Saturday, December 31, 2011
Something to think about for the New Year.
Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2012 brings you all health, happiness and progress. I came across this interview on YouTube and thought you would enjoy it. It just goes to show you how even the things we think we know about still provide us new horizons.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
If you can't follow this man's English, you can right click for subtitles.
Here's a program that puts issues in perspective. The humor is very sarcastic and hits the mark.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
More on Nasa...Do you remember the reading comprehension test??
Hi there, I just wanted to attach this update and will eventually upload the reading comprehension exams from last year, without the answers. I will make the answers available on a separate Google.doc, so that you can use these as practice exams. The reading level of these texts is between B2 and C1 (First Certificate/Certificate in Advanced English). I hope they help you with your studies.
Mrs.K
From NASA's Web page:
What's Next For NASA?
› View Speech Video | › Speech Text (82 KB PDF)
The end of the space shuttle program does not mean the end of NASA, or even of NASA sending humans into space. NASA has a robust program of exploration, technology development and scientific research that will last for years to come. Here is what's next for NASA:
Artist's concept of the new Space Launch System rocket launching with the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Credit: NASA
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The International Space Station in May 2011. Credit: NASA
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The Research Flight Deck is being used to develop safer and more efficient cockpit technologies. Credit: NASA
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The Juno mission will arrive at Jupiter in 2016. Credit: NASA
› View Full SizeExploration
NASA is designing and building the capabilities to send humans to explore the solar system, working toward a goal of landing humans on Mars. We will build the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, based on the design for the Orion capsule, with a capacity to take four astronauts on 21-day missions.
NASA is also moving forward with the development of the Space Launch System-- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. The SLS rocket will use a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propulsion system, which will include shuttle enginesfor the core stage and the J-2X engine for the upper stage.
We are developing the technologies we will need for human exploration of the solar system, including solar electric propulsion, refueling depots in orbit, radiation protection and high-reliability life support systems.
International Space Station
The International Space Station is the centerpiece of our human spaceflight activities in low Earth orbit. The ISS is fully staffed with a crew of six, and American astronauts will continue to live and work there in space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Part of the U.S. portion of the station has been designated as a national laboratory, and NASA is committed to using this unique resource for scientific research.
The ISS is a test bed for exploration technologies such as autonomous refueling of spacecraft, advanced life support systems and human/robotic interfaces. Commercial companies are well on their way to providing cargo and crew flights to the ISS, allowing NASA to focus its attention on the next steps into our solar system.
Aeronautics
NASA is researching ways to design and build aircraft that are safer, more fuel-efficient, quieter, and environmentally responsible. We are also working to create traffic management systems that are safer, more efficient and more flexible. We are developing technologies that improve routing during flights and enable aircraft to climb to and descend from their cruising altitude without interruption.
We believe it is possible to build an aircraft that uses less fuel, gives off fewer emissions, and is quieter, and we are working on the technologies to create that aircraft. NASA is also part of the government team that is working to develop the Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen, to be in place by the year 2025. We will continue to validate new, complex aircraft and air traffic control systems to ensure that they meet extremely high safety levels.
Science
NASA is conducting an unprecedented array of missions that will seek new knowledge and understanding of Earth, the solar system and the universe. NASA has observatories in Earth orbit and deep space, spacecraft visiting the moon and other planetary bodies, and robotic landers, rovers, and sample return missions. NASA's science vision encompasses questions as practical as hurricane formation, as enticing as the prospect of lunar resources, and as profound as the origin of the Universe.
Learn more about:
Mrs.K
From NASA's Web page:
What's Next For NASA?
"As a former astronaut and the current NASA Administrator, I'm here to tell you that American leadership in space will continue for at least the next half-century because we have laid the foundation for success -- and failure is not an option."
Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator
National Press Club, July 1, 2011
Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator
National Press Club, July 1, 2011
› View Speech Video | › Speech Text (82 KB PDF)
The end of the space shuttle program does not mean the end of NASA, or even of NASA sending humans into space. NASA has a robust program of exploration, technology development and scientific research that will last for years to come. Here is what's next for NASA:
Artist's concept of the new Space Launch System rocket launching with the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Credit: NASA› View Full Size
The International Space Station in May 2011. Credit: NASA› View Full Size
The Research Flight Deck is being used to develop safer and more efficient cockpit technologies. Credit: NASA› View Full Size
The Juno mission will arrive at Jupiter in 2016. Credit: NASA› View Full SizeExploration
NASA is designing and building the capabilities to send humans to explore the solar system, working toward a goal of landing humans on Mars. We will build the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, based on the design for the Orion capsule, with a capacity to take four astronauts on 21-day missions.
NASA is also moving forward with the development of the Space Launch System-- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. The SLS rocket will use a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propulsion system, which will include shuttle enginesfor the core stage and the J-2X engine for the upper stage.
