Tom Sawyer

CHAPTER 6:

THE HAUNTED HOUSE
First Tom and Huck wanted to find a treasure in the haunted house. The haunted house was an old, lonley and strange place. Then Tom and Huck listened to a two men: Injun Joe and a Spanish man, and the two mens had a treasure. Finally the 2 mens hid a treasure under a black cross.

Talk about experiences in the past

Gemma: Hey Cristina. How was your weekend?
Cristina: It was great thanks.
Gemma: What did you do?
Cristina: Oh, I celebrated my cousin's birthday on Saturday. And yeasterday I just went to Barcelona. What about you.
Gemma: I went to Camp Nou and i watched the match. It was exciting. When did you last wach a football match?
Cristina: I don't know, maybe two months ago.
Gemma: How was it?
Cristina: It was a very good, because I went with my friend.
Gemma: I have an idea we can go to watch a next match together.
Cristina: Great! It's a good idea. See you later.
Gemma: Bye Crisitna

Bubikubism

You probably know the famous Rubik's cube. Now a mystery street artist called Invader has started a new art movement: "Rubikubism". He twests Rubik's cubes to get the colours to make famous people and objects.
This image has more than 100 Rubik's cubes. Invader has algo recreated the Mona Lisa: He sells his art for 23,000 euros. But his identity is still a big secret!!

Crazy about Robert!

Attention Robert Pattinson fans! You can now your idol at madame Tussauds museum in London.
With American actor Zac Efron and Johnny Deep, Robert is one of the most popular waxworks. He took four months to make and cost 170,000 euros. And now there's a big queue of fans who want to kiss him.

My ideal home

Here we are in my ideal home. It's an original and modern home. It's in the centre of Banyoles. It's in the centre of Banyoles. It's got two bedrooms, a kitchen, a diningroom, two bathrooms and a livingroom. The livingroom has got a big television and and you can watch DVDs.

On an ideal morning in my ideal home we're all here. My mum is in the kitchen. She is making dinner. My father is in his bedroom. He's reading a book. I'm in my bedroom and I'm doing my homework.

My favourite room is my bedroom. It's got a large bed, a wardrobe and a small TV. I like this room because I can relax and read books or magazines in it.

Friendgroup profile

About me:
Hi, I'm Gemma and I'm from Banyoles in Catalonia.
I'm quiet and shy.
I've got brown eyes and brown hair.

Likes and dislikes:
I'm really into music pop and rock.
I love ballet dancing. I hate horror films.
I rally like clothes, especially t-shirts.
I like watching football. I'm a big fan of BARÇA!!

My time and money:
I spend a lot of time on the internet and dancing ballet.
I spend my money on magazines, sweets and t-shirts.

Requests:
I really want to meet boys and girls from 13-15 years old.
I don't mind your nationality, but I want to practise my Catalan and I'm interesting in learning French.

Longest telephone call....

If your parents say you spend too much time on the phone, tell them about Tony Wright. Tony stayed on the phone for 40 hours!
He made the world's longest phone call to a supermarket in London.
It will donate 400 pounds to charity. And luckily it is also paying for the call!

A bizarre wedding cake

A wedding would not be complete without a cake.
And in Britain wedding cakes are very elaborate and covered in delicious white icing.
This one looks particulary good, but don't try to eat it...
It is made of bones!
British art student Jodie Carey made the sculpture from 2,000 plaster casts of human bones.

Making compromise

Gemma: Cristina, can you do your homework, please.
Cristina: Yes, in a minut. I'm busy at the moment.
Gemma: Come on, Cristina. What are you doing?
Cristina: I'm cheating on the internet. It's very important.
Gemma: Cristina! You need to do you homework now!
Cristina: Please Gemma! Is it OK if I do it later?
Gemma: I suppose so, but don't forget to do it!
Cristina: OK! OK!

Cristina: Hi, Gemma, look at this.
Gemma: What?
Cristina: This dress. What do you think of it?
Gemma: No much why?
Cristina: Don't you like it? I think it's very cool.
Gemma: It's ok, I suppose. But what about this watch? It's very nice.
Cristina: Yes, It's very happy this colour, we can buy the same watch.
Gemma: I think the same that you!!!
Cristina: Ok, come on on to but it.

Yummy USB keys

Hamburgers, pizzas, hot dogs... fast food is everywhere!
And now you can even get a USB key in the form of your favourite meal. It will make you hungry when you are on your computer.

Funny hats

Royal Ascot is a big horse racing event in England. It lasts for one week, and the Queen will be there.
But the media looks more at what people wear than the racing!
Men wear formal clothes including top hats, and ladies wear eccentric hats.
Would you wear a hat like this?

My summer holidays

Hi, my name is Gemma and today I talking about my summer holidays.
First I went to Port Aventura. Second I went to Cadaqués. Finally I went to my home and prepared for school.

PORT AVENTURA:
I went to Port Aventura from 20 to 22 August with my parents, my friend and my friend's parents.
All day we were in the parc and went to the riddes.
We went to many riddes because there weren't a lot of people.
There was hot but it was very funny.

CADAQUÉS:
I went to Cadaqués from 23 to 26 August.
In the morning we went to the beach but we didn't swim very much because the water was cold.
In the afteroon we went to the village form tourism.
The last day we went to Cap de Creus. Is very nicee!!
In Cadaqués i was very good!!

FINALLY:
I went to my home and prepared for school and i finished my summer homework.


CONCLUSION:
THIS HOLIDAYS WAS VERY GOOD AND VERY FUNNY!!!!

OBSERVATION OF YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION:

PRESENTATION:

- Did you use any resources?
Yes, i did. But the powerpoint didn't see the pictures.

- Were the resources relevant and attractive?
The powerpoint was util for me

BODY LANGUAGE AND EYE CONTACT
- Did you look at your audience most of the time?
I often watched the audience.

- Did you read from your notes?
Yes, i did

- Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your audience?
Yes, I did


STRUCTURE
- Did you organize your ideas in order of importance?
Yes, I did

- Did you use discourse markers to to make your ideas more clear? (First, then, secondly,on the one hand, on the other hand,finally..)
Yes, i did

CONTENT
-Did you introduce interesting NEW information to your audience?
Yes, I did

- Did you look up information/facts/ideas in the internet, books..?
No, i didn't

LANGUAGE
- Did you use rich vocabulary looking up the dictionary?
Yes, i did
- Did you us sentence linkers?(and, but, moreover, also, furthermore, although,however..)
Yes, i did

PRONUNCIATION AND INTONATION
- Did you check the pronunciation with a dictionary, a classmate or the teacher?
Yes, i did

OBSERVATION MY CLASSMATS:

Cristina Comalat: She visited Canada. She stayed 3 weeks in England.
Ferran I: He stayed in Calella de Mar and he visited Tunis.
Andreu M: He stayed 3 weeks in Bolton and he visited Egipte.
Francesc R: He stayed 1 week in Can Toni and in August he visited Kenia.
Albert R: He steyed in bolton 3 weeks and he visited Xina.
Albert Q: He went to campus Darryl Middleton and he went to St.Antoni.

my learning:
1. DID YOU WORK HARD? Yes, I did
2. DID YOU ORGANIZE YOUR WORK WEEK BY WEEK? Yes, i did
3. WHAT WAS MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOU? It was dificuld for me the dialogues and videos
4. WHAT DID YOU LEARN?( new grammar, vocab..) I learn writings, magazines
5. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO IMPROVE? I need improve the my speaking
the activities:

Write about the different activities.
Use I like/don't like.. I prefer/ My favourite..
magazine reading and activities/dialogues/writings/DVD:

Films and summaries/Oral presentation/Extra-points projects
I like magazine and DVD but I don't like Films summaries.

in conclusion,
WHAT'S YOUR BEST ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES THIS COURSE?
My best preparation is oral preparation.Oral presentation

DID YOU LIKE WORKING IN THE LANGUAGE ROOM? WHY/WHY NOT?
Yes, I did because is diferent.

