Monday, December 20, 2010

Megamind

For years, Megamind the villain has tried to conquer Metro City. But the superhero Metro Man always defeats him. Megamind tries to kill Metro Man. But without an enemy life for Megamind is not fun. That's until a new villain arrives in Metro City...


Spiderboy

A 13-year-old boy from Cambridge, England, has invented a cool gadget. For a school technology project, Hibiki Kono attached pads to two vacuum cleaners. When he presses the pads on the wall, they support his weight. So he can climb just like Spiderman! Who said that school was boring?

Monday, December 13, 2010

Tom Sawyer

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label: novel
title: The adventures of Tom Sawyer

ACTIVITIES

1. What do you know about Mark Twain? Mark Twain was an American author and humorist. He is noted for his novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).
2. Write a summary of each chapter. Add images/videos...
1, Tom lived in a small village in St.Petersburg with his Aunt Polly. In the summer evenings Tom walked around the village. One Saturday morning Tom painted a long fence. Tom saw his friends in the street. His friends were painting with a white brush. Aunt Polly saw the beautiful fence and she was very happy with Tom.
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3, Tom and Huck will go to the graveyard, because they want to see the ghosts. When they arrived to the cemetery, they saw three mans. They were Injun Joe, Dr Robinson and Muff Potter. Injun Joe was sealing to a Dr.Robinson a dead body, because the doctor studies them. It was a fight because Injun Joe would liked more money for the dead body,but the doctor didn't pay it, and they started a fight. Muff hit to the doctor and they felt to the ground. After Injun Joe took the Muff's knife and killed the doctor, and he put the knife in the Muff's hand. Finally Muff saw the dead doctor's body next to him, and he thought he killed the doctor because he had the knife on his hand, he asked to Injun Joe what happened but Injun Joe lie and said to him he was a criminal.



3. Write a description of the main characters. Tom Sawyer is an intelligent boy who lives with her aunt. Huckleberry Finn is an orphan boy and the Tom's best friend.
4. SPEAKING:Podcasting
Option A : Reading the summaries.
Option B: Find your favourite scene and podcast it in pairs.
5. Write your group summary in Tom Sawyer's wiki