FLYING HIGH-NARRATIVE TENSES

Some years ago, if you had a look at Barcelona's " movie listings", you saw  that a film called Amelia (starring Hilary Swank and Richard Gere) was on. Obviously, it is based on Amelia Earhart's life and struggle to become one of the very first woman pilots.To know more about this amazing woman :
Task 1  http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/amelia-earhart
Read the text and answer the questions underneath.

Task 2 :   Amelia Earheart's disappearance in 1937 is a mystery that endures to this day. Why don't we know what happened to her?.To know about some of today's theories listen to this video and answer the questions underneath

 http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/history/amelia-earhart/amelia-earhart-listening-quiz.html

Task 3:  revising a bit of grammar does always pay, doesn't it????Complete these texts using any narrative past tense.

1. http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm  ( only Past Simple and Past Perfect).

2.  http://www.petrmajor.cz/vyuka/vyuka/hotpot_iss/narrative_tenses-test.htm

3. http://www.eltbase.com/get_quiz.php?id=22  ( be careful, though they may seem independent sentences,

they are part of a story)

4. http://www.learnclick.com/cloze/show/876

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Task 4: If you have found the listening too easy, have some fun with this commercial. Do the quiz at the bottom.
http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_low_intermediate.php?id=13714

FUTURE FOR BATXILLERAT STUDENTS

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Uses	Tense	Form
Timetables&schedules Time Clauses  If clauses	Present simple	V/Vs
Opinion  predictions            Spontaneous decisions            Offers           Warnings            Promises       Threats      Main clause of conditional	Will	Will+infinitive (V)
Closed plans ( Specific time reference)	Present continuous	To be+gerund (Ving)
Visual  predictions            Intentions	Be going to	Be going to+infinitive (V)
Action happening at a given time in the future	Future continuous	Will be+gerund (Ving)
Action finished at a given time in future	Future perfect	Will have+past participle (Ved)

1. https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/ui_unit_page/unit3/grammar/exercise2?cc=us&selLanguage=en   ( Just Future Perfect and Future Continuous - skip sentences 2-7)
2.  http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/048_01.htm 
3. https://www.e-grammar.org/time-clauses/test2-exercise1/ ( future time clauses)
4. http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/advanced/futureforms.htm ( Be careful with the third sentence; though you have a by , you want to express action in progress)
5.  http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7229 

HOW TO WRITE A REVIEW

  




TASK 1 : Answer the questions from the  listening  Is Hollywood in crisis? https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rx6xgodnwkku6fq/AABiC3ohxcEEOa7MMR9zlJ7Za/pau_angl12june.pdf?dl=0

TASK 2 http://selecat.cat//view.php?p=pau_angl04jl

TASK3
 Are you good at identifying movie themes????Try this quiz; you need to open a word document to type the answers.



TASK4
Let's insist on vocabulary . Try these quizzes:

http://www.english-in-chester.co.uk/e-learning/lesson/film-vocabulary/  ( genres)


http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/vocabulary/3v22-cinema-vocabulary.php  ( general)

TASK 3 Reading comprehension of a film review 

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/cinema/slumdog/readingtext.html

 TASK 5
 How to write a film / book review.


                       

 1st Paragraph:

Briefly describe the product or service. In a couple of sentences , describe the product that you’re reviewing. You will reveal other details throughout your review, but the initial description will give your reader a sense of what you’re talking about.

If it’s a movie or book, don’t spend your entire review summarizing the plot. There’s no need to give the entire story. Just a brief overview in 1-2 sentences will suffice

It's good to give readers an idea of what they'll be in for if they decide to see the movie you're reviewing. Give a brief summary of the plot in which you identify the main characters, describe the setting, and give a sense of the central conflict or point of the movie. Never break the number one rule of movie reviews: don't give too much away. Don't ruin the movie for your readers!

• Find a place to mention the director's name and the full movie title.  Title Better in italics.
• Try to catch your reader's attention in the opening sentence.
• If you feel you must discuss information that might "spoil" things for readers, warn them first.

2nd Paragraph:

Move into your analysis of the movie.Discuss interesting elements of the movie that support your thesis. Discuss the acting, the direction, the cinematography, the setting, and so on, using clear, entertaining prose that keeps your readers engaged.

