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A Virtual Visit to the Guggenheim Museums in New York
http://www.guggenheim.org/new_york_index.html
1. In what other city besides New York can I find a Guggenheim Museum?
a) Bilbao
b) Florence
c) Boston
2. How much does it cost for two adults and an 8-year-old child to get into
the museum?
a) $24
b) nothing
c) $32
3. How can I get to the 5th Avenue museum?
a) Take the N or R train to Prince Street
b) Take the M1 bus and get off on Madison & 88th Street
c) Take the 1 or 9 train to 86th Street
4. When can I visit the museum?
a) Monday to Friday
b) Everyday except Christmas and New Year's Day
c) Everyday except Thursdays
5. What did the architect Frank Lloyd Wright dislike the most about the 5th
Avenue building?
a) Its shape as an upside down pyramid
b) Its location in New York City
c) How it overpowers the artwork inside
6. What kind of art works does the museum mainly collect?
a) Furniture
b) Modern art
c) Oriental art
Follow the link called "The Collection" to find the answers to
the following questions
7. When did the Dada movement develop?
a) 2nd decade of the 20 th Century
b) end of 19 th Century
c) around 1950s
8. Which art form played a very important role in Paul Klee's life and
work?
a) sculpture
b) photography
c) music
9. What painter's influence can we observe in the painting "Eiffel
Tower"?
a) Joan Miró
b) Georges Braque
c) Robert Delaunay
10.
Send an e-card to a classmate and another one
to your teacher.
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Finding Information on the International Movie
Database Website
Fill
in the blanks with information found at http:// www.imdb.com.
1. In the movie "You've Got Mail," the female lead character is
played by ________________ and the main male character by ________________.
2. The movie "Braveheart" tells the story of a ________________
(nationality) hero named ________________. One of the taglines of this movie is
"Every man ________________, not every man really ________________."
3. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is the English title for a
film directed by ________________. It is an action adventure movie about two
warriors going after a stolen ________________. It was filmed in
________________ province, China.
4. The character of Hamlet in the 1996 version of the film was played by
the British actor ________________. However, the 1921 version of the movie was
played by the ________________ (nationality) actress Asta Nielsen.
5. In the movie "Mission Impossible II," mission commander
Swanbeck says to the main character "Mr. ________________, this isn't
mission difficult, it's mission impossible. ÎDifficult' should be
___________________________________." The agent's mission in this movie is
to recover and destroy a genetically engineered disease called
________________.
6. Much to many people's surprise, Gwyneth Paltrow is not English. She was
actually born in ________________. She received an Oscar Award in 1998 for her
work in the film ________________.
7. The Italian film known as "Life is Beautiful" in English tells
the story of a carefree and humorous Jewish ________________ (occupation) who
marries a lovely schoolteacher called ________________. When the Nazis take
over Italy, he tries vigorously to protect his son from the horrors around him
by telling the child that the Holocaust is a game where the winner will win a
________________.
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RESTAURANTS
Choose one of the web addresses provided below.
·
http://www.menumart.com/thegreenhouse/
·
http://www.menumart.com/waterhouse/
Fill this out with the information you have
found on the page.
·
Name of the restaurant _______________________
·
Postal address _______________________
·
Telephone number _______________________
·
E-mail address _______________________
·
Schedule _______________________
Fill this out with what you plan to eat.
·
Lunch
·
Appetizer _______________________
·
Soup _______________________
·
Pasta _______________________
·
Fish _______________________
·
Meat _______________________
·
Dessert _______________________
·
Dinner
·
Appetizer _______________________
·
Soup _______________________
·
Pasta _______________________
·
Fish _______________________
·
Meat _______________________
·
Dessert _______________________
Write a list of the differences you can find
when comparing American and Spanish restaurants (opening hours, prices or kind
of food for example). You will compare your list with the rest of the class
later on.
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READING
http://eleaston.com/child-lit.html
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GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY PRACTICE.
http://www.globalvil.com/eslsites/grammar.htm
http://www.linapuzzles.com/index.html
http://www.vocabularygenerator.com/index.html
http://www.nanana.com/wordgenerator.html
http://www.nanana.com/wuzieboardgame.html
http://www.linapuzzles.com/englishexercises.html
http://www.englishlearner.com/hangman/index.html
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm
http://uk.cambridge.org/elt/reference/activity.htm
QUIZZES
1. Title: Activities for ESL/EFL
Students (English Study Materials)
URL: http://a4esl.org/
Description: Study English with Quizzes,
Crossword Puzzles and other activities for students of English as a second
language
2. Title: Assignments
URL: http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens//games.htm
Description: Quizzes, Puzzles, Exercises, Games
etc.
3. Title: DiscoverySchool's
Puzzlemaker allows kids to make crossword puzzles online.
URL: http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Description: Puzzlemaker from DiscoverySchool
gives kids the tools to make their own crossword puzzles online
4. Title: Quiz Center offers teacher
quizzes at DiscoverySchool.com
URL: http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html
Description: DiscoverySchool.com offers teacher
quizzes at the Quiz Center
5. Title: Quizzes Based On VOA's
Special English Programs
URL: http://www.manythings.org/voa/
Description: Interactive quizzes using the
Flash Player plug-in
6. Title: QUIZZES
URL: http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/lc/makers/openpage.html
Description: Interactive Exercise Makers served
from Language Center of University of Minnesota, and created by Swarthmore
Mellon Grant Project
7. Title : Crossword Puzzles for ESL
Students
URL: http://iteslj.org/cw/
Description: Crosswords and other quizzes for
students of English as a second language. They may also be interesting to
native speakers. JavaScript is used, but not required.
8. Title: English Exercises EFL
exercises and ESL Quizzes
URL: http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html
Description: ESL quizzes and EFL exercises
covering grammar, vocabulary, multi-word verbs
