CLASS PROJECT: FAMOUS CELEBRITIES IN HISTORY

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this project is to create the biography of a relevant personality or  personalities; this person should be important in the areas of Language, Literature, Music, Science or Arts.

CONTENTS AND PROCEDURE

1. Choose a relevant personality. You can either choose your own (please talk to your teacher) or choose one for the following list

 A. Language and Literature:
      Willian Shakespeare, William Defoe, The Brönte Sisters, Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,  John Tolkien, CS Lewis, JK Rowling, Beatrix Potter, Herman Melville, Edgard Allan Poe, Raymond Chandler.


B. Science
     Archimedes of Syracuse, Pithagoras, Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace, Jane Goodall, Florence Nightingale, the Wright Brothers, Nikola Tesla

C. Music
    The Supremes, The Beatles, Queen, Elvis Presley, Johny Cash, Billie Holliday, Michael Jackson, Amy Whinehouse, Madonna

2. Create a written biography of the character. Your biography must include the following elements
  a. Birth Information?
  b. Why is this person important?
  c. What are his accomplishments?
  d. Personal Information
  e. Important events in his/her life
  f. A quote

3. Presentation
 Make a brief presentation of your character. You should include any audiovisual element or props to make your presentation more interesting.

4. The Great personality Quizz Game
Make your contribution to the great quiz in learning apps. Please ask your teacher to get your access code

ASSESSMENT
The assessment chart is individual for each student. You must comply with the following elements

DUE DATE
All the information must be handed to your teacher the next 30th of November.

Topic 3. Feelings Intro

Dear Students,

In this topic we are going to learn about senses and feelings. here you have a small slide presentation to comment in class.
Have fun!


Feelings Topic Introduction by Slidely Slideshow

Topic 3 Introduction

Dear Students,

Topic 3 deals about History. Do you know any of the following characters? They surely made history...





Topic 3 Introduction by Slidely Slideshow

Mixed Conditional Resource compilation

here you can find a list of resources to review the conditional types on your own:

- The four types of conditional sentences


- Four conditionals additional reference


- I wish drill exercises


- I wish /If only clauses

Project 2. Then And Now

Dear Students,

Here I post a very easy example of the text I requested you to do; a simple description comparing two pictures, then and now.

Your text must be a minimum of 80 words long, and you shall use the past simple and the used to structure.

You can download the text here

Thanks!

GRADED READERS: THE LITTLE MATCH SELLER

Objectives

Read the text and watch the video "The little match seller", by Hans Christian Andersen

Resources
Audio Narration

Tale Text

Task
Create an exam question using the following padlet board

Enjoy!

HALLOWEEN ASSIGNMENT 2015

Creating monsters for Halloween

BY CARMEN MELLADO ON OCTOBER 15, 2015

We are going to create and describe a monster for Halloween week.
We will decorate the classroom with all your monsters. Next Monday 26th you will give your teacher a description and a monster created using pencils, crayons, paper, cardboard or any other materials. Don’t write your name on the monster. Keep it secret! Be creative!
You will write sentences describing the physical characteristics of a monster.
Include all this information in this order: 
NAME: His/Her name is …
COUNTRY: He/She is from …
AGE: He/ She is ten years old.
COLOUR: He/ She is blue, grey, white, purple, etc.
PARTS OF THE BODY: He/ She has two big ears, four arms, six fingers in each hand, two small horns on his/her head, etc.
ADJECTIVES: He/She is funny, clean, scary, ugly, tall, short, big, huge, small, tiny, enormous, strange, unusual, similar to …, different from …, etc.
Activity 1: First create your own monster on-line.

Activity 2: Draw yourself wild and write the description in your notebook.

1. I have got long black hair.
2. My eyes are big/small. 
3. I am wearing a skirt / jeans / trousers / a t-shirt / trainers.