• Keep your writing clear and easy to understand. Don't use too much technical filmmaking jargon, and make your language crisp and accessible.
• Present both the facts and your opinion. For example, you might state something such as, "The Baroque background music was a jarring contrast to the 20th century setting." This is a lot more informative then simply saying, "The music was a strange choice for the movie.
• Include negative points as well as positive points.
• Include evaluative adjectives as you go along

 

3rd Paragraph :

Wrap up your review with a conclusion. It should tie back to your original thesis and provide some guidance as to whether the audience should go see the movie.Explain why you would recommend or not recommend the film to the audience

 Your conclusion should also be compelling or entertaining on its own, since it's the end of your piece of writing

Useful Links when writing a film review 
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
http://www.imdb.com/
 For quick information about a film, director, actor, producer, or production company, IMDb can't be beat. It is not the ideal place to end your research, but it is a fine place to start.

http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/blreviews.htm 

Hundreds of film reviews already done for you. You can use them as samples.

https://academichelp.net/samples/academics/reviews/movie/despicable-me.html

More reviews , just in case.

      

A BIT OF A HOTCHPOTCH

 TASK 1  After the exams , a bit of playing is acceptable.First,  help the beaver cross the river with this logging sentence game . ( play easy just for five minutes) After this, let's be serious again , so to insist on sentence structure, play this exercise against the timer. It's compound sentence turn now; play against the timer again. Another game to put an end to this first task. Have you heard about homophones, which homophones are there in English, play the following

TASK 2.  Answer the questions from the question sheet so that you can empty your voicemail ( listening with headphones)

TASK 3  Identifying text types with the The Text types game

GERUNDS OR INFINITIVES

1.IF YOU CLICK HERE YOU'LL HAVE AN EXTENDED LIST OF VERBS FOLLOWED BY GERUND

2. CLICK HERE IF WHAT YOU WANT IS THE EXTENDED LIST OF VERBS PLUS INFINITIVE WITH TO

 Some exercises . The more exercises you do, the more you will remember these verbs and structures; for this grammar point practise is the only way out.

1. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/gerund_infinitive.htm
2. .http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/gerund_infinitive2.htm

Time to play now. Here and not to make it so dull, we insist on gerunds and infinitives through games

1. http://www.quia.com/ba/52505.html ( Battleship game. Read instructions first)
2. http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/En%20garde/gerunds%20infinitive/gerunds%20or%20infinitive.html  ( scroll down to find the game)

A bit of revision on the Future

1.http://www.english-4u.de/future_ex3.htm

2http://www.e-anglais.com/exercices/future.php

3.http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/future.htm

4.http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-mix/exercises

GOT

 Have you ever watched this series???Do you like it? What type of series is it? To know more about TV and its vocabulary, do the exercises below.

VOCABULARY RELATED TO TV

 http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/tv/tv-show-genres.html 
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/tv/types-of-tv-programs.html
Once revised these words, do this wordsearch

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/tv/tv-shows-wordsearch.html

More vocabulary related to TV

http://quizlet.com/18963620/tv-vocabulary-flash-cards/  ( Play the games :Scatter and  Space Race  )


http://www.michellehenry.fr/tvvoc.htm


Once you have practised the above links, this is the final test

http://iteslj.org/v/s/se-tv.html

FABRICS AND MATERIALS DAMAGE THE ENVIRONMENT.

 TASK 1 
Find out how big your environmental footprint is by answering a few questions 
http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ 
Task 2

If you have doubts about fabrics and materials, if you are not sure about what leather or concrete is, have a look at the link below( you may also listen to their pronunciation)

http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/vocabulary/materials-and-fabrics.php

Task 3 : Here you have some extra-work on the position of English adjectives , the "ODA SCOMP exercice"

1. http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/adjective_order.htm
2. http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/adjective-word-order 
3. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6877
4. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord2.htm
5. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-2418.php
6. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-42493.php
7. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-9901.php
8.  http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-59720.php
   
   

THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE

 I am sure you have seen this advertisement by Sainsbury (the third largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom) as it has been considered the best 2014 Christmas ad.

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But do you know what this commercial refers to? Did what you see in the ad really happen?  The Christmas Truce has become one of the most famous and mythologised events of the First World War. But what was the real story behind the truce? Why did it happen and did British and German soldiers really play football in no-man's land?

TASK 1 : Listen to the following video and answer these questions: