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eTwinning Prizes 2010 – the finalists!

We are pleased to announce the finalists for this year’s annual Europe-wide competition. The winners will be announced on 5 February in Seville.

With initial submissions from over 350 projects across Europe, we are pleased to announce the finalists for the three age categories as well as the winners of the special categories.

AGE CATEGORY FINALISTS
Representatives from the projects will be invited to attend the prize-giving ceremony in Seville during the annual eTwinning Conference 2010.

Age category 4-11:

Colours of Life – common story written by children

* Ewa Kurzak, Przedszkole Publiczne nr 5 w Głogowie (PL)
* Miriam Schembri, St. Thomas More College, Fgura Primary A (MT)

Uniting through legends

* Anna Karavolou , 1st PRIMARY SCHOOL OF NEO PSYCHIKO (GR)
* Carla Vieira Sampaio da Silva , EB 2,3/S Cunha Rivara – ARRAIOLOS (PT)
* Celina Miszczyk , Szkoła Podstawowa (PL)
* Cristina Grau, CEIP Ramon Macip – Dolors Granés (ES)
* Francesca Innone , Scuola Primaria “Renato Moro” (IT)
* Lica Mariela Camelia , Colegiul National Traian (RO)
* Sophia Karsanidou, 1st PRIMARY SCHOOL OF NEO PSYCHIKO (GR)

Age category 12-15:

50 easy things you can do to save the Earth

* Florenci Sales Vilalta, IES Sòl-de-Riu (ES)
* Nelly Vicheva, Secondary School of Economics “Georgy S. Rakovsky” (BG)
* Remei Ibáñez Alcocer, IES Sòl-de-Riu (ES)

My town in numbers

* Erik Atsma, Hervormd Lyceum West (NL)
* Eva Bauerová, ZŠ Karviná (CZ)
* Irina Vasilescu, School no. 92 (RO)

Age category 16-19:

Songs, Language & Culture

* Alessandra Pallavicini, ITAS G. D’Annunzio (IT)
* Edita Grubienė, Marijampolės Petro Armino Secondary School (LT)
* Elisabeth Backström, Nyvångskolan (SE)
* Eva Šimková, VOŠ, OA, SPgŠ a SZŠ (CZ)
* Marta Pey, IES JAUME CALLIS (ES)
* Svetlana Peļa, Ciblas vidusskola (LV)
* Tanya Madjarova, Romain Rolland Foreign language school (BG)

LED – Learning and Teaching Furniture Design in Europe

* Gabriela Bodiková, Stredná odborná škola drevárska (SK)
* Rahel Böhlke, Marcel-Breuer-schule berlin (DE)

SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS
The winners of the special categories have been determined and will be awarded in person at the conference.

Maths and science (prize sponsored by European Schoolnet)

Magic but real experiments

* Alexandre Costa, Escola Secundária de Loulé (PT)
* Claudia Cziprok, Colegiul National “Mihai Eminescu” (RO)
* Claudia Radu Scoala Gimnaziala, “Gheorghe Lazar” (RO)
* Danuta Tracz, Zespół Szkolno-Przedszkolny w Brzeźnicy (PL)
* Irena Babinska, Vilniaus r. Pagiriu gimnazija (LT)
* Manuel Díaz Escalera, Colegio Sagrado Corazón (Esclavas) (ES)

Spanish language (prize sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Education)

TRIANGULO

* Mauricio Del Gallego Naredo, IES LLANERA (ES)
* Isabel Monteiro, Escola Secundária de Pinheiro e Rosa (PT)
* Marta Pey, IES JAUME CALLIS (ES)

French language (prize sponsored by the eTwinning National Support Service in France)

Sous le ciel de la compréhension

* Angela Riccomi, ITCG Paolini (IT)
* Wioletta Sosnowska, Zespół Szkół Tekstylno-Handlowych (PL)

Creative use of digital media (prize sponsored by eSkills Week)

Schoolovision 2009!

