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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372</id><updated>2024-02-02T01:52:10.706-08:00</updated><category term="songs"/><category term="printables"/><category term="Michael Jackson"/><category term="News"/><category term="dictionaries"/><category term="enviroment"/><category term="essay"/><category term="halloween"/><category term="kids"/><category term="terror"/><category term="videos"/><category term="writing"/><title type='text'>Teachers of ESL (English as a Second Language)</title><subtitle type='html'>Ideas, activities and suggestions for Teachers of English who love to give interesting and motivating classes.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372.post-5988280594156840592</id><published>2010-03-01T04:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T05:06:12.742-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Greetings</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width=&quot;445&quot; height=&quot;364&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/cQnD3qJiJPo&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/cQnD3qJiJPo&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;445&quot; height=&quot;364&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
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  4. You can use these two videos to make your students aware of the importance of register and intonation. Let them discriminate different phrases into FORMAL/INFORMAL GREETINGS, then you can make them identify stressed/unstressed syllables and intonation patterns.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/feeds/5988280594156840592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2010/03/greetings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/5988280594156840592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/5988280594156840592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2010/03/greetings.html' title='Greetings'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372.post-4366436984130467667</id><published>2009-10-06T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T17:37:12.288-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="halloween"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="printables"/><title type='text'>Halloween</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://todoencelulares.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/fondo-de-escritorio-halloween.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;150&quot; src=&quot;http://todoencelulares.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/fondo-de-escritorio-halloween.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  5. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://bogglesworldesl.com/halloween_worksheets.htm&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;, you&#39;ll find crosswords, scrambled words, word searching games, rhymes and more! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablerecipecards.net/category/halloween&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;, there a few samples of Halloween recipe cards to print.&lt;/li&gt;
  6. &lt;li&gt;For little ones, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/halloween/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, you can find printables of coloring pages, bookmarks, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
  7. &lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.holidays.net/halloween/story.htm&quot;&gt;story of Halloween&lt;/a&gt;, you can make comprehension questions using this text, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scottishradiance.com/halstory.htm&quot;&gt;this &lt;/a&gt;one.&lt;/li&gt;
  8. &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.halloween.com/halloween-stories.php&quot;&gt;Stories and Tales&lt;/a&gt; of Halloween, for advanced kids &lt;a href=&quot;http://halloween.cgcreations.org/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
  9. &lt;li&gt;Very short &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.halloweenishere.com/ghost_stories.html&quot;&gt;scary tales&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
  10. &lt;li&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.halloweenishere.com/hauntedhouse.html&quot;&gt;the haunted house&lt;/a&gt;, students make their own choices and stories! Then, they can report what happened to them!&lt;/li&gt;
  11. &lt;li&gt;A webquest on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stbern.com/Classroom%20Pages/computer/Halloween%20Web%20Quest/scary_web_quest.htm&quot;&gt;The History of Halloween&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.harrison.k12.nj.us/faculty/ndamiano/Halloween%20webquest.htm&quot;&gt;for kids&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
  12. &lt;/ul&gt;HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/feeds/4366436984130467667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/4366436984130467667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/4366436984130467667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween.html' title='Halloween'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372.post-2610248307006454451</id><published>2009-07-18T11:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T08:01:51.147-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Friend&#39;s day activities</title><content type='html'>On July 20th we celebrate &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Friend&#39;s day&lt;/span&gt;. Which of the phrases below would you write on a friend&#39;s day card?
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  14. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; you make me live&lt;/li&gt;
  15. &lt;li&gt;you’re a very nice person&lt;/li&gt;
  16. &lt;li&gt;you are part of my family&lt;/li&gt;
  17. &lt;li&gt;you&#39;re the best friend that I ever had&lt;/li&gt;
  18. &lt;li&gt;I really love you&lt;/li&gt;
  19. &lt;li&gt;I like spending time with you&lt;/li&gt;
  20. &lt;li&gt;I got you, to help me forgive&lt;/li&gt;
  21. &lt;li&gt;You make me a good person&lt;/li&gt;
  22. &lt;li&gt;You know I&#39;ll never be lonely&lt;/li&gt;
  23. &lt;li&gt;I really love the things that you do&lt;/li&gt;
  24. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Times New Roman,Times;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don&#39;t walk behind me; I may not lead. Walk beside me and just be my friend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  25. &lt;/ul&gt;2.You can use those phrases to send cards to your friends. Visit&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.123greetings.com/friendship/&quot;&gt; this site&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.specialfriendcards.com/&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; for free friendship cards.
