Our Library

This is the bookself where our English books are in our Library.

As you come into the library it´s on your right, next to the computers.

Most of them are graded and you can choose the one you consider the most suitable for your level of English.

Remember to bring your Student´s card to borrow the one/ones you prefer.

We have more books at the Department.

Come and borrow your book from the Department if you prefer to.

READ THE BOOK 

AND

 FILL IN THE BOOK REVIEW.

Interesting link on reading and writing here.

Due to:

January

The Picture of Dorian Gray: suggested links and activities

* In this link you have got a 4-questions quiz.

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These are Penguin´s activities (sheets for teachers to be used in class).

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Memorable quotes here.

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Wikiquotes here.

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Selection of quotes

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If you enjoyed the short version and would like to read the whole version, try this link, where you can find an e-book. (Teachers can compare one chapter from the original version to the adapted versions)

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Oscar Wilde Quotes, from different Wilde´s sources

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* A and B from this page to revise content and vocabulary.

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SUGGESTIONS:

MAKE YOUR OWN LIST OF QUOTATIONS from the version you are reading. Don´t forget to mention the chapter and page it has been taken from.

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* These are ready-to-use activities

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Extra links on Oscar Wilde here.

WRITING A REPORT: useful vocabulary and grammar

I´ve found this interesting piece of news about a School Science Fair in Plymouth,

published at The Bristol Press.

This article talks about the Fair, how it was organised, who won the first prizes and explains some of the students´experiments, providing some of their comments and reactions.

This site includes a list of blogs on the right, with a topic sentence summarising each blog´s contents.

It also has a section below where comments can be submitted.

Now, I have selected a paragraph to focus attention on some items which might be useful for you when writing your own reports.

Pay attention, take notes and stop before the explanations to think on your own

Thursday, April 1, 2010 10:42 PM EDT (1)

By Freesia Singngam

Staff Writer (2)

PLYMOUTH —(3) Their experiments ranged from analyzing plant growth to making their own batteries, but all the 7th-grade students (4) from Bonnie Doughty-Jenkins’ class (5)used the scientific method for their entries in the third-annual Eli Terry Jr. Middle School Science Fair Wednesday (6).“They had to come up with a question they wanted to test,” Doughty-Jenkins said (7) About 80 students from her classes entered the fair, but in the end (8), one student won it all. Spencer Pilarski won the first place trophy with “The Effect of Various Liquids on a Nail.” In a wooden box, he placed cups of several different liquids including ammonia, ginger ale, lemonade and salt water. Then he put one nail in each. He found that salt water rusted the nail the most.“I thought I wasn’t going to win it,” he said (9)

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BEFORE LOOKING AT THE NOTES BELOW,

FOLLOW THESE STEPS:

1. READ THE FULL TEXT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.

2. THEN, FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE COLOURED EXPRESSIONS TRYING TO GUESS THE REASON WHY THEY HAVE BEEN HIGHTLIGHTED.

3. WRITE YOUR CONCLUSIONS ON YOUR INTERNET-SHEET

4. ANSWER THE FINAL TWO QUESTIONS AT THE END OF YOUR WORK ON YOUR INTERNET-SHEET AND AS A "COMENTARIO" HERE. REMEMBER TO WRITE YOUR NAME!

NOTES:

(1) Date: Notice one of the ways of writing the date.

(2) By: Used to introduce the author of the report --also used for films or books, i.e. directed by; written by. Notice the structure BY + NAME OF THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE ARTICLE + WHO HE/SHE IS.

(3) PLYMOUTH: This is the place where the event took place.

(4) Los estudiantes de 7º grado

(5) De la clase de Bonnie Doughty-Jenkins. An example of the use of the Saxon Genitive form. Notice the structure NAME OF THE TEACHER + ´S + CLASS

(6) La Feria de Ciencias del Colegio Eli Terry. Notice the order of elements in English --DETERMINER + NOUN.

(7) Dijo Daughty-Jenkins. Notice the order SUBJECT + VERB and the use of the verb say --said, to report someone else´s words.

(8) al final

(9) dijo. Notice the use and order of SUBJECT + VERB, though in Spanish the subject is not needed. See (7)

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2. What did you appreciate most?

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Learn & Enjoy

Live & Feel

Human Rights: first steps

Now we are working on Human Rights.

If you want to join us, start having a look at this page, which provides interesting links, contents and bibliography.

Which topic would you like to work on?

Mail your ideas to englishwithterry@hotmail.com or leave a comment here.

Thank you for your participation!

The Story of Tracy Beaker (IV)

The following are quotations from the book. Interesting vocabulary is printed in orange colour.

I hate waiting. It really gets on my nerves.

I can´t concentrate on anything.

Not even my writing.

(page 100)

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I wish I hadn´t had that dream.

Dreams can come true.

(page 106)

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Elaine is a pain but she´s also quite quick at putting two and two together.

