Things to bring to the Open House

• Decorations for your stand
  
• Poster
  
• Brochures (at least 10 printed) they can be in black and white
  
• Presentation
  
• Your physical model
  

REMEMBER TO PREPARE THE STAND

Is basically the table where you are going to put everything of decoration for selling your product, this has to be attractive to get many customers!

Here are some examples:
Lemonade stand


A technological stand


An stand that some guys put at my school promoting an event

SEND ME YOUR PRESENTATIONS

SEND ME YOUR PRESENTATIONS TO MY MAIL: sag_ag@hotmail.com

SWOT ANALYSIS

SWOT Analysis: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_05.htm
SWOT MacDonalds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbyb0ht-dsk

Examples

HW next class

• Send me your presentations
• Prepare EVERYTHING for the Open House

Small party approved

In spanish for it to be super clear

Si nos dieron permiso para tener un pequeño convivio al final de la clase, como acordamos traigan $30 para poder comprar las pizzas y si quieren traigan algo para compartir con todos. Nos vemos el sábado y recuerden que haremos mucha práctica para el Open House así que traigan todo casi listo.

No class this saturday

Remember that this Saturday (20/05/17) we are not going to have class. Have a great weekend!

Hw 27/05/17

• Write an article deescribing a place (your favorite place or just a place you like a lot) use the structure of Student book pg 95.
• Prepare everythig you need for the OPEN HOUSE

Online Activity

https://goo.gl/forms/jE9n9PAMBxtVJpUH3

HW 13/05/2017

-Write a short mysterious story with as many passives in as possible. (150 words)
-Answer passive voice online activity (posted here on the blog)
-Prepare your presentation for the Oral exam

Written Activity

Guys remember that next class we are going to present our last written activity. For this I recommend you to study the reported speech.

Here you can practice it a little bit:
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech

HW due date 06/05/2017

• Answer Workbook pg. 55-58 Full pages
• Write a text of at least 90 word, about your favorite movie.
• Finish reported speech worksheet https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5sWrWmzz51PTmY3dnRuVERublE/view?usp=sharing

TOEFL

For the TOEFL you can use these links to study and practice:
https://www.ets.org/toefl_itp/content/sample_questions/
https://www.ets.org/…/level1_section1_listening_comprehensi…
https://www.ets.org/…/level1_section2_structure_written_exp…
https://www.ets.org/…/sample_questions/level1_section3_read…

Other links:
https://www.ets.org/…/level2_section1_listening_comprehensi…
https://www.ets.org/…/level2_section2_structure_written_exp…
https://www.ets.org/…/level2_section3_vocabulary_reading_co…
TOEFL TIPS AND MORE PRACTICE:
https://www.etsglobal.org/…/TOEFL-Sample-Tests/TOEFL-ITP-Sa…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQGDN8-pw18 (Answers at the end of the video)

Send me an email

In spanish for it to be super clear

Envienme un mail desde la cuenta de sus padres para tener una actualización de los mails porque muchos me los rechaza, quizá por un pequeño error.

HW 29/03/2017

-Answer WB pg 55 act C, 56 complete, 57 ex. C and A

-Write an informal letter to ask for information about a vacation trip using the structure explained on SB pages 80 and 81.

-Write a letter to a friend about and experience during your vacations using passive voice.

-Finish the open house poster, send it by email to your teacher, when it gets checked, print it for the Open House presentation.

-Answer the reported speech worksheet.

-Practice for the TOEFL test.

HW due date 8/04/2017

• Answer SB p. 74 ex. A to ex E.
• p. 50 ex C, p. 51 complete, 52 complete.
• Read Wonder until chapter called "Detention"
• Prepare for the Oral Test (that is going to be next week!!!

HW due date 1/04/2017

·Make an interview to an adult that you know (your father, mother or another teacher). Write your answers in a paragraph using the reported speech. (100 words at least).

-Tell something about yourself? ¿Dime algo de ti?

