Dear all,
I hope you are all very well and using your time effectively. Here goes what we agreed you would do these weeks:

For both 3rd A and B

• By Wednesday 8th July Practice Test 2 Reading comprehension.
• By Friday 10th July Practice Test 2 Use of English and the two pieces of writing.
• By next Week work on Unit 9 (Laser) Do all the language and vocabulary sections to be checked in class

3rd A

• By next week hand in an improved version of your essays on sports.

Important to remember:

• When we meet again in August, we will agree on a date for unit test we never had, so make sure you also get ready for that (remember that the test will also include the short story "Marionettes Inc." by Ray Bradbury.)

I have already received some of your work. Well done!

See you soon and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any doubts!

www.developreading.com/downloads/Marionettes Inc_ pdf.
www.veddma.com/veddma/veldt.htm
I would like you to read two short stories by Science Fiction writer R. Bradbury about the role of technology and science in the world, society and interpersonal relationships. Please look for the stories, called Marionettes Inc. and the Veldt in the web-I'm attaching the links- and read them (very carefully) for Tuesday 16th. We'll be talking about them in class. I hope you enjoy them!
Regards,
Mariana

Dear all,
Thank you all for the work you are sending me. I have already started reading your essays and I'm afraid many of them are way too short to make the speeches for your debates! As regards the work on Laser, many of you have asked whether you had to send that as well, and the answer is "please, do!" Also remember to do the activity I posted on reported speech and please read the short story I am posting today for next Tuesday (16Th). Hope you are all well, rested and looking forward to starting again!
Kind regards,
Mariana

Hi, everyone! Yesterday I posted an activity on Reported Speech. It's for you to do after you work on Unit 8 (Laser) You must use reporting verbs, such as agree,refuse,suggest,deny,etc. This must be ready for next Tuesday, when we meet at school. Remember your other deadlines! See you soon.

Reported Speech

Reported Speech
Report these sentences using the right reporting verb.
Agree, refuse, suggest,admit, deny, etc
1) Shall we have a quiet evening at home?
2) There’s no way I’m going on holiday with mum and dad.
3) No, it wasn’t me. I didn’t eat the last chocolate buiscuit.
4) The accident was my fault.
5) Would you like to come for lunch on Sunday?
6) No, put the money away. I’ll pay for the drinks.
7) Don’t cross the road here. It’s dangerous.
8) If I were you, I’d be very careful what you say to her.
9) I’m very sorry I’m so late.
10) What about going for a meal to that Chinese restaurant?
11) It’s disgusting! I’m not going to watch that programme any more!
12) I’m not to blame. I never use the phone for personal calls.
13) Why don’t you hire someone with the right qualifications for the job?
14) OK, I’ll turn over when the programme finishes.
15) TV is getting worse and worse every day.
16) There should be a ban on certain TV programmes at prime time.
17) Could you help me with my luggage?
18) What time does your favourite sitcom start?
19) When did you last check your mails?
20) Do you usually use instant messaging?
21) Are you interested in programmes on current affairs?
22) What’s your favourite TV programme?
23) How much TV have you watched this week?
24) Why do you bring up that subject of conversation in front of the children?

Dear all,
I hope this note finds you all very well and healthy, and not yet bored to death! Let's try and make the most of this time, which might actually prove very interesting to discuss later on in class. I hope you profit from our virtual classroom and do your best to keep up with deadlines.

Firstly, I would like you to finish off the argumentative essay on sports that we started working on some time ago. If you remember, in class you brainstormed ideas and even started writing some of them down. We also discussed the stucture of each paragraph and that of the whole essay. What I would like you to do now is write it down at home and share it with your partener/s via email, messanger, etc, so that we can still work "in pairs" or "in groups." The deadline for you to send me your essays is Tuesday 9th 12 pm, and I would like each of you to send me a copy (even if your partener has sent one on your behalf). Then I'll do my best to correct as soon as possible and send the essay back to you so that you can keep working on it.

Moreover, we must go on working on our dear old Laser book. As you must remember, last week we started working on Unit 8 "Communication" and we did the comprehension of the first and second texts. Now I would like you to focus on the grammar and vocabulary sections. The first one is devoted to the revision of reported speech and the second grammar point is related to reporting verbs, which we started dealing with a couple of weeks ago. As regards vocabulary, I would like you to do all the section devoted to that. All this work must be done by Wednesday, June 10th.
I will be sending you further activities regarding the new language topics and also a short story for you to read and work on.

You must send me all your work and comments to my gmail address (marianvanhoutte¬~gmail.com) I hope, as I said, that you do your best to meet the deadlines and learn as much as possible in a different kind of classroom.

Kind regards,
Mariana.

Welcome to our virtual classroom. I hope ypu profit from it and do your best to meet all the deadlines