Xmas Carols...

Below find a link to a great site with the lyrics of traditional Christmas Carols; for pronunciation practice, you can also listen to background tunes so that you can sing along:

http://www.christmas-carols.net/

MERRY XMAS!  C U ALL NEXT YEAR!

A.

Survey to evalute the course and the teacher.

Hi,

This is the link to evalute the course and the teacher:

Click here to take survey

Feel free to be honest, the survey is completely anonymous.

Cheers,

Abraham

Final Post: 307A, 319B, 321A, 342A, 365B.

Hi there,


There is no final assignment per se. What you need to do is to study really hard for your final test, which will be on Wednesday, November 24, 2010.

This is the bare minimum needed to do your final exam successfully:


GRAMMAR

• Present simple (Positive, negative and questions: I / you / we / they )

• Present simple (Positive, negative and questions: he / she / it )

• Present simple (Frequency adverbs: be + adverb / adverb + verb)

• Present simple (Wh-questions)

• Present simple (yes / no questions and short answers: yes, I do; no, he doesn't)
• Past simple (Be: was / were in positive & negative sentences as well as questions)

• Past simple (Positive, negative and questions: regular verbs)

• Past simple (Positive, negative and questions: irregular verbs)

• Past simple (Wh-questions)

• Past simple (yes / no questions and short answers: yes, we did; no, you didn't)

• Can / Can’t to express ability and permission

PLEASE NOTE: 307A, 319B and 321A also need to study the following topic:

• Adjectives: simple, comparative and superlative forms.

The following are some resources which may give you further practice in the above-mentioned topics.

SIMPLE PRESENT:

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1837456.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1830053.html

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/sharing/Simple-present.htm

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/sharing/canandsimple-present.htm

http://www.esl-lab.com/fun/funrd1.htm


SIMPLE PAST:

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/partypqf.htm

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/padisast1.htm

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/beardysg.htm

http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/ptcycla2.htm

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1016709.html

http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/resources/movie_chat/movie_chat.pdf


CAN / CAN’T:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OU66_6rZl0


COMPARATIVES / SUPERLATIVES:

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/quizzes/ComparativeQuiz/comparativeQuiz.html

http://home.nordnet.fr/~rmaufroid/pupitre/comparing/comparingcharacters.htm

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-comparative-adjectives.htm

http://www.englishbanana.com/advan11.html


Good luck!

Abraham

342A & 365B: Sites for Independent Learning

Hi,

http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/spip.php?article276

http://clg-gasny.ac-rouen.fr/public/interactive_book/can/can.html

http://conteni2.educarex.es/mats/14454/contenido/interfaz.swf

http://www.elllo.org/apu/0701/734-Keren-Places.html

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/PRONUNCI/EDENDING/ED1.HTM
 
http://www.isabelperez.com/exer/preafimix.htm
 
http://www.isabelperez.com/exer/pastmix.htm
 
http://www.isabelperez.com/shakira.htm

Cheers.

307A, 319B, 321A: Websites for Independent Learning

Hi,

Click on the following links, make sure you read the intructions and then do the exercises:

http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/spip.php?article193

http://clg-gasny.ac-rouen.fr/public/interactive_book/can/can.html

http://conteni2.educarex.es/mats/14454/contenido/interfaz.swf

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/powerpoints/comparing_things.swf

http://www.elllo.org/apu/0701/734-Keren-Places.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLE5yPZa_Ow

http://english-zone.com/spelling/comp5.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/comp.htm


Have fun!

Abraham

Weekly Assignment: groups 319 B & 321 A

Hi,

You need your face2face CD to do the following activities on your notebook. Please WRITE the activities. Do not print them.

8B

Comparatives (1)
Comparatives (2)
Comparatives (3)

8C

Video: planning a day out (1)

8D

An email

Cheers!

Abraham

Weekly Assignment --- Groups 342A & 365B.

