
WebXercise Activities I - SD's CONNECTION
SD's CONNECTION - WebXercises FINAL ACTIVITIES
Students from intermediate to advanced levels (SD-1 to SD-6): Time to interact on line actively! Click on 'comentários', at the bottom of this page, and post your conclusions about your corresponding WebXercise. Don't forget to write your name, level and classtime. Have fun!!!
SD-1: WebXercise
http://www.friendship.com.au/index.html#index
Take at least 3 quotes of each collection - general, famous&historical, lyrical, negative, religious and new - from the given website and find out which ones you agree with. Post them and explain your reasons!
SD-2: WebXercise
http://www.quia.com/jg/28284.html
Try to uncover matching pairs of cards playing Concentration. Write about your score and say what your favorite expression is. Explain why and what it means.
SD-3: WebXercise
http://www.cyberteens.com/ne/ad/index.html
Click on the site given and read some of the letters. Discuss the problems and try and think of suitable solutions. Choose 2 cases, read the questions and write different letters of advice for each. Try to mention points that Lola didn`t. Post your letters!
SD-4: WebXercise
http://www.propecia.co.nz/identikit.html
Make up a face using either of these online identikits. After you have made your face, show and describe it to us. Write a history about your character (name, hobbies, nationality, age, etc) and post it.
SD-5: WebXercise
http://www.timeout.com/
On the website given, read up on the restaurants in your chosen city and come to a decision on which one you would visit and why. Make your choice considering the TOP 5 most viewed restaurant list given on the page. Then, describe the place, tell us what it has that matches with what you look for in a restaurant (location, view, food, menu choice, value for money), and copy some customers' comments you've read that support your choice.
SD-6: WebXercise
http://www.time.com/time/reports/v21/home.html
Write down one or two predictions under the following headings: How we will live, Science, Technology, Health&The Environment and America. Then read the brief articles that relate to their predictions (on the website given) and finally check if your prediction is there. Do you agree with what you have read? Support your ideas and opinions and post them.
Visitas: 342
Postado por Natalia Vidal em 03/23/10 18:43:49
Dear Thiago,
Great choice!! I would love to visit this restaurant sometime soon! Great food and beautiful city!
Cheers
Postado por Hayanne Porto SD-5 em 03/18/10 15:55:18
I chose the Back Forty in New York because I really liked the restaurant and the menu.We find a big variety at the menu,choosing between a hamburguer or a lobster.The restaurant seems very confortable,neat and clean and the view seems not to be of these busy streets of New York. We can go there for a quick bit before a movie,an easy meal for a collection of friends or a simple family meal. I hope go there the next time !
Postado por Roberta - teacher em 03/18/10 13:42:57
That is very nice! Lots of students participating and giving opinions!!!! Conratulations for all the ones that participated!!!!
Roberta
Postado por Pedro -
I like the lyrical,religiousand the proverbs.
For me friendship is very important - both to the people and to the world.
Postado por André Fenley de Castro - SD-1 em 03/17/10 17:42:11
I agree with the quote: Famous & Historic. Because when it says this "Tell me what company thou keepst, and I'll tell thee what thou art." and "Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends." and "Keep your friendships in repair." it's totally right because with you are friendo to a terrorist theoretically you are a terrorist too so choose your friends carefully. I agree with the other quote:general."Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend." and "Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you." and "Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life." Because friends is very important to your life, if you want some consolation and if you want a real friend you have to floor on his side not in fronto or behind him. I agree to with the third quote: Proberbs. "A friend in need is a friend indeed." and "Life without a friend is like death without a witness." and "It is better to be in chains with friends , than to be in a garden with strangers." I agree with them because die alone is horrible, such as be in a place full of strangers and no friends.
Postado por Ana Clara Dunaev - SD-1 em 03/17/10 17:40:47
"Best friend is an old mirror". - I agree with this sentece because a friend is like a old mirro means that it is a real person is like a old mirro means that it is a real person. "Books and friends should be few but good". -I agree with this sentence because doesn't help you have many friens but all are fake and don't is help you at the timeyou need it's better you have few friends but they're true and help you in difficult times. "To have a friend is a friend" -I agree with this phrase because it says that if you want a friend you have to treat people well,with sincerity as you would like to be treated.
Postado por Cecília Patoléa - SD5 em 03/16/10 13:25:08
"18th Sreet Coffe is in Los Angeles. I chose this restaurant because it serving a high-quality food and various types of coffee. The people who went to this Coffe House, are famous. Nothing better than drink a coffe and meet a famous guy. I totally agree with this no-cellphone policy, because you can disconnect from the world and relax even for a few minutes. Now I'm burning to take a hot chocolate and eat a cake in 18th Street Coffe."
Postado por Vitor Loureiro em 03/15/10 14:28:30
"A friend in need is a friend indeed."
