Past Simple and Past Continuous

Use the verbs in parenthesis to complete the story. 

The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins ________ (to be) a Little hobbit, who _______(like) nothing more than a warm meal and a hot cup of tea. Until one day, while he _____________(smoke) his pipe and blowing smoke rings an old wizard named Gandalf __________(come) along and _____________ (ask) him to go on an adventure. Together with thirteen dwarves they set out to reclaim an old dwarf treasure from Smaug the dragon.

One night, they _____________(complain)about their miserable situation, when they ____________(encounter) three large, evil and dumb trolls. The trolls ____________(catch) them and ______________(plan)to eat them when Gandalf ____________(arrive) just in time to confuse and make the trolls fight amongst each other until the sun ____________(come out)an the trolls _____________(turn) to stone.

This exercise is due on Thursday November 29th, 2012

Cyberbullying Statistics

• 95% of social media-using teens who have witnessed cruel behavior on social networking sites say they have seen others ignoring the mean behavior; 55% witness this frequently. (Pew Internet Research Center, FOSI, Cable in the Classroom, 2011)
  • 84% have seen the people defend the person being harassed; 27% report seeing this frequently. 
  • 84% have seen the people tell cyberbullies to stop bullying; 20% report seeing this frequently. 
• 66% of teens who have witnessed online cruelty have also witnessed others joining; 21% say they have also joined in the harassment. (Pew Internet Research Center, FOSI, Cable in the Classroom, 2011)
• 90% of social media-using teens who have witnessed online cruelty say they have ignored mean behavior on social media; 35% have done this frequently. (Pew Internet Research Center, FOSI, Cable in the Classroom, 2011)
  • 80% say they have defended the victim; 25% have done so frequently
  • 79% have told the cyberbully to stop being mean and cruel; 20% have done so frequently
• Only 7% of U.S. parents are worried about cyberbullying, even though 33% of teenagers have been victims of cyberbullying (Pew Internet and American Life Survey, 2011)
• 85% of parent of youth ages 13-17 report their child has a social networking account. (American Osteopathic Association, 2011)
• 52% of parents are worried their child will be bullied via social networking sites. (American Osteopathic Association, 2011)
• 1 in 6 parents know their child has been bullied via a social networking site. (American Osteopathic Association, 2011)
• One million children were harassed, threatend or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying on Facebook during the past year. (Consumer Reports, 2011)
• 43% of teens aged 13 to 17 report that they have experienced some sort of cyberbulying in the past year.[1]
• More girls are cyberbullys than boys (59% girls and 41% boys).[2
• Cyberbullies spend more time online than other teens overall (38.4 hours compared to 26.8 hours).[3]
• Cyberbullies are more likely to have engaged in sexting (31% vs. 19% for teens overall).[4]
• 34% of those who have had any engagement in cyberbullying have been both a cyberbully and been cyberbullied.[5]
• 68% of teens agree that cyberbullying is a serious problem with today’s youth.[6]Reasons cyberbullies said they engaged in cyberbullying:[7]

o   To show off to friends (11%)

o   To be mean (14%)

o   Something else (16%)

o   To embarrass them (21%)

o   For fun or entertainment (28%)

o   They deserved it (58%)

o   To get back at someone (58%)

• 81% of youth agree that bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person.[8]
•  80% think it is easier to hide online bullying from parents than in-person bullying.

Endemic species

Follow this link to find a list of endemic species by region:

Endemic species by geographic region

Global Warming 101

An inconvenient truth

An inconvenient truth

Questions:                                     Due : 13/11/2012
1.- Who is the speaker?
2.- Why does he say that the atmosphere is the most vulnerable part of the ecosystem?
3.- What is "CO2"?
4.- Why do the levels of CO2 naturally go up and down every year?
5.- Explain the relationship between CO2 levels and temperature in the planet.
6.- Use a diagram to explain the natural green house effect in our atmosphere.
7.- How do green house gasses affect the natural effect?
8.-Name one consequence of global warming.
9.- Name another consequence of global warming which will affect you directly.
10.- Name 5 human activities which generate green house gasses.
11.-Use a diagram to explain "the water cycle".

Smartphones are changing our lives

Short of the plainly dangerous, there is simply the rude and obsessive. According to a Lookout Mobile Security study:

• Nearly 60% of smart-phone owners don’t go an hour without checking their phones.
• Some 54% check their phones while in bed — before they go to sleep, after they wake up or in the middle of the night. And 1 in 5 checks immediately after sex.
• Nearly 40% check their phones while on the toilet.
• Some 30% check their phones during a meal with others, and 9% check their phones during religious services.

Read more: http://business.time.com/2012/06/22/how-smart-phones-are-changing-the-way-we-bank-and-drive/#ixzz2BV3Do3ju