Debating: Preparing for the summative speaking exam

As a summative assessment, you will be conducting a debate based on whether more permanent homeless shelters should be built in Seville.

You will be assessed on how well you put your views across, as well as the quality of your English.

Quizlet List: Debating Verbs

Verbs:

To improve / worsen

To encourage / prevent

To support / object to

To develop

To provide (with)

To implement

To solve

To allow / permit / let

Be Convincing:

Without a shadow of a doubt, …

It is absolutely vital that / crucial that …

There is no question that

Scenarios:

Imagine a school where…

Wouldn’t you prefer …?

Techniques to involve the audience:

We all know that… (get the listeners on your side)

Think about it: … (use imperatives to attract the audience’s attention)

I’m sure that everyone in the room would agree / recognize / accept … (encourage your listener to agree)

Let’s face it, … (making something seem like a self-evident truth)

Imagine a school where … Does this sound ……….? (scenario)

Would you really ………? (rhetorical question – add detail)

What next? Would you accept …(use exaggeration)

Connnectives

·Although / Even though / Though

·Despite / In spite of

·Therefore / As a result of this / Consequently

·On the other hand / However / Yet / Conversely

·Otherwise / If not

·This may  lead to / This could cause

·Without

·If

·As

·Whereas

·While

·Therefore

·Due to this

·First of all / Firstly / Secondly / Thirdly / Furthermore / Moreover / In addition to this

·In conclusion / In summary / To sum up, …

·…for two main reasons: Firstly…., Secondly, …

·Unfortunately / Undoubtedly / Currently / Unsurprisingly

Lists of 3:

Adjectives (It is expensive, inefficient and unreliable)

Nouns (It would negatively affect students, parents and teachers.)

Verbs (to improve, renovate and develop …)

Points (It would lead to an increase in the profits of the company, a positive impression of the business and a number of new customers)

Knock down the other side of the argument:

While it’s true that …,

Although many people may agree that…

Yes, …. Yes, … and yes, … However, have you seriously considered ….?

Rhetorical questions (and provide a detailed responnse to your own question):

Do you honestly want to implement a system which ….?

Reasons why people might not want to help the homeless...

Read the following articles (copy the address of each into Lingro so that you are able to quickly find out definitions for any words that you don't know the meanings of). For each one, summarise in a paragraph the key arguments why people might not want / be able to help the homeless.

Residents Debate More Homeless Shelters

Why Do Some People Object To Helping The Homeless?

Extra: Here is a debating page with a range of views for and against helping the homeless. There are some interesting views for you to consider.

Should We Help The Homeless?

You should refer to some of the key information that you learn from these links in your debate next week.

Comparatives and Superlatives

Work through some of the exercises via the following link:

Comparatives and Superlatives

Designing a Computer Game

In groups of 2-4, you are going to design your own computer game. You will then be presenting your game to the rest of the class. You must decide on answers to the following questions:

Key Questions:
What’s it called?
What is your game's slogan?
Where is it set?
žHow do you play?
žWho are the characters?
What are the rules?
Why is it a good game?

As a group, you should also produce a 200-word description of your game.

Rules:
Everyone must participate
Communicate in English
Only speak with people in your group
Use some of the vocabulary from p.16-17 of the student book
Prepare to present your idea at the end of the lesson

Summative Assessment: 6.10.16

•Your first summative assessment of the year will be next Thursday (6th October).

•You will recieve a mark for category C (33%) and category D (33%)

•You will be marked on your use of the following:

–Adjectives and adverbs used to express emotions (from the Student Book)

–Crime and gang vocabulary from On the Sidewalk Bleeding

–Conditionals (all four! We’ll be revising these today)

–A variety of past tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect) *We’ll be looking at these more closely over the next week

–Phrasal verbs (from a Quizlet list that we’ll be looking at soon)

–Persuasive language devices (we’ll spend a short time revising these also)

Recapping Conditionals

You should all be familiar with conditionals (you studied them in Year 8), but just in case you've forgotten about them, the table below should help you to remember...

Now that you've had chance to study the above table, you should write down the grammatical structure of each of the four conditionals in your notebook. Once you've done that, spend about twenty minutes testing your knowledge of conditionals by clicking on some of the links below.

