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Novo Livro para o 1o. ano do Ensino Médio

09/05/2013

Quantifiers/ containers

 Hi,guys
Just to refresh your memory about Containers...
Take a look and enjoy it!!
Click on the link below....


http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7446

16/04/2013

Gabarito Exercicio 3o.Ano

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13.
1.provided that/ condition
2.wether or not/ condition
3. As/finally  time/sequence
4. since/ since  reason/ time
5.whereas /contrast
6. although/ contrast
7. Unless /condition
8. not so much / as  replacement
9. in case / condition
10. Along with / addition


Page 24

Texto 9
14. actually (B)

Texto 10
15. however (D)
16. 
I.purpose (C)
II. time (A)
III.consequence ( D)
IV. contrast (C)
V. manner(A)

25/02/2013

Skyfall - by Adele

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/adele/skyfall.html

1.Activity 1
Let's complete the gaps with the verbs in bold below.

COLLIDE/ START/ BURST /CRUMBLE/ OWE /  FEEL / HEAR/ PUT/ HOLD/ SWEPT/ MOVE / COUNT/

"Skyfall"

This is the end
 ___________your breath and ___________ to ten
  ____________the earth _____________ and then
  ____________my heart _____________ again

For this is the end
I've drowned and dreamt this moment
So overdue I ____________ them
  ______________away, I'm stolen

Let the sky fall
When it ___________________
We will stand tall
Face it all together

Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
At skyfall
That skyfall

Skyfall is where we _____________
 A thousand miles and poles apart
Where worlds __________________ and days are dark
You may have my number, you can take my name
But you'll never have my heart

Let the sky fall (let the sky fall)
When it crumbles (when it crumbles)
We will stand tall (we will stand tall)
Face it all together

Let the sky fall (let the sky fall)
When it crumbles (when it crumbles)
We will stand tall (we will stand tall)
Face it all together
At skyfall

[x2:]
(Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall)

Where you go I go
What you see I see
I know I'd never be me
Without the security
Of your loving arms
Keeping me from harm
 ___________your hand in my hand
And we'll stand

Let the sky fall (let the sky fall)
When it crumbles (when it crumbles)
We will stand tall (we will stand tall)
Face it all together

Let the sky fall (let the sky fall)
When it crumbles (when it crumbles)
We will stand tall (we will stand tall)
Face it all together
At skyfall

Let the sky fall
We will stand tall
At skyfall
Oh

Adele - Skyfall (Lyric Video)

25/05/2012

Activity- Rolling Deep

Rolling in the deep


by Adele

1) Put the lyrics in the correct order.

___ Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare

___ it’s bringing me out the dark

___ reaching a fever pitch,

___ there’s a fire starting in my heart

___Finally I can see your crystal clear

2)Choose the correct option

See how I leave/live with every piece of you

Don’t underestimate the things/thinks that I will do

There’s a fire starting in my heart

Reaching a fever pitch,

And it’s bringing me out the dark.


3)Correct the mistakes in the verses
The stars of your love remind me of us

They keep me telling that we almost had it all

The stars of your love they make me breathless

I can’t help thinking



4) Chorus: Fill in the gaps

We could have had it ______

Rolling in the ________

You had my _________ inside of your hand

And you _________ it to the beat



5) Write the verbs in bracket in the correct tense.

Baby I have no story to be ____________(tell)

But I’ve ____________(hear) one of you

And I’m gonna make your head ___________(burn)

Think of me in the depths of your despair

Making a home down there

It reminds you of the home we___________ (share)
The scars…

Chorus
5)Fill in the gaps

Throw your soul through every open ________

Count your blessings to find what you _______ ______

Turned my ________ into treasured gold

You ________ me back in kind and reap just what you sow


Find in the song a word or a phrase meaning the following.

1) Very easy to understand. ______________________

2) To fail to understand how strong, skilful, intelligent or determined someone, especially a competitor is. ___________

3) A state of very strong emotion. _______________________

4) (A cause of) a feeling of great sadness. __________________

5) To do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to you. ______________________

6) To be grateful for the good things in your life, often to stop yourself becoming too unhappy about the bad things. ______________________

7) Everything that happens to you is a result of your own actions ____________________

Responda:
1. Who is she addressing to in the song?

