HAVE FUN WITH ENGLISH

CROSS OUT THE WORD THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THE GROUP.

a) brother - sister - father - grandfather

b) my - your - their - he

c) mother - friend - classmate - teacher

d) hamburger - milk shake - hot dog - pizza

e) first name - full name - phone number - last name

f) rap - pop - samba - play

Vocabulary review - family relations

Unscramble the words and find the family relations.

EBHORRT - BROTHER

EHMORT - --------------

DAEAFGHNRRT - ---------------

ISSRTE - ------------------------

ADEGHMNORRT - --------------

AEFHRT - ------------------------

Riddle

Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother.
How many people are there in the Mustard family?

Source: www.riddlesbrainteasers.net/.

Language corner - Spelling - 6th/7th grade.

Trabalhe com um colega:

1. Soletre o nome Kimberley sem nenhuma pausa entre as letras.
Agora, soletre-o com pausas nos pontos indicados : Kim-ber-ley.
De que jeito é mais fácil soletrar? e para entender?


2. Experimente o mesmo com seu nome ou um número de telefone;
5559456 e 555-94-56.

6th grade - pronouns/to be.

1.) Rewrite these sentences using pronouns and contractions.

a) Maria is my friend.
She is my friend.

b) Sansão is from Brazil.
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c) Sandy and Junior are from Campinas.
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d) Anita and I are classmates.
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e) You and Pedro are on the soccer team.
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2) Read the sentences. Then choose the correct alternatives and complete them.

a) Guga isn´t (´s/isn´t) from Paraná.
He ----------- (is/are) from Santa Catarina.

b) Anita and Marta ---------- (is/are) on the basketball team.

c) I ---------- (´m/´re) from Brasília.
It --------- (´s/´re) the capital of Brazil.

d) Carlos and I --------- (am not/ aren´t) in Book 2.
We --------- (´s/´re) in Book 1.

6th grade - vocabulary review

NUMBERS

Complete the series with the missing numbers.

one, --------------, --------------, four, ---------------, six, seven, ------------, -------,ten.
eleven, twelve, -------------, -----------------, fifteen, sixteen, -------------, eighteen, nineteen, --------------.

E-mail - 8th/9th grade

Hi, -------------------------------------.
(your name)

I´m Carol Williams. I´m 12 years old and I study at the New York Public School. I have many friends there.
I´m from New York City. It´s in the United States. Look at the picture. It´s the Statue of Liberty. It´s a famous tourist attraction in New York.

Write to me.
Love,
Carol.


Now, complete the information about Carol.

Name: -------------------------------------------
Age: ----------------------------------------------
Birth place: -------------------------------------

SPORTS

PROJECT

Explorem o mundo dos esportes em grupos de 4-6 alunos.

1. Separem duas folhas de sulfite. Escrevam os seguintes títulos em cada uma: Team sports e Individual sports.

2. Escolham três esportes para cada categoria. Façam desenhos ou colem imagens dos esportes escolhidos.

3. Escrevam, embaixo de cada ilustração, o nome do esporte em inglês.

4. Exponham seus trabalhos na sala de aula. Se quiserem, discutam suas preferências por cada tipo de esporte.

Dicas:

- Se não tiverem certeza da categoria a que pertence determinado esporte, perguntem ao professor de Educação Física.

- Estes sites podem ajudar no projeto: www.olympic.org/uk/sports/index.asp e www.worldgames-iwga.org.

6th/7th grade - Project "Feelings"

1. Pense em como você geralmente se sente durante um determinado período do dia.
2. Expresse o que você sente através da linguagem não-verbal - por exemplo, desenho, pintura, colagem, grafismo, fotografia etc.
3. Quando terminar, escreva o título de sua obra utilizando o seguinte título "FEELING ------------- IN THE ------------." Preencha a primeira lacuna com um emotion ou smiley, e a segunda com o período do dia escolhido. Não se esqueça de assinar!
4. A classe expõe suas obras e convida outros alunos e professores para ver a exposição.

6TH/7TH GRADE - LETTER TO A PEN PAL

Read the letter from your pen pal.

Dear----------------------------------.
(your name)

Hi, How are you?
Look at the pictures of my friends and classmates.
This is Susy. She´s my classmate and she´s my friend too.
These are my friends. Amy and Sylvia. They´re very nice.
This is Josh. He´s my best friend.
Please, send me some pictures of your friends in Brazil.

