sábado, 1 de febrero de 2014

Cover

Let's start our project!

This is the first page people are going to see so it has to be attractive.

As an example I've written the title of the book: "All About Me II".

You can write your name, include pictures...



ME


On this page you are going to provide personal details to get to know each other. You can create two columns and include the following information.
Personal Information
My Favourites
Name
Month, season, day of the week
Surname
Animal
Place and date of birth
Food
Age
Colour
School
Place
Teacher
Singer, song, film...


 This is a model you can follow, but try to be creative!

My Week

Before you start this page, click on the folowing link and complete the activities:

Daily Routine

Now, write a detailed description about your daily routine. You must include the time. This image can be used as a model.


My Classroom

Try to describe your school and your classroom. 

You have to write sentences using:
- There is / There are
- Prepositions of place

If you need to check some vocabulary you can use these websites:

Classroom Vocabulary
Dictionary

If you want, you can also add the Classroom Rules you establish with your teacher at the beginning of the school year.


Physical Appearance

You are going to work on physical description.

First of all, try these activities to see if you remember these words:
Exercise I
Exercise II

Secondly, you have to describe yourself and also to describe a friend. In order to do this activity you can use this vocabulary:
Physical Description I
Physical Description II

You can follow this model. Remember that you need to include information about:
- Hair
- Eyes
- Face
- General adjectives

You can also include pictures!


Famous People

You are going to describe a famous person that you like. You have to follow these steps:

1. Find a photograph of someone you like.
2. Cut it out and glue it to the card.
3. Label the clothes and other things that you like about the person's appearance.
4. Describe this person physically.
5. Write a few sentences explaining why you like this person and some relevant details about him / her. You can see examples of descriptions here:
Famous People Description

You can use this dictionary:
Wordreference


My Favourite Place

What is your favourite place? Why?

It's time to write about this place you like. Write some sentences including the following information:
- Where is it?
- Have you ever been there? How often do you go to this place?
- What can you do there?
- Why is it important for you?
- What do you like most about this place?
- ...

You can also include a picture of this place.


My Favourite Animal

As we've studied animals in class, choose your favourite one and complete a chart with information about this animal.

Here you have a list of animals:

Provide detailed information about:
a) Name
b) Habitat
c) Physical description
d) Food
e) Group (mammal, amphibian...)
f) Height
g) Weight

If you need a dictionary you can use this:

Don't forget to include a picture of the animal.





My country

Where are you from?


Write about your country and draw its flag. Don't forget to include the following information:

- Population
- Geography
- Currency
- Climate
- Government
- Languages spoken

You can use this website to look for specific information:

Wikipedia

My Technology World

Let's talk about technology!

Do you like technology?
What gadgets do you have?
Did you buy them or were they presents?
Why do you like them?
Are they useful? What are the main uses of them?
When do you use them?
Is technology good? Or does it have some drawbacks?

Try to answer these questions using charts or following the model provided.


My Meals

Let's talk about food! 

First, answer the following questions:
 - Are you a good cook?
- Are you a vegetarian? 
- Do you usually eat vegetables?
- Do you always have dinner with your family?


Then, put a tick in the type of food you have tried:

Chinese

French

Spanish

American

Italian

Greek


Finally, complete these statements. Before you start writing, review Food and Drinks Vocabulary using these websites and completing some exercises.

Meals Vocabulary
Food Vocabulary
Vocabulary and Exercises

  • My favourite food
  • Food I don't like
  • My favourite breakfast
  • My favourite lunch
  • My favourite restaurant
  • The food in my schoolbag
  • Some healthy food that I eat
  • Some unhealthy food that I eat

Recipe!

It's time to cook!! You are going to write the recipe of your favourite food. Then, you are going to prepare it at home and bring it to class, we will taste it together! Ummm, I'm sure it will be delicious!


Check these sites to learn vocabulary related to cooking:

Cooking Vocabulary
Ways of cooking
Cooking Terms

To start with, here you can see my recipe:


Now, it's your turn! First, write the ingredients we need and then teh procedure. You have to tell us the steps we need to follow in order to prepare you meal.


Palmiers Recipe:


Ingredients:

-         1 puff pastry
-         sugar

Procedure:
  1. Preheat the oven at 200C
  2. Roll out the puff pastry.
  3. Sprinkle half of the sugar over the pastry.
  4. Fold up the left and right vertical side inward, stopping at about 1/4 of the pastry. Fold both sides that meet at the centre and touch with each other.
  5. Press the two sides together.
  6. Repeat the process.
  7. Cut pastry into strips.
  8. Place them on baking tray lined with baking paper.
  9. Leave about 5 cm between each because they will increase in size after baking. 
 You can see how to do them here:

My Clothes

Do you like shopping for new clothes?
Do you often buy new clothes?
Review clothes vocabulary by checking these websites:
Clothes Vocabulary List I
Clothes Vocabulary List II
Clothes Video

Now, complete the following information:

v     Clothes I often wear
v     Clothes I wear for parties
v     Clothes I don't like to wear
v     My favourite colour to dress
v     The most stylish person I know
v     The least stylish person I know
v     Clothes I usually wear in summer
v     Clothes I usually wear in winter



My Summer Holidays


What are you plans for this summer?
What are the first few things that come to your mind when thinking about summer? Write these ideas.
Then, write a brief paragraph telling us about the following statements:
-         My favourite summer places
-         People I'm going to see
-         Places I'm going to visit
-         Places I'd like to visit in the future

You can follow the model or create your own design. You can also include pictures.