Recipes

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Label the picture. How many can you name?

 

Speaking about Food (exercise 7, page 7) and other questions...

Read the sentences and write your opinion in "post a comment". You can choose 3 questions from each of the sections. Don't forget to use the expressions in the "useful language".

What do you think?

For example...       I agree.       I don't agree.      I think it's true.      I don't think it's true.               (I think) it depends.      I'm not sure...     In my opinion ...

1. Men are better cooks than women.
2. Both boys and girls should learn to cook at school.
3. Cheap restaurants usually serve bad food.
4. On a night out with friends, where and what you eat isn't important.
5. Not all fast food is unhealthy.
6. Every country thinks that their cuisine is the best in the world.

And some extra questions...
1. Women worry more about their diet than men.
2. Young people today eat less healthily than ten years ago.
3. Men cook as a hobby, women cook because they have to.
4. Vegetarians are healthier than people who eat a lot of meat.
5. You can often eat better in cheap restaurants than in expensive ones.
6. Every country thinks that their cooking is the best.

Write About It

 

Hello!

 

All writings from DULCE ROSALES

Reading Practice

Hello every one!
Here I am posting a bit of Reading Practice for the exam!

Matching. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the sentences in the appropriate place. There are two sentences which do not fit anywhere.

A	We  could wear a regular pair of jeans with no holes in them	2
B	The reason for this is because of all the social issues going with students.
C	My opinion on having to wear uniforms in public schools has changed.
D	There are several reasons public schools should require uniforms
E	Many schools do have a policy covering the wearing of school clothing.
F	Another reason uniforms wouldn’t be that bad in public schools is because of how others like to dress to impress
G	Uniforms can reduce the incidents of bullying and theft
H	Wearing a uniform in schools doesn’t mean that the uniform has to be a professional style.

Public School Uniforms*

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With the years, _____1______I came from a school where I had to wear a uniform. But it was something basic where we had to wear khaki pants with a blue polo shirt. We didn’t have to wear khaki pants all the time, but when we went on field trips it was compulsory to wear them. On a regular day of school,___2____. But we always had to wear a blue polo shirt. But on the first day of each month we had a dress down day. Dress down day didn’t mean that we could wear whatever we wanted, it just meant that we could wear what we wanted as long as it wasn’t trashy or slutty looking.

There were some days when I really wanted to wear what I wanted to, but I wasn’t able to. It was things like that, which I really didn’t like about uniforms. But, when you really think about having to wear a uniform in public schools, it isn’t that bad. 
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____3_____Public schools could make the uniforms more casual, just khaki or black pants with a certain colored shirt, or if some schools chose to wear their colors, they could wear simple pants with the colors of their school for their shirts. Such as if your school colors were blue and white, they could wear a pair of jeans with a plain blue or white shirt. Uniforms don’t have to be something over dramatic. 
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______4_________. Girls, for example would wear something really short and/or a really revealing top. The boy would take it the wrong way, and that would make the girl seem like a trashy person. Also, for boys, wearing a uniform would keep you out of having the need to be cooler than another individual. Wearing uniforms allows students to get to know how to dress appropriately. 
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________5_______.   School uniforms are one of several strategies being used in state schools to restore order in the classroom and safety in the school. In addition to encouraging students to concentrate on learning, rather than on what to wear, uniforms can be social equalizers that promote peer acceptances, as well as school spirit and school pride.   
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School uniforms make it easier for students not to worry about what the latest fashion style is and if what they are wearing is going to make them stand out.   This will also stop gangs from flashing their colors and standing out within the school grounds.   Even though the gang members know who belongs to what gang and might not minimize the fights that occur on the school grounds; they are still somewhat controlled by what they wear.   This helps the school by not having daily battles regarding what is appropriate or not for school. 
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 ________6________.   If everyone is wearing the same clothes how can you pick on them?   Why steal shoes or clothing from their lockers if everyone has the same shoes or clothing? 
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*REMEMBER: 'public' is state school in USA

TEXT Source: OPPapers.com

ANSWERS In comment 1

To REVISE WRITING GO HERE

Writing a formal letter/ email

In class we have looked at how to write informal and formal letters or e mails.
Have a look at the document for revision.


Letter Letters NI1

Remember OUR homework for NEXT WEEK:

Imagine you are not good at using computers.
You are living and working in London. You have found a course in a newspaper advert...

Write an e mail to Itech Courses in London, telling them about your computers skills and asking for further information about the course.
Use the language studied in class, especially that of  the last photocopy given (Copy Save & Delete)

Write about 180 words.

Writing Tips

NOTE: 

At Intermediate level in EOI you are asked to write two tasks at the exams.

A short one of about 100 words, and a longer one of about 170-200 words.
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In the next post you’ll get the rest you need to know.

Types of writing

• Notes (apologizing, excusing, thanking, etc), blog comments and short messages…

• Giving instructions (how to get to a place, a cooking recipe, how a machine works, etc)

• Postcards.

• Informal or friendly letters or emails.

• Formal letters or emails ( applying for a job, complaining about a bad service, etc)

• Descriptive compositions (about people, places, objects…).

