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ΒΥ ekfrasi! ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΞΕΝΩΝ ΓΛΩΣΣΩΝ ΕΚΦΡΑΣΗ

The very hungry caterpillar

Video:  The very hungry caterpillar  

Watch the video and do the activities

https://www.weareteachers.com/very-hungry-caterpillar-activities/

Και να η caterpillar απο την Ειρήνη.

απο την Κατερίνα 

και από τη Λατούφε με τις μέρες της εβδομάδας 

Thank you girls

Outline of an Argumentative Essay

I. Introduction

a. Hook:      The graffiti as a synonym of art and free expression.

b. Connecting information: This type of art can be understood in different ways and can be considered also as vandalism.

c.Thesis statment: Althought  many of these painters are extremely talented and spend a lot of time on their pieces, society has labeled them as vandals who damaged private property and visually pollute cities.

II. Argument 1 /Free expression

a. These artists use graffiti as a way of expression to society.

b. Many of these people who practice painting in public and private properties are people who  society discriminates.

III. Argument 2 / Related but not vandalism

a. Vandalism is only vandalism when it is mischievous or malicious destruction or damage of property

b. Some graffiti artists are against any form of destruction on private property such as people’s houses, schools or churches.

IV.Argument 3 /High quality painting

a.  It takes skill, practice and a lot of determination to make a paint for the world to see.

b.  It can have strong artistic qualities and technically good.

V. Conclusion

However, society nowadays still discriminates against very talented men and women who put their talents to the public. These are considered as vandals because they damage private property and pollute the environment in any way.

Graffiti art considered vandalism

     The graffiti as a synonym of art and free expression. Is considered as painting designs on public or private property outside (walls). This type of art can be understood in different ways and can be considered also as vandalism. It’s a design sense, a strong sense of form, colors, a dynamic image. Althought  many of these painters are extremely talented and spend a lot of time on their pieces, society has labeled them as vandals who damaged private property and visually pollute cities.

     These artists use graffiti as a way of expression to society. On the other hand, society thinks graffiti can affect the communities confidence and reduce property values. Many of these people who practice painting in public and private properties are people who society discriminates. For this reason, they use this means to defend their right to free expression. They do it as self expression to make the public areas beautiful in there own way which is exactly art.

      I believe society consider graffiti as vandalism  because they don’t know what that exactly mean. Vandalism is only vandalism when it is mischievous or malicious destruction or damage of property.Yes, graffiti may be vandalism if done on public property out of a mischievous act but if graffiti is friendly environment,  it is not vandalism. Some graffiti artists are against any form of destruction on private property such as people’s houses, schools or churches.

     It takes skill, practice and a lot of determination to make a paint for the world to see. Any child can pick up spray paint and draw a doodle of one or two lines but it takes an artist with talent to transform the average brick wall into a canvas of creativity. For the majority of people, graffiti is nothing more than bright splotches on a wall. But to people who appreciate it, graffiti is a skill that is changing the way we look at spray paint.  It can have strong artistic qualities and technically good.

       I think the difference between art and vandalism is the vandal has no respect for another individual. However, society nowadays still discriminates against very talented men and women who put their talents to the public. These are considered as vandals because they damage private property and pollute the environment in any way.Do not judge a book by its cover, we must learn to respect people and appreciate their art.

Source:  https://carolinacarmona.wordpress.com/my-english-portafolio/second-trimester-portafolio/writing-tasks/argumentative-essay/

Take a look at this:

More about graffiti

http://www.understandingstandards.org.uk/National5_images/English/Portfolio/nat5_english_portfolio_cand3_cr.pdf

A STORY

KELLY AND CARLY

Once upon a time there was a princess.  She had a very big problem.  She was not allowed to wear a princess dress, her parents would not allow it. They would only allow her to wear a jacket, pink t-shirts, shorts and boots (that had holes).  The princess was very happy as she lived in a big house, Oh! I forgot...her name is Kelly.  She had a hot pink room which had many trees, flowers, a cow and a dog called Puttins.  She had a sister called Carly.  Carly's room was blue and white.  She was also aupset her parents would not allow her to wear a princess dress either.  On day when they woke up the went to see Chef Marty who made them breakfast.  The breakfast included sandwiches, beef, lollipops and ice-cream.

On the other side of the world in a giant castle lived little Donny whith his dog Mittles (a talking dog) who was a friend of Kelly and Carly.  He knew how to drive, how to swim, buy is own food and could do what humans do.  Everybody knew about Mittle the dog, but little Donny didn't want him to be on TV.

Meanwhile, in a big castle in the middle of Wales livd a prince who was known as Scuba Steve.  He loved to play extreme sports such as sky diving, but he was not fond of heights!

Back to Kelly and Carly's caste ...
After finishing breakfast, the postman arrived with a letter addressed to Kelly and Carly.  The letter as as stated:

You are invited to little Donny's birthday party.  21:30pm at Donny's enormous castle.

Kelly and Carly got themselves ready for the party.  Their parents allowed them to wear party dresses for the occassion.  They bought fantastic gifts for little Donny as well as cake made by Chef Marty.  After a long car journey to the party, they arrived to find the castle covered in balloons and colourful lights.  Inside was decorated the sam, there was also delicious food from all around the world.  There were patatas bravas from Spain, lobscows from Wales, souvlaki fom Greece, kebab from Tukey, curry wurst from Germany, bretzel from Switzerland, nicoise salad from France, burritos from Mexico and prosciutto from Italy.

Kelly and Carly had been enjoying themselves much that they didn't realise the time.  It was 12:30 am, their parents were furious.  When they got back to their castle the were sent to their rooms FOREVER!!!

