Friday, October 12, 2012

Travel English

This website is very useful if you are planning to travel.
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/travelenglish/index.html

AIRPORTS/AIRPLANES:
AT THE AIRPORT 1: Looking for the check-in desk
AT THE AIRPORT 2: At the check-in desk
AT THE AIRPORT 3: At the check-in desk
AT THE AIRPORT: What's wrong?
AT THE AIRPORT: Questions and answers
ON THE PLANE: Speaking with flight attendants/passengers 1
ON THE PLANE: Speaking with flight attendants/passengers 2
ON THE PLANE: What's wrong?
CUSTOMS/IMMIGRATION: Entering a country
CUSTOMS/IMMIGRATION: Questions and answers


HOTELS/ACCOMMODATIONS:
AT THE HOTEL: General vocabulary 1
AT THE HOTEL: General vocabulary 2
AT THE HOTEL 1: Checking in
AT THE HOTEL 2: Checking in
AT THE HOTEL 3: Getting from the hotel into the city
AT THE HOTEL 4: Talking to someone at the reception desk
AT THE HOTEL 5: Making a reservation
AT THE HOTEL 6: Asking directions
AT THE HOTEL: Talking about what you like/don't like
AT THE HOTEL: Questions and answers


RESTAURANTS/BARS/EATING OUT:
AT THE RESTAURANT 1: Getting seated
AT THE RESTAURANT 2: Ordering
AT THE RESTAURANT 3: Ordering
AT THE RESTAURANT 4: Ordering
AT THE RESTAURANT 5: Eating a meal
AT THE RESTAURANT 6: Eating/bad service
AT THE RESTAURANT 7: Finishing a meal/paying
AT THE RESTAURANT: Talking about what you like/don't like
AT THE BAR: Ordering drinks 1
EATING OUT: Fast food vocabulary


SHOPPING/BUYING THINGS:
SHOPPING 1: General
SHOPPING 2: General
SHOPPING 3: Postcards, souvenirs
SHOPPING (Q + A) 1
SHOPPING (Q + A) 2
SHOPPING VOCABULARY: ANTONYMS - Describing items 1
SHOPPING/BUYING THINGS: Name the item in the picture 1
SHOPPING/BUYING THINGS: Name the item in the picture 2
SHOPPING/BUYING THINGS: Name the item in the picture 3
SHOPPING/BUYING THINGS: Name the item in the picture 4


TRANSPORTATION (TRAINS/CARS/ETC.):
Modes of transportation 1 - How are we getting there?
BUYING TICKETS (train/bus tickets): Questions and answers 1
BUYING TICKETS (train/bus tickets): Questions and answers 2
BUYING TICKETS (plane, train, bus, etc.) 1
BUYING TICKETS (plane, train, bus, etc.) 2
BUYING TICKETS (plane, train, bus, etc.) 3
BUYING TICKETS (ferry/boat)
TRAINS/TAKING TRAINS: What's wrong?
DRIVING 1: At the gas station
DRIVING: What's wrong?


SIGHTSEEING:
Sightseeing-related words/expressions - Definitions 1
Sightseeing-related words/expressions - Definitions 2
Sightseeing-related words/expressions - Definitions 3
Sightseeing-related words/expressions - Definitions 4
Sightseeing-related words/expressions - Definitions 5
SIGHTSEEING: Conversations while sightseeing 1
SIGHTSEEING: Conversations while sightseeing 2
SIGHTSEEING: Conversations while sightseeing 3
SIGHTSEEING: Questions and answers
SIGHTSEEING: Common terms/expressions


MEETING AND TALKING TO PEOPLE:
Meeting people 1
Meeting people 2
TALKING TO PEOPLE: Making small talk
TALKING TO PEOPLE: Talking about your age, family, etc.
TALKING TO PEOPLE: Saying goodbye
ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS: Conversations 1
ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS: Conversations 2
ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS: General terms/phrases
INTERNET CAFES/COMPUTERS 1


HEALTH/SAFETY:
HEALTH: Seeing a doctor
HEALTH: What's wrong?
SAFETY/CRIME: What's wrong?

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Decoupage


Decoupage for the descriptive paragraph

I.                    Tutorial


It shows the technique.

 


 

II.                  Instructions

1.       The descriptive paragraph must be in the center of the tile.

2.       The decoupage Puerto Rican elements (places, food, arts, animals,and people) must be around the descriptive paragraph(like a picture frame).

 

Diorama


How to make a diorama

I.                    Tutorial


II.                  Your diagram must:

1.       be about a Puerto Rican legend, myth, fairy tale, or fable.  It could the fable that you wrote for the class or one discussed in class.

2.       have the characters and setting of your story inside the shoe box.

3.       Have the story on the back of the shoe box.

 

Mobiles


How to make a mobile

A.      Tutorial Videos


 


 


*Your mobile doesn’t have to be exactly as the ones in these videos.  These videos are a resource to get an idea on how to make the mobiles.

B.      Your mobile must have:

1.       20 bottle caps (10 for facts and 10 for opinions about Puerto Rico)


 

2.       Figures about different things that represent Puerto Rico (parrot, flag, flowers like flor de maga, amapola, etc., el morro, leaves, coconut, coqui, etc.) Do them in materials that make sounds.

 

3.       Place the strings in different heights.