Knowing Chile

Watch this video about Chile and make a short review about the following topics.

• Why do people come to Chile?
• Favorite Places
• Food
• Abundances
• Investments. Which ones? and Why?
• People
• What do people who lived in Chile feel about it?
  
  

3ero Medio: THE MAN FROM THE EARTH

After watching the movie answer the following questions.

1. What are the names of the characters and what are their activities or prefessions?

2. What apisode during th emovie triggered the story told by John?

3. The other characters did believe John's story? If you think that write in what moment they started to believe.

4. What do you think about living eternally?

DEADLINE: SUNDAY, MAY 31st at 9.00 PM.

CUARTOS: READING ALOUD

Goal Setting in SEVEN Easy Steps

(BY Jacqueline Stahl of Success Books Australia)

STEP 1. Develop a DESIRE to achieve the goal. The desire must be intense. How do you intensify desire? Sit down and write out all the benefits and advantages of achieving your goal. Once the list goes between 50 and 100 your goal becomes unstoppable.

STEP 2. WRITE your goal down. Once it goes into writing it becomes substantial and starts etching itself into your subconscious.

STEP 3. IDENTIFY
1) the obstacles you will need to overcome,
2) the help you will need to acquire, e.g. knowledge, people, organizations. In each case write them out in a clear list and analyze them.

STEP 4. DEADLINE your goal. Analyze where you are now in relation to the goal and then measure how long you will reasonably need to complete the goal. Then set the latest outside date.

STEP 5. Take all the details of steps 3 and 4 and make a PLAN. List all the activities and prioritize them. Rewrite the list, optimize it, perfect it.

STEP 6. Get a clear MENTAL PICTURE of the goal already accomplished. Make the mental image crystal clear, vivid in the mind's eye. Play that picture over and over in your mind.

STEP 7. Back your plan with PERSISTENCE and resolve. Never, never, never give up even when you hit setbacks.

Presentation: Thursday, April 16th.

WELCOME! 2009 is waiting for You!

Dear students,
Welcome back to a new year of English.
I hope this year is better than the last one and work hard to get all the goals.
As always, this blog will be an important tool of communication and practice the language.
Ready... Steady... Go!!! Let's work!!!

Debate Team in Action

http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=-2797764621748822405&hl=es


Great memories from 2008. You did it awesome kids. I'm so proud of you. See ya next year for all that continues.

3º Medio: PAPER "Mr. Holland's Opus"

1. According to you, give a reason that supports the artistic and musical education at school nowadays.

2. According to a former student (at the end of the movie), what is the real Mr Holland's OPUS? Why the word "opus" is used in the title of the movie?

3. What does the school principal -Mrs Jacobs- mean when she tells Mr Holland that a good teacher not only must teach knlowledge to the students, but also give them a compass?

4. Do you think that Mr Holand was a good father during the movie?

5. How does Cole's deafness interfere in his parents' marriage? ¿How did Mr Holland and his wife react to the stress?

6. According to you, what did it show the incident between Mr Holland and Rowena?

7. Did Mr Holland act properly saying Rowena that she had an outgoing talent and she had to go to New York and follow her dreams?

8. According to you, name the 5 most relevant moments of the film.Recomendation...Try not to write at the same time you are reading. I'd prefer you print or write the questions, answer them on a paper and then write them in the blog and upload them.

Debate in English: SECOND PLACE!!!!

In an outstanding presentation the Team of Liceo Domingo Santa Maria obtained the Second place in the Debate in English Tournament.
Leyla Cortés, Ruben Castillo, Constanza Flores, Lorena Sanchez, Evelyn Robles y Carolina Muñoz put the Liceo in a High place, showing everyone that our Liceo is a winner.

Moreover, We had the honor of having in our team The Best Male Debater in English in the whole reagion: Ruben Castillo

Congratulations Everyone!! and Thank you

Preparating the Debate 2nd Strike

Here you have the video of the Metropolitan final in 2007. Enjoy and take your conclusions.

DEBATES IN ENGLISH... First Strike

On Friday 22nd, the Team that represented Liceo Domingo Santa María, participated in the first round of the Debates in English, activity organized by the program OPEN DOORS from the Ministry of Education.

