Thursday, March 20, 2014

Some labs from the past not so long ago, may be useful

Lab February 20th
Go to the following links and perform the activities.
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses  Read the theory very carefully and take notes.

Syllables and Stress
http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress-rules.htm  Read the theory very carefully and take notes.


8th lab March 6th
It’s lab time, so you’re supposed to get ready to learn and have fun. Remember to always carry your notebook and take notes on everything it is important for your comprehension.
Activities:
Negative Prefixes:

So, Because


Prepositions of time



Vocabulary Games




Some practice for the progress test March 21st

Hi, everybody

We-re posting some links that may be really helpful for your test tomorrow

http://www.kubbu.com/student/?i=1&a=55_negative_prefixes_1
http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com/2012/09/negative-prefixes-with-adjectives.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/negprefix.html
http://www.sporcle.com/games/thebigbigcheese/how_to_make_an_opposite
http://www.engames.eu/negative_prefixes/negpref_halfamin_game.html

Song: listen to the song, do you find any relative pronouns¨

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Natalie%20Imbruglia%20Torn

Sunday, February 9, 2014

WELCOME EVERYBODY


Hello, and Welcome to 8th grade 2014. The information below contains the topics and goals for the year. Please keep them in mind.

TERM GOAL
  • To give opinions with coherence and sequence on a given context in oral and written texts, showing respect for the ideas of others.
SKILLS
LISTENING
SPEAKING
READING
WRITING
ATTITUDE
ACHIEVEMENT MARKERS
1. LISTENING:
  • Identifies main and specific ideas in oral texts about future activities.
2. SPEAKING:
  • Givesinformationonfutureactivitiesusingthestructures and vocabularystudied.
3. READING:
  • Identifies general and specificinformation in writtentextsaboutfutureactivities.
4. WRITING:
  • Writesdowncompoundsentenceswithsubordinateclausesonfutureactivitiestakingintoaccountthewordorder.
5. ATTITUDE
  • Respectsthepreferences of others.

CONTENTS
Contex:
·       Futureplans and activities

·        PET practice

Structure:

Tagsreview

Echo questions (tiempos simples, progresivos, compuestos y verbos modales).

Future with going to, will or present continuous

·      Determiners/phonics and phonetics

Adjectives with negative prefixes: Un-, in-, im-,dis-
- Conjunctions: so, because.
- Prepositions of time: in, on, at,
- Adverbs of past: Yesterday (afternoon).
Last (week), (a   month),  this (morning),
- Adverbs of future: next (week, month, among others).
-Connectors of sequence: First (of all), then, before, after (that), later, the next (day), finally.
- Relative clauses: who, which, where, that, when.
- Expressions to ask for repetition and clarification.
Understanding syllables and stress:
Photograph 3 syllables
Photographer 4 syllables
Photographic 4 syllables

·         Writingprocess :
Paragraphs with complex sentences with subordinate clauses.
(the article)


Good Luck!