WORKSHOP TO RECOVER FIRST PERIOD
RECUERDEN QUE DEBEN PRESENTAR ESTE TALLER DE MANERA ORGANIZADA, CON BUENA LETRA EN EL CUADERNO, NO ACEPTO HOJAS INDIVIDUALES , CON LA PRSENTACION DE ESTE TALLER PUEDEN ACCEDER AL EXAMEN DE RECUPERACION
ESTE TALLER SE DISEÑO CON EL FIN DE REPASAR TODPOS LOS TEMAS Y LAS HABILIDADES TRABAJADAS EN CLASE DURANTE TRES MESES.
DEBEN TRAER LAPIZ, BORRADOR , AGENDA Y $400 PARA LAS FOTOCOPIAS DEL EXAMEN.
READING SKILLS
“Europe”
Reading Comprehension – Informational Passages
Europe is the second smallest continent, after Australia. Surprisingly, there are 44 countries in
Europe. Over 700 million people live in Europe. European ideas are everywhere in the world. You can
see examples of European culture, language, and buildings all around the world. In sports, European soccer is very popular. Soccer teams from Europe have gone to the World Cup finals every year except 1930 and 1950. Many people say that the British, Italian, and Spanish soccer leagues are the world’s best. Cycling is also very popular in Europe – especially in France. The Tour de France is the biggest bicycle race in the world. In 1903, when the race first began, racers had to ride along the eennttiirree border of France. That’s a long distance! In industry, Germany makes the most cars in Europe. In fact, if you visit Germany, you can go on a tour of the BMW factory. You can also go on a tour of the Porsche factory in Stuttgart, Germany.
England is famous for china and pottery. Of course, the Champagne region in France is famous for its
wine. Only a certain famous, bubbly wine from this area can be called by the name “champagne.”
Flower farming is an important industry in Holland. Holland is famous for its tulips. Europe is also famous for its food. The oldest cookbook in Europe was called De Re Coquinaria, or, “The Art of Cooking”. It was written in Latin. There is much contoversy over the identity of the book’s author. Some people think the book was written by a very good cook named Marcus Gavius Apicus. Others don’t think that this book came from him. The book does not tell how to prepare the dishes, but it does tell what to put in each dish. European historical architecture are among the most well–known in the world. One example of a famous architectural structure is called “Stonehenge,” in England. Stonehenge has many, very large stones set up in circles. No one knows why the stones were set up that way, because it was at a time before history was recorded. Many people think Stonehenge is holy. In addition to Stonehenge, The “Acropolis” in Athens, Greece is also very famous for its architectural structures. The Acropolis is a flat–topped hill, which lies about 150 meters above sea level. Many historical temples and other buildings were built on the Acropolis. The Acropolis is a huge tourist ssiittee. About 14 million people visit this location each year.
Modern European buildings are also tourist sites. The Eiffel Tower is the fifth tallest building in
France. When it was built in 1889, it was the world’s tallest building. More than 200,000,000 people
have visited the Eiffel Tower since it was built. It was named after Gustave Eiffel, who designed it. It is
now a symbol of France. The year 2009 marks the 150th birthday of another famous tourist site in
Europe: Big Ben. Big Ben is located atop the Westminster Palace in London, England. Big Ben is the
largest four–faced chiming clock in the world. Chiming clocks are clocks that use bells to make their
sound. Big Ben is a universal symbol of the United Kingdom. Many European cities are famous for their churches and castles. The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is the place where cardinals, very high Catholic bishops, meet to pick a new pope. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was painted by the artist Michelangelo. The Cathedral of Seville, Spain, is also very magnificient This grand cathedral is beautifully decorated with outstanding colors. It is also the place where Christopher Columbus is buried. England is now getting ready for the 2012 Olympics. About 4,000 companies and 15,000 workers are working to get the city of Stratford ready. The workers are building a new shopping center and many new hotels, with about 2,000 hotel rooms just for Olympics visitors! Since so many people live in Europe, they eexxppeecctt many visitors. As the Olympic planners say, London, England is less than a 3–hour flight away for more than 300 million people.
WRITING SKILLS write in your notebook, good handwriting, and be neat.
