Grammar revision

• Word order exercise 1, word order exercise 2 
• Passive voice exercise 1, passive voice exercise 2'
• There is / it is exercise 1, There is / it is exercise 2
• Personal pronouns exercise 1, personal pronouns exercise 2

I'm going to camp!!!!!

1. Look online for a camp you'd like to participate in. It can have to do with anything you're interested in: sports, arts and crafts, beauty, video games, etc.
• Use search words like "football camp Australia", "diy camp California", "lan camp Switzerland"
• Try e.g. Yosemite Backpacking Trips, Sports Camps Australia, National Youth Music Camps UK
• The language has to be English!
2. Once you've found a camp you find interesting, come up with at least three questions you want to ask someone in charge. Write a formal letter (similar to the one Gina wrote in Text 8, Part 2) to the organizers. Include
• the name & address of the person you're sending the letter to
• your address
• appropriate beginning and ending for the letter
• Remember to be extremely polite!
3. Next, write an email / a Facebook message / a text to a friend of yours who you think might be interested in joining you. Include
• basic information about the camp
• why you'd like to go and why you think your friend might, too
• what your expectations are
• You can write casual English for this one.
4. Write both letters in the same Google document and share it with me at etunimi.sukunimi@edu.hel.fi

+ If you finish both letters, you can go to Quizlet and study a)  the words and b) the phrases of text 8.

Sports news

1. Go to your preferred Finnish news site (Iltalehti, Helsingin Sanomat, Ilta-Sanomat, ...). Choose one sport (for example cycling, ski-jumping, swimming, horseback riding, etc.) and find a piece of interesting news related to that sport.
2. Write at least 100 words in English and retell the news you read about. Also answer the questions below
• Why did you choose this piece of news?
• What is your relationship to this sport? Have you ever tried it?
• What are/would be your strengths and weaknesses in this sport?
3. In your text, include:
• at least 5 verbs in the passive voice: e.g. This athlete has been called "the magician".
• at least 5 words from text 6 (p. 55)
• a link to the news you read
4. Write your text in a Google document and share it with me.

When you're done, move on to:

• Passive voice exercise 1, Passive voice exercise 2
• Quizlet on text 6 words

Christmas stories

Christmas stories

Canadian Idols: Where are they now?

Read the story about previous Canadian Idols and what they've been up to after the show. In the comment box below, answer the following questions:

1. Which ones out of the contestants were you familiar with before reading the article?
2. If you know some of the artists, who is your favorite and why?
3. What do you think about shows like Canadian Idol? Are they a good way to become celebrities/singers? Why/why not?
4. Do you know anyone who participated in Idols? Would you ever? Why/why not?

Harvey

The dog behavid badly.

2. They didn´t do anything.

3. Victoria trained Harvey dog.

4. Harve started to behavid better.

5.

Hero Dog Shana

1. Dog is two-week-old half-wolf, half-German shepherd from a puppy mill. Puppy names is Shana.

2. Several years ago dog and Fertigs both then 81 fed injured rescue animals housed in one of the buildings on their land, an unseasonable, violent snowstorm blew in.

3. Eve and Norman weren’t wearing coats or gloves and couldn’t climb over or duck below the tree trunks.

4. Story was very nice and good.