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  27. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
  28. &lt;/li&gt;
  29. &lt;/ul&gt;3. Now watch this video and listen to Queen&#39;s song &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;You are my best friend. &lt;/span&gt;Tick those phrases (act. 1) you hear.  
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  33. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I would like to thank Emilia Gatto, the teacher who designed these activities. Thanks Emilia! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/feeds/2610248307006454451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/07/friends-day-activities.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/2610248307006454451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/2610248307006454451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/07/friends-day-activities.html' title='Friend&#39;s day activities'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372.post-3481880297475522937</id><published>2009-07-07T09:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T09:34:00.363-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="printables"/><title type='text'>FREE Printables</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;FREE Printables that make our work easier. Check it out!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablebusinesscards.net/&quot;&gt;Business card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  34. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablerecipecards.net/category/new&quot;&gt;Cards&lt;/a&gt; (recipe)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablecertificates.net/&quot;&gt;Certificates &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeeasterprintables.com/&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;&quot;&gt;Easter Bunny letters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  35. &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.familytreetemplates.net/&quot;&gt;Family tree templates&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.printablepaper.net/category/games&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;&quot;&gt;Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt; battleship, hangman, and tic-tac-toe papers. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  36. &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablegifttags.net/&quot;&gt;Gift tags&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablegreetingcards.org/&quot;&gt;Greetings &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablegrocerylist.com/&quot;&gt;Grocery Lists&lt;/a&gt; Useful if you are working with topics like &#39;going shopping,&#39; &#39;food,&#39; &#39;countable and uncountable nouns.&#39; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  37. &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.printinvitations.net/&quot;&gt;Invitations&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.printablelabels.net/&quot;&gt;Labels &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.santaprintables.com/&quot;&gt;Letters for Santa Claus&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeletterheadtemplates.net/&quot;&gt;Letterheads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  38. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lettersofrecommendation.net/&quot;&gt;Letters of recommendations &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  39. &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.printableworldmap.net/&quot;&gt;Maps &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.printablesigns.net/&quot;&gt;Signs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  40. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablemedicalforms.com/&quot;&gt;Medical Forms&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablegrocerylist.com/category/menu_planner&quot;&gt;Menu planners&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablegreetingcards.net/category/mothers_day&quot;&gt;Mother&#39;s day Cards&lt;/a&gt; Wonderful opportunity for students to express themselves freely in a card. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.printableplaymoney.net/&quot;&gt;Play money&lt;/a&gt; Useful if you want to work with dramatizations of &#39;going shopping&#39; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeeasterprintables.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.printablepaper.net/category/storyboard&quot;&gt;Storyboards&lt;/a&gt; useful if you are making your students write stories or cartoons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  41. &lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.teachersprintables.net/&quot;&gt;Teacher&#39;s printable&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  42. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablegreetingcards.net/category/mothers_day&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeprintablegrocerylist.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.printablepaper.net/category/teachers&quot;&gt;Teacher resources &lt;/a&gt;class attendance papers, grade book papers, lesson plan sheets, seating arrangement charts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.printablepaper.net/category/games&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&#39;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freeletterheadtemplates.net/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/feeds/3481880297475522937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/07/free-printables.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/3481880297475522937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/3481880297475522937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/07/free-printables.html' title='FREE Printables'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372.post-1603641189839250733</id><published>2009-07-04T12:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T08:03:59.003-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="enviroment"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="songs"/><title type='text'>Songs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gnlekx_Z3NU/Sk-lnVBfVZI/AAAAAAAAACY/QjYBDMMbYIM/s1600-h/marvingaye.