Our English Class

Syllabus

2007-11-12T02:07:00.000-08:00

Dear Students,

We have only one more month and classes finish. Below you will find our Syllabus.

Tenses: Present, Present Continuous, Past, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Future.

Prepositions: In, on, at about, of, by, behind, in front of, opposite, between, among, before, after, during, etc.\

Articles and Quantifiers

Functions: Give opinions, reasons, agree, disagree, emphasize etc.

Make and Do

Modal Verbs: can, could, may,might, have to, must, need to, should, will, would

Prefix: un, in, im
Suffix: -ly,-en,-able,-ful,-al, -y,-an,-ish,-er,-or etc.

Linkers: after, before, because, so, but, when, while

Indirect Speech

Ing to Infinitive

Comparisons

Passive Voice

Conditionals

Yes, no

Wh and Indirect questions

Vocabulary (Units 1-15)

Learning Vocabulary

2007-10-07T19:20:00.000-07:00

You can start taking a look at all the different possibilities you have online to learn English.
Language Guide is a fun tool to learn vocabulary

Learning vocabulary daily will help you improve your English. Suscribe to Learn English Daily and start learning new words everyday.

Learning Edge is great to improve your vocabulary. Once we have our new computers installed at school we will be able to watch and listen to this site.

Another great way of learning vocabulary is with Hangmans.
Flash Hangman games for ESL students

Online ESL Hangman

English Club

If you are a visual learning you must try looking for words with Visual Thesaurus

Applying for a job

2007-09-30T18:33:00.000-07:00

Dear Students,

Last class many of you were interested in learning about how to apply for a job. Below you will find many interesting links with great suggestions and many things to consider before applying for a job.

Six Must-Ask Interview Questions Six Interview Questions that must be taken into account.

Six Common Job-Interview Questions

The 109 Typical Job Interview Questions

Job interview questions You will also find the anwers to the questions in this link.

Job Applications: Online, Direct, Email, Samples, Forms Here you will find a lot of job applications samples and will learn how to complete the job application form.

Play 20Q

2007-09-16T19:52:00.000-07:00

Glitter Graphics
MySpace Layouts

Let´s see who is more intelligent the computer or you.

Work in pairs to Play 20Q.

Good luck and I hope you win!!

Learning Circles

2007-09-03T08:23:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to school!!!!

This second half of the year we will start working with Collaborative Projects. Take a look at IEARN a non-profit organization that fosters the use of new technologies in the classroom.

What is a Learning Circle?
It is team of 6-8 teachers and their classes joined in the virtual space of an electronic classroom. The groups remains together over a 3-4 month period working on projects drawn from the curriculum of each of the classrooms organized around a selected theme. At the end of the term the group collects and publishes its work. Then, just as any class of students does, the Learning Circle comes to an end. Each session begins with new groupings of classes into Learning.

We will start this collaborative project in September and will finish it in December. The deadlines are very important so next class we will discuss how to present the information we must share and how to reach deadlines.
Happy learning!!!!

Web 2.0

2007-06-30T00:30:00.000-07:00

Dear Students,

We will be discussing the concept of Web 2.0. You will find interesting material to read in our Wiki.
For our next class take a look at the following video from Youtube where you will listen the definition of Web 2.0 and you will watch many examples.

How to learn English Tenses

2007-06-10T19:19:00.000-07:00

Dear Students,

You have been learning tenses for a long time. Today I will give you a wonderful table where you will find all the necessary explanations on how to use tenses.

Take the following test to see if you understoond the table.
Good luck!!!

Learning Grammar

2007-06-03T19:31:00.000-07:00

Dear Students,
There are great sites to learn English.
Take a look at many of the links below and enjoy your learning.
All the links where taken from Libardo g blog
Flash quizzes
Gammar quizzes
Verb quizzes
ESL Blues
English test.net
Interactive grammar
English Grammar
Grammar Verb tenses
Grammar Bytes
Interactive quizzes
Online learning
Grammar lessons
Grammar English
Road to Grammar
Animated grammar

Gadgets

2007-05-08T06:06:00.000-07:00

Dear Students,

Last class many of you were asking how to add gadgets to your blogs. You can see a translator gadget in our classroom blog. Go the to following link and copy the code. Then you must sign in to your blog. On your dashboard choose template.
A new page will open where it says"Add and arrange Page elements"
Below it says"Elements" in blue
Double click it. Choose the option HTML/JavaScript. Double click where it says add to blog.
Complete the chart with the following:
Title: Translate
Content: paste(pegar) the HTML code and never forget to save the changes.

Take a look at Google Gadgets for your webpage. Here you will find a long list of gadgets that you can add to your blogs. Don´t forget to copy and paste the code provided in each gadget to your blog.

I hope to be able to translate all your blogs into different languages.
Miss Jennifer

Armenian Genocide

2007-04-30T05:59:00.000-07:00

Hello Students,

It´s been a long time since we don´t meet. Many holidays and even a strike. As you know April 24 is a very special day for the Armenian community.

Let´s find out what you know about this. Try to answer the following questions.

- What is the Armenian Genocide?
- Who was responsible for the Armenian Genocide?
- How many people died in the Armenian Genocide?
- Were there witnesses of the Armenian Genocide?
- Why is the Armenian Genocide commemorated on April 24?
- Are the Armenian massacres acknowledged today as a genocide according to the United Nations Genocide Convention?
Source: Armenian National Institute

In your blogs answer these questions and in class we will continue discussing what happened on April 24.

Toondoo

2007-04-15T20:15:00.000-07:00

Today we will learn how to create a cartoon.

• Go to toondoo
• Follow carefully the instructions on how to open your own account
• Select your layout (you have three panels)
• Choose a character. Remember to always double click on the image.
• Then use your imagination to create the cartoon that you want.

Take a look at my Cartoon!!! To view the three panels just place your mouse on the first picture and double click on it and then slide the mouse.

You can also create you own cartoon with Zimmer Twin.
I created a cartoon for my two Business English students.

Happy Easter!!!

2007-04-08T18:10:00.000-07:00

Dear Students,

I hope you had a great Easter together with your family.

Let´s take a look how other countries celebrated Easter and let´s share our own traditions.

See you tomorrow

Jennifer

Lovely pictures!!

2007-03-24T21:19:00.000-07:00

Dear All,

Take a look at the following pictures.

Where do you think they are from? Have you ever been to a place similar to the ones on the pictures?

Welcome Class 2007

2007-03-24T20:29:00.000-07:00

Dear Students,

This year you will incorporate new Technologies in your English classes. In our Wiki you will find all the tutorials and this will be our annual program.

Happy new ride to all of us!!!

Learning and sharing the whole year.

Jennifer