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This is the first online exercise of the year, you have to read the following article and do the activities attached, then you must write a short comment on it, or your experiences with bicycles 0r whether you think cycling is the best way of moving around (please try to be as original as possible). Then you have to upload your comment and share it with your partners.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/britain/index.shtml

Natural disasters

This time, you will have to listen and read about an earthquake that took place in England a few weeks ago. You can read the text by clicking on the link below



http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/britain/080317_earthquake.shtml



After listening and reading the text, with the help of the glossary you'll find at the bottom ot the text, you have to make the following task:

Find information about a major natural disaster (an earthquake, a tsuami, a hurricane, ...) on the web and write an article telling us about it. Imagine you are a journalist and have to tell the rest of the world what has happened, the consequences, how people feel, the necessities ... anything you think it is important for the rest of the world to know. Your article must contain around 200 words.



In the same link, you can also download activities about the text (mainly vocabulary activities). Try to do these activities in an honest way (without looking at the answers). Once you have done the activities, you can check them by having a look at the answers. Be honest, my friend


If you have any questions about the task, you can e-mail us or ask directly in the school.

1st assignment

Click on the following hyperlink and read the text:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2008/01/080102_france.shtml

Once you have read the text, listen to it and do the activities proposed. Now that you have learnt more about smoking banning in France, write an opinion essay on the topic.

Remember to write between 100 and 150 words. Remember to follow the structure that we studied at class, use appropriate connectors and revise before sending your final writing.

To start with

This is a new tool to make your English writing better, you have to send your opinions on different topics given by the teachers to this blog