Monday, December 3, 2012

ENVIRONMENT PROJECT

http://www.scribd.com/doc/115392269/Saving-the-Environment
Our natural environment is something that we must forever take care of, treasure and respect. Unfortunately, we only have one planet, one earth, one environment and if we ruin it, we risk destroying it forever and causing irreversible damage that will be devastating for us and our generation but even more so for the future generations that haven't had a chance to live, experience and enjoy what we have.
There are many things that each and everyone of us can to do help protect our environment and reduce the impact that our life styles and way of living has on the environment. If we each do our bit for the environment, no matter how small, we can create a positive reversal on negative impact. By becoming more environmentally aware and through reducing each of our own carbon footprints, we can minimise the detrimental effect we have on our world.
This project is a combined effort of macro skills (Speaking, Listening, Study Skills and Reading). Student were asked to gather some information first by research, reading and participation in class activities before making a firm selection on one topic. Students are also asked to design individual sections of a poster that can be quickly read - also usinf photographs, drawings and graphs to emphasise their message. Designing a poster was done with a partner.

Thursday, October 18, 2012


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 practise completing a time line, making notes of key points as events, turning points, achievements.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

LAW VOCABULARY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYcYHDHEF64

Legal System

The law affects almost everything you do and in each situations, the law is there to protect you. We will be learning about the legal system that consists of a number of institutions such as parliaments, courts and prisons. In this unit we will cover the court structure - hierarchy, juries, making laws, rights, responsibilities and protection undrer the law.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

OBESITY IN CHILDREN


We have started the topic Health and we will cover the health system in Australia. The focus will be on Obesity as a problem all around the world. You will be exposed to different text types such as graphic texts and research reports aimed for general audience.

Task: Read the fact sheet about Obesity in Children and answer the following questions in your blogs:

  • What is obesity?

  • What are the reasons for obesity in children?

  • Is obesity only a national problem?

  • What do statistics show?

  • What is making the obesity problem worse?

  • Does obesity have an impact on children's health?

  • If yes, explain how?

  • What are the other impacts caused by obesity in children?
     
  • What is the treatment?

Thursday, August 23, 2012

ENVIRONMENT

The following couple of weeks we will focus on the topic Environment and you will be exposed to reading and listening texts about Alternative Energy Resources (adgantages & disadvantages), Carbon Footprint - how to reduce it and Global Warming (causes and consequences). This will help you with your Environmental Project.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

EDUCATION

Welcome to EFS reading class where you can improve and advance your reading and writing skills. Hope you will enjoy blogging as well which can give you an opportunity to practise in your own time and at your own pace beyond the classroom. You will be able to access lots of resources provided for you by your teacher. You can also interact with your teacher and your classmates online and be able to view their work and give feedback. Enjoy it...
Education will be our first topic-different texts will be read and analysed in class


Media File
Each week you will need to collect news clippings about current issues and the most useful sources are The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and The Daily Telegraph. Current concerns are usually, immediately covered by the press and it will mean you become familiar with some of the local and macro environment.


Class Activity - Take some notes using key words after reading the article which was given to you by your classmate.


Homework = Summary - Write a brief summary of the main issues the article deals with based on your notes.

Personal reflection - Respond in a written format about attitudes, feelings, reflections on the content and implications of the article.

Topic Sentences

Study Skills

Reading Academically Quiz

Grammar Practice