We are developing the technologies we will need for human exploration of the solar system, including solar electric propulsion, refueling depots in orbit, radiation protection and high-reliability life support systems.
International Space Station
The International Space Station is the centerpiece of our human spaceflight activities in low Earth orbit. The ISS is fully staffed with a crew of six, and American astronauts will continue to live and work there in space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Part of the U.S. portion of the station has been designated as a national laboratory, and NASA is committed to using this unique resource for scientific research.
The ISS is a test bed for exploration technologies such as autonomous refueling of spacecraft, advanced life support systems and human/robotic interfaces. Commercial companies are well on their way to providing cargo and crew flights to the ISS, allowing NASA to focus its attention on the next steps into our solar system.
Aeronautics
NASA is researching ways to design and build aircraft that are safer, more fuel-efficient, quieter, and environmentally responsible. We are also working to create traffic management systems that are safer, more efficient and more flexible. We are developing technologies that improve routing during flights and enable aircraft to climb to and descend from their cruising altitude without interruption.
We believe it is possible to build an aircraft that uses less fuel, gives off fewer emissions, and is quieter, and we are working on the technologies to create that aircraft. NASA is also part of the government team that is working to develop the Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen, to be in place by the year 2025. We will continue to validate new, complex aircraft and air traffic control systems to ensure that they meet extremely high safety levels.
Science
NASA is conducting an unprecedented array of missions that will seek new knowledge and understanding of Earth, the solar system and the universe. NASA has observatories in Earth orbit and deep space, spacecraft visiting the moon and other planetary bodies, and robotic landers, rovers, and sample return missions. NASA's science vision encompasses questions as practical as hurricane formation, as enticing as the prospect of lunar resources, and as profound as the origin of the Universe.
Learn more about:
- The Dawn spacecraft's visit to the large asteroid Vesta to help us understand the earliest chapter of our solar system's history.
- Juno's mission to Jupiter, arriving in July 2016 to investigate the gas giant's origins, structure, and atmosphere.
- The GRAIL mission to study the moon's gravity field and determine the structure of the lunar interior.
- The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, a critical first step in building a next-generation Earth-monitoring satellite system.
- The Mars Science Laboratory named Curiosity, looking for evidence of microbial life on the red planet.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
NASA update...
Thursday, April 7, 2011
UPDATE!
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that both the Article and Review assignment are posted in the USEFUL LINKS section to the right. I will be checking the blog this weekend to make sure all of the grammar and vocabulary points that we have done are posted as well.
Aside from this, it would be a good idea to begin reviewing all the exercises we've done all year in your Workbook, as well as any we may not have done from the units we've covered, especially those from 2nd term. Remember that English is cumulative, so everything we've learnt is part of what you need to know.
See you in class!
Mrs.Kremser
I just wanted to let you all know that both the Article and Review assignment are posted in the USEFUL LINKS section to the right. I will be checking the blog this weekend to make sure all of the grammar and vocabulary points that we have done are posted as well.
Aside from this, it would be a good idea to begin reviewing all the exercises we've done all year in your Workbook, as well as any we may not have done from the units we've covered, especially those from 2nd term. Remember that English is cumulative, so everything we've learnt is part of what you need to know.
See you in class!
Mrs.Kremser
Thursday, March 24, 2011
ARTICLE ASSIGNMENT
Hi everyone,
I've converted the smart board presentation on Articles to a pdf file and put it in the USEFUL LINKS section to the right under ARTICLE ASSIGNMENT. You should all be able to see it without a problem.
Remember: the assignment is due to be handed in to me (printed or written) at the BEGINNING OF CLASS ON Wednesday for 10B and Thursday for 10A. 10 C should check with Ms. Rivierre for the specific due date for your class. You all have the same amount of time to write your articles from the time the presentation was completed in class with you.
Please also remember that if you hand your assignment in late, you will receive it back later than everyone else, as my time is very limited, and this will interfere with your ability to properly prepare for the summative writing test.
If you have any questions, feel free to post comments or to e-maill me directly. I will try to be as helpful as I can.
See you soon!
I've converted the smart board presentation on Articles to a pdf file and put it in the USEFUL LINKS section to the right under ARTICLE ASSIGNMENT. You should all be able to see it without a problem.
Remember: the assignment is due to be handed in to me (printed or written) at the BEGINNING OF CLASS ON Wednesday for 10B and Thursday for 10A. 10 C should check with Ms. Rivierre for the specific due date for your class. You all have the same amount of time to write your articles from the time the presentation was completed in class with you.
Please also remember that if you hand your assignment in late, you will receive it back later than everyone else, as my time is very limited, and this will interfere with your ability to properly prepare for the summative writing test.
If you have any questions, feel free to post comments or to e-maill me directly. I will try to be as helpful as I can.
See you soon!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
3RD TERM UNITS.
REVISED SPRING TERM SYLLABUS FOR MYP YR10
10. Review Future tenses Space Space
Signposting words in
texts
Phrases with “at”
WRITING FOLDER 5: ARTICLES.