* Anna-Lena Larsson, Grimsåsskolan (SE)
* Aurelija Dirginčienė, Šiaulių „Juventos (LT)
* Bergfrid Kolltveit, Odda barneskole (NO)
* Corina Ciobanu, Scoala cu clasele I-VIII “Vladimir Streinu”, Teiu, Arges (RO)
* Dana Ciglová , ZS Husova, Brno (CZ)
* Gabriela Krížovská, Základná škola a materská škola Poprad , Jarná ulica 3168/13 (SK)
* Ilaria Pelucchi, Scuola Elementare San Giovanni Bosco (IT)
* Ingrid Maadvere, Gustav Adolfi Gümnaasium (ET)
* Katja Auffret, Ecole de Florentin (FR)
* Kolbrun Svala Hjaltadottir, Flataskoli Gardabaer (NO)
* Larisa Voronyuk, Jelgavas 2. pamatskola (LV)
* Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 (Marek Fularz)
* Maria Antoinette Magro, San Gorg Preca College, Hamrun GP Primary (PT)
* Michael Purves, Yester Primary School (UK)
* Nezaket KANDEMİR GÜNAY, Nazire Merzeci İlköğretim Okulu (TR)
* oleflemming Nielsen, Stadil-Vedersø Skole (DK)
* Svetoslava Georgieva, SOU “Georgi Izmirliev” (BG)
* Tanja Povhe, OS Venclja Perka Domzale (SI)
* Νίκη Νικολαΐδου, Agros Primary School (CY)

THE SHORTLIST
While only a small number of projects made it to the final round, we would like to congratulate all projects that made it to the shortlist. Shortlisted projects will receive an electronic certificate after the conference.

Vaida and Raimonda present all our project, its steps and the final outcome to the classmates.

And here is the link to our project’s certificate.

etw_certificate_6570_en

We have also been awarded with E-twinning quality label:

To listen to our project hymn:

Here is our final outcome of reciting the translated lyrics…

We have also contributed to the project hymn with a stanza about Lithuania:

Lithuanians living by the Baltic sea
will happily everybody meet
Lithuania is small
But all for one and one for all

We have been working on the project all year round, some of us have had a good language learning and communication experience, the others failed and gave up, then new participants joined. My special thanks to Tautvydas and Raimonda who always were on time with prepared tasks and new ideas.
Now I want you express your opinion about the project: was it useful,what have you learned, which was the most interesting/difficult task, would you like to participate in any other project next year and what kind of a project should it be?

We have been preparing the last step, reciting and recording the lyrics of the translated songs, it has been fun, hasn’t it? We’ll publish the results soon…

Vaida is experiencing some difficulties while playing the guitar and reading at the same time…

The last notes and here we go…

Learning can be fun

El Vals del Obrero is an album by the Spanish ska punk band Ska-P, released in 1996.
The album title means “The Worker’s Waltz”. The album cover depicts a typical Spanish “cacique”, as a symbol of capitalism, amongst other things, fat cigar in one hand and manipulating a string puppet, dressed as a worker, with the other. The breast pocket of his jacket is stuffed with banknotes. He’s also wearing ostentatious gold rings, cuff-links and a gold tie pin with the eagle which symbolised Franco’s dictatorial regime.
The song protests against the poverty and little wages and having to pay taxes though the state doesn’t care about them. They sing about the lower classes, simple people who always must pay for everything that the politicians do, still they must survive somehow and take care of their children, let them to school, give food, buy clothes and give some entertainment.
It’s difficult to analyze the song as we don’t know much about Franco’s regime and old times in Spain, but it’s clear that people are fighting for their rights and a better life.

Italy is situated in Europe and attached in the north to the European mainland. To the north, the Alps separate Italy from France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. Today, Italy is a democratic republic and a developed country. It is a founding member the European Union.
Italy occupies a boot-shaped peninsula, surrounded on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the east by the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia to the north. The Apennine Mountains form the peninsula’s backbone; the Alps form its northern boundary. The largest of its northern lakes is Garda; in the centre is Campotosto Lake. The Po, Italy’s principal river, flows from the Alps on the western border and crosses the great Padan plain to the Adriatic Sea. Several islands form part of Italy; the largest are Sicily and Sardinia.There are several active volcanoes in Italy: Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe; Vulcano; Stromboli; and Vesuvius, the only active volcano on the mainland of Europe.
Language: Italian is the official language. Dialects are spoken in different regions. German and Latin are spoken in the South Tyrol region (bordering Austria). French is spoken in all the border areas from the Riviera to the area north of Milan (border with France and Switzerland).German is spoken around the Austrian border. English, German and French are also spoken in the biggest cities and in tourism and business circles.