-Did you have any heroes or role models when you were a child? ¿Tuviste un modelo a seguir cuando eras un niño?

-How many brothers and sisters do you have? When were they born? ¿Cuántos hermanos o hermanas tienes?, ¿cuando nacieron?

-What memories do you have of each of them from when you were growing up? ¿Qué recuerdos tienes de ellos de su infancia?

-What was the best gift you remember receiving as a child? ¿Cuál fue el mejor regalo que recuerdas que tuviste cuando eras niño?

-What’s your favorite story about each of your children? ¿Cuál es tu historia favorita de cada uno de tus  hijos? (Una historia divertida o que te guste mucho)

-What’s your happiest or proudest moment? ¿Cuál ha sido tu momento más feliz o en el que haz estado más orgulloso?

-What would you like your children and grandchildren to remember about you? ¿Qué es lo que quieres que tus hijos y nietos recuerden de ti?

·Workbook pg 47 activity C and pg 48 activity D.
·Finish worksheet about reported speech
·Study for written activity 3: Conditional sentences 0,1,2 and past perfect.

Reading activity

Para los que no alcanzaron la actividad de lectura

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5sWrWmzz51PWHVLSHQtdUlCWjQ

HW due date 25/03/2017

•    Watch a movie and write explaining what happened during the movie using Past perfect. (140 words at least)
•    Answer pg. 60 on your student’s book.
•    Answer reading worksheet
•    Read the next 25 pages of Wonder

OK Go - I Won't Let You Down

The video we saw in class!

Saint Patick's Day list

Karla: Forks, napkins, decorations, green jell
Alex: glasses/cups, lemonade
Daniela: plates
Lizeth: Decorations, chips
Aldo and Diego: Chocolate coins and pot
Iram: Table cloth
Emmanuel: Decorations/paper leprechaun, green spaghetti
Miguel Angel: Green panditas
Aletze: Strawberries with green chocolate
Mónica: Icecream or lemonade
Fernanda: Green dessert (cake or something else)
Edson: Chicken in green souce
Pedro: Green spaghetti
Rubi: Vegetable cream
Maria Eugenia: Potatoes
Mr. Samuel: Chips and balloons

HW due date 18/03/2017

•  Write a short essay (160 words) on: What would you do if you were the President?
• Finish the conditional sentences worksheet
• Read Wonder until the chapter named "Breakfast"
• Bring the food/decorations that you said you were going to bring for Saint Patricks Day!

Calificaciones

Estimados padres de familia,
Acabo de terminar de mandar las calificaciones de sus hijos solamente que algunos de sus correos me saliero rebotados, si no les llegó un correo mio les pido de favor que me envien un correo para actualizar mi base de datos y se les pueda mandar las calificaciones de sus hijos hasta ahora.
Muchas gracias.

2nd Written Activity!

Remember that next class we have the second written activity! Study the topics that we have seen since Past Simple, I personally recomend to focus more on present perfect (simple and progressive) and modal verbs).

HW due date 11/03/2017

• Write a short essay discussing advantages and disadvantages of videogames.
• Answer  workbook page 36 complete, 37 ex C and D, 38 ex. E and A.
• Read Wonder until chapter "The Bleeding Scream"
• Get ideas for Saint Patricks Day!

No class tomorrow!

Wonder book (another link)

Here I put another link for the book. If for any reason it's not working you can find the file in the PPT section.

http://www.lakewoodcityschools.org/userfiles/2658/Wonder%20-%20comp%203_8%20-%20audiopdf.pdf

Online activity!

https://goo.gl/forms/rEpvhRCYeu01ceD22

HW due date 04/03/2017

1. Complete your brochure, print it and bring it next class. It doesn't have to be in color, it can be in black and white. (one per team)
2. Answer online activity (in the other post)
3. Write a short essay, choose one of the following topics (150 words)
• Write about the future of technology
• Write a description saying how do you see yourself in 10 year
4. Read Wonder until the chapter named "Padawan"
5. See one movie from this list (that you have not seen) and make a short essay (100 words) with your opinions about the movie. Hope you like them!