Kelly had an idea, on the third night of their punishment whilst their parents were asleep, Kelly found a pickaxe in ther room. She broke her door down and did the same to Carly's door. They both crept out of the caslte, carefully passed the sleeping guards and ran as fast as they could to litlle Donny's castle.

Donny was fast asleep in his gold bed.  Suddenly he was woken up by a loud banging on his diamond door.  He took his diamond swaord and his enchanted bow and arrows and headed for the door where he was surprised to find Kelly and Carly who were both very exhausted.  He told them to come in and sit down.  He shouted at Mittles to come down to show them what they had bought from the mall.  Little Donny had bought a very special machine called "The Forget Machine".  It made people forget things.  Both little Donny and Mittles had an idea.  If Kelly and Carly used the machine on their parents, they would forget that they had punished them to stay in their rooms forever.

Kelly and Carly were so happy with this idea.  They carried the machine all the way bak to their castle and waited until their parents had gone to sleep.  When they were confident that they were asleep, they snuck in quietly and slipped in to their parents room, where they were both snoring loudly.  Kelly aimed one side of the machine at her father and Carly aimed the other side at her mother.  After 3 they would press the button FORGET...1...2...3...FORGET they pushed.  The machine made a funny noise like farts, brrp, pfft, bababa, biiiw.  they ran out of the room with the machine, they hid the machine fixed back the doors and went straight to bed like nothing ever happened. 

The next morning when their parents woke up they noticed leavers on the door and a sign saying "Do not open the door".  However, they did not listen and opened the door.  When they opened a huge bag of flour, 12 eggs and some glitter fell from buckets above their heads. They were covered and yelled "Kelly, Carly".

Kelly and Carly ran out of their rooms and started to laugh uncontrollably at their parents and said that's your punishment for not listening to the signs on your door.

Suddenly, there were fireworks flying around the room, Kelly and Carly told their parents that this was a dangerous thing to do so gave them both three days of punishment locked in their room.  During the three days of no parents they did everything.  They wore princess dresses and met up with little Donny and Scuba Steve.  On the third day of the punishment Kelly and Carly changed into the clothes that their parents allowed them to wear so that they wouldn't be punished again.  When their parents came out of the room, they apologised to Kelly and Carly and told them they could do anything tey wanted, except for one thing, that you don't need to know...we may tell you next time.

And this is the end of Kelly and Carly's story....for now.

What's your job?

 This is an interview. Please read it.

What is your job?
My job is a baker.
How long have you done it for?
I have done it for 10 years.
Where do you work?
I work in Acharnes.
What do you like in your job?
I like that I can create beautiful and tasty things.
What don't you like in your job?
There is nothing I don't like.
Was it easy for you to become a baker?
Not very easy, because I had to study and practise for many years.
Do you love your job?
I love my job very much, because I like making things for hungry people.
Thank you! Have a nice day!
Thank you. You too!

B Class

Natalie, Panagiotis, Paul.

Vasilopita

It is a custom in Greece that on January 1st we eat a rich bread called Vasilopita. It is actually the bread for Agios Vasilis (Saint Basil) because January 1st is the name day of Vasilis.  Each vasilopita contains a single coin. The Vasilopita is cut after Church. Whoever gets the slice with the coin is considered to be lucky.

Here is a recipe we got from http://www.antiochian.org/node/18684



A Simple Recipe for Vasilopita

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 extra-large eggs
• Grated rind of 2 large oranges
• Grated rind of 2 large lemons
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed/powdered sour cherry pits (Arabic mahleb, Greek makhlepi)
• 2 teaspoons crushed/powdered gum mastic (Arabic miski, Greek mastikha)
• 4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg yolk blended with 1 tablespoon milk
• sesame seeds
• blanched almonds
• a clean coin - a quarter will do nicely - wrapped in silver or gold foil

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Thickly butter a 10-inch round spring form pan.
2. In a large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter until it is light and fluffy. Beat in the sugar and beat until the mixture is light. Beat in the eggs, one a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the orange and lemon rinds, and the crushed/powdered sour cherry pits and gum mastic.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together three cups of the flour, the baking powder and salt.
4. With the mixer on low speed, gradually beat in the dry mixture alternately with the milk. The batter will be very thick. Using a wooden spoon, gradually blend in the remaining flour, beating well until completely smooth.
5. Spread the batter into the pan, press the coin into the dough until it is completely covered (don't let anyone see where you place it!), and then smooth the top. Brush the top evenly with the egg and milk mixture and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Gently press the blanched almonds into the top to make a Cross and spell out the date of the new year.
6. Bake for 45 minutes, until golden brown (if it browns too quickly, cover the top with aluminum foil). Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing from spring form and thoroughly cool before slicing.

It was posted by Maria K aged 13

ESB Speaking Test B2 - Useful Set phrases-Expressions

Here are some useful set phrases for the ESB Speaking Test. 

I’d like to

I’d prefer to

I’m not sure about

I’m interested in

I’m keen on

in any case

It’s probable/possible that

I agree with you

You’re absolutely right

One more/other thing is

What do you think?

I’d like to try

It’s good for you to

Yes, and what’s more

Something else that is important is

Do you agree?

I’d advise him/her to

on the whole

in general

make my own choice

Yes, but there are other things to consider

You could be right, but

I mean

I wouldn’t like

I’d love to

it must be

I’m afraid I don’t agree

That’s a good point

True, but, on the other hand

Yes, and/but don’t you think it’s also...?

Of course you’re right, but

Many people think

Yes, what I think

No, I’m not like that

I suppose

for instance

I doubt if

In some ways, but

Do you think so?

That’s interesting because

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