USA states project

Choose one state in the USA to write about in your blog and present it to the rest of the class using a powerpoint. You can look for information on the internet and include the following information:

• Geography: Describe your state's or province's location within the US. (What states or major bodies of water border it?) What is the state capital? What are some major cities? How big is your state (list its area and its rank with respect to the other states)? You may want to include a map of your state/province - find one online.
• Climate: What climates does the area have? Is it hot and mild (like Hawaii), is there an extreme climate (like Montana), or something else?
• Population: Give the latest population figures for your state. How does it rank in terms of the other states? What do the people of the state do for a living (what are the state's major industries and agricultural products)?
• State/Province Symbols: Describe the symbols that the state selected to represent it. Write about the state flag -- include what it looks like, when it was adopted. Some states have a state bird, a state insect, a state reptile, a state fossil, a state dinosaur, a state rock, a state soil, a state song, a state dance, and other unusual symbols.
• Something Special: What is special about your state? What does it have that other states do not have? For example, list National Parks, National Monuments, historic battlefields, important places, or historic events that happened in your state.

Ordering food in a cafe

Listening activities

Past simple theory and practice

Video and exercises

Past simple exercises

Simple past test 1 
Simple past test 2

pronunciation of regular past tense

Romantic meeting

Write about an invented romantic meeting following a similar structure and vocabulary to the one we did yesterday in class about Shirley Valentine. Use at least 80 words and remember to use the correct past simple forms of the verbs.

Summer nights - Grease

A sunny song to practise past simple tense

Summer nights

Elizabethtown. Past simple activities.

Things they did while talking on the phone

Irregular verbs pronunciation

Pronunciation of irregular verbs

Song with past simple verbs

Despicable me 2

Watch a movie segment to practise past simple tense:

Despicable me 2

Do the activities in the photocopy your teacher gave you.

What do you do every day?

Watch this video about routines and everyday actions.

When you finish. Write a post with the title What do you do every day? in your own blog. There you have to write summary about what you do a normal day in your life.

Mr Bean

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5497

Dad had a busy day yesterday

Dad had a busy day yesterday

First day activity

INTRODUCING OURSELVES 

HELLO!

MY NAME IS ISABEL AND I LIVE IN OLOT. I’VE GOT TWO CHILDREN: A 13 YEAR-OLD BOY CALLED ARNAU AND A 10 YEAR-OLD BOY CALLED ISAAC. MY CHILDREN WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DOG OR A CAT. WE HAD A BIRD, BUT IT FLEW AWAY LAST YEAR IN THE SUMMER. WE BOUGHT TWO OTHER BIRDS AND THEY FLEW AWAY THIS SUMMER, SO NO MORE BIRDS SO FAR! LAST SUMMER WE STARTED A NEW ACTIVITY: GOING TO THE LOCAR ANIMAL CARE ORGANIZATION AND TAKE DOGS FOR A WALK, THEY REALLY ENJOY IT AND MY CHILDREN TOO!

I’VE BEEN AN ENGLISH TEACHER FOR NINETEEN YEARS NOW. I’VE WORKED IN OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT THIS IS MY THIRTEENTHYEAR HERE IN BOSC DE LA COMA. IN MY FIRST YEAR AS A TEACHER I WORKED IN PUIGCERDÀ.

IN MY FREE TIME I LIKE READING, GOING FOR LONG WALKS, WATCHING FILMS AND SURFING ON THE INTERNET, BECAUSE I LIKE LEARNING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, I’M VERY INTERESTED IN BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT. I ALSO ENJOY BEING WITH MY FRIENDS AND MY CHILDREN.

WHEN I’M ON HOLIDAYS I LOVE TRAVELLING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND GETTING TO KNOW OTHER WAYS OF LIFE. THIS SUMMER IWENT ABROAD. I WENT TO SLOVAKIA, BUT I WENT WITH A NATIVE SLOVAKIAN AND HE TRANSLATED FOR ME, SO I COULDN’T PRACTISE MY ENGLISH VERY MUCH!! 

I’M MEDIUM-HEIGHT. I’VE GOT LONG WAVY HAIR AND GREEN EYES. I LIKE WEARING NICE AND COMFORTABLE CLOTHES.

I HOPE WE HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER AND I EXPECT YOU TO LEARN A LOT OF ENGLISH THIS YEAR!

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN:

Summer Work

1) Find four songs you like, each with a different tense from the ones we've learnt in class:

a) one song with present simple examples
b) one song with past simple
c) one song with future will
d) one song with future going to

Post the lyrics and link to music in your blog.

2) Explain what you do a normal day of your summer holidays
3) Explain what you did last weekend
4) Explain what you are going to do in August.

Post the three different texts in your blog. Remember to use about 100 words in three paragraphs.

5) Do all the work in your Summer Work Photocopy.

Have a good summer!