UNIT 5 SPORTS- COHESIVE ELEMENTS

UNIT 5   SPORTS-  COHESIVE ELEMENTS

LIST OF CONNECTORS

http://www.bossmeyer.gidw-online.de/Textarbeit%202/List%20of%20Connectors.htm

CONNECTORS THAT EXPRESS ADDITION AND CONTRAST

http://esl.about.com/od/writingadvanced/a/wc_addition.htm



http://www.esec-braamcamp-freire.rcts.pt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115:connectors-addition-cause-result&catid=40:publica


http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1792

 

CONNECTORS THAT EXPRESS REFORMULATION

http://es.scribd.com/doc/467542/16-sentence-connectors-129

CONNECTORS TO SUMMARIZE

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/connectsum.html

SPORTS- UNIT 5 -LISTENINGS

SPORTS- UNIT 5

LISTENINGS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SPORTS

DRUG USE IN SPORTS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H9U7MnsWJo

SPORTS- UNIT 5

READINGS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN  SPORTS

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/features/science_of_sport/index.shtml

Choose one of the articles from News Scientist and bring it to class on Friday Nov. 09

http://www.newscientist.com/topic/sport

 DRUGS IN SPORTS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/sport/debate/types_1.shtml


http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Lifetime_ban_of_athletes_using_drugs_in_sports

THE PROFITABLE INDUSTRY IN SPORTS

http://www.askmen.com/sports/business_200/218_sports_business.html


http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2006/07/10/smallb1.html?page=all



http://madamenoire.com/65054/the-15-most-profitable-and-valuable-sports-teams-in-the-world/

UNIT 4- GOVERNMENTS

HI EVERYONE, TODAY WE HAD THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS TOPIC WITH MEGAN'S VISIT TO OUR CLASS. YOU SAW AND DISCUSSED THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENTS FROM MEXICO AND THE USA. MY INTENTION IS TO DEEP A LITTLE MORE INTO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAW WITH HER.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE DISCUSSING DIFFERENT EVENTS AND SITUATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AROUND THE WORLD.

FOR THIS REASON I INCLUDED A LISTENING AND READING ABOUT THE ELECTIONS IN VENEZUELA AS HUGO CHAVEZ IS A CONTROVERSIAL CHARACTER AROUND THE WORLD.

ALSO, THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS CONFLICT AND OTHER TOPICS THAT I WILL ADD IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS.

UNIT 4- READINGS

READINGS

HUGO CHAVEZ CELEBRATES RE-ELECTOINS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19867445

TENSION BETWEEN NEIGHBORS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19837502

ROMNEY ACCUSES OBAMA OF PASSIVITY ON WORLD STAGE

http://www.npr.org/2012/10/08/162514816/romney-accuses-obama-of-passivity-on-world-stage

UNIT 4- LISTENINGS

LISTENINGS

SECOND DEBATE: OBAMA- ROMNEY

http://www.npr.org/2012/10/16/163050988/transcript-obama-romney-2nd-presidential-debate

FIRST DEBATE OBAMA-ROMNEY DEBATE

http://www.npr.org/2012/10/03/162258551/transcript-first-obama-romney-presidential-debate

ROMNEY ON FOREIGN POLICY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19874211

TURKEY- SYRIA CONFLICT

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19864353

HUGO CHAVEZ'S CHALLENGE -ELECTIONS

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=162258551&m=162264274

UNIT 4- GOVERNMENTS

GRAMMAR

Clause connectors

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/sensen/part4/mixing.html

PERFECT TENSES (REVIEW)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L65wlnbgnnc



http://www.englishtenses.com/perfect_tenses.html

PERFECT TENSES  WORKSHEETS

http://www.worksheetworks.com/english/partsofspeech/verbs/perfect-tense.html

UNIT 3: THE NEWS

HI EVERYONE, IN THIS UNIT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF NEWS SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A NEWSPAPER.

THIS WILL BE DONE IN TEAMS AND WE WILL PRESENT OUR NEWSPAPERS IN CLASS ONCE WE ASSEMBLE IT.

THIS TASK WILL COUNT FOR YOUR EVALUATION IN THIS UNIT.

REMEMBER THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH  THE DIFFERENT LINKS, THINK OF WHAT SECTIONS AND WHICH TYPE OF NEWS YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN YOUR NEWSPAPER. OH DON'T FORGET YOU ALSO NEED A NAME FOR IT.

