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LA POVERTA'

Watch the video campaign for www.ONE.org and fill in the gaps in the HotPotatoes exercise Poverty_HotPotatoes

 

Future Plans

TASK: Discuss future plans about yourself (you can make them up!) including the following:

• studies
• career & jobs
• family - marriage & children 
• retirement

Remember to use as many structure as you know to express an idea of future and connectives to link your sentences.

Also, don't forget that achieve a grade C or above at GCSE you need to express opinions!

Practise vocabulary and structures with this HotPotatoes activity

Future_plans_INDEX

and with these flash games

Download Future_plans1_cloze

Download Future_plans_quiz

Download Future_plans_snakes

Practise connectives with this Quizlet   Connectives

Add your work as a comment: click on the post title (Future Plans), type it in the box, click on "post".

LIFE-STYLE 1 - Relationships and Choices - Vocab practice

Practise the vocabulary playing Quia games

Life-style_1_Family_&_other_people

Life-style_1_Nouns_&_Adjectives

Life-style_1_Verbs

and Spellmaster games Family_&_other_people_Nouns_&_Adjectives.zip 

Asset Preliminary - Writing about the area where you live

         

Objectives: 

 To describe the area where you live

              -        say where you live

-        locate it on the map

-        say what type of place it is (opinions + pros & cons)

-        say what there is / there isn't

              -      say what activities / sports people can do 

 

Outcomes:

A text of about 90 words (it could be made up of different paragraphs that function as captions to pictures) first in a draft form (written in your exercise book) then reproduced in one of the following formats:

Ø       a poster on paper

Ø      a Glog*   ( www.glogster.com/edu/ - see teacher for username & password )

Ø      an electronic book (produced using www.toondoo.com)

 

Resources:

Here you can find a sieries of HotPotatos exercises. Click on the index. Find also a page with the key vocabulary needed.

 

Describing_the_LOCAL_ENVURONMENT_HotPotatoes_index

Vocab_LOCAL_ENVIRONMENT.doc

 

I CAN DO statements for WRITING

Grade 4

I can write a short text on a familiar topic, adapting language which I have already learnt.

Grade 5

I can write a short text on a range of familiar topics, using simple sentences.

Grade 6

I can write a text, giving and seeking information and opinions, using a variety of structures (present. past, future)

On completing grade 6

You should be able to use and adapt learnt language relating to a range of predictable everyday matters. You should be able to write simple texts using descriptive language, with spelling that is generally accurate. You should be able to recognise the difference between past, present and future events and be familiar with simple forms of the verb tenses.

ASSET PRELIMINARY - Writing about a fashion or sport celebrity

 

 

Objectives: 

 To write about a celebrity saying

-        her/his name and age

-        her/his profession

-        what s/he looks like

-        where s/he lives

-        what s/he likes doing in her/his spare time and why

-        what s/he would like to do in the future

Outcomes:

A text of about 90 words (it could be made up of different paragraphs that function as captions to pictures) in one of the following formats:

Ø       a poster on paper

Ø      a Glog*   ( www.glogster.com/edu/ - see teacher for username & password )

Ø      a written text on paper (handwritten or word processed)

Ø      a booklet obtained from an A3 sheet folded eight times

Ø      a PowerPoint presentation

  

I CAN DO statements for WRITING

Grade 4

I can write a short text on a familiar topic, adapting language which I have already learnt.

Grade 5

I can write a short text on a range of familiar topics, using simple sentences.

Grade 6

I can write a text, giving and seeking information and opinions, using a variety of structures (present. past, future)

On completing grade 6

You should be able to use and adapt learnt language relating to a range of predictable everyday matters. You should be able to write simple texts using descriptive language, with spelling that is generally accurate. You should be able to recognise the difference between past, present and future events and be familiar with simple forms of the verb tenses.

 

La mia città

Look at some Year10's Glogs about the pros and cons of living in their town..

Venezia - La città di Elena

La mia città (My town)

Read the poster and listen to the information on my town, the answer the questions below.

 

 

Questions:

1) Where is Reggio Emilia located exactly?

2) What can you find close to the city?

3) What links Pavarotti to the city?

4) Name at least four places you can find in town (out of seven).

5) What is the main disadvantage of living in Reggio?

 Thanks to www.boxoftricks.net for the great idea!

La mia casa

Le case di David e di Matt

La casa di J.B.