More interesting sentences
A. Look at these sentences:
- Chama has a dress. It is new. It is red. It has silver buttons.
- Noriko ate lunch. She ate a sandwich. She had a bowl of soup.
The soup was hot. She drank a glass of milk. The milk was cold.
- Vivian comes from Brazil. She has hair. It is long. It is brown.
She has eyes. They are large. They are brown.
B. You probably agree that it is boring and difficult to read such short sentences. It is much better to put them together like this:
- Chama has a new red dress with silver buttons.
- For lunch Noriko ate a sandwich and a bowl of hot soup and she drank a glass of cold milk.
- Vivian, who comes from Brazil, has long brown hair and big brown eyes.
C. Make the following short sentences into ONE longer sentence. Write it underneath.
1. Look at that dog! It is tiny. It is black. It has white
spots on its face.
2. My friend likes coffee. She likes tea. She doesn't like milk.
3. Jee Hae comes from Korea. Kyung Eun comes from Korea. Jae Hyun comes from Korea.
4. I'm going to buy the skateboard. It is blue. It has red wheels. It has a picture of a dragon on top.
5. My father is 45 years old. He plays football. He goes jogging. He doesn't play tennis any more. His wrist was broken. This happened two years ago.
6. I get up. I go to the bathroom. I brush my teeth. I comb my hair. I go back to my bedroom. I get ready for school.
Nogap
A. The person typing the following text was too lazy to type capital letters or make spaces. Can you correct his work for him?
sallywasthepresenterofatalentshowthatwaslookingforexcitingperformers
foranewTVseriestodaywasthedayoftheauditionsandmanyyoungpeoplewere
waitingnervouslyfortheirchancetoshowwhattheycoulddothefirstgirltoaudition
wasamusicaljugglershecouldkeep3ballsintheairwhileplayingthefluteatthesame
timesorrynotexcitingenoughnextpleasesaidsallythesecondapplicantwalkedin
withhisdogandtheystartedtobreakdancetogetherboringsaidsallyseenitathousand
timesnextafterauditioningabouttenpeoplewhowereallveryunexcitingayounggirl
withthenameofsparrowwalkedinwhatcanyoudo?askedsallyiimitatebirdssaidsparrow
doyouwantmetodemonstratebythistimesallyhadhadenoughandsheshoutedangrilydo
youreallythinkpeoplearegoingtoturnontheirTVstolistentosomeonewhistlingsilly
birdsongsgetoutofhereandstopwastingmytimeoksaidsparrowandshejumpedintotheair
andflewoutofthewindow
LISTENING SKILLS
Go to this link and practice http://www.saberingles.com.ar/listening/241.html
In Kenya, Low-Cost Crop Insurance for Small Farmers LISTENING
Largest Los Angeles Hotel Goes 'Green' VIDEO
GRAMMAR SKILLS
Go to this link and practice the topics that we saw that period , check them in your notebook http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm
WORKSHOP TO RECOVER SECOND PERIOD
RECUERDEN QUE DEBEN PRESENTAR ESTE TALLER DE MANERA ORGANIZADA, CON BUENA LETRA EN EL CUADERNO, NO ACEPTO HOJAS INDIVIDUALES , CON LA PRSENTACION DE ESTE TALLER PUEDEN ACCEDER AL EXAMEN DE RECUPERACION
ESTE TALLER SE DISEÑO CON EL FIN DE REPASAR TODPOS LOS TEMAS Y LAS HABILIDAEES TRABAJADAS EN CLASE DURANTE TRES MESES.
DEBEN TRAER LAPIZ, BORRADOR , AGENDA Y $400 PARA LAS FOTOCOPIAS DEL EXAMEN.
PARA ESTUDIANTES QUIENES OBTUVIERON BASICO SOLO DEBEN PRESENTAR ESTE TALLER
READING SKILL
Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer (April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and (along with William Randolph Hearst) for originating yellow journalism.
