Agony Aunt

According to the Wikipedia, an Agony Aunt is an advice columnist, that is, a person who gives advice to readers' problems in a newspaper or magazine.

The image presented was originally of an older woman providing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt".

Have a look at the following problems related to addiction:


1) Spendaholic fears rejection:
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/agonyaunt/question2275.html

2) Addicted, in debt and engaged: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/agonyaunt/question2270.html

Now, it's your turn to become an Agony Aunt:

1. First, click on this webquest site: http://www.xtec.cat/eoiterrassa/Departaments/MyAgonyAuntWebquest/index.htm

2. Click on "Process and Resources" and think about the questions from Activity 1.

3. Move on to Activity 2, read the letters and fill in the vocabulary sheet with the highlighted expressions.

4. Write a letter describing a problem you have. You can choose from the following topics:

• I can't stop thinking about him/her.



• I'm in love with a guy/girl but he's going out with my best friend.



• I'm a shopaholic / workaholic / alcoholic / chocaholic / sexaholic.



• I don't get on with my parents. We are always arguing.

5. Follow the models you have already seen and the model letter you can find in your book, page 38.

6. Write:

• from 80 to 150 words.


• use idioms and phrasal verbs (underline them).


• use at least 5 different modal verbs (underline them)


• don't forget connectors, paragraphs, margins and indentations!

7. Hand in your final work. It must contain:

1. The answers to the questions from Activity 1.


2. The vocabulary sheet with the expressions in their correct column.


3. The letter.


4. Agony Aunt's advice.

Some Modal Verbs

What about Spain?

Imagine you are writing a tourist guide,

think about 10 useful tips for tourists to Spain

and add them as a comment to this post.

Don't forget to write your name!

Dickens' 200th Anniversary

What makes you feel good

There are many things that make us feel good: sunbathing, dancing, watching a scary movie...

Here there are some people describing their favourite hobbies.

What about you?

What makes you feel good?

Now, click on -ing and infinitive activities on the right column.

Grammar, welcome back!

Click on the following links to practise verb tenses:

1. Present Tense

2. Future Tense

3. Past Tense and Perfect Aspect 1

4. Perfect Aspect 2

5. Review of Tenses

Once upon a Time

When I woke up

I heard that suspicious noise again.

It was seven o'clock in the morning.

Suddenly, I felt a drop on my face.

I switched on the light, I rubbed my eyes and realized, in anguish and horror, that it was not a drop of water.

Now, it's your turn.Write an ending for the story.

Add about 150 - 200 words to this beginning and use:

• Past forms.
• 2 adverbs.
• 1 adjective ending in –ed and another one ending in –ing.
• Some expressions with infinitives and gerunds.
• Don’t forget margins, indentations and connectors.
  

What makes you feel good?

There are many things that make us feel good: sunbathing, dancing, watching a scary movie...
Here there are some people describing their favourite hobbies.
What about you?
What makes you feel good?

Activity from New English File - Oxford

Now, click on -ing and infinitive activities on the right column.