FRANCO'S PROFILE

My profile

About me:

My name is Franco Fontana and I’m 13 years old. I live in Buenos Aires,

My family:

My mum’s called Gabriela, she studies in Bellas Artes. My dad’s called Javier and he’s an architect. I’ve got one sister called Azul, she’s 11 and I have a dog called Wallas.

My interests:

I sing and I play the drums at school. I like the bands ‘’No te va a gustar’’, ’’La vela puerca’’ and ‘’Los guasones”. And I like playing football with my friends.

MATIAS'S PROFILE

About me

My name is Matias and I am 14 years old. I live in Buenos Aires,  Argentina. 

My family

My mum`s called Ileana.  She`s  a teacher. My dad`s name is Cristian and he works in Human Resources. I have one sister, her name is Julieta.  She is 17 years old and she is studying Psichology at university. I have a cat too,its name is Lola and it is black and white.

My interests

I play football at school and in a club with my friends. I also like playing computer games, and chatting with my friends. I also like playing paddle with my father at the weekend.

My best friends:

My band:

This is me!                        And my cat!

MICA'S PROFILE

Welcome to Mica’s profile

About me

I’m 14 years old and I live in Bernal with my family. I am short,  I have brown eyes and brown hair.  My favorite color is turquoise.

My family

My family is made up of my dad, my mom, my sister and my 2 pets called Candy and Mia. My parents’ names are Rosana and Daniel and my sister’s name is Marianela.

My interests

My interests are singing, dancing and learning how to perform circus skills, such as a trapeze artist does.

My best friends

I have 2 best friends, but I prefer to call them sisters. We are a group of close friends

This  is my sister Dolores. I met her like… 6 years ago

And my other sister Helen. I met her like 9 years ago

I have a group called “corchis”, the group is made up of my best friends. They are 9 girls and I met them  6 years ago. Our names are: Cande, Soli, Sol, Meli, Luly, Abru, Mari, Vic and me.

Advertisements...

Is it easy to make an impact on people's mind and lead them to do something to protect the place where they live?

Have a look at these advertisements...

A. Choose the one which in your opinion will impact more people and persuade them to look after the enviroment. Account for your choice.

B. Choose the one which in your opinion won't make an impact. Account for your choice.

C. Imagine you make your own ad... how would it be? Which pictures would you include? What would it say?

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ENVIROMENTAL ISSUES

According to what we worked in class, write an article about an enviromental concern that affects our country (give examples of where and how Argentina is affected). Include relevant vocabulary and use 3rd conditional. Write 120 - 180 words. 

Send your answers by EMAIL to mromero.nes@gmail.com

POLLUTION, POLLUTION...

Listen to two different songs about pollution and do the activities below:

A) Song #1:

Answer:  What will happen if...

1. ...you turn on your tap?
2. ... go out for a breath?
3. ... the hoods don't get you?

B) Song #2:

Choose the correct answer

The song: 

1)
a) Criticizes the authorities
b) Denies pollution problems.
c) Complains about the current condition of the enviroment. 

2) The author implies:
a) The world was better in the past than in ithe present.
b) The world is better in the present than in the future.
c) The world is better in the present than in the past

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C) How did you feel when you heard each song?

D) Which one, to your mind, is better to motivate people to do something about pollution? Why? 

Post your answers on a comment below

Falklands...

You will watch a video from the BBC recorded in 2012 – the video is about a very controvertial topic: the Falkland Islands. Watch the video and answer the questions.

1.       How long did the war last?

2.       How many people died in the war?

3.       What’s the population of the islands?

4.       What did Cristina Fernandez criticize?

5.       What did Britain deny?

6.       Why was the advert considered to be provocative?

7.       What were the islanders asked?

About you:

A. Do you know what the islanders voted? (If not, find out!)

B. Express your personal view on this subject. (50 - 80 words)

Send your answers by email to mromero.nes@gmail.com