Hi there,

1. Click on the following link:

http://www.manythings.org/pp/lady_from_niger.html      

Listen to the limerick as many times as you want, shadow the words, memorize the text, and be ready to recite it next Monday.   This homework is about pronunciation, so please make sure you practice a lot.

2. Do the following vocabulary exercises on-line:

http://www.manythings.org/lulu/j6.html

http://www.manythings.org/lulu/k3.html

http://www.manythings.org/lulu/l4.html

When you finish the exercises, please write the verbs on your notebook and illustrate them. You can print the images, draw the pictures or simply cut and paste images from a newspaper or magazine.

See you next Monday!

Abraham

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Lineamientos para la entrevista.

Hola,

Los lineamientos para completar su proyecto final de la entrevista son los siguientes:

• Practicar muy bien las preguntas, aprendérselas. Hay que tener cuidado con la pronunciación y entonación de las mismas. NOTA: No se pueden leer las preguntas al momento de hacer la entrevista. Recuerden que este es un proyecto comunicativo y que, generalmente, cuando hablamos, no recurrimos a un script.  Si necesitan más sugerencias e ideas sobre cómo llevar a cabo esta tarea, pueden consultar el siguiente enlace: http://homeworktips.about.com/od/sciencefair/a/interview.htm

• Deben entrevistar a una persona cuya lengua materna sea el inglés. He aquí una liga en la que aparecen las naciones donde el inglés es lengua oficial:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_where_English_is_an_official_language

• La interacción con su entrevistado(a) es importante, por lo que ustedes pueden y deben intervenir para que la conversación fluya y el proyecto sea verdaderamente comunicativo. En clase repasaremos las técnicas de conversación que pueden utilizar para mostrar acuerdo, desacuerdo, sorpresa, etc.

• Una vez que hayan grabado su entrevista, deben subirla a http://www.youtube.com/ con el siguiente título: English Project:  tu nombre's interview CCH-Oriente.  Por ejemplo:  English Project: Abraham's interview CCH-Oriente.

• Después de subirla, deben mandar un correo a ingles.cchoriente@gmail.com, indicando el enlace de su entrevista. Por ejemplo:  "Hi, this is (your name)! You can find my interview on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_O0XysjRrI". Recuerden que la fecha límite para completar su proyecto es el 21 de noviembre.

• Revisaré su proyecto y les daré retroalimentación individual en las últimas sesiones de clase (22-24-29 de noviembre).

Cualquier duda, pueden consultarme en clase.
Saludos,

Prof. Abraham

**Weekly Assignment 342A & 365B**

I. Complete the sentences with can, can't, could, couldn't + one of these verbs:

come // eat // hear // run //  sleep // wait

1. I'm afraid I …………………………………. To your party next week.

2. When Tom was 15, he was a fast runner. He …………………. 100 metres in 11 seconds.

3. »Are you in a hurry?« »No, I've got plenty of time. I……………………………… . »

4. I was feeling sick yesterday. I ……………………………… anything.

5. Can you speak up a bit? I ……………………………you very well.

6. »You look tired.« »Yes, I ……………………………… last night«.

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II. Supply the information.
1. Write three things you could do when you were two

Ex. I could run.

a) _______________

b) _______________

c) _______________

2) Write three things you can do now that you couldn't do when you were two.

Ex. I couldn't write when I was two, but I can write now.

a) _______________

b) _______________

c) _______________


3) Write two things you couldn't do when you were two and you still can't do.

Ex. I couldn't sing when I was two and I still can't sing.

a) _______________

b) _______________

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III. Click on the following video and watch it completely ONCE:


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

 Watch it for a second time beginning at 2:10 and write down in your notebook what these people can do:

Bernadette


Marie-Noelle


Daina


Lynn


Alison


Alli

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives !!!

Hi,

The following videos will help you get further practice with comparative and superlative adjectives:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTL_xJx6Xk&feature=grec_index

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLE5yPZa_Ow   (Real English.  Lovely video with interesting questions, please watch it as many times as you can!)