I agree with thi because if you can count on a friend you know he is a real friend.
"A good friend is my nearest relation."
I agree with this because you can count on a friend and you can tell him your secrets.
"Books and friends should be few but good"
I agree with this because you need to have good friends.
Postado por Thiago Neves SD-5 em 03/11/10 15:40:26
I chose the restaurant Agua in Barcelona. This restaurant caught my attention because of its sophistication, the sight of a large terrace to the beach and a relaxed dining room. The menu rarely changes, but never tire of the regular competently executed monkfish tail with sofregit, the partridge risotto, and fresh juicy shrimp. its convenient location, in front of the beach, gives the place a good atmosphere.
Postado por Danielle Pinheiro Pereira em 03/10/10 17:41:05
"A good friend is my nearest relation."
"An honest answer is the sign of true friendship."
"Best friends are like diamonds,precious and rare,false friends are like leaves found everywhere."
I agree.Nobody can leave alone and true friendship are like jewelry,very difficult to find.We have to be careful because there are many people that just pretend to like us.Only in the hard moments we know for sure who is a good friend.
Postado por Natália Janoni SD-5 em 03/09/10 18:42:58
The restaurant I chose was the Figueira Rubaiyat in São Paulo. This reustaurant caught my attention especially for its charmy and intimate atmosphere.An old tree, a figueira, is located in the middle of its instalation, wich gives a nature and charming roof to the guests at the outdoor tables.The menu is varied and they prepare a beef that is known as the best of the city. Another positive point is the location of this restaurant, the Jardim Paulista, a noble area, and easily acessible, by car or metro.
Postado por Flávia Pereira em 03/09/10 17:26:59
"An honest answer is the sign of true friendship." "The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them." "Some friendships not last,but some friends are more loyal than brothers." I agree because I think friendship lasts forever. It´s something that you conquer with time and honesty. Sometimes a true friend can be more than a brother.
Postado por Betina Restum SD-5 em 03/09/10 15:04:30
I've chosen The Smith Restaurant in New York. It's a really cool place where I can bring my friends with me, because the atmoshpere is young.
The restaurant is in the Upper East Side and it's very pleasant and also the price is really cheap. Comfort and casual food works best there, so you can find top-notch burgers, showcased crisp squid rings with a chunky marinara sauce and for dessert a delicious cloying apple-pie sundae.
It's a place to have fun anytime with your friends and to enjoy your youth.
Postado por Cecília Patoléa SD-5 em 03/09/10 13:30:45
18th Sreet Coffe is in Los Angeles. I chose this restaurant because it serving a high-quality food and various types of coffee. The people who went to this Coffe House, are famous. Nothing better than drink a coffe and meet a famous guy. I totally agree with this no-cellphone policy, because you can disconnect from the world and relax even for a few minutes. Now I'm burning to take a hot chocolate and eat a cake in 18th Street Coffe.
Postado por marcelle medeiros em 03/08/10 20:42:40
The best café I ever see is Chocolat, in Milan, that serves all things chocolate.
I chose this café because its a cheap and bealtiful place, that make you feel at home.
It's in Via Boccaccio, a lovelly street with a good view.
All that they serve is with chocolate,ice-cream in flavours like chilli chocolate, ginger chocolate, orange chocolate and amaretto chocolate, to the tarts, brownies and slabs of chocolate flavoured with figs, hazelnuts or weirder options including balsamic vinegar, everything is utterly irresistible.
I would like to go there, cause I love chocolate!!
Postado por Thales Duque Estrada SD-5 em 03/08/10 20:01:48
I love seafood, so a chose the Coast Restaurant in Vancouver.The room's clean contemporary design features lots of wood and light, and the menu has Vancouver's freshest and best seafood: Oysters with the life of the ocean still within them. The rarest, most perfectly prepared fish, shellfish, and all the bounty of the sea. Beautiful seafood platters, piled high with the most succulent, crab, shrimp, lobster... In short, all the food that makes coastal living great - all prepared to absolute perfection. I think that the price is very good, and you're always well-served in this restaurant. I chose this restaurant also because i like Canada, especially Vancouver. The views are so beautiful that you will not want to leave this place. So, if you choose this restaurant, you won't be disappointed.
Postado por Frederico SD 4 filial em 03/08/10 16:38:37
His name is Baltazar and his hobbies are killing, torture, sleep and play. His nationality is Brazilian and he is 95 years old. He walks in the streets with a chainsaw and a machete killing everyone who looks at him and he was never caught by anyone, when the police appears he simply disappears, until now he has killed about 980 people, he lives in Itaipu, then be careful with him...
Frederico
Postado por Roberta - teacher em 03/08/10 15:37:18
Dear Felipe,
Good advice! It is better to tell the truth, always!!!
