What are we going to do for our Class Project, on Sat.June 20th?

PLEASE ADD ANY OTHER IDEAS YOU HAVE AND WE´LL HAVE A CLASS VOTE ON JUNE 13th, EXAM DAY. IF THE PROJECT IS DONE WELL, WE´LL GO OUT FOR BREAKFAST FOR THE PARTY ON JUNE 27th


1. Boardgames
Make your own boardgames with important dates/events from your past, present and future lives. OR wordsearches, word jumbles, crosswords??
http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6680274716662615039
2. Perfect EFL School Brochure

To start off with, ask students what they think of their language school and what can be improved. Then let them decide what could be improved and what their idea of a perfect language school is.

Collectively they should decide what country their school is in, what it should be called and what its ethos is. In groups students can then proceed to write up a school and accommodation description, class schedule, extra curricular schedule, teacher profiles, interview with the Director of studies, menu etc. being as detailed as they like depending on the size of the class.
3. Surveys

Survey projects are always a favourite because it means the students can leave the class to go out and find their data. There are infinite topics for surveys and questionnaires so put the class into groups and let them decide what they would like to survey. Give them some examples such as restaurants, entertainment, local people, and foreigners' perception of the country.
How about asking the other English teachers about their impression of "Tico Customs"?

Ensure that your students have discussed and written out their questions (usually at least 10) relevant to their survey. Once they have been corrected send them out to research their topic or to ask people.

4. TRAVELLING: AN IDEAL HOLIDAY
*You are going to make plans for travelling to the place you choose. You can use the internet to search for the information you are going to include in your report:

DESTINATION:
MEANS OF TRANSPORT (plane, train, bus, car etc.):
TICKETS PRICE (If you travel by plane include class and airline):
KIND OF HOLIDAY (cheap/luxurious/adventurous/exotic/other):
BEST WAY TO GET AROUND THE CITY/TOWN:
HOTEL (name and price):
SEASON:
WEATHER:
CURRENCY:
TYPICAL SOUVENIRS:
TYPICAL SIGHTS:

*TRIP DESCRIPTION (places and activities):
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Day 4:
Day 5:
Day 6:
Day 7:
Day 8:
Day 9:
Day 10:
(add more days if you want)"

5. Urban legends
Gives well researched backround information to how various legends came about. An extensive site with a lot of categories, including weddings, food, rumours of war, and quotes.
http://www.snopes.com

6. The Internet Movie Database
Film reviews, actors'biographies, famous quotes

7. Who2 - Biographies of famous people
This site offers brief biographies of many famous figures, with more being added daily. Each page has links to four sites for additional detail on the famous person. This resource could be used for class projects.
http://www.who2.com/

8. Rag Tale
This web site allows you to create a tabloid front page story with accompanying picture and headline. Teachers could ask students to write their own news story about other students in the class, a celebrity or their own version of a current news story.
http://www.ragtale.com/

9.
Jobs - Day in the life of...
Profiles of various kinds of unusual jobs (FBI Agent, trapeze artist etc.)

10. Idioms

11. False Friends in Spanish and English

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Last Homework This Term!

Hi HS11!!

Please forward this email to Marco.

Your final task is to correctly define each of the words (check in a dictionary to confirm) assigned to you below, then put each one in a different sentence, showing me your understanding and a correct context. Please blog all of them then by midday, next Tuesday, June 9th, your deadline.

E.g. Let's imagine my word is "to chat somebody up"
Definition = To talk to (someone) in a charming or affected manner, flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
"I know why Soloman had 600 wives, because he never found you," he said to her in his ridiculous attempt to chat her up........ she didn't buy it though!

Thanks!!!
See you in our review class on Saturday,
Siobhan

Thanks!!!
See you in our review class on Saturday,
Siobhan

Exogomous Polyandry To rip sb. off To take a swig Those clothes to get engaged to sb.	Rebeca
Polygyny Monogamy Siamese twins Straight (honest) To fancy sb. / st. to rave about sb./ st.	Raul
To ease freeze/ froze/ frozen going dutch endogomous head over heels	Matias
apathetic striped queues baggy sympathetic au pair	Mario
6-figure contract my knees turned to jelly widow stopover e-commerce / e-retailing skintight D.P.A.	Kervin
dress code botany to hit it off with sb. boarding schools (AE) cupcakes (BE) buns snow/ snowed/ snown incestuous	Andres
sleeve idiom abseiling bunch widower presentation bouncer	Felipe
checked hard core Dutch courage archery tripod to pay attention ingrained	Laura
a "no show" (to stand sb up) even no.'s (2,4,6...) odd no.'s (1,3,5...) grants to tie the knot underdog you have to be kidding	Ximena
bikelane general knowledge penthouse lenscap to stumble last but not least well-travelled	Gloriana
to have a crush on sb. head start landslide dress sense to skip / jump a queue ladybird (BE) ladybug (AE)	Alfredo
to take st. for granted "achiever society" prowess self - reflection journalist to be married to sb. I.Q.	Marco
to get round to st. hot potato pacifist churchgoer art exhibition go steady to change	Peggy

Challenging Riddles

Find the 9 gram marbles riddle
There are ten bags containing marbles. Each bag has at least 10 marbles in it. Nine of the bags contains only marbles weighting 10 grams each. One of the bags contains only marbles weighing nine grams each. Each bag has a different number of marbles in it. All of the marbles look exactly the same. The riddle is how can you know which bag has the nine gram marbles if the only device allowed to be used is a weighing scales which you can use only once?

