Monday, May 6, 2024

Poetry


Writing a poem. Look at the questions and take notes. 

1) Things that make you happy, lifted, positively emotional / things that make you sad, angry, upset; things you wish to change or on the contrary - maintain; things that you find beautiful; things that make you anxious or worried


2) Dream. Where would you like to be right now? What to do? Who with?

3) Do you have very special memories from the past you could write a poem about?

4) Look at your key words and decide what the topic is going to be. 

5) What is the place? 

6) What's the time? Determine whether your poem is written in the past, present, future or it has mixed tenses. 

7) Write 5 important nouns needed for your poem. Find rhyming words for them. Rhyming words do not have to be nouns, they can be any.  

8) Write 5 important adjectives ....  Find rhyming words. 

9) Your poem should have at least 8 lines and 4 rhyming lines. You can make 1 and 3rd rhyme, 1st and 2nd or 1 and 4th. 

10) While you write, read your lines with a voice to find the best rhythm. 


Good luck! 


1) Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven"

2) William Shakespeare "Seven Ages of Man"

3) Emily Dickinson "Hope is the Thing with Feathers"

4) Robert Frost "The Road not Taken"

5)  E.E Cummings "I carry your heart with me"

Words: HERE

6) Walt Whitman "I hear America singing

words: HERE

7)  Walter D. Wintle "Thinking"

words: HERE

8) Rudyard Kipling "IF"

words: HERE

9)Maya Angelou  "I know why the caged bird sings"

10) Mary Oliver "Wild Geese"


Writing a poem

1) Things that make you happy, lifted, positively emotional / things that make you sad, angry, upset; things you wish to change or on the contrary - maintain; things that you find beautiful; 

2) What is the general topic or issue?

3) What is the place? 

4) What's the time? Determine whether your poem is written in the past, present, future or it has mixed tenses. 

5) Write 5 important nouns needed for your poem. Find at least one rhyming word for each. 

6) Write 5 important verbs.... Find rhyming words. 

7) Write 5 important adjectives ....  Find rhyming words. 

8) Description (Choose => describe the feeling, place, nature, weather etc.)

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Make, take or do?

 Translate


1) Kas ma saan vastuvõtuaega broneerida?
2) Ma sooviksid kaebust esitada.
3) Me saame öömaja pakkuda kümnele külalisele.
4) Sa võtad mu sõprust iseenesestmõistetavana.
5) Vaata! Lennuk on õhku tõusmas.
6) Otsustame ära!
7) Vähese rahaga on raske hakkama saada.
8) Mulle meeldib loodusest pilte teha.
9) Ma pidin eile valuvaigisteid võtma.
10) Pinguta rohkem!
11) Meeldiv teiega äri/koostööd teha.
12) Ma olin jahmunud.
13) Ta tegi väga hea pakkumise.
14)Äri hakkas kiiresti õitsema.
15) Sa tõesti muutsid mu päeva heaks!
16) Lepime kokku, et kohtume kell 12.
17) Sa pidasid huvitava kõne.
18)  Pärast mitut tundi töötamist hakkasime edusamme tegema.
19) Kas sa jood kohvi suhkruga?
20) Sa teed toidust liiga suure probleemi.
21) Ma ei saa erandit teha.
22) Mulle üsna meeldib majapidamistöid teha.
23) Kas sa saad mulle ühe teene osutada?
24) Kuus miinus 4 on 2.
25) Ma lihtsalt täidan oma kohust.
26) Ära ela end minu peal välja.
27) Ma pean juuksed korda tegema / soengusse seadma.
28) Me saime halvasti testiga hakkama.
29) Kas see auto sõidab 150 km / h.
30) See voodi võtab liiga palju ruumi toas.

Monday, August 21, 2023

The Royal Family

 Task 1: Who are they? Who are they to William?



















Task 2. Recall the sentence from your book. Use the following phrases in your sentences


1) grandson

2) the eldest son

3) wife

4) a large apartment

5) in the east of England

6) royal duties

7) foreign queens

8) famous

9) local supermarket

10) expensive designer clothes

11) quiet home

12) walk sb's dog

13) proud of sb


3) Translate and write

1) lapselaps (poiss)

2) vanim poeg

3) abikaasa (naine)

4) suur korter

5) Inglismaa idaosas

6) kuninglikud ülesanded, kohustused

7) välismaa kuningannad

8) kuulus

9) kohalik suur pood

10) kallid disaineri riided

11) vaikne kodu

12) koeraga jalutama

13) uhke (kellegi / millegi üle)


Extra photos

Do you recognize?









Friday, May 19, 2023

Formal letter

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When: 28-30 June 2023

Where: 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050

Who: Mr James W. Dyson

Extra info

Cost: $250

Accommodation: hostel (2 bunk beds)

Food: 3 meals a day provided by the organizers (total cost $110)


Paragaph 1: why you are writing

Paragraph 2: what is your interest in entrepreneurship

Paragraph 3: your business idea

Paragraph 4: ask at least 3 queries. Each query should have some background, so the reader understands why you are asking.

Pargraph 5: thank the reader for their help

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

7a phrases

 1) experts estimate

2) permanent home

3) invent agriculture

4) to double

5) multiply seven times

6) to discover a completely different culture

7) to decrease

8) at present

9) to halve

10) cultural differences

11) fascinating diversity