A magazine interview

David Villa:
Last Friday I went to the presentation of David Villa in Camp Nou and I spoke to David Villa.
Villa is a famous football player. He is very happy at the moment because he is in Barça.
Villa had a good year last year because he was the best player of Valencia and 3 days ago he signer for Barça.
This summer Villa is going to visit his city (Langreo). After that let's going to visit a some distant country with his family.

Oral presentation

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Fact-file

Snake:

Snakes are carnivorous reptiles. They live in all continents exept Antarctica. This animal lives 10 or 20 years. It can measure from 10cm to 7,6m.
Snakes likes to climb trees to sleep. They eat meat and fish.
Snakes are very interesting, but they are not ideal pets. They are very long and they are very dangerous. If you buy a snake you mus remember this!

Unit 3 A big adventure

Alex prepares a picnic. She makes tuna sandwiches, which Steven doesn't like. Steven arrives, and they cycle to the river. Steven gets hungry, and they stop to eat by the river.
Alex climbs a tree.

Unit 5 The natural world

Becky goes to Alex's houses. They discuss their plans for a party they are going to in the afternoon. Then they go to the animal hospital and learn about different wild animals.

Unit 2 A day in our lives

Alex tells us about her daily routine. We see her in the morning, at school, and in the evening at home.

Life story

Alex is going a project on the life of the writer J.R.R Tolkien.
Becky joins her, and they visit important places in Tolkien's life.

A book or film review

I read a book called Eclipse. It was a romantic story about the vampires called Edward, Alice, Rosalie, Jasper, Carlisle... and the fatal are: Bella, Jacob, Charlie...
My favourite part was the vampires and licantropos fighting tho protect Bella. It was very exciting.
I liked the book because it was exciting and amazing, to sometimes the characters were funny.

Workbook

Today i did activities of Workbook!

Unit 1 Our town.

Alex and Beacky are in Oxford. Alex's cousins is visiting from London. The girls meet him at the bus station. They take Steven round Oxford, but they seem more interested in the shops! Steven would prefer to go at music shop but Becky buys a T-shirt in a clothes shop. Alex borrows 5 pounds from Steven to help pay for the T-shirt.

Shopping clothes

Cristina: Hey, girls. Look at this dress.
Carla: It's cool!
Gemma: Can you try it on!
Cristina: Yes, is a good idea.
Carla What do you think Cristina?
Cristina: I'm not sure. It's expensive
Gemma: Why don't we look in anothers shop?
Cristina: Yeah. Good idea

Melon cubes

Yes, these are watermelons!
They were grown in glass boxes. They are easier to carry than round melons, but more expensive!

A biography

Dani Alves:
Dani Alves Da Silva is a Brazilian fotball player. He was born on 6th of May 1983, in Juazeiro da Bahia, Brazil. He is a famous football player.
When he was 20 years he played with the Seville. Five years later he played for the FCBarcelona and became the best playing on the right sade.
Now Alves is married. He has a son and a daughter and he lives in Barcelona. His hobbies are playing football and Formula 1.

Agreeing and disagreeing

Gemma: What do you think of the new Twilight film?
Carla: I like it. It's better than the last one.
Cristina: I disagree. I prefer the last one. It was the more romantic.
Gemma: Yes, i suppose you're right. It was more romantic, but i like this one too.
Carla: My favorite is the second New moon.
Cristina: I agree with you. That my favorite too.

Talking about the past

Carla: Hi girls! How was your weekend?
Gemma: Really good! It was fantastic!
Cristina: We went to the cinema
Carla: Ok. Did your watched martial arts films
Gemma: No, we don't like it.
Cristina: We wached a Shrek 3. It was amazin

The Alex birthday!

Gemma: It's Alex birthday next week. Let's buy her a present!
Cristina: Ok. Shall ve give her CD
Carla: I'm not sure. She doesen't like listen to music.
Gemma: Well, why don't we get her a t-shirt.
Carla: Great idea, she love cloth.
Cristina: Ok. Let's buy here t-shirt in this shop!

