Task 1:
In todays lesson we will be practicing the exam skill of recognising and listening for numbers and abbreviations… Please download task 1 of today’s lesson
Task 1
Focus on Listening 1 Wildlife Film Festival
Task 2
Now that you have practiced with the guided exercise lets try practicing our listening skills on an independent IELTS listening exercise
When do we use the Simple Present Tense and The Present Continuous Tense
Grammatical Structure for Simple Present Tense and Present Continuous
Task 1
Please complete the following task:
Task 2
Please complete the following task:
This semester the enrichment project will be based around a mock interview and a thank you letter to an interviewer, it is hoped that by completing this enrichment you will be ready for any possible job interviews that may come up in the future. As high school students it is important that you plan ahead and start thinking about college and possible career options which is why the focus of this semesters enrichment project is career based.
Interview skills are essential in assisting you to be successful in not only getting a job when you graduate school but in getting a job that you want.
Task 1:
In task 1 you will carry out a web quest answering the questions in the worksheet The worksheet will need to be typed and printed out. Please remember that task 1 is worth 10 points and will be included
Essential Language
I find… |
(quite/very/really) (Absolutely) |
interesting/ attractive/ enjoyable etc. annoying/unpleasant/noisy/dirty fascinating/horrible
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Using the essential language above work with a partner and create a presentation discussing animals. Your presentation should cover the following points:
As well as covering the above points it should also briefly talk about whether the animal will be suitable as a pet for one of the people shown below:
Essential Language
Describing Dimensions:
It | has a height /weight/ length etc. of | approximately / up to / between … and… |
It | weighs | approximately /up to / between … and… |
It | is (approximately) … high / long/ wide etc. |
Using the above essential language choose two of the following endangered animals listed below and describe the following features
Endangered Animal List
Features that need to be described
Please remember that you will need to use the essential language to describe the animals and that you should one paragraph for each of the animals you have chosen
Tips and Strategies:
The following is an example of question that requires you to locate information within an IELTS reading:
(Example of question)
Questions 1-5: The passage has ten paragraphs labelled A-J
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the appropriate letters A-J in boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet
NB you may use any letters more than once.
1. Concern that recycling is not profitable.
2. Explanation of why fees for dumping waste should be increased.
3. The best way to deal with garbage
4. The problem of decaying organic waste
5. Recycling of automobiles
When your faced with this kind of question you need to use the following tips and strategies:
Please read the following text and answer the guided exercises
Polar Bear Locating Information
Try completing the following independent task:
Independent Exercise for locating information
Independent Reading Locating Information
Review through the following tips for matching headings to paragraphs
Tips for Paragraph heading matching
Pre-Reading Task
Use the following links according to your class and mind map as many ideas about polar bears as you can
Reading Task:
Silently read through the following passage and complete the reading task
Independent Reading Task:
Using the strategies that have been introduced complete the following independent reading task:
Welcome back,
In today’s class we will be looking at the core vocabulary based on this unit as well looking at transitive and intransitive verbs. Please remember that it is important for you to be fully aware of vocabulary that is based on the unit as this may appear in future exams.
Task 1:
Complete the following exercises:
** Please note that you will be having a vocabulary test based on the vocabulary covered in these exercises
Task 2:
In the first part of Task 2 you will need to identify words in the following task match their definitions and decide what form the word takes. The reading is shown below:
After completing the first part of Task 2 you will need to identify Transitive and Intransitive verbs
In order to help you understand the second part of Task 2 here is an explanation of transitive and Intransitive verbs
Study the following sentences carefully:
As you can see from the two sentences feed is used in two ways. In the first sentence, feed means the same as “eat”. In the second sentence feed means “give food to”.
The word is used intransitively in the first sentence and transitively in the second sentence. A transitive verb must be followed by a noun or noun phrase but an intransitive verb isn’t. A few words like feed can be used in both ways, however most can only be used in one way
form and mean Transitive and intransitive verbs (exercise)
Task 3:
Please complete the following vocabulary tasks
IELTS Vocabulary Builder Unit 6