Sample Survey Results 1A/L

 Here are the results of the Sample Survey. 

Listening exercise

Listen to an  Interview with a Rock Star and do the exercise. 

What questions would you ask a  famous person? Create an interview with a partner.

How have things changed over the years?  Read the article  " Celebrities through the ages " then do the exercise.

Describing People

 See how well you can do with my Personality Adjective Opposites Crossword puzzle. You can work directly below or click HERE for a bigger version. 

Listen and fill in the correct answers. 

AUDIO    Form to fill in

An introduction to the INVALSI ENGLISH test for 5 A/L

By the end of high school, students should have reached a B2 level in languages. 
La 5° (Grade 13) is from March 1 -31, 2023.


In order to identify 5th-year student levels, Invalsi tests both the B1 and B2 levels for English in the following areas: 

1. social and professional life
2. the environment
3. science
4. leisure
5. personal health
6. education
7. training
8. services
9. work
10. multiculturalism
11. criminality
12. art
13. history
14. music
15. culture
16. global problems
17. food
18. traditions

The test is divided into  READING (90 minutes) and LISTENING 
about 60 minutes, depending on the student. 

Types of reading and listening tested:  1. Selective reading and listening to grasp the main idea; 2. Selective reading and listening to understand specific information or important details; 3. Careful, intensive reading and listening to grasp the main ideas and supporting details; 4. Intensive reading and listening to understand the meaning of a sentence or word from the context.

READING: 5 tasks: 2 at level B1 and 3 at level B2 35/40 questions The maximum length of the B1 text is 350 words; 600 for the B2. ***Spelling, grammar, and syntax (word order) errors are not penalized.***

LISTENING: 5 tasks: 2 level B1 / 3 level B2 35/40 questions Audio file lasts a max of 4 minutes. Can be a monologue, a dialogue (max 3 people), or a sequence of small monologues of about 20 seconds with different speakers and conversations. ***You are given 1 minute to read the questions before the audio starts. The audio is played twice. Another minute is given to check/finish your answers.*** At the beginning of each task, an example is provided to show what type of answer is required. There may be extra options or options that can be used twice, so students cannot decide by exclusion. Types of answers are:

• Multiple choice
• Multiple matching
• Short answer (1-4 words)

Here is an example of the INVALSI test divided into two parts. You can go back and forth as you like to study things.

Invalsi Listening exercises 
Invalsi Reading exercises 

Listening: sustainable ideas

1) Listening: Plastic Free   AUDIO

2) Listening: about an app that fights FOOD WASTE    AUDIO              

Read about the app Too Good to Go

Here are some apps you can use to fight food waste and also get some good deals!

Happy Earth Day: Nature is Speaking

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL has produced several videos like these below.

Past Tense listening exercise

 

Virginia Woolf - Modern Writer, Modern Woman

January 25, 1882 - March 28, 1941

Some Famous Woolf quotes:

"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind."     A Room of One's Own

"The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages."

"Why are women...so much more interesting to men than men are to women?"

"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people."

"When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?"

"As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking."    Orlando

Most famous works: 

• Mrs. Dalloway (1925) 
• Orlando: A Biography (1928) 
• To the Lighthouse (1927) 
• A Room of One's Own (1929) 
• Shakespeare's Sister Will Be Born Some Day (audio and text from your book)
• The Waves (1931) 
• Between the Acts (1941)
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5L Writing Practice - the introduction

TOPIC-- Write about your favorite literary period, the author you enjoyed reading about the most, and why.

TITLE--Gives a clear focus               

Start with an OUTLINE to organize your work. 

INTRODUCTION--Present your main idea and arguments (briefly). Grab attention. Use a quotation or ask a question.

BODY--Backs up your intro with proof, explanations, and details.
            Write a topic sentence as a mini-intro or main idea, then explain with evidence and examples. 

CONCLUSION: Ties everything together.
                          Restates main points.
                          Strong, final statement. 
                               

For further help, check out HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY and HOW TO WRITE A COMPOSITION

What is the difference between an essay and a composition? An essay expresses the author's personal thoughts and judgment on a stated topic, whereas a composition can follow other authors' thoughts on the topic, explaining them but not adding personal opinion. 

Break through Barriers with Music

In 2019, Greta Thunberg, then 16 years old, got together with the British group, the 1975, to get her message out about the climate crisis.   

All money earned goes to Extinction Rebellion, an international nonviolent, civil disobedience movement that wants governments to declare a climate and ecological emergency and take immediate action. The hourglass in their logo represents time running out for many species.