vendredi, le 29 juin 2012

Les jeux olympiques

Use the internet to research any questions in your Olympics booklet that you were unable to answer.

Answer the following questions and put your answers in a PowerPoint presentation:

1. When did the original Olympic games begin (????BC)
2. When did the original Olympic games stop (????AD)
3. Who is Baron Pierre de Coubertin?
1. When did he live?
2. What was his nationality?
3. What was his profession?
4. What was he the founder of?
4. What is the symbol of the modern Olympic Games?
1. What do the colours stand for?
2. Why is the number "5" so important?
5. In which countries did the last 10 Olympic Games take place?

vendredi, le 15 juin 2012

Holiday Project 4

Today, you are going to finalise your project. Please make sure you have at least 1-2 slides about each of the following topics:

• The country you are going to visit
• Its capital
• The area which you are going to see
• Popular sights
• Famous people who live or lived there
• Activities which you can to there
• Local food
• Different types of accommodation
• The distance to your holiday destination from Bicester
• 3 different types of transport to get to there

Include the details, prices, maps and pictures in your PowerPoint presentation.

Be prepared to present your work to the class next lesson.

Make sure your presentation is easy to understand for your audience.

Put your work in my work postbox.

jeudi, le 14 juin 2012

Holiday Project 3

Transport

Today you are going to research how to get to your holiday destination.

• Research at least 3 different types of transport (plane, train, ferry, car, coach, bus, ...) which you can use to get to your holiday destination.
• Write down the distance in miles and kilometres
• Work out the total costs of the journey and compare different prices for first / business class and economy class.
• Compare the prices of different plane / train / ferry companies.

Include the details, maps and pictures in your PowerPoint presentation and double-check you are up-to-date with last-week's work!