Week 8

G'day all!

I can't believe tthat this is the last blog post for the term! I think the term has gone very quickly, don't you? I hope you feel that your English has improved over this time. Remember that the blog is available to you from home so there is no reason why you can't continue to do writing from home! Just email me your work before you post it if you want it corrected or ask me in class!

A couple of weeks ago we were looking at ways of improving our English inside and outside the classroom. Have a look at this wallwisher  and see if you can add your ideas to it! Simply double click anywhere on the page to add your idea and then click 'ok'.


In class on Tuesday I mentioned the Easter Show. Today I'd like you to work on a webquest to find out about the Show. Print off these worksheets and follow the links to answer the questions. I'll collect the work when you've finished.


Here's the video of you singing Advance Australia Fair! I'll publish your interviews during the holidays because they take a very long time and I don't want to publish some and not all of them at the same time! Enjoy!

Our serial: The Road Less Travelled Episode 2

G'day all

As 3 of you said you'd like to listen to this English radio serial, here's episode 2!
Here are the written activities . Print them off and then listen to the podcast and complete the tasks. (Remember to do Episode 1 first if you haven't alreday done so!!)

Enjoy!

Week 7

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G'day all


Thank you so much for your active participation in the Harmony Day activity last Wednesday. It was especially great to see Murtini, Winarty and Lutfun there when they didn't even have class! Thanks also for singing Advance Australia Fair so well (and not just lip-synching!!). First off this morning I'd like you to write  a recount of the event in your blog. You can even copy my slideshow and put it in your blog.

We took a lot of photos there so I hope you enjoy looking at them. Next week I'll get some of the photos printed and give you all a copy!

I had a great weekend! I spent it in Melbourne at the Formula 1 Grand Prix. I met some lovely radio, TV and sports people. They were competing in the Lexus celebrity race at the GP. Everyone had a great time and I came back quite late last night feeling a bit tired!

Did any of you turn off your lights during Earth Hour on Sat night? Do you know what it was for?
What do you think it means? Have a look at the following link and read about the event. Then click on the question What will you be doing? and read the suggestions offered. In your blog, write what YOU did for Earth Hour and add any other suggestions you can think of that people could have done!

Have a look at this YouTube video at home to get an idea of how important Earth Hour has become!

The world has recently experienced some devastating natural disasters. We've had floods in Queensland and Victoria, earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan and of course the tsunami as well. Open the following worksheet and print it off. Then listen to the podcasts about Floods and Hurricanes and complete the activities. Hand it to me when completed.

Have a good week and happy blogging!

Week 6



March 21 2011

 G'day all!

Do you know what Australia is celebrating today? For those of you who don't then it's Harmony Day. What is Harmony Day? What does it mean? Have a look at this link and watch the video with Senator Lundy and answer these questions to help you better understand the concept of Harmony Day.

Here at TAFE, we'll celebrate this event on Wednesday afternoon with a little get-together in the Conference room. There will be couple of students talking about their experiences in Australia and some singing too! As with every celebration, there will be food of course, but we are asking the students to 'bring a plate'!!!!

There will also be tea and coffee available! How many of you drink coffee? What do you like? Flat white? Cappuccino?? Have a listen to this interview with Annette who used to work in the college canteen. Print off the worksheet too and complete it. As this is a casaul conversation not everything that is said is clear because there is a bit of background noise. I do think though that it is clear enough for you to complete the worksheet.

Last semester, I posted links to an English radio podcast every week. I know that it was well liked by those who listened to it. How would you like to follow this English serial here every week? It's called The Road Less Travelled. Try out this podcast and print off the activities. Hope you enjoy the story! If you're interested then I'll publish the links each week and you can follow the story. Write a comment at the end of this post if you'd like to have this on the blog.

My weekend away.

This weekend I was lucky enough to go to the Hunter Valley with my husband and eldest daughter. We stayed at Cypress Lakes Resort. The purpose of the weekend was to raise money for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Over $1million was raised over the 2 days. There were auctions where people bought various items from media advertising to holidays to motorbikes to make up! Such was the variety of the items auctioned.

Here a few photos I took of scenery around the area. Hope you enjoy the slide show. If you like the photos, leave a comment at the end of the post!

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An Australian Quiz

How much do you know about your new country, Australia? Try this quiz to find out how much you know!

Tell me how you got on!

Week 5

G'day all

I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend. Once again I had a busy one! On Friday night my husband and I went out to dinner with friends and on Saturday we went to a wedding! Then on Sunday, we went to the airport to pick up my daughter who returned from a holiday in Bali.   Then later I had to do the usual chores like shopping and washing!

I hope that by now most of you are up to date with the blog activities. Once I hand back your corrected work tday then you can add it to your blog. Can you all make sure you have a link on your blog to mine and also at least one other link to a classmate. Ask me to show you if you don't know how to do it!

Thursday, the 17th March is my country, Ireland's National Day. Can you do a Google search and find out what the holiday is called and in Comments at the end of this post, write 2 things that are associated with the day?

What do you talk about when you're with friends? Have a listen to this casual conversation between two friends and complete the worksheet too.

Have a good week and happy blogging!

Week 4

G'day all

I hope you had an enjoyable weekend. Mine was rather busy as I went out to a concert on Saturday night and then my husband and I went to visit friends yesterday. They live in a little town called Binda. It was a two and a half hour journey by car! I was so glad to get out of the car by the time we got home last evening!

Fisrst thing today is for you to finish off the work on the counsellor's talk. You can give me the workshhets when you've finished. Then once I've seen your summary of the talk, you can post it on your blog.

How many of you knew that yesterday was Clean Up Australia Day? What do you know about the event? Have a listen to this short talk and then answer the questions about it. You can print off the worksheet to help you.

I'm not adding else to the blog today because I'd still like you to write a recount about your weekend. As I wrote last week, I'd like you to write your recount (check last week's post for Recount structure) in your post, copy it in Word, email it to me and I'll correct it and send it back to you to edit in your blog.

Have a good week and happy blogging!