Cheers!  Abraham

--- INTERVIEW ---

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iErzxb5FYBM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_O0XysjRrI

Weekly Assignment Groups 307A, 319B, 321A.

Hi there,

1. Click on the following video and watch it completely ONCE:

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

   Watch it for a second time beginning at 2:10 and write down in your notebook what these people can do:

• Bernadette
• Marie-Noelle
• Daina
• Lynn
• Alison
• Alli

  2.  You need your face2face CD to do the following activities:

8A
Holiday USA

• Holiday Activities
• Can / Can't for possibility
• Questions & Short Answers.

You know the usual procedure. Bring your homework to class next Wednesday :)   

Cheers,

Abraham

** Study Guide Groups 342A & 365B **

Please answer the following guide on your notebook, study it and be ready to check it next Monday.  DO NOT PRINT IT, please.  Write it down.

1. VERB TO BE
   SIMPLE PAST

Put the words in the correct order to make questions
Example: Ann at home  yesterday was -----> was Ann at home yesterday?

• Good party was the
• People were the interesting
• Teacher father your was a
• Everybody was late
• John’s school brother was with at you

2. VERB TO BE

    SIMPLE PRESENT

Do you know these question words?

Who         what         when         where         why         how

Put in question words with ‘s or are.
Examples:
Who’s that? “It’s my brother”
Where are John and Ann? “In London”


• _____________ your name? “Mario”

• _____________ my glasses? “Here.”

• _____________ your English teacher? “Mr. A.”

• _____________ you late? “My watch is broken”

• _____________ the exam? “On Tuesday”

• _____________ your mother? “Very well, thanks!”

3. SIMPLE PRESENT

    Questions.

Example:
They smoke. --------> Do they smoke?

• The Iztapalapa bus stops here.
• The teacher knows her.
• You play the piano
• John works in a restaurant
• This train stops at York
• We need more time
• Susan likes parties
• We speak Spanish well.

4. SIMPLE PAST

    FORMS

Write the simple past of the following verbs.

1. hate
2. arrive
3. live
4. change
5. pass
6. stay
7. hurry
8. study
9. play
10. shave
11. watch
12. carry
13. cry
14. shout
15. answer

5. SIMPLE PAST

    Negative

Make simple past negative sentences.
Example:
I played hockey. (football) ----> I didn’t play football.

• We spoke English together (Spanish)
• My uncle taught Mathematics (English)
• Bill cooked the chicken (the fish)
• I took my mother to the mall (the church)
• We told our parents everything (the police)
• I wrote to my sister (my brother)
• I liked the party (the music)
• We knew her address (phone number)

6. Simple Past

    Negative

Write five things that you didn’t do yesterday

1. I didn’t

2. I

3. I

4. I

5. I

7. Simple Past

    Questions

Make simple past questions with what, who and where.

Example:
Peter saw somebody. ----------> Who did he see?

• John went somewhere
• Bill bought something
• Alice married someone
• Mary broke something
• Mike stayed somewhere

LISTENING

Listen and shadow the words whenever you have close caption (CC) on the videos. This will help you prepare for the listening part of your exam.  Listen and repeat as much as you can. Remember, practice makes perfect!  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wZ26a3oXw  (Simple Present: What do you do for fun?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okcRhC70fdI&feature=related (Simple Present: What do you do?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHHg7IZnUg8    (Simple Past: Verb to BE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW7Xd9xBWvY  (Simple Past: What did you do yesterday?)

*** Assignment 307A, 319B, 321A, 342A, 365B ***

Hi,

Please do the following exercises on your notebook:

A) http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1518

B)

 1. Say what you can do or can’t do. Choose can or can’t depending on the abilities you have or don't.


a. I __________ speak Chinese.

b. I __________ sing very well.

c. I ___________ run 5 kilometres.

d. I___________ ride a bicycle.

e. I ___________ play basket.

f. I __________ swim.

g. I ________ understand my English teacher.

h. I _________ dance extremely well.

