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End of year photos

2007-05-21T08:05:00.000-07:00

Good luck with your exams and I hope you all have a great summer.

Wanted

2007-03-08T10:23:00.000-08:00

Members of the public are warned to be on the look out for this dangerous maniac. If you do see him them contact your local police department. Under no circumstances should you try to tackle this person on your own.

Six word stories

2007-03-08T09:49:00.000-08:00

Photo by Stupid Dancer

Ernest Hemming was once asked to come up with a story in six words. His reply;

"Baby shoes for sale. Never used."

Can you think of any others?

2007-03-08T05:38:00.000-08:00

A girl kidnapped.
Annyone seen her?

Penelope

2007-02-09T23:57:00.000-08:00

I hope you all had a great time on Tsiknopembti (anyone like to explain that to people who don't live in Greece?) after the lesson. Here are some of the photos I took.

Your homework for next week:

1 Write an email telling your friend about what your going to do on Tsiknopembti.

2 Do Page 31 Detective Work from Double Identity.

3 Do page 32 (all the exercises) from Double Identity.

24/01/07

2007-01-28T10:18:00.000-08:00

Homework from Wednesday's lesson.

Create your own PET interview. You'll need to find four photos (why not try cutting some out of a magazine or newspaper?)and write your own questions for parts 2, 3 and 4 (not 1). If your not sure about what kind of questions to ask look at your PET exam practice book for ideas. Also click here to see another example of the PET interview.

How do you celebrate Christmas?

2006-12-22T12:07:00.000-08:00

Happy Christmas

2006-12-22T09:28:00.000-08:00

I hope you have a great time.

Craig

Seeing other people's blogs

2006-12-13T03:13:00.000-08:00

Welcome to our blog.

We all hope that you'll pop by and comment. We can't wait to hear what you have to say and see your blogs as well.

Class DP 1

To my students

We've just signed up with Dekita.org. This is a site that allows students from all over the world to see and participate in other people's blogs.

Craig

Make your own video

2006-12-07T08:27:00.000-08:00

Have you ever thought of making your own music video? Even if you don't have a video camera you can use Windows Movie Maker (if your PC has Windows XP, you automatically have it) and pictures from photographs from the internet(Flickr has some great ones).

All you need to do is add the photos and choose some music from your mp3 collection.

If you're feeling really artistic, download Photo Story 3 free from Microsoft and use that. Finally, put your video on YouTube, so the whole world can see it.

2006-12-07T08:19:00.000-08:00

Homework, 6th December

2006-12-06T02:58:00.000-08:00

1 Do page 26 - 29 PET book.
2 Do page 16 Double Identity, possible forms of address.
3 Write a short (60 -80 word) summary of episode two, Double Identity.

LEONIDAS'S PHOTO

2006-11-30T04:13:00.000-08:00

Kostis's photo

2006-11-23T08:26:00.000-08:00

Homework

2006-11-17T02:44:00.000-08:00

1 If you haven't already send me the email exercise from the PET book, page 14 (click here for my email address). If you don't have access to the internet, write it on a piece of paper.

2 Finish the story we started in class from page 14 (question 7) of the PET book.

3 Remember to post your photo on the blog. I know that this is not easy, however, this is a chance to learn some important computer skills.

4 From the video book, do page 13 section 2 Before You Watch exercise 1 and 2.

And check out this great new blog (click here)

2006-11-16T05:47:00.000-08:00

Homework

2006-11-09T12:49:00.000-08:00

1 From the PET book do page 13 and part 2 from page 14. Remember to send your email to me.

2 Write a summary (50 words) of what you saw in the video today.

3 Write your sentences for Double Take page 12 (either photos 1 - 7 or 8 - 14).

4 Take a photo connected with leisure (what we do in our free time) and post it on the blog. Just make sure it is not bigger than 200kb.

Class photo

2006-11-09T07:06:00.000-08:00

Who are these crazy kids? Why doesn't somebody call the police?

Blog photo competition

2006-11-08T00:59:00.000-08:00

I'm glad to see some of you have done this exercise, what about the rest of you?

For next week I want everyone to take a photo (using a digital camera or your mobile phone) and post it on the blog. The best one will win a prize.

2006-11-02T06:23:00.001-08:00

I am special in this class becayse I am honest,I am arrogant and generous

2006-11-02T06:23:00.000-08:00

I am special in this class becayse I am honest,I am arrogant and generous

2006-11-02T06:18:00.001-08:00

Iam special in this class because I am funny,I am good at basketball and I am optimistic.

