ENGLISH CORNER number 1

ENGLISH CORNER number 1 

   V prvním čísle anglického elektronického časopisu chceme našimi úvahami přispět ke změněně chování části žáků pečecké školy.                 

    V rámci zlepšení čtenářských dovedností pracujeme  v anglických konverzacích s autentickými příběhy z internetu. Snažíme se o rozšítření slovní zásoby a procvičení psaní s mluvením. To jsou produktivní dovednosti, se kterými má současná generace mladistvých největší potíže.Ve videu - Anglický jazyk 2014/2015 najdete krátkou nahrávku k příběhu The girl who sold cookies.                                         

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A. Writing essays

Handprints on the walls

     Students wipe their wet hands on the walls in the restrooms because the hand driers don´t usually work so they have nothing to wipe with. What can we do about it?

The problem is that the walls in the restrooms are dirty and there are handprints on them. The walls are dirtier and dirtier and soon, the school will have to paint them again. It will cost money which could be used to buy new textbooks, computers or other equipment for school.

     The school can put paper towels to the restrooms. This way students will wipe their hands on the towels and not on the walls. The paper towels would cost some money but I suppose that they are much cheaper than painting the whole walls. Or we can ask the students to bring their own tissues to school but I am not sure if they will listen to us.

     To conclude, the handprints on the walls is a problem which can be solved but we have to pay attention to it.

                                                                                              Nela Sedláčková

Rubbish in our school

   Our school has a problem with rubbish. Pupils throw wrappers everywhere. Bubble gums are attached under the desks, on the ground and under the shelves. Many chairs are damaged and toilets are dirty.

   The problem with rubbish is that it is disgusting. When you touch place under the desk or chair, you feel sticky bubble gums. Sometimes when you are sitting, some sticky thing can attached your jeans. You worry every moment you have to touch desks or chairs. Another problem with dirt is that many pupils stopped going to the toilets because of dirty toilets. Also litter in classes is not pleasant.

   There are some solutions to these problems. We can ask the head of the school to put more bins in and around school. There could be clean-up days or some students volunteer could pick up litter every day. We can tell pupils to throw bubble gums in bins and explain why it  is important to keep toilets clean. In these ways, we can reduce the amount of rubbish in our school.

   To conclude, all pupils can help reduce the amount of rubbish in and around our school and keep school cleaner.

                                                                                L.Kozáková

Mess around our school

     If you go around our school, you will see a mess. It is unpleasant, so what can we do about it?

     I went around our school and I saw four plastic bottles, sweet wrappers and handkerchiefs around a basket and finally, a fallen roof tile. The problem with plastic bottles is that if we don´t recycle  them, they won´t disintegrate. Also, it is very unpleasant for people. Secondly, the problem with sweet wrappers and handkerchiefs is that a wind can blow it away and the mess will be everywhere. Also, used handkerchiefs can carry bacterias. Finally, a fallen roof tile is very dangerous because of injury. If someone stands under the school roof, the tile will fall on him.

     There are some solutions to these problems. We can try to find people who make this mess. Then, they should tidy it. Also, we can try to prepare clean-up days around our school. For third problem, we should call a roofer who will check the school roof and then say if it needs to change or not.

     To conclude, we can do a lot if we have eyes wide open. These problems can just disappear.

                                                                                            E.  Nimburská                                        

B. Working with stories from the Internet

  We were given the story to read in pairs. Re - telling and re-writing it was the task. We did both.   

The girl who sold cookies

     The story was about a girl Yangba who was seven or eight years old and she sold cookies. She a father and a stepmother. A yellow bird kaya was her friend.

     She was always watching people in the city. One day arrived a huge car with a beautiful lady who came to vaccinate some students. When she was leaving, she destroyed Yangba’s fried dumplings.

     Yangba had no money, so she was afraid of coming home. She hid in the mango tree. Then she saw some thieves who stole eight small diamonds and they lost them. She took diamonds and one of them sold. She bought a pair of new shoes. She always wanted to go to school and her dream came true. She was very happy in the end.

     Written by L. Kozáková

The girl who sold cookies

     There was a little girl called Yangba. She was selling cookies in front of the school every day and dreamt about being a student. One day, people in white coats arrived at her village. There was a beautiful lady with them.

     As they were leaving, a lady crushed the bowl with girl´s fried dumplings. Yangba started to cry and the lady shouted at her. She didn´t want to go home with empty hands so she spent a night in a tree.

     The thieves appeared under the tree but she frightened them and they ran away. They left some diamonds under the tree. Yangba sold a diamond and bought new shoes. Her stepmother was angry at her but she ran away with her shoes. Nobody is certain where she went.

     Written by N.Sedláčková

The Royal Bee

   The story was based on the true story. It was about a poor boy Song-ho who lived with his mother. His mother worked as a farmhand harvesting when was a period of harvest.

   Song-ho wanted to go to school because he wanted to have a better life with his mother. A teacher refused him. Song-ho decided to listen to his teaching behind a door. One day, the teacher invited him to a classroom. His class tested Song-ho's knowledge. He answer without a mistake. Song-ho was accepted into the class.

   One day, Song-ho was chosen to The Royal Bee. When a competition ended, there were two pupils. One of them was Song-ho. Judges asked them what the victory of The Royal Bee would mean to them. Song-ho composed a poem about his life and he won.

   His life became better and he helped his mother as well.

Written by E. Nimburská and S. Pospíšilová

B. Reading at home - O.Wilde

The birhday of the Infanta

   This tale written by O. Wilde was about princess Infanta and a little dwarf.  Infanta was twelve years old and she was just celebrated her birthday.

   Her father was very sad, because his wife and Infanta´s mother died soon after her child was born. The father went to the grave of his wife every year. Just on the Infanta´s birthday.

    She was very interested why her father went away  at this day so important for her. A lot of musicians and people came to celebrate her birthday. There was a little dwarf, too, and he was very ugly. Infanta was laughting at him, because he was dancing and it was very funny.

   Infanta wanted to see him dancing again. The little dwarf loved her and when he found that infanta didn´t love him, his heart broke and he died.

   The end was so sad…

                                                                                                                     K. Žůrková