COMPUTER+LAB

=__**2nd TERM**__= =**WEEK OF 7th - 10th JANUARY 2014**= __**WRITING: A DESCRIPTION OF AN EVENT**__ **that you have attended.**
 * In your digital notebook, write a description of an event ( a concert, a show, a sports match, a wedding)**
 * Use 130-150 words and include a minimum of:**
 * **2 passive structures*** (blue)
 * **2 adjectives (** red)
 * **2 adverbs of manner (** green)
 * **2 adverbs of degree (** purple)


 * If you need to check if your passive structures are correct you can use this Passive voice CONJUGATOR. Write a sentence with a direct object or with both a direct and an indirect object and the conjugator wil turn it into a passive sentence.


 * Grading**
 * Paragraphs (min.3) || 2 ||  ||
 * Analyse (colours) || 1 ||  ||
 * Number of words || 1 ||  ||
 * 2 passive structures || 2 ||  ||
 * 2 adjectives || 1 ||  ||
 * 2 adverbs of manner || 1 ||  ||
 * 2 adverbs of degree || 1 ||  ||
 * Accuracy || 1 ||  ||

=**WEEK OF 16th - 20th DECEMBER**= __**THE PASSIVE IN THE NEWS**__
 * As you know, we use the passive when:**
 * 1) The performer of the action is unknown, irrelevant, or obvious i.e.:
 * 2) The performer is less important than the action. i.e.:The fire was extinguished by a group of neighbours.
 * 3) The recipient of the action is the main topic. i.e.: Amodovar was given an award as the best director.

In this activity you must **go on the Internet** to **find examples of passive** use in these newspapers, them **analyse** the sentences and **rewrite** the sentences in the active form.
 * The Guardian: []
 * The Independent: []
 * New York Times: []
 * The Washington Post: []
 * Other world newspapers in English: [|http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/#.Uq9Ilcu9KSM]


 * This is an example of what I want you to do: **
 * Example from El Pais (English edition) **

Six people were released on Sunday after they were detained during a violent demonstration in front of Congress Saturday night. (Use 2) One other person was expected to appear before a judge later on Sunday to face vandalism charges, Efe news agency reported. (Use 1)
 * 1. Analyse the passive structure. Use **blue ** for the performer, **red ** for the verb form and **green ** for the recipient. **

The police released six people on Sunday after they detained them during a violent demonstration in front of Congress Saturday night. They expected one other person to appear before a judge later on Sunday to face vandalism charges.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2. Rewrite in active form: **

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 * Grading**
 * Identify 3 to 6 passive structures || 2 ||  ||
 * Analyse (colours) || 2 ||  ||
 * Rewrite sentences || 2 ||  ||
 * Different news || 1 ||
 * Different newspapers || 1 ||  ||
 * General accuracy || 2 ||  ||

=__1st TERM__= =**WEEK OF 11th - 17th NOVEMBER**= 1. Rewrite your for and against essay in your digital notebook in the wiki of your group. Make any necessary changes. Remember to use the Writer's checklist form the peer correction.

2. Reading comprehension: www.clicknlearn.net

= = =**WEEK OF 28th - 31st OCTOBER**= 1. Practice of Reported Speech 2. Listening and Writing: Find a short **film** fragment with subtitles in English. Embed it in your digital Notebook and **write a report of the script**
 * using Reported Speech.**

Use appropriate structures and a variety of reporting verbs like : warned, explained, wondered, suggested, promised, asked, said, told, etc.

=**WEEK OF 14TH-18TH OCTOBER**=
 * 1 Writing an Informative Essay about an invented language.**
 * **It must be between 130 and 150 words long**
 * **Include 3 connectors of CAUSE and EFFECT ( min.)**
 * **Don't use a translator, i fyou need to find a word or expression in English use one of the dictionaries in the Writing page**
 * Write your text in your digital Notebook


 * 2 Practice of connectors of CAUSE and EFFECT**