• Stories or narrative compositions (about real or imaginary events).

• Discursive essays (Opinion essays or ‘for and against’ essays).

• Reports ( about news; Reviews about a book, a film, a restaurant, etc).

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BASIC IDEAS

***Before you start to write any type of composition:

 Think about the topic.

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 Make a list of the main points and ideas.

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 Think of the vocabulary you can use.

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 Think of examples to back up your points.

***After you finish writing, check:

• That the format is correct ( an email is different from an opinion essay or a book review).

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• That all you have been asked to write about is included in your composition.
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• That you have separated paragraphs, when you present a new idea or point.

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• That you have linked your ideas using the correct linking words (and, also, but, On the other hand, therefore, although, after that, when,  so, before…)

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• That you have left margin.

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• That you have no spelling mistakes and the punctuation is correct.

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• That you have not made grammar mistakes (verb tenses, prepositions, correct use of modal verbs, articles, etc)

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• That you’ve made a wide use of the vocabulary studied, especially that which is related to the topic.

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• That your ideas follow a logical order.

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• That it is easy to understand by anybody (especially the teacher), because it’s clean and clear.

Writing a story NI1 

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See Document below for more tips and examples 

 

WRITING

NI1- Unit 1A-Recipes

Look at this RECIPE written by a NI1 student.

If you did not come to class when we studied recipes, you can write one in the comments section (link) below.

Rec Eta

Thanks a lot, Joan !

And now how to make a delicious English Trifle!

OPINION ESSAY

If you'd like to share your opinion essay with your classmates. >You can paste it in the comments to this post!

REMEMBER the rubric:

"What's better, State or Private Schools?"

(180-200words)








NICE WEEKENED!

Improve your Writing Skill (I)

NOTE: 

At Intermediate level in EOI you are asked to write two tasks at the exams.

A short one of about 100 words, and a longer one of about 170-200 words.
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Today I am giving you only some writing examples of writing types we’ve already seen in class together with a book review.

In the next post you’ll get the rest you need to know.

Types of writing

• Notes (apologizing, excusing, thanking, etc), blog comments and short messages…

• Giving instructions (how to get to a place, a cooking recipe, how a machine works, etc)

• Postcards.

• Informal or friendly letters or emails.

• Formal letters or emails ( applying for a job, complaining about a bad service, etc)

• Descriptive compositions (about people, places, objects…).

• Stories or narrative compositions (about real or imaginary events).

• Discursive essays (Opinion essays or ‘for and against’ essays).

• Reports ( about news; Reviews about a book, a film, a restaurant, etc).

-

BASIC IDEAS

***Before you start to write any type of composition:

 Think about the topic.

.

 Make a list of the main points and ideas.

.

 Think of the vocabulary you can use.

.

 Think of examples to back up your points.

***After you finish writing, check:

• That the format is correct ( an email is different from an opinion essay or a book review).

.

• That all you have been asked to write about is included in your composition.
.

• That you have separated paragraphs, when you present a new idea or point.

.

• That you have linked your ideas using the correct linking words (and, also, but, On the other hand, therefore, although, after that, when,  so, before…)

.

• That you have left margin.

.

• That you have no spelling mistakes and the punctuation is correct.

.

• That you have not made grammar mistakes (verb tenses, prepositions, correct use of modal verbs, articles, etc)

.

• That you’ve made a wide use of the vocabulary studied, especially that which is related to the topic.

.

• That your ideas follow a logical order.

.

• That it is easy to understand by anybody (especially the teacher), because it’s clean and clear.

PRACTICE

If you need some extra practice, why don’t you try one of these?

a) Your friend has sent you an email, telling you she cannot go out with you tonight because she has a terrible stomachache.

Write back and give her some advice:

- Greet her.

- Feel sorry for her.

- Tell her what to eat, do and what not to.

- Close pleasantly.

(180 words)

b) Write a review of a book you’ve read recently. (About 180 words)

c) Your best friend is living in Switzerland and has sent you a beautiful silver watch for your birthday!
Send him/her a thank you note. (About 90 words)

See Document below for more tips and examples 

You can write your compositions and put them in the comments to this post, if you don’t, please, write saying you’ve read this post and give your opinion about it, or anything!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

WRITING (I)

A Recipe...

Joan of Arch sent us this delicious recipe to make Fideuá... Now is your TURN!!!


;-)

Rec Eta

Thanks a lot, Joan !

And now how to make a delicious English Trifle!

WHO ARE YOU?

Hello everyone!

In class you have been given a 'secret' name to keep you anonymous during the year. Only the teacher knows who you really are!

That name is the name of an icon in the English culture.

Everytime you write a comment in this blog you will use that name, so that I know who is writing... but not your partners.

Today is the day when we are going to introduce ourselves through a small biography.

I've written two examples myself, about US president Franklin D. Roosevelt and American actress Susan Sarandon.

SEE COMMENTS!

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How to do it:

- Click on comments

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- Write or copy your biography, then tick on Name/URL

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- Write your 'false name' (URL is not necessary)

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- Write the word verification and PUBLISH COMMENT!
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:-) :-)