Reporting Verbs In the

In the page about reported speech, we talked about how to change direct speech ("I love coffee") into reported speech (Seonaid said that she loved coffee), using the verbs 'say', 'tell' and 'ask'. However, we can also use many other verbs to report what someone said, like 'promise', 'warn', 'advise' and 'recommend'. Some of these verbs look a bit more complicated to use than 'say' and 'tell', but it's just a question of getting to know the verb patterns (or verb structures). 

Newspaper Articles

 Media File

Current concerns are usually, immediately covered by the press and it will mean you become familiar with some of the local and macro environment. 

The Conversation, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian are the popular Australian newspapers where you can find stories and reports about these issues.
Enjoy your reading! 

WEEK  15 TASK: 

• Choose a newspaper article/report from the newspapers online and complete the activity 
• Embed the newspaper article link in your blog (optional)
• Complete the Newspaper Article Activity (a handout will be given to you)

Smartphones Ban

• Listen to the news article
• Complete the activities

WEEK 14 - Pre-assessment preparation

 

IELTS GRAPHIC TEXT

• Watch the PPP
• Language of graphic text
• Grammar of graphic text

DRIVING GREEN LH

• Listen to the audio
• Complete the activities (word doc)

WEEK 13 - INFORMATION TEXTS

 Hi-tech car key gives parents peace of mind

• Watch the video
• Make some notes
• Complete the tasks given by your teacher

Speed Limiters EU - Listening

• Listen to the text
• Complete the activities
• Discussion

Speed Limiters EU - Reading

• Read the text
• Complete the activities
• Discussion

Texting while Walking BNE

• Read the text
• Complete the activities
• Discuss

WEEK 11 - 12 TEXT TYPE - INFORMATION TEXTS

 An information text is a piece of non-fiction writing which gives information about a particular thing (for example: Cleopatra, Ancient Egypt, recycling or volcanoes). Information texts are sometimes called non-chronological reports, because they are giving information about something without mentioning the order in which it happened.

TASK 1 - Watch the videos

• Information texts
• What is a report?

TASK 2 - Report - BBC - Complete the tasks

• Preparation
• True / False questions
• matching - useful language

TASK 3 - Report - School Trip - Complete the tasks

• Preparation
• Gap fill
• Multiple Choice

TASK 4 - Reading a Graph

Complete the Quiz

TASK 5 - Graphs and Prepositions

Complete the Quiz

TASK 6 - Connecting sentences

Watch the video

Connecting compound sentences

Creating complex sentences

TASK 7 - Describing a Bar Chart

Complete the following activities

- Preparation

- Reading comprehension

- Matching pictures to charts

- Matching - useful language

 - Gap fill - prepositions

TASK 8 - Writing about a Bar Chart

Complete the following activities

- Preparation

- Reading comprehension

- Matching pictures to charts

- Matching - useful language

 - Gap fill - prepositions

WEEK 8 and 9

 TEXT TYPE - ENCYCLOPAEDIAS (online)

Encyclopaedias, both online and in hard copy, are information texts. You can refer to an encyclopaedia for general background material on a topic.

The information in the printed encyclopaedia is reliable and based on proven information available at the time of publication. The entries are written by experts in their fields.

Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries that are often arranged alphabetically by article name and sometimes by thematic categories. Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries.

TASK A: ENCYCLOPAEDIA ENTRY

• Encyclopaedia Quiz - complete

• HIV Breakthrough - Cloze Passage (complete)

TASK B: Medline Plus Encyclopaedia

• Choose an entry
• Note taking
• Write a brief summary 

TASK C: Better Health Channel Project

• Choose an entry
• Note taking
• Write a brief summary 

TASK D: Encyclopaedia Entry - TAJ MAHAL

Complete the following activities

• Preparation 
• Reading text
• Task 1
• Task 2

TEXT TYPE - BIOGRAPHY

WEEK 3 AUDIO BIOGRAPHIES

TASK 1 - Charles Dickens Biography

Listen to Charles Dickens Biography

Complete the activities provided

TASK 2 - Ada Lovelace Biography 

Listen to the audio biography

Complete the activities provided

Sometimes, a biography describes a person's life from birth to death. At other times, the writer concentrates on a particular period in a person's life. We will be reading biographies of famous Australians and other people. We will be practising completing a time line, making notes of key points as events, turning points and achievements.

Assessment Task - Reading a Biography of a Famous Person

TASK 1 HOMEWORK WEEK 2 - Biography Time line

• Read the Fred Hollows Biography and complete the timeline  from the biographical text. Do not forget to put the years in chronological order on the left and events on the right (not complete sentences)
• Read a Biography of a famous Australian from a website and complete the timeline as above

TASK 2: 
Turning points and Achievements (BIO)

• Read Nelson Mandela's Biography and identify the turning points and achievements. List them in two groups and check with your classmate. When you finish we will have an open class discussion.
• Read a biography of your choice and identify the turning points and achievements as above.

TASK 3: Killian Jornet Biography

• Complete the preparation task
• Read the text
• Complete the two activities

TASK 4 - Stephen Hawking BIO

• Read the biography
• Put the correct verbs
• Match the vocabulary
• Answer T / F questions

TASK 5 - Biography of Hedi Lamarr

• Read the BIO
• Order the events
• Answer T /  F questions