The current method of raw food production is largely a response to the growth of the fast food industry since the 1950s. The production of food overall has more drastically changed since that time than the several thousand years prior. Controlled primarily by a handful of multinational corporations, the global food production business - with an emphasis on the business - has as its unwritten goals production of large quantities of food at low direct inputs (most often subsidized) resulting in enormous profits, which in turn results in greater control of the global supply of food sources within these few companies. Health and safety (of the food itself, of the animals produced themselves, of the workers on the assembly lines, and of the consumers actually eating the food) are often overlooked by the companies, and are often overlooked by government in an effort to provide cheap food regardless of these negative consequences. We're going to watch the video in class, you can see it again here :http://documentaryaddict.com/Food+Inc-2174-documentary.html
Then in groups of three you're going to work on parts of the video with a written guide and make your own presentation to tell your mates your version of the story.
You can choose one of the topics.The guide is thought for teachers but I'm going to help you to addapt it, don't worry. http://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/foodinc_PDF_091008.pdf
After the presentations you'll play a game. Use English, play, enjoy and finally share your ideas about the game and Mc Donald's production of course.
My students in 2nd secondary EAS, here we've got extra practice !!
Click here and enjoy. Let me know how you did it. Capture the screen by using the Print Screen or Imp Pant button and paste it in a document. Then send it to the group in Facebook or upload to our wiki.
We're going to read a very easy short story here, and you can choose your favourite one here.
Enjoy. Just for beginners ! :)
Learn vocabulary , do the crossword, complete the cloze exercise. Rearrange the words (by double click) to make sentences.
Finally complete the dictation. Don't forget each sentence ends in full stop (point).
Here you have a fantastic site with tons of questions to have conversations about different topics.
Go for your exam program, choose the questions, think about what you're going to say and GOOD LUCK.
It seems that today's tech-obsessed culture will do anything they can to avoid interacting face-to-face!
So singer Elliott Yamin helped us adjusting the classic Stevie Wonder love song "I Just Called To Say I Love You" and updating it with a more modern twist.
Your task. Make a list of websites "transformed" into verbs, and find out the real meaning. Compare girl's and boy's attitudes. Sing the song together and have fun !!
Another activity to practice The Weather vocabulary. Jason Renshaw and his six-year-old son Jamie, are talking about a set of weather and seasons pics.
It's just perfect, enjoy it !!
Oh! I forgot your task. Take notes about words you can catch, as usual, don't worry about what you don't understand.
Let's practice weather vocabulary playing with this maze.
It's easy, click HERE , then click in GO to start.
You have to listen and mark the correct option to get to a house through the maze. Good luck !!