Writing a Descriptive Text:

Descriptive Text: o 1 Scan the picture. Write down what you think are the features of the foreground. Write down what you think are the features of the background. For example, you might be looking at flowers and shrubs in the foreground; the background might be a large green park. The foreground and the background combine to tell you the setting of the picture. o 2 Write a description of any people in the picture. What are they wearing? What do their expressions and posture tell you about their mood? For example, there might be a bride who does not look happy at her wedding. o 3 Write the elements you think create a mood or atmosphere in the picture. It might be a cloudy sky, or it might be scowling expressions on people in a beautiful country landscape. What is the picture's overall tone? o 4 Write any actions in the picture. Someone might be frozen in the act of doing something, or there might be a powerful waterfall. List the elements in the picture that give it movement. These movements tell you about the narrative or plot. Combine your reading of these with your interpretation of the human figures in the picture. This will tell you what is happening, what the people are doing, and how they feel about what they are doing o 5 List the notes you have made in order of priority. You will write an introduction, then description 1, description 2, and so on. o 6 Write the conclusion. Use your thesaurus and dictionary to look up words you don't normally use. Find three or four ways of describing the same thing. Be creative with your use of language. When you decide the order of the points you want to make, be sure they flow together. If you do this, your piece of descriptive text will read fluently, like a narrative about the picture.

Christmas time

Spoken word poetry

TED CONFERENCES, Sarah Kay, "When they bombed Hiroshima" - 15:10 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0snNB1yS3IE

How does the destruction of our Natural World make you feel?

Angry disturbed Anxious embarassed Ashamed frightened Horrified grieving Helpless courageous Defeated upset Defiant nervous Depressed frantic Disgusted revolutionary Combative concerned

Home

waterfall

Yorkshire landscape

Rock...

Burning sun

Blue Mountains

The World Around Us

"There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story." Linda Hogan

Job Interview Tips

Job Interview Tips....................................................... ......................Practice........................................... Practice answering interview questions and practice your responses to the typical job interview questions and answers most employers ask. Think of actual examples you can use to describe your skills. .......................Research.......................................... Prepare a response so you are ready for the question What do you know about this company?Know the interviewer's name and use it during the job interview .......................Get Ready......................................... Make sure your interview attire is neat, tidy and appropriate for the type of firm you are interviewing with. Bring a nice portfolio with copies of your resume. Include a pen and paper for note taking. ........................Be On Time....................................... Be on time for the interview. On time means five to ten minutes early. ..........................Stay Calm...................................... During the job interview try to relax and stay as calm possible. Take a moment to regroup. Maintain eye contact with the interviewer. Listen to the entire question before you answer and pay attention - you will be embarrassed if you forget the question! ........................Show What You Know............................... Try to relate what you know about the company when answering questions. When discussing your career accomplishments match them to what the company is looking for.

Text analysis: Time out to plot yoiur course throught life............................. 2. a) ...in his local radio station.................................................... b) he started working there during the night show...................................... c) about going to university or keeping his work....................................... d)to learn how to keep people listening to local radio................................. ....................................................................................... 3. a) ran out.......................................................................... b) hugely.............................................................................. c) working out......................................................................... d)realising............................................................................ e) demo................................................................................ f) to drop

Funny Job Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_bsMGsBjWc&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L3V5hg4QDE&feature=fvwrel

Conditionals

Fill in the gaps correctly: (1) I think you were very rude to her. If I ... (be) you I ... (apologise). (2) Sorry, she's not here at the moment. If I ... (see her) I... (tell) her you're looking for her. (5) If you ... (be) in my situation, what ... (do)? (6) If you ... (not smoke) so many cigarettes, you ... (not cough) so much. (7) You would find it much easier to get up in the morning if you ... (go) to bed earlier. (8) If she ... (not find) a job in that office, she ... (not meet) the man she finally married. (9) Today's offer: if you .. (buy) two cheeseburgers, you ... (get) one free. (10) If I ... (not get) up late I ... (not miss) the train, and if I ... (not miss the train I not be late for work. (11) If it ... (start) raining I ... (not go) to the beach this afternoon. (12) We ... (not be) in this position now if you ... (save) your money instead of spending it.

Planning

A gap year can be anything from spending a month or so in one destination to an entire year away backpacking and travelling around the world.  Some people might opt for work on a volunteer project with animals, children or within a community, whilst others may choose to find paid work abroad simply as a means to make their gap year cash go further on their travels.

The gap year

Perhaps the only common link between the many different activities, duration and destinations of gap year or career breaks is that everyone who takes one seems to come back saying it was the best decision they ever made.

Gap Year!

A gap year (also known as year abroad, year out, year off, deferred year, bridging year, time off and time out) is a year during which students take time off and do something other than schooling, such as travel or work. The gap year is most commonly taken after secondary school and before starting university.

decisions!

How important is to make the right choice?

Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are and the more options we have, the harder they get. As it happens, our brains are fairly binary. They can react very quickly when presented with two options, especially when one’s clearly better. Stand here and drown in the rising waters or jump onto that big rock and be safe? Easy choice. When presented with more options, though, we choke up. Jump onto the rock or climb the tree? We don’t know which is clearly better, and research shows that most people will not choose at all when presented with several equally good options. Practice, experience, and rules of thumbs can help us to make those split-second decisions (for example, “When in doubt, go left” has done pretty well for me so far). Fortunately we don’t normally face immediate, do-or-die decisions – we usually have the luxury of working through a decision.

Balance work and home life

Positively Leanna Cruz Editorial Director The topic of balance is still at the forefront of the most progressive companies. They know that balance is critical to employee contentment, engagement, productivity and success. Even the best employees cannot focus when there is a critical family matter occupying their thoughts. There is no mother of father who would not rather be at their child’s school assembly to see them receive a scholastic award. No one can go full speed, every day without taking a long break or vacation from work. Yet, many believe that their career advancement means they must work first for their employer and place their personal life second. But completely sacrifice your personal life for the sake of a career will cause distractions affecting your work.

Double and Proportional Comparative

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

"Knowledge will give you power, but character respect." Bruce Lee

Why worry?

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