A special Ferrari

I love english Twilight

This is not a normal Ferrari race car. This Ferrari is made of 80,000 Legos! It was made to celebrate Lego World, an annual Lego festival in The Netherlands.

I'm first!

I love english Twilight

I'm first!

these brides are not late for their wedding. They are in a race to climb a wedding cake that is 4.6 metres high. The winner gets $25,000 (20,000 euros). The race was organised by Bridezilla, a reality TV series about horrible brides.

A letter from a desert island

My name is Gemma Quintana and I'm writing this from an island near Hawaii. My parents are here too. We are lost!
Life here is very dangerous and bad after 8 days on this island. There isn't any shops and we can't see our animals either. Every day my dad makes a fire. I prepare the food with my mum.
We can't survive here. It's very hot! There isn't much food. We eat fruits and vegetables. We drink water. It's horrible!

Please help us!
Gemma Quintana

2nd term reflection

- What's the best activity for you to learn English?
The writings is the best activity for me.

- What did you find more difficult? Why?
The dialogues is the activity more difficult for me, because of the pronunciation.

- What's your favourite?
My favourite activity is magazine.

- What's best blog in class in your opinion?
The juliaportfolio1 is the best in class for me, because is very interesting.
-
Write down your objectives for 3rd term.
My objective for the 3rd term is to practise the pronunciation the pronunciation.

Choose 1 activity in your portfolio that really helped you to improve. Write 5 comments in your classmates blogs. Be positive!!

Invictus

1. WHERE DOES THE ACTION TAKE PLACE? In sud Africa

2. WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY? The Nelson Mandela

3. WHAT'S HE FIGHTING FOR? The union the black and white

7. WHAT DOES THE COLOR GREEN IN THE T-SHIRTS MEAN? The color green is the symbol of apartheid.

8. WHAT WAS MANDELA'S INTENTION WITH THE RUGBY MATCH? The union the black and white.

It's robochef

Imagine coming home from school to find a robot cooking you dinner!
Well, that's possible now in Japan. The robot stirs the ingredients in a bowl, pours them into a pan and serves your food. It also asks you what sort of sauces and condiments you would like. But if you want to understand, you'll have to learn Japanese!!

Lovers island

Where is the perfect place to say " I love you" on Valentine's Day? Maybe on the heart-shaped island of Galesnjak. The island is in the Adriatic Sea, near the coast of Croatia, in Europe. There is just one problem... there's no food or water on Galesnjak! But that's not important when you're in love!

An e-mail about a holiday

Hi Àlex,
I'm on holiday here in a cruise from the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea with my parents. It's very hot and sunny, so we usually swim in the pool.

At the moment I'm sitting in the room with my parents and I'm eating a snack. In the evenings we have dinner in a restaurant and then we go to parties.

Tomorrow we're go to Pisa. In Pisa there is a tower and there are souvenirs shops. I like this cruise! I hop you have a good summer holiday.
See you later!

Gemma Quintana

The restaurant

DELICIOUS CARIBBEAN FOOD

Menu:

-ChIckEn EmpaNaDA........ £ 2.00
-Fish and CHiPs.............. £1.50
-chEse bUrGer............... £1.00
-BeeF buRger................ £1.20
-ChIpS........................ £1.00

Drinks:

-juIcE......................... £3.00
-MiNeraL WaTer............. £2.20
-Coke......................... £1.50

Other:

-Ice-cram..................... £2.00
-sweets....................... £1.20



MY DIALOGUE:

Júlia- Hi, can I help you?
Gemma- Yes, can I have a beef burger and chips, please?
Júlia- Anything else?
Gemma- Yes, can I have an ice-cream? please?
Júlia- OK. Anything to drink?
Gemma- Yes, an a mineral water and a Fanta of orages.
Júlia- OK. That's £7.9, please.
Gemma- Here you are!
Júlia- Thanks.
Bye, bye.
Gemma- Bye.

