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. Comment your results as well.
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 3rd.
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 after the experiment?
5. Explain what people in the experiment are going to do with the money they get.
Hi Arantxa,
ReplyDeleteI've got it all right and I already knew most of the vocabulary. I just learnt that children can legally have a bank account in UK.
Thanks Lucía!
DeleteGood job!
Hello Arantxa! I’m Alexis Romero, the new vocabulary that I have learnt is:
ReplyDelete-pocket money: paga/ “calderilla” / dinero suelto
-chores: tareas del hogar/ tareas diarias
-amounts: cantidades
-average: media
-ironing: planchar
-dealing: negocio
-tasks: tareas
-wages: sueldo/ salario
-greengrocer: verdulero
-profit: beneficio/ ganancias
MY RESULTS ARE:
True/false: 4/6
Grouping: 8/8
Matching: 8/8
EXTRA CREDITS:
2. What is the experiment about? Could you explain?
-The experiment that the actress does consists of giving away money in exchange for getting an answer (that answer is what they are looking to do the experiment) and they also ask her what she is going to do with that money
“COMO QUE EL EXPERIMENTO ES SABER LA RESPUESTA DE LAS PERSONAS”
Hi Alexis!
DeleteVery well done! The experiment wants to find out if money really brings happiness to people by...
Also, I just wanted you to check again the meaning of "dealing" in that context
Hello Arantxa! I'm Alejandro Venegas Suárez from 1-B.
ReplyDeleteMy marks are: Act.1: 6/6. Act.2: 7/8. Act.3: 6/8.
EXTRA-CREDIT:
1. Who is the girl making the experiment? What do we know about her?
The girl who makes the experiment is Monique Coleman. We know that she is an actress and she appears in movies like High School Musical. We know too that she belongs to an orgasination called "Gimme Mo".
Hi Alejandro!
DeleteVery well done!
Hello Arantxa! I'm Marta Medina .
ReplyDeleteMy marks was:
Act.1 : 6/6
Act 2: 8/8
Act 3: 7/8.
EXTRA CREDITS:
2. What is the experiment about? Could you explain?
The social experiment they do is asking people what is truly important to them in their lives and nobody said the money, everyone said family, friends, pets. They wanted to give a message that money does not give full happiness
HI Marta!
DeleteGood job! Did you have any difficulties with new vocab?
Good evening Arantxa!
ReplyDeleteMy marks are:
• True or false --> 5/6
• Grouping --> 8/8
• Matching --> 8/8
And today I've learned that kids on the UK can have bank accounts, I didn't see that coming. I also learned the word "ironing", which means "planchar la ropa".
Well done, Paula!
DeleteI am glad that you are learned from the exercise!
Act 1 3/6
ReplyDeleteAct 2 6/8
Act 3 3/8
I learned a lot of vocabulary about money and also jobs that I didn't know the translation
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ReplyDeleteI'm Arnaldo
ReplyDeleteTrue or false --> 6/6
Grouping --> 7/8
Matching --> 6/8
I learned the word "chores"
Hi Arnaldo!
DeleteWelcome back!Well done on this exercise!
Hi Arantxa, I´m Rocio and this is my results
ReplyDeleteEx 1: 6-6
Ex 2: 8-8
Ex 3: 6-8
new vocabulary:
- Ironing: Planchado
- Chores: Tareas del hogar
- Least: Menos
- Wages: Sueldo
- Dealing: Negocio
Hi Arantxa, I'm Pablo Torres
ReplyDeleteMy marks are:
• True or false --> 6/6
• Grouping --> 8/8
• Matching --> 8/8
And today I've learned that kids on the UK can have bank accounts, I didn't know it.
Hello Arantxa
ReplyDeleteTrue/false:5/6
Grouping:8/8
Matching:7/8
Question 2: The experiment consists of giving away money in exchange for getting and answer and they also ask her what she is going to do whith money
Hi, could you tell me who are you?
DeleteHi Arantxa,
ReplyDeleteI´m Ángela of 1ºB
My marks are: Act.1: 6/6. Act.2: 7/8. Act.3: 8/8.