Aziza's "Mishap" Narrative

I have lived in village for all my childhood. There are many farms in the village. Also, my relatives lived in it. I went to them.

 One day, when I was walking with my relatives, I saw the sunset. It was so late when I was going home. May be, my mother would be angry with me. I gathered the toys and I was going home. I had to go home quickly. I decided to choose the other road, it was a short road. But I did not know  this road.

It was getting dark. Suddenly I saw a woman. I was afraid of her. The woman looked like a ghost . But I decided to come to her. When I approached to her I saw that it was a monument. And the monument looked like a woman.

Aziza's "UK University" Excursion

British universities tend to have a strong reputation internationally for two reasons: history and research output. Britain's role in the industrial and scientific revolutions, combined with its imperial history and the sheer longevity of its Ancient Universities, are significant factors as to why these institutions are world renowned. The University of Cambridge, for example, has produced 83 Nobel Laureates to date - more than any other university in the world.

The reputation of British institutions is maintained today by their continuous stream of world-class research output. The larger research-intensive civic universities are members of the Russell Group, which receives two-thirds of all research funding in the UK.

The perceived ranking of top British universities is also heavily influenced by the popularity in recent years of newspaper league tables which rank universities by teaching and research.[citation needed]. Only 3 universities in Britain have never been ranked outside the top 10, with Oxford, Cambridge and the London School of Economics having become constant features at the summit of national ranking tables.

Based on Wikipedia

As for me, I think UK University are very effective. But these university have a major disadvantage. It's their cost. The average yearly cost  university can be around  1000euro.But despite the price, I would like my child to at  UK University

Amazing Schoolgirl's Amazing Blog

I've promised the link to this remarkable blog: click here.

TASK 1

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and look at the 'Total pageviews'. Can you say it (eight million............) in English?!

TASK 2

Choose one post from the 'Blog Archive' (the right side-bar). Go to 'June 2012' and then to 'Thursday, 28 June 2012'. Watch the videoclip with this wonderful girl and her dad. What's her name? How old is she? Why did she start the blog?

TASK 3

Click this link  ("My trip to the Liberty Awards in London")  and read the post. Afterwards make up 10 (ten) questions for your partner. Answer the questions too!


Anna - Galina

Aziza - Baira, Aleks

Bairta - Sana

Basil - DayB

TASK 4

Choose any post you like and publish your comment about it. Then write a post with the link to the girl's post.

For example, 

I like one of the first posts, this one. (May 8)  I admire the creative way in which she has chosen the items for assessing her school lunch. She managed to find some arguments for her 'food' posts. The most obvious reason is about being 'a growing kid'.

Anna's"Narrative 2"

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

The little girl was walking the forest alone when she saw a cave.
Suddenly she noticed the green being with hair. It was very the Grinch.
She heard him crying and his groanings, and he saw her.
So then she learned of his plans and tried to persuade from it.
Eventually the day of vengeance came.
According to this plan, the Grinch dressed in Santa Claus and even come into the first house.
He insisted that the inhabitants had been rude and impolite, they had been happier than he.
The girl said that the Grinch liked Christmas and loved the people in the deep of heart, whereas he said that the inhabitants had expelled him.
She was absolutely certain that the Grinch had stolen Christmas because of loneliness and envy.
The girl mentioned the fact that Christmas wasn't only gifts, but it was the family holiday and the mood of the soul.
She didn't mention anything about it that the state of holiday the people create it themselves, because they must understand it.


Based on the classic story

Anna's "Narrative 1"Excursion

Paris story

There is a saying that if you want smth to know and to be done well, do it yourself. So, the friends - Kate and  Maria were following this wise saying. I must tell this story now.

They decided to go to Paris without their parents. But the parents were against the trip. Maria had told them that she had the brother - Tom and it would be no problem.

The trouble is that her brother had left for Madrid. He couldn't meet their there. The girls were standing in airport. They couldn't  help noticing that the other people saw them strangely. Because they weren't dressed and weren't speaking like they. Unfortunately, Kate had lost the money. She claimed that she had been looking for everywhere, but she couldn't find them.

The girls had met Aaron, who helped them. He was a student. He brought up the both to their hotel.
He said that he was shocked when he saw the little girls among the street in the latest evening. He had many businesses, but he decided to help them.

