey?

5. What did his girlfriend want as a present? What did he get?

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EXTRA GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES – THE PASSIVE

PASSIVE WITH ALL VERBAL TENSES

Here you are some links where you can practice the passive voice. You can check your answers at the end of each exercise:

– Exercise 1 – Exercise 2 – Exercise 3
– Exercise 4 – Exercise 5 – Exercise 6

Here you are a grammar explanation and several exercises. Remember to write a full stop after each sentence or it won’t be correct: Passive explanation and exercises.

PASSIVE WITH REPORTING VERBS

Here you can do exercises 1, 2, 4 and 6 to practise the structure of the passive sentences with reporting verbs.

HAVE / GET SOMETHING DONE

You can also do these exercises to practise this passive structure:

– Exercise 1 – Exercise 2 – More exercises

 

 

 

 

 

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