Progress test May 29th 2014

Hello, everybody,

Remember tomorrow's progress test.  

Topics. 

Past simple vs. Present Perfect

Past particples

adjectives of emotion

Reading Comprehension: scrambled paragraphs, True and False.

Writing. paragraph about the families: remember to use the grammar studied and parts of the paragraph.

Good luck!

Lab April 24th

ACHIEVEMENT MARKERS:

LISTENING: Identifies main and specific ideas in oral texts about travel, explorers and life experiences.

READING: Skims for specific information from written texts on travel, explorers and life experiences. WRITING: Makes a summary about travel, explorers and life experiences texts, using elements of selection and omission.

ATTITUDE: Shares personal and family experiences.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE (Go to the link and take notes about the form and exceptions)

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple/exercises

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple/exercises?02

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple/exercises?03

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple/exercises?04

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple/exercises?05

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_present_perfect.htm

http://www.curso-ingles.com/ejercicios-test-ingles/present-perfect-past-simple.php

PREPSITIONS OF MOVEMENT

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/prepositionmovement.html  ( Read the theory very carefully)

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8944

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4300

http://www.learnenglish.de/englishtests/prepositions/prepofmovement.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFl1J6XZ9tw

PET PRACTICE

Reading

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/reading1.htm

http://www.englishaula.com/en/pet-reading-part-1-exam-1-cambridge-preliminary-english-test-exercise.html

http://www.englishaula.com/en/pet-reading-part-1-exam-2-cambridge-preliminary-english-test-exercise.html

http://www.englishaula.com/en/pet-reading-part-1-exam-3-cambridge-preliminary-english-test-exercise.html

http://www.englishaula.com/en/pet-reading-part-1-exam-5-cambridge-preliminary-english-test-exercise.html

Writing

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/PET_writing_part1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/PET_writing_part2.htm

IMPORTANT IFORMATION FOR THE TERM

TERM GOAL

To compare ideas about a given context in oral and written texts, sharing different life experiences.

SKILLS: LISTENING

               SPEAKING

               READING

               WRITING

               ATTITUDE

ACHIEVEMENT MARKERS:

1. LISTENING:: Identifies main and specific ideas in oral texts about travel, explorers and life experiences.

2. SPEAKING: States information about travels, explorers and life experiences using the grammar and vocabulary studied.

3. READING: Skims for specific information from written texts on travel, explorers and life experiences.

4. WRITING: Makes a summary about travel, explorers and life experiences texts, using elements of selection and omission.

5. ATTITUDE:  Shares personal and family experiences.

CONTENTS:

Context:

·       Travel and explorers

·       Family and schoolexperiences

·      PET practice

Structure:

Presentperfect (pastparticiple).

Past simple vs. Present perfect.

·      Determiners/phonics and phonetics

- Emotions Adjectives and nouns.

Use of comparatives : (not) as…as)

Adverbial clauses: ever and never, just, already, yet, since, for, ago.

-Prepositions of movement: across, along, from, through, past, into, over, under, up, down.

Tongue twister.

Writing process:

Paragraphs in compositions.

The summary.

Latest labs

Go to the following links and perform the activities.

Relative Clauses

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses  Read the theory very carefully and take notes.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?02

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?05

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?10

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?06

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?11

Tag Questions

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_tags3.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_tags2.htm

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-tag-questions.php#.UwTGLGJ5O2U

Echo Questions

http://www.englishw.com/TagQuestionsExercises.php

Will or Going to?

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/goingtoorwill/exercise2.html

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/goingtoorwill/exercise3.html

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/willgo.htm

Syllables and Stress

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

www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?11

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-1/exercise-english-395.php

http://www.eslcommando.com/2012/06/esl-online-games-syllable-stress-game-2.html

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/louis-armstrong/what-a-wonderful-world-gap-fill.html

(video)

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.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?02

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?05

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?10

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?06

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?11

Syllables and Stress

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

www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?11

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:

http://inmadom-myenglishclass.blogspot.com/2011/03/negative-prefixes-before-adjectives.html  (take notes about the negative prefixes chart.

http://www.expandyourvocabulary.com/personality2/exercise4.swf

http://www.englishlab.net/hp/wf_6_wb1_negative_prefixes.htm

So, Because

http://www.1-language.com/englishcourse/unit20_grammar_exs.htm

http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/MultipleChoice/conj.html

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei104/esl-test.php

Prepositions of time

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6259

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions/exercises?02

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2876

simple, compound and complex sentences
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073511994/student_view0/brush_up/part_i-grammar2/grammar_exercise_04.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/2922118.html?AP_rand=2020879989

Vocabulary Games

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/2010/11/action-verbs-game.html

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/2008/05/hangman.html

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/2008/06/prepositions-of-place-game.html

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/2008/08/clothes-game.html

http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/l/words.php?f=adverbs_of_time_1

http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/l/words.php?f=buildings_1

http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/k/words.php?f=city_1

http://pbskids.org/superwhy/#game/superwhybingo/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvhC0eSIb3g

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

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!