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martes, 19 de abril de 2016

PRACTICE LINKING WORDS AND SEQUENCE CONNECTORS.

Open the LINK and practice linking words

http://es.slideshare.net/mgalalo/linking-words-and-connectors-of-sequence

TAKE NOTES FOR NEXT CLASS.

MATERIAL ALL LEVELS

The basic Signs of Punctuation

1. The comma ,

2. The full stop .

3. The period .

4. The exclamation mark !

5. The question mark ?

6. The semi-colon ;

7. The colon :

8. The apostrophe '

1. The Comma (,)

The comma is useful in a sentence when the writer wishes to:

· pause before proceeding

· add a phrase that does not contain any new subject

· separate items on a list

· use more than one adjective (a describing word, like beautiful)

For example, in the following sentence the phrase or clause between the commas gives us more information behind the actions of the boy, the subject of the sentence:

· The boy, who knew that his mother was about to arrive, ran quickly towards the opening door.

· The boy ran quickly towards the opening door. He knew that his mother was about to arrive.

Commas are also used to separate items in a list.

For example:

The shopping trolley was loaded high with bottles of beer, fruit, vegetables, toilet rolls, cereals and cartons of milk.

Commas are used to separate adjectives.

For example:

The boy was happy, eager and full of anticipation at the start of his summer holiday.

2. Full Stop (.)

A full stop should always be used to end a sentence. The full stop indicates that a point has been made and that you are about to move on to further explanations or a related point.

3. Period (.)

The period is also known as a full stop because it signals a speaker or reader that the sentence has come to an end.

· A statement is a sentence that states, or tells, something.

Examples:

I like to eat pizza. School starts on Wednesday. The baby's name is Grace.

4. Exclamation Mark (!)

An exclamation mark indicates strong feeling within a sentence, such as fear, anger or love. It is also used to accentuate feeling within the written spoken word.

For example:

“Help! I love you!”

In this way, it can also be used to indicate a sharp instruction

“Stop! Police!”

or to indicate humour

“Ha! Ha! Ha!”

5. Question Mark (?)

The question mark simply indicates that a sentence is asking a question. It always comes at the end of a sentence:

For example: Are we at the end?

6. Semi-colon (;)

The semi-colon is perhaps the most difficult sign of punctuation to use accurately. If in doubt, avoid using it and convert the added material into a new sentence.

As a general rule, the semi-colon is used in the following ways:

· When joining two connected sentences.

For example:

We set out at dawn; the weather looked promising.

The semi-colon can also be used to assemble detailed lists.

For example:

The conference was attended by delegates from Paris, France; Paris, Texas; London, UK; Stockholm, Sweden; Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Mumbai, India.

7. Colon (:)

The colon within a sentence makes a very pointed pause between two phrases. There are two main uses of the colon:

It is most commonly used when listing.

For example:

She placed the following items into the trolley: beer, fruit, vegetables, toilet rolls, cereals and cartons of milk.

Or it can be used within a heading, or descriptive title.

For example:

Human Resource Management: Guidelines for Telephone Advisers

8. Apostrophe (’)

· The apostrophe, sometimes called an inverted comma has two main uses.

· The apostrophe indicates possession or ownership.

For example:

The girl's hat was green, (girl is in the singular).

This shows the reader that the hat belongs to the girl.

The girls' hats were green, (girls in this instance are plural, i.e. more than one girl, more than one hat).

This indicates that the hats belong to the girls.

· Another use of the apostrophe is to indicate where a letter is omitted:

For example:

We're going to do this course. (We are going to do this course.)

Isn’t this a fine example of punctuation? (Is not this a fine example of punctuation?)

The time is now 7 o’ clock. (The time is now 7 of the clock)

It’s a lovely day is an abbreviated way of saying: It is a lovely day.

jueves, 14 de abril de 2016

MATERIAL LEVEL 3 READING PRACTICE

Level 3 La U en mi Barrio Reading practice

1. The 1990s

Read the text and answer the comprehension questions. Use full sentences.

In January 1990, I was at primary school and in January 2000, I was at university! I left primary school in September 1990 and went to a secondary school five kilometres from my house. I took the bus every day at 7.30am and didn't get home until 5 o'clock in the evening. What a difficult life! My family bought a satellite TV in 1990 and a new video the next year. In 1994, my brother bought a computer and I got a bicycle the same year. I left my school in 1997 but decided not to go to university like most people: instead, I went walking in France alone for three months and then drove around America for three months with my brother. For the first six months of 1998, I got a job in a health food shop and then went to university in October 1998 in Wales.

1. How did he go to secondary school? ____________________________________________________________

2. When di he get a new video? ____________________________________________________________

3. When did he buy a bicycle? ____________________________________________________________

4. What did he do when he finished school? ____________________________________________________________

5. Where did he work? ____________________________________________________________

2. Read the text and answer the questions. Use full sentences.

Walt Disney

Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901. Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. He is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design.

Walt Disney portrait Disney is famous for his contributions in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. His first success was through the series, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit which was created by the Disney studio for Charles Mintz of Universal Studios. When Disney asked for a larger budget for his popular Oswald series, Mintz refused and Disney had to quit. Later, Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney started from scratch and co-founded Walt Disney Productions, now known as The Walt Disney Company. Today, this company has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion. This success is largely due to a number of the world's most famous fictional characters he and his staff created including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice.

Disney won 26 Academy Awards out of 59 nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He is also the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts in Japan, France, and China.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated The Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

Taken from http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/reading.php for academic purposes.