2. How does she feel? (Account for your answer)

3. Is she heartbroken? Why?

4. Is she annoyed? Why?

5. Does she want revenge?

6. What does these mean?

We could have had it all?

Played it to the beat



09/02/2012

9o. ano- Friendship

Series: Big Cities

Pessoal,tive uma idéia ótima para aprendermos Inglês, cantando e fazendo uma viagem pelas grandes cidades do mundo. Será uma série de cidades que já foram cantadas por grandes intérpretes.
Para começar, achei o ritmo, e a alegria desta música contagiante,e tem alguma coisa a ver com a gente. Vamos conferir???
Enjoy the song..it really rocks!!!



25/10/2011

ECO-92 A Girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes



This  Girl who silenced the world during Eco-92 in Rio de Janeiro about 20 years ago. 
Let's listen to all her amazed words 
Keep it in your mind!




Heart of Brazil: People of the Xingu



20/09/2011

Past Perfect x Simple past

Hi,y 'all.
O ponto gramatical deste mes será sobre Past Perfect e Simple Past.
Vejamos algumas explicações:

Quando temos duas ações no passado, uma acontecendo depois da outra, usamos o Past Perfect na primeira ação. Alguns exemplos:

The thieves ran away. Then the police arrived. (Os ladrões fugiram. Depois a policia chegou.
The thieves had run away when the police arrived. (Os ladrões tinham fugido quando a policia chegou.)

 The store closed. Then I got there. (A loja fechou. Então eu cheguei lá.)
  The store had closed when I got there. (A loja tinha fechado quando eu cheguei lá.)
  Bom, agora que entendemos melhor este assunto, vamos `a pratica????

A atividade:
1. title:                          Guess what happened next 
Uma sentenca sera apresentada e voce tera que completa-la utilizando o simple  Past simples ou o past perfect. Use o powerpoint.

Ex. The thieves had run away when....
     (0s ladrões haviam fugido quando.....

a segunda sentenca tera que ser apresentada com uma imagem que descreva a ideia da frase apresentada.

Ex:... the policeman arrived. (....o policial chegou.)



, guys, now it is time to work.
Enjoy it!!!
 
The sentences are:
 
1. Yesterday night when I got home ....
2.Because I had lost my wallet...
3.They had never seen a bear before they....
4. Last week I was so tired because...
5. The kids had already slept when...
6.After the family had had breakfast, they...
7.My best friend had not let us enter in his bedroom because...
8. The telephone had already been invented when...
9.As I had already seen "Twilight" I did not...
10. When I left home...

13/09/2011

GENERATIONS - 2o. ano








Generations
Hi, Y'all!!! Today we will make a jorney along the generations... Vamos abrir o bau do passado???
Through it we can learn so many things about the days ew are living in....Do you agree with me?
So, let's go....travel along the generations...
Take a look to all these videos

Now, guys, time to work... (use Powerpoint or Word)
1. title : GENERATIONS
From  20's decade to 90's
Make a research about these decades

What made these Ages Unforgettable  

an important event or historic fact:
a great invention:
a celebrity:
a fashion wear:
a song/singer or band:


Stem Cell Basics: Educational cartoon for young learners

02/08/2011

Teen Depression...More than SAD

How do  you feel?
Depression is a medical illness and is treatable - don't be afraid to ask for help!

Learning Relative Pronouns

Guys, this project was made by a group of students.
Take a look...it's so funny !!!

Learning Relative Pronouns

Guys, this video can be very helpful for you to reinforce our learning of Relative Pronouns.
Enjoy it!!!

23/05/2011

Talking to the Moon -

Hey, Everyone!!
Let's enjoy this song! Of course, learning some verbs and vocabulary...
I hope you like it!
Don't forget ! leave a comment. I'll love it!