The members of the Team are: Constanza Flores, Ruben Castillo, Evelyn Robles, Leyla Cortes, Lorena Sanchez and Carolina Muñoz.

It was amazing to see them in action. We went against Liceo A-1 Octavio Palma Pérez, and the position was being Against of the idea of Acquiring a Foreign Language to Apply for a Job.

Mas del English Winter Camp

Estimado(a) estudiante:
Gracias a CORFO, tenemos el siguiente test para que puedas medir/practicar(a modo de ensayo) tu inglés.
Test de Inglés
No te preocupes si los resultados que obtienes no son los que esperabas, ESTO NO AFECTARÁ tu postulación y participación en el English Winter Camp.
BUENA SUERTE !!
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Recuerda:
• Miércoles 16 a las 16:00 hrsVence el plazo para inscribirse y también para rendir la prueba.
• Jueves 17Publicación de la lista final con los estudiantes aceptados,además de la lista de espera, e instrucciones para iniciar su participación en ENGLISH WINTER CAMP 2008.

Los que lean esto antes del 16 de Julio por favor postear y asi saber quienes están en carrera.

ATENCION!: ENGLISH WINTER CAMP

English Winter Camp 2008

Con el propósito de continuar impulsando el aprendizaje del inglés, durante enero del año 2008, el Programa Inglés Abre Puertas del Ministerio de Educación en conjunto con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, implementó un sistema de becas para estudiantes de educación media denominado: “Campamentos de Inglés”.
En base a los resultados arrojados por la primera experiencia (English Summer Camp), la iniciativa se repetirá el mes de julio con cursos de semi inmersión los que se realizarán durante las vacaciones de invierno.La iniciativa comprende la realización de actividades que promuevan un contexto de inmersión parcial en inglés, dirigido a estudiantes secundarios en todo Chile.

¡¡ATENCIÓN!!• Debido a la gran demanda por esta actividad, se ha abierto un nuevo plazo de inscripción, que es el miércoles 16 de julio a las 16 horas.
• Todos los alumnos y alumnas preinscritos deberán igualmenteactualizar sus datos en el formulario de inscripción.
• Desde el día viernes 11, en este mismo sitio, estará disponible un test de inglés,el que deberá ser rendido por todos los interesados en participar. Recuerda:
• Miércoles 16 a las 16:00 hrsVence el plazo para inscribirse y también para rendir la prueba.
• Jueves 17Publicación de la lista final con los estudiantes aceptados,además de la lista de espera, e instrucciones para iniciar su participación en ENGLISH WINTER CAMP 2008.


Requisitos Estudiantes

Formulario de Inscripción
Plazo, miércoles 16 de julio - 16:00 hrs

Ver localidades en que se realizará el English Winter Camp 2008

DABATE: GOVERNMENT'S SECRETS vs PEOPLE INFORMED

After watching the movie CONTACT. The class was separated in two groups that are going to debate about a topic:

"THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HIDE INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE"

GROUP A is against the statement.

GROUP B is for the statement.

You should write your opinion according to the position - group - you are.

Your opinions will be evaluated and you will have to perform them in a real dabate returning from winter vacations.

DABATE: SCIENCE vs FAITH

After watching the movie CONTACT. The class was separated in two groups that are going to debate about a topic:

"SCIENCE SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED WITH FAITH MATTERS"

GROUP 1 is against the statement

GROUP 2 is for the statement

You should write your opinion according to the position - group - you are.

Your opinions will be evaluated and you will have to perform them in a real dabate returning from winter vacations.

Cooking.. now in video!

This year the technology has come into the class. All the students decided to present their activity about Cooking using videos.

This are the links for the videos

Cooking Pizza by Constanza Flores, Carolina Muñoz, Evelyn Robles, Lorena Sanchez and Ornella Sepúlveda
A Delicious Barros Luco by Nicole Abarca and Stephanie Contreras
Cook Alive by Alfonso Pinto and MindFreak Productions
Cesar Salad by Ayleen Villca, Melba Challapa, Carolina Soza
Tacos Guey! by Wilson Lopez, Mauricio Ruy-Perez and Asmed Herrera

Write Comments about the other projects and comments about how you feel doing the activity.