Italian painting is traditionally characterized by a warmth of colour and light, as exemplified in the works of Caravaggio and Titian, and a preoccupation with religious figures and motifs. Italian painting enjoyed in Europe for hundreds of years, from the Romanesque and Gothic periods, and through the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the latter two of which saw fruition in Italy. Notable artists include Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Botticelli, Fra Angelico, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Bernini, Titian and Raphael.
The basis of the modern Italian language was established by the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri, whose greatest work, the Divine Comedy, is considered amongst the foremost literary statements produced in Europe during the Middle Ages. There is no shortage of celebrated literary figures in Italy: Giovanni Boccaccio, Giacomo Leopardi, Alessandro Manzoni, Torquato Tasso, Ludovico Ariosto, and Petrarch, whose best-known vehicle of expression, the sonnet, was invented in Italy. Prominent philosophers include Giordano Bruno, Marsilio Ficino, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Giambattista Vico. Modern literary figures and Nobel laureates are nationalist poet Giosuè Carducci in 1906, realist writer Grazia Deledda in 1926, modern theatre author Luigi Pirandello in 1936, poets Salvatore Quasimodo in 1959 and Eugenio Montale in 1975, satirist and theatre author Dario Fo in 1997.Regarding the Italian theatre, it can be traced back to the Roman tradition which was heavily influenced by the Greek; as with many other literary genres, Roman dramatists tended to adapt and translate from the Greek. For example, Seneca’s Phaedra was based on that of Euripides, and many of the comedies of Plautus were direct translations of works by Menander. During the 16th century and on into the 18th century, Commedia dell’arte was a form of improvisational theatre, and it is still performed today. Travelling troupes of players would set up an outdoor stage and provide amusement in the form of juggling, acrobatics, and, more typically, humorous plays based on a repertoire of established characters with a rough storyline, called canovaccio.
The modern Italian cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political changes, with its roots reaching back to the 4th century BC. Significant change occurred with the discovery of the New World, when vegetables such as potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, and maize became available. However, these central ingredients of modern Italian cuisine were not introduced in scale before the 18th century.
Ingredients and dishes vary by region. However, many dishes that were once regional have proliferated in different variations across the country. Cheese and wine are major parts of the cuisine, playing different roles both regionally and nationally with their many variations and Denominazione di origine controllata (regulated appellation) laws. Coffee, and more specifically espresso, has become highly important to the cultural cuisine of Italy.
There are so many tourist attractions in Italy that it is difficult to establish what not to miss, I guess it depends on the area visited. The Colosseum in Rome and San Peter’s Basilica with the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican are at the top of the list, as well as Piazza San Marco in Venice home to the famous San Marco Basilica, which combines elements of Romanesque and Byzantine architecture and is one of the most unique churches in Italy, the Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale), the Correr Museum and the Campanile or Bell-Tower of St. Mark. In Florence don’t miss Ponte Vecchio, the Uffizi Gallery, one of the world’s greatest art museums displaying works by Botticelli, Giotto, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian and Galleria dell’Accademia where Michelangelo’s sculpture of David is kept. Piazza San Giovanni and the adjacent Piazza Duomo provide famous sights including the Baptistery, the Duomo itself – the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore – and the Campanile also known as Giotto’s Bell Tower, which is open to visitors and the views over Florence rooftops are certainly worth the climb. Miracles Square in Pisa where the leaning tower of Pisa is still standing is worth a visit.

The Mole Antonelliana in Turin, which, with its 167.5 m, is the tallest masonry structure in Italy. The 360 degrees view over the city from the top is outstanding as much as the climb through the see-through lift from where to admire the stuccos that decorate the vaults with the sensation of floating in an open capsule inside the cupola.
Turin’s Egyptian Museum is the largest in the world after Cairo’s and must not be missed. There are over 30000 exhibits from the Palaeolithic to the diffusion of Christian religion.

Other must see sights are Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii in Naples, the Dome and La Scala theatre in Milan, and the northern Italian lakes. Both Lake Como and Lake Garda in the north are fantastic as well as the Tuscan countryside dotted with medieval castles.

TASK 1:
In pairs:
Do a PPT presentation presenting Lithuanian culture to your European partners.
Think of a song in your language which may well represent the way of living, the habits of young people, for example, and translate it into English. Your partners will do the same, then you will translate their song into your own language.

Tautvydas

We would present our Lithuanian culture with the song of Inculto – Welcome to
Lithuania, you can listen to this song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOGzo5Wfi98 I hope you will like it.

TASK 2:
Choose one of these:
a) ‘If you had to present your school community to a group of international students at a Youth conference/Forum, which song would you choose?’

