4th Assignment 2013/14

Hi Guys, check out your next assignments.

REMEMBER
When you're done, please, send me your work. If it's a link to your work online use the GoogleForm, if it's a file you created use DropitToMe.

Due on the 10th of February

1º Access our VoiceThread.
     - 7th Grade - Do pages 13, 14, 15 and 16
     - 8th Grade - Do pages 14, 15 and 16

2º  To celebrate Saint Valentine choose 2 of the tasks below.  Get in touch with your inner Cupid and spread some love :)

• Create a Valentine's card on animoto.
• Recreate a scene in goanimate between 2 famous couples - it could be historical couples like Romeo and Juliet or present day couples that you like.
• Do a research project about famous historical couples and present it either through glogster or capzles.
• Go into the origins of St. Valentine's Day and create a presentation on it using PowerPoint or Movie Maker.
• Write a poem/song or choose a poem/song and then perform it (audio or Video)
• Create a wordsearch or a crossword with Saint Valentine related vocabulary - you can use Wordsearchmaker , Wordsearch or Justcrosswords.

Check out the content of this Live Binder to access web pages that might be useful.

 

3rd Assignment 2013/14

Ok guys, here are your next challenges. :)

REMEMBER
When you're done, please, send me your work. If it's a link to your work online use the GoogleForm, if it's a file you created use DropitToMe.

Due on the 10th of December

1- Access our voicethread and do the tasks on page 11 and 12.

2- Christmas is just around the corner so let's spread some fun loving Christmas magic, shall we?
     Choose ONE of the following:
         a) Create a poster celebrating Christmas - you can use Glogster.
         b) Create a video holiday card - you can use Animoto or Goanimate.
         c) Create a wordsearch or a crossword with Christmas related vocabulary - you can use Wordsearchmaker , Wordsearch or Justcrosswords.
         d) Create a picture dictionary - you can draw it yourself or create it online using this Picture Dictionary
         e) Create a mindmap to share cool Christmas tree/house decorations, the presents you'd like to get, and some Christmas songs/movies - you can use Popplet.
         f) Create a short comic strip about Christmas - you can use Pixton.

3rd Assignment

8th Grade - Due on the 12th of December

Lets bring some Christmas joy into our classes, shall we? Choose TWO of the tasks below.

1- In pairs use glogster, animoto, scrapblog, flixtime or goanimate and create a presentation on one of the following:

5 Christmas movies

5 Christmas songs to cheer you up

5 Christmas recipes (traditional)

5 decoration ideas to jazz up your homes

2- Share with us how you celebrate Christmas. Write a short text on it and add pictures that show your Christmas tree or any other Christmas decorations around your place. Email me the text when you are done.

3- Create a video or a PowerPoint presentation on the use of any of the grammar items we have learnt in class this term. Don´t forget to add examples. 

9th Grade - Due on the 15th of December.

Choose ONE of the tasks below.

1- Share with us how you celebrate Christmas. Write a short text on it and add pictures that show your Christmas tree or any other Christmas decorations around your place. Email me the text when you are done.

2- Create a presentation on Prezi or PowerPoint and let the world know how we celebrate Christmas and New Year's Eve in Madeira.

Again choose only ONE of the tasks below.    

1- Choose a song, grab the lyrics from Lyrics.Wikia or Lyrics.com, draw or use images that portrait what happens in each line of the song. When you're done take a picture or scan your drawings and upload them to Movie Maker in order to create a music video for the song you chose.

I have placed a video below to show you what the end result might look like.
2- Review the verb tenses - present simple; present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous - we have learnt in class this term and create a video that explains how and when a particular tense is used. Then use song lyrics to present examples of its use. You can download the audio of YouTube music videos using Flvto and then cut the excerpt of the music that interests you using mp3cut.net or cutmp3.net.
Below is an example of how your work might look like.
As soon as you finish your video you have two choices: either send me the file so I can put it online or you take care of that yourselves. Whichever you choose is fine by me.

1st assignment 2011/12

8th Grade - Due on the 8th October

Ok guys,

Hope you're ready to embark on this new adventure. ;) Here's your 1st assignment:

Since our 1st Unit is about leisure activities and holidays, I have 2 tasks for you.
- Visit Phreetings and create a virtual postcard. You can refer to: the weather, the accomodation, the things you're doing, etc.
- Go to LiveTyping and let the world know a bit more about you. You can refer to: favourite food, favourite music, favourite subject, hobbies, sports, etc.

9th Grade - Due on the 8th October

Let's Rock and Roll guys! :)

Here's what I'd like you to do.

- Visit LiveTyping and dazzle me with your writing skills. It's a free theme text, so let your imagination go wild. Just be sure you write a minimum of 80 words.

- Head on over to Animoto and create a "about me" video presentation, so we can let the world know a bit more about the wonderful people you guys are.

8th Assignment - Addictions

9th Grade - Due on the 4th of March

Hi guys, access the voicethread below and listen to what you're supposed to do. You can view it fullscreen HERE.


You may use the following tools:
Animoto
GoAnimate
Xtranormal
Photopeach
Powerpoint
MovieMaker
Glogster
Authorstream

You'll find some useful information HERE.
Use Sqworl to bookmark any other website you think is relevant for the task at hand. Use Compfight to get copyright photos.

7th Assignment - St Valentine

8th GRADE - Due on the 13th of February

Hi guys, hope you enjoyed your reading assignment. Am really looking forward to your presentations in class. :)

Now, as far as St.Valentine goes, we have joined the wiki Celebr8Uand MeDigitally, so lets create magic shall we? ;)

Please, choose 2 of the tasks below and then put it on your blog.

• Create a Valentine's card on animoto or goanimate
• Recreate a scene in Xtranormal between 2 famous couples - could be historical couples like Romeo and Juliet or present day couples from a romantic movie that you like.
• Do a research project about famous historical couples and present it either through glogster or capzles.
• Go into the origins of St. Valentine's Day and create a short movie on it using Movie Maker or just scrapblog
• Record a Valentine's message using Vocaroo
• Write a poem or choose a poem and then perform it (audio or Video)
• Research and send us the stories of a couple from our own culture using one of the web 2.0 tools of your choice.
• Prepare a crossword puzzle using justcrosswords
• Create a mini-dictionary using wordwizard.

Check out the content of this Live Binder to access web pages that might be useful for you research.

If you have any questions or doubts, e-mail me or use the Audio Dropbox and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Valentine´s Assignment

This one is a little extra. :)
This assignment is due on the 13th of February. Go to Animoto and create a short Valentine's Day greeting. Use 12 to 15 photos. You can either use your own photos or go to Compfight or Photl and use the photos available there, but the creative commons only.

Esta é extra. :)
Esta tarefa é para ser publicada até ao dia 13 de Fevereiro. Acedam ao site Animoto e criem uma pequena apresentação sobre o Dia de São Valentim. Utilizem 12 a 15 fotografias. Podem utilizar fotos pessoais ou então aceder aos sites Compfight ou Photl e utilizar as fotos lá disponíveis, mas apenas aquelas que pertencem aos Creative Commons.