Sunday, February 10, 2013

Welcome to 2013

G'day all

Welcome to our online classroom! Here you will do activites of a varied nature every week. You'll practise different English skills as part of your course. You may be reading, writing, listening or even practising pronunciation! We'll even try to post some audio or video online too! Most of all, I hope you learn something and have some FUN whilst doing it!

Today, I'd like each of you to create your own blog! It's really easy! All you need is an email address to get started! To begin, just click on the Blogger icon on the top left of this page and follow the prompts to create a blog! Please ask me if you're not sure what to do! Good luck!

When you've done that you can post some information about yourself! You can add things about where you come from, what brought you to Australia, what your hope and dreams are etc. You can even add links and photos to make your text more interesting! Ask me how!!!

When you've done that you can work on the following activity.

As you know Thursday is Valentine's Day. Do you know the origin of this day? Is it celebrated in your country? If you are in a relationship will you celebrate this event? What will you do for your partner or him/her for you? What was the most romantic Valentine's Day you've had so far? Do you think it is good to celebrate this day?  To help you answer these and other questions, try the webquest activities from the worksheet I've given you.

While you can answer the questions on the sheet, you'll need to present your final work on your blog. Here's what to do, write a short post in your blog summarising the history of St Valentine's Day and then in another paragraph give your opinion of the event!
Good luck and happy blogging!

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