Raimonda
Last January our class participated in Vanguard Show, organized at school and won the First place, this clip may well represent us and our class

b) ‘If you had to choose a song to represent you to people in 2200 in a time capsule, which song/CD/DVD/clip would you choose?

antanas

If I had to choose a song to represent my people in 2200 Iwould choose this song:marijonas mikutavicius-trys milijonai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDicivGGGag

lyrics of the song translated by Antanas

possibly too much and for too long, we were fighting
possibly for too long we were repeating the word honor, jee jee
maybe sometimes we were too much demanding
and sometimes we were too quiet to win
but as I used to be there,
I was singing happy songs of victories,
raising two fingers to the sky
because the winner can’t be put on trial
nobody would throw a stone
everything happened long time ago.
you lived too quiet for too long
my rushing blood will recover
like the grass is recovering after a long rain, jee, jee!

don’t suffer for the medal
is it really worth to fight till the end for the honor?
let’s start from the beginning
though we are only three million
don’t bleed for the gold
you will stay a legend, until we lose hope
even if we fail to become the champions by mistake

I used to repeat for thousand times to my friend:
we are good, we will win, today we are powerful, he would answer:go to hell
he appeared to be right
but it’s better not to live at all than not to believe jee
we dont give up, even if we fail
nine times in a row
we are not from those
who lose even before they try
we have no fears
when everything settles down and ends
it is possible to die from happiness or despair
even if you only play chess, or standards
it happens that sometimes
you are left alone without a friend
and you still feel that you are protected
we have grown up over a night
and gained new powers

don’t suffer for the medal
is it really worth to fight till the end for the honor?
let’s start from the beginning
though we are only three million
don’t bleed for the gold
you will stay a legend, until we lose hope
even if we fail to become the champions by mistake

don’t suffer for the medal
is it really worth to fight till the end for the honor?
let’s start from the beginning
though we are only three million
don’t bleed for the gold
you will stay a legend, until we lose hope
even if we fail to become the champions by mistake

c) “A song of protest” about

- politics
- social issues…

Vaida

I think smoke is not healthy and not fashionable.

This song say: NO SMOKING!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHwavr9AdnA

TASK 3:
Find out what ‘musical myths’ your foreign counterparts have about Lithuanian culture.
Publish your findings and debunk those myths.

Edita
It’s not only cold in Lithuania

On the morning of 1 January the city of Vilnius awoke having become the European Capital of Culture. This title which Lithuania was striving to achieve for more than five years while preparing for the country’s Millennium celebration will belong to Vilnius and Linz (Austria) for the whole year of 2009. This title was transferred to these two cities from the last year’s European Capitals of Culture Liverpool (Great Britain) and Stavanger (Norway).

“After becoming the European Capital of Culture 2009 Vilnius will present the program of cultural events and projects which will be organized and implemented throughout the whole year. This program is exclusively developed for the year of the capital of culture“, said Elona Bajorinienė, the director of the public institution “Vilnius – Europos kultūros sostinė 2009“ (Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009).

The perspective to implement the program “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009“ was projected in the Resolution of the Government of Lithuania in 2003. In 2004 Lithuania officially applied to the institutions of the European Union (EU) concerning the award of the status of the European Capital of Culture to Vilnius. In November 2005 under the Resolution of the Council of the EU Vilnius and Linz were announced European Capitals of Culture for the year 2009.

Vilnius is the farthest removed to the East EU city ever become the European Capital of Culture. From 1985 till 2009 this title has already been awarded to 37 European cities.

You can check for more using this link http://www.culturelive.lt/en/2009/

by William Shakespeare

Marcellus to Horatio and Bernardo, after seeing the Ghost,

Some say that ever ‘gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour’s birth is celebrated,
This bird of dawning singeth all night long;
And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,
The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow’d and so gracious is the time

(Hamlet, Act I, Scene I [Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes] )

Christmas is Britain’s most popular holiday and is characterised by traditions which date back hundreds of years. Many Christmas customs which originated in Britain have been adopted in the United States.

The first ever Christmas card was posted in England in the 1840s, and the practice soon became an established part of the build-up to Christmas. Over a billion Christmas cards are now sent every year in the United Kingdom, many of them sold in aid of charities.

Christmas decorations in general have even earlier origins. Holly, ivy and mistletoe are associated with rituals going back beyond the Dark Ages. (The custom of kissing beneath a sprig of mistletoe is derived from an ancient pagan tradition.) The Christmas tree was popularised by Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who introduced one to the Royal Household in 1840. Since 1947, the country of Norway has presented Britain annually with a large Christmas tree which stands in Trafalgar Square in commemoration of Anglo-Norwegian cooperation during the Second World War.