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gnlekx_Z3NU/Sk-lnVBfVZI/AAAAAAAAACY/QjYBDMMbYIM/s320/marvingaye.jpeg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  43. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;Marvin Gaye’s real name was Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. Gaye was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He was born on April 2, 1939 and died on April 1, 1984. &quot;Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)&quot; is the second single from Marvin Gaye&#39;s legendary 1971 album, What&#39;s Going On. This song, written solely by Gaye, became one of his most poignant message of sorrow at the world dealing with the environment. &lt;i&gt;Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)&lt;/i&gt; soon became one of Gaye&#39;s most famous songs in his extensive catalog. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  44. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;340&quot; height=&quot;285&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/Wmrv5vgRTeo&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;amp;border=1&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/Wmrv5vgRTeo&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;amp;border=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;340&quot; height=&quot;285&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  45. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;color:magenta;&quot;  &gt;Suggested activities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
  46. &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;1. The song deals with world &lt;b&gt;ecological problems&lt;/b&gt;. Here&#39;s a list of environmental problems, talk to a partner and guess which ones will be mentioned in the song, and predict the words or phrases that may appear in the lyrics.&lt;/span&gt;
  47. &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;destruction of rain forests     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt; air pollution &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;water pollution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;radiation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;destruction of ozone layer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;overpopulation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;sewage waste&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;chemicals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;malnutrition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;species in extintion&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;2. Listen to the song and fill in the blanks.&lt;/span&gt;
  48.  
  49. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;Oh, mercy mercy me
  50. Oh, things ain&#39;t* what they _____________    ______________    ______________
  51. No, no
  52. Where _____________  all the blue sky ______________________?
  53. _________________  is the wind that blows
  54. From the north, east, south, and sea
  55. Oh, mercy mercy me
  56. Oh, things ain&#39;t what they _____________     _______________   _______________
  57. No, no&lt;/span&gt;
  58. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  59. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;
  60. ___________ wasted on the _____________  and upon our _________________
  61. Fish full of _________________
  62. Oh, mercy mercy me
  63. Oh, things ain&#39;t what they ____________   ______________  _________________
  64. No, no
  65. ______________  in the ground and in the sky
  66. _____________  and __________________ who live nearby are dying
  67. Oh, mercy mercy me
  68. Oh, things ain&#39;t what they ______________  ______________  ______________
  69. What about this overcrowded land?
  70. How much more ___________   __________   ____________ can you stand?
  71. My sweet Lord
  72. My sweet Lord
  73. My sweet Lord&lt;/span&gt;
  74.  
  75. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:x-small;&quot;&gt;* Informal of aren&#39;t&lt;/span&gt;
  76.  
  77. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt; &lt;/span&gt;
  78. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  79. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  80. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  81. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;3. Highlight the problems our planet is enduring. Were they the same you thought of?&lt;/span&gt;
  82.  
  83. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  84. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  85. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;4. With the help of the list in activity one, write 2 or 3 more lines to the song lyrics. To express your ideas, work with the on line dictionaries you have available in this blog. &lt;/span&gt;
  86. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;
  87. &lt;/span&gt;
  88. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;I would like to thank &lt;b&gt;Andrea Giorno&lt;/b&gt;, who designed these activities to share with us.
  89. &lt;/span&gt;
  90. &lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;&quot; &gt;
  91. &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/feeds/1603641189839250733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/07/songs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/1603641189839250733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/1603641189839250733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/07/songs.html' title='Songs'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gnlekx_Z3NU/Sk-lnVBfVZI/AAAAAAAAACY/QjYBDMMbYIM/s72-c/marvingaye.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372.post-3264257278813581443</id><published>2009-07-01T10:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T08:19:08.214-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="essay"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="writing"/><title type='text'>Writing Essays</title><content type='html'>Some resources on how to write essays effectively.
