Wednesday 15 April 2015

Gadgets

Write your opinion on any of the gadgets we use nowadays. You may use the following model:
P1: State the topic
P2: Advantages + examples
P3: Disadvantages + examples
P4: Summary (conclusion)

Up until now kids have had sports equipment, tape recorders and radios in their rooms, but these traditional items are gone and modern technology, like PCs, games consoles, phones and other things have come into their lives.
Computers have changed the lives for many teenagers and kids. They spend more time in their bedrooms, with the computer screen in front of their eyes rather than playing outside or hanging out with their friends.
The advantages of the computers are that they can help you with your homework. Computers can also be useful in different ways, like listening to music or video chatting. 
The disadvantages are that they can cause addiction of gaming and eye disorder. 
You have to be careful with computers and take care of your health.  

Marko Dejanović, VII4, 27 March 2015

Nowadays we cannot imagine living without a mobile phone and the internet.
The internet has both good and bad sides. What I like about the internet is that I can communicate with people whenever I want. Also, the internet allows people to play a lot of interesting games and to learn everything they want. 
However, the internet is not always so useful because not all information is accurate. We can surf the internet on our mobile phones and computers. 
Mobile phones are useful because we can use them to communicate with our friends whenever we want.
Modern technology has enabled today's society to stay up to date with the whole world and everything that happens almost anywhere on the planet. 

Emilija Mijandžić, VII4

Everybody loves spending time in front of their computer, but it is sometimes not good.
Spending a lot of time  in front of the computer screen can cause a lot of problems. Too much looking at the screen can harm your eyes and sitting in the wrong position can damage your spine.
The computer can also be good. We can send an email, listen to music and surf the internet. we can write a document, keep the pictures and much more.
The computer should be safely used in order to avoid problems.

Andrea Ružić, VII4

There are a lot of electrical items which make our life easier. One of them is a computer. 
Although computers are a very important part of our lives, there are some bad sides in using them. A lot of kids sit in front of them for many hours and that is bad for their eyes. Some of them get fatter and their health gets worse because they don't play outside, ride bikes and run. 
However, PCs have good sides too. We can watch films, listen to music, write, draw and other things. We can also keep a lot of information and pictures in a computer. We can find the news in the world thanks to the internet.
If we use PCs in a right way, we'll become smarter, but we shouldn't sit in front of them for so long, or we'll become heartless.

Bojana Groza, VII4

Of all the gadgets, I mostly use my PC. I got that computer for my birthday. It is not new but I am satisfied with it.
A PC is very useful. You can play games on it. I mostly play action games. 
Computers have another good function, the internet. If you need to present something, you can download files from the internet. On the internet we have social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Over them we can catch up with our friends.
On the other hand, PCs, especially the internet, have bad sides. Some data can be misused. In fact, some people misuse  them. We need to be more careful when we put the information on Facebook.
In my opinion, a computer is a good thing. we just need to use it carefully.

Jožef Horvat, VII5   

There are a lot of gadgets which can help us. I usually use a mobile phone, a digital camera and a laptop.
When I want to download music I just press the download button and I can play the music. By watching TV I can see the whole world, different countries and people. I can hear the latest news on television and we can study some interesting facts.
However, if teenagers play video games for too long, they can damage their health, sight or back. Teenagers can forget to do their homework or go out with their friends. Up-to-date gadgets can also cause more stress.   
Gadgets are great for staying in touch, but we must be smart when we use them.

Aleksa Francuski, VII1, 1 April 2015

There are too many kinds of gadgets. They can be good and bad for us.
My favourite gadget is a mobile phone. It is really useful, but can also be bad.
You can make phone calls with your friends and always stay in touch with them. Also, you can send text messages. One of my favourite things is that you can listen to music, all kinds of music. Those are some of the good things about mobile phones.
Unfortunately, mobile phones have bad sides, too. They are expensive to use, especially this new generation. It can be stressful because you don't know who will send you a message and if that message will be rude or something good. Mobile phones can also go wrong in no time. 
I really like my mobile phone, and it's really nice to have one, even if there are some bad sides!

Dušan Bačkuljin, VII1, 1 April 2015

Today, gadgets are the most important things in our lives.
Mobile phones, laptops, TVs, computers are useful gadgets, but they are not always good. 
Mobile phones with too many functions can be too much for teenagers and they are also expensive. The packs for unlimited network wherever you are don't exactly do that. They give you the Internet when you pay a bill at the end of the month. 
Laptops are dangerous for our intimate body parts when we hold them in our lap. 
Teens sit all day long in front of the computer, chatting on Facebook or playing video games. 
Gadgets are also very useful for communication with family and friends. You can take your mobile phone and laptop almost everywhere you go. 
I think that gadgets are really the most important things in our lives and that after a couple of years everybody will have a mobile phone. Today, almost everything is a flat-screen gadget. We have touch-screen mobile phones, plasma TVs and also touch-screen monitors.   
There are more bad than good things about our gadgets. They are not that great as most people describe them.   

Julijan Cimerman, VII4, 2 April 2015

Mobile phones are very useful. We use them every day. 
We can call someone or send text messages wherever we are. We can also listen to music or play games. Also, we can take pictures of beautiful places or our and our friends and us. 
However, they have bad things about them too. Mobile phones are expensive to use. They are bad for our health too. If we use mobile phones too much, we will forget to do our homework and study.
I don't use my mobile phone too much, because I know that it's bad for my hearing.

Teodora Volarov, VII1, 15 April 2015

Tuesday 14 April 2015

Activity Share Competition

The Macmillan Team has chosen my favourite classroom activity as the winner of their Activity Share Competition. I'm sure my pupils will enjoy reading the books they've sent.

'The Fruit Party' is just perfect for the first day of school. At least I do this activity with my pupils then. First, I ask my pupils to write the numbers from 1 to 5, one below another, in their notebooks. Then, I ask them to think of a basket with all kinds of fruit and pick one. They should write the name of that fruit next to number 1. After that I ask them to think of their favourite childhood toy. They should write its colour next to number 2. Shortly, I ask them to guess how many pencils they've got in their pencil cases and write their answer next to number 3. Later, I ask them to write where something they're wearing was made next to number 4. Then, I ask them to think of a letter and write the job starting with that letter next to number 5. Finally, I reveal my pupils what each number stands for (1 = their name, 2 = their surname, 3 = the number of pets they've got, 4 = the country they come from, 5 = their job) and ask them to pretend that they're at the party and meet the others. The activity includes all four skills, plus a lot of fun and mingling.

Saturday 4 April 2015

HIPPO 2015 Results

Here are the results of the 3rd HIPPO International Competition in English Language that took place on 14 March:

Kosana Jakonić VII4 (Reading: 40 + Listening: 18 = 67/70 points),
Petar Tesla VII3 (Reading: 40 + Listening: 18 = 67/70 points),
Lazar Turudija VII1 (Reading: 38 + Listening: 19 = 66.50/70 points).

By the way, the writing test questions were marked only for those who scored 100%.

All of my pupils competed in the HIPPO 3 (CEF A2) category this school year.

HIPPO International English Language Competition is organised by Global Input and Global Hippo Associations. The main sponsors are EDI Pearson and Swan Institute.