Review for the quiz

On 16/3/06 you are going to have a quiz.

As you were told in class, you will be asked to demonstrate your knowledge in the past simple/progressive and the present simple/progressive.
All the rules are in the grammar appendix at the end of your course book,

If you want to read the rules of the past progressive, you can find it also at: http://www.ego4u.com/en/business-english/grammar/past-progressive
For the other tenses you may go to:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/business-english/grammar

Those of you who need more exercising, may use the following sites: http://www.english-4u.de/past_prog_ex1.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/past_prog_ex5.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/past_prog_ex4.htm
http://home.wanadoo.nl/ijmvermeer/Verbs/VerbsPastSimplePastCont.htm

See you on Thursday, March 16th , 2006

Don't buy it!

Today, we're going to deal with how do get media smart – Ways of fighting the effects of media on the society.
Go to:
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/whatyoucando/
Click on " Meet some Teen Heroes"
Read the introduction and answer:
Who are the teen heroes? What did they do to deserve the title?

On the right side of the screen you'll see a list of names.
Choose one of the following people and answer the questions below about them.
Nick Salter
Danielle Shimotakahara
Kat Bauman
Jamie Wheeler
Girls Editorial Board at New Moon Publishing

1.- Whom did you choose to write about (Name and personal details)?
2.- What is he/she fighting against?
3.- Why is he/she against it?
4.- How does he/she fight it? What does he/she do?

You have 10 minutes for this activity.

At home –
In the following URL's you'll find interesting and fun things connected to shopping and advertising.
You don't have to enter those sites but that could definitely be an interesting activity for the cold days ahead.

-Teen consumer's scrapbook
http://www.atg.wa.gov/teenconsumer/pages/buyingG&S/buyingG&S.htm
Here you can find information and consuming tips about various products.

-Interested in Food advertising tricks?
Go to http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/ and find out interesting things, such as: advertising tricks, detecting ads, how to design a droduct…
You can also "create your own ad"

לא קונים סתם

.באתר שבו אנו עוסקים, יש דברים שקשורים ל- פרסום
.הכנס לאתר הבא
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/foodadtricks.html

:שם תמצא כל מיני טריקים של פירסום
:פתח מסמך וורד וכתוב בו את תשובתך לשאלות הבאות

?על אילו טריקים של פרסום מספרים לנו באתר
?אילו מוצרים
?מה הטריקים שבהם משתמשים כדי שהמוצר יהיה יותר מושך

.כשתסיים, חזור לעמוד זה והמשך

פתח את הקישור הבא
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/createyourownad_flash.html
.ועצב לך מודעת פרסומת

לאחר שתסיים, תוכל לשוטט באתר -
.http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/ ולהנות מדברים שונים שתמצא בו
?אילו דברים מעניינים מצאת

The Holocaust and Yad Vashem

A. The following text summarizes what we have discussed in class today.
Read the text and answer the following questions in your notebooks:
(Don't forget that there is a part B. to this mission)

The holocaust
"Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire."
The holocaust was the murder of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War 2.
"The National Socialist German Workers' Party" or NSDAP, known as the Nazi Party, controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. The Nazis believed that Germans were "racially superior"
It was the aim of Hitler's government to create a European world both dominated and populated by the "Aryan" race. The Nazis wanted to get rid of millions of people they considered undesirable and "unworthy of life". Some people were undesirable by Nazi standards because of who they were, their genetic or cultural origins, or health conditions. Others were Nazi victims because of what they did.
The Nazis targeted groups of people because of their "racial inferiority". They persecuted Jews, Gypsies, the handicapped, the mentally and physically disabled and Colored people. Other groups were persecuted on political and behavioral grounds, among them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals and other political enemies. How were they killed? Some of them were passively killed by starvation and widespread disease.
Mass killings began in June 1941 with the shooting of Jewish civilians during the German invasion of the Soviet Union(ברית המועצות). At the end of 1941 the Germans began deporting (=transferring) Jews to extermination (=death) camps in occupied Poland.
The Nazis killed approximately (=around) 11 million people.
In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. By May 1945 about two out of every three Jews in Europe had been murdered.
World War II ended in Europe with the unconditional surrender of German armed forces in the west on May 7 and in the east on May 9, 1945.
Auschwitz was liberated on January 27th, 1945.