Robert.

Discuss with your classmates.

a) Como as pessoas costumavam se corresponder antes da Internet? E agora?
b) Apesar de toda tecnologia, há muitas pessoas que preferem escrever cartas ou postais a usar o computador. O que você prefere? Por quê?

LET´S WRITE
Answer Robert´s letter. Include photos and drawings.

Dear Robert,

Hi! How are you?

Look at the pictures of my friends and classmates.

HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT

Do you love your mother... Mother Earth, that is?

Our towns, cities, parks, and green spaces need help just like people and animals do.
Without the efforts of volunteers who care about the communities we live in, pollution and other problems could soon be out of control. Everyone wants to live in a clean.safe, and beautiful area, and volunteers help make sure we do.
Here's how you can lend a hand:

Recycling

Recycling means taking materials like glass, paper, metal and plastic, and helping to turn them into new products...

Planting trees

Planting trees and other greenery is more important than you might think!...

Cleanup projects

Picking up litter makes a better, more beautiful environment for everyone, and gives people a reason to be proud of their community.

Available at: http;//pbskids.org/itsmylife/emotions/volunteering/article7.html

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Você já pensou que...

-basta um pedaço de papel jogado no chão para um lugar começar a ficar sujo?
-Seu cãozinho pode ficar doente por comer um pedaço de um snaduíche estragado que alguém jogou no chão?
-Sujeira atrai ratos e insetos?

Discuta com seu colegas:

-O que você costuma ver no chão: chiclete, papel, pontas de cigarro, comida etc?
-Que riscos o lixo acarreta para a população? E para os animais?
E para a natureza?
-Por que as pessoas jogam lixo no chão?
-O que podemos fazer para provocar mudanças na atitude das pessoas com relação a essa questão?

Keep in mind: "The time is always right to do what is right."

Martin Luther King Jr.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

HISTORY OF STREET NAMES IN THE UNITED STATES

The first streets in the United States were named for important places or landmarks in the city, like Church, Park, Market or for topographic features, such as Hill, Lake, River, Bay, etc. Often, important streets were called Main or King, or carried the names of American heroes and presedents, e.g. Washington and Jefferson.
New York and other planned cities have numbered streets. The streets running in the north-south direction are avenues; the ones running east-west are called streets.
Also, to help find adresses, cities are sometimes divide int four parts: east/west by an avenue, and north/south by a street. For example, the island of Manhattan in new York City is divided into east/west by Fifth Avenue. So, the address 205 West 46th Street is west of Fifth Avenue, while 295 East 46th Street is east of the same avenue.
Adapte from Brief History of Street Naming in North America, by Lawence Kestenbaum.

MODAL VERB CAN

Unscramble the words to form sentences.

a) fly/kite/I/a/can.
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b) father/make/My/can´t/popcorn/.
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c) We/bike/./a/can´t/ride
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Write the questions and answers.

Model: you/play basketball
Can you play basketball?
Yes, I can./No, I can't.

a) Rita/ ride a bike.
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b) Peter/make a kite
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c) Marta/ski rope
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d) Rita and Vicky/fly a kite
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e) you/play baseball
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ACTIVITY - 8TH/9TH GRADES - SIMPLE PAST

HARRY HOUDINI

Harry Houdini's real name was Ehric Weiss and he as born in Budapest, Hungary, on March 24, 1874. When he was 4 years old, his family moved to the United States. Houdini was a master of illusion and a legendary escape artist who dramatically freed himself from hopes, shackles, and handcuffs. He was married to Wilhelmina Rahner, who, as beatrice Houdini, was his stage assistant. He performed on shows and was also in many motion picture.

Adapted from America's Library, by the Library of Congress,USA.
If you want to learn more about Houdini, visit www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/entertin/houdini


Activity
Using the correct form of the verb to be, complete the facts about Harry Houdini.
Did you know these facts about Houdini?

-Hudini -------- still today one of the ten most recognized celebrity names in the world.
-He -------- also one of the first people to pilot an airplane in Australia.
-Houdini --------- a mvie producer and actor.
-Houdini --------- born in the United States, but he told people that he -------- from Appleton, Wisconsin, USA.