  92. &lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;How&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;write&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;an&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;effective&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;introduction&lt;/span&gt;? &lt;a href=&quot;http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorials/introductions/&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot;&gt;you&lt;/span&gt;&#39;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_8&quot;&gt;ll&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_9&quot;&gt;find&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_10&quot;&gt;video&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_11&quot;&gt;tutorial&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_12&quot;&gt;dealing&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_13&quot;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;7 &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_14&quot;&gt;types&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_15&quot;&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_16&quot;&gt;introductions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_17&quot;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_18&quot;&gt;clear&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_19&quot;&gt;samples&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_20&quot;&gt;For&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_21&quot;&gt;paragraph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_22&quot;&gt;structure&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_23&quot;&gt;click&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://umuc.edu/ewc/pdfs/paragraph_structure.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_24&quot;&gt;here&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_25&quot;&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_26&quot;&gt;get&lt;/span&gt; a &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_27&quot;&gt;printable&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_28&quot;&gt;version&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_29&quot;&gt;on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_30&quot;&gt;how&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_31&quot;&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_32&quot;&gt;organize&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_33&quot;&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_34&quot;&gt;develop&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_35&quot;&gt;your&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_36&quot;&gt;paragraphs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_37&quot;&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_38&quot;&gt;an&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;blsp-spelling-error&quot; id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_39&quot;&gt;essay&lt;/span&gt;. Or watch &lt;a href=&quot;http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorials/paragraphs/&quot;&gt;this tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.
  93. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To write your &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;conclusion&lt;/span&gt;, read&lt;a href=&quot;http://umuc.edu/ewc/pdfs/conclusions.pdf&quot;&gt; this printable version&lt;/a&gt; on how to round up your essay.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Other elements to take into acount&lt;/span&gt;:
  94.  
  95. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Transitions &lt;/span&gt;- watch &lt;a href=&quot;http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorials/transitions/&quot;&gt;this tutorial&lt;/a&gt; on how to connect paragraphs, sentences and ideas in different kinds of essays/paragraphs
  96. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The use of pronouns&lt;/span&gt;  - watch &lt;a href=&quot;http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorials/pronoun/&quot;&gt;this tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.
  97. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Active &lt;/span&gt;or &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;passive voice&lt;/span&gt;? - When is passive voice ok? Watch &lt;a href=&quot;http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorials/active_voice/&quot;&gt;this tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.
  98.  
  99.  
  100. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Kinds of Essays&lt;/span&gt;
  101. &lt;/div&gt;
  102. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Comparison/Contrast &lt;/span&gt;-  watch&lt;a href=&quot;http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorials/comparisons/&quot;&gt; this turorial&lt;/a&gt;.
  103. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Cause/Effect &lt;/span&gt;-  click &lt;a href=&quot;http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorials/cause_effect/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for the tutorial.
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  114. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  115. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/_9gCUpVwqa8&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/_9gCUpVwqa8&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
  116. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  117. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Numbers 1-10
  118.  
  119. &lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/F5QLp9Wxrrg&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/F5QLp9Wxrrg&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
  120.  
  121. Numbers 10-20
  122.  
  123. &lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/gPsaLoplx-8&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/gPsaLoplx-8&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
  124.  
  125. Personal Pronouns
  126.  
  127. &lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/SWnc1HSCvRY&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/SWnc1HSCvRY&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
  128.  
  129. Adjectives
  130.  
  131. &lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/mYzGLzFuwxI&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/mYzGLzFuwxI&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
  132.  
  133. Farm Animals
  134.  
  135. &lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/6_z6zyAe98M&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/6_z6zyAe98M&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
  136.  
  137. Stories
  138. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  139.  
  140. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  141. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/pPGrb-ZSz3Y&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/pPGrb-ZSz3Y&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
  142. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  143.  
  144. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/NkRdMQTkLa0&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/NkRdMQTkLa0&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;
  145. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;.
