Vocabulary list

Welcome to the second class.  Today we are going to retain all the vocabulary that we learn in the unit of the book.

Create a new POST with the title: "Vocabulary from Unit 1"

Write all the vocabulary that you have learnt in a chart similar to this one:

Word	Dictionary Definition	My Definition	Used in a sentence
Housewarming	A celebration of the occupancy of a new home.	It is a party for a friend that has bought a new house.	I bought a nice bathroom gift for the housewarming of my best friend.

We will develop the book excercises of pages 10 to 13 while you select the vocabulary.  Be sure to include all the items of vocabulary you consider necessary (expressions, compound verbs, etc.).

Here are the audios of today's lesson:

Activity for page 10






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Activity for page 13


Record music with Vocaroo >>

1st Class of Upper Intermediate English

Welcome to the world of bloggers.  In this Blog you will find all the tasks that I have done for a very long time.  Please be sure to follow the instructions exactly as I write them.

1.  Create a NEW blog using blogger, with the Title:  Name Last Name's Upper Intermediate English Blog (example: Jorge Zea's Upper Intermediate English Blog).  The URL of your blog MUST be written like this:  www.(Name)(Last name)UIE.blogspot.com (Example:  www.JorgeZeaUIE.blogspot.com)

2. Click in this link to post the address (URL) of your blog (https://docs.google.com/a/ugc.edu.co/document/d/1XGT_8yYWyLxyrO0RQixiVWMg4ULsG6LjWra4ZR6FUYg/edit)

3.  For your post, please write the exercise we did last class.  Name your post "Answer Mixed"

4.  Comment at least 3 blogs of your classmates, telling them a correction in your story or a general comment about the post.  Be sure that you have at least 2 comments in your post.

Please help me answering this Survey

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HOXhIfBYTQjmeSghXelwNExD7aZKKhkmwTquiah36JA/viewform 

WARNING

What is behind Green Day's lyrics.

As soon as your teacher tells you, fill in the blanks for this song:

Create a post with the title WARNING!

In your post, answer the questions to the task given.  Answer in full sentences.

Click Here to RE-EVALUATE yourself:

http://www.lyricstraining.com/play/20843/green_day/warning

THE NEWS WERE WRITTEN... by the students.

Welcome!! Today you are reporters.

1.  Create a post with the title:  "Passive Voice."

2.  Find 10 things that the Colombian government has done for the people.  Write ten sentences in the passive voice based on what you found.

Ex.  Many houses were given to the people.

3.  Write a news about something extraordinary that happened in the University.  Make the title using the passive voice, and then write the full news in no more than 100 words.  Try to use images and a news paper article layout.

Ex.
25 Exams were failed by the Upper-Intermediate Students.
In Bogotá, more exactly at La Gran Colombia University, a mean teacher, known by the name of Mr. Z, has decided that his students do not know enough English, and decided to fail all of them by applying a difficult exam.

The University authorities are investigating the facts, but the students are not happy and they are even thinking about doing a strike.  Meanwhile, the teacher says: ¨ This is something that I wanted to do a long time ago, and I finally did."

"We hope that this problem will be solved as soon as possible," said one of the students of Mr. Z's class, and she added, "Mr. Z is the worst teacher we have had, so we knew this would happen."

Game time with Conditionals

Practice the Conditionals and have fun

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Now it is your turn to create a game.  Create a post with the title "Games with Conditionals"

To create a game GO to this website and follow the instructions.

http://www.classtools.net/_mobileQuiz/index.php

Please create ONE game of 10 points PER CONDITIONAL.

To embed your game to the blog watch this video:

The Conditionals

If you follow these instructions you will learn a lot about conditionals.

1.  Make a post in your blog with the same title as this one.

2.  Answer these questions in your post:  What do you know about conditionals?  What would you like to know about conditionals?

Watch this video:

3.  Answer these questions in your post:
   a.  What is a conditional?
   b.  When do we use a conditional?
   c.  How many types of conditionals are there?

4.  Fill in the following chart:

Type of Conditional	Description When do we use it?	Structure		Examples (with different possible structures)
		If Clause	Consequence Clause
Zero	When it is logic and true that the situation will happen.	If + Present simple.	Present Simple	If you freeze water, it becomes ice. Plants die if they don't get enough water.
First _
Second _
Third _

5.  Make a reflection in your blog about what you learned today. What did I learned today? Were all the questions you made in point 2 answered?  Is there anything else that you would like to know about conditionals.



Extra work:::::  Find some activities on-line to practice the conditionals.  See how you do.

Here are some options:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/conditional-exercises.html

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-conditionals.php

http://www.e-grammar.org/if-clauses/test1-exercise2/