Source:www.magictricks.com/houdini/

UV RADIATION

UVA/UVB

There are three different types of UV radiation - UVA, UVB and UVC - which are classified based on length of their waves.
UVC, wuth the shortest wavelenghts, is completely absorbed by the ozone in the Earth's atmosphere and is therefore of little concern. Both UVA and UVB can break through the ozone layer and reach the ground and are responsible for skin damage and skin cancer. UVA (with the longest wavelenghts) can penetrate deeply and damage the skin's lower layers. UVA is responsible for sunburn, wrinkles, freckles, suntan, outer layer and cause sunburn and skin cancer.
A helpful rule of thumb is: "A (UVA) is for aging, B (UVB) is for burning."

Available at: www.sunsafecolorado.org/school/uvradiation/uv_uv.shtml

WHAT IS HAPPINESS?

WHAT IS HAPPINESS?

The dictionary says that happiness is the state of being happy!
It aloso says that good fortune, feeling content, pleasure or gladness can make a person feel happy.
One thing is for sure and that is that money cannot make a person happy, nor can having all the things that anyone could want.
HAPPINESS IS MORE ABOUT FEELINGS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER PEOLPLE THAN HAVING THINGS.

Building happiness into your life

Some people seem to be born happy. Nothing seems to get them down, they can always see the best of every situation and they seem to smile their way through life...
Some people seem to have everything going for them but still do not seem to be happy.

NO MATTER WAHT KIND OF PERSON YOU ARE, YOU CAN DO SOME THINGS TO BUILD HAPPINESS INTO YOUR LIFE.

www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&id=2243&np=28#287#top

MANY CULTURES MEET IN NY

There are 8,552,306 people living in New York. 26% are black, 22% are Hispanic and 7% are Asian.As you can see, there are many people from different countries there. The result is that everyone gets to see different cultures and get a taste of theri food...
...Since New York is made up of all kinds of people, besides different types of food, every year there are many different parades. There are pareades from many different nationalities such as Chinese, Englis, Spanish and Polish. At these parades, you can see the country's culture, dance, music and so much more.
my favorite parade is the Easter Parade. In this parade there are a lot of colorful costumes _ especially the hats. The hats are big and have clolorful flowers on them. There are colorful floats covered with flowers. When you look at these flowers you can see a picture. Yhe parade looks like a village from a cartoon.

Available at: www.kidsthinklink.com/CultureLink/index.htm

PROJECT

Make a page of a travel guide:

-Collect information about a place in your state. Research encyclopedias, travel guides, travel magazines, the Web and talk to people eho know the place well.
-Make a page of a travel guide about the plae. Add photos if possible. Remember to include the sources where you found the information.
-Add suggestions for visitros: a hotel, restaurants, shops and interesting things to do and see in the city.
-Share your work with your classmates.
-Display your pages on a bulletin board and have everyone vote for the best place to visit.

NEW YORK CITY

Vibrant and often frenetic, the Big Apple has a palpable energy that captivates millions of visitors each year. Rich with historic landmarks_Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building_New York also boasts some of the world's finest museums and restaurants and is the unofficial U.S. center of finance, fashion, publishing, and the arts. From its founding in 1653 as New Amsterdam, the city has welcomed people of everey nationality. recent pushes to crack down on crime and clean up the city have helped from tourism flourish.

Source:National Geographic. Available at: www.nationalgeographic.com/destinations/New_York_City/

NEW YORK CITY - 9TH GRADE

The largest city in the U.S. and an important seaport, it consists of five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. The site of a Dutch trading post on Manhattan Island, it was colonized as New Amsterdam by Dutch director general Peter Minuit, who bought it from the Indians in 1626. The colony surrendered to the British in 1664 and was renamed New York. It was the capital of the state (1784-90). The economy grew after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, and the city expanded rapidly after the American Civil War, developing tranportation and communications systems. In 1898 the five boroughs were merged into a single city. Long a magnet for immigrants to the U.S., it is the center of world trade and finance, media, art, entertaiment, and fashion...

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica.Available at:www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9373410

DAYS OF THE WEEK - 6TH GRADE

Here is a rhyme to help you remember the days of the week. Enjoy it.

