Class Diary 11-May-2020

Dear All,

If you would like to take part in our C1.1 class videoconferences, please send me an email asking me for an invitation.  

- Today's tasks:

2. Videoconference

Online Class: gerunds and infinitives:

1. Empower p 92

2. Gerund and infinitives

Gerunds and Infinitives. Grammar

Gerund or Infinitive. Extra Grammar Exercise 1

Gerund or Infinitive. Extra Grammar Exercise 2

Gerund or Infinitive. Extra Grammar Exercise 3

Gerund or Infinitive. Extra Grammar Exercise 4

Gerund or Infinitive. Extra Grammar Exercise 5

Verb Patterns and Reporting verbs. Extra Key Word Transformations 

Gerunds and Infinitives. Extra speaking

3. Wishes and Regrets:

Wishes and Regrets. Grammar 

Wishes and Regrets. Extra Rephrasing

Unreal Past. Extra Key Word Transformation.

Wishes and Regrets. Extra Key Word Transformations

Wishes and Regrets. Speaking

- Announcements:

- Exam dates
Third term exams:

6 May: writing and speaking (on this blog: class diary)
11 May: listening (on this blog: class diary)

13 May: reading and use of English (on this blog: class diary)
15 May: deadline to email me all these exams.

Course Results:
The final mark will be the best mark of each skill calculating:
1. the average of 1st and 2nd terms or 
2. the average of 1st, 2nd and 3rd terms.

RESITS:

Resit exam dates published on www.eoicalvia.com
Written test: 7 September at 16.00 at the EOI, Room 204
Reading and Use of English
Writing production

Written mediation
Listening

Speaking test: 8 September at 19.00 at the EOI, Room 204

Resit Results: 10 September at 21.00 on Centrosnet

- This year the 70% attendance requirement will be relaxed.

- This year will not count towards the maximum number of years students can do the same course.

- Even students who pass the exam can still stay one more year in C1.1 if they want to.

On the school website you can find all the evaluation information: http://eoicalvia.com/avaluacio/

- Free theatre play

Official Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch as the creature | Free National Theatre Full Play  

- Free Talks

- Oxford Cultural Bytes:

It's a series of cultural talks published on Youtube with activities:

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oxford+cultural+bytes

Activities:

http://www.catalogooxford.es/oxfordculturaltalks/

- TED Talks 

- Free Readers
Oxford Learners Bookshelf

Free access to readers for learners during the lockdown.

https://www.oxfordlearnersbookshelf.com/

Students have to sign in or register for FREE to access 148 Graded Readers until 30 Jun 2020.

- What's on guide

 What's on

- Exchange English- Spanish

- Our next session:

Reading and Use of English exam
Practise with these links

cloze tests
Key Word Transformations
Word Formation 

- HW:

2nd term:
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4. Mediation: Write a review comparing two adverts. Useful vocabulary here:

Empower p 125. Adverts. Mediation

(180 words). Deadline 18 Dec

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- 7.

Empower p 41. Commenting on a Story. Written Mediation

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6. Empower p 41. Write a review of a place you have been to

(150 words). Deadline  17 Feb

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-Write a scrapbook after Christmas with the activities you did together with family and friends.

Empower p33. Writing: Christmas Scrapbook.

(180 words). Deadline 20 Jan

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- Book Fair:  (16 Dec) Speak for 5 minutes about the books or articles you are reading this year.
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- Presentation (Feb) Speak for 5 minutes about a topic (mediation).
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- Read an article/short story (weekly) (mediation). 
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3rd term:

WB Unit 4 
WB Unit 5 
WB Unit 6 
WB Unit 7 
WB Unit 8
WB Unit 9 
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8. Empower p 53. Write a profile article about someone you know
Deadline: 11 March
180 words
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9.  Empower p 57. Punishment or Rehabilitation. Oral Mediation

Deadline: 23 March
Speak for 2 minutes
An easy way to record a message is on this website:
https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder
Go to: Start recording
Allow microphone use
Start speaking
Press STOP
Click on  "Save on server"
Write: YOUR NAME Empower p 57 Punishment or rehabilitation (Example: Tomeu Empower p 57 Punishment or rehabilitation )
Click on "SAVE"
Copy the link and email it to me.

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10. Write a review comparing the two books you will have read this academic year. Deadline 23 Apr.
In your review you can include your favourite quotes from the books and add some explanations. In the final paragraph try to compare the two books you have read. You can also try to convince the reader that the books you have chosen should (not) be on the Reading List next year. .  Useful language .

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