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Language Portfolio (year 10) – Reading

ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE CARVALHOS

Language Portfolio My Dossier

Reading - 1

This is Me!

Kati is studying English at a language school in London. Her English teacher has asked the class to build a portfolio, so they all had to make a personal page to tell the teacher about themselves. Kati made a photo collage and wrote a short text. This is the text Kati wrote to present herself. Read the text and identify / underline the mistakes. There are 27 mistakes.

My names Kati. Im French but I studi English in London. So, at present I lived on Notting Hill. (Although

London is fantastic because ther is much parks, she is to cold in winter and to rainy in summer.)

When I am free I enjoy really visiting art gallerys or go for a walk in the park. In weekend I travel sometimes

to the countryside to take photos or make a picnic. I have already go to Scotland; therefore, I taken photos of

the lakes.

During the week I go to lessons at the morning and sometimes in the afternoon I make shoping. I love

buying make-up and clothes. Yesterday, I buyed a new skirt ...

Now correct the mistakes.

___My name’s Kati. I’m French but I study English in London. So, at present I live on Notting Hill. (Although London is fantastic because there is a lot of parks, she is to cold in winter and to rainy in summer.)______________________________________________ ___When I have free time I really enjoy to visit art galleries or go for a walk on the park. On weekend I sometimes travel to the countryside to take photos or do a picnic. I have already went to Scotland; there, I taken photos of lakes.______________________ ___During the week I went to lessons at the morning and sometimes in the afternoon I do shopping. I love to buy make-up and clothes. Yesterday, I bought a new skirt ..._____

Then fill in this information card.

Name: Kati_______

Nationality: French____

Hobbies: Visit art gallerys, walk at the park, travel, take photos and so picnics.__________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________




Reading - 2

Communication- Funny Sign Language

Communication can be effective through words, sounds, gestures or pictures. Read the flowing information I found in the National Geographic.

Read the information

below and then

match each sign post

image to a caption

below.

1 South Africa Very steep ramp leads to crocodile pit

_3_Argentina Hands off the butterflies

_5_Germany No public peeing

_7_Ireland Sudden drop-off

_9_United States Beware TRV mirrors

10_France A ski lift how-to

12_Jamaica Britishism for speed bump

14_Brazil Some seats on bus reserved for obese riders

16_Switzerland Skiers beware

18_Canada Avalanche danger

20_Cambodia Toilet etiquette

19_U.K. Old folks crossing

17_South Africa Unauthorized vendors can’t sell food

15_Austria No sledding (the red circle can mean “don’t”)

13_Canada Logs in water may shift in storm

11_Canada Don’t eat shellfish

_8_Australia Speeding endangers cassowaries

_6_France No unleashed dogs

_4_South Africa Break for dung beetle

_2_United States No swearing




Reading - 3

Media and Communication - Danger in Cyberspace

In the world of speedy communication, in which contacts are made in cyberspace, one has to take care not to be caught in any criminal web.

After having watched the film The Net, let’s find out more about these problems. Go to page 187 in the student’s book to do the activities suggested. Then read the text on page 188. Now do the comprehension activities on page 189. Write the answers to ex 1and 2 on this sheet.

page 189 ex 1

a) The text is about hackers. b) People break into computer systems because of the adrenaline that it makes. c) The hackers invade privacy by reading mails and discovering passwords. d) Criminal hackers are people that steel money or create chaos by computers

page 189 ex 2

a) Break into b) Harmless c) annoying d) tiny bit e) ATM machines f) Separated from

Hackers and hacking has been used as the theme in films. Find out more about the film Hackers, starring Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller. Read the following summary and then go to the Internet to complete the table below.

A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)

Film title:______Hackers_________ Plot character / starring:

Type of film: ____Science fiction_______

Film director: _______Lain Softley_______ Plot Setting: In 1988, New York city

Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse

Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Fisher Stevens,

Lorraine Bracco, Renoly Santiago, Laurence

Mason

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)

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