App Modeling

App Modeling

Verbs & Adverbs

After this class, you'll learn about:

• The English project (graded)
• Vocabulary about apps
• Grammar: verbs & adverbs

Have a close and detailed look at the object in the picture and then...

1

Name it

Try to give this object a name, based on what you think it is, or its shape, color, aspect in general.

2

Explain it

What could it be? What role or function may it serve? What would be the purpose of its creation? To which era do you think it belongs to?

3

Give reasons

What makes you say that? Which is your evidence? Why do you think it is like that?

4

Generate alternatives

What else could it be? Which other purpose could it have? What makes you say that?

It's all due to...

My Favorite App!

These days social distancing has for sure affected everybody.

So I keep in touch with my family and friends by using...

INSTAGRAM FEATURES & DESIGN

This app has some really cool features that I love using!

• It doesn't matter any condition nor age, you can be super young or a grown up and still have fun only on one click away!

• Downloading it couldn't be better, it's really simple and you'll never pay because it's for free!

• It's an app that you can use on any device, like a phone, or if you prefer using a tablet or laptop it works well too!

• If you often feel bored and want to chill out , you can take, edit and share your pics and videos with this app!

• It works to keep in touch with friends & family and definitely to keep-up-to date with what your favorite celebrities are doing!

Some of its Features are:

• You have to choose between a private or public account. If you don't mind being in the spot, then public accounts can give you more followers -but less privacy!
• You can post pictures & videos and enjoy editing them!

• You can always upload ig stories! They're awesome! and certainly have fun by adding some editing as well.
• You can also choose the people who you want to see them and if someone is annoying sometimes, you can even block them!

Gerunds & Infinitives

Gerunds are verbs that end in -ing, for example...

• using
• chatting
• posting
• editing

Infinitives are verbs that start with a "to", for example...

• To use
• To chat
• To post
• To edit

Verbs followed by "to"

(infinitive)

Verbs followed by -ing form (gerunds)

Use a verb in infinitive form after these verbs :

• love + verb "to"

E.g.: I love to post stories of my life.

• prefer + verb "to"

E.g.: I prefer to have a private account.

• like + verb "to"

E.g.: I like to edit all my pics before I upload them.

Use a verb in gerund form after these verbs :

• enjoy + verb in -ing

E.g.: I enjoy chatting with my friends.

• don't mind + verb in -ing

E.g.: Honestly, I don't mind having a public account.

• love + verb in -ing

E.g.: I love posting stories of my life.

• prefer + verb in -ing

E.g.: I prefer having a private account.

• like + verb in -ing

E.g.: I like editing all my pics before I upload them.

ADVERBS

Adverbs are words or phrases that modify or qualify a verb, an adjective, or even another adverb!

They go BEFORE the main verb, but AFTER the verb be and auxiliary verbs or modal verbs.

E.g.: have, will, can, must, should, etc.

E.g.: You can definitely have fun by posting stories.

There are different kinds of adverbs, such as:

• frequency:

always, often, usually, normally, sometimes, never.

• certainty:

certainly, definitely, probably.

• other:

already, also, only, just, still, even.

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN...

Speaking Video

keywords, grammar & vocab.

writing to create your own app

Images to your visual support PPT or PREZI

Task DETAILS

• You should identify nowadays problems.
• Keep in mind our current situation.
• Think of these problems.
• Provide possible solutions.
• Create an app to solve them.
• Use grammar & vocabulary from the book.

For Thursday, May, 14th you'll have to send us:

• 10 different elaborated ideas about problems nowadays.
• They can be in any field or topic you consider needs to have a solution.