Monday, March 28, 2011

This land was made for you and me ♫ ♪

Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with the missing words.


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Word bank (words can be used more than once): followed, sun, land, voice, forest, made, island, fog, me, you, saw, sands, came, waters, clouds, living


This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie


This land is your __________ This __________ is my land From California to the New York __________; From the red wood __________ to the Gulf Stream __________ This land was made for you and __________. I've roamed and rambled and I've __________ my footsteps To the sparkling __________ of her diamond deserts; And all around me a __________ was sounding: This land was made for __________ and me. (Chorus - repeat first line) When the __________ came shining, and I was strolling, And the wheat fields waving and the dust __________ rolling, As the __________ was lifting a voice __________ chanting: This land was __________ for you and me. (Chorus - repeat first line) This __________ was made for you and me.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

What should I do?



Asking for and giving advice.

Here are some examples of problems that some people experience. Read them and follow these instructions:

1. Choose one of the following advice letters.

  • Write a response to the advice letter you have chosen. Use at least 5 modals.

OR

2. Choose one partner.

  • Write a letter asking for advice. You may write about any problem whether it is real or not.
  • Exchange letters with your partner.
  • Answer your partner's advice letter. Use at least 5 modals.

All advice letters and answers should be at least one paragraph long (3 or more sentences)

Advice letter A:
How can I make them like me more?
My group of friends are awesome and really cool but I really don't think they like me. I try to be more fun but being depressed most days of the week doesn't help. How can I be more lively and confident around my friends so they'll hopefully like me more?
Erica, 14

Advice letter B:
How do I stop her shoplifting?
I think my friend shoplifts. She admitted to me she has before. I told her the dangers and she said she won't do it anymore, but I think she just said that to stop me going on at her about it. How do I find out if she is still doing it and how do I stop her?
Henry, 16

Advice letter C:
I'm moving away.
I'm going on exchange to France for a year, so I'll be there without family or friends. I'm not sure how to make friends when I get there. My host family seems nice, but I'm not sure how I can make friends at a new school in a different language when I don't even have a host sister my age.
Alice, 15