Become a muser

musical.ly makes it easy and fun to create amazing videos and impress your friends. Simply select a sound and start lip syncing! Anyone can be an awesome singer with musical.ly! Baby Ariel gives you some tips on how to.


Get into pairs and create your video for the end-of-term competition. Vote for the best.

World trip

Plan a journey around the world in 40 days.  

Visualise your world trip in as much detail as possible using the categories below.  

Work individually making notes about it. When you are ready, get into pairs and explain your world trip to your partner as vividly as you can.

Watch this short film in which you will see images the film director shot while he travelled around the world in 40 days. Which countries can you identify?

Rise Up from Günther Gheeraert on Vimeo.

Now watch it again and say why you think each place must, can't, may or might be a particular country, while you describe everything you can see.

Source: Kieran Donaghy, Film English, Rise Up.

A formal letter of complaint

What's the difference between formal and informal language? What kind do you use when you are writing a letter of complaint? 

Formal letter of complaint1 from iccic

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Get that job

Finding a job can be hard work, you need to have the right skills and use the right words.

The site below is full of activities and quizzes to build on your knowledge of career-related vocabulary and offer some tips on things like how to put together a good CV or come across well in an interview. 

Click below to get started.

 

Source: BBC Learning English

My home town: past and present

What is London famous for?

Have you ever been? If so, what did you like about it? If not, what would you like to see and do there?

How do you think it has changed from 1927 to the present?

The following video shows how London has stayed the same and how it has changed from past to present.  

Write down the things that are now different and compare your notes with your classmates.


 

Now think about your own home town:

• How has it changed from 1927 to the present day?
• What has changed for the better?
• What has changed for the worse?
• What would you change about it to make it a better place to live in? 

Find some pictures or footage of your home town in the past and make a short presentation comparing past and present.
Source: Film English, by Kieran Donaghy

I Have a Dream

When do we use reported speech? Here are some words we want to remember.




 
source: Jo

A 'for and against' essay

Writing an essay is different from arguing with a friend. You should write a balanced and rational argument and take opposing views into account.

Look at the example below:

Write a letter to your Local Education Authority arguing for or against compulsory school uniforms for all pupils.

It helps to sketch out a table like the one below.

Click on the sample answer to read a letter arguing against school uniforms.

Spot all the expressions that could be useful in the essay you have been assigned.

Source: BBC Bitesize

Make your point

Join Private Popper and Teddy Bez to play an argument game.

You won't always agree with what you're told, what you read or what you hear. Choose a topic from the list in the box below and argue against your opponent's point of view.

Click on the picture below to read about persuasive arguing, bias and how to write better: 

Finally, click below to do the quiz and check that you've got it right!

 

Who do you think you are?

Find an interesting story about one of your grandparents.

Compare your childhood with present day. In what ways do the differences reflect the changes in society in terms of upbringing, education, job opportunities or lifestyle?

Illustrate your presentation with some pictures.

Supermarket Story. Missing my son.

Has anyone ever pulled your leg? This is what happened to Tom, yesterday, in the supermarket.

Afer you listen to the story, you can read the script here.

Make a summary of it, using reported speech.

Next, write your composition about a time when someone tried to pull your leg. 

source: Jamie Keddie.

Gerunds and infinitives

Sometimes in a sentence one verb follows another. Look at the glogster below to revise verb patterns. Get into groups and make your own poster to revise a language point learnt recently.

Class notes to go

To learn new vocabulary it's essential to keep a well organized record. Do you make a clean copy when you're going over your class notes? 

Look at this power point presentation to remember prepositional verbs. Prepare your own to revise a language point you have recently learnt.

Prephrases

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What makes a good friend?

Take the survey about friends. Next, get into pairs and create your own survey on Survey Monkey. Ask about qualities in teachers, parents or classmates.
Finally, write a report or present your findings to the class.

Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool.

Passive Quiz

Can you answer these questions? Do so using the passive voice.You will find clues in the word cloud below the presentation.

 Passivequiz

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Next, create your own quiz and test your classmates on their general knowledge. Try to use the passive voice in the questions and / or answers. You can illustrate your work on power point or wordle.

Adapted from Lessonstream, by Jamie Keddie

A film review

       

Film Review on Prezi

Source: Jo Johnson