II CAMP MOMENTS

Here, some of the great moments our students enjoyed at the Second Pedagogical Campsite held  at the school last November the first. If you want to see all details of this event, please visit the photo gallery on  the website www.colsam.edu.co . 

USING DICTIONARIES (STEP 7)

LEARN HOW TO USE AN ONLINE DICTIONARY

Online dictionaries are easy to use. First, choose an online dictionary resource you like the most. Many of them are free and, others require subscription. The only thing you have to do is to type the word you are looking for. The web engine of that page will return the word with the definition. In that definition you can find many elements we talked in the previous steps. Keep in mind that free services can not be as comprehensive as subcription service is.

• Use the audio-content provided with online dictionaries. This will help you to pronunciate the word correctly.
• When using "Google" to find online definitions, type "define:(the word or words)". The search engine will only look for definitons.

HAVE A NICE HALLOWEEN!

Halloween is a holiday celebrated in many parts of the world on October 31st evening. The word is sometimes meant for "hallows evening".

People usually celebrate this holiday by doing traditional activities like "trick or treating", costume parties or visiting "haunted places". Irish and Scottish people brought some traditions to the USA in the nineteenth century and then, in the twentieth century; other countries embraced the holiday.

Watch the following video and try to understand some important facts about this holiday that maybe you didn't know.

SECOND CAMPSITE: MITOS Y LEYENDAS

This is a special  to those who have been invited to our II Pedagogical Campsite, this time titled "Mitos y Leyendas" in order to reinforce the oral tradition of our country. Please, get ready to enjoy this wonderful experience where the most important element is you. 

SOME SUGGESTIONS:

- Be on time.
- Take all the necessary elements.
- Wear the uniform.
- Always show a good behavior.
- HAVE FUN!!!

WHERE WERE YOU...? (REINFORCEMENT 8°)

ORAL PAIR WORK

In pairs, make a conversation by asking and answering about where you were and who you were with at these times:

a. yesterday morning /afternoon

b. last Sunday

c. on January 1st

d. your last vacations

e. last night

Example:

A:-  Where were you yesterday afternoon?

B:-  I was at school with my friend.

A:- Where were you your last vacations?

B:- I was at my grandparents' house.

A:- Were you with your friends, too?

B:- No, I wasn't. I was with my family.

REMEMBER: Use at least three expressions above (from a to e) in your conversation.

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES (7°)

Look at the picture and the chart below and write at least 4 sentences using comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives on lesson 5A.

	SILVER	WHITE	BLUE	RED
YEAR	2014	2013	2012	2011
TOP SPEED	150 KM/H	120 KM/H	180 KM/H	140 KM/H
PRICE	$ 56 MILLIONS	$ 43 MILLIONS	$ 38 MILLIONS	$ 35 MILLIONS
CAPACITY	8 PEOPLE	5 PEOPLE	6 PEOPLE	5 PEOPLE
EASY TO USE	5/5	4/5	3/5	4/5

MAKE COMPARISONS

Example:

- The white car is easier to use than the blue car.

USING DICTIONARIES (STEP 6)

USE YOUR DICTIONARY FOR OTHER PURPOSES THAN LOOKING UP A WORD

Many dictionaries come with an array of other useful information. 

Some of the information that you might find in your dictionary includes:

• o    Standard letters for jobs, RSVPs, filing complaints, official writing, etc.
• o    Maps and geographical information.
• o    Statistics on population.
• o    Weights, volume and measurements.
• o    Lists of countries, cities, capitals, etc.
• o    Flags of countries, states, provinces, regions, etc.
• o    Lists of famous or historical people.
• o    Lists of facts.