Sunday, September 16, 2012

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