  146. &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/feeds/6127264965586699847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/06/video-lessons-for-kids.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/6127264965586699847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/6127264965586699847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/06/video-lessons-for-kids.html' title='Video Lessons for Kids'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372.post-5757902916070964203</id><published>2009-06-27T06:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-04T13:18:41.915-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Michael Jackson"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="songs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="terror"/><title type='text'>Songs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;265&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/-9DEkFWt3ig&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/-9DEkFWt3ig&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;265&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/jhWenfOe8uA&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/jhWenfOe8uA&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  147. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOj5H5W9zYo&quot;&gt;Here &lt;/a&gt;you&#39;ll find the complete video of &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Thriller &lt;/span&gt;(13&#39; 40&quot;) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/michael+jackson/thriller_20092727.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; its lyrics.&lt;br /&gt;
  148. If you are working with the topic &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Terror/Horror&lt;/span&gt;,&quot; this song has a lot of useful vocabulary.&lt;br /&gt;
  149. &lt;br /&gt;
  150. If you don&#39;t have the possibility of watching this video on line with your students, you can download it and convert the file into &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;DVD&lt;/span&gt; format and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;play it on the school &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;DVD&lt;/span&gt; player&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
  151. &lt;br /&gt;
  152. First you need to have the program &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;youtube&lt;/span&gt;2video&lt;/span&gt; which you can download &lt;a href=&quot;http://download.cnet.com/Youtube2Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-10751094.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, (free trial for 30 days, but you can buy it for u$s29  to see how to run this easy-to-use program watch this video.&lt;br /&gt;
  153. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;265&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/3XxFnYcRDL8&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/3XxFnYcRDL8&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  154. &lt;br /&gt;
  155. Or you have this option, you can download the video to your computer.&lt;br /&gt;
  156. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;265&quot; width=&quot;320&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/5Ba1e7M2TVQ&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/5Ba1e7M2TVQ&amp;amp;hl=es&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;265&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  157. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #993399; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Suggested activities&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
  158. Make a list with all the phrases related to &quot;horror&quot; and add some more. Like this one:&lt;br /&gt;
  159. &lt;br /&gt;
  160. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 85%;&quot;&gt;to run away - a ghost - there&#39;s nowhere left to run - a beast is about to strike - you fight to stay alive - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 85%;&quot;&gt;close your eyes - there&#39;s no escaping - a creature creeping up behind - under the moonlight - close to midnight - shiver down my spine - you&#39;re &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;paralyzed&lt;/span&gt; - try to scream - shouting - evil - in the dark - to terrorize the neighbourhood - start to freeze - something stops your heart - a door slam - your body starts to shiver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 85%;&quot;&gt; - you&#39;re fighting for your life - feel a cold hand - the dead start to walk - this is the end of your life -&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;grizzy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ghouls from every tomb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 85%;&quot;&gt; etc&lt;br /&gt;
  161. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  162. You can also &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;divide&lt;/span&gt; the vocabulary items under headings like &quot;to shout&quot; = scream, night creatures&#39; call, and so on.&lt;br /&gt;
  163. &lt;br /&gt;
  164. Let your students watch the video or listen to the song and tick the phrases they hear. This activity can be used in the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;pre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-phase&lt;/span&gt; of a reading, speaking or writing task since it provides students with&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; a lot of vocabulary&lt;/span&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/feeds/5757902916070964203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/06/songs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/5757902916070964203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/5757902916070964203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/06/songs.html' title='Songs'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372.post-7063158721172412242</id><published>2009-06-23T08:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T09:19:53.851-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dictionaries"/><title type='text'>On-line dictionaries</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-size:130%;color:black;&quot;  &gt;Are you writing an essay? Correcting your students&#39; written text? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Looking for activities to work with dictionaries? Here&#39;s a list.&lt;/span&gt;
  165.  
  166. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ENGLISH DICTIONARIES&lt;/span&gt;
  167. &lt;/div&gt;
  168. &lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.merriam-webster.com/&quot;&gt;Here &lt;/a&gt;you can find the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Merriam Webster&lt;/span&gt; on-line. You select the reference (dictionary, Spanish-English, Thesaurus or Medical) and type the word you are looking for. In Thesaurus you&#39;ll find synonyms/antonyms, near synonyms, and related words. After using the Thesaurus, you can click on the link &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Visual Thesaurus&lt;/span&gt; and see the network of words, their semantic relationship and &lt;/span&gt;follow a trail of related concepts.
  169.  
  170. In &lt;a href=&quot;http://dictionary.cambridge.org/&quot;&gt;this &lt;/a&gt;page, you&#39;ll find the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;Cambridge&lt;/span&gt; Dictionary&lt;/span&gt;. First you select the kind of dictionary (Learner&#39;s, advanced learner, idioms, phrasal verbs, American English) and then you type the word you are looking up. You&#39;ll get a definition, part of speech, and example.
