G'day all!
Well some of you had great fun last week playing with the photos on Bubbleshare! I hope you can all post them on your blogs this week so that we can all view them! I found out from Rosa that when you go to paste your Bubbleshare photos on your blog post, you must click on the Edit HTML button first. This lets you paste the photos. Remember to switch back though!
I hope you all enjoyed Helen's video clip of Andrew's singing !
I'm sorry I can't be with you today but as I told you this morning my meeting at AMES was changed. You can all go back and read last week's post and complete the work on the Recount! This will form part of your writing portfolio for assessment.
Have you identified the flowers from last week's post? Put a comment in the post! What about the floral emblem of NSW? Did you find out its name? Add a picture and a short description to your blog!
If you run out of things to do, have a go at some Time4English activities or Issues in English. (The icon for this is on the desktop)
Bye for now! Happy blogging!
BubbleShare: Share photos - Play some Online Games.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Term 2, week 1
These flowers are from my garden.Do you know what they are?
Gday all and welcome back for Term 2!Did any of you go to Canberra for the Olympic torch relay? Or to the city on ANZAC day to see the march? What did you get up to during your 'free time'? It was a bit hard to do much outdoors though due to all that rain! Imagine, there haven't been as many consecutive wet April days since 1931! 13 in fact!The photos from our lunch turned out very well, didn't they? I hope you all remembered to bring some photos today so you can create your own bubbleshare after you've finished your work. If you forgot then you can use some of mine, ok?Today, I'd like you to write a recount of what you got up to during the last two weeks! Read below how to write a recount. Post it in your blog!Recount texts: The purpose of a recount is to inform or entertain by retelling past events or experiences. You can recount personal events, factual incidents or imaginary incidents.
Gday all and welcome back for Term 2!Did any of you go to Canberra for the Olympic torch relay? Or to the city on ANZAC day to see the march? What did you get up to during your 'free time'? It was a bit hard to do much outdoors though due to all that rain! Imagine, there haven't been as many consecutive wet April days since 1931! 13 in fact!The photos from our lunch turned out very well, didn't they? I hope you all remembered to bring some photos today so you can create your own bubbleshare after you've finished your work. If you forgot then you can use some of mine, ok?Today, I'd like you to write a recount of what you got up to during the last two weeks! Read below how to write a recount. Post it in your blog!Recount texts: The purpose of a recount is to inform or entertain by retelling past events or experiences. You can recount personal events, factual incidents or imaginary incidents.
The structure of the text is:
An orientation which tells about who, when and where the event or incident occurred.
The detailing of a sequence/list of events in the order in which they happened. Throughout, there may be some personal comment about the events.
Some language features of a recount are:
- mainly past tense verbs
- action/doing verbs ie walked/caught/saw/played/bought
- adverbial phrases ie on the way/in the city/on the train
- specific participants ie my friend/his daughter/our neighbours
- personal comment ie I really liked it/some people were a bit afraid
- details of time ie about two o'clock/after lunch/in the morning
You can have a look at some model texts to get some help/ideas. You can click on the link and read some recounts written by former AMEP students.
Happy blogging!
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Week 6
G'day all!
I can't believe that this is our last computer class for the term! We really have not done very much work so we'll have to be very busy in Term 2!
I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. I spent this afternoon with some friends at a BBQ. Luckily for us the rain held off and we were able to sit outside.
I'm pleased to see that you've made an effort to get your work up to date on your blogs. You can finish off all the bits and pieces today so that we can start new things after the holidays. Please make sure you have headphones by then. it makes it easier to do listening! If you can get some with a microphone that will be even better so you can record.
I can't believe that this is our last computer class for the term! We really have not done very much work so we'll have to be very busy in Term 2!
I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. I spent this afternoon with some friends at a BBQ. Luckily for us the rain held off and we were able to sit outside.
I'm pleased to see that you've made an effort to get your work up to date on your blogs. You can finish off all the bits and pieces today so that we can start new things after the holidays. Please make sure you have headphones by then. it makes it easier to do listening! If you can get some with a microphone that will be even better so you can record.
Remember to log on to the wiki and do the work that has to be done. Have a look at what Rosa's students have done and see if you can do the same!
When all your work is up to date, have a look at the comments I've written on your posts!
Have a good week and have a great break from English classes for 2 weeks. i know I'm looking forward to having some time off!
Happy blogging!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Week 5
What is this structure and where is it?
G'day all!
It seems like ages since I wrote in the blog because of the holiday last week. I hope you're all ready to work today! It very important each week that you read what I write and then do any classwork I set before you go and do other things!
By now you should have all done the Library podcast and posted your replies in your blog. Then you should have gone to the ESOL wiki and completed the 2 tasks there. Last time you also had to post a comment on my post about the pictures. (I can see only 3!!)
Go back through the blog to access the links!
When you have finished these 3 tasks, open the link to Rosa's blog and look at the Harmony day photos. Write an account of the day's events in a new post on your blog. You can copy the photos if you'd like to. Ask me how if you can't do it!
