Passive Voice

Mauricio:
Go to this site. http://www.e-grammar.org/passive-voice/

1. Download the document named Irregular verbs on your right
2. Study PASSIVE VOICE. 
3. You can also go to the links on your right to practice more. Please copy the screen results and send me the images.
4. Do the exercises, copy and paste your results and send me an email if you have questions to ralfortiz@gmail.com

FIND a city in Europe

You will prepare a presentation in PowerPoint about a holiday or a festival in a city in Europe or the US and describe what they do, using the formulas for simple present we have seen in the book. Presentations will be in pair or individual on Monday, September 24th. The Slides will NOT have text. You can NOT read your presentation, so practice well.

Welcome to this school year. My name is RALF, and this year we have ONE important objective; to like English. If you like English, you can learn English. It is very important to open our mind and change our attitude about English. 

My goal is to help you learn and improve your English. I will explain everything, but you also need to work and get involved in your learning. On the right, you have two important links to practice and improve. Use them when ever it is necessary. 

Let's have fun!

Car Accident

In this unit we have learned how to describe what was happening when we had an accident. Your assignment for today is to make a PowerPoint presentation describing a minor car accident. The objective is to use the different combinations of past continuous. You can invent the story. You can google the pictures of course. You must make a MINIMUM of 10 slides consisting of one picture and one sentence. 
Rules:

1. Do not use a translator.
2. Do not use aggressive language/vocabulary.
3. Do not use bloody/graphic pictures.
4. You must mail the COMPLETE story by the end of the class to ralfortiz@gmail.com
5. You can check your book for grammar and standard expressions.

Good luck!

Pack your bags!... wait PACK MINE!

As it was briefly discussed in class, travelling has changed. The book cited some very meaningful examples, however the article did not take into account the way in which the Internet has changed how we look at the world and how we get to know it.

Your assignment for today is to organize a two-week-trip for me, my wife and eight-year-old daughter to a destination in Central or South America. WE want to visit at least three cities in the country you have been assigned. You must book hotels, transport and recommend where to eat, and costs.

RULES:

• Do NOT copy and paste.
• Do NOT use a translator
• Research in more than one site.
• Explain why I should follow your recommendations.
• Further down the page there is a format on how bibliographical references should be cited. Follow it.
• Be creative and critical
• You will write an INDIVIDUAL report in WORD, and mail it in as an attachment saved as DESTINATION_LastnameFirstname; example MEXICO_OrtizRafael.
• Attachments which are not saved as instructed will not be accepted.
• MAIL IN YOUR FINAL REPORT to ralfortiz@gmail.com BY Saturday, March 24th at MIDNIGHT at the latest.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Go to http://www.tripadvisor.com/ to see the opinions posted by other travellers.
• Visit video sites such as http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Anthony_Bourdain to gain a different perspective.
• Read travel columns.
• Check online periodicals like http://www.nytimes.com/ or http://www.guardian.co.uk/ which have very respectable travel sections.
  

TEAM 1 Argentina
TEAM 2 Brazil
TEAM 3 Costa Rica
TEAM 4 Ecuador
TEAM 5 Chile
TEAM 6 Paraguay
TEAM 7 Peru
TEAM 8 Uruguay

Empathy & Solidarity

What does empathy mean to you? What about solidarity? I want you to write down some ideas about what those words mean to you. I also want you to look for several definitions. Look beyond a simplistic answer. Look them up in a regular dictionary and in an encyclopedia. Can these words be defined as a philosophy or an ideology? An approach to life?

After you have some idea of how you view or understand these terms you need to watch a video on lecture called The Emphatic Sociaty. The video is nearly 11 minutes long, so you need to factor that into your time because the video also needs to buffer. You should try watching it at least twice so you can take extensive notes. By the endo of the class, you need to have full understanding of what the lecture is about, as well as, being able to point out the main ideas.

With the notes you take during THIS class, and once you go through this presention, you will write an essay on empathy, to be turned in on Monday, June 6th, 2011.

Topic Sentences.

Organizing a pragraph.

Sentence combining & Clarity.

Leave a comment after you download and read the documents.

1st Semester Projects - We can be heroes, just for one day.

Kids did great. Ralf is super proud.