Week 9

G'day all

Hope you've all settled back into your study now after your Easter break. I realise that today is the first day back for some of you so I hope you won't be too shocked at having to do a reading assessment today!! It is quite simple so don't stress too much!!

Your first task this morning is to go into your blog and write a recount of your holiday! You can talk in general about what you did over the two weeks or you can go into detail about what you did on one of the days!! It's up to you!

When you've written it, copy it onto a word document, increase the font and then print it off for me to correct!

Once you've done that, you can move on to activity 2. That is, log on to this link, click on the Biography section up on the top right of the screen and answer  questions 1-5 on the worksheet. Then click on the link  to Quotes & Trivia on the menu on the left of the screen to answer questions 6-9.

Good luck! Ask me if you need help!

Happy blogging!

Week 8

G'day all

Well as you didn't get a chance to use the internet in class last week and therefore didn't see the Blog post for Week 7, you can do some of those activities today. Read the instructions and then pick up the worksheets you need!

Here are some words associated with Easter. How many can you find? Can you make up some sentences using these words?

In addition, I have an Easter Webquest for you to attempt today. Pick up a worksheets from my table and click on the links provided to answer the series of questions.

Thanks for a great term's work! Enjoy your break and Happy Easter to all!

Remember, you can access your blog and mine from anywhere so log in and keep blogging!! Write a journal about your holiday!

See you all refreshed on April 29! (Connie's Birthday!!)



Week 7

G'day all

Well done on the work you did on the Earth Hour worksheet last week. I hope you switched off on Saturday night! Open this link and answer the follow up questions about the event. Ask me for the page.

After that I want you to make sure you have written and edited your blog posts. It's time to move on!

Then have a look at this Mr Bean video when he goes to the department store. I have prepared a worksheet to help you with the vocabulary you'll need to write a recount of the video. Please note that the questions are written in the present tense but of course, when you write your recount you have to use the Past Simple.

Remember to use the structure for a recount! - Orientation; Sequence of Events and a Reorientation and/or a Coda (personal comment). The language should use the past simple, time words/phrases, and noun groups (Adjective +noun)

Write it up in your blog. You can even add the link to the video if you want! Ask me how!
Have a good weekend and happy blogging! And turn the clocks back this weekend!!

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

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.

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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!