January 29th, 2013.
Study for the exams.
December 11th, 2012.
Reading Homework
Children and Video Games: Playing with Violence
No. 91; March 2011
Video gaming (playing video games) has become a popular activity for people of all ages. Many children and adolescents spend large amounts of time playing them. Video gaming is a multibillion-dollar industry – bringing in more money than movies and DVDs. Video games have become very sophisticated and realistic. Some games connect to the Internet, which can allow children and adolescents to play online with unknown adults and peers.
While some games have educational content, many of the most popular games emphasize negative themes and promote:
- the killing of people or animals
- the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol
- criminal behavior, disrespect for authority and the law
- racial, sexual, and gender stereotypes
- foul language, and obscene gestures
There is growing research on the effects of videogames on children. Some video games may promote learning, problem solving and help with the development of fine motor skills and coordination. However, there are concerns about the effect of violent video games on young people who play videogames excessively.
Studies of children exposed to violence have shown that they can become: “immune” or numb to the horror of violence, imitate the violence they see, and show more aggressive behavior with greater exposure to violence. Some children accept violence as a way to handle problems. Studies have also shown that the more realistic and repeated the exposure to violence, the greater the impact on children. In addition, children with emotional, behavioral and learning problems may be more influenced by violent images.
Children and adolescents can become overly involved and even obsessed with videogames. Spending large amounts of time playing these games can create problems and lead to:
- poor social skills
- time away from family time, school-work, and other hobbies
- lower grades and reading less
- exercising less, and becoming overweight
- aggressive thoughts and behaviors
Copyright © 2012 by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Read the text and share in this foro your answers to the following questions.
1. Acoording to the reading, write an advantage and a disadvantage of videogaming.
2. Write something new or interesting that you learned from this article.
3. Are you in favor or against to videogaming? Why?
Friday, October 26th, 2012.
Homework:
In case you cannot do the exercises from the Dropbox application.
Do the next for you to study!
Do them and let us know how much you got in each of the exercises. Write your percentages as you did with Backpack with teacher Vicky last year.
Thursday, October 25th, 2012.
Exam Guide
UNIT 2
Free Time
Grammar and Lexis
Modals: Can, Could, Will Shall, Should, Shouldn't, Need, Needn't, Have to, Has to, Must, Mustn't.
Passive voice in simple present and simple past.
Infinitives.
Gerunds.
Words and verb list.
Passive Form
Active / Passive Overview
| Active | Passive | |
| Simple Present |
Once a week, Tom cleans the house.
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Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.
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| Present Continuous | Right now, Sarah is writing the letter. | Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah. |
| Simple Past |
Sam repaired the car.
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The car was repaired by Sam.
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Reading:
Reading list (words and verbs).
Understanding relevant details.
Writing:
Writing an article.
Writing list (words and verbs).
Listening:
Listening list (words and verbs).
Listening for specific information.
Speaking:
Use modals to describe pictures.
Use present continuous, simple present and future with going to, to describe pictures.
Modal Verbs
Present Simple and Present Continuous
Simple Future Forms
Using "Will"
| Positive | Negative | Question |
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Using "Be Going to"
| Positive | Negative | Question |
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OCTOBER 24th, 2012.
Exam Preparation UNIT 2
1. Check your mail for an invitation to share a Dropbox file. (SENT BY MISS VIRGINIA CABALLERO'S MAIL)
2. Create your Dropbox account using your institutional mail.
3. Accept the invitation for your Dropbox shared folder.
4. Open the folder.
5. Make shure you are using Internet Exporer on your computer.
5. Click on the file called: TRADITIONS1.htm
6. Make sure you do the 10 exercises.
7. Copy your results as percentage of each activity.
GOOD LUCK!
Monday, September 10th. 2012
This week we´ll begin the monthly project, that will talk about family values. Ask your parents and family members about the family values. We have to choose ten values to talk about their importance and make a survey.
Begin researching as soon as possible.
Love Miss Espe
Click on the Videos below, they might be interesting for this topic:
August 28th, 2012
Homework for the 31st of August:
Instructions: Read and Underline main ideas about the following topics, make a summary and bring it to school as well as the printed copies of the information you chose to elaborate your summary.
Research about:
What is a debate?
What are its characteristics?
Rules and Procedures
Argumentative Speech
Rebuttal Speech
These sites will help you find information about the topics.
http://pazmun2012.blogspot.mx/
http://www.un.org/gmun/
http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/rebuttalterm.htm
http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr4.htm
August 7th, 2012
Welcome!!!!!!
I want to welcome all of you back to school! I´m sure we´ll learn a lot as well as have fun.
Love Miss Espe
Video
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