Hero, Mariah Carey and the present simple

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Hero by Mariah Carey

There is a hero If you look inside your heart You           1           (neg/have) to be afraid Of what you       2        (to be) There is an answer If you          3        (to reach) into your soul And the sorrow that you know Will melt away And then a hero          4       (to come) along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you           5         (to know) you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero      6     (to lie) in you It's a long road When you face the world alone No one           7          (to reach) out a hand For you to hold You can          8          (to find) love If you search within yourself And the emptiness you felt Will disappear And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you Lord        9        (to know) Dreams are hard to follow But don't let anyone Tear them away Hold on There will be tomorrow In time You'll find the way And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you That a hero lies in you. 1. Listen to the song. What do you think the song is about? 2. What words don't you recognize. Look up their definition. 3. Fill in the blanks according to the correct grammar tense. 4. According to the song, who is a hero and why? 5. What adjectives can you use to describe a hero? 6. Explain how you can be a hero. I am a hero when............. 7. Using your definitions of a hero in question number 5, write a true modern day story about a hero.

Typhoon Haiyan: Philipines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78FEgwI4LH0

3. RELIEF:What can you and the world do to help the people in the Philippines? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	You	The world
Water
Clothing
Food
Moral support
Medicine
Accommodation

4. EVACUATION:Students Astronglybelieve governments should evacuate entire cities / islands when a typhoon or hurricane is approaching; Students Bstronglybelieve otherwise.  Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

5. LOGISTICS:Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the most important for the Philippines at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• hospitals   • passable roads   • working airports   • electricity

• water treatment plants   • distribution of tents   • shops open for business   • police in control

6. SURVIVORS:Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "survivors". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.


Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1311/131116-typhoon-haiyan.html#ixzz2ktbTJ4hR

Test Study

I. Present Simple

I         1        (to take) too many tests at school. Sometimes it        2    (to be) fun to take tests but often the tests        3      (to be) long and boring. I          4      (to like) to succeed on the tests. My friend Shirly                          5         (to be)  smart with English. She always          6         (to receive) good grades and                      7          (to know) the answers to the questions. When I            8         (to need) help, I     9      (to go) to her for help! My parents      10      (to be) too busy sometimes to help me. They         11       (neg/to know) alot of English however we            12       (to watch) lots of English television at home. My favorite show          13         (to be) about these turtles who           14         (to help) others when they           15        (to be) in trouble. The turtles          16           (neg/eat) meat. They only             17          (to be) pizza. Michealangelo                18         (neg/make) the best pizza. Leornardo always            19         (to cook) fantastic Pizza. Do you             20      (to know) these turtles? Shirley              21      (neg/know) them but we              22          (to like) to watch other shows together.


II. Prepositions of Time

When do we use the prepositions of time at, in and on?

I mark the important dates         1         the afternoon on my calender.

People sleep       2           night.

The alarm clock woke me up       3           6:00am             4          the morning.

My favorite thing to do         5          Channuka is be suprised.

                6        the winter, sweaters are nice and warm.

  Cinderella had to leave the prince           7        midnight.

My favorite food is sandwhiches           8        lunchtime.


II Writing

Use the following words to describe to me what you do every day; never, usually, sometimes, seldon, often, never, every day, always. 5 sentences minimum. 






III Vocabulary

Translate every vocabulary word on page 30 in the book. Write 7 sentences using words of your choice.






IV Unseen

Page 16 and 17 in Book

Test Review

Essential links/ Unit 1 
 Time flies   7^th grade

A test review 

 11.11.2013 - Test Date

I. Reading comprehension. Read the text and answer the questions

II. Vocabulary  

Learn the words of Unit 1 (Ex. A(including extra), p.30-Book)

A    Match A and B to form sentences.

A                                                                             B

1. The plane to Paris                                 …….. a. the test

2. The girls are preparing for                   ………b. takes off at 8.30

III
B        Complete the sentences with the words below.      
  worst            enter          invent                     

1. Scientists …………………..modern machines, new medicines and a lot of other things.

2. That  was the ………………….day in their lives when their house was on fire.

3. The guests …………………..the hall and see a lot of people there

A   Complete the dialogue with the verbs in brackets.

Use the correct form of the Present Simple.

Tom: Hi, how 1………………. (be) you? I  2.………..(be) so happy to see you.

Jack: Hi. I 3. ……………….(study) at another school now, that’s why we 4. ……………(not see) each other often.

B Complete the passage with the verbs below.    
Use the Present Simple, positive or negative.

Wake     go         eat         not drink

1. My mum usually ___________me up at 7 o'clock in the morning. Then I _____________breakfast. I ______________coffee. At 7.50 I ____________

to school.

Prepositions of time: in, on, at

C       Complete the sentences with in, on or at.

1. ………the summer I have a long vacation.

2. My school starts …………..8.20.

IV. Writing

B. Write 3 sentences about the things you do regularly.

1.__________________________________________________________

2.__________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________

Good luck!