Roberta
Postado por Bruno SD 3 18:15 filial em 03/08/10 15:34:33
Dear Lola,
1. Lately I have been feeling depressed.
Dear scared and lonely, You can talk to your parents and tell them that they fight a lot and that for this reason your grades are falling. This is all.
2. Dear Lola,
My friend copies my homework and cheats off my paper all the time. Sheis getting credit of what I do.
Why don't you make her cry if she does this to you, you have to tell her: " My friendship with you is finished at this moment." And you don't have to worry about her reaction. Tjis is all.
Bruno Pessanha
Postado por Ana Carolina em 03/07/10 20:54:01
oGeneral:
"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."
"The love of my life is the love between friends."
"Friendship is one mind in two bodies."
-I agree with the first one because life is a recipe, that's true.So, what could we do without the ingredients? What could we do without FRIENDS? Nothing.
-I agree with the second one because when we've a friend, we can't adore a friend, we love our friends,or it isn't a true
friend,That is the way the friendship is.
-I agree with the third one because when I know I've a true friend, I feel like I can say everything I want, because I know he'll never laugh of my face or tell me that I'm a jerk. He'll laugh with me, It seems like we're just one person, that do and like the same things.
oFamous&Historic:
"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."
"The world would be so lonely, in sunny hours or gray. Without the gift of friendship, to help us every day."
"Ah, how good it feels...the hand of an old friend."
-I agree with the first one because It's so common to tell your loyal friend about lots of new secrets,but you've never told one of these to your mother. You're too shy to tell her about one simple secret? Not to a true friend...
-I agree with the second one because: How could we overcome our bad days without best friends' help?
-I also agree with the third one because there's nothing that we can compare to an old friend.
oLyrical:
"I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay."
"I get by with a little help from my friends."
"Best friends just won't leave your side."
-I agree with the first one because with trust we can go everywhere.
-I agree with the second one because true friends will always be with you, will always help you.When you're down the best thing is look for a friends' help. They know what to do to help you.
-I agree with the third one, because everyone in the world know that true best friends will never leave true best friends.That's the rule!
oNegative:
"I don't trust him. We're friends."
"Sometimes your closest friend is your greatest enemy."
"Friendship is delicate as a glass, once broken it can be fixed but there will always be cracks."
- The only one that I trust is the third one, because that's the way I think:I can forgive him once,It's ok. but I'll always remember what he did to me. I don't agree with the first and the second, because you know, what were they thinking when they wrote that?
oReligious:
"An honest answer is the sign of true friendship."
"A friend is one who strengthens you with prayers, blesses you with love and encourages you with hope."
"The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them."
The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them."
I agree with the three quotes because that's what friendship is! There's nothing better than friends like sisters or brothers, always togetherl.True friends will tell you true advices,will never lie to you,they will always want your best!
oNew:
"Good friends come and good friends go, but only the best friends stick around forever."
"Friends are those with whom we feel comfortable enough to 'think out loud."
"Rose is a flower that lives for an hour! Friendship is a tower that lives forever."
I agree with the three quotes because God know what he does,and good friends come and go,but everythings is gonna be all right with our friends beside us.They will always love us, and we will always love them. We are as one.We are BEST FRIENDS!
Postado por Camila Matos SD 3 M/W 18:15 em 03/07/10 17:31:11
Q: Dear Lola,
When I was in the ninth grade, I met a girl that I really liked and she felt the same way. Well, sooner or later we ended up getting together and from then on we really just fell in love with each other and were basically inseparable. Anyway we were together for a year and 2 months and then for some reason we just broke it off--it was one of those mutual break ups. To be totally honest with you the break up killed me. I mean it tore me up. Then at the beginning of this year we kind of found that old flame again and got back together and now its like everything is great again. I mean we couldn't e happier. I guess what my question is this-- Is it possible for someone of our age (16) to really be in love with someone else? How do I know or will I know for sure if she is the right one? What do you think?
A:I think that be in love with somebody is possible to anyone. You can be young or adult. And only the time will tell you if your feelings are really love. That's when you realize that the person is the most important in your life, when you prefer to be with her all the time instead of other people, you'll want to protect her of everything and everybody, you'll get jealous of her. You will love the girl more than anything. Love is the best feeling that a person can feel.
Q:Dear Lola,
My friend copies my homework and cheats off my paper all the time.She is getting credit off of what I do. She also has a really big mouth and talks bad about me. I don't want to be friends with her but I don't want to be mean. What should I say to end the friendship but to not make her cry????!!!
A: Well.. first: How she is your firend, if she talks bad about you ? Look. I think that you have to say everything that you think. You aren't like this situation, so, you have to make this perfectly clear. A real friend won't be angry if you don't want to lend the homework. She would be the "smart", coping without any effort, and you would be the "foolish". Do anything, talk to her.