Pulitzer was born in Makó, Hungary, Pulitzer sought a military career, but was turned down by the Austrian army for frail health and poor eyesight. He emigrated to the United States in 1864 to serve in the American Civil War. After the war he settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where in 1868 he began working for a German-language daily newspaper, the Westliche Post. He joined the Republican Party and was elected to the Missouri State Assembly in 1869. In 1872, Pulitzer purchased the Post for $3,000. Then, in 1879, he bought the St. Louis Dispatch for $2,700 and merged the two papers, which became the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which remains St. Louis' daily newspaper. It was at the Post-Dispatch that Pulitzer developed his role as a champion of the common man with exposès and a hard-hitting populist approach.
In 1882 Pulitzer, by then a wealthy man, purchased the New York World, a newspaper that had been losing $40,000 a year, for $346,000 from Jay Gould. Pulitzer shifted its focus to human-interest stories, scandal, and sensationalism. In 1885, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, but resigned after a few months' service. In 1887, he recruited the famous investigative journalist Nellie Bly. In 1895 the World introduced the immensely popular The Yellow Kid comic by Richard F. Outcault, the first newspaper comic printed with color. Under Pulitzer's leadership circulation grew from 15,000 to 600,000, making it the largest newspaper in the country.
In 1890 Pulitzer's already failing health deteriorated rapidly and he withdrew from the daily management of the newspaper, although he continued to actively manage the paper from his vacation retreat in Bar Harbor, Maine, and his New York mansion.
In 1895, William Randolph Hearst purchased the rival New York Journal, which led to a circulation war. This competition with Hearst, particularly the coverage before and during the Spanish-American War, linked Pulitzer's name with yellow journalism.
After the World exposed a fraudulent payment of $40 million by the United States to the French Panama Canal Company in 1909, Pulitzer was indicted for libeling Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan. The courts dismissed the indictments in a victory for freedom of the press.
Pulitzer offered Columbia University's president, Seth Low, money to set up the world's first school of journalism. The university initially turned down the money, evidently unimpressed by Pulitzer's unscrupulous character. In 1902, Columbia's new president Nicholas Murray Butler was more receptive to the plan for a school and prizes, but it would not be until after Pulitzer's death that this dream would be fulfilled. Pulitzer left the university $2 million in his will, which led to the creation in 1912 of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, but by then the first school of journalism had been created at the University of Missouri. Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism remains one of the most prestigious in the world.
Joseph Pulitzer died aboard his yacht in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina in 1911. He is interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. In 1917, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded, in accordance with Pulitzer's wishes.
In 1989 Pulitzer was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
LISTENING SKILL
Go to this link and practice http://www.saberingles.com.ar/listening/241.html Trying to Understand Food Labels
Colorado Museum Makes No Bones about Restoring Dinosaurs to Original Form (video)
WRITING SKILL write in your notebook good handwriting, and be neat
Missing words
Erase the dots and write in ONE word at the end of these sentences.
Example: Sorry, Mr Shoebottom, I've forgotten to do my ......
Sorry, Mr Shoebottom, I've forgotten to do my HOMEWORK.
1. If you want to cut wood you use a .........
2. You wouldn't have so many accidents if you drove more .........
3. How often do you go .............?
4. Who are you going to play basketball .........?
5. I'm really thirsty; I need a ............
6. You will never get good grades unless you work ............
7. Who's that girl? - I don't know; I've never seen her .........
8. Why did you cut your ...............?
WRITING SKILLS
B. Now write 4 more sentences of your own with a missing word at the end.
A. Read the following text and find the extra words. The number tells you how many extra words there are in each line. Put brackets round the extra word - the first has been done for you.
2 Have you ever (not) looked at a bee? If you see why a bee on a
2 flower, and take a close look at it. Do you see many little of
1 hairs? The hairs hold something that looks like a bits of dust.
1 This "dust" is called from pollen. The pollen is food that the
1 bee carries from flower to flower and plant to the plant.
1 From some plants it bee carries away pollen. On other plants it
1 drops off pollen. In this also way the bee carries pollen from
1 one plant to another. The pollen helps new or plants to grow.
1 While the bee gets food hungry, it is also starting new plants.
B. Now write your own text with extra words 15 lines in your notebok good handwriting
GRAMMAR SKILLS
Go to this link and practice the topcs that we saw this period http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm
EXAM THURSDAY 2nd SEPTEMBR 2010 IN ENGLISH CLASS
