Hello all,
I want to wish you a wonderful new school year in which you succeed and accomplish your personal goals while having fun with friends and family and taking good care of your wellbeing. I'm sending each of you a huge hug ❤️ and a big smile... :) Good luck with all of your studies. Wishing you all a calm, fun and healthy year.
Here we go again...
So, we are back to distance learning... an all-time favorite of us all. We will keep working on your language skills to make sure that you progress in your English studies. This means that there is a significant responsibility on your shoulders considering a lot of independent work is involved. We will be working on various language skills in our meetings. Make sure to take full advantage of the time we have together in our lessons, make sure to attend our online lessons and make sure to complete your tasks - these will ensure your progress.
We will begin our lessons on Zoom where I will explain the tasks of the day. You will have time to work independently, and then we will reconvene on Zoom at a specific time I will give you. I will check attendance at the beginning and at the end of our lesson. Make sure to be on time with your cameras on. To do the necessary work, I strongly recommend to work on your computers and not your phones.
Today, you will do some reading. We will rejoin the Zoom at 12:45 and based on the texts you read, we will do one last task.
Watch this short clip once or twice, and write the following things on paper or type in a doc: 3 things you learned about this event; 2 things that surprised you and 2 things you found most interesting.
You are going to read some more about this event but from a different perspective. In Gateway, read and do p. 95-99. When you are done with all your work (the clip, reading comprehension & the Extra Focus), upload a picture, scan or doc of it to the Moodle. We will meet back on Zoom for one last task at 13:45.
Read the following text and answer its questions.
Answer the following questions in your notebooks.
Read the text and answer the questions in your notebooks.
Write an essay of 120-140 words on the following topic:
How do class activities such as Zafit Holidays contribute to students?
Choose two benefits - explain them in detail and explain why you chose them.
All of the test preparation should be done in your notebook. We will be checking these assignments in our first lesson after vacation.
Do the Pre Reading task below in your notebook. Then move on to the Reading Comprehension named Sport Stacking. Below that you will find a writing task for an opinion essay.
Have you heard or seen this sport before? What did you learn from the clip? Explain 3 things. What surprised you in the clip? Would you like to try sport staking? Explain.
Read the following text and answer its questions.
Answer the following questions in your notebooks.
Write an essay of 120-140 words on the following topic:
What is one of your best qualities? Explain about the quality and why you chose it. In your opinion, why is this a good quality to have?
State and express your opinion about this idea, explaining in detail about your best quality and its importance to you.
Take turns talking about the topics on your cards.
Take turns talking about the last time you did what is written on the cards.
Write 10 sentences with as many vocabulary words from the list as you want.
Read the attached article and answer the questions in your notebook..
Research about another international award and write 5-10 interesting facts about the award.
[Examples of awards: Nobel Prize, BAFTA, Palme d'Or, Pulitzer Prize, Golden Globes, BRIT, Grammys, MTV VMA, Tonys....]
What did you think about the video? How do you feel about social kissing? Is it something you have experienced? If so, how did you feel at the time?
Topic #1
Write an essay of 120-140 words on the following topic:
Some people enjoy changes and are not afraid to try new things, while other people prefer to do only what they know they can do well.
Which of these types are you? Explain and give reasons why you feel this way.
Topic #2
Write an essay of 120-140 words on the following topic:
Technonolgy and modern inventions have usually improved our lives.
Give an example of a specific invention and explain how it has affected our life.
Topic #4
Write an essay of 120-140 words on the following topic:
Considering political changes in the Middle East, the Ministry of Education is thinking about making geography a mandatory subject in high school.
What do you think about this idea? Explain your opinion in detail.
Do exercises A-C in your notebooks - p. 7-9
Write 10 sentences of your own using words from all three pink word lists. Try to incorporate as many words you can and only use each word once.
In your Notebooks:
Do the Reading Strategy Focus on p. 9
Do the Bagrut Practice Reading passage - p. 10-12.
Do the Extra Focus exercise - p. 12
Answer the following questions in your notebook:
How are these people related?
What is surprising about the people in the clip?
How did they find out about each other?
Answer these questions in your notebooks - How is the clip you saw connected to the text you read? How do you think you would feel finding out you had a sibling you didn't know about? Explain.
While watching the clip, write the following in your notebooks:
Write 3 things that you found interesting or surprising in the clip.
Make a list of countries mentioned throughout the clip in relation to 3D printed food.
What benefits are mentioned in relation to 3D printed food?
Out of all the 3D printed food mentioned in the clip, what 2 or 3 things would you like to try and eat?
In your notebooks, do the vocabulary exercises on p. 37-40.
Answer the bottom part of p. 40 - Pre-Reading.
Read the text on p. 41 and answer the questions on p. 42-43.
What did you think about the clip? What surprised you? Explain 3 things.
Read the text and answer in your notebooks.
Do the following Vocabulary exercises in your notebook.
After you finish this exercise in your notebook, email me photos of this full unit of work.
Do the following vocabulary exercises in your notebooks.
Here you will find activities about different aspects of the holiday of Halloween. Follow the instructions of each task. The tasks involve reading short authentic texts, watching a clip and answering questions on Google Forms. You can decide for yourselves the order you wish to work in. You need to do at least 2-3 of the activities, of course you are welcome to do all 4.