Movie list:

• Elysium (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIBtePb-dGY
• The prestige (2006) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4gHCmTQDVI
• The breakfast club (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkX8J-FKndE

If you have any other recommendations for us (movies that people have not seen send me an e-mail so I can put it on the list)

Online activity

For part of the homework answer this questions about the past simple and present perfect simple

https://goo.gl/forms/Etdlofb0RmYrXWuv1

HW due date 18/02/2017

• Finish answering the Open House questions, think of a name of your company and design your logos. Bring me all this in a paper, one per team.

• answer the online activity (is going to be on this blog on Sunday)

• Write a letter applying for your dream job (150 words minimum). You have some examples of this in Student Book pg 44 (you don't need to answer this page, just use it as an example).

• Read the book "Wonder" until the chapter called "The Deal".

Open House Questions

Newspaper Recycling campaing

Next class too we have the newspaper recycling campaing! Bring all the newpaper that you can!

ORAL EXAM NEXT CLASS!

In spanish for it to be super clear!

El siguiente sábado 18 de Febrero tendremos nuestro primer examen oral! Este será con el formato de una pequeña entrevista preguntando cosas que ustedes ya saben (experiencias suyas, su opinión en algo, etc). 

Wonder - Book

Here you have the book online so you can read the following parts:

• Ordinary 
• Why I Didn't Go to School 
• How I Came to Life 
• Christopher's House 
• Driving

http://gonzalesummerreading.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/2/9/15295410/wonder.pdf

Dates of exams

In spanish for it to be super clear!

Les comparto las fechas de las evaluaciones que tendremos (las que fueron movidas)

• 11 de Febrero - Primera actividad escrita
• 18 de Febrero - Primer examen oral
• 11 de Marzo - Segunda actividad escrita

The Girl song (from last class)

PPTS

Here are going to be all the powerpoint presentations of the semester!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5sWrWmzz51PR2dwRmFaLVRrdEE

Written activity next class!

Remember we have the written activity next class, I recommend you to review the topics we have seen so far, especially the past simple.

HW due date 11/02/2017

• Answer WB page 16 act C, D and E, page 26 act C&D
• Write a short essay with a description of someone you admire (100 words)
• Read the first chapter of "Wonder"
• Have you idea for the open house ready and send it to me by email sag_ag@hotmail.com

Tomorrow we have class

In spanish for it to be super clear.

¡Mañana si tenemos clase! Para que no se vayan de shopping, el dolar está muy caro.

Link con el programa 2017

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5sWrWmzz51PNHhPMUFuSmkwTkE

Ready for anything! VIDEO

Here is the video that we saw in class about extreme sports!

Presentación junta de padres

https://www.emaze.com/@AZZFQIFR/junta-padres-copy1

HW due date 04/02/2017

• Brainstorm about the product you are going to create.
• Answer WB pg 15 act D, pg 19 act C & D
• Write a short essay describing your most exciting experience (150 words minimum)

OK go video (the one we saw in class)

Informal email structure

You may use the following examples just as inspiration for your homework, they have useful phrases, so check it out!

http://www.rubenvalero.com/english/content/fce-informal-letter-or-email

HW due date 28/01/2017

• Write an informal email (150 words) about whatever you want.
• Remember to send it to my mail sag_ag@hotmail.com before thursday at 11:59!
• Workbook pg 6 act B
• Workbook pg 8 act B
• Studentbook pg 18 act C and D

HW due date 21/01/17

-Bring parents’ signature about the rules and their own emails (2 papers). –Write a short paragraph (100 words at least) answering the following questions: “How would you like to work during this new semester?” and “What would you like to develot most and why: listening, reading, writing or speaking.

- Buy and bring needed materials (Student’s Book, Workbook, Notebooks, etc.)

Welcome to a new semester!