Final Project:Charles Dickens

Final Task


write an e-mail and tell me all the information that you have learnt about these sessions.

If you prefer,you can record an interview with your friend and tell you.

Thanks for all students

Final Project:Charles Dickens

Fourth group

This is an entertaining and funny activity.

Watch the videos,improve your pronunciation and tell your partners your impressions about them.

Write a list of the characters,invent one special end for the films and tell us.Do you imagine a happy end for these stories?

You have here a useful list of videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FUowQF6eMc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAxr4D1zpsw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZLNvRF3KQs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unKuZ2wlNdw (it's a fantastic cartoon about the life of Charles Dickens:BBC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf3r5UwY_60

Final Project:Charles Dickens

Third Group:

word with ICT resources and learn grammar and vocabulary.

Complete the following exercises and evaluate yourself.

It is one of the most important part of the project because you need a lot of grammar tenses related with past tenses in order to complete your final e-mail or interview.


past,past perfect and present perfect

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs12.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs17.htm

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/ipfacadiz/INGLES/ttvv2/2BTV7.htm

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/ipfacadiz/INGLES/ttvv2/2BTV8.htm

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/ipfacadiz/INGLES/ttvv2/2BTV5.htm

Final Project:Charles Dickens

Second group:

You will work: His Time and Works.

• Characteristics of his novels.
• Name his novels in chronological order.
• Main characteristics  of  the Victorian Age.

When you collect all the information and pictures, both of you must put in common all the details to start the writing   and  the design of the e-mail or the interview.

 As English is the language you will use, pay attention to grammar and spelling, remember that your e-mail or interview is possible to be seen by a lot of students.

Here you have one link very useful for you

http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/historia/contextos/2641.htm

Final Project:Charles Dickens

First group:

Pay attention to the following instructions and read the information carefully.Remember look for the information but later you must write the informatin with your own word.


Here you have the steps  you must follow as a kind of guide to help you in the elaboration of the  web.

You will work: Life and Film adaptations.

• Date and place of birth.
• Date and place of death.
• His vocation
• Details about his childhood.
• The title of his first novel.
• His two autobiographic novels.
• Ways of publication.
• His pseudonym.
• His health and details of his death.
• Place of burial.
• Apart from writing books, he also was a very active person. What other things did he do?
• Films and plays adaptations of  his novels.

You should visit the following links in order to complete the information.(make a double clik in each line and you will go to the right page )

LIFE, WORKS AND FILM ADAPTATIONS

Biography from Artehistoria-(remember double click in each line)

Biografías y Vidas

Chronological biography of Charles Dickens

Biography from EPdLP

Zaragoza University Web Page about Dickens's Life and Works

Biography from Portalmundos

Biography from Mipunto

Web about Dickens's novels taken to cinema and theatre

a list of modal verbs:grammar

LOS MODALES

CAN -

PUEDO, PUEDES, PUEDE…, SE, SABES…,

We can ski.

Sabemos esquiar.

Can I have some more coffee, please?

¿Me puedes poner más café, por favor?

Can I open the window?

¿Puedo abrir la ventana?

It can´t be raining. The ground is not wet.

está mojado.

No puede estar lloviendo. El suelo no

COULD –

PUDE, PODRÍA, PODÍA, PUDIERA, PUDIESE, SABÍA…

I could play football when I was young.

Podía jugar al fútbol cuando era joven.

I would do it if I could.

Lo haría si pudiera.

My father could drive at the age of twelve.

Mi padre sabía conducir a los doce años.

Could you tell me the time, please?

 

TO BE ABLE TO –

PODER

She hasn´t been able to do it.

 

MUST –

DEBO, DEBES, DEBE….

You must go to school.

Debes ir a clase.

You mustn´t smoke in hospitals.

No se debe fumar en los hospitals.

They must be happy. They´ve won the lottery.

tocado la lotería.

Deben de estar contentos. Les ha

TO HAVE TO – TO HAVE GOT TO –

TENER QUE

In Spain, you have to be 18 to drive a car.

conducir un coche.

En España se han de tener 18 años para

I had to go to the doctor yesterday because I didn´t feel well.

medico porque no me encontraba bien.

Ayer tuve que ir al

You don´t have to buy anything. There´s plenty of food in the fridge.

que comprar nada. Hay mucha comida en la nevera.

No tienes

MAY –

PUEDE QUE, ES POSIBLE QUE…, PUEDO (PERMISO)

We may visit our grandparents on Saturday.

abuelos el sabado.

