jueves, 26 de abril de 2018

A SURVEY about teens!!!!!

We are going to work on a survey in order to get information about TEENS.

1 - Make questions to your classmates about many topics of your interest:

examples:

alcohol

when was the first time you tasted alcohol?
was it with your family or with your friends?
did you like it?
how did you feel? (dizzy, happy, unhappy, excited, miserable, stressed, depressed, down...)

studies

sex

fears

expectations

wishes

relationship with parents

relationship with teachers

relatioship with classmates

hobbies

drugs

activities out of school

reactions after getting marks in school

plans for the future

others

2- Write a report explaining the results of your survey

paragraph 1 introduction: who took part in the survey and what the survey was about

paragraph 2 result of the survey

paragraph 3 conclusion and your recommendations

martes, 24 de abril de 2018

REPORTED SPEECH

1 - watch these videos

http://youtu.be/t__Kbprp-8Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2TxjJ2zdM0

2- 30 minutes:
In pairs, they must prepare a gossip situation (short dialogue) in which they get some 'hot' news and have to report to another person (friend, classmate, parents, teacher, etc.)

3- 20 minutes:
read the dialogues for the class

sábado, 17 de marzo de 2018

PASSIVE VOICE

SONG!!!!!

A company has been bought! Who bought it? The company was bought by whom?

GAME

NEWS about aliens!!!! 7'

Conversation 2'

EXERCISES

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercises.html

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/passive-exercises.html

https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/esl-passive-voice-exercise2.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-5.html

https://www.grammarbank.com/passive-voice-exercises.html

lunes, 12 de marzo de 2018

3 VIDEOS ON FEMINISM - for listening practice

1 - ELLEN SHOW

2-

2 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/3/8/in_spain_women_launch_nationwide_feminist

In Spain, Women Launch Nationwide Feminist Strike Protesting “Alliance of Patriarchy & Capitalism”

jueves, 8 de febrero de 2018

New project- LET'S CREATE A DIGITAL STORY!!!!!! WITH A MESSAGE or TWIST!!!!!!!

Let's start by getting input of stories made by other people in order to get ideas. Some of them are mute but, of course, it is important in this project to USE YOUR VOICE so you put your English into practice.
Here you are. ENJOY!

EXAMPLES of digital stories WITH A MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First Prize - Mylligan: A digital story telling contest

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Dear students,

At this point you have had a lot of input (commercials, videos...) so you can start thinking about a great idea for your OWN video!!!!!!!!!!
Here you are some interesting videos from students of Ins Maremar of previous years
DO NOT BE SHY! You are very creative and if you work hard you can get great results!
ENJOY!!!

By Carolina Vas and Eli Madrid

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LET'S GET STARTED!!!!!!!

1- Get in groups and start thinking of a creative idea

2- Work on a script & storyboard of your story
3- Hand it in to your teacher for correction

4- Time to record your video/movie (around 3 minutes long)

TIMING:

Week One - Introduction, view samples of digital stories,discuss; what makes a good video? Brainstorm.
Assignment--write out two possible topics for next week.
Week Two - Get topic approved, create a "storyboard" to plan the video
Week Three and Four--bring in pictures and video clips, edit video.
Week Five - Turn in video, as a file or embed code.
Week Six - and Seven - follow up, ask / answer questions on the video... publish it

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READING ABOUT DIGITAL STORIES
http://acps-advanced-tsip.wikispaces.com/file/view/Getting%20Started%20with%20Digital%20Storytelling.pdf/287705932/Getting%20Started%20with%20Digital%20Storytelling.pdf

TEMPLATE
http://acps-advanced-tsip.wikispaces.com/file/view/Digital%20Storytelling%20Storyboard%20template.pdf/287706152/Digital%20Storytelling%20Storyboard%20template.pdf

Useful SITES to create your videos
At these sites students can take still shots and have them made into videos.
http://animoto.com/
http://studio.stupeflix.com/en/
PhotoStory 3 is a free, downloadable program from Microsoft for editing movies
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11132

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HOW TO MAKE A DIGITAL STORY VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lYorRznpq0&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOA8mUflH-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZXBc6yRhU (primary school experience)

THE 7 ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1f-_FXgJZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NipDAd3_7Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVcg9L6FLPA (begin at the end)

7 ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING

1 a point of view (not just facts)

2 a dramatic question, a problem, open question...
(capture your audience's attention-make questions when you open the story
& answer -or not- at the end)

3 emotion
(feelings, memories, desires...)

4 your VOICE

5 the soundtrack
(right music, not overlapping your voice please!!!!!!)

6 economy
(brief, fast moving, 2-3 minutes)

7 pacing, rhythm, tempo, INTEREST