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Monday, 5 June 2017

Mad Tea Party - Alice in Wonderland

Traditionally the end of the English literature course at Krasnoarmiysk Pedagogical School is celebrated with the Litarature Party. This year it was arranged in Alice-in-Wonderland theme. The students of three groups - 41-sh, 42-sh and 43-sh - united to create the spirit of Wonderland by means of hand-made decorations. Credit to Nastia Burak for the most charming Cheshire Cat I have ever seen, Natasha Pavlenko, Nastia Novitskaya and Olena Syrotenko for the Tree of Quotations, Nastia Vdovina, Iryna Zelena and Katia Novak for the gorgeous flowers and Nastia Tymoshenko for the awesome Alice-in-Wonderland junk journal. And of course, credit to the talented actors who you can see in the following video and everybody who has taken part in our party.

Mad Tea Party
Performed by the students of Krasnoarmiysk pedagogical school:
Alice - Svitlana Skyrda
March Hare - Anna Radchenko
Dormouse - Nastia Tymoshenko
Hatter - Oleksandr Kharkovyy
The Clock - Nastia Orlova.
Directed by Natalia Zavgorodnia.

At the Rehearsal

On Stage

After the Party

Thursday, 18 May 2017

Motivational Video

I've been inspired by my students to create this little video.

Be positive!

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Six Honest Serving Men by R.Kipling

Rudyard Kipling described the question words as six honest serving men in his poem Six Honest Serving Men at the end of the story The Elephant’s Child. This poem is a tribute to a child's curiosity.

I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
I send them over land and sea,
I send them east and west;
But after they have worked for me,
I give them all a rest.

I let them rest from nine till five,
For I am busy then,
As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,
For they are hungry men.
But different folk have different views;
I know a person small-
She keeps ten million serving-men,
Who get no rest at all!

She sends ’em abroad on her own affairs,
From the second she opens her eyes-
One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys!

Here's the poem presented by Yevheniia Pidlisna, the student of Pokrovsk Pedagogical Professional College.

Monday, 1 May 2017

Past Perfect Tense

There are some useful links for you to learn about Past Perfect.

THEORY (конспект до граматичної секції словника)

1. Read the following information

Past Perfect / Минулий доконаний час

and give answers to the questions:

- How do we form the statement, the negative sentence in Past Perfect?

- What are 5 main uses of Past Perfect (вживання)?

- What time expressions are typical for Past Perfect (слова-маркери)?

PRACTICE (виконуємо за бажанням, якщо відчуваємо, що необхідно вдосконалити граматичні навички)

2. Do the following exercises:

TESTS (виконуємо, якщо бажаємо перевірити себе)

3. Take the tests to see how good you are at using Past Perfect:

Level 2

Level 3

HOMEWORK EXERCISES

Remember: Past Perfect вживається для пояснення дії, яка відбулась до певного моменту в минулому. Часто цей момент виражено іншою минулою дією. Тоді маємо 2 дії в минулому. Та, що відбулася раніше виражається за допомогою Past Perfect, та, що пізніше - Past Simple.

1. Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the gaps in the correct tense – Past Perfect or Simple Past.

2. Exercise 2. Read the text and complete the activity.

Friday, 28 April 2017

Five Little Bears

This is an excellent dynamic pause for primary school children. It's three in one: numbers, past simple and the plural of nouns practice.

Lyrics

Inspired by American Culture

These beautiful pictures have been drawn by Viktoria Mokrush, the student of Krasnoarmiisk Pedagogical School. Vicky is a future primary school teacher. Her art reflects her hobbies: reading, watching films and listening to music. Here is a selection of her drawings inspired by famous Americans.