HOMEWORK

COMPOSITION 3. Writing about the celebrity you admire. (1^st Level)

Who is he/she? Where does he/she live? Has he/she got a family? Who are they? Has he/she got pets?

What is her/his job? Has he/she got any hobbies? What does he/she like doing in his/her free time?

Why do you admire him/her – what are his/her main characteristics?

Extension: 80 words

Deadline: 17th January

- Worksheet: revision articles + possessive adjectives

10th to 20th December (Summary)

- check homework: practice on present simple

- Reading: "Nico's day" (p. 30)
Interesting vocabulary: own=propio, busy=ocupado, everyone=todo el mundo, go back=volver

- Listening: "Amelia's day, Nico's stepdaughter" (p. 31)

- Grammar 4B: prepositions
Prepositions of place and movement:
. go + to = He goes to work
. AT + work, home, school, university
. IN + other places: flat, a room, an office, etc.

With public places you can use AT or IN:
Examples: We meet at the restaurant (in front ot it) / We meet in the restaurant (inside)

- Oral practice in pairs: practicing prepositions and the present simple

- Vocabulary: Time - expressions of time with present simple (p. 157)

- Grammar 4C: Present simple + expressions of frequency (p. 130-131)
. Frequency adverbs: ALWAYS - USUALLY - OFTEN - SOMETIMES - HARDLY EVER- NEVER
They go before the "verb to be": He always goes to the swimming pool at three o'clock.
They go after the "verb to be": He is always late.

. Time adverbs: once a week / twice a week / three times a week, etc. / every day
They go at the end of the end of the sentence: He goest to the swimming pool twice a week.

- Pronunciation: the letter "h"

- Reading and oral practice: "Today's teenagers may not live as long as their parents" (p. 32)

- Oral practice in pairs: Communication - Short life, long life? (p. 101)

- Revise and check Units 3 and 4 - homework (p. 34-35)

- Revision through oral activities in groups

- Video listening: Everyday activities

- Test Units 1,2,3, 4

- Christmas Carols and Karaoke

                                                                        HAVE A NICE CHRISTMAS!!!

3rd to 5th December (Summary & Homework)

- check homework: the time

- Prepositions of TIME: at, on, in
. hours: at three o'clock
. days: on Monday
. months and years: in May in 2012

BUT:
. at night, at midnight, at midday
. moments of the day: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening
. seasons: in autumn/fall, in spring, in summer, in winter

How to write the dates:
. Monday, 19th December 2012

- Vocabulary: Everyday activities (p. 156)

- Oral practice: practicing everyday activities and prepositions
Checking if your partner is Suzy busy or Henry Healthy

- Reading the first stories from Five Short Plays

HOMEWORK:
- worksheet present simple+prepositions of time

26th to 30th November (Summary & Homework)

- check homework

- Vocabulary: the family (p. 28 and 155)

- Oral practice in pairs

- Pronunciation: the vowels p. 29

HOMEWORK: more practice on the time

Homework

- Worksheet on questions

- Worksheet to practice possessives

- Activity 4A c in p. 131  


COMPOSITION 2. A magazine article. (1st Level)
 Write a magazine article with the title “My favourite day”.
 Remember to use two or three clear paragraphs and add the following information:
1- What’s your favourite day of the week? Why?
2- What do you usually do in the morning?
3- Where do you have lunch? What do you usually do after lunch?
4- What do you usually do in the evening?

Extension: 80 words
Deadline: 11th December

19th to 22nd November (Summary)

- check homework

- Answering questions to the teacher

- Writing questions and asking questions to your classmates

- Telling the time (p. 157)

The question: What time is it? / What's the time?
The time:
. en punt: It's ten o'clock. (10.00h)
. un quart: It's a quarter past ten o'clock. (10.15h)
. i mitja: It's half past ten. (10.30h)
. menys quart: It's a quarter to eleven. 
. from o'clock to half Ð It's five (minutes) past ten. (10.05h) / It's twenty minutes past ten. (10.20h)
. from half to o'clock Ð It's twenty-two (minutes) to eleven. (10.38h) / It's ten to eleven (10.50h)

- Worksheet: grammar and vocabulary practice and reading practice

- Practical English: Coffee to take away (p. 26 and 27)
Listening to dialogues and practising dialogues

UNIT 4. Is she his wife or his sister?  

