New English File Intermediate Weblink Mini-Projects. File 1. 1A. Nutrition ... Tell
students to read through the facts and make a note of anything they found .... p.95
of the Student's Book, to make sure they have plenty of information. File 7. 7A.
New English File Intermediate Weblink Mini-Projects File 1 1A Nutrition http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/asp/quizzes/diet/diet.asp Mini-project Tell students to read through the facts and make a note of anything they found interesting or surprising. Students could feed back in class and compare the information they found. 1C http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_families Mini-project Either let students choose a family from the list or divide students according to the five categories available. Tell students to find out why the family is famous, when they were famous. They could also choose one member of the family and find out more about them. File 2 2A www.ivillage.co.uk/money/community/management/articles/0,,598813_667680,00.ht ml www.bcuc.ac.uk/main.asp?page=2368 Mini-project Tell students to go to the one of the websites above, which gives money-saving tips. Tell them to try to find three tips that they will do themselves. They should write down any words or expressions connected with money that they think are useful. Students could feed back in class, sharing the tips and the most useful words and expressions they found. 2B www.channel4.com/life/microsites/C/changeyourlife/travel_programmes.html Mini-project Divide the class into three groups. Tell one group to read about the first couple, one about the second couple and one about the last couple. They should make notes on the following: - Where did they go? - How long was the trip? - Make a list of the positive points mentioned and the negative. Students could feed back in class, comparing information and then deciding which trip they would like to do. or www.gapyear.com/things_to_do/ Tell students to choose something from the list (Things to do) that they would like to do for a six-month period.
Students could feed back in class, comparing what they chose and why. File 3 3A http://about.virginmobile.com/aboutus/media/news/2006/2006-06-12/
Mini-project Tell students to read the advice and make a list of which tips they agree with and disagree with. 3C http://www.bethanyhamilton.com/ http://www.nataliedutoit.com/ Mini-project Tell students to find out more information about Bethany and Natalie that wasn’t mentioned in the lesson. File 4 4A www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/teachem/series.html Mini-project Tell the class to look at two students on the site and to make notes about them and what they thought of the experiment. Students could feed back in class comparing their information. 4B www.fridakahlo.com/bio.shtml www.fbuch.com/diego.htm Mini-project Get students to choose one of the following topics to research: - Frida Kahlo’s art - My favourite work by Frida Kahlo - Diego Rivera’s art - My favourite work by Diego Rivera - Frida Kahlo’s early life - Frida Kahlo’s later life They could all prepare a short presentation on their topic for the next class. 4C http://www.friendship.com.au/friendday.html Mini-project Tell students to look at all the ‘celebrations ideas’ and to answer the following questions: - What do they think of them? - Which one is their favourite? - Will they do one of them? - Had they heard of International Friendship Day? - Do they celebrate it? If not, do they have some sort of equivalent in their country? File 5
5A http://www.mhtn.org/quiz/ Mini-project Ask students to do the questionnaire on the website. When they have finished and seen their score, what advice does it give them? Do they agree with it? NB Younger students can still do the questionnaire even if they do not work. They just need to replace ‘work’ with ‘school’ or ‘university’, etc. 5B www.bellaonline.com/misc/quiz/female Mini-project Tell the students to take this light-hearted quiz to find out how male or female they are. NB This site is in American English. File 6 6A www.sainsburys.co.uk Mini-project Give students a shopping list (you could use the one below or make one of your own). Tell students to try to buy the products at the cheapest prices. Get students to feed back in the next class. The person / pair / team with the lowest total is the winner. item one litre of semi-skimmed milk a two-kilo organic chicken two litres of sparkling water a toothbrush a pizza a loaf of bread a bar of plain chocolate some disposable razors some nappies a bunch of flowers a DVD of a recent film
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total 6B http://www.lastminute.com/site/travel/holidays/?skin=engb.lastminute.com&CATEG ORY=dp Mini-project Tell students to choose one of the locations mentioned in Lesson 6B- Thailand (Bangkok), Kenya (Mombassa or Nairobi) or New Zealand (Auckland or Wellington) for a two-week holiday, leaving tomorrow. Using the website, they must find: - a flight for those dates - a hotel - two things to do or places to visit there. In class, they could tell each other about the details of their holiday, including how much everything will cost, details of the hotel, etc.
6C www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/index.html http://experts.about.com/e/p/pe/Person_of_the_Year.htm Mini-project Tell students to choose someone they admire from the list of people. They should find out more information about the person’s life and their achievements. NB You could get students to do this before the speaking activity (5 SPEAKING) on p.95 of the Student’s Book, to make sure they have plenty of information. File 7 7A http://www.oldsuperstitions.com/ Mini-project Tell students to look at the superstitions and to make a note of: - ones they think are true - ones that are the same in their country - ones that they like or find amusing. 7C http://www.justthink.org/resources/facts.html
Mini-project Ask students to choose the five most surprising / interesting facts.
