How is the week coming along? Congratulations on your hard work! I have the feeling that you are getting better and better. How about some READING today for start?
PART 1. ( today's assignment)
I chose a text for you regarding money CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE READING.
Read the text in English without a dictionary, and complete the PREPARATION, TRUE FALSE, GROUPING AND MATCHING EXERCISES. Post a comment explaining the new vocab you learned today.
PART 2 EXTRA CREDIT DOES MONEY BUY HAPPINESS?
This is an optional exercise for extra credit. Watch the clip on Monique Colman (about 2.30 minutes) for generally understanding. Choose one of the questions below and post an answer on the blog. You have the whole week to watch the video and answer the question . Watch it as may times as you want, just out of curiosity. DEADLINE Sunday 2nd.
Your answers need to be ORIGINAL. Do not copy your partner's answer, otherwise it won't be taken into account.
1. Who is the girl making the experiment? What do we know about her?
2. What is the experiment about? Could you explain?
3. What is people's reaction to her experiment? Give textual evidence
4. What conclusion does she make about the relation money-happiness?
5. Explain what people in the experiment are going to do with the money they get.
Arac Alfonso 1 A
ReplyDeleteHello Arantxa
my new Vocabulary:
-Pocket Money: a little amount of mony that persons are given by their tutor or others persons ("paga")
-A Bak Account: A service of the bank where you can leave your money and take it out again when you need it ("Credito")
-Chore: " Work the house" (Tareas de la casa)
-A Minium Wage: the minimum amount of money that a worker is allowed to earn ("El minimo de dinero por trabajar lo minimo")
-Minimom: how small of a thing (minimo)
-Washing up:Clean:fork,Knife... (lavar los platos)
-Ironning: Iron-ning jejeje, i don't know a description, sorry (planchar)
-Deliverin newspaper : Arantca Help, i Don't know a significate :(
Delivering newspapers, means repartiendo periódicos o repartir periódicos ( con la bici, por ejemplo).
DeleteHa sido tradicionalmente un trabajo realizado por adolescentes en USA y en Reino Unido tb.
Hi Arantxa!! I’m Antonio Sánchez from 1ºA. I had worked with the today’s practice!!
ReplyDeleteThis is the new vocabulary that I’ve learnt:
- Part-time job: Trabajo de medio tiempo, trabajo de media jornada
- Piggy bank: Hucha de cerdo
- Pocket money: Dinero, calderilla
- Chores: Quehaceres
- Wage: Salario, sueldo
- Bank account: Cuenta de banco
See you soon!❤️
Hi Antonio!
DeleteThanks for posting! I am glad to see how much you have learnt!
Hi Arantxa! I'm María del Mar.
ReplyDeleteI've done the reading activity, and this is some of the new vocabulary that I learned from reading the text:
pocket money -> paga, “dinero de bolsillo”
chores -> quehaceres, tareas
amounts -> cantidades
average -> promedio
wages -> salarios
greengrocer -> verdulero
profit -> lucro, beneficio
See you! ����
Well done, María del Mar!
DeleteWould you like to try the extra credit activity?
Thanks for your comment
Good morning Arantxa, I am Juan Carlos y learnt for the text this new vocabulary:
ReplyDelete. Chores: trabajo rutinario
.Ironing: plancha
. Weekly: semanal
.Wages: salario
.Profit: lucro
Also, I do the extra credits but I don´t know if I understand weell the activity, I hope that yes
1. Who is the girl making the experiment? What do we know about her?
She is actress that people know her for the film high school musical
2. What is the experiment about? Could you explain?
The experiment consist on analyse the response of different people when the girl give away money they, and know in what thing are they going to spend the money
Hi Juan Carlos!
DeleteThanks a lot! notice that "ironing" refers to the activity ( algo así como hacer la plancha o planchar)
Also , the word "profit" is usually translated as "beneficio ( económico)"
2. In the experiment she wants to see if they feel happy after having received money, among other things, for example the one you mentioned.
I hope you liked the activity.
Hello Arantxa!!
ReplyDeleteI'm Mónica Ferreiro.
The new vocabulary that I have learnt is:
-Piggy bank. a small container, sometimes in the shape of a pig, that is used by children for saving mone/hucha
-Chores/ a job or piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly/ quehaceres
-Ironing: the activity of making clothes flat and smooth, using an iron/ planchar.
-Wage: the amount of money that is regularly paid to someone for the work they do/ salario.
Extra credit:
What conclusion does she make about the relation money-happiness?
The conclusion that she makes it that money doesn't buy happiness on its own but it helps. Money makes people fell joyful and delighted, but what people really care about it's their family, giving back making other people happy and being be able to care of what they need to be care of.
Thanks Monica!
ReplyDeleteWell done!
Hi Maks!
ReplyDeletePocket money can also be "notes" ( billetes), it is "dinero de bolsillo", it could be coins and notes (small amount).
Thanks a lot for posting!
Roberta Elvira 1A
ReplyDeleteThe vocabulary that I have learned is:
- Chores: a job or piece of work that needs to be done often. Tarea
- Amounts: how much there is of something. Cantidad.
- Tasks: a piece of work, especially something unpleasant. Tarea.
