Stay foolish, stay hungry...

Steve Jobs famous Stanford commencement speech...




...and here is the story behind it...

Debate time!

The Power of the Dream

"The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it." - Goethe 

Social Media and you

 

The new generation is called generation Z and are digital natives. Children today seem to be born with a remote planted in their heads and a keyboard installed as an extension to their fingers!
Watch this video and read this text about social media.
Then do the quiz to see how much you've understood.
You can read the text as many times as you want to get all answers right!
Then write a comment on how YOU are involved with social media. How do you think they can affect the lives of people who are involved?

Before you answer, why not take a look at this fab commercial?

Today we sang along this award-winning song. 

LANGUAGE TIME
If I _____ a magician, I'd know all about you...from your socila media profile!
Rememeber the conditionals! Take a look and revise them here

What's in a job?

What's the most important thing in a job for you?

insurance
security
work conditions
salary
human relationships
variety
self-fulfillment
innovation

Check out this video of the most unusual jobs in the world



How good are you at spotting unusal occupations?
Take this quiz to find out!

GAME TIME
Write a paragraph describing a typical day of the most unusual way to make a living 

Interview a classmate on his/her unusual job. Report to the class and decide all together what the job was.

LANGUAGE TIME

Revise Indirect Speech by watching the tutorial and practise here, here, here and here.

WRITING TIME

Write a story starting with "As soon as I entered the room I knew someting unusual was going to happen."

Our solar system

Do you know the planets of our Solar System?

What info do you know about it?

______________the sun looks small from the Earth, it is actually the largest object in our solar system!
What word can you use to fill in the gap?

Let's practice linking words here.

Now create your own presenations of a planet of your choice using PhotoPeach or PREZI

Earth, the cradle of life

So, has Passive Voice been well practiced?

Let's practice and see a few more points here.

How about some fun singing?

What message does M.J want to convey by this song?
So what do we do with our Home?

How much do we look after it?

...and how about our co-habitants on this jewel of the universe?

How willing are YOU to act and reduce your ecological footprint?
First, let's found out how significant it is by doing this quiz 

Discuss in groups
What's your role in this? What do you, your family, your school and your country already do to save our planet?
What commitments are you willing to make?

Write an essay in the canvas explaining what is the ecological footprint and what measures a family or a person can take to reduce its footprint.