Interview a celebrity

TASK: INTERVIEW A CELEBRITY*

IN PAIRS: One student will be the interviewer and the other play the role of the celebrity.

TOPICS: Summer activities, plans for the near future, childhood, achievements (aprox. 30 sentences total). Use your imagination and these sample questions if you want.

PRESENTATION: You will act out your interview in front of the class, or video tape it for extra credit. We will watch it in class!

GRAMMAR:

                - Present Perfect: to talk about what has happened this summer (still not finished.

                -Past Simple: to talk about things that happened in their childhood, or in a given moment in the past (June, July, August...)

                - Future: To talk about plans for the near future (be going to...,  be+ing, will...)

* select a celebrity from the list: Barack Obama, Shakira, Pau Gasol, Brad Pitt, Iker Casillas, Mariano Rajoy, Scarlett Johansson, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Miley Cirus and Stephen Hawkings.

New York, New York

We are going to e-travel to the Big Apple, New York City. Please, click here and answer all the questions as well as you can. Enjoy the tour!

Click on "Thanksgiving traditions", read the text, and answer these questions:

1. When do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
2. How do they spend time that day?
3. What do they eat?
4. What is a vegetarian turkey made of?
5. What do they do with the "wishbone"?
6. What happens at the White House ceremony?
7. What can volunteers do that day?
8. What can you watch on TV?
9. What can you do after the meal?

Just a common day...

Write about what you did yesterday. Include words such as FIRST, THEN, LATER, AT 6 O'CLOCK, IN THE EVENING, AT NIGHT, FINALLY....and the ideas from the "Routines around the home".

My favourite band rocks!

U2 formed in Dublin in the fall of 1976 after 14-year-old Larry Mullen, Jr. posted a note on the bulletin board at his high school seeking musicians for a new band.
"Boy' was the first LP to be released by U2. It came out in October 1980, and received promising reviews from the music press.
The famous artists of U2 are again on tour in 2010, which currently is one of the tours attracting most of our visitors' attention. The guys from Dublin have gained great interest with their 2010 European tour, for which we at EuropeanEventsTickets already offer the best tickets at some of the cheapest prices. On their 2010 360° Tour this summer, U2 visited the following European cities: Turin, Frankfurt, Hannover, Horsens, Helsinki, Moscow, Vienna, Athens, Istanbul, Munich, Paris, San Sebastian, Seville, Coimbra and Rome.

Now write about your favourite band. Include facts like:
- find a photo of the band
-when the band was formed
-where they are from
- date and name of first and last album
-your favourite song
-last tour
- did they split up?when?

We are the champions

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

By Queen

(1) ……………….. my dues, time after time;

(2) ……………….. my sentence, but committed no crime

( 3) ……………….. my share of sand kicked in my face,

But (4) ………………..

CHORUS

We are the champions, my friend

And we’ll keep on fighting to the end.

We are the champions (x2)

No time for losers ‘cos

We are the champions of the world.

(5) ……………….. my bows and my curtain call

(6) ……………….. me fame and everything that goes with it; I thank you all,

But (7) ..................................... no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise.

I consider it a challenge before all

You might ever raise and I’d ever lose.

Find someone who..................

STUDENTS: ASK YOUR CLASSMATES: Have you ..................? (If the answer is 'yes', write the person's name in the box on the right.) After the exercise has finished, give the results to others in the class:- "Alfredo has visited America"	NAME OF CLASSMATE
...has visited America
...has learnt two other languages
...has eaten a big breakfast today.
...has had a serious accident
...has met someone important. Who? ..............................................
...has used a computer
...has given money to charity
...has seen something interesting on television. What? .......................................................................
....has eaten English food
....travelled in a fast car (American spelling: traveled)
....flown a plane
.... cooked a curry
... learnt to play the piano