  171.  
  172.  
  173. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onelook.com/&quot;&gt;This on-line dictionary&lt;/a&gt; gives you&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;quick definitions&lt;/span&gt; and also &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;links &lt;/span&gt;that show the word you are looking up according to different categories or contexts - (General, art, business, medicine, miscellaneous, religion, science, slang, sport, tech and phrases).
  174.  
  175.  
  176. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ldoceonline.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_0&quot;&gt;Longman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Dictionary of Contemporary English&lt;/a&gt; is also available on-line. You type a word or phrase and you&#39;ll get all the possible entries with examples and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;collocations&lt;/span&gt;. If you click the &#39;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;menu&lt;/span&gt;&#39; button, it will help you find the meaning you are looking for fast!
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  179. &lt;a href=&quot;http://new.wordsmyth.net/&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;Wordsmyth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;offers definitions, synonyms, examples and the possibility of choosing your dictionary level (children, beginner, advanced)
  180.  
  181. &lt;a href=&quot;http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/&quot;&gt;The free on-line dictionary&lt;/a&gt; by Farlex
  182.  
  183. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onlineordbog.dk/wordnet/en/?q=&quot;&gt;This dictionary&lt;/a&gt; gives not only entries with definitions and examples but also the word&#39;s &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;pattern&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;of use&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; synonym/antonym&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;hypernym&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;hyponym&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;part &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;holonym&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.
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  186. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml&quot;&gt;This dictionary&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt;is incredible! it is called &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;color:black;&quot; &gt;&#39;r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;color:black;&quot; &gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_2&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_5&quot;&gt;eversed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; dictionary,&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt; you type the definition or concept of the word you want to know and it provides you with a list of words within which you can find &#39;your&#39; word!&lt;/span&gt;
  187.  
  188.  
  189. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;FOREIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES&lt;/span&gt;
  190. &lt;/div&gt;
  191. If you are translating, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.online-translator.com/text_Translation.aspx?prmtlang=es&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; will help you with your English to Spanish &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;translation &lt;/span&gt;or vice &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_1&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_6&quot;&gt;versa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.
  192.  
  193.  
  194. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARIES&lt;/span&gt;
  195. &lt;/div&gt;
  196.  
  197. &lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt;If you are interested in the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;etymology&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;of a word, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etymonline.com/&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt; is the one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt; Explore what a word meant and how it sounded many years ago.&lt;/span&gt;
  198.  
  199.  
  200. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bartleby.com/81/&quot;&gt;Dictionary of Phrase and Fable&lt;/a&gt; -Words with a tale to tell! A fascinating resource for exploring the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot;&gt;riginal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; meaning of words&lt;/span&gt; and phrases and how they have developed over time.
  201.  
  202.  
  203. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.behindthename.com/&quot;&gt;The Origins of First Names&lt;/a&gt; - An excellent site for finding out the meaning of f&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_8&quot;&gt;irst&lt;/span&gt; names&lt;/span&gt;...worldwide! Attractively presented, easy to use, plenty to explore!
  204.  
  205.  
  206.  
  207. &lt;a href=&quot;http://surnames.behindthename.com/&quot;&gt;The Meaning of Surnames&lt;/a&gt; - Do you want to know how your &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;surname &lt;/span&gt;came about? Want to know what it means? You should find an answer here. Names are arranged alphabetically and a search option is also available.
  208.  
  209. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;PICTORIAL DICTIONARIES &lt;/span&gt;
  210. &lt;/div&gt;
  211. &lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt;For &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;color:black;&quot; &gt;children&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt;, this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdictionary.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_3&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_7&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_8&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_9&quot;&gt;pictionary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; dictionary&lt;/a&gt; is excellent! They can select a category and look at the pictures, then they can practice on-line with the activities (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdictionary.com/english/fill-in-the-blank.php&quot;&gt;fill-in the blanks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdictionary.com/english/flashcards.php&quot;&gt;flashcards&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdictionary.com/english/jumble.php&quot;&gt;word &lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_4&quot;&gt;scramble&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdictionary.com/english/stinky_spelling.php&quot;&gt;spelling &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:black;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdictionary.com/english/straight_recall.php&quot;&gt;recall&lt;/a&gt;)
  212.  
