Introduction to Esperanto

24 03 2009

This is the site that I used to learn most of what I now know about Esperanto. If you have a few minutes you might like to take a look at the introduction as there is more detail and examples than I used. You can also click on words to hear what they sound like.

lernu: Introduction



Pretty

23 03 2009

pretty

Thanks for Jessikah for this pretty drawing.



Laughing

19 03 2009

Thanks to Blair for her hard work and giggles.

Laughing



Freedom

18 03 2009

Thanks to Jasmine for this colourful and vivid work.

Freedom



Imagination

17 03 2009

Thanks to Telana for this work. I think it’s very Willy Wonka.

Imagination



All Time Top Five

16 03 2009

Students in The Power of English should have this task finished by Wednesday this week.

All time top five pieces of English – Red Space Rocket Wiki



Cheese

16 03 2009

Cheese

Thanks to Lewis for the cheese.



Hair

13 03 2009

Thanks to Ethan for this terrific hair.

Hair



Joker

12 03 2009

Here is some of Bianca’s good work from our Morphing English class.

Joker



Letters

5 03 2009

This task is to research the history and usage of a particular letter from the English alphabet. This is done in three stages.

1. Research.
2. Present this information on the wiki.
3. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of this same information.
4. Present this to the class.

You do your work on the wiki at History of the Alphabet

My presentation example presentation, for the letter A, is at
W:\Quamby Resources\O’Meara



Sunday

22 02 2009



Pupils subject to phone ‘sexting’

22 02 2009

THOUSANDS of private school students have been asked to send naked pictures of themselves by mobile phone or the internet, and many more have been subjected to upsetting emails or online messages.

Pupils subject to phone ‘sexting’ | theage.com.au

Just last week we read an American article about the dangers of sexting for teenagers and here it is in the Australian news.



Tiliting at Windmills

19 02 2009

Liked this comic strip and you might get something out of it.

Partially Clips



Power of English: Textual Misconduct

19 02 2009

In class this Thursday we will be doing a task involving an article about sexting. If you missed class you can find the entire task by following this link.

Textual Misconduct – Red Space Rocket Wiki



Morphing English: New Words Presentation

18 02 2009

Step One: Go to the wiki and find your three new words.

Step Two: Make a PowerPoint presentation about these three words. It should contain;
a definition
type of word
how to say it
the word used in a sentence
a picture relating to your word.

You can see my example on the school server at W:\Quamby Resources\O’Meara

Step Three: Check with me that your work is really finished.

Step: Send me your finished presentation as a Web Message. You will be standing up and presenting this to the class tomorrow.