ENGLISH WINTER CAMP 2008

Boys and girls,
Con el propósito de continuar impulsando el aprendizaje del inglés, durante enero del año 2008, el Programa Inglés Abre Puertas del Ministerio de Educación en conjunto con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, implementó un sistema de becas para estudiantes de educación media denominado: “Campamentos de Inglés”. En base a los resultados arrojados por la primera experiencia (English Summer Camp), la iniciativa se repetirá el mes de julio con cursos de semi inmersión los que se realizarán durante las vacaciones de invierno.
La iniciativa comprende la realización de actividades que promuevan un contexto de inmersión parcial en inglés, dirigido a estudiantes secundarios en todo Chile.

pre-Inscrpiciones aqui

TASK 2: Cuartos: ADVICES

The four groups created in class (Freaky, Lazy, Spooky and Stinky) must send their respective advices.

• The first advice is related to the problem presented by other group.
• The second piece of advice is related to the girl in the video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=tAlc67hE4q4&feature=related ).

In both, you'll have to write first the problem and then the advice or suggestion.
The best, I mean, the most complete and interesting advice will get the 7,0.

DEADLINE: FRIDAY, MAY 2nd, 2008.

SEE YA!!! BYE.

Practice your English

This is just one of the best chat bots I've ever found. I want to share with you to practice especially you questions in English.

*Just speak to Mary and she will answer you when you press "ASK".
*To talk to Mary just click on the image and open a new window.

Cuarto Medio: PROBLEMS! PROBLEMS!

Oh my Gosh! You are in troubles! They're deep problems!

You don't know how to solve them!
You need urgently an advice!!!
That person is your only hope!!

Write 2 situations that describe any kind of problem you have or any "friend of yours" have...

IF YOU DON'T DO IT.... YOU WILL HAVE A REAL REAL PROBLEM!!
HAHAHAHA!!!
BWAHAHAHAHA
BWHAHAHAHA!!!
(Sorry... that was a too overacting laugh)

TASK 1: Tercero Medio. Superman and the mechanical Monster

Instructions:
1. Watch the video
2. Post answering the questions below.

Who is put into prison?
Who tries to kill Superman?
What are there in the laboratory?
Where does the robot put the money in?
What does the mechanical monster steals?
Who tells us the true identity of Superman?
Who was kidnapped by the monster?
Does Lois know who is Superman?




DEADLINE: MARCH 27, 2008

Welcome 2008

Welcome everyone!

2008: A new year that brings new expectancies for you.

I want to introduce this blog, especially to the ones who don't know it.

This site was biult as a compliment of the sessions in the classroom. Here you'll find information, activities and news that help you to improve even more your English skills. There will be homeworks, tasks, projects and pictures of the activities you do in the class.

With this post I want to start with a little task. I want you post writing your expectancies about English and your future. I want to know in which part of your future targets the English language is installed.

You can send the posts up in the language that you feel comfortable...(I'd prefer English, but if for this time English is a barrier to express what you want to say, then say it in Spanish)

Well boys and girls from terceros and cuartos medios, I repeat my welcome and let's work hard this year!

See ya!

Latinoamerican Fair and English Electivers

These are some of the students of the Elective Class who participated in the Latinoamerican Fair 2007 at Liceo Domingo Santa Maria. Their stands and the information of each country were worked, studied and shown with high quality.
Congratulations boys and girls... this was your last activity and you did great.

Visiting the English Corner at Universidad de Tarapaca

Last Thursday, November 23, the twelveth graders from the Elective Class of English visited the American Corner at the Universidad de Tarapacá.
There the senior students could talk with 3 American students who belonged to teh Interchange Program of the University.
The boys and girls had fun talking, telling jokes and even playing cards en English.
We thanks to Larelai Parra to allow having these great experience.

SPEECHES: The most famous songs of all times

Last Wednesday, November 21 the students from Elective Class of English (11th graders) started the sessions of speeches en English. This year the theme was The most famous songs of all times.
The activity consisted in choose one of these songs and read it like a speech, changing the rythm, entonation, stress and sometimes the pronounciation to become the song in a formal discourse.



