Unit three, lesson one

KEEPING FIT
Hello to all,
To be healthy is not only to take care of your physical wellfare, as we saw at the lesson there are many aspects we have to keep our eye on...

So, I promised to add for you some games I discovered online and some additional tasks for our lesson
using these games you will practice the vocabulary we studied at the lesson, please write on the blog the words that you didn't know.

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/health_games/body_parts/body-parts-word-o-rama.html
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/health_games/body_parts/labeling.html

I also propose you to listen 2 songs and to write on the blog  what parts of the body are mentioned in them:??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUrSU48Hz80

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asqHySHWIF0

Enjoy the time spent online learning English, write please your impressions about these sources.

Unit two, Lesson two. Our trusworthy friends

Hello to all

Topic "Our trustworthy friends"

Some animals can be more human than even humans and can be considered our friends
Exercise 1
Watch proposed video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWpCZsIoDtw&feature=related
and answer the questions:
1. Why did the dolphin decide to help the pregnant woman?
2. What adjectives would you use to caraterize the dolphin? at least 5 adjectives.
3. How do dolphins communicate?

Exercise 2
Choose one of the following picture and characterize what emotions does the animal manifest,
What are your feelings toward this animal?

 Exercise 3 
Using youtube sources find a video that teaches sounds made by animals, write on the blog the address of the video and your explanation why did you choose this video.

Write on the blog what did you like/dislike at our lessons
Wait for your proposals ;)

Unit two, Lesoon one. Adaptation for survival

Animals are great great creatures of our planet

Place where they live is called habitat

Exercise 1.
I invite you to play on the site http://switchzoo.com/games/habitatgame.htm , bring the pics of the habitat for the next lesson use print screen button from your computer to take a picture and then paint program, I made one for you :)

Exercise 2
Play the new game on the site http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/animalneeds/
write on the blog at least 10 sentences about animals you had in this game.
Example: The flamingo has special bristles in its bill to filter food from the water.  The flamingo can spit water out of its bill while keeping the food inside.

Exercise 3
There are a lot of questions like that that you had in the exercise 2, p 25, Rudyard Kiping in his poem "Just So Stories" added several questions for you.

HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT
HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP
HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN
HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS
THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD
THE SING-SONG OF OLD MAN KANGAROO
THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOS
HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN
HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE
THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA
THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF
THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED
Originally published 1902
For the answers you can listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZkMNXp-GD4
Read some strories or listen them using proposed video.

Exercise 4
Design a poster to illustrate different methods of adaptations for survival

Enjoy the games :)

Unit one: Project work

Hello dear pupils!!!
In this post I invite you to share your ideas and impressions about studied topics in the unit one.

With your agreement I will download your works made for exercise 9, p.21 from your book. Please don't forget to bring them, they can be power point presentations, drawings or collages made with the use of internet pictures.

Your task for project work will be to write on blog answers for the exercise 6, p.20 (please answer to all specified in the exercise questions) and to comment post of your colleagues.

I am waiting for your posts ;)

Unit one, Lesson four

THE STARS

At the first lesson I asked you to design a passport for a person who decided to travel through Universe, it was difficult, a lot of you didn't manage to realize it because you knew a little about the misterious way of our planet throughout our Universe.

For this lesson I propose you to watch 2 videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rt7FevNiRc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xav9xg1LUHU

and internet sources like:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/where.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System

Your Tasks

Exercise nr. 1
All of you have smaller brothers, sisters, relatives, imagine that at the kindergarden they have to speak about solar system and universe, they ask you to help them. After watching the videos, write please your explanation using up to 10 sentences.

Exercise nr. 2
Write about the new information that was interesting for you from the consulted sources, be more specific.


Exercise nr. 3
Using https://bubbl.us/ (first link on the right of the page) design a mind map of the presented information, save it as picture and send it on my e-mail elena_proca@yahoo.com

Unit one, Lesson three

Hello Dear students!!!!

Grammar topic of our week is : COMPOUND NOUNS AND THEIR PLURAL

So, here, I inserted several activities using them.

First, please watch this video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD5_yQJms_c and learn the given in it definitions.

Activity nr. 1
In your notebooks join two parts of a compound words and write their plurals, I inserted a picture with the rule and another one with exercise:
The rule:)

and the picture to practice the rule:)

Don't forget to write the plural of the found noun...!!!!!!

Activity nr. 2
In your notebook please write only the plural of the found words and the completed text from this exercise.

·         Match the words in box A with the words in box B to form compound words. Ten match them with the definitions.