Popular among children at Christmas time are pantomimes: song and dance dramatisations of well-known fairy tales which encourage audience participation.

Carols are often sung on Christmas Eve by groups of singers to their neighbours, and children hang a stocking on the fireplace or at the foot of their bed for Santa Claus (also named Father Christmas) to fill. Presents for the family are placed beneath the Christmas tree.

Christmas Day sees the opening of presents and many families attend Christmas services at church. Christmas dinner consists traditionally of a roast turkey, goose or chicken with stuffing and roast potatoes. This is followed by mince pies and Christmas pudding flaming with brandy, which might contain coins or lucky charms for children. (The pudding is usually prepared weeks beforehand and is customarily stirred by each member of the family as a wish is made.) Later in the day, a Christmas cake may be served – a rich baked fruit cake with marzipan, icing and sugar frosting.

The pulling of Christmas crackers often accompanies food on Christmas Day. Invented by a London baker in 1846, a cracker is a brightly coloured paper tube, twisted at both ends, which contains a party hat, riddle and toy or other trinket. When it is pulled by two people it gives out a crack as its contents are dispersed.

Another traditional feature of Christmas afternoon is the Queen’s Christmas Message to the nation, broadcast on radio and television.

The day after Christmas is known in Britain as Boxing Day, which takes its name from a former custom of giving a Christmas Box – a gift of money or food inside a box – to the deliverymen and tradespeople who called regularly during the year. This tradition survives in the custom of tipping the milkman, postman, dustmen and other callers of good service at Christmas time.

Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me baby
Do you recognize me?
Well
If it’s been a year
It doesn’t surprise me
“Happy Christmas”
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying “I love you”
I meant it
Now I know what a fool I’ve been
But if you kissed me now
I know you’d fool me again

Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

ooooo
oh oh baby

A crowded room
Friends with tired eyes
I’m hiding from you
And your soul of ice
My god I thought you were
Someone to rely on
Me?
I guess I was a shoulder to cry on

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart
oh oh
Now I’ve found a real love you’ll never fool me again

Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

SPECIALLLLLL

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart ( Gave you my heart)
A man under cover but you tore me apart
Next year I’ll give it to someone
I’ll give it to someone special.
special
someone someone
I’ll give it to someone,I’ll give it to someone special
who’ll give something in return
I’ll give it to someone
hold my heart and watch it burn
I’ll give me to someone,I’ll give it to someone special
I’ve got you here to stay
I can love you for a day
I thought you were someone special
gave you my heart
I’ll give it to someone,I’ll give it to someone
last Christmas i gave you my heart
you gave it away
I’ll give it to someone,I’ll give it to someone

THE TASK:
1. What Lithuanian Christmas traditions do you know?
2.Does your family have any special traditions for Christmas time?
3. What do you like most about Christmas?
4.What is the message of this song?
5. Do you have any favourite Christmas song?
6. How are you going to spend this Christmas?
7. Wish something for your friends.

CATALAN -LITHUANIAN

Clara Vila & Rima: Give it to me – Madonna
Jordi Puig & Antanas: Infinity or Disturbia

LITHUANIAN-ITALIAN

Raimonda &Alice-Pussycat Dolls When I Grow Up
Vaida& Ilaria:-Pussycat Dolls When I Grow Up
Lilija&Michela:-I kissed a Girl

LITHUANIAN-POLISH

Tautvydas&Adam: Kuna-I Kissed a Girl

LITHUANIAN-SWEDISH

Andrius &Louise Kramar : Guru Josh: Project Infinity

Hello to everybody I hope you had nice holidays! This month you are going to start working in international groups and create a worksheet for a song. Some ideas how to do it.
Here is Pink Floyd’s song “Learning to Fly”. You are going to listen to it, to read the lyrics and prepare a worksheet on learning prepositions.

1. Tell me all prepositions you can remember.

A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.

A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:

The book is on the table.
The book is beneath the table.
The book is leaning against the table.
The book is beside the table.
She held the book over the table.
She read the book during class.

In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun “book” in space or in time.

