2nd Assignment 2013/14

Halloween is just around the corner so here's what I need you to do.

7th and 8th Grade due on the 31st of October

7th Grade
Choose ONE of the following tasks. 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 document you created use DropitToMe.

- Draw your own horror story. You can either draw it yourself or you can use one of these tools: Goanimate; Bitstrips; Toondoo
- Create a mindmap using Popplet and share what you think are the 10 scariest halloween/horror: movies, costumes, books or music videos.
- Create a halloween poster using Glogster.

8th Grade
Choose ONE of the following tasks. 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 document you created use DropitToMe.

-Write your own horror story.
- Create a quiz on halloween. You can use Blubbr or QuizRevolution.
- Create a presentation on the origins of halloween. You can use Prezi or powerpoint.
- Choose a scene from an horror movie/book and make your own video reenactment of it.

1st Assignment 2013/14

Hope you're ready for the learning adventure that awaits us. Here's your 1st assignment:

7th and 8th Grade due on 5th of October

- Visit our oral practice voicethread. Go through all the pages (from 1 to 10)on the voicethread and follow the instructions on there. These first pages are only to help you revise what you already know. Remember you need a microphone to get the tasks done. If you don't own one, please let me know so we can set up an hour to work together.
Click the links below to access your voicethread. 

7th GRADE - Link - http://voicethread.com/share/4775626/

8th GRADE - Link - http://voicethread.com/share/4775620/

4th Assignment

Lets get back into our ZarcoEnglish mood, shall we? ;)

8th Grade - Due on the 31st of January

           Up to you to explore and present to the class the vocabulary we will look into while dealing with the topic "food". Just choose ONE of the 4 mini tasks below:
1- Create a word cloud with relevant vocabulary. Create subtopics like: "Vegetables", "Fruit", etc. Use Wordle to do this.
2- Create a mind map displaying the relations between the words. Use Popplet for this one.
3- Create a video to practice vocabulary. Use text and images or record yourself. You can put everything together using Movie Maker.
4- Create a crossword or a wordsearch so you can test your colleagues' vocabulary skills. Use Wordsearch Maker and Just Crosswords.

           Now, this next task needs to be tackled by all of you. It's time you let your reading shine through. So this one is all about books, audiobooks to be precise. Visit StoryBee or Storylineonline and choose ONE audiobook. Listen and/or read the story and then choose one or two of the tools below to: briefly present the author; explain what you (dis)liked about the story and then retell the story or create a new version of it.

Tools you may use:
GoAnimate
Toondoo
Glogster
Capzles
Tar Heel Reader
MovieMaker
Powerpoint
Prezi

Happy readings!

9th Grade - Due on the 31st of January

1- Write a text about your addictions. Remember to structure your ideas so you actually create a text and not just loose sentences. Use this Essay Map to help you organize your paragraphs. Write your text using google docs and when you're done share the link with me by filling out this form - http://bit.ly/entregadetrabalho

2- 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
Photopeach
Powerpoint
MovieMaker
Glogster
Prezi

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

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.