Word formation

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2996

http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/word-formation-sentences1.htm

Make or Do

Here are some uses of the verbs Make and Do. If you need a full and more detailed list go to the following page:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/make-or-do.html


Complete the exercises below:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/make-or-do-exercise-1.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/make-or-do-exercise-2.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/make-or-do-exercise-3.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/make-or-do-exercise-4.html

Phrasal verb 'to go'

http://usefulenglish.ru/idioms/phrasal-verbs-exercise-ten

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/192.html

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/phrasal-verbs-go1.html

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs/4pv19-go.php

Gerunds and infinitives

http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_1.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_4.htm

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercise-4.html

Phrasal verbs for writing exam

http://quizlet.com/56799705/phrasal-verbs-for-writing-exam-year-9-flash-cards/

On the Sidewalk Bleeding

Click on the link to access the article

http://theliterarylink.com/sidewalk.html

Good persuasive verbs

Smoking

1)      If you ______, you will ______ younger.

2)      Smoking _________ lung and mouth cancer.

3)      Smoking _________ the r… of certain types of cancer.

4)      I ________ that some people ________ just to be cool.

5)      If bars ______ smoking, they will encourage business.

6)      The government have ________ smoking in public places.

7)      Passive smoking __________ me because you have no ________ over what you are breathing in.

Uniform and phones

1)      Uniform shows that you _______ to a certain school.

2)      Why do schools ________you to wear a uniform?

3)      Schools should _______ phones in classrooms.

4)      Phones should always be _____ on silent in a classroom.

5)      Schools shouldn´t  ________ children to leave their phones at home.

Mobile phones in the classroom

Sir Michael Wilshaw, a school inspector, said disruption during lesson times was often down to the use of mobiles and that the issue had to be stamped out. In an interview yesterday, the former headmaster revealed a tough new inspection would be introduced in schools from next term.

As a result of the changes, schools risk being marked down for failing to tackle persistent interruptions such as text messaging, receiving calls and surfing the web on their phones.

Referring to his decision to ban mobiles while head of the Mossbourne Academy in Hackney, east London, Sir Michael said: “It certainly cut out all that nonsense that you have in schools of these things being brought in and then a mobile phone going off in a lesson.

The increased focus on standards of pupil behaviour is expected to lead schools to take a tougher approach on the use of mobiles. Few schools currently impose a complete ban on bringing handsets to school. Instead, many require that they are simply switched off.

Comments

1)The way we communicate and connect to the world is becoming more and more mobile, and mobiles should be allowed in the classroom if the school atmosphere is right and teachers encourage them, we are there to educate, let´s educate students the appropriate use of the devices? Mobiles can be used as learning tools and we should prepare students for the 'real' world. I think some people are missing the point and need to see the added value they bring to the classroom.

2) I am going to 'ban mobile phones from my family time. The rudeness of some young people is ASTOUNDING ! Half of the time, heads are down and they are sending or receiving text messages, from others, instead of interacting with others. Surely they can come for a meal, chat, smile, be involved with the rest of the family for one or two hours without having to send useless information to others.?  Parents are to blame.  Schools are the same.

Useful persuasive phrases

Expressing your opinion

•In my opinion/view

•I believe that

•It seems to me that

Knocking down the other side of the argument

•However, it could be argued that …but I don´t agree because …

•Some people believe that …However, I disagree…

More usefulk phrases

1.Yes ……    Yes …..  But have you…

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2.Ask yourself three important questions:

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3.Many people claim…     Yet (how many)

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4.Using though at the end of a sentence instead of but in the middle of a sentence.

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“I like chips but I don’t like gravy.”

“I like chips. I don’t like gravy though.”

Connectives

TIME CONNECTIVES:

Shows the order of your points.

first, then, after, later, secondly, thirdly, finally

ADDING CONNECTIVE:

Adds a further point.

also, similarly, in addition, furthermore, moreover

OPPOSING CONNECTIVES:

Introduces an opposite argument.

however, although, in contrast, alternatively, whereas

RESULT CONNECTIVES:

Introduces a result or solution.

therefore, consequently, as a result

Structure of a persuasive essay

•Intro 

Refer to the question and explain your opinion clearly

   Use a list of three and rhetorical question

•Main body 

Think of 3 different arguments (3 different paragraphs) to persuade the reader to agree with your point of view

 Use connectives to link your ideas and    paragraphs

•Conclusion 

Summarise your ideas and opinion

Queuing

  

Queuing is the most pointless, useless and boring waste of time. Personally, I find it most frustrating in a shop, post office or airport. Why should you have to wait in a long queue just to buy something? Why doesn´t the company just employ more people?

