Persuasive phrasal verbs

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we are called either ´9B English SFP´or ´9C English SFP´

Spend some time revising the phrasal verbs list for a Vocab test next lesson (I will confirm date in class).

You should include some of these phrasal verbs in your Room 101 speech.

Improving Grammar... TENSE FOCUS

Please use the ´Grammar´link at the top of our blog to access the interactive grammar revision exercises. 

Your focus can be any of the PRESENT SIMPLE exercises /tests. You can move forward in difficulty at your own pace, but you need proof that you can complete the easier exercises. 

Therefore, please copy and paste completed answers into a Word document before continuing. Be sure to save this document in your English folder and to include the date. 

How to say I LIKE....

Here are some useful phrases that can help you express what you like.

•I (really) like listening to rock music.

•I (really) love listening to rock music.

•I'm (very) fond of rock music.

•I enjoy listening to rock music.

•I spend many hours listening to rock music.

•I´m into rock music.

•I´m passionate about rock music.

•I´m keen on rock music.

•Rock music is great/amazing/the best/awesome/so good/cool/really enjoyable/fun.

*Rock music is an example. If you do not like rock music, do not include!

•I'm really into...

•I love...

•I used to love... but nowadays...

•Usually I...

•I am used to ... (i.e. I have become accustomed to...)

•I would like to

•Although many people ..., I ...

•I have always...

•To be honest...

•This is ..., who is...

Testing vocabulary: the process...

Mr Sellick´s expectations for Vocabulary tests in 2014/2015

•StudyBlue // HeadMagnet // Quizlet

•Link on our blog therefore we have school + home access

•After consolidating knowledge, there will be a test

•Date will usually be given

For example...

•12 marks available

•11/12 marks = positive comment on Campus

•Less than 6 = negative comment on Campus

Persuasive Writing - a starting point...

Text on mobile phones

Mobile phones are a public hazard

Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I am pleased to be here in person, and not on the end of a digital phone link. I believe that mobile phones are a hazard to the public, and I have three very good reasons to support my view.

First, and most important, is the danger of mobile phones to road users. How many times have you seen a driver speeding along with only one eye on the road, one hand on the wheel and all his attention on the phone? Police forces across the country have recorded a 50% increase in accidents in which drivers were using mobile phones. All of us are at risk from these mobile madmen. We must act together to keep our roads safe and ban the use of mobile phones in cars. Just as important as “Don’t drink and drive” should be “Don’t talk and travel”.

The second danger associated with mobile phones is related to our health. A worrying number of medical reports have linked the use of mobile phones with tumours on the brain. Professor John Smith from Oxford University said “People who think this risk is unimportant should ask themselves why the phone companies now recommend that people use special protective cases for their phones, which are designed to block harmful radio waves. Why are these needed if mobile phones are safe?”. When cigarettes were first sold, no-one realised how harmful they would be, but look at the damage they have caused to the nation’s health. Until mobile phones are proved to be safe, they should carry the same health warnings as cigarettes.

The third reason for my opposition to mobile phones concerns crime. Our streets are already so dangerous that people are afraid to go out after dark. Mobile phones simply add to the problem. Carrying an expensive mobile phone makes you a walking target for the mugger who is looking for something valuable and easy to steal. It’s like leaving a key in the ignition of an unlocked Porsche. It is ironic that many parents have provided their children with mobile phones for safety, little realising that by doing so they have increased by 40% their children’s chances of being mugged. If you are one of these parents, I hope that you don’t find out the hard way what an expensive mistake you have made.

Mobile phones appear to be fashionable, high-tech and desirable, but when you next see an advertisement for Orange or Vodafone please think about what it doesn’t mention: the hazard of mobile phones on our roads, to our health and on our streets. Together we can oppose the spread of these digital disasters and promote the message that it can be dangerous to dial.

Persuasive techniques

1) List of 3

2) Rhetorical questions

3) Knocking down the other side of the argument

4) Alliteration

5)Anecdotes

6) Repetition

7) Emotive language

8) Facts and Statistics

9) Personal pronouns

Persuasive phrases

Expressing your opinion

•In my opinion/view

•I believe that

•It seems to me that

Knocking down the other side of the argument

However, it could be argued that …but I don´t agree because …

Some people believe that …However, I disagree…

Different phrases

1.      Yes ……    Yes …..  But have you…

2.      Ask yourself three important questions:

3.      Many people claim…     Yet (how many)

4.      Using though at the end of a sentence instead of but in the middle of a sentence.

“I like chips but I don’t like gravy.”

“I like chips. I don’t like gravy though.”

Connectives

TIME CONNECTIVES:

Shows the order of your points.

first, then, after, later, secondly, thirdly, finally

ADDING CONNECTIVE:

Adds a further point.

also, similarly, in addition, furthermore, moreover

OPPOSING CONNECTIVES:

Introduces an opposite argument.

however, although, in contrast, alternatively, whereas

RESULT CONNECTIVES:

Introduces a result or solution.

therefore, consequently, as a result

How to write a persuasive essay

•Intro      

Refer to the question and explain your opinion clearly

Use a list of three and rhetorical question

•Main body 

Think of 3 different arguments (3 different paragraphs) 

to persuade the reader to agree with your point of vie

Use connectives to link your ideas and paragraphs

•Conclusion

Summarise your ideas and opinion

SYMBALOO - Let´s get organised!

Symbaloo

Go to:

http://www.symbaloo.com/

Create an account

1. In the top hand corner put it in English (UK)
2. Click on Create Free Account
3. Enter your details and click Create Account

Create a tile for your symbaloo

1. Click on the + symbol above the boxes in the centre of the screen
2. Click on an empty tile
3. Click on Create a tile
4. Enter http://www.wordreference.com/ in the box called  Add the address of the website
5. Click on Save

Create more tiles for your symbaloo. Use all the following websites to start off with.

• http://www.studyblue.com/
• http://headmagnet.com/
• http://www.socrative.com/
• http://quizlet.com/
• http://www.classtools.net/
• http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
• http://edu.glogster.com/
• http://popplet.com/
• http://animoto.com/
• http://goanimate.com/
• http://year9englishcrew.blogspot.com.es/
• http://www.youtube.com/
• http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php
• http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com
•  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/
•  http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml
•  http://lingro.com/
• http://www.linguee.com/
• http://www.ted.com/

Using our computers in 2014/2015

Important first tasks:

1) Open a new gmail account which we will use in class. Make sure your name and password are easy for you to remember. If you are finding it hard to find a good name, add 'sfp' to the end of your name. (e.g. joesmithsfp@gmail.com)

2) Send an email to sellicksfp@gmail.com with your name as the title. This is to help me make a class email list for English.

3) Download google drive to your computer (using your new gmail account)

4) Join Studyblue and find and join our group 9B or 9C - Use this link 
http://www.studyblue.com´

 - you will need to search for our school - San Francisco de Paula

                                                         our class - 9B or 9C

                                                         my name - Mr Sellick

5) Join Headmagent - http://headmagnet.com

6) Join Quizlet - http://quizlet.com

Welcome to Year 9...

Hello everyone and welcome to our class blog for 2014/2015. 

Everything that we need this year will be accessible via this page. 

I am looking forward to a great year - let´s go!

Mr Sellick