*Don't forget: You will be expected to use ALL FOUR conditionals accurately in your assessment next week.

Zero Conditional

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/zero-conditional.html

http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/conditional-verbs-exercises.html

1st Conditional

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3226

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/first-conditional-exercise-1.html

2nd Conditional

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3227

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional-exercise-1.html

3rd Conditional

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3233

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html

On the Sidewalk Bleeding: Final Analysis

After reading the final part of the story, answer the following questions. If you answer the questions in a Word document, make sure you save it in your 'On the Sidewalk Bleeding' folder.

1.Why does Andy decide to take off his jacket?

Andy takes off his jacket because…

2.How does he feel when he takes it off?  Explain your answer.

When he takes if off, he feels… This is because…

3.How would you describe the policeman´s attitude towards Andy?  How do you know this?

I would describe the policeman’s attitude to Andy as… I know this because…

4.What is the message of the story?  What might the writer want the reader to think about?

The message of the story is… The writer might want the reader to think about…

5.What do you think of this story and why

I think that this story is…

On the Sidewalk Bleeding: In a character's shoes

You will be completing the following task:

What would you have done if you had walked past Andy lying there bleeding? 
You should:
-  Aim to write about 100 words.

-  Try to use as many conditional structures as possible. Think about the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals we studied last year.
-  Use a number of opinion adjectives. You should revise this aspect via the following link before you start writing:

Opinion Adjectives

On the Sidewalk Bleeding: Key Vocabulary

Copy and paste the following tasks into a Word document, and then type and answer underneath each question.

Save the document in your 'On the Sidewalk Bleeding' folder as 'Key Vocabulary: Lesson 2'.

1)Find a synonym for to rip.

2)Find a synonym for injury.

3)Find an adjective that means terrible.

4)Find a  verb that means to hold something tightly.

5)Find a noun which means that you are not aware/don´t know something.

6)Find a  verb that means to move quickly or to hurry.

7)When Andy dreams, what type of place does he want to move to?

8)Find a phrasal verb that mean to rest on something.

9)Find a verb that means to be very embarrassed.

10)Find 2 verbs that are also tools when used as nouns.

On The Sidewalk Bleeding

Revise the key vocabulary from the short story,
On The Sidewalk Bleeding

Create a Symbaloo

Go to:

http://www.symbaloo.com/

Create an account

1.                  In the top hand corner put it in 'English (UK)'

2.                  Click on 'Create Free Account'

3.                  Enter your details and click 'Create Account'

Create a tile for your symbaloo

1.                  Click on the '+' symbol in the middle of an empty box

2.                  Click on an empty tile

3.                  Click on 'Create a tile'

4.                  Enter http://www.wordreference.com/ in the box called 'Add the address of the website'

5.                  Click on 'Save'

6.                  Note: In order to make your Symbaloo page more visually appealing, you can add an image that corresponds to your weblink. At the bottom of the ‘Edit tile’ box, you can either select ‘Choose icon’ or ‘Upload an image’. For some weblinks, Symbaloo will have images that you can select. However, you can also upload your own saved image.

Create more tiles for your symbaloo. Use all the following websites to start off with.

• http://www.sfpaula.com/
• http://www.mrkellyenglish9.blogspot.com.es 
• http://quizlet.com/
• http://lingro.com/
• http://www.linguee.com/
• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm
• http://www.guardian.co.uk
• http://www.bbc.co.uk
• http://www.studyblue.com/
• http://headmagnet.com/
• http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
• http://popplet.com/
• http://animoto.com/
• http://goanimate.com/
• http://www.youtube.com
• http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php
• http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/
• http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml

There will be other weblinks that we will add to your Symbaloo page throughout the year.

Once you have create a number Symbaloo links, you should save Symbaloo as your homepage. You do this by following these steps:
 Click on the menu button to the right of the browser  
 Select ‘Settings’

              Underneath the heading ‘On startup’, click ‘Set pages’
 In the box to the right  of ‘Add new page’, type http://www.symbaloo.com
 Finally, click ‘Ok’
 Once you restart your computer, Symbaloo should be saved as your internet homepage