MONDAY alone,
TUESDAY together,
WEDNESDAY we walk
When it´s fine weather.
THURSDAY we kiss,
FRIDAY we cry,
SATURDAY'S hours
Seems almost to fly!
But of all the days in the week,
we will call
SUNDAY the rest day, the best day of all.

Available at:www.hintsandthings.co.uk/nursery/rhymes6htm

HOW EACH MONTH WAS NAMED - 8º/9º ANOS

JAN

January is named after the old Roman God Janus. He was a two-faced God with one face looking toward the past and the other toward the future.

FEB

February comes from the latin word "februa", a ceremonial feast of purification held by the Romans.

MAR

March was originally the first month of the year in the Roman calendar. The Romans named the month after mars, the God of war. Later March became the third month.

APR

No one really knows how April got its name. Some...think that it came from the Latin word "aperire" meaning "to open", referring to the opening of spring buds and flowers.

MAY

The month of May was probably named for Maia Majesta, the Roman godness of spring.

JUN

The ancient Romans named the first month of summer probably in honor of the Goddess Juno, patroness of women, marriage and the home.

JUL

Mark Anthony, the Roman general and orator, named July after Julius Caesar.

AUG

August was the sixth month of the early Roman calendar. It was called Sextilis, which means "sixth". The Roman emperor Augustus renamed the month August in honor of himself.

SEPT

The ancient Romans named September after the Latin word meaning "seven". In the old Roman calendar, it was the seventh month of the year.

OCT

October received its name from the ancient Romans. "October" comes from a Latin word meaning "eight". It was the eighth month of the year in the old Roman calendar.

NOV

November was the ninth month of the ancient Romans' ten-month year, so its name came from "novem", the Latin word for nine.

DEC

December takes its name from "decem", the Latin word for "ten" because it was once the tenth month in the Ancient Roman calendar.

Available at: www.kidinfo.com/references/birthdays_trivia/months.htm.

TRADITIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Birthday Celebrations in America

Birthdays are celebrated more for children than for the adults, unless it is a milestone birthday such as 21, 30, 40 or 50.
At hte children´s parties they have balloons, streamers are hung up and lots of friends are invited to the party. There are always presents, cakes and ice cream. Sometimes the person having the birthday can choose what they want to do: bowling, swimming, arcades, amusement parks, camping trips and so on.
The majority of American children celebrate birthdays with a cake topped with lighted candles. Most families use the candles to represent how old a person is turning. When the cake is set before the guest of honor, he or she is supposed to make a wish, without telling anyone what it is. Then everyone sings the"Happy Birthday" song, and at the end of the song, the birthday person blows out the candles. If all the candles go out with one breath, it is believed that the wish will come true.
Singing "Happy Birthday to You" has been a long-standing tradition on birthdays. It was written by two American sisters in 1893, and it has been translated into several languages aound the world.

Adapted from: www.birthdaycelebrations.net/usabirthdays.htm

PROJECT

Birthdays celebrations around the world

Choose a country. Find out how people usually celebrate their birthdays:

- What do they eat?
- Do they sing any songs?
- Do they get special gifts?

Share your finds with your classmates.

You can find lots of useful information at www.birthdaycelebrations.net/traditions.htm,www.kidsparties.com,TraditionsInDifferentCountries.htm and http://library.thinkquest.org?10007/

PROJECT - 5º/6º ANOS - ESTRANGERISMOS

DISCUSSÃO

1. São usadas palavras inglesas em nomes de produtos e empresas. Em que casos esse uso é necessário? E em que casos não? Por quê?

2. Cite exemplos de palavras em português escritas como se fosse em inglês? Por que, na sua opinião, foi feita essa mistura de línguas?

3. Usamos muitas palavras em inglês no Brasil. Você acha que isso pode ser um problema? Para quem e por quê?

PROJECT

Vamos buscar mais exemplos de estrangerismos e refletir sobre o seu uso?

- Procure exemplos do uso de palavras e/ou frases em inglês em jornais, revistas, cartazes, vitrines de loja, embalagens de produto etc.
- Anote os termos e onde são usados. Se puder, recorte os exemplos e/ou tire fotos.
- Reproduza e/ou cole seus exemplos em uma folha, indicando onde foram encontrados.
- Exponha seu trabalho. Explique e discuta seus exemplos com a classe.