As I said, if you want smth to know, do it yourself. But it wasn't right in this case. These girls were very young in order to travel without the parents. Finally, the girls had arrived home. But there are many bad stories when the children didn't come back home.

In conclusion, everyone must think many time before they do smth. Anyway, every person has a right of choice.

Bairta's "Adventures" Excursion

adventure/country/city  Tunisia Hammamet Excursion by Sahara

gender male, female

season spring

activity riding a quad bike, riding a camel, riding a jeep

sights Coliseum of El Jem, north of Sahara, place of shooting film " Star Wars" part 1, mountains oasis, waterfall, dunes, passing the night in oasis hotel, visit Mecca in Tunisia

for family for children this adventure very dangerous

for friends exciting time for relax, pleasant time

Reason to choose visa - free train, to visit African country, meet arabian trade and culture, have a marvelous adventure

price 100 Euro, 200 dinar, 4000 rub. 

Aleks's "Narrative"Excursion

Jerry was eating the cheese when  Tom entered.

Tom was singing the song when Jerry saw him.
Tom gets very angry when Jerry behaved insolently
At that moment Jerry saw them.
The owner saw her cat catching the mouse
So then  owner became very angry.

In the end the cat caught the mouse and the owner  was angry and he threw the cat out the door.
According to the owner the cat caught the mouse when she bake fish


Based on the classic cartoon

DayB's "Adventures" Excursion

Adventure/counry/city one- of-a kind holiday shopping in NYC

Age- 6+

Gender-male/female 

Season- winter

Activity- Shopping, making photo, walking 

Sights- skycrapers, hotels, museums
  
For family- the family can see a most wonderful city in the world
 
For friends- walking on the Times Square, shopping

Reason ti choose -  Because soon a New Year and Christmas and I want to make gifts for my family

Price - prise not a listed, but maybe it's expensive  

"Characters" Excursion

Our eighteenth excursion (Chapters...)

Analyze characters using the graphic organizer!

first Mrs de Winter

second Mrs de Winter

Max de Winter

Mrs Denver

Mrs Van Hopper

Baira's "Narrative" Excursion

All residents of the North Pole were laughing, smiling when baby deer born.
At that moment Santa's elves helped to make gifts for Christmas.
Santa saw his baby deer sleeping on the floor.
So then he called him Rudolph.
In the end everybody was glad.
According to the law all reindeer help to deliver Santa presents to children.
Parents Rudolph insisted that the baby had the talent.
They said that Rudolph had luminous nose,whereas other deer laughed at baby.
Parents Rudolph was absolutely certain that Rudolph's nose lit the way sleigh with reindeer.
Santa mentioned the fact that Rudolph was a helper.
When Rudolph grew, he helped Santa to made happy children.


Based on the classic story

"Biography" Excursion

Our seventeenth excursion (Module 1)

My grandmother/grandfather


My oldest and dearest friend

Aziza's "Adventure" Excursion

Adventure/country/city     mountaineering/The USA/Seward(Alaska)

Gender                             different

Age                                   18+

Sights                               The Mount Marathon race for a 3 mile.The race has held since 1907.

For family                        My family visited amazing show,which is held annualy with great succes.

For friends                       They had a big chance to gain a money.The point is they parted in a lottery,after that they     could sell a place in race

Reason to choose              Me and my friend chose this place because it is unussualy place for resort.I'm lovin it.

Price                              We lived in tent(about 500$).And we just bought for nutrition 699$.                    

Baira's "Adventures" Excursion

Adventure\country\city-UK, London, London's winter wonderland
Age- 6+
Gender- different
Season- winter
Activity-London's Spectacular Christmas Destination
Sights-Hyde Park
For family-Hyde Park's magical outdoor fair and market, fairground rides,circus with jugglers and clowns, ice rink,gift-giving Father Chistmas make the free event an obvious choice for children.
For friends-A traditional German market with Bavarian-style bars and cafes serving every thing from mulled wine and hot cider to roasted nuts
Reason to choose- I like winte. For me winter is the most beautiful time of the year. In winter is very wonderful.
Price-                       Ice  rink-child- 8.50\ 9.00
                                                -family- 34.00\ 36.00
                          Giant Wheel-child- 5.00\ 7.00
                                                -family- 20.00\24.00
Zippos Christmas Circus-child-6.00\7.00
                                                 -family-24.00\28.00

Aleks's "Adventures" Excursion

• Adventure/country/city - An island for nature Fraser Island, Australia.