2006-11-02T06:18:00.000-08:00

2006-11-02T06:15:00.000-08:00

2006-11-02T06:11:00.000-08:00

I think I'm special for this three things. I play basketball.I am modest and I 'm sensitive.

Homework for 26th October

2006-10-19T08:26:00.000-07:00

1 From the video book page 6 do Before You Listen question 2 (1 to 5). use the internet to do your research.

2 Write on your blog three ways in which you are special. post them on the blog. DON'T PUT ANY NAMES.

3Do the Pet book page 6 to 9.

2006-10-18T11:48:00.000-07:00

My family

2006-10-18T11:33:00.001-07:00

My name is Chryssa.I'm twelwe years old and I'm live in Thessaloniki.I have a big family, three sister and one brother.My favourite sport is basketball and I 'm member of basketball team.I'm keen on skiing too.I don't like going to school and doing my homework.My favourite film is Harry Potter.I really enjoy listening to classic music.

My family

2006-10-18T11:33:00.000-07:00

My family

2006-10-18T11:12:00.001-07:00

My name is Maria. I am twelve years old and I live in Thessaloniki.I have three sisters and one brother .My favourite subject is Maths and my favourite sport is basketball.In the winter at the weekend we usually go to Seli for ski and I like it .My best friends are Penelope and Vaso.

Homework

2006-10-15T02:12:00.000-07:00

1 Post something about yourself on this blog, if you haven't done so already.
2 Write down a short (50 word) summary of what we saw in the video last lesson.

THOSE WHO HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY SHOULD BRING THEIR PET TEST BOOKS NEXT TIME.

ME

2006-10-12T04:31:00.000-07:00

My name is Alessio.I live in Thessaloniki.My hobbies are playing computer games such as halo.I also like listening to music.My favourite group is green day.My favourite food is spaghetti and fried potatoes.

my family

2006-10-08T04:54:00.001-07:00

My name is Penelope.I live in Thessaloniki.I have four brothers and one sister that I most love.My parents work in a school and they teach Maths.As for my hobits, I love playing tennis and volleyball,and my favourite instrunment is the piano.I go at the first class of secondary school and I think I am a good student.My best film is Titanikos and I fancy watching films. In my free time I like listening to music or playing some computer games, such as Bobble Bobble.

my family

2006-10-08T04:54:00.000-07:00

My family

2006-10-07T11:24:00.001-07:00

Hi. My name is Kalliope.
My family has 5 members, my parents, my 2 brothers and me. My dad is a doctor and my mum is an english teacher. I' m 12 and I go to the first class of secondary scool. my elder brother is 15 and goes to high scool.My younger one iw 8 and goes to the 2nd class of primary school.

2006-10-07T11:24:00.000-07:00

For Next Week

2006-10-06T00:46:00.000-07:00

This week I would like you to write a short autobiography (about 50 words) and post it on the blog. Just remember what we said about not puttting personal information such as surnames, addresses etc. on the internet. I look foward to reading them.

If you have difficulties with Blogger at home then write your biography on a piece of paper and we'll put on the blog during next lesson.

Also remember to bring you video book for next lesson. Also those of you who didn't have their Cambridge PET book last time, bring that as well.

Things to do at home to help you learn

2006-10-06T00:29:00.000-07:00

Learning Tips

This is a list of different things you can do to
improve your English outside class.

1 Use the internet - How ?

a Find a site which is connected with your favourite
singer, band, movie star, team in English

b Write on the class blog. Post photos and other stuff.

c Set up your own blog (web page). It's easy and
costs nothing. Also it is a great way to practise
your writing skills.

www.blogger.com

2 Watch DVD's - without subtitles - at least once a
week. This is a great way of preparing for the the
listening test.

3 Read something other than your course books.
literature, short stories, magazines, newspapers,
comics; In fact just about anything you can find
in English.

4 Record yourself. If you have a cassette recorder,
mobile phone that can record or a microphone
for your PC, record yourself speaking. It's a
great way of correcting errors in your spoken
English.

5 Speak only English in class. This is probably the
only chance you'll get to practice.

Nobody expects students to do all of these things
but if you try some of them during the course of the
year then you'll see a great improvment in your
language skills and of course you'll greatly increase
your chances of getting a good grade in the exams.

Our first lesson

2006-10-05T07:52:00.000-07:00

Hi to everyone from DP1