Dracula Presentations

My dearest students,

Here you have ALL PowerPoints I have used in class to work on Dracula. First, the PPT's without the answers:

Dracula Presentation from alexteacherproa

And now, the PowerPoints with the answers. This is the real stuff:

Dracula presentation with answers ok from alexteacherproa

One more thing!  I've been told that there's a little change in the exam. Now it has three parts: 

1- Identify dialogues. You will have a sentence (a line of dialogue) and you will have to say who said that line and to who. For example: "But you must go, Jonathan. The Count is rich, and perhaps he will give you more work later". Answer: "Mina to Jonathan".
2- Fill in the gaps. You will have in the paper the story about Dracula with some gaps, and you will have to fill them. For example: "Jonathan finds Dracula's cart, the coffin breaks and Jonathan kills Dracula with _________". Answer: "a knife".
3- Composition. This is the new part (as I said, I've been told today after our class). You will have to write a short composition (100 words) about one of the chapters in the book. It's rather easy, so don't panic.

You will have 60 minutes to do the exam; I mean, our class on Wednesday will be completely dedicated to do the exam about Dracula.
So, c'mon, let's go. Study hard and good luck!

Exam dates and deadlines

Hi folks.

I just want to make this clear.

Dracula exam - Wednesday 2nd April
Unit exam (prova) - Wednesday 9th April

TODAY -Thursday 27th March- is the LAST day for sending me your composition about the work of art. If you don't send it today, you will lose points in the final mark. 

And next Sunday -30th March- is the LAST day for sending me your video with the dialogue. Again, if you send it later, you will lose points.

You can send your compositions and your videos to... alexteacherproa@gmail.com

So, go for it!

News about Dracula

Dear brothers and sisters,

As you know, this unit we must read -and finish- Dracula. The exam about the book is next Wednesday (next week), April 2nd. We still have three "chapters" to read and only one class left. So... this is what we are going to do.

Next Thursday, the day of the strike, we're going to read Dracula in class. If you come, we'll read two fragments and complete the quizzes for Day 6 and Day 7. Next Monday (March 31) we have class at 9 AM; we'll read the last chapter and we will make a general revision about the book. As I said, on Wednesday April 2nd, exam.

If you don't come to school next Thursday (strike), you will have to read a bit at home. Read from page 25 to page 34. I'm attaching the quizzes for those pages in this blog entry, so that you can complete them while you are reading.

I know this is not the best way to do it, but we've had three classes cancelled in three weeks: two for extra activities and one because of the strike. Instead of having 9 hours, we've had only 6. Sorry for the inconvenience, guys.

Style Wars

If you need some inspiration with your speaking activity here you have the link to Style Wars, the film we talked about in class. It is in English without English subtitles; it is a bit difficult to undertand. But if you go to Youtube and search "Style Wars Película Completa", you will find a copy of "Style Wars" translated into Spanish. But remember: you must do your speaking activity in English!!!

Power Point 24th March (Speaking Activity)

Hello Folks:

Here you have the Powerpoint I have used today in class. You have all the rules and instructions for doing your speaking activity. As always, if you have any doubts, you can contact me at my e-mail address: alexteacherproa@gmail.com

Remember you have to send me the video BEFORE next Monday (March 30th). Also, you have to give me your composition about your work art by Thursday. The plan is that you print it and give it to me on Wednesday or Thursday. I'll be at the teachers' room during the morning (10 AM - 14 PM). If you cannot print it, you can send me your composition by e-mail BEFORE the end of Thursday (March 27th).

Day 6 from alexteacherproa

PowerPoint, Thursday 20th March

Hello everybody:

Find here the PowerPoint I used in class, with the quiz about Dracula and some tips to write your composition. Have a great weekend!

By the way, in the slides there's one exercise (homework) missing. The three exercises we have for homework are Student's Book page 63 ex 9 & 11, Workbook page 43 ex 6. Sorry for that, guys.

Day 5 from alexteacherproa

Street artists on war

Look at this. Robbo, one of the first London street artists, saw how Banksy did something "new" with one of his tags in Camden. That started a war between the two artists; a war with paintings, not with bullets. The end of the story is really touching. Take a look in the following webpage: Roobo vs Banksy War Here