Wednesday 26 March 2014

Week 6

G'day all!

I think the weather is affecting my brain because I've  just deleted the post I had gone to the trouble of preparing for you today! I'm so cross with myself! I had spent  a lot of time putting things together and I accidentally deleted the post! AAAGGHHHHH!

I haven't got time to create it all again so I apologise!

Have a look at the video link on your activity sheet and see if you can find the answers to the questions. If you can't find all the answers I'll give you a copy of the text later.

Have a look at this video and write a short recount about it in your blog.

Remember to switch off on Saturday night!



Earth Hour 2014 Video 60 sec


Wednesday 19 March 2014

Week 5

G'day all

I hope you've all had a very good week. Mine has been busy but good at the same time.

On Sunday I went to the city to enjoy the St Patrick's Day Parade but the rain came before the parade started! We stayed and watched the floats but got very wet! Here I am with 2 of my girls- Claire and Katie.

I was delighted that so many of you worked so well on your biographies in your blogs last week. I hope I get a chance to correct some more of them today so that you can publish them on your blogs.

Once you've finished your biography, here's a fun game I found on the web site One Stop English. Just keep clicking the links until you get to the game! Give it a go and have fun!

After that have a look at this link and complete the activity.



Thursday 13 March 2014

Week 4

G'day all

I hope you enjoy the photos below. Unfortunately I only took a few photos so I didn't have much to work with!

As promised, I haven't set any class activities for you today. I just want everyone to work on their own blogs. I want you to get your first post published, add a link to my blog and perhaps add a photo from Google!
When you have done that, you can write a short biography of your life. You can use the timeline you created last Thursday. You can then write sentences to highlight the important events in your life. Don't forget to add time expressions to make your text more interesting.
For example, you don't always have to write ..'in 1985 I started working as an accountant in a company and in 1987 I was promoted to manager.' You could say 'and 2 years later I was promoted...'

So, remembering this, write your autobiography!

Before I forget, I want to wish you all a very happy St Patrick's Day for next Monday 17 March. This is Ireland's National Day and is celebrated all around the world! If you're not doing anything on Sunday morning you should head into the city for the Parade and celebrations!





Have a good day and happy blogging!

Wednesday 5 March 2014

Week 3

G'day all

I hope you managed to get some work done on your blog last Thursday. I guess I'll soon find out, won't I?

I won't set many tasks today so that you have a chance to catch up if you need to.

Saturday the 8th is International Women's Day. Go on Google and have a look at what it means!
Write about it in the Comments section at the end of this blog.

Open this link and listen to a podcast by 4 women interviewed at an International Women's Day breakfast a few years ago. Before you listen, READ the text on the page to give you some useful information. Then PRINT OFF the worksheet.

The Student Association is putting on a Morning Tea today to help celebrate the event. It's on at 10.30 am and  I'd like us to attend. We can then use the experience to write a recount! :-)

Have a good week and happy blogging!

Pronunciation of -ed




Have a look at this YouTube clip to help you understand the pronunciation of past tense regular -ed verbs.