41st president riddle
President Clinton is listed as our 41st president, but only 40 men have held the office. Why?

Father/son riddle
A man while looking at a photograph said, "Brothers and sisters have I none. That man's father is my father's son." Who was the person in the photograph?

Date riddle
What happened in 1961 that will not happen again for over 4000 years?

Numbers riddle
A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password that was required. He waited by the door and listened. A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The member replied, "six " and was let in. A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The member replied, "three" and was let in. The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five." But he was not let in.

What should have he said?

The loser wins riddle
A sheik announced that a race would decide which of his two sons would inherit all his wealth. The sons were to ride their camels to a certain distant city. The son whose camel reached the city last would be given all the sheik's wealth.

The two sons set out on the journey. After severals days of aimless wandering, they met and agreed to seek the advice of a wiseman. After listening to the wiseman's advice, the two sons rode the camels as quickly as possible to the designated city.

What was it that the wiseman told the two sons? They did not agree to split the wealth, and their father's decree would be followed.

Which first riddle
You are in a cold house in the winter. It is dark. You have one match. There is a candle and there is a wood burning stove. Which do you light first?

Drying riddle
What is it that gets wetter when it dries?

Limericks

What is a limerick, Mother?
It's a form of verse, said brother
In which lines one and two
Rhyme with five when it's through
And three and four rhyme with each other.

A diner while dining at Crewe
Found a very large mouse in his stew.
Said the waiter, "Don't shout
And wave it about,
Or the rest will be wanting one too.
Author unknown .

There was a young woman named Bright
Whose speed was much faster than light.
She set out one day
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night
Author unknown .

There was an old man of Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe
He woke in the night
With a terrible fright
To find it was perfectly true.
Edward Lear

MAYA ANGELOU'S' BEST POEM EVER

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE

... enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to

... something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE

.. a youth she's content to leave behind

.... a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age

.... a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra

... one friend who always makes her laugh

... and one who lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE

.. a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family

... eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal, that will make her guests feel honored

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE

.. a feeling of control over her destiny

... the ability to fall in love without losing herself..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW

... how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without; ruining the friendship

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW

.... when to try harder...

and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW

... that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents.. that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW

... what she would and wouldn't do for love or more

... how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW

.. . whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW

... where to go... be it to her best friend's kitchen table.. or a charming Inn in the woods... when her soul needs soothing

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... What she can and can't accomplish in a day... a month...and a year...

Vocab by Alfredo Conejo

1-To have a crush on: It means to like somebody in a romantic way.
-Now I know that she has a crush on her friend´s little brother.
2-Head Start: it could have two meanings; in sports it means a start before other contestants in a race but it also could mean an early start that confers an advantage.
-She had a really good head start in the competition.
3-Landslide: is a geological phenomenom which includes ground movement and rock falls.
-Chile had the worst landslide in the world.
4-Dress sense: the ability to choose clothes well and coordinate colors and styles effectively.
-They asked him about his dress sense and he answered that he didn´t have any.
5-To skip/to jump a queue: to advance directly to or as if to the head of a line.
-Was it really necessary to jump the whole queue?
6-Lady Bird(AE)/Lady Bug (BE): a small red beetle with black spots.
-He has a lady bird on his neck./She said that everyone loves ladybugs but I disagree.

Vocab by Andrés

Dress Code: the rules of fashion, or the ones that you have for wearing certain stuff.
My dress code is not really "in" I like wearing whatever makes me feel comfortable.
Botany: a branch of science which studies plants.
Certainly I don't like botany
to break up with your partner = to break it off with sb
So, how are you going to break it off with...the jamaican girl?
To hit it off with somebody = To click with somebody, to get on really well with each other
My best friend and I hit it off immediately when were introduced to each other, we got on like a house on fire.
Boarding school: a school where you live there too...such as Hogwarts
I enrolled once in a boarding school, but I came back because i missed my teddy bear...right.
Cupcakes(North American)/Buns(British): little baked cakes, not bigger than a donut.
I like throwing buns at people...they get really freaked out once that they realized with what I just hit them
Snow/Snowed/Snown: the action of snow falling from the sky, those verbs are: simple form, simple past and past perfect in that same order.
It hasn't snown for ages around here, I wonder why...
Incestuous: couple relationship with a relative related by blood or really near to you, often considered as inmoral.
Incestuous relationships are often confusing, I don't want to end up with my wife as my sister in law

Interesting Articles To Read

Check out an article about Microsoft's new BING decision machine:
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0906/090603-bing.html

Canadian Leader Eats Raw Seal Heart:
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0905/090528-hunting.html

North Korea To Test Long-Range Missile:
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0905/090531-north_korea.html