Thursday, February 9, 2023

Weather Report

 1) Open a presentation (Office.com)

2) Create a title page (town, your name, month, school)

3) 1st slide: general information about the country, location of the town

4) 2nd slide: annual average (temperature, precipitation, humidity etc.)

5) 3rd slide: today's weather (temperature, wind, cloudiness, humidity, UV factor etc.). Be ready to compare it with the monthly average. 

6) 4th slide: warnings 


Making a presentation / speaking

1) Maintain eye contact, find the best place where to stand so that you can use the computer but also see your audience well.

2) Start with a greeting. 

3) Tell what you are going to talk about. 

4) Speak more than your slides have information. Explain. 

5) Pay attention to the volume of your voice - even the furthest person has to hear you! 

6) Pay attention how to emphasise important numbers, words or names. It's natural to make pauses while you speak - it gives time for the audience to follow you. 

7) Finish your presentation by thanking the audience. You should be ready to answer the questions or repeat some of the information. 

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Do video games do harm?

 Taken from a youth magazine "Club".


Yes, they do
1) Many video games make you "get even". It inspires unstable teenagers to get even in real life, too.
2) Seeing so many deaths, virtually killing others, listening to the noise make kids become immune to the horror and reality of death. It makes them fearless in a bad way.
3) The fontal lobe of the brain is responsible for controlling a person's behaviour. It does not grow fully until a person is about 25 years old.
4) Although video games have ratings, teenagers play such games meant for mature/adult people.
5) Video games are escapism - teenagers escape dealing with everyday duties or problems and their ability to deal with them worsens. When a real serious problem occurs, they might react in an exaggerated brutal way.
6) Video games desensitize youngsters, make them less emotional and numb. 
7) Your brain stores all violence as trauma and a young person may not know how to deal with the stress caused by it.
8) Video games are very attractive and young people get easily hooked. 

No, they do not
1) Video games aren't bad if they are controlled by parents. (parents control how much time and what games  a child can play)
2) Although there have been many studies about the impact, they give different results. 
3) Video games are fantasy for kids and fantasy has always been part of childhood.
4) It is claimed that only abnormal amount of hours spent playing violent video games starts to effect our brain and its development.

3F: Why video games are good for your health?

 1) Many people ________ (oletama) that video games have a _______ (negatiivne) effect on young people. 

2) Newspaper headlines often express the same opinion - _______ (võitlusmängud) cause the most concern because of ________ (vägivald).

3) ________ (vastavalt) to a report in American Psychologist playing video games  is sometimes good for children's education, health and _______ (sotsiaalsed) skills. 

4) Research shows that video games, especially_______ (võitlusmängud) can actually _______ (parandama) mental ______ (oskusi). 

5) Other type of video games do not usually have these  _______ (kasu, eelised).

6) The research showed that children who play ________ (rollimänge) get _____ (paremaid hindeid) at school. 

7) Quick and simple games teache children how to ______ (reageerima) well to the ______ (ebaõnnestumine). 

8) In online games players learn useful _______ (sotsiaalsed oskused) - how to lead a ______ (rühm), how to work ______ (koos) and how to ______ (teha) decisions. 

9) Overall the report says that some video games can have ______ (halb mõju), but it's important to think about ________ (kasu, tulu) too. 

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Negative prefixes

 UN-

unsafe, unfair, unpopular, unkind, untidy, unhappy, unbelievable, unacceptable, unsurprising, unpleasant, unfortunate, unexpected, unfamiliar, unknown, unattractive, unorganised

IM-

impatient, impolite, impossible, improbable

IN-

incorrect, inexpensive, invisible, independant, informal, inconvenient, insane

IR-

irresponsible, irregular, irrelevant

IL-

illegal, illegible, illogical

DIS-

dissatisfied, dishonest, disagree, dislike

MIS-

misunderstand. misbehave


Task 1: Which prefix?

 1) ___ safe            2)___fair              3)___expensive         

4) ___ patient       5)   ___legal           6)  ____visible           

7) ___believable    8) ___correct         9) ___relevant         

10) ___acceptable   11)  ___attractive   12) ___kind         

13) ___convenient   14) ___regular      15)  __popular

16) __pleasant       17)  __formal          18)  ___surprising     

19)   ___fortunate    20)   ___dependant    


Test

Task 1: add negative prefixes

1 )  ___logical       2) ____legible       3) ___tidy            

4)  ____possible     5)   ___familiar     6)  ___known

7)    ___polite          8)   ____sane         9) ____organised    

10) ____responsible  11) ___expected    12) ____ flexible

13) _____ efficient    14) ____moral         15) _____ direct      

16) ____ common


Task 2: Form a logical sentence with the following adjectives: 

impatient, irrelevant, informal, irregular, unthinkable

Monday, November 28, 2022

2G: Describing a photo

GENERAL INFO

1) What can you see? 

Use different sentence structures: I can see..., there is/are..., in the background, in the foreground, in the middle, on the left, on the right

2) What is happening in the photo? What are the people doing? 

DETAILS

3) How do things or people look like? What are they wearing? What have they got?  (Choose 3 details)

GUESSING

4) Talk about the weather, season or try to guess the place, country. 

5) How do they feel? 

BEFORE and AFTER

6) What did they do before the photo was taken? 

7) What do you think they  will do next?

YOUR OPINION

8) Have you been in a similar situation? 


Try to speak 2 minutes and cover all 8 parts! 




Monday, November 21, 2022

2F: Lost at Sea

 Task 1 : Phrases

1) turn into a nightmare

2) in the Caribbean

3) complain

4) realise

5) disappear

6) life jackets

7) no sign of rescue

8) helicopter

9) in the moonlight

10) exhausted

11) tragic news

12) astonishing news


Task 2: Quiz

1) Where were the Suskins from?

2) What were their first names?

3) Where were they fishing? Which sea?

4) How was the weather at the beginning of the voyage?

5) What problem did the boat have?

6) How far were they from land when they jumped out of the boat?

7) Besides a boat, which 2 vehicles were mentioned in the text?

8) When they first reached the shore, what was the shore like?

9) What did they eat on the way to the village?

10) How long they walked before they met a young farmer?

11) How long was the captain in water before he was rescued?


2E: Mock test

 1) attempt - attempt

2) complete - completion

3) achieve - achievement

4) fail - failure

5) translate - translation

6) entertain - entertainment

7) erupt - eruption

8) examine - examination

9) accomplish - accomplishment

10) prepare - preparation

11) challenge - challenge

12) navigate - navigation


Task 2

Verb (to do)

Noun

1.pack

package

2. survive

survival

3. appear

appearance

4. perform

performance

5. present

presentation /presenter

6. accomplish

accomplishment

7. argue

argument

8. behave

behaviour

9. collect

collection / collector

10. invite

invitation

11. educate

education

12. invent

invention / inventor

13. complete

completion

14. fail

failure

15. translate

translation / translator

16. erupt

eruption

17. examine

examination

18. marry

marriage

19. donate

donation

20. motivate

motivation

21. explain

explanation

22. advertise

advertisement

23. suggest

suggestion

24. explore

exploration / explorer

25. accommodate

accommodation

26. achieve

achievement

27. organise

organisation / organiser

28. prepare

preparation

29. develop

development / developer

30. employ

employment / employer