Debates: expressing opinions

Useful vocabulary for expressing opinions 1

Useful vocabulary for expressing opinions 2


We have been talking about the most important things that make people happy.
Choose the most important thing for you, and write a conversation/debate with your partner, who has chosen a different thing. Try to convince each other that your choice is the best one.

For example, for you the most important thing is LOVE, and four your partner it is MONEY.

Don't forget to use the connectors in the links above.

Christmas shopping

Vote for the most original Green Diet ideas!

               VOTE FOR THE BEST GREEN DIET IDEAS!


Read all your partners' ideas and give one vote for each category:

1. At home
2. At school
3. Getting around
4. Recycling
5. Shopping

AND THE WINNERS ARE ........................

1. At home

 Use light colors on the walls and ceiling, you will make better use of natural lighting and you can reduce artificial lighting.
-Rather than using the dryer, hang the clothes in the sun, since this appliance is one of the most enery-consumer.
Beatriz Zambruno

2. At school

 Put containers at the playground and at the corridor to recycle paper that students don't need.
The students that use paper to take notes, use a lot of paper so when they finish their exams the can throw this paper to the containers to recycle.

Alvaro Ramos and Felipe de la Carrera


3. Getting around

 About getting around, we could share a car for the company of Bla Bla Car.

Eva García


4. Recycling

 For us, recycling is a wide theme meaning that it isn't only to separate the waste. So, our idea is to use things like a plastic bottle to make small flowerpot stands or pencil holders. To use anything we'd throw to the bin to create some useful handicrafts.

Sofía Fernández and Marta Herrera

5. Shopping

 In shopping, we think that the lord major could put a bus every day each 3 hours and do a tour for all local bussines. This innovative idea would help the atmosphere because a lot of people will go in only one bus instead of lots of cars and will help the village too because we are giving money to the village buying things in his shops.

Lucas Fraile and Angela García

Fun and useful energy-saving projects

THE GREEN DIET


Have a look at this webpage with some examples of Fun and useful energy-saving projects

In pairs, think of innovative ideas to save energy at home, at school, when getting around, recycling or shopping.

1. At home
2. At school
3. Getting around
4. Recycling
5. Shopping

Get the prize to the most original idea!

Writing a formal letter: letter of complaint

Write a letter to the Head Teacher complaining about your school.

Write four paragraphs following this structure:

1. Introduction
2. Complaints
3. Suggestions and solutions
4. Conclusion and expectations

Analysing adverts

Go to this link about Advertising and watch a collection of adverts in English.

Choose TWO adverts from this link or any other advert in English and analyse them.

Follow these guidelines:

1. What is being advertised and what is specifically highlighted about the product?
2. Who is the advert aimed at? (audience)
3. Slogan (the language of advertising)
4. Images (description and technical effects)
5. Lines of appeal and attention-getting hooks (happy families, rich lifestyles, successful love, famous people, beautiful men and women, sex, humor...)


This is an example written by a classmate from last year:


IT RARELY STOPS

It's an advert against gender violence. What has struck me most is to see how the woman figuratively tries to cover up the blows with make-up. That is what people who suffer abuse try to do, "cover" the abuse of their abusers because they think they are going to change.

I believe that this should no longer happen, because we are free and owners of our destiny and we do not have to endure this type of abuse. Let's denounce it. The slogan is 'It's rarely stops' that means that there are a lot of women suffering gender violence in silence. This advert goes mostly for women but also for men.

Charity fundraising auctions

Get involved:  advertise yourself!

Think of your interests, skills and talents. Which could you use to help your local community?

Write 4 paragraphs:

1- Write about your skills and talents:  what are you good at?

2- Write about you offer:  what are you going to do?

3- Give details: timetable, money, location...

4- Write about the charity you are going to give the money to:  what are you going to do with the money? How is it going to benefit others?


Extra task : create a poster advertising your charity fundraising auction.

You can use Glogster or any other application (Word, for example) and send it to my email.