- Grammar 4A: Possessives (p. 130)

Whose is this hat? It's Mark's.

Whose are these books? They/these are George's.

. 's/s' is used to talk about family or possessions

This is Mark's car (=it belongs to Mark)

These are Mark's cars (=they belong to Mark)

These are my parents' house (=the house belongs to my parents)

These are my parents' flats (=the flats belong to my parents)

. When it's a proper noun (nombre propio) that ends in -s we add 's.

This is Barnes's book (=the book belongs to Barnes)

12th to 15th November (Summary & Homework)

- check homework: worksheets
- Listening and practicing question formation: Love Online (p. 24)
Are Kevin and Samantha a good match?
- Oral practice with class: preparing questions and practising speed dating
- Grammar 3C. Word order in questions
. question word + auxiliary (do/does/am/is/are) + subject + verb infinitive?
. Activities 3C a and activities with class (asking questions and answering to questions)
- Song: Something Stupid (LINK)

HOMEWORK:
- Activities a and b in 3B (p. 129)
- Activity b in 3C (p. 129)
- Activity 3 b in p. 25 (completing with question words)

5th to 9th November (Summay & Homework)

- check homework: present simple and verb phrases; Reading and listening p. 19

- Practising present simple in pairs: questions and more questions

- Practising present simple in pairs: talking about Sheena - questions and answers

- Reading and speaking: The British – is it true? (p. 20)

Do you agree with the opinions?

- Reading and questions: Starbucks, summer and other things I love abour Britain (p. 21)

 Vocabulary: cash machine, zebra crossing, driver, etc.

- Grammar worksheet: revision of present simple in positive and negative sentences

 

- Vocabulary Bank: Jobs (p. 22)

- Oral practice in pairs: asking about two people

Question: What does he/she do? / What is her/his job?

 Answer: He/She works as a teacher. / He/She is a teacher.

- Listening: Wayne and Tanya talk about their jobs (p. 22)

 Vocabulary: outside (fora), special qualifications, long hours (muchas horas)

- What does your partner do? Guessing what is the hidden job.

HOMEWORK: 

- Worksheet revision: verb to be and present simple

- Worksheet: present simple questions

- Worksheet: jobs

EXTRA links to practice:

- A or An? (link)

- Present simple verbs (link)

- Jobs (link)

HOMEWORK (last week of October)

- Reading and Listening from "Revise and check section" (p. 19)

- COMPOSITION 1. Writing about you.

Who are you? Where do you live? What’s your job? What have you got? Who is your family? Who is your favourite actor/actress? What are your hobbies? Etc.

Extension: 80 words

Deadline: 6^th November

- Test Units 1 and 2: Tuesday 30th November

22nd to 26th October (Summary)

- Check homework: "have got" and "adjectives"

- Vocabulary: feelings (p. 16)
Questions from teacher

- Listening and Reading: The Carter family are on holiday in Ireland (p. 16 and 17)

- Grammar 2C: imperative - let's (p. 17 and 126) + worksheet
Imperatives:
- positive: Open the door (infinitive; no subject)
- negative: Don't open the door (Don't + infinitive; no subject)

Let's + infinitive (vamos a...)

- What's the meaning of these signs? (p. 17)

- Pronunciation: dictation (p. 17)

- Oral practice in groups: Writing a dialogue with imperatives and Let's.
Reading the dialogue

- Revising adjectives and feelings: crossword in pairs

- Revise and check p. 18: grammar and vocabulary

- Introduction to Unit 3. Present Simple (to be continued next week...)

