Classes 9-11. Thursday 11-25/06

Hello

These several weeks we were finishing our work through the whole trimestre.

We did a final test and according to the results some of you pass to the next grade.

We also showed our poject presentation to the parents and made a conclusion of our trimestre work!
Here´s a link for the video that David has made with one of the projects:
Design for Change Presentation


This last week we were watching a film in English "Ratatouille".
Also today we announced the winner of our Olympic Games - Jimena Díaz! Well done!!!

In summer while relaxing you can play some funny English games or watch short videos.
Here´re some links:

Learn English Kids
Learn English Teens
Fun English Games

Have a nice summer and enjoy your vacations!!!

Class 8. Thursday 28/05

Hello

Today we were preparing our presentation of the project.
We´ve divided the presentation in three parts according to the phases:
Jimena - phase 1 Siente (Feel)
Miguel - phase 2 Imagina (Imagine)
Marco and Lidia - phase 3 Actua (Act)

We prepared a short description of each phase in Spanish and English. On your pendrives you´ve got the pictures of each phase.

Now, our task is to make slides for the presentation:

• select the best pictures of your phase
• add the text in Spanish and English
• add funny pictures

Be creative!

Class 7. Thursday 21/05

Hello

Today we revised saying the dates. We talked about famous people and their places and years of birth:

Who was William Shakespeare? - He was a famous writer.
When was he born? - He was born in 1564.
Where was he born? - He was born in - Stradford-upon-Avon.
When did he die? - He died in 1616.

We also revised the use of WAS/WERE with historic dates and events:

When was French Revolution? - It was in 1789.
What was in 1492? - A discovery of America was in 1492.


Your homework: read the text and fill in the gaps with "was/were".

Prepare the text for your presentation in Spanish.

Attention: next class we´re going to have a Flipped Class (when you´re - teachers). Prepare some activities for the students from the other group on the topic "Summer"!

Class 6. Thursday 14/05

Hello

Today we checked our exercises from the video - Scene 1. And also we learnt some new vocabulary:
amazing, fantastic, rush hour, to show someone the sights, to hurry, terrible, traffic, surprise.

 We watched Scene 2 from the video and found out about the surprise for Ashlie!
Here´s the link for Scene 2 Video if you want to watch it again:
Scene 2

We also started a new topic today - "Dates to remember" where we´re going to talk about the past.

We learnt how to say the year in English:
1456 - fourteen fifty-six
1809 - eighteen oh nine
1900 - nineteen hundred
2003 - two thousand and three

When was William Shakespeare born? - He was born IN 1564.

Here´s a good link for you to practise saying the year:
How to say the year in English



We also learnt how to write and say the date:
1st January - the first of January
12th April - the twelfth of April

Practise saying the dates with this link:
Days and Dates in English

We played Olympic Games and got some points:

Player 1 -  points
Player 2 - 1 point
Player 3 - 0 points
Player 4 - 0 points


Your homework is to write 5 sentences with the years of birth of different people.


Extra activity - do the exercise from the link in your notebooks (match the dates):
Dates Exercise

P.S. Bring, please, your pen drives to upload photos from the project!!!

Class 5. Thursday 7/05

Hello

Today we watched two scenes from the video "Transport and Travel" - about the trip to London. We learnt new words:
to travel, cheap, busy, to leave, to decide, to find etc.

We did a True/False exercise from the video. Here´s a link for Scene 1 - watch it at home again.
Scene 1

We also watched Scene 2 and found out (averiguar) what was the surprise for Ashlie.
We played Olympic Games and got some points:

Player 1 - 3 points
Player 2 - 4 points
Player 3 - 3 points
Player 4 - 3 points

Here´s the link for Scene 2 Video if you want to watch it again:
Scene 2

We also started to prepare our presentation of the project that we´re going to show at the end of the trimester. So, we outlined some stages that we had during our project:
1. Feel (Siente) - Jimena is going to prepare this part.
2. Imagine (Imagina) - Miguel is responsible for this part.
3. Act (Actua) - Marco and Lidia take this part.

For the next time bring please the pen drives to get our photos of eaach stage.

Your homework is - to do the vocabulary exercise in the copy.
Extra task: make up 5 questions to the video (1 point for each correct question).

Class 4. Thursday 30/04

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Today we revised our prepositons and practised using them.

- Excuse me, how do I get to the library?
- Go straight on Hill Road, turn right and go along Green St. At the pet shop turn left. The library is on your right, opposite the clothes shop.

Today we learnt some new prepositions of place (under, behind, over, near etc.) and movement(along, up, down, across etc.):

The school is near the bank. (place)
Go down the street. (movement)


Your homework: to write 2 dialogues with the directions how to get to 2 places on your map.

Class 3. Thursday 23/04

Hello

Today we had a very interesting class! Finally, we put in action our project "Pick up your pets´ poo!!!"

We went to the park and gave the plastic bags to people with dogs. We also gave them small leaflets and candies for cooperation. It was a great experience!!!

Please, at home write a short summary with your impressions about the project and our today´s activity. What do you think about it? Do you think we´ve convinced people to make the town cleaner? 

Now, our next stage is - Share (Comparte)! We´ll have to make a short presentation about our project, to show photos and tell other people/students what we did.

Here´re our photos:

Also your homework is to finish the sentences with the map and do a written exercise in the copy!

Extra Task: listen to the audio and do two exercises in your notebook (2 points for each).
Giving directions Listening

For those who is new (Lidia) or forgot about our Dragon presentations! Here´s a plan of what to prepare. 

"An adventure with our Dragon". We´re going to "travel" with the Dragon and then tell some interesting things about different countries or cities:

Choose a country where our Dragon travelled and prepare a presentation:

1. Country
2. Capital
3. Famous places and monuments
4. Typical food
5. Language
6. Other interesting traditions

Bring photos, pictures, videos with the places. Make it interesting!