What will the test (8th May) cover?

Just to make everybody remember about the test:

It's based on unit 4 of your book and will include tasks checking your knowledge of vocabulary we've studied (see the posting below) as well as the aspects of grammar we've been practising for a few lessons: Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous tenses.

If you want to prepare well for the test, go through the pages 34-40 0f your book, as well as review pages 140, 141 and 127. Remember about the extra word list posted below and read the handouts you got from me in class. Don't worry, you still have a lot of time for this, over a week, and there will be one more revision lesson on Wednesday the 6th May.

Here are some extra exercises on present perfect:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1618_gramchallenge33/page3.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1618_gramchallenge33/page2.shtml

Word list for the test

Hi there,
here's the extra word list (as addition to Vocabulary Unit 04 on page 140 of your book), please read and check if you remember the words we've learnt.
(n) – noun, (v) – verb, (adj) – adjective, (adv) – adverb

Internet quizzes
Evergreen, deciduous (adj) trees, hail (v,n), a glacier (n), snowflakes (n), a snowdrop (n), a leaf (n), a branch (n), bark (n), to hike (v), to stroll (v), to get lost (v), binoculars (n), a footpath (n), a pavement (n), tusks (n), feathers (n), a mane (n), a beak (n), claws (n), a herd of cows, a wonderful view, go for a walk in the country
Student’s book pages 34-35
Seeds (n), crops (n), pesticides (n), a mansion (n), bio-diesel (n), characteristics (n), to campaign (v)
a committed (adj) environmentalist (n), environmental (adj) issues (n), environmentally (adv) friendly car,
animals: deer, owl, eagle, coyote
more adjectives: organic (vegetables), knowledgeable, solar-powered, recycled (stone), self-sufficient, characteristic, idealistic, exclusive, converted
Internet and blogging
A unique (adj) web address (n), web pages (n), modem (n), world wide web (n), to surf the web, a link (n), a browser (n), to browse (v), offline / online (adj, adv), attachments (n), to bookmark (v), information storage system (n), to click on an icon, an abbreviation (n), a bulletin (n), corporate (adj), second edition.

Any questions? Don't hesitate to ask, I'll be happy to answer them.
Your teacher Anna

Presentations, part 2

Hello,

today we are going to continue working on the presentations. As there are no lessons from Wednesday to Friday, you can spend this time finishing your presentations and making them just perfect :-) So the homework after this lesson is: finish your work and put it on your class blog.
How to do it? Save your presentation as a movie first, then go to YouTube and and register there, next upload the presentation there. If you are successful with it, you can easily copy the presentation from YouTube to your blog.
We'll see who can be the fastest in doing it, you can earn extra credit!
Then go on watching each others' pieces of work and don't hesitate to post comments!

Good luck and see you next week, enjoy another school break!
Your teacher Anna

The lesson on presentations

Hello there,

we'll move the lesson in the computer lab from Monday to Wednesday in the week before Easter. Please come prepared.
The students who are interested in making the presentations about our school, Warsaw and Poland have a plan of your presentation ready either on a piece of paper or typed in a document. The plan should include:
- what information will be put in the presentation,
- links to where the photos will be taken from.
Try the Windows Movie Maker program on your own but if you have problems with operating it, don't worry, I will show you in class.

Not interested in making the presentation? Let's see what you can do. Choose from the list or do both.
1) Find the quizes we did on nature and make a list of all the new words which appeared there. Include the part of speech of each word and the explanation of the meaning or the translation into Polish. Here are the links:
- Animals:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1252_animals
- Plants:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1229_plants
(We haven't done this one yet, but it's also on our list, do it now).
- Countryside walk:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=113_quiznet
- Nature:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/quiznet/quiz123.shtml

2) Look for similar quizes and other interesting and useful information on the net about the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous forms, read and try it, bookmark the links and let other students know about them (post on the blog or be ready to inform us in class).

That's it for now, if you have questions, post them in the comments below, please.
See you in class,
Your teacher Anna