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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Freshman Written Test June 18th.

Vocabulary
1.Fitness

2.Tube

3.Crowded

4.Challenge

5.Diving

6.To take off

7.Advert

8.Brave

9.Snowboarding

10.To advise

11.To land

12.Paragliding

13.Thrill


Questions on "Extreme Fitness" text. (Page 13 of "Build up to countdown".)


1.- What is “Free Running”?

2.- Why is “Free Running” different from other sports?

3.- What is the recommendation for beginners and why?

4.- Where is “Free Running” practiced?

5.- Why do “Free runners” have to be fit and brave?

6.- What is the difference between “Free Running” and skateboarding, climbing or diving?

Also, Simple Past in its 3 forms will be evaluated.

Sophomores Oral Test.


}Topic: Interviewing a celebrity.

}Date: Starting on June 18th.

}Groups: Students will work in pairs except when necessary.

}Length of the presentation: 5 minutes minimum.
 
}The celebrity will be chosen by the students freely. Two pairs of students cannot present the same one.
}Each pair will be responsible for collecting information necessary to fill 5 minutes.
}All pairs will prepare their interviews in class on  Wednesday 13th ,  Thursday 14th and  Friday 15th presenting a written report of the work done. This will have a grade that will affect the final evaluation of the Presentation. Those days the students must bring printed material, books or any publications containing information, which can be in English or Spanish.
}An interview to a celebrity. One student takes the role of interviewer and the other student takes the role of celebrity being interviewed.
}Each interview must have a minimum of 15 questions.
}The aspects to be covered on the interview can be:
}Full name, birthdate, birthplace, nationality, family information, marital status, children, profession, professional achievements, likes, dislikes, anecdotes, physical appearance, future plans, place of residence, etc.
}Pronunciation.
}Preparedness.
}Contents.
}Personal appearance.
}Creativity.
}Grammar.
}Classwork.
 
 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

SPELLING CONTEST: List of words.


1.  equilibrium

2.  administration

3.  consequence

4.  vegetarian

5.  specialize

6.  encyclopedia

7.  gesticulate

8.  meaningful

9.  neighborhood

10.              journalist

11.              atmosphere

12.              disadvantage

13.              exhibition

14.              millionaire

15.              successful

16.              weightlifting

17.              approximately

18.              headmaster

19.              unfaithful

20.              evaporation

21.              underneath

22.              handkerchief

23.              superstitious

24.              relationship

25.              psychiatrist

26.              mythology

27.              trustworthy

28.              psychologist

29.              veterinarian

30.              commitment

    31.              dissatisfied

32.              inclination

33.              government

34.              widespread

35.              familiarity

36.              skateboarding

37.              suntanned

38.              civilization

39.              archaeologist

40.              suddenly

41.              population

42.              performance

43.              snowboarding

44.              entertainment

45.              foreigner

46.              friendship

47.              measurement

48.              earthquake

49.              themselves

50.              newspaper

51.              afterwards

52.              rehearsal

53.              stereotype

54.              aggressive

55.              Australian

56.              immediately

57.              university

58.              intelligence

59.              amazingly

60.              headphone

Thursday, May 31, 2012

LOVE STORY: QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 1
1.What is Barret Hall?

2.Where does Oliver Study?

3.Who is Jennifer?

4.What does Jennifer study?

5.What Sport does Oliver practice?

6.Why does Jennifer call Oliver “preppie”?

7.During the match. Why is Oliver in the penalty box?

8.How many goals Does Oliver score?

9.Who is Ray Stratton?

CHAPTER 2
1.What is the name of Oliver’s father?

2.What is the result of the hockey match between Oliver’s team and Cornell University?

3.How does Jenny call her father?

4.What competition does Oliver’s father participate?

5.What car does Oliver have?

6.How does Oliver call his father?

CHAPTER 3
1.Who is Nadia Boulanger?

2.Why is Jenny going to Paris?

3.What is the occupation of Oliver and Jenny’s father?

4.Why do Jenny and Oliver go to his parent’s house?

5.What does Jenny see at the Barret’s house?

6.Who is Florence ?

CHAPTER 4
1.According to Jenny and Oliver’s father. Why does Oliver want to marry Jenny?

2.How old is Oliver?

3.What is Oliver studying?

4.What happened to Jenny’s mother?

5.Where does Jenny live?

6.Why does Oliver have a meeting with the Head of Harvard’s law school?

7.What do Jenny and Oliver do in this chapter?

8.Name the people in the wedding party.

CHAPTER 5

1.What did Oliver and Jenny do on summer?

2.Where did they live?

3.Was Jenny pregnant?

4.What did Miss Whitman think of Jenny?

5.What invitation do they receive? Did they accept it?

6.What happened after the phone call?

CHAPTER 6
1.Where did Oliver get a job?

2.Where did they move?

3.Where was Ray Stratton?

4.Why did they go to Dr. Sheppard?

5.What does Dr. Sheppard discover?

6.What does Mr. Jonas ask Oliver?

7.What did Oliver buy?

8.How did Jenny know she was dying?

9.What is the taxi driver think Jenny is going to the hospital for?

CHAPTER 7
1.What did Oliver ask his father?

2.What was the reason he gave his father for the favor?

3.Did Oliver Barrett III give what Oliver wanted?

4.What did Phil Cavilleri do?

5.Why did Jenny get angry at Oliver?

6.What did she ask him?

7.What did Phil promise Jenny?

8.Who was at the entrance of the hospital?

9.What did Oliver do in front of his father?