UNIT 3: GRAMMAR

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

http://www.iscribe.org/english/sent.html

REPORTED SPEECH EXERCISE

http://esl.about.com/od/esl-worksheets/a/Reported-Speech-Worksheet.htm

REPORTING VERBS

http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_reportingverbs.htm

THIRD CONDITIONAL

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/3cond.htm

PASSIVE VOICE

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

PASSIVE VOICE IN PERFECT TENSES

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/pssvchrt.html

GERUNDS VS. INFINITIVES

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verblist.htm

UNIT 3- THE NEWS

NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS CHANNELS

http://www.cbsnews.com/



http://www.channelafrica.co.za/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/



http://www.npr.org/sections/news/



http://www.bbc.com/news/



http://www.japantimes.co.jp/



http://www.austriantimes.at/



http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/tag/online-edition



http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/banner-year-alaska-dispatch



http://rt.com/

BBC Learning English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode31/index.shtml

New York Times: Learning Network

http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/learning+network

UNIT 2 LISTENINGS

THIS YEAR'S HOTTEST JOBS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVg2zYY7U-8&feature=player_embedded


GREAT JOBS WITHOUT A DEGREE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-0VaeZS6K8&feature=player_embedded


ODD JOBS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLs0w6uqDfE&feature=related


5 BEST TEMPORARY JOBS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRVx0X1gXR4&feature=player_embedded

UNIT 2: WORKING CONDITIONS

Talking about jobs: The 10 best jobs in America and Disappearing jobs.   Read and take notes on both presentations:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/34725932/The_Ten_Best_Jobs_in_America_2010



http://www.cnbc.com/id/39541097?slide=1

 Consider these questions while you are reading and taking notes: Bring your notes to class, we will use them for the speaking activity.

Which is the highest paid job?                       

Would you ever consider doing any of these jobs?

Do you have the necessary qualifications for any of these jobs?                       

Which jobs would you never want to have? Why?                       

Comparing the jobs with their respective salary, do you think this is correct?

Should some jobs have a lower/higher salary?                       

Are you surprised with the information you read

THE STRANGEST JOBS IN HISTORY

http://listverse.com/2010/03/28/10-more-strange-jobs-from-history/


Qualifications and Examinations

UNIT 2 GRAMMAR

FUTURE CONTINUOUS


http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_future-continuous.htm

FUTURE CONTINUOUS EXERCISE

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous-exercise-1.html




2nd CONDIITONAL


http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_3.htm

2nd Conditional Exercise

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond1.htm




EXTREME ADVERBS:

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-a.html



HOPE/WISH


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv38.shtml


http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/hope_wish.html

DICTIONARY

THE FREE DICTIONARY

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/



WORD REFERENCE.COM

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/



MERRIAM- WEBSTER ONLINE

http://www.merriam-webster.com/


THE ONLINE SLANG DICTIONARY

http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/plug-and-chug

UNIT 1: LISTENINGS

LEARNING STRATEGIES 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQYW6vYSGXs


LEARNING STRATEGIES 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoEee9l9nCw



LEARNING STYLES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jwz_h0zXsY



BRITISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usq7h3n8GUw

GRAMMAR UNIT 1

EMPHASIZERS- so, such, too, enough

http://valmeenglishcorner.blogspot.mx/2010/02/so-such-too-enough-i.html


http://www.polseguera.org/advanced_english_grammar/enough_too_so_such.php


QUIZ:  http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/239.html

REVIEW OF -ING VS INFINITIVE

-ing vs infinitive


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



http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz97mkm.htm

EXPRESSING ABILITY: be able to/ can

http://www.engvid.com/expressing-ability-can-could-be-able-to/


http://www.engvid.com/expressing-ability-can-could-be-able-to/

MODAL VERBS: should, ought to, could

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/verbmodal.htms

Exercise

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2229

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -ED, -ING

http://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Adjectives_ED_ING.htm

MAKING GENERALIZATIONS: X percent; the majority; the minority; X out of X

INVESTIGATION and PRESENTATION- TEAM 1: X PERCENT (use and examples); TEAM 2: THE MAJORITY (use and examples); TEAM 3: THE MINORITY (use and examples); TEAM 4: X OUT OF X (use and examples).

UNIT 1: SHARING LEARNING EXPERIENCES

PLEASE GO TO THE LINK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONNAIRE, SUBMIT IT, YOUR RESULTS WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU. CHECK WHAT YOUR STYLE IS AND PREPARE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR STYLE IN CLASS

LEARNING STYLES





READING:

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND TAKE NOTES, PREPARE TO DISCUSS THE CHART IN CLASS


LEARNING STRATEGIES


TYPE OF TESTS APPLIED  :


TO RECEIVE A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CREDENTIAL-

http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=GED_TS&CFID=9337679&CFTOKEN=f0068d9843e0a520-3F6007A3-DE27-6BC1-750FA9CD13BFC056&jsessionid=16305df02007Y$3F$1EJ


 SAT: SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST


WHAT KIND OF TEST IS IT?

http://www.majortests.com/sat/sat-information.php


PRACTICE FOR SAT

http://sat.collegeboard.org/home?affiliateId=nav&bannerId=h-satb

COURSE LAYOUT

UNIT 1: SHARING LEARNING EXPERIENCIES

 

UNIT 2: WORKING CONDITIONS

 

UNIT 3:THE NEWS

 

UNIT 4: GOVERNMENTS

 

UNIT 5: SPORTS