HAPPY EASTER!!!

5th year March 27th

Unit 1A: what makes you happy??? We did unit 1A (student's book) Revision of tenses. HOMEWORK: What makes you happy? Write a top ten list about the things that make you happy. HAPPY EASTER!!!

2nd year March 27th

Unit 1A -Greetings -Recalling vocabulary: family members; countries and nationalities. HOMEWORK: Activity 9 (Student's book) EXTRA PRACTICE: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2122 http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/b_vocabulary/bank02/vocabulary02_01?cc=ar&selLanguage=en http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/b_vocabulary/bank02/vocabulary02_02?cc=ar&selLanguage=en HAPPY EASTER!!!!

Intensive 1 March 26th

NICE TO MEET YOU!!! Unit 1A: Greetings, verb TO BE, contractions. We did unit 1A (student's book) Grammar Bank 1A HOMEWORK: -Copy EXTRA PRACTICE: http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file01/grammar01_a01?cc=ar&selLanguage=en http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file01/grammar01_a02?cc=ar&selLanguage=en http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/b_vocabulary/bank01/vocabulary01_01?cc=ar&selLanguage=en http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/b_vocabulary/bank01/vocabulary01_02?cc=ar&selLanguage=en Enjoy the long weekend!!!

Pre-adolescents begginers March 26th

We continued working with numbers!!! And with ordinal numbers, too!!! Students had to write the months of the year in order. Example: January is the first month of the year. EXTRA PRACTICE: Let's play with ordinal numbers!!! Try this game!!! (¡prueben este juego!): http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox/player.html?movie=sfw44200 http://www.manythings.org/wbg/numbers-jw.html

5th year March 25th

We checked homework (phrasal verbs activity) We role played a part of the story we were reading (very good performance girls!!) ;) They wrote predictions (8) about the future of the protagonists of the story. Speaking: choose one of the topics of the copy and talk for three minutes about it. HOMEWORK: Write 100 words on the topic you chose. Re-write the compositions you handed in the previous classes (diary entry and an e-mail)

2nd year March 25th

We continued working with the differences between present simple and continuous. We did many exercises related to the topic. HOMEWORK: Activity 7 (copy)

CAE March 23rd

Reading part. We worked on suffixes (key word transformation) We also watched a speaking video and analysed the four parts. HOMEWORK: Pages 12,13,14,15 (not writing) of the Coursebook Pages 8,9,10,11 (Exam maximiser) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6iYYTobyHs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yde9HKd01k The following is a Cambridge link, you shoud register first, but it is worth ;)You have some documentaries on how to assess speaking, etc. https://www.teachers.cambridgeesol.org/ts/teachingresources/resourcedetails?resId=8274 have a nice long weekend!!!!!! and Happy Easter!!!

Pre-adolescents 3 March 22nd

We read a puzzle story and we made a revision of the past simple tense. We tried to guess who the robber was... Then we read another puzzle story. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE ROBBER IS???? Leave your comments here!!!!!! HOMEWORK: Finish the activities of the story. FURTHER PRACTICE: http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_mix.htm

Intensive 1 March 21st

Correction of homework. Personal information. Making questions about personal information. HOMEWORK: a copy about classroom language. FURTHER PRACTICE: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6959

Pre-adolescents beginners March 21st

Numbers (1-100) Welcome autumn!!! We read this poem and students coloured the copy according to the content of the poem. COLOURFUL LEAVES Leaves are brown They are falling on the ground Leaves are red They are falling on my head! Orange leaves fall On them I'll crawl! Yellow leaves falling Autumn is calling!!!

5th year March 20th

We continued with the second part of the story. MORE PHRASAL VERBS!!! Students made a description of Mark and Lara, and after reading the story, they matched the phrasal verbs to the correct definitions. HOMEWORK: writing part (activity f) Check the previous post on the blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Abril! I hope you get better!!! I gave your copy to Sol :)

2nd year March 20th

We watched a part of the movie "Monsters Inc" and we did a speaking and written activity. Students were supposed to complete some sentences in the present simple and continuous, then put them in order and write 5 more sentences related to a part of the scene. Did you like the story? HOMEWORK: Stick a picture (if it's possible of a movie) and describe what is happening (5 sentences) The following link can HELP you: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/describing_pictures.htm

Intensive 1 March 19th

We corrected homework and revised some things about personal information. Students read the texts they wrote about themselves. Speaking activity: ask and answer taking into account the information given. HOMEWORK: complete a student profile (copy) FURTHER PRACTICE: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6160

Pre-adolescents begginers March 19th

Correction of homework. (Corrección de tarea) We played BINGO and Iván was the winner!!! (Jugamos bingo e Iván fue el ganador!!!) In the bingo we played with COLOURS, SCHOOL OBJECTS and NUMBERS FROM 1-12 (En el bingo jugamos con colores, objetos escolares y números del 1 al 12) After that, we learned the numbers 1-99 (Después de eso aprendimos los números de 1 al 99) HOMEWORK: find the numbers!!!! (Copy) FURTHER PRACTICE: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/numbers10-100.htm http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/crossword_numbers4.htm