Making suggestions

Cristina: It's a lovely day. Let's go to play tennis.
Carla: No, it's boring.
Gemma: Let's go to the zoo
Carla and Gemm: Yes, is a good idea!
Carla I take may camera and some water
Cristina: OK. Let's go to the zoo!!!

Ordering food

Carla: Hi! Can I help you?
Gemma: Yes. Can I have salad, please?
Carla: Ok, and you?
Cristina: Can I have Beef and pasta salad, please?
Carla: Sure. Anything to drink?
Gemma: Yes, one bottle of mineral water, please?
Carla: Ok. That's 29 pounds, please.
Cristina: The money is hear.
Carla: Thanks, have a good dinner.

Twilight

First Bella goes to live with her father in Forks.
Bella meets Edward. Edward is a strange boy and he is very fast.
Then Edward protects Bella.
Bella discovers Edward is a vampire and immortal.
After that, Edward and Bella go to the mountain and Bella meets the Cullen family.
Edward meets the Bella's father.
Bella and family Cullen go to play baseball.
Then James and Edward fight and Edward helps Bella.
In the end Bella and Edward go to the pary and they dance.

Talking about future plans

Gemma: Hi Cristina! What are you doing on Thursday evening? Are you free?
Cristina: No, I'm not. I'm busy
Gemma: What are you doing?
Cristina: I'm going to shopping with Carla. Do you want to come?
Gemma: Yes, thanks. Is a good idea.
Cristina: Ok. At 7 o'clock in my house.
Gemma: Bye!

A good friend

My best friend's name is Júlia Masó. She's twelve years old and she lives in Banyoles.

Júlia is a fantastic friend. I like because she is very funny and helps when i have a problem. She remembers my birthday and do not tell my secrets. We sometimes disagree - I like sveets and ballet, but she doesen't like it.

We often go to my house or Júlia's houses. We sometimes go meet for singing, dancing and watching DVDs together. We usually go to the cinema, too in the cinema we like watching comedy films. I love her!

Asking for premission

Gemma: Can i go to Extrem Them Park with Sam?
Cristina: Really, how much is it?
Gemma: The tickets cost 20 pounds.
Carla: Ok, what day is it?
Gemma: On Sunday 27 th January.
Carla: It's ok.
Gemma: Thanks.

My favourite day at school

At my super-school there are three classes every day.
Classes start at 10 o'clock and they finish at 1 o'clock.
We go to school on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Today we've got P.E. in the morning and I.T in the afternoon.
P.E. is my favourite subject because Messi is the teacher.
We haven't got a school uniform.

I like the school because the teachers are famous, my friends are very funny and the food is good.
I like very much this school. It's fantastic.

An email to the teacher

Hi Àlex,

Are you happy?
My name's Gemma and i'm twelve years old.
I'm from Banyoles in Catalonia.
I'm a Barça football fan but i also like basketball.
My other interests are pop music, copmuter games and ballet. I love it!!
Where do you live?
Are you interesting in art?
What is your favorite place?
Is your town big or small?
Bye for now.

Gemma Quintana

givingopinions

Carla-Do you like dramar club?
Gemma- Yes, i do and you?
Carla- No, i don't
Gemma- Why?
Carla-It is boring
Gemma- No, it is very funny and interesting
Carla- Bye see you later
Gemma- Bye

Asking for and giving directions

Carla and Gemma: excuse me, is the Macy's departament store near hear.
Cristina: Yes, it is near underground exit
Carla and Gemma: How do i get there?
Cristina: Turn left, go straight on and then turn right
Carla and Gemma: Great, thanks
Cristina: Your welcome, bye

A brochure of my town

Welcome to Banyoles

Banyoles is a city in the north of Catalonia.
It is a small city, but ti is interesting.
My favourite places are: the lake, museums and the square.
The lake is very beautiful and quiet.

Banyoles has got lots of restaurants, theaters, cafés and museums. The restaurants are good and quiet.
The are lots of shops. "Peques", "Generació 5" and nens-nenes" are interesting shops and there are a beautiful clothes.

There are some interesting towns and monuments near here.
There's a bus station, but there isn't a train station and an airport.