Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Baby Elephant at Melbourne Zoo




Hello everyone,


The new baby elephant at the Melbourne Zoo can now been viewed by the public.
She (unnamed as yet!) can be seen at the following times:
11:00am - 12:00pm
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Check here for latest photos and videos (she is VERY cute): http://www.zoo.org.au/babyelephant/babyphotos


Monday, February 8, 2010

GOODBYE and GOOD LUCK EVERYONE




Dear (ex)UP2i students!


Just a quick note to say: GOODBYE and GOOD LUCK!


THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
for the LOVELY GIFT! It is very, very generous of you.

Cheers,
Josephine

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

UP2i Paraphrasing and Summarising Activities

Here are some EXCELLENT language activities to help you improve your English.

Be patient with these tasks, they are quite challenging...............







..........but very worthwhile! I am sure they will strengthen your language abilities.

Good Luck!

http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/4_WritingSkills/writing_tuts/paraphrase_LL/index.html

http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/4_writingSkills/writing_tuts/summarising_LL/index.html

The 'real' Jim J. Braddock











Here is a picture of the real Jim Braddock. Do you think that there is a resemblance to Russell Crowe, who plays Braddock in the film or not ??? (write a comment!)
Here are some pictures of the 'real' Braddock family.






If you would like to read more, and see more pictures, please go to the following website: http://www.jamesjbraddock.com/

There are some very interesting photos!


What did this film teach you???
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