5th year March 18th

We continued working with phrasal verbs. How fantastic!!!! haha!!! Then they were supposed to write a diary entry about the story of Lara (homework) MORE HOMEWORK: choose one of the options for the speaking activity and write a compositions of about 100 words. FURTHER PRACTICE: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/phrasal-verbs In the previous link you have many options for practising different phrasal verbs with different prepositions. http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-phrasal-verbs.php http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasalverbs1.htm

2nd year March 18th

We revised present simple and continuous. We did a chart on the board and we compared the two verb tenses. After that, we corrected homework taking into account the teacher's explanation. Here I include more activities for you to do: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro/tests?test3 http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive.htm

CAE March 16th

Welcome back my dear students!!! I'm glad you've decided to continue improving your English!!!! We did a CAE quiz, which was very good!! Then we analyzed each part of the exam and we compared it with FCE. After that, we started working, of course!!! We started with a listening activity (which is different from FCE) and we read a text, found the mistakes and corrected it! HOMEWORK: Because it was the first class and I was very very very nice, I only gave them a reading activity :) But now, I've changed my mind and I suggest you to have a look at this: http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/tests/pt1index.htm http://www.examenglish.com/CAE/cae_use_of_english1.htm Have a nice week!!!! If you have any problems with the links, just leave a comment

Pre-adolescents 3 March 15th

Welcome!!!!! I'm so glad to have new students!!!!! We did a very short activity in order to remember what we did last year (Write 3....) Then we did a spealing and written activity about how often we use English. Students interviewed their partners and teachers and wrote sentences with the results. Very good job!!!!!!!! After that, the teacher gave them a picture with 4 different images and they describe the pictures orally. HOMEWORK: Write a description for each picture using present simple and present continuous. Here I include some help to do the activity: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro Further practice: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive.htm

Intensive I March 14th

Correction of homework. Greetings Personal information: name, surname, address, telephone numbers, e-mailaddress, etc. Numbers. The alphabet We completed a dialogue with personal information. We also roleplayed the dialogues. HOMEWORK: Write the dialogue again, but this time with YOUR information. Then write a paragraph about you (related to the information given)

Pre-adolescents begginers March 14th

THE ALPHABET!!!! We learned the alphabet and the sounds. We spelled words. (Aprendimos el alfabeto y sonidos en Inglés. También aprendimos a deletrear palabras). To continue practising, have a look at this link!!!! (Para continuar practicando, visitá este link!!!) http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/spell-words We also continued working with classroom language. (También seguimos trabajando con el lenguaje de clase) HOMEWORK: Practise spelling words and classroom language!!!! (Practicar cómo deletrear palabras y vocabulario referido a clase)

5th year March 13th

We read a love story and we worked on reading comprehension and phrasal verbs. That was difficult, right???? HOMEWORK: finish the phrasal verbs activity and write a diary entry for the protagonist of the story. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!!

2nd year March 12th

We wrote one of "The Beatles" song!!!! We did many activities with the song "Hello, goodbye" by The Beatles". We worked with the present simple verb tense. Then we listened to the song and filled in the gaps. Students discovered that The Beatles song was very similar to the one they had written. HOMEWORK: A copy for revision of Present simple and present continuous.

Pre-adolescents begginers

WELCOME!!!!!!!! We introduced ourselves in English!!!! (Nos presentamos en Inglés)and then we remembered how to say the day and what's the weather like. (Y luego recordamos cómo poner la fecha y el tiempo) After that, we played on the floor trying to order the words to make phrases related to classroom language. (Después de eso, jugamos en el piso tratando de ordenar palabras para hacer frases relacionadas al vocabulario de clase) We also wrote down on the folders classroom situations in which we could use those phrases. Students cut and paste the correct phrase. (También escribimos en la carpeta situaciones de clase en las que podríamos usar esas frases. Los alumnos recortaron y pegaron la frase correcta.)

5th year March 11th

Welcome back girls!!! it's a pleasure to be with you again!!!!! We did a speaking activity in which students had to write some information about themselves. Then the teacher read them aloud and they were supposed to guess who I was talking about. After that, they did an interview to the teacher and filled in a form in order to write a text later!!

Intensive I March 12th

We did a short exam to see how much we remember from secondary school. You did it great!!! ;) Then we analyzed a BBC article and tried to implement reading techniques in order to understand it without the use of the dictionary. HOMEWORK: the teacher gave to each student a comment entry and they have to say if it is for or against grafitti. GOOD LUCK!!!

2nd year March 11th

Hello!!! Welcome back!!! I was missing you ;) We did an interview to the teacher!!! Students asked me questions and they filled in a form. After that, they wrote a text about me (the teacher) HOMEWORK: Write a simmilar text about you. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!:)

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