(page 107)

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The Story of Tracy Beaker (III)

QUESTION 1

COMPLETE WITH THE CORRESPONDING WORDS:

DIDN´T LOOK A BIT LIKE / DIDN´T KNOW / FEEL SORRY / LEAVE ME ALONE /

LOOK / LOOK LIKE / LOOKING WORRIED / SHY / SEEM

And it ___(1)___ all that effort was for nothing, because she didn´t ___(2)___ to have the woman writer person with her after all (page 56)

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I wanted to meet this Cam (what sort of a silly name is that?) even though she ___(3)___ a proper writer (...). I´m usually the last person to feel ___(4)___ but somehow

I suddenly ___(5)___what to say or what to do (page 57).

(...)

"I ___(6)___a mess on purpose", I said fiercely. "So you needn´t ___(7)___ for me, Peter Ingham. You just clear off and ___(8)___, right?". Peter fidgeted from one foot to the other ___(9)___ (page 57)

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QUESTION 2

AMONG THE 9 WORDS FROM THE PREVIOUS EXERCISE THERE´S ONE WHICH IS NOT A VERB.

WHICH ONE?

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The Story of Tracy Beaker (II)

COMPLETE THIS PARAGRAPH FROM THE BOOK WITH THE CORRESPONDING EXPRESSION:

AS THICK AS BRICKS / EASY-PEASY / TELL-TALE / TOOTH AND NAIL /

QUICK AS A WINK

Intelligence tests. They´re all ever so ___(1)____

I can do them ___(2)___.

They always expect kids in care to be ___(3)___, but I get a hundred out of a hundred nearly every time (page 25) (...)

"Oh don´t tell Tracy, please", Peter begged.

"What do you take me for? I´m no ___(4)___, I said" (page 44).

(...)

I was always sure I was going to be on telly with my own chat show (...) all these really famous celebrities would fight ___(5)___ to get on my show to speak to me (page 48)

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The Story of Tracy Beaker (I)

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Title: The Story of Tracy Beaker

Author: Jacqueline Wilson

Transworld Publishers Ltd.

London, 1991

(Also published in Australia, New Zealand and Canada)

126 pages.

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This is the story of Tracy Beaker, a ten year old girl who lives in a Children´s Home and longs to be fostered.

I´ve found this book in a library, in the "Junior Section"; that is to say, "Literature for young people", but I´ve found this story worth reading at any age.

This is the symmary which can be read in the cover of the book:

I´m Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I´d read it if I were you. It´s the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest. And I bet some great movie magnate spots it and turns it into a film and I´ll get to be a star. (Just like my mum). I suppose I´d better let Peter have a small part in my film. But not Louise or Justine. No way! Cam can write the script if she likes. Cam is... But if you want to know who she is you´d better read this book. There´s some funny bits and some rude bits and some sad bits and I think it´s the best book ever. But then I would do, seeing as I helped write it.

About the author:

Jacqueline Wilson was born in Somerset. She began her working life at a publishing company, then spent two years working as a magazine jurnalist before turning her hand very successfully to a career as a full-time author. She has written a number of books for children, as well as a series of crime novels and several plays which have been broadcast on Radio 4; she has also run classes for children in creative writing. An avid reader herself, Jacqueline has a personal collection of more than 10,000 books!

Married to a Chief Superintendet in the Metropolitan Police, she lives in Surrey and has one grown-up daughter.

Sites for Reading

Read Print Library offers online books, Poems, Short Stories and other readings.

If you entered and read something,

would you like to share vocabulary, opinions, comments on it?

Send whatever you want to

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and she will publish it for you on this site.

Or, if you´ve got your own site, just leave the link to read you at your place.

Thank you for sharing experiences.

Tadpole´s Promise

This is the title of a short story I recommend.

Author: Jeanne Willis

Illustrator: Tony Ross

First published by Andersen Press Ltd., 2005, UK

Spanish version: La promesa del renacuajo,

published by RBA, Barcelona, 2007

Translator: José Morán Orti

About the author:

Jeanne Willis wrote her first book when she was five years old and hasn't stopped writing since. She has now written over eighty titles, including picture books, novels and television scripts. She has also won numerous awards, including the Children's Book Award, The Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Silver Smarties Prize. Her teen novel, Naked Without a Flat, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award in 2004. She writes with her pet rat keeping her company and often takes inspiration from dreams and interesting conversations with strangers.

(Source: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/jeanne-willis/)

About the story:

The creators of "I Hate School" bring their usual sense of wit and wisdom to this hilarious, coming-of-metamorphosis story about two of nature's star-crossed lovers: a tadpole and a caterpillar.

(Source: http://www.flipkart.com/tadpole-promise-jeanne-willis-tony/0689865244-33w3fucq5f)

Opinions:

There´s a post with interesting comments here

A family in NW (USA)

Go to:

http://www.blogger.com/profile/15791811857821356063

A family in Canada

Go to:

http://laurencairns.blogspot.com/search?q=

Charles Schultz Philosophy

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip.

You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read it straight through, and you'll get the point:

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.

6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.

These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.

Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with .

Easier? The lesson:The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care.

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.It's already tomorrow in Australia "

(Charles Schultz)

Aren't Friends and Family Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(This text has been e-mailed by Marianne. Thank you, Marianne)

LITERATURE/ART/NICE PHOTOGRAPHY...IN TOKIO

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