Test Taking Tips

1. Read and follow the directions very carefully.

2. Scan the test to see the types of questions. Pace yourself.

3. If you don't know an answer, skip the question and return to it later.

4. When you finish, use any extra time to check your work.

Ms Ida

Say 'Thank You' to someone today

It's the last week of school! Yippee :)

Before saying good bye and leaving for the summer holidays, take a few minutes to write a Thank YOU note to a classmate or a teacher that helped you complete a task or understand a difficult concept. It doesn't have to be a long message, one line can make someone's day as it's always great to feel appreciated.

Wishing you all the best on your exams and a wonderful summer break.

End of Term

Now that you have reached the end of Term 2 of school year and covered all the topics for study, here is website that will help you practice for the English exam. There's plenty of practice for reading, writing, listening as well as vocabulary.

All the best!

Ms Ida


http://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_reading_2.htm

SAY NO TO TOBACCO EVERY DAY

As part of our IELTS writing topic this week, smoking was one of them under the big umbrella of health and sickness. Today marks the "World No Tobacco Day" which is observed on the 31st of May of every year.It is a yearly campaign organized by the WHO to enlighten the public of the dangers of smoking.

Here are some sobering statistics from the WHO tobacco-free website:

* There are more than one billion smokers in the world.
* Tobacco use kills 5.4 million people a year — an average of one person every six seconds — and accounts for one in 10 adult deaths worldwide.
* Tobacco kills up to half of all users.
* Tobacco use is a risk factor for six of the eight leading causes of deaths in the world.
* 100 million deaths were caused by tobacco in the 20th century. If current trends continue, there will be up to one billion deaths from tobacco use in the 21st century.

For those of you who use tobacco, these alarming statistics might be a wake up call for you to quit smoking . It is time you kick off the bad habit.

The year in a snapshot

The image on the left is a word cloud that was created based on IAT DXB Grade 11 English Blog. It summarizes the highlights of this academic year by selecting the most frequently used words published by your teachers on the blog.

Make a list of the most important words that you have learned in your English class this year and create your own word cloud using http://www.wordle.net/ or

http://www.tagxedo.com/. This is an easy and fun way to review for the exams.

Print your word cloud off and give it to me. I will put it up on the bulletin board :)

Ms. Rehab

The IELTS Listening Test

The IELTS Listening Test

As you have reached Section 4 of Listening, he’s a recap of the entire Listening Section of IELTS.

The IELTS listening test is around 30 minutes long. There are four sections of increasing difficulty and about 40 questions. The first two sections are on topics of general interest.
Section one is a dialogue (2 speakers), section two a monologue (1 speaker). Sections three and four have an education or training focus. There will be a short lecture and a discussion involving 2, 3 or 4 people.
You will hear the sections once only, but you have 10 minutes at the end of the test to transfer your answers from the question booklet to the answer sheet.

Ms Ida

HEALTH AND SICKNESS

"Health is not valued until sickness comes".
One German proverb quotes" Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper".

You might probably say "I'm not a morning person" but there are some who are.Rushing through your morning chores before heading to work or to class early in the morning leaves no time to have a proper breakfast and as such leaves us feeling that the most convenient thing to do is skipping breakfast.The availability of quick processed food like doughnuts "to grab and go" or a quick cheese croissant from EMARAT makes us less compelled to prepare a proper breakfast.
I have often seen a lot of my young gentlemen munching on "Pringles", chocolate tubes or seeds in the morning.How healthy do you think is that? All of us need a combo of good proteins, carbs and good fats which ignites our morning energy and can last with a healthy snack and lunch till the end of our working day.

BREAK/FAST as the name suggests means breaking our fast from a long sleep cycle.Research has proven that people who who eat breakfast tend to gain less weight than people who skip it.
So start planning to have a variety of healthy and substantial breakfast portions before heading off to school.


Jinan BASMA