Puede que visitemos a nuestros

May I stay a bit longer?

¿Puedo quedarme un poco más?

She may still be asleep because the room is dark.

durmiendo porque la habitación está oscura.

Puede que esté todavía

MIGHT –

PODRÍA, PUDIERA SER QUE, PUEDE QUE, (PASADO DE “MAY”)

They might invite us to the party.

 

SHOULD –

DEBERÍA, DEBERÍAS…

You should do more physical exercise.

 

OUGHT TO –

DEBERÍA, DEBERÍAS

You ought to do more physical exercise.

 

WILL –

(pedir algo educadamente) (como “could” )

Will you pass me the salt, please?

 

WOULD –

(hacer un ofrecimiento) ( expresar hábitos o rutinas en el pasado)

Would you like some tea?

¿Quieres té?

When we were children we would go fishing every Saturday morning.

éramos niños solíamos ir a pescar todos los sábados por la mañana.

Cuando

SHALL -

(hacer un ofrecimiento) ( pedir sugerencias)

Shall I open the window for you?

¿Te abro la ventana?

What shall we do tonight?

 

USED TO –

(expresar hábitos o rutinas en el pasado, como “would”)

I used to take my nephews to the zoo when they came to town.

sobrinos al zoo cuando venían a la ciudad.

Solía llevar a mis

BE USED TO + ING/SUSTANTIVO –

ESTAR ACOSTUMBRADO A

I´m used to going to bed late.

Estoy acostumbrado a acostarme tarde.

GET USED TO + ING/SUSTANTIVO –

ACOSTUMBRARSE A

I can´t get used to the rain.

 

HAD BETTER –

( dar consejo o sugerencia)

It´s getting dark. We´d better go home now.

mejor que nos vayamos a casa ya.

Se está hacienda de noche. Será

You´d better not tell him the news.

 

WOULD RATHER -

PREFERIR ALGO

I´d rather stay at home.

Prefiero quedarme en casa.

I´d rather read than watch TV.

Prefiero leer que ver la televisión.

I´d rather she studied harder.

 

MODALES + HAVE + PARTICIPIO DE PASADO

HE CAN HAVE STUDIED; HE CAN HAVE DRUNK

Puede haber estudiado. Puede haber bebido

HE COULD HAVE STUDIED; HE COULD HAVE DRUNK.

 

HE MUST HAVE STUDIED; HE MUST HAVE DRUNK.

Debe haber estudiado. Debe haber bebido.

HE MAY HAVE STUDIED; HE MAY HAVE DRUNK.

Puede (es posible) que haya estudiado. Puede(es posible) que haya bebido.

HE MIGHT HAVE STUDIED; HE MIGHT HAVE DRUNK.

Podría haber estudiado. Podría haber bebido.

HE SHOULD HAVE STUDIED; HE SHOULD HAVE DRUNK.

Debería haber estudiado. Debería haber bebido.

HE OUGHT TO HAVE STUDIED; HE OUGHT TO HAVE DRUNK.

Debería haber estudiado. Debería haber bebido.

Pudo, podría, podia haber estudiado. Pudo, podría, podía haber bebido.

Preferiría que estudiara más.

Sería mejor que no le dieras la noticia.

No me puedo acostumbrar a la lluvia.

¿Que hacemos esta noche?

¿Me podrías pasar la sal, por favor?

Deberías hacer más ejercicio físico.

Deberías hacer más ejercicio físico.

Puede que nos inviten a la fiesta.

Ella no ha podido hacerlo.

¿Me podría decir la hora, por favour?

modal verbs:necessity,obligation and prohibition

Dear Dave,

Don't worry.You don't have to pay for everything.Most girls are happy to pay for their half!.Here are a few more or my dating tips:

.you must arrive on time.You won't make a good first impression if you're late!

.you needn't wear designer labels for your date,but you have to make an effort!.Dress in smart clothes,not scruffy ones!

.you mustn't talk about yourself too much.Ask lots of questions!

.you need to pay your date lots of compliments.Remember,she's probably feeling nervous too!

Good luck,

Dora

Complete the rules.Use the bold verbs in the previous exercise.

NECESSITY,OBLIGATION AND PROHIBITION

We use:

.___________________to talk about necessity

._______________and_________________to talk about obligation

._________________and__________________to talk about no obligation

.___________________to talk about prohibition