Guinness Book of World Records:: Monday Presentation

Since the beginning of time, people have wanted to do the best and biggest things:

World's Largest

There is even a book to documents who has the best, biggest, longest, smallest, tallest things in the world. You can email your presentation to stathopo@gmail.com 

Your job is to research a record you think is interesting and present it to the class. You should answer the following questions:

What is it?
Why did you choose it?
What is the normal size/length of this object?
What the the record? Who is the second best? Can you compare them?

You should use at least 6 comparative or superlative sentences.

Be sure to include pictures or videos! I encourage you to make a short PowerPoint Presentation to go with your research. You can work alone or with a partner. If you are alone your presentation should be 3-5 minutes and with a partner 6-8. I want to hear everyone speak so I can give you feedback.

You can use this link to help you get started Guinness World Records

Create a City!

You are going to write a short description of a new town.

Please describe your city using the ideas on page 114 and the vocabulary on pg. 156 and vocabulary cards.

Be sure to include:

What is it famous for?
What is the weather like?
Is it a big city or small city?
What are the best features?
What is the natural beauty?
Is it safe/dangerous? Noisy/Quiet?

Why should I go there?

My city Acirema is a medium-sized city with 50,000 inhabitants. It is very beautiful and located in the mountains. My city is a famous for a waterfall named LE FALLS. Many tourists come each year to see the waterfall and eat toast with our most famous dish coffee butter. The weather is mild all year round. This means that there are many plants and fresh  flowers that grow all over the city. My city is safe and quiet. The architecture of my city is old. At night, it is perfect for romantic walks. The nightlife in my city centers around cafes in the city square. It is rude in my city to pass someone on the street and not say, " Gleve" which means "Good evening." I hope you visit my city for a nice, relaxing trip.

Writing Prompt

Writing

Choose only 1

1. Comparative essay:

I think that ________ is better than _____ because...

Ex. I think that Beyonce is better than Rihanna because...

OR

2. Superlative essay:

What is the biggest lie you ever told someone and why? What happened? Did you ever have to confess your lie?

How fast is your life?

Watch the following videos.

Compare this listening to the listenings we have in the book. Was is more difficult to understand?

Nat Geo - How Fast is your Life?

Why didn't people notice the gorilla?

Technology is so new - we don't have a plan for how to control it. What do you think we should do about it?

How Fast is your Life - Part 2

What was the plan?

Was it effective?

Which do you prefer and WHY?

1. Swimming in the ocean or swimming in a pool? WHY?

2. A vacation with family or vacation with friends? WHY?

3. Watching a movie in your language or with subtitles? WHY?

4. Watching a movie in the theater or at home? WHY?

5. Communicating by email or by text? WHY?

6. Watching sports or playing sports? WHY?

7. Reading an ebook or reading a regular book? WHY?

8. Doing English homework or doing housework? WHY?

9. Listening to music with headphones or listening to music without headphones? WHY?

10. Going clothes shopping alone or going clothes shopping with another person? WHY?

**Think of 2 of your own to ask your partner! WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?

Make versus Do

1. _______ a mistake

2. _______ homework

3. _______ plans

4. ________ housework

5. ________ the bed

6. ________ the laundry

7. ________ the dishes

8.________ dinner

9. _______ noise

10. ________a phone call


MAKE:

1. You create something new. Nothing existed before. Ex. make a cake

2. Make someone do something: force them to do it.

3. Make also has collocations. Make friends, make a joke....

4. Usually used for: creating, actions or reactions (make me smile), plans, sounds, food, drink, meals.


DO:

1. A command. Collocation. Learn it as they are. English gut. Do your homework.

2. Just do it.(or don't do it). Perform or don't perform an action.

3. Usually associated with: work, jobs, tasks, activities in general (do something), replace an obvious verb (do my hair - comb, style my hair).

What's the Word?

Language is always changing. It is important to know how languages are connected and how they affect each other. Take a look at this Language Tree to see how some languages are related to each other.

Then, try this quiz to identify different language sounds. Record your score. How difficult is it?

Guess the Language - Spoken

Language Game - Letters


With your partner choose 6 words that you will bring back and explain to the class. You will also use 1-2 of these words to make questions for  your classmates. Be sure the words are appropriate!

Oxford English Dictionary -January

OED March

A-D

E-H

I-L

M-P

Q-T

U-Z

Use these resources to look up your words.

Great Online English-English Dictionary

Thesaurus.com - Synonyms

Urban Dictionary - Dictionary of slang, new words and invented words...

Portmanteau

Take a look at the following words combinations. Can you guess what words they make or vice versa?


1. Brunch
2. Email
3. Guesstimate
4. Jeggings
5. Spork
6. Turducken
7. Smog
8. Spanglish
9. Interpol
10. HiTech


1. Gigantic +Enormous
2. Web + Log
3.Chuckle + Snort
4. Ipod + Broadcasting
5. Internet + Citizen
6. Sex + Texting
7. Hazardous + Material
8. Group + Coupon
9. Romantic + Comedy
10. Chicago + Siberia








1. Breakfast + Lunch
2. Electronic + Mail
3. Guess + Estimate
4. Jeans+ Leggings
5. Spoon + Fork
6. Turkey + Duck+ Chicken
7. Smoke + Fog
8. Spanish + English
9. International + Police
10. High + Technology




1. Ginormous
2. Blog
3. Chortle
4. Podcast
5. Netizen
6. Sexting
7. Hazmat
8. Groupon
9. Romcom
10.Chiberia

My Last Vacation

    My last vacation!

*Using only pictures, tell us the story of your last vacation.

*U.e the Questions on pg. 13 to guide your presentation and the Vocabulary on page 152.

*You will be evaluated on your use of grammar and the past tense.

                                      *Your goal is to speak for 2-3 minutes