• Age - 14+

• Gender - Female

• Season - Any time of year

• Activity - Nature

• Sights - Island - is a wildlife sanctuary

• For family - Children can see more than 300 species of birds, as well as exotic whale

• For friends - Can participate in the daily festivities.

• Reason to choose - This is the most beautiful island on earth, where we met the famous dingo.

• Price - 16 days 15 nights in 3 * hotels - 303 770 rubles.
•            23 days 24 nights in 4 * hotels - 435 228 rubles.

Anna's "Adventures" Excursion

Adventure/country/city - Giant gingerbread houses across the US.San Francisco,California.St Louis, Missouri.Bloomington, Minnesota

Age - 12+

Gender - female

Season - Winter

Activity - building gingerbread houses

Sights - casino, autograph sessions by HGTV network stars and daily holiday

For family - the children can write a letter to Santa on display. A family can sit and enjoy a calm atmosphere.

For friends - the friends can eat dessert. And they can play any games

Reason to choose - This activity is very interesting for me. I like the unusual things. In order to create  gingerbread the  pastry chefs must spend much time.

Price - Seats four guests and can be reserved for a $20 fee. Once inside, guests are served a three-course $25 prix-fixe menu.

"Narrative"Excursion

Our sixteenth excursion (Module 3)

We are practising four narrative tenses: 

Past Simple (looked out);
Past Continuous (was eating);
Past Perfect (had broken);
Past Perfect Continuous (had been destroying).

This is the 11-sentence story that I had been creating for the forty minutes at the lesson.

My naughty mini pig

My mini pig was just eating some flowers when the neighbour looked out and saw him.
At that moment the neighbour's wife drew up.
She saw her husband running downstairs.
So then they rushed to the pig and tried to catch him.
In the end the neighbour came to me and asked to pay back the damage.
According to the neighbour,  the mini pig had broken three flower-beds.
The neighbour claimed that the pig had been destroying his garden for two weeks.
I said that my mini pig had never entered his garden before, whereas my neighbour said that my mini pig had appeared in the garden at about 9 a.m. five times.
He was absolutely certain that the pig had ruined all rare plants.
He mentioned that they had cost  $ 5,000.

I sighed and phoned my lawyer.

PS

Everything is fictional here. None has suffered any damage.

Piglet

Now, it's your turn to make up a story!

Aleks's "UK State Schools" Excursion

                                             HOW ESTIMATE KNOWLEDGE? 

Marks are put down in an alhabetic reference from A* do to U.It is rather difficult to correlate them in habitual Russian "five" and " two".

• A*- the highest assesment is exposed rather seldom.
• A - perfectuly.
• B - is very good.
• C - it is good.
• D - isn't absolutely succesful.
• E - is bad.
• F - is very bad.
• N - isn't certified.
• U - unclassified  

DayB's "UK Independent Schools" Excursion

                                    Harrow school

• Was build in 1615 on the orders of Queen. Oficially founded by John Lyone.
• In 2005 year Harrow school was first of fifty of the country's leading independent school. Today Harrow take 31 position in the ranking of 452 English independent school.
• In Harrow study only boys. The total number of pupils-815 all boys. The average number of boys in class-12. Ages: from 13 to 18. This school is located about 20 kilometers  from the capital. 
• The boys live in one of the 12 hostel. Main traditions -straw hat and song.
• Meals: A wide variety of meals. Included diets-Vegeterian, Jewish and Muslim.
• Availability of creative circles, sport clubs.
• A graduate of this school was Winston Churchil.

Schedule for 2012-2013 school year

1 trimester-04.09-07.12(holidays-19.10-28.10)

2 trimester-06.01-23.03( holidays-15.02-24.02)

3 trimester-14.04-29.06(holidays-25.05-02.06)

Course for one person for the year 2012-2013 ( in pounds sterling)

Trimester- 10.720

1 year- 32.160
                                        Harrow school

"Adventures" Excursion

Our fifteenth excursion (Module 3). Get ready by Saturday, December 15!

