ESL NewsPaper 2013

ESL students in the 4th year write news reports from photo prompts in groups and this is the result: the third edition of ESL NewsPaper.

Well done, everyone!

STUDENTS NEWS SHOWS

I know this is an ambitious project which has taken you long hours to complete. It's been a long process where you've had to make some research, process the information found, perform, record and edit, but I really think it has been worth the effort.

You have displayed great IMAGINATION, CREATIVITY and the best SENSE OF HUMOR and here are your results. 

CONGRATULATIONS EVERY ONE!

GALILEO NEWS 1: by Inés, Lorena, Carmen & Irene M.




GALILEO NEWS 2: by Ivan, Daniel, Manuel and Sergio




GALILEO NEWS 3: by Irene B., Ana, Guillermo, Paula and Irene G.




GALILEO NEWS 4: by Maria, Sara, Alvaro, Zoraida and Isaac.



GALILEO NEWS 5: by Lucía, Rocío, Ana Z. and Laura



GALILEO NEWS 6: by Laura D., Nora and Paola
Now it's time to cast your vote below. Remember to enter your name and to give the reason for your choice. And please, refrain from voting for yourselves.


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5 MINUTE NEWS BY APLE STUDENTS

It's time to start devising your news programme. In groups you will have to decide the news you'll be dealing with in your programmes and how to organize it. The news should be around 5 minute long and you can include short video clips or images to support the information.

You'll be presenting your news programme in class but I also need a video recording of your programme or an audio file with the news itself.

Below you have several sites which can help you with the project. Please, do not think in Spanish and then translate into English and don't use words you don't understand or can't even pronounce.

• CNN News
• TweenTribune
• BBC News
• Youngzine
• ESL News

 First news programme will be broadcast live on Wednesday 24th

Have a look at what other students came up with a few years ago:

OSCAR PISTORIUS CHARGED WITH MURDER

You were surely surprised when you heard the news about Oscar Pistorius being charged with murder, especially after reading about him in unit 3 in your books, where he was portrayed as an amazing athlete.

South Africans are in shock after their sprinter Oscar Pistorius was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius competed in the London 2012 Olympics as the first double-amputee track athlete.

Watch the following interview, listen to my questions and answer them orally by sending me a VoiceMail. Try to give as many details as possible.

Deadline: Tuesday 26

Some more information about the social situation in South Africa.

 

NEWS

I know I'm running a bit late with your homework this week, but I'm sure you won't mind...

Your next task has to do with news. Luckily for students of English, nowadays there are thousands of websites where you can listen to real English. The one I am presenting today, CNN StudentNews, is especially interesting because it contains real updated news for students. And the good thing is that if there's something you can't understand you can always read the script.
Each one of you will listen to one piece of news for one particular day twice and will comment about it on the following VoiceThread so that the rest of us will also know about it. Record a one-two minute summary of your news and give your personal point of view about it. Use your own words. Do not read from the script.

Click on the following link for the news distribution.

I can't wait to hear about your news in the VoiceThread below: 

Deadline: Friday 8th February

DISASTER IN JAPAN

Today we're going to read and listen about the earthquake and the tsunami that devastated the north-east coast of Japan and their immediate consequences. Learning a bit more about their tragedy will not help to even imagine what they must be going through, but we might become more aware of the seriousness of the situation.

1.- Go to Sean Banville's lesson on Japan's Nuclear Crisis  and put the sentences in the correct order to create a logical text


2.- Now listen to the news and try to fill in the blanks in Sean Banville's cloze activity. Send me the screenshot with your results.

3.- Now go to this section and try any of the Play activities there to learn more vocabulary.

Now have a look at some striking satellite images taken before and after the accidents and compare by yourselves.

You can watch this video from CNN Students News and read the script at the same time here

GALILEO GALIEI NEWSPAPER

Below you can find the newspaper created from the news reports written by students in 4th ESO in 2010 and 2011 and published in issuu. 

Open publication - Free publishing - More school papers

Read ONE of the reports and make a comment below explaining what the news is about and give your opinion

TEACHER ON TRIAL FOR ATTACKING STUDENT

Unfortunately we have got used to hearing about misbehaviour in the classroom and even violence on the part of students. Sometimes, however, things can go really far.
Listen to the following piece of news about a teacher in UK who has been accused of attacking a student and try to fill in the blanks. Write down the missing words in the voicethread below:





A teacher in England is on ______________ for attacking a teenage student with a metal dumbbell. Peter Harvey, 50, is ______________ charges of attempted murder for the attack, which took place in July, 2009. The student, who cannot be named for ______________ reasons, suffered a fractured skull and severe cuts to his face. The boy, then 14, was repeatedly hit on the head with the 3kg ______________. He was left unconscious and ______________ to hospital. Students who witnessed the attack said Harvey’s anger seemed to give him ______________ power. They told the court that he was screaming, “die, die, die” as he was hitting the youngster. Harvey ______________ attempted murder but has admitted causing serious bodily harm. The case is a ______________ talking point among teachers and students in England.

The media reports the boy was a ______________ troublemaker in the class. He has a long ______________ of disrupting lessons. The court heard the boy received a disciplinary ______________ nine times last year. Reports are he would try to make Mr Harvey angry and then use his mobile phone to take videos of him. He then mailed the video around the school. The ______________ bad behaviour caused Harvey to take time off work with ______________ health problems. He told a colleague he wanted to harm someone. A counsellor told him he was too ______________ and needed to let his anger out. The ______________ asked the boy whether he thought it was funny to try to make a teacher angry who had been off ill. The boy replied: "There was nothing funny about him. What was ______________ was we were just having a good time with our friends."

3RD TERM VOLUNTARY READERS

During the final term you may all read a voluntary book which will help you improve your marks. You just need to choose a book according to your level and show it to your teacher. If I agree with your choice, after reading it you will have to complete the book review sheet and upload it into the correspondent page in the wiki together with a picture of the cover of your book.

Or if you prefer and following Teacher Diana's idea you can read several news articles at Google News and make a short article of each one of them. You will find all the instructions in the following wiki page.

The due date for either task is April 30th.

Don't miss the chance to get higher marks. Remember this is the final term!!!!

BRITISH PANTOMIME

THE MADRID PLAYERS' CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME IS BACK THIS YEAR!!!!
Pantomime is a peculiarly British tradition and goes back at least 100 years. Pantomimes always take place at Christmas and nearly always have stories based around well known children's stories such as Peter Pan, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty etc.
They are very audience interactive. You certainly boo the villian, etc., but you should also have several arguments between characters and the audience:
Wicked queen in Snow White - "I am the fairest of them all"
Audience - "Oh no you're not!"
Queen - "Oh yes I am!"
Audience - "Oh no you're not!"

The Panto takes these children's stories and and injects a bit of music hall (British Vaudeville) sensibility, contemporary references and audience participation to create a raucous, noisy entertainment  that is fun for everyone in the family.

If you really want to know what a panto is like, you shouldn't miss The Madrid Players' Robin Hood Pantomime. Click on the link if you want to know more details.