SONG: EVERYBODY'S CHANGING

Listen to "Everybody's changing" by Keane. Have you ever felt this way too? Write a short comment on it.Use -ing /-ed adjectives

GAME: ADJECTIVES

Play this game about adjectives. Click here and enjoy!

A VICTIM OF CYBER-BULLYING

Amanda Todd posted a video telling her story last September. She commited suicide a month later. Watch this moving video


Answer these questions:
- Who bullied Amanda for the first time?
- What did she do after that?
- Did she find friends in the new school?
- Did she get any help when she was beaten?
- What did she do when she returned home?
- Did the bullying continue?
- How was Amanda last summer?

HOW TO WRITE A BOOK REPORT- 1º BACHILLERATO

A good book report describes, analyzes and evaluates. Also, it conveys an opinion about the book.

When writing a book report, there are some poits that you shouldn't miss:

Title

Author

Genre (adventure, psychological drama, romance, science fiction, thriller)

Publisher

Level (elementary, intermediate, advanced)

Brief summary of the plot

Personal opinion

Avoid using adjectives such as ‘interesting’, ‘good’ or ‘bad’. Below you have a list of adjectives/expressions you can use:

ELEMENTARY: amusing, boring, brilliant, enjoyable, exciting, funny, great, romantic, simple.

INTERMEDIATE: dull, entertaining, hilarious, moving, predictable, remarkable, shocking, surprising, tragic, unpredictable, violent.

ADVANCED: a cliffhanger, blackly funny, bland, breathtaking, deeply moving, dull, gripping, hard-hitting, heart warming, noteworthy, outstanding, overwhelming, tear jerker, violence packed

Here are some questions which may help you build up your report:

1 What was the story about?

2 Who were the main characters?

3 Were the characters credible?

4 What did the main characters do in the story?

5 Did the main characters run into any problems? Adventures?

6 Who was your favorite character? Why?

7 Could you relate to any of the characters in the story?

8 Have you ever done or felt some of the things, the characters did?

9 What was your favorite part of the book?

10 Do you have a least favorite part of the book?

11 Would you recommend this book to another person?


Try to be clear, accurate and entertaining.

Have you ever been jealous?

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
1. Have you ever been jealous about something or somebody?
2. Write about three situations which make you feel jealous.
3. How do people feel and act when they are jealous?
4. What's the best thing to do not to feel jealous?

Now watch this video : "Jealousy" (Will Young)

Lyrics | Will Young lyrics - Jealousy lyrics

Game Past Simple Irregular Verbs.

Let's have some fun practising irregular verbs . Click here

New Year's Resolutions

Here comes 2012. Have you made any New Year's Resolutions yet?

In the film Bridget Jones' Diary,Bridget makes up her mind after a terrible start of the new year. Let's watch it.

Now read her New Year's Resolutions:

 

I WILL NOT

Drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week.
Smoke.

Waste money on: pasta-makers, ice-cream machines or other culinary devices which will never use; books by unreadable

5    literary authors to put impressively on shelves; exotic underwear, since pointless as have no boyfriend.

Behave sluttishly around the house, but instead imagine others are watching.

Spend more than earn.

10  Allow in-tray rage out of control.

Fall for any of the following: alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, people with girlfriends or wives, misogynists, megalo- maniacs, chauvinists, emotional fuckwits or freeloaders, perverts.

Get annoyed with Mum, Una Alconbury or Perpetua.

15  Get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen.

Have crushes on men, but instead form relationships based on mature assessment of character.

Bitch about anyone behind their backs, but be positive about everyone.

20  Obsess about Daniel Cleaver as pathetic to have a crush on boss in manner of Miss Moneypenny or similar.

Sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance, complete
without boyfriend, as best way to obtain boyfriend.

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I WILL

Stop smoking.

Drink no more than fourteen alcohol units a week.

Reduce circumference of thighs by 3 inches1  (i.e. 1½ inches each), using anti-cellulite diet.

5    Purge flat of all extraneous matter.

Give all clothes which have not worn for two years or more to homeless.

Improve career and find new job with potential.

Save up money in form of savings. Poss start pension also.

10  Be more confident.

Be more assertive.

Make better use of time.

Not go out every night but stay in and read books and listen to classical music.

15  Give proportion of earnings to charity.

Be kinder and help others more. Eat more pulses.

Get up straight away when wake up in mornings.

Go to gym three times a week not merely to buy sandwich.

20  Put photographs in photograph albums.

Make up a compilation ‘mood’ tapes so can have tapes ready with all favourite romantic/dancing/rousing/feminist etc. tracks assem-bled instead of turning into drink-sodden DJ-style person with tapes scattered all over the floor

25  Form functional relationship with responsible adult.

Learn to programme video.

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Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen FIELDING

 

1  one inch ≈ 2,5 cm

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