- Weekly: happening once a week or every week. Semanal
- Babysit: to look after children while their parents are not at home. Hacer de canguro.
- Greengrocer: someone who sells fruit and vegetables. Vendedor/ra fruta o verdura.
- Whether: used to talk about a choice between two or more possibilities. Si.
- Profit: money that you get from selling something for more than it cost you to buy or produce. Beneficios.
- Dealing: an arrangement or an agreement, for example in business or politics. Trato.
Hi Roberta!
ReplyDeleteI am happy to know that you checked the new vocab so well!
Are you going to try the extra credit?
Lucía Contreras 1A
ReplyDeleteAt first, the vocabulary i learnt is:
CHORE:a routine task, especially a household one. TAREAS DEL HOGAR/ RECADOS
RUBBISH: waste material; refuse or litter. BASURA
IRONG: the activity or task of ironing clothes, sheets, etc. HACER LA PLANCHA
AMOUNTS: a quantity of something. CANTIDAD
AVERAGE: a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data. PROMEDIO
My marks of the readig were:
TRUE/FALSE 4-5
GROUPING 8-8
MATCHING 8-8
EXTRA CREDITS:
Monique Colman asked people if can money buy happiness. At first, most of them said that it didn´t, and then she gave them money, to see their reactions. After that, she asked again about money and some told that they were happy in that moment because she gave them money.
Hi Lucía, well done!
DeleteNice answers. Did you find the video too fast?
Yes, a little bit, but i can understand it easily.
DeleteHi Arantxa, I´m Gloria Flores:
ReplyDeletemy results are:
3/6; 8/8, 8/8.
new vocabuly that I learn:
pocket money is money that give up the parents to their kids.
piggy bank is a money box where we can put the money.
wage is a synonymous of salary.
ironning is a machina that have steam for remove wrinkles from clothes.
rubbish is a synonymous for trash.
Hi Gloria!
DeleteActually, Ironing is the activity, not the machine . The machine is called, "iron", like the material.
Thanks for posting!
Carmen Márquez Muñoz
ReplyDeleteHello Arantxa
my new Vocabulary:
part-time job- Trabajo a media jornada
pocket money- carderilla
babysitting- ñiñera
delivering newspapers to houses- repartidor de periodicos
wage - salario
greengrocer’s shop- frutería
Hi Cam!
DeleteI hope you learned a lot from this exercise.
Best,
Arantxa
Hi Arantxa! I'm Valeria García from 1°A, here is the vocabulary I learned this afternoon!
ReplyDelete-part-time: medio tiempo
-amounts: cantidades
-average: promedio
-greengrocer: verdulero
-a minimum wage: un salario mínimo
-piggy bank: hucha
-chores: quehaceres
See you!
Hello Arantxa! I´m María Ortiz from 1ºA
ReplyDeleteThe vocabulary I learn is:
CHORE: tarea del hogar
AVERAGE: media
WEEKLY: semanal
BABYSIT: hacer de canguro/trabajar de niñera
GREENGROCER: verdulero
PROFIT: beneficio/ganar dinero
DEALING: negocio
PIGGY BANK: hucha
WAGE: sueldo
EXTRA CREDIT
What conclusion does she make about the money-happiness relationship?
The money does not give happiness, the important thing is health and family, although money helps to be more cheerful.
Hi María,
DeleteHow are you? Thanks for your answers. Please check the translation of "dealing", it comes from the verb "deal". Thanks
Hi Arantxa I´m Laura Duque, what I´ve learnt of the reading´s vocabulary is:
ReplyDeleteChore-tareas del hogar
Wages-salario
Greengrocer-verdulero
Discussion-debate
HI Laura!
DeleteWell done! Would you try the extra credit exercise?
Hi Arantxa,I'm Nerea Vázquez
ReplyDeleteNew vocabulary:
Delivering newspapers: repartidor de periódicos
Pocket money:paga semanal
Part-time work: trabajo a tiempo parcial
babysitting: cuidado de niños
Babysit: canguro
wages: sueldo
bank account:cuenta bancaria
bank manager:gente del banco
Well done, Nerea!
DeleteRemember babysit is the verb ( hacer de canguro) and babysitter the noun ( canguro)
Hi Arantxa,
ReplyDeleteThe new vocabulary that I learn is:
wages: sueldo
average: promedio
profit: ganancia
a minimum wage: un salario mínimo
chore: tareas del hogar
Tasks: tareas
greengrocer: verdulero
Well done, Ana!
DeleteTe atreves con el Extra Credit?
Hi Aranxta , i´m María Candón
ReplyDeletepart-time :media jornada
pocket money: carderilla
babysitting: ñiñera
wage :salario
delivering newspapers to houses: repartidor de periódicos
greengrocer’s shop: frutería
Hello Arantxa, I'm Víctor Manuel!
ReplyDeleteWhat is the experiment about? Could you explain?
She wanted to prove that money isn't the most important source of happiness. To prove it, she decided to give money to the people she found on the streets, and see how they reacted.
ARAC ALFONSO 1A
ReplyDeleteEXTRA CREDIT
1. Who is the girl making the experiment? What do we know about her?
The girl is Monique Coleman, an actress who participated in High School Musical. She works at HIMMO MO, where she helped people in Colombia.