The audience listening carefully all the speeches.

Lorena: Tramoya oficial del certamen

Youth Ambassadors in Arica

Last Wednesday, November 14th, the students from the Elective Class of English participated in an Experience Presentation given by the five Chilean Secondary students who traveled to the United States last January as Youth Ambassadors, an initiative that was organized in Chile for the first time by non-profit organization Partners of the Americas and sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

Andrea Cifuentes Rodríguez from Iquique; Stephanie Dönicke Medina from Punta Arenas; Camilo Muñoz Arias from Teno; Ayleen Vásquez Celta from Arica; and Pablo Valenzuela Navarro from San Bernardo shared for several minutes their experiences in English before students from diferents Liceos and Colegios from Arica.

After the activity the elective class students took conversations in English with some of these travellers, interchanging opinions, ideas and even e-mail addresses.

This experience fullfilled all the expectations that the students of the Elective Class before going there.

Good job biys and girls.


Waiting...


The travellers sharing their experiences


Talking about music


Clarifying doubts and talking good English


Conversation in a high level


From one traveller to another. Great iniciative to talk.


Just fooling around!

Pump up the volume "questionnaire" (Cuartos Medios)

This movie was used to make you think about your present, your future and your choices.

1. What's your opinion about the movie?
2. If, in the movie, the pirate radio was way used to "talk hard". Nowadays, which would be the way to say what you really think?
3. The movie plot ran about the fight against the system. According to your sense about the system... what do you think it still wrong and how you could change it.

"Almost Famous" (The Questions)

Questionnaire

1. Why William was younger than his other classmates?
2. How William got interested in rock & roll?
3. For you, what’s the meaning of the phrase “IT’S ALL HAPPENING”. Who used it?
4. According to what you understood, what was the real function of being a “Band Aid”, like Penny Lane?
5. Why William’s mother was so overprotecting with him?
6. According to you, was Penny Lane really loved the guitar player (Russell Hammond)?
7. Why Russell, the guitar player, finally accept to publish everything?
8. What is the real name of Penny Lane? To whom did she say it?
9. William let him live his dream in the movie. What is your dream? and what are you doing to get it?
10. Why in the movie is used the name “Almost Famous”?

Questioning (Terceros Medios)

According to the starting patterns to make a questionn given in class... Write 4 questions using each pattern.

... are you...

... were you...

... do you ...

... did you...

... will you...

... would you ...

... can you ...

... could you ...

... have you got ...

... have you been ...

... have you ever been ...

... are you going to ...

NOTE: Write them soon

Movie: "Pump up the volume" (Cuartos Medios)

Teenage angst finds a new voice in this drama. By day, Mark Hunter (Christian Slater) is a quiet, studious student at an ordinary suburban high school in Arizona. But at night, Mark creeps down into his basement, fires up his pirate radio transmitter, and broadcasts to the community as Hard Harry, a sexually obsessed social commentator who passes along angry philosophy about the state of teenage life when not blasting punk rock or gangsta rap cuts. Hard Harry's sworn nemesis is high school principal Mrs. Cresswood (Annie Ross), who keeps SAT scores up at the expense of her students' dignity and individuality by eliminating "troublemakers" from the student body. Hard Harry's broadcasts, however, have become a rallying point for the school's misfit underclass, and Mrs. Cresswood is determined to track down the mystery student and bring him to justice (broadcasting without a license, he's not merely an annoyance, but a criminal). The war against Hard Harry intensifies when he broadcasts data from confidential school board reports; Mark's father is a school commissioner, but he has no idea what his son is doing in the basement. Meanwhile, Mark gains the attentions of Nora (Samantha Mathis), who has figured out who he becomes at night. More serious and intelligent than the average teen film.

NOTE: Questions about the film soon.

MR HOLLAND'S OPUS: "The Questions" (Cuartos Medios)

1. According to you, give a reason that supports the artistic and musical education at school nowadays.

2. According to a former student (at the end of the movie), what is the real Mr Holland's OPUS? Why the word "opus" is used in the title of the movie?