    Firstly, I find this exasperating because I am an impatient person and I really hate waiting. In my opinion, it is a massive waste of time, time that could be used to do something productive, useful or worthwhile.

  Secondly, I think that queuing has a negative effect on business because so many people give up and leave the queue, put their product back on the shelf and storm out of the shop defeated and angry.

    Finally, according to new research, British people spend will spend 6 months of their lives queuing. 6 hours, can you imagine! The average British adult wastes 5 hours a month queuing in supermarkets. I find this appalling. What a waste of time!

Room 101 from the novel 1984

He was lying on something that felt like a camp bed, except that it was higher off the ground and that he was fixed down in some way so that he could not move. Light that seemed stronger than usual was falling on his face. O'Brien was standing at his side, looking down at him intently. At the other side of him stood a man in a white coat, holding a syringe.

Even after his eyes were open he took in his surroundings only gradually. He had the impression of swimming up into this room from some quite different world, a sort of underwater world far beneath it. How long he had been down there he did not know. Since the moment when they arrested him he had not seen darkness or daylight. Besides, his memories were not continuous. There had been times when consciousness, had stopped dead and started again after some time. But whether the amount of time was days or weeks or only seconds, there was no way of knowing.

He was in a cell which might have been either dark or light, because he could see nothing except a pair of eyes. Near at hand some kind of instrument was ticking slowly and regularly. The eyes grew larger and more luminous. Suddenly he floated out of his seat, dived into the eyes, and was swallowed up.

He was strapped into a chair surrounded by dials, under dazzling lights. A man in a white coat was reading the dials. There was the noise of heavy boots outside. The door clanged open.

Negative adjectives

•Hate: abhor, dislike, loathe, despise, detest

•Irritating:  irksome, infuriating, wearing, tiresome

•Disgusting: repulsive, revolting, nauseating, hideous, vile, heinous

•Pointless: meaningless, futile, worthless, inane

•Horrible: atrocious, ghastly, dreadful, dire

Symbaloo

Go to:

http://www.symbaloo.com/

Create an account

1. In the top hand corner put it in English (UK)
2. Click on Create Free Account
3. Enter your details and click Create Account

Create a tile for your symbaloo

1. Click on the + symbol above the boxes in the centre of the screen
2. Click on an empty tile
3. Click on Create a tile
4. Enter http://www.wordreference.com/ in the box called  Add the address of the website
5. Click on Save

Create more tiles for your symbaloo. Use all the following websites to start off with.

• http://www.studyblue.com/
• http://headmagnet.com/
• http://www.socrative.com/
• http://quizlet.com/
• http://www.classtools.net/
• http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
• http://edu.glogster.com/
• http://popplet.com/
• http://animoto.com/
• http://goanimate.com/
• http://year9englishcrew.blogspot.com.es/
• https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&continue=https://mail.google.com/mail/&ss=1&scc=1&ltmpl=default&ltmplcache=2&hl=es&emr=1
• http://www.youtube.com/
• http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php
• http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com
•  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/
•  http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml
•  http://lingro.com/
• http://www.linguee.com/

Text on mobile phones

Mobile phones are a public hazard

Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I am pleased to be here in person, and not on the end of a digital phone link. I believe that mobile phones are a hazard to the public, and I have three very good reasons to support my view.

First, and most important, is the danger of mobile phones to road users. How many times have you seen a driver speeding along with only one eye on the road, one hand on the wheel and all his attention on the phone? Police forces across the country have recorded a 50% increase in accidents in which drivers were using mobile phones. All of us are at risk from these mobile madmen. We must act together to keep our roads safe and ban the use of mobile phones in cars. Just as important as “Don’t drink and drive” should be “Don’t talk and travel”.

The second danger associated with mobile phones is related to our health. A worrying number of medical reports have linked the use of mobile phones with tumours on the brain. Professor John Smith from Oxford University said “People who think this risk is unimportant should ask themselves why the phone companies now recommend that people use special protective cases for their phones, which are designed to block harmful radio waves. Why are these needed if mobile phones are safe?”. When cigarettes were first sold, no-one realised how harmful they would be, but look at the damage they have caused to the nation’s health. Until mobile phones are proved to be safe, they should carry the same health warnings as cigarettes.