2. Choose can or can’t according to the situation.

Example: She can’t answer the phone now because she is not at home.

a. I know the answer; I ______ answer the question now.

b. She is good at the piano; she _____ play the piano very well.

c. This test is very difficult; I ______ answer any question.

d. Maria can speak English but she _______ speak French.

e. You ______ sleep today because you are very nervous.


3. Arrange the following words to make sentences.

a. milk can please I the have?

b. school can’t to she go.

c. languages can other speak she?

d. can’t he letter a write.

e. you under can’t water the run.

f. vegetarian she because meat eat she’s can’t a.

g. come Sunday to they lunch can on.

h. take we taxi a can?

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Cheers!

Abraham

***Group 365B*** Weekly Assignment.

Hi,

Please watch the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KWLZELf1Sk&feature=channel

It'll give you further practice listening to simple past statements and questions.  Please, shadow the sentences, practice your pronunciation and write down  A PERSONAL SUMMARY of the video on your notebook. We'll discuss it next Monday.

Cheers,

Abraham

***Group 342A*** Weekly Homework

PART 1


Make the past simple of the verbs in (brackets) and write the sentences on your notebook.


1. She _________________ (bring) some chocolates to the party.

2. I _________________ (hear) a new song on the radio.

3. I _________________ (read) three books last week.

4. They _________________ (speak) French to the waitress.

5. He _________________ (understand) during the class, but now he doesn't.

6. I _________________ (forget) to buy some milk.

7. She _________________ (have) a baby in June.

8. You _________________ (lose) your keys last week.

9. They _________________ (swim) 500m.

10. I _________________ (give) my mother a CD for Christmas.

11. At the age of 23, she _________________ (become) a doctor.

12. I _________________ (know) the answer yesterday.

13. He _________________ (tell) me that he lived in Toronto.

14. She _________________ (drink) too much coffee yesterday.

15. The children _________________ (sleep) in the car.

16. I _________________ (choose) the steak for dinner.

17. The film _________________ (begin) late.

18. I _________________ (send) you an e-mail earlier.

19. We _________________ (leave) the house at 7 a.m..

20. He _________________ (feel) terrible after eating the prawns.
 
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PART 2
 
Click on the link to watch a video which will help you practice the pronunciation of the irregular verbs.  This video will definitely prepare you for the upcoming irregular verbs test next Monday.  


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u00f2oZJ_eA&feature=player_embedded


Make sure you (1) repeat the verbs and (2) write them on your notebook. We'll practice them in class!

Study Guide --- MID-TERM EXAM

Hi there,

This is the bare minimum needed to do your mid-term exam successfully:

GRAMMAR

• Present simple (Positive, negative and questions: I / you / we / they )
• Present simple (Positive, negative and questions: he / she / it )
• Present simple (Frequency adverbs: be + adverb /  adverb +  verb)
• Present simple (Wh-questions)
• Present simple (yes / no questions and short answers: yes, I do; no, he doesn't)

• Past simple (Be:  was / were in positive & negative sentences as well as questions)
• Past simple (Positive, negative and questions: regular verbs)
• Past simple (Positive, negative and questions: irregular verbs)
• Past simple (Wh-questions)
• Past simple  (yes / no questions and short answers: yes, we did; no, you didn't)

VOCABULARY

• daily routines
• free time activities
• frequency adverbs
• adjectives to describe people & places
• life events
• weekend activities
• types of movies
• types of music
• past time phrases with ago, last and in
• question words
• irregular verbs
• verbs and nouns from news stories

SPOKEN INTERACTION

You can communicate in English by doing the following:

• introduce yourself, say your age, spell your name & last name, ask how people are
• ask and answer questions about yourself and other people, where you live, things you have
• say how often you do things, talk about your routine
• say what you like and don't like
• give and receive information about quantities, numbers and prices
• indicate time using phrases such as last Friday, in November, at 3:00 o'clock, on Monday
• ask for repetition and help

Weekly assignment.