After that, look at the activities on the Easter Show. That should keep you busy for 2 hours!
Happy blogging!
It seems like ages since I wrote in the blog because of the holiday last week. I hope you're all ready to work today! It very important each week that you read what I write and then do any classwork I set before you go and do other things!
By now you should have all done the Library podcast and posted your replies in your blog. Then you should have gone to the ESOL wiki and completed the 2 tasks there. Last time you also had to post a comment on my post about the pictures. (I can see only 3!!)
Go back through the blog to access the links!
When you have finished these 3 tasks, open the link to Rosa's blog and look at the Harmony day photos. Write an account of the day's events in a new post on your blog. You can copy the photos if you'd like to. Ask me how if you can't do it!
After that, look at the activities on the Easter Show. That should keep you busy for 2 hours!
Happy blogging!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Week 4
What's the reason for these pictures on my blog today? Add a comment to this post.
G'day all and welcome to another class in the computer room!
I hope you all had a great weekend. As I told you this morning I had a very enjoyable time! The St Patrick's Day party on Friday night was full of fun, food and fabulous friends! By now, I hope that you understand the significance of the event! Even though Irish people do not eat special food on the day, I did cook some traditional recipes so that my friends could taste some Irish cooking! Have a look at the recipe for soda bread and Irish stew and see if you'd ever cook this food.
Do you have a special day in your country? When is it? How do you celebrate? Are there special dishes prepared and eaten? Write about the event in a post in your blog. Add links and photos too.
Remember to go to esolf2f (use the link in the side bar ) and add your info on the World map if you haven't already done so. Then do the second exercise too!
Please remember to buy headphones so that you can do the listening activities required as part of your English course.
There will be no class next Monday as it's the Easter Monday holiday. I hope you all enjoy the short break. Perhaps you'll visit the Easter Show with your families!
Happy blogging!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Week 3
Bondi Beach
Cronulla Beach
Cronulla Beach
G'day all
I hope you all had a good week and a great weekend. I had visitors up from Melbourne so we were very busy showing them the sights! I think we visited every beach from Cronulla in the south to Palm Beach in the north.
I realise that most of you did not listen to the podcast with Patricia last week so I'd like you to go back and do it today. Remember to print off the questions to make it easier.
When you have finished that, go into the ESOL wiki and follow the instructions to add your name on the world map. Ask me for help with voicethread if you need it.
If you have time, look at Rosa's blog and read about International Woman's Day.
Have a good class and happy blogging!
I hope you all had a good week and a great weekend. I had visitors up from Melbourne so we were very busy showing them the sights! I think we visited every beach from Cronulla in the south to Palm Beach in the north.
I realise that most of you did not listen to the podcast with Patricia last week so I'd like you to go back and do it today. Remember to print off the questions to make it easier.
When you have finished that, go into the ESOL wiki and follow the instructions to add your name on the world map. Ask me for help with voicethread if you need it.
If you have time, look at Rosa's blog and read about International Woman's Day.
Have a good class and happy blogging!
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Week 2
G'day all
I hope you all had a good weekend. The weather turned out to be quite good even if it was a little cool! I had a quiet time and apart from Friday when I went to lunch in the city, I stayed around home. What did you all get up to? Did any of you go to the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade? Did anyone go to the cricket yesterday? How did you spend your time? Writ about it in your blog! Add a photo or two as well!!
I was impressed by the blogs you created last week and I look forward to reading them all every week. Well done. Please put a link to my blog on yours and perhaps any other link you think is important. Ask me if you dont know how to do this.
By now you've all settled into AMEP-A and hopefully have learnt a few things the past couple of weeks. I believe that you all went to the library recently and had a tour of the library with Patricia. To consolidate your learning and to help you improve your listening, I'd like you to listen to the podcast with Patricia. You can print off the questions to help you. Post your answers in your blog under the title LIBRARY.I'll give a small prize to the first person to post the answers correctly!
Our AMEP-A class
BubbleShare: Share photos - green toy news
Have a good week and happy blogging!
I hope you all had a good weekend. The weather turned out to be quite good even if it was a little cool! I had a quiet time and apart from Friday when I went to lunch in the city, I stayed around home. What did you all get up to? Did any of you go to the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade? Did anyone go to the cricket yesterday? How did you spend your time? Writ about it in your blog! Add a photo or two as well!!
I was impressed by the blogs you created last week and I look forward to reading them all every week. Well done. Please put a link to my blog on yours and perhaps any other link you think is important. Ask me if you dont know how to do this.
By now you've all settled into AMEP-A and hopefully have learnt a few things the past couple of weeks. I believe that you all went to the library recently and had a tour of the library with Patricia. To consolidate your learning and to help you improve your listening, I'd like you to listen to the podcast with Patricia. You can print off the questions to help you. Post your answers in your blog under the title LIBRARY.I'll give a small prize to the first person to post the answers correctly!
Our AMEP-A class
BubbleShare: Share photos - green toy news
Have a good week and happy blogging!
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