HAVING FUN WITH PAST VERBS: VIDEOS

Dear students,

Enjoy these videos.

chant 1

chant 2


song
Hugs,
Ximena

PRACTICE AND MORE...PRACTICE

Dear students,

Here you can find some useful links in order to be familiar with more verbs in the past.

explanation and exercises
exercises 2
games: choose frog verbs and frog verbs II

Good luck,
Teacher Ximena

FAVORITE RESTAURANTS

What are your favorite restaurants?

Share your answer in 50 words.

Deadline: Monday 15, 3 pm

MAKING CHOICES

Share with us what you want to buy for the graduation and why. (30 words)

Good luck,
Teacher Ximena

SPEAK UP!

 Do you read your horoscope?  Do you think astrology influences our personality?  Write your opinion in 20 words.

Deadline: Thursday 5pm

Good luck,
Teacher Ximena

MY TALENTS AND POSSITIVE QUALITIES

Dear students,
Share with us your talents and possitive qualities.  (30 words)

Deadline: Tuesday 5pm.

Good luck,
Teacher Ximena

QUESTIONS AND DOUBTS

Dear students,

This entry will be our connection out of the classroom where you can make questions or write your doubts relating to the subject.

Don't hesitate in asking.

Take care,
Teacher Ximena

WELCOME BACK

Dear students,

A new level has just started! I hope you enjoy this new trip to the amazing English land!  Do what you need to do in order to achieve your dreams and of course, to learn a little bit of more of English. 

Good luck!

Teacher Ximena

NEWS ABOUT ORAL EXAM

Dear students,

Our oral exam is going to be on Tuesday (November 5, 2013) from 7 to 9 in our classroom.

Be on time,

Good luck,
Teacher Ximena

Rubrics for writing

	1-Excellent	0,75-Good	0,50- Fair	0,25-Poor	0-No
Main idea
Supportingdetails
Conclusion
Grammar
Spelling
Word limit

Rubrics for speaking

Comprehension	2	Fully understands the questions asked, and answers correctly without any repetition.
	1,5	Understands most of what was asked and said with little repetition.
	1	Understands what was asked and said after some repetition.
	0,5	Understands too little even after constant repetition and rephrasing.
	0	Does not have the ability to understand questions and respond appropriately.
Fluency	2	Speech is effortless and smooth.
	1,5	Speech is occasionally hesitant, with some unevenness caused by rephrasing and groping for words.
	1	Speech is frequently hesitant and jerky; sentences may be left uncompleted.
	0,5	Speech is very slow and uneven, except for short or routine sentences.
	0	Speech is so halting and fragmentary that conversation is virtually impossible.
Grammar	2	No more than two errors during the interview.
	1,5	Few errors, but no weakness that causes misunderstanding.
	1	Occasional errors showing imperfect control of some patterns that cause occasional misunderstanding.
	0,5	Constant errors showing imperfect control of basic patterns that prevent constant misunderstanding.
	0	Almost entirely inaccurate phrases that severely prevent communication.
Vocabulary	2	Vocabulary covered in the course was used to communicate effectively and express ideas eloquently.
	1,5	A few minor difficulties arose from not using appropriate vocabulary.
	1	Choice of words sometimes inaccurate and limitations of vocabulary sometimes prevent communication.
	0,5	Limited vocabulary prevents communication.
	0	Communication is severely hampered due to lack of vocabulary.
Pronunciation	2	Clear pronunciation with correct stress, rhythm, and intonation patterns.
	1,5	Occasional mispronunciations which do not interfere with understanding.
	1	Some mispronunciations lead to occasional misunderstanding.
	0,5	Understanding is difficult due to unclear pronunciation.
	0	Unintelligible pronunciation interferes totally with understanding