Narrative writing

When we write narratives, we often use words that make the time transitions clear. Here is a list with common words to make temporal transitions in your stories better.

Do you want to make your descriptions of places and actions more interesting? Follow the link to find a list with cool descriptive words for your narrative ...

narrative-word-bank

You can't think of an interesting start? What about the following?

Long ago, in Thessaloniki, ... Once upon a time... On a bright, sunny day...
It all began when... Let me tell you about... On a gloomy, rainy day ...
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing... Everything was happening so fast... Many years ago...
It was the best of times in Thessaloniki ... It was the worst of times in Thessaloniki ... It was the spring of hope,
It was a totally normal day I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
It was the winter of despair,

Are you looking for beautiful expressions for your narrative? Click to find some and use them in your narratives.

Narrative useful expressions and words

 

 

Byzantine stories and legends

Following the links you will find Byzantine stories and legends ... Read them and choose the one you liked the most.

Don't forget to say WHY!

While reading or watching the stories, take notes of expressions and words you find useful for your own stories.

The Marble King, The 100 Gates Church and More | Legends from Medieval Greece #1 (Byzantium)

 

The Dragon Slayer, the Mermaid, and the Secret of Marmara | Legends from Medieval Greece #2 (Byzantium)

 

Drafting the questionnaire for our survey

THINK!

What information do we need to collect, and from whom, in order to calculate the carbon footprint of our school transportation?

Compare your conclusions with the information we need to add to the following carbon footprint calculators!

https://www.gff.global/carbon-calculator

Carbon footprint calculator

https://calculator.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx?tab=5

 

A song by Irish children about climate crisis

A greenhouse effect simulator

Click to find a greenhouse effect simulator. Change the parameters to see what happens ...

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/greenhouse-effect/latest/greenhouse-effect_en.html

Air pollution in Thessaloniki

Follow the link to read an article about air pollution in Thessaloniki

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1160120/greece-taken-to-court-over-thessaloniki-air-pollution/

and use the following application to check air quality in our city during the year

https://www.iqair.com/greece/central-macedonia/thessaloniki

Finally, have a look at the following graph showing greenhouse gas emissions in Greece.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-emissions-by-sector?time=latest&country=%7EGRC

What are the two major causes of air pollution in Greece?

A greenhouse effect experiment

An experiment to show that the higher the CO2 levels in the atmosphere, the higher the temperature will rise ...

 

Meet the greenhouse gasses

Here is the link to the Climate Kids of NASA. Follow the link to read about the greenhouse gasses. At the bottom of the page, you can find the gasses' ID cards ...

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-cards/

 

Let’s practise verb tenses again E1

Here are some more quizzes to practise talking about the present.

Remember! I usually do my homework in the afternoon ... (to talk about a habit)

I can't play right now. I am doing homework ... (to talk about now, these days)

Click FINISH, write your name and click SEND.

https://www.liveworksheets.com/c?a=s&g=E%20Class&s=English&t=lhuia8bazn&m=d&sr=n&ms=uz&l=va&i=xsozxo&r=cs&db=0&f=dzdtzuds&cd=pawxod6fdglnlydmpjgmjkp2ngnzgxnpxg

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5eaf2a940f4a2a001c83c07e?source=quiz_share

 

Let’s practise verb tenses again

Here are some more quizzes to practise talking about the present.

Remember! I usually do my homework in the afternoon ... (to talk about a habit)

I can't play right now. I am doing homework ... (to talk about now, these days)

Click FINISH, write your name and click SEND.

https://www.liveworksheets.com/c?a=s&g=E%20Class&s=English&t=lhuia8bazn&m=d&sr=n&ms=uz&l=va&i=xsozxo&r=cs&db=0&f=dzdtzuds&cd=pawxod6fdglnlydmpjgmjkp2ngnzgxnpxg

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5eaf2a940f4a2a001c83c07e?source=quiz_share