COINT2: Application letter for an internship or graduate school

This sample may help you. It contains some useful comments for each paragraph. Have a look at it if you need some inspiration ;-)

This is the work in class that must be included in your notebooks

My dearest students at Montse Roig Secondary School,
Here below you've got the exercices you have to gather in your notebooks:


COINT 2
Commerce 2 (Oxford):
- Video worksheets: The Good Consumer; The Miracle of Birth (Part 2).
- Grammar worksheets: past perfect.

- Student's book:
  Unit 9, p.67, ex. 1, 3, 4.
               p.68, ex. 1-2 & Language spot (past perfect exercises)
               p.69, listening, ex. 2, 4
               p.70, Meeting room, ex. 3 (write down th expressions provided); Reading ex.
               p.71, Writing: personal statement; Key words ex.
  
  Unit 10, p.72, ex. 1-2
                 p.73, ex. 2
                 p. 74, Language spot (must have, can't have, might/could have)
                 p.75, Reading, ex. 1-2
                 p. 76, Small talk - surprising news, ex. 1-3; It's my job, ex. 2.
                 p. 77, Writing: Application letter; Key words.

COMERÇ
Business Venture (Oxford):
- Student's book:
 Unit 1, p.5, ex. 2.
              p.6, SPEAKING, ex. 2.
              p. 7, SPEAKING exercise: example provided.

 Unit 2, p.10, 2nd SPEAKING ex: Write down the 4 questions and their 4 answers.
              p.11, SPEAKING, ex. 3.
              p.12, WRITING, ex. 1-2.
            
- Workbook:
 Unit 1, pp. 4-8.
 Unit 2, pp. 9-13.

APD
 English for Nursing 1 (Pearson)
 Notes:
- The verb to be: +, - , ? sentences
- The present simple: +, - , ? sentences
- What time is it?
- The family
- Ordinal and cardinal numbers.

Worksheets:
- The Simpson's Family
- Video worksheet: "Health Science Careers: A Certified Nursing Assistant."I.

Student's book:
 Unit 1, p.5, ex. 3.
              p.8, ex. 5.
              p. 9, ex. 9.
              p. 11, ex 7, 12.  

Business Negotiations

http://twominenglish.com/video/296-Business-Negotiations-Business-English-For-Negotiations.html

Creating a personal statement

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Catholics and Protestants from the point of view of Monty Python

Just hilarious!



PRE-WATCHING
1. Answer these questions in pairs or small groups.
a) Have you got a big family? How many brothers and sisters have you got?
b) Is the size of your current family smaller or bigger than the one of previous generations?
c) How big would you like your family to be?
d) Is your idea of your will-be family influenced by religion or culture?

WHILE-WATCHING
2. Are the statements below true (T), false (F), or we just don't know (?):
1 Dad is going home. A seagull flies above it and drops a baby down the chimney.
2 Dad is happy about having another baby.
3 Mum asks about fifteen of her children to go to bed because it isn’t their turn for tea time.
4 Dad reports his children that he’s going to sell them all for scientific experiments because
that’s the only way to earn a great deal of money.
5 Dad asks his children to blame the Catholic church.
6  A child suggests castration to his Dad.
7 Mr Blackitt is Jewish.
8 He despises his Catholic neighbours. 
9. Mrs Blackitt is aware of the differences between Catholics and Protestants.
10. Mr Blackitt usually buys contraceptives.

AFTER-WATCHING
3. Answer individually or in pairs.
a) What title would you give to the song in the film? 
b) Why does Mrs Blackitt look so confused after the comparison between Catholics and Protestants.
c) Quote the funniest sentence.

GRAMMAR
4. Both Catholics and Protestants are mocked in the sketch. 
a) Make some statements abouts the two communities. Most of them will have to be made in the present simple.
b) Can you make some more sentences with the verbs like, hate, enjoy... + V-ing?

READING
5. Read and choose the funniest quotation.

6. Read the full script of the scene and make some questions.