3. What does the school principal -Mrs Jacobs- mean when she tells Mr Holland that a good teacher not only must teach knlowledge to the students, but also give them a compass?

4. Do you think that Mr Holand was a good father during the movie?
5. How does Cole's deafness interfere in his parents' marriage? ¿How did Mr Holland and his wife react to the stress?

6. According to you, what did it show the incident between Mr Holland and Rowena?

7. Did Mr Holland act properly saying Rowena that she had an outgoing talent and she had to go to New York and follow her dreams?
8. According to you, name the 5 most relevant moments of the film.


Recomendation...
Try not to write at the same time you are reading. I'd prefer you print or write the questions, answer them on a paper and then write them in the blog and upload them.

GAMES: "CHARADES"

RULES OF CHARADES

Charades is a game of pantomimes: you have to "act out" a phrase without speaking, while the other members of your team try to guess what the phrase is. The objective is for your team to guess the phrase as quickly as possible.

Equipment
a stopwatch or other timing device
a notepad and pencil for scorekeeping
blank slips of paper
two baskets or other containers for the slips

Preparation
Divide the players into two teams, preferably of equal size. Divide the slips of paper between the two teams. Select a neutral timekeeper/scorekeeper, or pick members from each team to take turns. Agree on how many rounds to play. Review the gestures and hand signals and invent any others you deem appropriate.
The teams temporarily adjourn to separate rooms, to come up with phrases to put on their pieces of paper. These phrases may either be quotations or titles of books, movies, plays, television shows, and songs. Here are some suggested rules to prevent the phrases from being too hard to guess:
no team should write down any phrase unless at least three people on the team have heard of it;
no phrase should be longer than seven words;
no phrase should consist solely of a proper name (i.e., it should also contain other words);
no foreign phrases are allowed.
Once they have finished writing their phrases, the teams come back to the same room.

To Play
Each round of the game proceeds as follows:
A player from Team A draws a phrase slip from Team B's basket. After he/she has had a short time to review the slip, the timekeeper for team B notes the time and tells the player to start. Team A then has three minutes to guess the phrase. If they figure it out, the timekeeper records how long it took. If they do not figure it out in three minutes, the timekeeper announces that the time is up, and records a time of three minutes.
A player from Team B draws a phrase slip from Team A's basket, and play proceeds as above.
Normally the game continues until every player has had a chance to "act out" a phrase. The score for each team is the total time that the team needed for all of the rounds. The team with the smallest score wins the game.

Gestures
To act out a phrase, one usually starts by indicating what category the phrase is in, and how many words are in the phrase. From then on, the usual procedure is to act out the words one at a time (although not necessarily in the order that they appear in the phrase). In some cases, however, it may make more sense to try to act out the "entire concept" of the phrase at once.

To Indicate Categories:
Book title: Unfold your hands as if they were a book.
Movie title: Pretend to crank an old-fashioned movie camera.
Play title: Pretend to pull the rope that opens a theater curtain.
Song title: Pretend to sing.
TV show: Draw a rectangle to outline the TV screen.
Quote or Phrase: Make quotation marks in the air with your fingers.

To Indicate Other Things:
Number of words in the title: Hold up the number of fingers.
Which word you're working on: Hold up the number of fingers again.
Number of syllables in the word: Lay the number of fingers on your arm.
Which syllable you're working on: Lay the number of fingers on your arm again.
Length of word: Make a "little" or "big" sign as if you were measuring a fish.
"The entire concept:" sweep your arms through the air.
"On the nose" (i.e., someone has made a correct guess): point at your nose with one hand, while pointing at the person with your other hand.
"Sounds like": Cup one hand behind an ear.
"Longer version of :" Pretend to stretch a piece of elastic.
"Shorter version of:" Do a "karate chop" with your hand
"Plural": link your little fingers.
"Past tense": wave your hand over your shoulder toward your back.
A letter of the alphabet: move your hand in a chopping motion toward your arm (near the top of your forearm if the letter is near the beginning of the alphabet, and near the bottom of your arm if the letter is near the end of the alphabet).