1. When did Walt Disney die?

_________________________________________________________________

2. The Disney Studio's first production was Mickey Mouse. True ____ False __

Why: ____________________________________________________________

2. Disney left Universal Pictures because they didn't agree to give him more money for his productions. True _____ False _

Why: __________________________________________________________________

4. Did Disney start The Walt Disney Company alone?

_________________________________________________________________

5. What was the most important contribution Disney gave to the world?

_______________________________________________________________

3. Read the text and answer the comprehension questions.

Many people who live near the Theme Park are afraid to go into the Forest area. There is a legend, that a woman who once lived in the forest as an outlaw hundreds and hundreds of years ago, still walks there as a ghost at night.
The legend says, she was a great warrior from a rich family, but the wicked king, who ruled the country, killed her family and burned her castle, that is quite close to the Theme Park.

Her name was Maureen. Maureen escaped being killed, by running into the forest. Because of this, the King made a decree.
Many of the poor people, who knew Maureen, liked her very much and they told her what the King was going to do. Maureen decided to fight the King. She did this by helping the poor, by robbing the rich and giving their money to the poor. Every time someone rich came through the forest, she would rob him.
Maureen was a heroine for the poor, but in the end, one of the poor betrayed her.

She was caught by the King´s soldiers and hung in the forest by the King from one of the old oak trees. The legend says, that her ghost still walks there by night.

So beware!

http://babelnet.sbg.ac.at/themepark/nature/ghost_compread.htm

1. Why are some people afraid of the Forest Area in the Theme Park?

a. Some people are afraid of the dark.

b. Some people are afraid of a man who walks around at night as a ghost.

c. Some people are afraid of a woman who walks around at night as a ghost.

2 - What is the name of the woman in the legend?

a. Marine

b. Maureen

c. Marion

3 - Who killed Maureen´s family and burned her castle?

a. The king killed her family.

b. The queen killed her family.

c. The witch killed her family

4 - What was the King like?

a. He was good.

b. He was nice

c. He was wicked.

5 - Where did Maureen go after her family was killed and her castle burned?

a. She went to the Theme Park for the day.

b. She ran into the forest.

c. She ran to the poor people

6 - How did the poor people feel about Maureen?

a. They did not like her.

b. They liked her.

c. They hated her.

7 - How much gold would the King give for anyone who found Maureen?

a. He would give 500 silver coins.

b. He would give 50 gold coins.

c. He would give 500 gold coins.

8 - How did Maureen help the poor?

a. She won the lottery.

b. She robbed the King.

c. She robbed the rich, who came into the forest.

9 - Who betrayed Maureen?

a. One of the rich betrayed Maureen.

b. One of the poor betrayed Maureen.

c. One of the poor King´s soldiers betrayed Maureen.

10 - How did she die?

a. She was hung

b. She was boiled alive.

c. She had her head chopped off.

lunes, 4 de abril de 2016

Level 3 La U en mi Barrio

The basic Signs of Punctuation

1. The comma ,

2. The full stop .

3. The period .

4. The exclamation mark !

5. The question mark ?

6. The semi-colon ;

7. The colon :

8. The apostrophe '

1. The Comma (,)

The comma is useful in a sentence when the writer wishes to:

· pause before proceeding

· add a phrase that does not contain any new subject

· separate items on a list

· use more than one adjective (a describing word, like beautiful)

For example, in the following sentence the phrase or clause between the commas gives us more information behind the actions of the boy, the subject of the sentence:

· The boy, who knew that his mother was about to arrive, ran quickly towards the opening door.

· The boy ran quickly towards the opening door. He knew that his mother was about to arrive.

Commas are also used to separate items in a list.

For example:

The shopping trolley was loaded high with bottles of beer, fruit, vegetables, toilet rolls, cereals and cartons of milk.

Commas are used to separate adjectives.

For example:

The boy was happy, eager and full of anticipation at the start of his summer holiday.

2. Full Stop (.)

A full stop should always be used to end a sentence. The full stop indicates that a point has been made and that you are about to move on to further explanations or a related point.

3. Period (.)

The period is also known as a full stop because it signals a speaker or reader that the sentence has come to an end.

· A statement is a sentence that states, or tells, something.

Examples:

I like to eat pizza. School starts on Wednesday. The baby's name is Grace.

4. Exclamation Mark (!)

An exclamation mark indicates strong feeling within a sentence, such as fear, anger or love. It is also used to accentuate feeling within the written spoken word.

For example:

“Help! I love you!”

In this way, it can also be used to indicate a sharp instruction

“Stop! Police!”

or to indicate humour

“Ha! Ha! Ha!”

5. Question Mark (?)

The question mark simply indicates that a sentence is asking a question. It always comes at the end of a sentence:

For example: Are we at the end?

6. Semi-colon (;)

The semi-colon is perhaps the most difficult sign of punctuation to use accurately. If in doubt, avoid using it and convert the added material into a new sentence.

As a general rule, the semi-colon is used in the following ways:

· When joining two connected sentences.

For example:

We set out at dawn; the weather looked promising.

The semi-colon can also be used to assemble detailed lists.

For example:

The conference was attended by delegates from Paris, France; Paris, Texas; London, UK; Stockholm, Sweden; Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Mumbai, India.

7. Colon (:)

The colon within a sentence makes a very pointed pause between two phrases. There are two main uses of the colon:

It is most commonly used when listing.

For example:

She placed the following items into the trolley: beer, fruit, vegetables, toilet rolls, cereals and cartons of milk.