  213. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.infovisual.info/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Visual Dictionary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, where words are defined by pictures, for learning the names of objects.
  214.  
  215. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;DICTIONARIES OF QUOTATIONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;If you click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yourdictionary.com/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, you not only find definitions, type of words, examples and synonyms, but also &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;quotes &lt;/span&gt;of famous people/texts that include the word you were looking up. You can use these quotes as a warm-up activity before starting a unit, for fostering discussion or just illustrating an idea.
  216.  
  217. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.quotationreference.com/main.php&quot;&gt;This &lt;/a&gt;is an easy-to-use resource. You can find quotes according to &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;author&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;subject &lt;/span&gt;or &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;word&lt;/span&gt;.
  218.  
  219. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0);&quot;&gt;TECHNICAL DICTIONARIES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  220. &lt;/div&gt;Incisive Media&#39;s &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Law&lt;/span&gt;.com provides a &lt;a href=&quot;http://dictionary.law.com/&quot;&gt;free legal dictionary&lt;/a&gt; that is not only reliable but also easy to use. Three different ways to retrieve information: by looking up terms, by searching definitions, and by browsing all entries alphabetically
  221.  
  222. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Linguistics -  &lt;/span&gt;a glossary to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/Index.htm&quot;&gt;linguistic terms&lt;/a&gt;
  223.  
  224.  
  225. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;DICTIONARIES OF SLANG&lt;/span&gt;
  226. &lt;/div&gt;
  227. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm&quot;&gt;This &lt;/a&gt;is a &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;British &lt;/span&gt;dictionary of slang. It is alphabetically organized so you have to click on the first letter of the word you are looking for and scroll down.
  228.  
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  230.  
  231. &lt;a href=&quot;http://onlineslangdictionary.com/&quot;&gt;This &lt;/a&gt;is the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;American &lt;/span&gt;dictionary of slang. It is also alphabetically ordered.
  232.  
  233. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;DICTIONARIES OF SIGNS&lt;/span&gt;
  234. &lt;/div&gt;
  235. An alphabetical guide to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html&quot;&gt;American Sign Language&lt;/a&gt;. Illustrated descriptions of hand positions and hand movements accompany each word. A valuable resource.
  236.  
  237. &lt;a href=&quot;http://library.thinkquest.org/10202/asl_dictionary_text.html&quot;&gt;This resource&lt;/a&gt; is organized according to eleven categories plus an index of all the signs used - over 200 in all. Each sign is accompanied by helpful, illustrated descriptions.
  238.  
  239. A &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/&quot;&gt;beginner&#39;s guide&lt;/a&gt; to 100 basic signs according to categories. Explanations are supported by helpful illustrations.
  240.  
  241. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;PRONUNCIATION DICTIONARIES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  242. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.howjsay.com/&quot;&gt;This dictionary&lt;/a&gt; gives you the pronunciation of a word but it doesn&#39;t provide the phonetic symbols.
  243.  
  244. &lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;FREE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;DOWNLOAD &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;DICTIONARIES &lt;/span&gt;
  245. &lt;/div&gt;You can download &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;the Babylon translation dictionary&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/2187/Spanish-English-Online-Dictionaries.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. With this dictionary installed, you highlight any word from any program, you press the &#39;control&#39; keyboard button and click your right mouse button and the the dictionary activates and gives you the translation. It has a text translator as well.
  246.  
  247. In &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.filebuzz.com/findsoftware/Free__Dictionary/1.html&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; you&#39;ll find a few free dictionaries.
  248.  
  249. &lt;a href=&quot;http://wordweb.info/free/&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;SPELLING_ERROR_11&quot;&gt;WordWeb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; has a free version.
  250.  
  251. Check &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dicts.info/dictionaries.php&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;, full of different versions
  252.  
  253. The Pocket Oxford English Dictionary is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Palm_Pilot/Utilities/Pocket_Oxford_English_Dictionary.html&quot;&gt;here &lt;/a&gt;free to download
  254.  