A -

Back    cross     guest     guide     hitch     over    rail     sight    sign      suit

B -

Book     case      hike     house      night      pack     post        road        roads      seeing

a   a) Book that gives information about a place ________________________.

b   b)  Bag with a handle for carrying clothe, etc.________________________

c       C)Place where two roads meet and cross each other.__________________

d   d) Get free rides by standing next to the road._______________________

   e)Tracks that trains travel on.________________________

f  f)  Bag that you carry on your back.______________________

g   g) Sign by the road that gives information._______________________

    h) During the night and until the morning.________________________

i)   i)  Small, cheap hotel.________________________

j   k) Visiting interesting places____________________

·         Now, use the compound words to complete the text:

Alice Springs – Australia

Next week I’m going to a fantastic journey: across Australia! I’m flying to Darwin, in the north of the country, and I’m going to stay (1) _______________ there. My (2) ______________ says it’s quite an interesting city, so I think I’ll spend the morning doing some (3) ________________. I love travelling by train, so then I’m going to take the new (4) _____________________ to Alice Springs, right in the middle of the country.

I’ll find a hotel or (5) ________________ for the night and the next day I’m going to (6) ____________________ down the main road. I’m taking all my things in a (7) _________________ so that I don’t have to carry a heavy (8) ________________ in y hand. About 200 kilometres south of Alice Springs I’ll reach a (9) __________________ where there’s a (10) _____________ that says ‘Uluru 247 km’. Uluru is also known as ‘Ayers Rocks’- one of the most amazing sights in the word.

Adapted from Complete PET by Cambridge press

Activity nr 3

On the blog please write 5 compound nouns that you know, write their plurals and provide their definitions..
For those who do not remember any compound words you may choose from the following list http://www.havefunteaching.com/worksheets/phonics/compound-words/compound-word-list.pdf

Don't forget to comment your colleagues posts!!!!!

Good Luck to all!!!

Your teacher :)

Unit one, lesson two

The beginnings of life
         
     Life is for some of us efficient, long, worthy process during which we achieve smth., struggle for smth and for sure learn a lot, unfortunately for some of the people life loose the sense and people don't see its beauty. According to the dictionary life means "The physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute existence".

Your hometask for this lesson includes 3 tasks:

1. Watch the video from the link the beginning of life and answer the following questions:
a) What is the role of the cell?
b) Explain the meaning of "eucaryote"
c) What did the reporter say about the black marks on the video?
d) How many times are  bacteria smaller than the size of the cell?
e) How many years ago appeared the complex cells?
f) Explain the word jerk and provide read by you links about "evolution of jerks"
g) what is the role of DNA?
h) What kind of "marriage" happened many years ago? 
i) What happened after the complex cells appeared?


2. Read from the link about 7 theories of the beginnings of life http://www.livescience.com/13363-7-theories-origin-life.html, write about one that you consider got the highest probability to happen.

3. Design a poster illustrating your feelings about life in general.

Unit one, Lesson one

So, our first lesson was about the origin of the Universe, the place where we live.

The theory  I presented is called "Bing Bang", according to it, is considered that all the matter and energy in the universe were concentrated in a single place and about 10-20 bilion years there was an enormous and powerful explosion that spread the matter in all the directions. (you have to read the entire text on the page 9, of your book).
Your hometask is very creative (I promised you...) It includes several tasks.
1. Imagine that you live in 5012 when a lot of people travel around the Universe, for having such a trip you need a passport. Your task is to design a pasport of the citizen of the Universe. (Draw it on separate sheet of paper and bring it for the next lesson).
2. Describe one of the known by you theory about the origin of the Universe (avoid cheating internet sources). Post your stories on the blog.
3. Write the definition of the words in your notebook and learn the definition of the words: Hurl, matter, force of gravity, galaxy, star, clump, moon, satellite, to assume, to justify, speed, phenomenon, to expand, to race, to occure, to predict, radiation, to glow, tough. Write on the blog sentences using this words.
4. Write on the blog about the importance of these people: George Lemantre, Edwin Hubble, Arno Penzias, Robert Wilson.
5. Watch the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN3Rpz_pSQs and create 5 questions on it. Write your questions on the blog.

New school year is comming

Dear pupils and parents, 

For some of the pupils, this year is the last in our institution, I hope that acquired life skills will help them in future to behave like true and responsible citizens, able to prove learnt knowledge.
Congratulations to all of you, with the beginning of the new school year.
Best wishes,
Your teacher,
Elena Rusu