The third reason for my opposition to mobile phones concerns crime. Our streets are already so dangerous that people are afraid to go out after dark. Mobile phones simply add to the problem. Carrying an expensive mobile phone makes you a walking target for the mugger who is looking for something valuable and easy to steal. It’s like leaving a key in the ignition of an unlocked Porsche. It is ironic that many parents have provided their children with mobile phones for safety, little realising that by doing so they have increased by 40% their children’s chances of being mugged. If you are one of these parents, I hope that you don’t find out the hard way what an expensive mistake you have made.

Mobile phones appear to be fashionable, high-tech and desirable, but when you next see an advertisement for Orange or Vodafone please think about what it doesn’t mention: the hazard of mobile phones on our roads, to our health and on our streets. Together we can oppose the spread of these digital disasters and promote the message that it can be dangerous to dial.

Persuasive techniques

Persuasive techniques

1) List of 3

2) Rhetorical questions

3) Knocking down the other side of the argument

4) Alliteration

5)Anecdotes

6) Repetition

7) Emotive language

8) Facts and Statistics

9) Personal pronouns

Persuasive phrases

Expressing your opinion

•In my opinion/view

•I believe that

•It seems to me that

Knocking down the other side of the argument

However, it could be argued that …but I don´t agree because …

Some people believe that …However, I disagree…

Different phrases

1.      Yes ……    Yes …..  But have you…

2.      Ask yourself three important questions:

3.      Many people claim…     Yet (how many)

4.      Using though at the end of a sentence instead of but in the middle of a sentence.

“I like chips but I don’t like gravy.”

“I like chips. I don’t like gravy though.”

Connectives

TIME CONNECTIVES:

Shows the order of your points.

first, then, after, later, secondly, thirdly, finally

ADDING CONNECTIVE:

Adds a further point.

also, similarly, in addition, furthermore, moreover

OPPOSING CONNECTIVES:

Introduces an opposite argument.

however, although, in contrast, alternatively, whereas

RESULT CONNECTIVES:

Introduces a result or solution.

therefore, consequently, as a result

How to write a persuasive essay

•Intro      

Refer to the question and explain your opinion clearly

Use a list of three and rhetorical question

•Main body 

Think of 3 different arguments (3 different paragraphs) 

to persuade the reader to agree with your point of vie

Use connectives to link your ideas and paragraphs

•Conclusion

Summarise your ideas and opinion

Join our class online!

Important first tasks:

1) Open a new gmail account which we will use in class. Make sure your name and password are easy for you to remember. If you are finding it hard to find a good name, add 'sfp' to the end of your name. (e.g. joesmithsfp@gmail.com)

2) Send an email to handleysfp@gmail.com with your name as the title. This is to help me make a class email list for English.

3) Download google drive to your computer (using your new gmail account)

4) Join Studyblue and find and join our group 9A 2014-2015 - Use this link 
http://www.studyblue.com

5) Join Headmagent - http://headmagnet.com

6) Join Quizlet - http://quizlet.com

Who am I?

This is me

This week, we will be producing introductions to ourselves. Here are some areas which would be good to include:

Your favourite:

• -entertainment - books, films, songs, actors/actresses, programmes, singers, groups
• - foods, drinks, restaurants, things which you can cook! 
• - sports - sportsmen and women, which sports do you play outside of school, which teams do you like

Your family - include some details about your family, try to include anecdotes if possible
Pets
Interests outside of school
Interesting facts (e.g. about Seville)
Ambitions and dreams for the future

We're going to be using http://popplet.com/. 

You will be writing information about these topics as well as including pictures, so think about using the following expressions:

• I'm really into...
• I love...
• I used to love... but nowadays...
• Usually I...
• I am used to ... (i.e. I have become accustomed to...)
• I would like to
• Although many people ..., I ...
• I have always...
• To be honest...
• This is ..., who is...

If you don't know the word for something, use www.wordreference.com.

viernes, 21 de junio de 2013

How to say what you like

Here are some useful phrases that can help you express what you like.

I (really) like listening to rock music.

I (really) love listening to rock music.

I'm (very) fond of rock music.

I enjoy listening to rock music.

I spend many hours listening to rock music.

I´m into rock music.

I´m passionate about rock music.

I´m keen on rock music.

Rock music is great/amazing/the best/awesome/so good/cool/really enjoyable/fun.

Now have a look at an example Popplet of Mr Handley for ideas and for how to structure your work, go to the webpage below:

http://popplet.com/app/#/1125664

Now it's your turn! Make your own Popplet using as many of the phrases you've just learnt.