Hi there,

This weekly assignment is meant to help you brush up on your accent and pronunciation as well as give you further practice with the simple past tense.

First, click on the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecAHyjh97xA&feature=related

Then listen to the song as many times as you need it.  Your task is to learn it by heart and sing it in class next time we meet.  Practice, practice, practise.... sing, sing, sing.  :)

Cheers,

Abraham

Yesterday ---- The Beatles.

Hi there,

Please print this file and bring it to class next Wednesday, September 29, 2010

http://www.grammarmancomic.com/scripts/download/yesterday.pdf

Cheers,

Abraham

English Assignments for Monday, September 27, 2010

Hi there,

You need your Book CD to do this homework. This is the list of the assignments you will all have to hand in on Monday, September 27, 2010:

UNIT 6

• 6A: was / were / wasn't / weren't
• 6B: Regular & Irregular verbs
• 6B: Past simple: positive
• 6B: Past simple: Wh- questions
• 6B: Past simple: regular verbs

UNIT 7

• 7A: Past Simple: questions (2)
• 7C: Video: The news (1)
• 7C: Video: The news (2)
• 7 Review: Past Simple

General guidelines:

1. You have to answer all the exercises on your CD first.
2. Once you have answered all the exercises, please copy them in FULL on your notebook.
3. Study the exercises on your notebook as I will choose ONE at random and ask you to explain your answers to me.

Questions? Feel free to drop me a line on ingles.cchoriente@gmail.com

Abraham

Podcast: Irregular Verbs.

Hi,

As promised, please find attached the link which features the irregular verbs rap:

http://www.manythings.org/repeat/

There are 4 different parts, so make sure you listent to them all!

Have fun learning!

Abraham

Talking about likes and hobbies.

Instructions:

1. Watch the clip completely ONCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j28nFbKSVHM
2. Watch it again ONLY from 3:00 up to 3:29.  Watch this segment AT LEAST 6 times: 

     Interviewer: What do you like to do for fun?

     Mrs. Provenzano: What do I like… Oh, I love the opera. I love the theatre.

     Interviewer: What do you like to do for fun?

     Minda: Uh, I like to go to movies, concerts, uh, out to dinner, socialize with friends and family.

    Interviewer: And what do you like to do for fun?

   Steven: Swim, swim and be outside. Anything outside.
 
  3. Imitate the questions & the answers.  Please be careful about your pronunciation. Try to imitate the sounds carefully.

 4. Memorize the question and the conversations.

 5. Be ready to act them out in class next Wednesday.

Please note:  you don't need to write anything.  All you have to do is TALK, TALK TALK with an acceptable pronunciation.  Pronunciation is the most important aspect of this assignment.

    Have fun! 

    Abraham

Adverbs of Frequency --- Speaking Game.

(1) Double click on the image to make it large, (2) print it,  (3) paste it on your notebook, (4) check unknown vocabulary and (5) bring it to class next Wednesday.

 Cheers,

Abraham

First Assignment: Videos.

Hi there,

These videos will help you remember the topics you studied in your previous courses. Here is what you have to do:

1.- Watch & listen to the videos AT LEAST 2 times.
2.- Write the questions the interviewer asks the people on your notebook.   If the question appears many times, you only need to write it one time.
3.- Watch the video again and make sure you repeat the questions. Your pronunciation will be much better if you follow this rule!


Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9PsgBhtsnE  Real English Lesson 2 (From) - CC Double
 
Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiuy8P7Ps70 Real English Lesson 3 (Alphabet) - CC Double
 
Have fun!
 
Abraham

Welcome!

WELCOME!

This is the very first post published on this blog. If you are enrolled in English class in any of the following groups --- 307A, 319B and 321A ---, please make yourself at home!  This will a collective blog for us all to learn and improve our English.