A prepositional phrase is made up of the preposition, its object and any associated adjectives or adverbs. A prepositional phrase can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. The most common prepositions are “about,” “above,” “across,” “after,” “against,” “along,” “among,” “around,” “at,” “before,” “behind,” “below,” “beneath,” “beside,” “between,” “beyond,” “but,” “by,” “despite,” “down,” “during,” “except,” “for,” “from,” “in,” “inside,” “into,” “like,” “near,” “of,” “off,” “on,” “onto,” “out,” “outside,” “over,” “past,” “since,” “through,” “throughout,” “till,” “to,” “toward,” “under,” “underneath,” “until,” “up,” “upon,” “with,” “within,” and “without.”

Each of the highlighted words in the following sentences is a preposition:

a) The children climbed the mountain without fear.

In this sentence, the preposition “without” introduces the noun “fear.” The prepositional phrase “without fear” functions as an adverb describing how the children climbed.

b)There was rejoicing throughout the land when the government was defeated.

Here, the preposition “throughout” introduces the noun phrase “the land.” The prepositional phrase acts as an adverb describing the location of the rejoicing.

c)The spider crawled slowly along the banister.

The preposition “along” introduces the noun phrase “the banister” and the prepositional phrase “along the banister” acts as an adverb, describing where the spider crawled.

d) The dog is hiding under the porch because it knows it will be punished for chewing up a new pair of shoes.

Here the preposition “under” introduces the prepositional phrase “under the porch,” which acts as an adverb modifying the compound verb “is hiding.”

e) The screenwriter searched for the manuscript he was certain was somewhere in his office.

Similarly in this sentence, the preposition “in” introduces a prepositional phrase “in his office,” which acts as an adverb describing the location of the missing papers.

2.Read the song’s lyrics and find as many prepositions as you can.

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that’s learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Friction lock – set.
Mixture – rich
Propellers – fully forward
Flaps – set – 10 degrees
Engine gauges and suction – check
Mixture set to maximum percent – recheck
Flight instruments…
Altimeters – check both
(garbled word) – on
Navigation lights – on
Strobes – on
(to tower): Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure
(tower): Hello again, this is now 129.4
(to tower): 129.4. It’s to go.
(tower): You may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.
(to tower): 3-8-Echo
Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time.
Just hand the power gradually, and it…

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There’s no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, A state of bliss
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

3. Now delete them from a song and leave gaps instead.

_______ the distance, a ribbon _______ black

Stretched _______ the point

_______ no turning back

A flight _______ fancy

_______ a windswept field

Standing alone my senses reeled

A fatal attraction holding me fast, how

Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Can’t keep my eyes _______ the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I

Ice is forming _______ the tips

_______ my wings

Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought _______everything

No navigator to guide my way home

Unladened, empty and turned _______ stone

A soul _______tension that’s learning to fly

Condition grounded but determined to try

Can’t keep my eyes _______ the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Friction lock – set.

Mixture – rich

Propellers – fully forward

Flaps – set – 10 degrees

Engine gauges and suction – check

Mixture set _______ maximum percent – recheck

Flight instruments…

Altimeters – check both

(garbled word) – on

Navigation lights – on

Strobes – on

(to tower): Confirm 3-8-Echo ready

_______ departure

(tower): Hello again, this is now 129.4

(to tower): 129.4. It’s to go.

(tower): You may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.

(to tower): 3-8-Echo

Easy _______ the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time.

Just hand the power gradually, and it…

_______ the planet _______ a wing and a prayer,

My grubby halo, a vapour trail _______ the empty air,

_______ the clouds I see my shadow fly

_______the corner _______ my watering eye

A dream unthreatened _______ the morning light

Could blow this soul right _______ the roof _______ the night

There’s no sensation to compare _______ this

Suspended animation, A state _______ bliss

Can’t keep my eyes _______ the circling skies

Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

4. Your worksheet is ready, now your peers should listen to the song and fill in the gaps. Try it yourselves.

5.Answers

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?

Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone

A soul in tension that’s learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Friction lock – set.
Mixture – rich
Propellers – fully forward
Flaps – set – 10 degrees
Engine gauges and suction – check

Mixture set to maximum percent – recheck
Flight instruments…
Altimeters – check both
(garbled word) – on
Navigation lights – on
Strobes – on
(to tower): confirm 3-8-echo ready for departure
(tower): hello again, this is now 129.4
(to tower): 129.4. its to go.
(tower): you may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots.
(to tower): 3-8-echo
Easy on the brakes. take it easy. its gonna roll this time.
Just hand the power gradually, and it…

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There’s no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Cant keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

6.Homework: prepare questions for discussing the song. Now fly.:)