SIXTH GRADE- FAMOUS PEOPLE BIOGRAPHIES- October 28, 2009
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EminemEminem is the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), one of today's most controversial and popular hip hop musicians.
He is perhaps best known for being one of the few successful white rappers in the industry, not to mention one of the most critically acclaimed. He is also infamous for the controversy surrounding many of his lyrics, which are said by critics to be homophobic, misogynistic and excessively violent.
Robert Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981), better known as Bob Marley, was a singer, guitarist and songwriter from the ghettos of Jamaica. He is most likely the best known reggae musician of all times, famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica. Much of his work deals with the struggles of the impoverished and/or powerless.
He was the husband to Rita Anderson Marley (who was one of the I Threes, who acted as the Wailers' back up singers after they became a global act). She had 4 of his 9 children, including David Ziggy Marley and Stephen Marley who continue their father's musical legacy in their band The Melody Makers.
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop singer. Her career encompasses chart-topping records, high-profile advertising and a foray into acting. She is now considered an American cultural icon recognized throughout the world, but has also been the subject of controversy surrounding the sexuality of her music and image.
Born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears first came to fame as a member of the Disney Channel's New Mickey Mouse Club in the 1993 and 1994 seasons.
Her castmates on the show included Justin Timberlake and Joshua Chasez (who later became members of the pop band NSYNC), Keri Russell (star of the TV show Felicity), Christina Aguilera, also a pop singer, and actor Ryan Gosling. Spears dated Timberlake for about five years.
Queen Victoria - Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January 1877 until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years, longer than that of any other British monarch. As well as being Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, she was also the first monarch to use the title Empress of India. The reign of Victoria was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. The Victorian Era was at the height of the Industrial Revolution, a period of significant social, economic, and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the House of Hanover; her successor belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus (1451—May 20, 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas in 1492 under the flag of Castilian Spain. He believed that the earth was a relatively small sphere, and argued that a ship could reach the Far East via a westward course.
Columbus was not the first person to reach the Americas, which he found already populated. Nor was he the first European to reach the continent as it is widely acknowledged today that Vikings from Northern Europe had visited North America in the 11th century and set up a short-lived colony, L'Anse aux Meadows.
Martin Luther King
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968) was a Nobel Laureate Baptist minister and African American civil rights activist. He is one of the most significant leaders in U.S. history and in the modern history of nonviolence, and is considered a hero, peacemaker and martyr by many people around the world. A decade and a half after his 1968 assassination, Martin Luther King Day was established in his honor.
Sir Isaac Newton (December 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727 by the Julian calendar in use in England at the time; or January 4, 1643 – March 31, 1727 by the Gregorian calendar) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and alchemist; who wrote the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (published July 5, 1687)1, where he described universal gravitation and, via his laws of motion, laid the groundwork for classical mechanics. Newton also shares credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for the development of differential calculus.
Sir Alexander Fleming (August 6, 1881 - March 11, 1955) is famous as the discoverer of the antibiotic substance lysozyme and for isolating the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum.
Fleming was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. He later attended St Mary's Hospital medical school in London until World War I broke out. He participated in a battlefield hospital with many of his colleagues in the fronts of France. Being exposed to the horrid medical infections by the dying soldiers, he returned to St. Mary's after the war with renewed energy in searching for an improved antiseptic.
Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 - August 2, 1922) was a scientist, inventor, and founder of the Bell telephone company. In addition to his work in telecommunications technology, he also was responsible for important advances in aviation and hydrofoil technology.
Hans Christian AndersenHans Christian Andersen, (April 2, 1805 - August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet famous for his fairy tales: The Emperor's New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling.
William Shakespeare - born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest writer the English language has ever known. Indeed, the English Renaissance has often been called "the age of Shakespeare". As a playwright, he performed the rare feat of excelling in both tragedy and comedy. He also wrote 154 sonnets, two narrative poems, and a handful of shorter poems; several of his plays feature songs that are among the finest lyric poems in English. These arguably feature amongst the most brilliant pieces of English literature ever written, because of Shakespeare's ability to rise beyond the narrative and describe the innermost and the most profound aspects of human nature.
Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (August 30, 1797–February 1, 1851) was an English writer who is, perhaps, equally-famously remembered as the wife of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and as the author of Frankenstein
Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt, widely known as Brad Pitt (born December 18, 1963), is an American film actor.
He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri. In high school Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student government and school musicals. He dropped out of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He was two credits shy of graduating with a Journalism degree, before trying his luck in Hollywood. Before he became successful at acting, Pitt supported himself by driving strippers in limos, moving refrigerators and dressing as a giant chicken while working for the restaurant chain El Pollo Loco.
He is married with actress Angelina Jolie.
He was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys.
Pitt is often referenced to as one of the most attractive people in the world—or at least in the film business—and it is commonly recognised to refer to him in this context.
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just "The King", was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. He started his career under the name the Hillbilly Cat and was later nicknamed Elvis the Pelvis because of his physically exuberant performance style.
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. He is a midfielder for Real Madrid and captain of the English national team. He is noted for the quality of his crossing and ability to hit free-kicks and corners, particularly at long-range free-kicks and also for his marriage to a Spice Girl. He has played most of his career for Manchester United. Although there are arguably many better current players in world football none are as famous.
EIGHTH GRADE- PRACTICE PAST TENSES IN ENGLISH!-October 22, 2009
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- Past tenses are commonly used in storytelling and narrative.
EIGHTH GRADE- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTERS- October 9, 2009
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Check out this SlideShare Presentation and prepare the activities for the class.
Hi boys and girls!
We're about to start unit 10. Go to http://www.box.net/services/ipaper_by_scribd/102/163169735/ef592a/Types_of_Houses/shared/1c36k5h4w4
and find out some pictures of types of houses in USA and England. Read the definitions and prepare the following questions for the class:
*What does each type of house means in Spanish?