  255. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brothersoft.com/concise-oxford-english-dictionary-download-35249.html&quot;&gt;Concise Oxford Dictionary&lt;/a&gt;.
  256.  
  257. A dictionary to download to your cell phone.&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.getjar.com/products/10603/Dictionary&quot;&gt; Dictionary v2.9&lt;/a&gt; Compatible with all J2ME devices. Easy to use.
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  259.  
  260. This post has been created in response to&lt;b&gt; Cristina Falher&lt;/b&gt;&#39;s suggestion. Thank you Miss!
  261. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/feeds/7063158721172412242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-line-dictionaries.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/7063158721172412242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7316761007862986372/posts/default/7063158721172412242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teachersofesl.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-line-dictionaries.html' title='On-line dictionaries'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316761007862986372.post-6100838348672219450</id><published>2009-06-22T12:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-28T13:45:02.801-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="News"/><title type='text'>Swine Flu</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW8G8g3Nah4FFh2WsU9kQWP0ym1M5H1QAJZPg6Bsg6al54b1lKivdNSWdbjfdxKSB21fffn1AKrbVy2Bp-qZPOOykSyhVo7RerZwitAz8mJxBnvzxwAWUueTR-YVZqGY_LymSkSfQD3Q/s1600-h/the+origin+of+the+swine+flu.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFW8G8g3Nah4FFh2WsU9kQWP0ym1M5H1QAJZPg6Bsg6al54b1lKivdNSWdbjfdxKSB21fffn1AKrbVy2Bp-qZPOOykSyhVo7RerZwitAz8mJxBnvzxwAWUueTR-YVZqGY_LymSkSfQD3Q/s200/the+origin+of+the+swine+flu.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350256368120905714&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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  263. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;If you are a school teacher, you would have received some kind of information of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;swine influenza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt; that was sent by the Ministry of Education. From our English classes, we can contribute part of our time to the project, and keep our students informed of such disease.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;
  264. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;
  265. &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;
  266. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;
  267. &lt;/span&gt;
  268. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;If you work with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;kids&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=11416&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;this&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;is a podcast you can save in your pc together with its &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdc.gov/flu/podcasts/pdf/Kidtastics_H1N1.pdf&quot;&gt;transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;. It is spoken by kids!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  269. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;
  270. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Vocabulary to pre-teach or recycle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;
  271. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;
  272. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Adjectives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;contagious - sick - safe - healthy -
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  274. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Verb phrs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;to spread from one person to another - to cough - to sneeze - touch your nose/eyes/face - to catch (the flu) - to be sick - wash/rub (your hands) - to get sick with (the flue) - stay away -
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  276. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Noun phrs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; soap - water - alcohol-based hand cleaner -  tissue - elbow/shoulder/hand - germs&lt;/span&gt;
  277. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;
  278. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span&gt;Suggested activities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;:
  279. TPR-mime all the actions as they listen to the audio
  280. Listen and answer questions, T/F
  281. Drawing/making posters
  282. &lt;/span&gt;
  283. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cdc.gov/flu/swine/pdf/brochure.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;you can download a two-page brochure to print and share with you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;teen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;adult students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;
  284. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;
  285. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Vocabulary to pre-teach or recycle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;
  286. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;Noun phrs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt; Swine flu/influenza -  respiratory disease -  high fever - virus - virus strain - vaccine - herd - flu-like symptoms - a nose/throat swab - medications - body aches - runny nose - human-to-human transmission
  287. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;
  288. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;ul style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;Verb phrs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;
  289. &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;  to outbreak - to result in (sth) - to cough - to sneeze - to have breathing difficulties - to go off feed - to get infected with - to spread (among) - to show signs of (an illness) - to catch (the flu) -
  290. to be transmitted through - to treat (an illness) - to infect (sb) - to get vaccinated
  291.  
  292. &lt;/span&gt;
  293. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);&quot;&gt;Suggested Activities&lt;/span&gt;:
  294. Read and answer questions, T/F &lt;/span&gt;
  295. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Use info in another context - Role play: doctor-patient, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;doctor-interviewer&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;farmer-vet
  296. Make informative posters.
  297.  
  298. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;&quot; &gt;
  299.  
  300. &lt;/span&gt;
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