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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

My dream holiday project




For this unit project, you will have to choose your dream holiday destination. To do that, follow the steps in the lesson plan and have fun learning about exciting and beautiful places around the world.

click here and find an example of the poster I created.

Remember! You have to leave at least one comment in 2 of your classmates’ glogsters and join the chat to give your opinion and share your own experiences.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

This is my life Project




For the end of this unit, you will have to write a paragraph about yourself and your family. The idea is to let your classmates know more about your life.

Where are you from?
How old are you?
What are you interested in?
What's your marital status?
Who is your favorite singer, writer, sports person?
What are your hobbies?

Include any other information, pictures or videos you want to share with your friends. At the same time you are expected to comment on 2 of your classmates blogs and also to ask them 2 questions about anything you want to know.

Check out my blog "This is my life" to have a better idea about what to do.

We hope you enjoy the activity!

This is my life



My Name is Laura and I am an English teacher at Santo Tomas University in Bucaramanga. I am 36 years old and I have a beautiful family. My husband's name is Daniel and we have the most beautiful baby girl in the world: My gorgeous Mariana. I have a major in Law but my real passion is teaching. I am a very lucky person because life has given me everything I want and even more!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Comparative adjectives

Comparative adjectives are used when describing the differences between ONLY two items.

For example, take the two words: orangutan and rhinoceros


•Rhinoceros is a longer word than orangutan; or
•Orangutan is a shorter word than rhinoceros.

Comparative adjectives, used to describe only two items, can be used to describe groups of items as long as there are only two groups.

For example:

•Their swim team was faster than our swim team

Comparative Adjective Suffixes

With one syllable adjectives and sometimes two syllable adjectives, especially those ending in "y", we add the suffix "er". When the adjective is multi-syllabic we sometimes use the the terms "more" or "less" to describe the comparison. Never use both "er" and "more" or "less". E.g., The meal was more better than last night. This is INCORRECT.

For example:

•big, bigger
•happy, happier
•obnoxious, more obnoxious
•careful, less careful
Note:


•When the adjective ends in "e" just add an "r". (E.g., late, later)
•When the adjective has a consonant, vowel, consonant ending, double the ending letter and add "er". (E.g., red, redder)
•When the adjective ends in a "y", change the "y" to "i" and add "er". (E.g., early, earlier)


Remember: There are always irregular forms that don't follow these rules. E.g., good, better; bad, worse; little, less.