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ACTIVITIES FOR THE DIFFERENT UNITS

Unit 7 – Learning for Life!
http://www.linguarama.com/ps/392-3.htm
http://www.linguarama.com/ps/295-3.htm
Here are two web pages that will help you practice being polite in English. 

http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm
This site takes a look at which jobs are suitable from the starting point of school interests. 

http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/16-15.shtml
Pair up  and  choose eight questions from the list. Then  roleplay a job interview with one of you being the interviewer and the other the interviewee. If you have time, switch roles and do another interview. 

http://www.careers.lon.ac.uk/advice/vintvw.htm
Why not practice what you’ve learnt on this virtual interview? Look at the questions and choose from a selection of answers. Will you get the job? Good luck! Pair up and role-play a job interview. 

Unit 8 – On the move
http://ln.infoplease.com/spot/quiz/transportation/1.html
Why not start off the whole unit by taking an online interactive quiz? The first lesson takes a look at transportation – here is a quiz that has some interesting, informative and, sometimes, quite absurd questions. Try out the quiz and then  write down which question you  found most interesting, which most informative and which most absurd.

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/
A portal to hundreds of pages connected to explorers.  The last task on page 75 asks the students to choose an explorer and to write a short paragraph about them so that the other students can guess who it is. Use this page to help locate information on almost every explorer to have set out on a voyage of discovery. Alternatively try one of the two sites listed below http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=home

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

Unit 9 – Healthy living
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/fitness/
After you have discussed the aspects of fitness mentioned in Lesson 1, click on this site to have a look at some key features of fitness and health. Use the picture icons as a basis and  write one or two tips for each area. This could be a good way of eliciting/teaching should and shouldn’t.

http://www.janatrains.com/fitquiz.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
An incredibly detailed site with lots of information about the human body. 

http://www.prongo.com/human/
Try out this ‘human body’ quiz. Incredibly challenging and interesting for all ages. Pair up and  discuss each question

Unit 10 – The story so far!
http://www.yahooligans.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Actors_and_Actresses/Actor_and_Actress
http://www.stararchive.com/
Use one of these two sites to find out all you could want to know about thousands of the world’s most famous people. Choose someone they admire and compile a profile for them. You could also turn the information into a quiz  writing the questions as well as actually doing the quiz!

http://www.colorquiz.com/
A fantastic online color test that is supposed to reveal your personality. 

http://www.davideck.com/
The interactive tests featured at this collection include IQ tests, personality tests, and quizzes to help determine career and love paths.

Unit 11 – Ways of life
Have you ever been to a carnival? Ttell the class about it. 

http://www.cyberspain.com/life/fallas.htm
Information in English on Las Fallas.  Then go to http://www.cyberspain.com/life/sanfer.htm and have a look at the information about the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, another very famous festival. Finally,  write some questions and design a quiz for the other students.

If you would like to extend the topic of festivals and celebrations try looking at this portal http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Holidays_and_Observances/ which links you to hundreds of sites devoted to festivals, celebrations and holidays from around the world.

Alternatively try entering "Traditions" in any search engine and see what comes up.

Unit 12 – What’s next?
http://www.glaramara.co.uk/activ.htm
http://www.holidaywizard.co.uk/companies/Cinnamon-Adventures/Active-Breaks-in-the-UK-and-France/0003.htm
Select your ideal "weekend adventure break" from the list of activities listed here. What would you choose? Why? What would you need to take? etc.

http://www.time.com/time/reports/v21/home.html
What will the world be like in the 21st century? That is the question we are asked in this unit.

Write down a prediction under 4 of the following headings: How we will live, Science, Technology, Health & the environment and America (you may wish to give them prompts by focusing on one or two interesting questions posted under each site). Pair up  compare predictions. Next,  read the brief articles that relate to their predictions (you don’t need to click on the in-depth articles, especially since they may be a little too challenging) and finally discuss  whether you agree with what you have read.