הקרבה
משתפי פעולה
גזעי
נשלט
מאוכלס
סימנו למטרה
נחיתות
נכים
רדפו
התנהגותי
רעב
מחלה
אזרחים
רעב
גירוש
השמדה
ללא תנאי
כניעה

1. What is "The Holocaust"?
2. When did it happen?
3. Where did it happen?
4. Who did it?
5. Whom did they do it to?
6. Why did they do it?
7. What is the difference between the Holocaust and other mass murders?

B. Next week, you're going to visit "Yad Vashem"
Go to "Yad Vashem"'s site: at - http://www.yadvashem.org/
Try to find answers to the following questions and bring them to class.

1. What is "Yad Vashem"?
2. Where is "Yad Vashem" located?
3. What can you find there?
4. Why was it established?
5. When was it established?
6. What can we find there?

All this information and much more could be found on the site.

Adverbs

We learned about adjectives and adverbs in class.
Today, we'll practice what we have learnt.
· How do we form the adverbs? – I know you know it, but here is a chance to practice it again Form of adverbs (Just click on the link and Fill in the blanks. When you finish, check your answers and call your teacher –politely- before moving on.)

· In the following link you'll get a chance to show and check your knowledge on what should you use, An adjective or an adverb? (Follow the same instructions as before)

Since you master the comparison of adjectives and you know how to form adverbs and when to use them, I'm sure comparison of adverbs would be easy for you, simply "a piece of cake" (eating it not getting rid of the extra weight).
Comparison of adverbs (Just follow the same drill)


Now, you are ready to use your knowledge and read a short text about the Niagara-falls . Read the text and do the short exercise at the bottom.
When you finish, you know whom to call to check your work!

Enjoy and learn

The Holocaust

"Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire."
The holocaust was the murder of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War 2.
"The National Socialist German Workers' Party" or NSDAP, known as the Nazi Party, controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. The Nazis believed that Germans were "racially superior"
It was the aim of Hitler's government to create a European world both dominated and populated by the "Aryan" race. The Nazis wanted to get rid of millions of people they considered undesirable and "unworthy of life". Some people were undesirable by Nazi standards because of who they were, their genetic or cultural origins, or health conditions. Others were Nazi victims because of what they did.
The Nazis targeted groups of people because of their "racial inferiority". They persecuted Jews, Gypsies, the handicapped, the mentally and physically disabled and Colored people. Other groups were persecuted on political and behavioral grounds, among them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals and other political enemies. How were they killed? Some of them were passively killed by starvation and widespread disease.
Mass killings began in June 1941 with the shooting of Jewish civilians during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. At the end of 1941 the Germans began deporting (=transferring) Jews to extermination (=death) camps in occupied Poland.
The Nazis killed approximately (=around) 11 million people.
In 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. By May 1945 about two out of every three Jews in Europe had been murdered.
World War II ended in Europe with the unconditional surrender of German armed forces in the west on May 7 and in the east on May 9, 1945.
Auschwitz was liberated on January 27th, 1945.

הקרבה
משתפי פעולה
גזעי
נשלט
מאוכלס
סימנו למטרה
נכים
רדפו
התנהגותי
רעב
מחלה
אזרחים
רעב
גירוש
השמדה
ללא תנאי
כניעה

A story in the news

The following work may be done in pairs (get you teacher's approval for your pairing)

Read the following article about Emily's journey .

You are expected to answer questions about the article.
The questions could be found at:
W: - English_8th_grade-merav - Emily's journey.

Save your answers on the school's net in W: under your name(s)
Be prepared to answer the questions in class.