Postado por Daniela Botelho SD-5 em 03/05/10 22:45:31
Armando al Pantheon restaurant is in Rome. I chose this restaurant because its price is very good, it isn't expensive and it is easy to get there because it has a lot of transports that can "leave me there". Moreover Armando is a simple,no-frills trattoria of the kind that is very rare to find just a few yards from an A-league tourist attraction. But, right by the Pantheon, it has all the hallmarks of authenticity: cork walls, indifferent artworks, a pretty, stained-glass entrance and friendly service from the family that has run it for the last couple of generations. The menu has classics like: "fettucine" all'Armando...And I love pasta, so I chose a restaurant in Italy and this specifically attracted me.
Postado por Raffael SD-1 em 03/03/10 21:08:26
General Friendship Quotes:
"A friend is one who walks in when others walk out"
"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."
I agree with the first one because it says that a friend is one who is aways there for you and i think it is very important in a friendship.
I agree with the second one because it says that a friend will support you even when he'd rather be in another place and that means loyalty wich is also very important in a friendship.
I also agree with the third one 'cause it says that a friendship you push you back to a good way if you try to do anything wrong and for me thats one of the most important thing for a friend to do.
Famous&Historic Quotes:
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
"True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and choice."
"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."
I don't agree with the first quote 'cause you shouldn't be stupid with any kind of friends.
I agree with the second one because if you have multiple friends and they are not worth your friendship you won't be as happy as you have 1 friend that you can count on and trust.
I agree with the third one 'cause a loyal friend is a person that will aways be there for you and a relative friend is a friend for you to play and talk with but not to count on every single time.
Lyrical Quotes:
"I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay."
"Best friends just won't leave your side"
"Hey my friend, it seems your eyes are troubled. care to share your time with me"
I agree with the first one 'cause friends aways help each other.
I agree with the second one too because a best friend will aways be there at your side to help you.
I also agree with the third one 'cause you will aways offer help when a friend is in need.
Negative Quotes:
"Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies."
"I don't trust him. We're friends."
"Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other."
I don't agree with any of those quotes 'cause you should be happy for your friends, you should trust them and you shouldn't feel superiority above your friends.
Religious Quotes:
"An honest answer is the sign of true friendship."
"The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them."
"A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure."
I agree with the three quotes 'cause a real friendship is based on the truth and the trust, so anyone who finds a friend is finding a treasure.
New Quotes:
"Best Friends Listen to what you dont say"
"Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever."
"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other."
I agree with the three quotes 'cause best friends understand your feelings, friends might split up, but their friendship will last forever and because we need friends to go on with our life.
Postado por Luiz Felipe SD 3 - Filial em 03/03/10 16:41:52
My friend copies my homework and cheats off my paper all the time.She is getting credit off of what I do. She also has a really big mouth and talks bad about me. I don't want to be friends with her but I don't want to be mean. What should I say to end the friendship but to not make her cry????!!!
Advice:
If i were you i will say to her i'm not liking what she is doing
and I will stop to let she copy my homework, because i'm
relly don't like it and she win anything and will never will win
something if she don't stop to do it.
Postado por Renata Pinheiro Carvalho em 03/03/10 16:17:57
"A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself."
I agree because when we are lost , a friend always can help us.
"I get by with a little help from my friends.''
I agree because we can do everything with a little help from our friends.
"A friend is one who walks in when others walk out"
I agree because when we have a friend , he is the only one that helps us when everybody leaves.
Postado por Thuany SD-1 (6:15 pm) em 03/03/10 15:11:26
"A friend is like sunlight, filtering into the quite corners of ones heart, offering bright new mornings and fresh hope yet demanding nothing in return." "The greatest challenge in being a friend is not listening when words are spoken but hearing and feeling even though there is nothing but silence." "The happiest person has three things, a bestfriend, a true love and a best friend who is their true love.
-Sent in by Donna
I liked this quote because it synthesizes my conception about Friendship: The meaning of "friendship"is a little difficult to say. When we think about it, we usually use facts to explain. When we say "he/she is my friend" this person has proved it every days with attitudes. A friend is who can understand everything about us like our silence , always helps us when we need (if we don't know too) and likes who we are (not what we can give). When we love somebody, we are looking for a special person whose companionship is wonderful and can complete us. Our true love always will be our "old" best friend because we believe in and want him/her next to us forever.
Postado por Maíra sd-6 em 03/02/10 13:21:11
Technology:
I agree that in the future there will be smart highways that guide cars traveling at 120 mph by means of tiny sensors and also parking spot detectors. This technologies will help to save lifes and make traffic problems go away since it can controls the speed of the cars according to the streets. I also think that in the future all the cars might be tracked by GPS and a computer will show the best way to arrive in each place but if the drivers does not want to drive they do not need to. They just need to set their car and it will take them to any place.