WRITING FOLDER 6: REVIEWS.
12. The passive voice Inventions Technology and
Verb collocations inventions.
13. Reported Speech School and education Education
Reporting verbs Expressions with make
Reported questions
20. Gerunds and infinitives Crime Crime
Verbs with a change in
meaning: try, stop, regret,
remember, forget, mean, go on
25. Mixed Conditionals City life City life.
Words with up-
Words with re-
23. Intensifiers The natural world Natural disasters
I wish / If only Phrasal verbs with off
Wish / hope Verb-noun collocations
Sunday, January 30, 2011
DISCURSIVE ESSAYS
Hello there everyone. As promised, I'm posting this information, but you should already have it from class. I won't post your homework on the blog instead of having you take notes properly in class. This is only as a reminder, and for those of you who may have been ill. I posted printed copies of these in your classrooms last Thursday as well. If you've got a problem, remember you can always e-mail me. Even on a Sunday.
Write a 250 word discursive essay about the following topic.
Your work should include the steps you took to come up with your thesis statement, an outline and the essay itself.
The debate about retiring has been a hot-topic in the news lately. Many feel that people should have to work until they are sixty-seven.
Class example:
· How to come up with a thesis statement
o Make a question on the announced information.
Should people have to work until they are sixty-seven before they retire?
· Answer the question to get the thesis statement.
o Note that in a discursive essay we want to know about positive and negative aspects or why people are for or against something.
Answer:
It is debatable whether people should work until they are sixty-seven.
Now you need an Opening Statement
1. (first sentence of your introduction)
· The government in Spain has established a new age for retirement.
2. Background information:
(second sentence of the introduction)
· There are people who have different opinions about this hot-topic.
3. Thesis statement:
· It is debatable whether people should work until they are sixty-seven.
So a possible introduction to this essay could be:
The government in Spain has established a new age for retirement. There are people who have different opinions about this hot-topic. It is debatable whether people should work until they are sixty-seven.
10A+B: This assignment must be turned in to me on Tuesday, February 1st (10A) and Monday, January 31, (10B) at the BEGINNING of class or you will receive 1 full mark lower (formative). You may type this on a Word or Open Office document if you wish. Please use 12pt. Calibri, and space at 1,5. You may send these to me by e-mail as well, but I must have them by the specified time
Monday, January 10, 2011
Narrative Homework: 4TH ESO A+B
Write a 250 word story on something frightening that you or someone you know has experienced.
Use vocabulary from unit 5 (fear and loathing).
Write in the narrative form.
This assignment is due for 4th B on Thursday and for 4th A on Tuesday January 11.
Use vocabulary from unit 5 (fear and loathing).
Write in the narrative form.
This assignment is due for 4th B on Thursday and for 4th A on Tuesday January 11.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Narrative
Hi there and I hope you all had a good holiday.
Now that we're getting back in the saddle again, I'll be posting things you should have in order to help you through the material we will learn this term. The first is the narrative, which you worked on before the holiday. I'm still trying to figure out how to post the powerpoints I've made to this blog, until then, I can either e-mail them to you, or you can bring a pen-drive to school and I'll transfer them onto your drive. Please remember to use the link to the Cambridge website for your book's vocabulary. I will only touch on some of the vocabulary in class, but you will be responsible for knowing what all of the new vocabulary, and any new use of these terms, mean.
Now that we're getting back in the saddle again, I'll be posting things you should have in order to help you through the material we will learn this term. The first is the narrative, which you worked on before the holiday. I'm still trying to figure out how to post the powerpoints I've made to this blog, until then, I can either e-mail them to you, or you can bring a pen-drive to school and I'll transfer them onto your drive. Please remember to use the link to the Cambridge website for your book's vocabulary. I will only touch on some of the vocabulary in class, but you will be responsible for knowing what all of the new vocabulary, and any new use of these terms, mean.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN NARRATIVES
Narratives are stories. They tell what happened to someone, to oneself, to others, what one dreams had happened, or what one wished would happen.
Essentially, all narrative writing is concerned with what happened.
In telling this, the storyteller concentrates on: setting, characterization, action, climax and outcome.
The setting: The story takes place somewhere at some time (place and time of story).
The Characters: The hero or heroine of a story, or the main character is the protagonist. Often there is another character who opposes the protagonist; this is the antagonist.
The Situation or Conflict: The part of the story where things happen is the plot of a story. It is the scheme or sequence of events that take place in the story. This involves telling a problem, conflict or situation in the story.
The Action: The situation sets events in motion, and then the action begins. This is where “ the plot thickens”. An antagonist may enter the story here and add to the initial idea of the story. This keeps your story moving.
The Climax: The action arising out of the situation continues until it reaches the point of highest interest. This high point is called the climax.
The Outcome: After the climax has been reached, the situation or conflict is resolved. This resolution is the outcome of the story.
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