Adventures... safari... hill-walking... mountaineering

Look through these adventures.

Choose one adventure.

Then make up a summary. Be ready to speak!

adventure/country/city

gender

season

activity

sights

for family

for friends

Reason to choose

price

Salzburg for free (Austria)

 A Scottish-style safari (UK)

An island for summer holidays: Martha’s Vineyard (USA)

Celebrity treatments in Los Angeles (USA)

UPDATE 3

London’s winter wonderland (UK) (Baira)

UPDATE 2

An island for nature: Fraser Island, Australia (Aleks)

UPDATE 4

An Alaskan-style Fourth of July USA) (Aziza)

UPDATE 5

One-of-a-kind holiday shopping in NYC (USA) (DayB)

UPDATE 1

Giant gingerbread houses across the US (Anna)

Bairta's "UK State School" Excursion

Anna's "UK Independent Schools" Excursion

Eton College is one of the best known schools in the world. Americans think of colleges as small universities. Colleges in most of the rest of the world are secondary schools, as is Eton College, albeit a prestigious one. This school has produced a different famous people Sir Robert Walpole, Thomas Grey, Robert Halley.

As for me, I think private schools are very effective. But these schools have a major disadvantage. It's their cost. Since they aren't funded by tax dollars, they've 10 change tution. The average yearly tution cost for a private secondary school can be around 6,500 Euro.

On the other hand, private schools have a good quality of education so people say. I consider that the quality of education depends on the school. I don't see the difference between state school and private. Actually, the schools must have good teachers and bright pupils, I think so. Private schools can create their own curriculum which may be an advantage or disadvantage depending on our personal viewpoints.

I like that private school has many opportunities for schoolers. Teachers may be look after every child, because they must follow for their behaviour. I think these schools have large libraries, classes, swimming pools. Teachers get a good wages. I don't like high payment for education.

I'd like to send my child to the state school because I want what will best for his. I want the very best education he will able to possibly receive. And guess what – it will all free! I wouldn't send my children to private school if I had the money.


Based on the 
http://histclo.com
http://www.thenationalacademy.org

"UK Schools" Excursion

Our fourteenth excursion (Unit 5)

Cubes

Work in groups of three. Explore:

UK state schools (Bairta, Sana, Sasha)

UK independent schools (Anna, DayB, Galina)

UK universities (Aziza, Baira, Basil)

Baira's "Survey" Excursion.

Question	Ira,19	Sai-Syy,20	Yuly,25	Yuna,18	Altana,19	Nady,23
1.Do you often leave blank in test of English?	Yes,I do.	Seldom.	No,I do not.	No,I do not.	Yes,I do.	Yes,I do.
2.Do you often point out smth on your mistake in the control work?	No,I do not.	No,I do not.	No,I do not.	No,I do not.	Yes,I do.	No,I do not.
3.What is the most boring subject?	German	German philology	Literature	Economy	History	Chemistry
4.Did you promt their classmakes on test papers?	Yes,I did.	Yes,I did.	Yes,I did.	Yes,I did.	Yes,I did.	Yes,I did.
5.Do you excite before the text?	Yes,I do.	Yes,I do.	No,I do not.	Yes,I do.	No,I do not.	No,I do not.
6.Do you live in hall of residence?	Yes,I do.	Yes,I do.	No,I have my apartment.	No,I have my apartment.	Yes,I do.	Yes,I do.
7.Do you always prepare for the tutorial?	Often.	No,I do not.	No,I do not.	Yes,I do.	No,I do not.	No,I do not.
8.Are you in a Students Comsil?	Yes,I do.	Yes,I do.	No,I am not,because I do not have time to study.	No,I am not.	No,I am not,because I am not interested.	No,I am not.
9.Do you offen use visial aids in English language?	No,I do not.	No,I do not.	I do not because the library is very far.	No,I do not.I have enough books.	No,I do not because I am too lazy to go to the library.	Yes,I do.I almost go to the library every day.
10.What is the main subjects for you?	Litertature.	English,German.	Economy.	English.	Global  Economy.	Chemistry.