martes, 12 de junio de 2012

SLOW DANCE POEM... LOVE IT!!

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a
butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,'Hi'?
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast

to get somewhere
You miss half the fun

of getting there.
When you worry and hurry
through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.
Hear the music
Before the song is over.

lunes, 10 de octubre de 2011

I think this is priceless!!

How students could look at us (the teachers!!)

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

jajaja!! Enjoy it!!!

WEB PAGES FULL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR EXERCISES!!

Here you can find lots of exercises to practice and improve your English!! Have a look!

http://www.agendaweb.org/

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

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/index.html

A VIDEO FOR YOU!! ENJOY IT!

Last year I shared three days with some students and a group of teachers from the Esc. Sec. Nº11 "Dr. E. Zorraquìn" in Colòn, Entre Rìos. Here you have a video to have a look at what we lived there!

http://www.calameo.com/books/0009404927eb58fbb1579

Miniquest about how to write a biography

MINIQUEST

TEACHER: CAPUTO, PAOLA B.

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

COURSE: 5TH YEAR

TOPIC: HOW TO WRITE A BIOGRAPHY


SCENARY

A biography is a text in which you find information about someone’s life. Because of that, it is very important for you to know who you are going to write about and what kind of information you are going to include in the biography.


TASK

-       What is the past simple the tense used for?

-       Which are the affirmative, negative and interrogative structures for that verb tense?

-       How do you write a good biography? Which verbs are commonly used in this kind of written task? Which information do you have to include in a biography?



PRODUCT

-       Surf the web to look for information about the past simple tense.

-       Write a chart with the structures for the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of the verb in that tense.

-       Then, write a short biography of an important person in your country (a politician, a musician, an actor/actress, etc)



RESOURCES









  

EVALUATION
 
              The writing task will be evaluated taking into account the information provided in the biography, the vocabulary used and the correct use of the verb tenses. To do that, the students will have to hand in a draft version before the final one, in order to check and correct their writings to improve them.