*What are their characteristics?
*What is a storey?
*What's the difference between a bungalow and a cottage?
*What type of house do you live in?
You can also check definitions out on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_house_types
Search the internet and find out the answer of the following question:
What is a housing state?
Ready! Set! Go!
We are about to start unite 10. Go to http://www.box.net/services/ipaper_by_scribd/102/163169735/ef592a/Types_of_Houses/shared/1c36k5h4w4
and find out a few pictures related to types of houses in USA and England. Read the definitions of each one and prepare the following questions for the class:
* How do you say those types of houses in Spanish?
*What is a storey?
*What could be the difference between the bungalow and the cottage?
KWIM? I thought not.
For e-English read "electronic English" and for IYKWIM read "if you know what I mean".
And for KWIM? Yes, that's right. You'll have to FIOFY.
The internet has created a whole new way of speaking when we write email, post messages or chat online.
It saves time and typing effort, but it's no joke if you don't know the "secret". So just to help you if you're not already a netspeak expert, here are a few of the basic rules and codes people use on the internet.
Remember, these are for use on the internet with friends. We do not usually use them in formal letters or faxes.
Emphasis
If we want to emphasise a word (make it more important), we often use asterisks (*), like this:
"I *love* EnglishCLUB.net."
Sometimes people use capitals to add emphasis but it is not a good idea. MOST PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE A LOT OF CAPITALS. THEY LOOK RUDE AND CAN BE DIFFICULT TO READ.
Emotion
If we want to express our feelings and emotions, we can use "smileys". A smiley is a combination of symbols that looks like a face sideways. The original, basic smiley (eyes, nose and smiling mouth) is very popular and shows that we are happy:
:-)
We can also do this with eyes and mouth only:
:)
Of course, if we are unhappy, we can change the mouth: :-(
There are many possibilities. Here are a few more:
;-) wink
:*) kiss
:~) tears
Abbreviations
To save time when typing (and maybe to save money if you are online), people often abbreviate commonly-used phrases. There are hundreds of possibilities and you certainly do not need all of them!
Some of these codes are just the first letter of each word, for example:
imo = in my opinion
Some of these codes use the sound of the letter to represent the sound of a word. For example, the letter "c" sounds like the word "sea" or "see":
cu = see you
Some of these codes use numbers because the sound of the number is the same as the sound of another word (not the spelling!). For example, 4 (four) sounds like "for". And 8 (eight) sounds like "ate". So if we write L8 we get "late". If we write W8 we get "wait"!
Here are some more examples:
aamof = as a matter of fact
asap = as soon as possible
b4 = before
b4n = bye for now
cul8er = see you later
damhik = don't ask me how I know
eta = estimated time of arrival
f2f = face to face
gf = girlfriend
gmt = Greenwich Mean Time
hth = hope this helps
icbw = I could be wrong
jam = just a minute
k = okay
lmk = let me know
mcibty = my computer is better than yours
oic = oh I see
pls = please
plz = please
q = queue
rumf = are you male or female?
sil = sister-in-law
tia = thanks in advance
uok = you ok?
vr = virtual reality
wdymbt = what do you mean by that?
y2k = year 2000
HAVE FUN AND (DO NOT) LEARN ENGLISH WITH "GOMAESPUMINGLISH" LOL!!!
0 comments Posted by Angie Guardo at 8:07 PMHello!
This is the schedule for next week's oral presentations. Good luck for all the groups!
Tuesday - Day 3
8A - 8B TV News (Group 1) - Interview (Group 2)
Wednesday- Day 4
8B Magazine (Group 3)
Thursday - Day 5
8A Magazine (Group 3)- Exposition (Group 4)
8B Exposition (Group 4)
Friday - Day 6
8A -8B Photo Gallery (group 5)
* Groups 5 & 6: The following week.
* Remember to bring previously a summary of your presentation.
PARA PUBLICAR CUALQUIER COMENTARIO DEBEN HACER CLICK EN LA PALABRA COMENTARIOS AL FINAL DE ESTE ARTÍCULO, EN LA NUEVA VENTANA ESCRIBEN SU COMENTARIO. AL TERMINAR ESCOGEN LA OPCION NAME/URL Y ESCRIBEN SU NOMBRE EN NAME. LUEGO DAN POST COMMENT Y YA.;>)
Hi, Dear students, and welcome to INTERACTING IN ENGLISH!!
This will be your first activity here on the blog.On the left side of this page you'll find THE VIDEO OF THE WEEK. Let's watch it and learn some daily activities we do every day. Choose 10 of your favorite ones and then practice writing in your English notebook sentences in the negative and interrogative forms (With yes/No answers)of each one of them.
Read carefully the directions to prepare your first oral presentations of the third period. Good luck!!
Groups of 5 students:
Prepare a 10-minute presentation about the following topics:
*EARTHQUAKES *AVALANCHES
*TSUNAMIS *NUCLEAR BOMBS
*VOLCANOES *HURRICANES
*FLOODS
Each group must present its topic as a/an:
-Tv News set.
-Interview
-Newspaper/magazine
-Exposition
-Photo Gallery
-Documentary/ Video Research ( a real video extract)
-Movie
Take into account the following recommendations:
-Use as many past passive sentences as you can
-Design any kind of useful material (posters, etc)to support your presentation
-Prepare a funny activity to do after your expo.
-Be creative, choose interesting material.
And also remember to bring previously a summary of it to the teacher.
Ready!! GO!
In this blog you can leave your comments,experiencies, opinions and also publish material produced in class. This is YOURS, join this BLOG and you'll realize that English can be easy to learn. So, what are you waiting for?
Join INTERACTING IN ENGLISH!!!
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