Regular and Irregular verbs Revision

Hello Ana, Gerson, Neto, Jacinta, Ira and Izaci

Here are three activities to help you practice regular and irregular verbs.

1. Irregular verbs

2. Odd man out

3. Regular verbs

Obama and Political Speeches

Did you see the political debate last night – it was very interesting. There’s some good analysis about who won or not here on the BBC website. Here are the videos I showed in the lesson:

1. Obama / will.i.am – Yes We Can

The speech is here online.

2. Martin Luther King Jr. – I have a dream

I’m a Speaker!

Upper 2 homework – click here do the activities online.

Here is Upper Intermediate 2 performing, their version of The Monkees I’m a believer. I’ll put the words up here later…

Verse 1 (Joao Henrique, Gabriel, Agatha)
I thought English was easy only in Fairy Tales
Thought it was only about the verb to be
It was so crap!
It was just a trap!
That accent haunted all my dreams

Chorus
Then I went to Cultura, now I’m a speaker!
Not a trace of doubt in my mind!
I’m fluent… I’m a speaker, I couldn’t forget English if I tried.

Verse 2 (Gabriella, Ingrid, Renata)
I thought English was more or less a boring thing
I go to Cultura, it’s fun – oh my God!
How are we learning?
Games we play
Speaking English is a funny thing…

Verse 3 (Marcella, Graças, Jessica)
Learning English is good for our future
I get to do many things like travel
It will be easier
To communicate
and I want to be an English teacher

And the original lyrics are here.

See ya!
DM

Mini-saga

Hi guys,

The mini-saga website is: http://www.inglescomcultura.com.br/
Click on the box with the information about mini-saga. It will give you details of how to enter the contest and the rules and also some examples of other stories.
IMPORTANT: When you write your story – don’t use any apostrophes in contractions – the computer gets confused! So, DON’t write: ” I’m happy and he isn’t ” – DO write: ” Im happy and he isnt “. OK?
Email me if you have any more questions.

Mac versus PC

Thanks to Raul for pointing me in the direction of there. They’re very funny…

Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet. The mild cigar.

If you liked the adverts for Hamlet cigars, here is a compilation of many more… Hilarious!

Come As You Are

Nirvana performing Come as You are unplugged for MTV. Lyrics here:

“Come as you are
As you were, as I want you to be
As a friend, as an old enemy
Take your time
Hurry up, the choice is your, don’t be late
Take a rest
As a friend, as an old…
Memoria, memoria, memoria, memoria
Come doused in mud
Soaked in bleach, as I want you to be
As a trend
As a friend, as an old…
Memoria, memoria, memoria, memoria
And I swear that I don’t have a gun
No, I don’t have a gun
No, I don’t have a gun
Oh yeah, memoria, memoria, memoria
And I swear that I don’t have a gun

Also, here is Caetano performing the song:

Advanced 1 homework

Hey guys,

The homework is to do this short activity on the internet-
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=uLtS2sXbxv1QD1SH86xelg_3d_3d

See you soon,
DM

Master 1 Magic and ghosts!

Homework is to write a review of a mystery film that you have seen (e.g. a ghost story / thriller ). Use page 199 in the book to help you with language, style and length. Your review should be about 220-260 words. You can send it to me on an email!

Remember, in class we read about the magician Steve Cohen. Click here to see his official website. Click here to read a short article from Forbes magazine! And here is an official YouTube video of him:

Bringing up children

Hi Advanced 1,

I mentioned this video in class about bringing up children to NOT be so safe… Click here to watch it. It’s very interesting,

DM