15th to 19th October (Summary & Homework)

- Check homework: worksheet "questions" and "common objects"

- Pronunciation: final -s and -es (p. 12)

- Listening: Three people talking about the things on their table (p. 13)

- Verb "to have"
Positive:
I have = I have got (I've go)
you have = you have got (you've got)
he/she/it has = he/she/it has got (he's got)
we have = we have got (we've got)
you have = you have got (you've got)
they have = they have got (they've got)

Negative:
I don't have = I haven't got
you don't have = you haven't got
he/she/it doesn't have = he/she/it hasn't got
we don't have = we haven't got
you don't have = you haven't got
they don't have = they haven't got

Questions:
Do I have...? = Have I got...?
Do you have...? = Have you got...?
Does he/she/it have? = Has he/she/it got...?


Oral questions with teacher

- Oral practice in pairs: Revising verb "to be" and "to have" with dictations about Nikos.

- 2B. Starts and Stripes
Vocabulary: Colours (p. 14)
Vocabulary: Adjectives (p. 152)

Remember: - adjectives never take the plural (-s): one child - two children
                    - adjectives can be modified by very, really and quite
                      Examples: He is very good-looking (és molt guapo)
                                        He is really good-looking (és molt molt guapo)
                                        He is quite good-looking (és bastant guapo)

. Oral practice in pairs: write names for...

- Grammar: adjectives (p.14 activity a)

- Grammar bank:  activities 2B a and b

- Pronunciation: vowel sounds and adjectives

- Reading and writing in pairs (p. 15) -- actors and actresses

HOMEWORK:
- Worksheet "have got" and worksheet "adjectives" 2B

8th to 11th Octobter (Summary & Homework)

- Check homework: worksheet verb “to be” and worksheet “classroom objects”

- Oral practice: teacher asking questions

- Vocabulary: things (p. 12 and p. 151)

- Grammar: a / an – plurals

We use a / an for singular nouns:

. a + consonant: a table; a computer

. an + vowel: an apple, an umbrella

- Plural nouns: we NEVER use a / an with plural nouns

Regular plurals

. We add –s in most nouns: key – keys / book – books

. We add – es when a noun ends in –ch, -sh, -s, -x: box – boxes / what – watches

. We add –ies when a noun ends in –y: country – countries / nationality – nationalities

Irregular plurals

. a man – men

. a woman – women /wimen/

. a child – children

. a person – people

Demonstrative adjectives: THIS / THAT / THESE / THOSE

this (este, esta) – these /i:/ (estos, estas)

these (aquel, aquella, ese, esa) – those (aquellos, aquellas, esos, esas)

- Board game in groups: nationalities and countries

- Practical English: Arriving in London (pp. 10-11)

Vocabulary: "In a hotel"
Introduction of Jenny and Rob
Checking in
Jenny talks to Rob 

Interesting expressions:
. Can you sign here? = pots signar aquí
. Can you spell that? = pots deletrejar-ho
. Can I have your passport? = em pots ensenyar el passaport
. Would you like a coffee? = t'agradaria prendre un cafè?

- Write and read dialogues in pairs (Well-done!)

- Song: Eternal Flame 

HOMEWORK:
- Worksheet "common objects" and worksheet "question words"
- Remember to do Workbook. Unit 1

1st to 5th October (Summary & Homework)

- Check homework: Worksheet verb "to be" 1B

- Listening practice: Listen and answer with a short answer (1.24, p. 7)

- Listening practice: Listen and choose the number you hear (1.29, p. 7)

- Vocabulary: Classroom language (p. 150)

- The Alphabet: 1.37 in p. 8; activities c, d and e (p.8)

- Play hangman with your partner

- Dictation: teacher dictates numbers and words

- Bingo: nationalities (to revise nationalities)

- Listening and speaking: Completing a form (1.39, p. 9)

- Grammar bank 1C: Possessive adjectives (p.124)
I am - My car
You are - Your car
He is - His car
She is - Her car
It is - Its car
We are - Our car
You are - Your car
They are - Their car

- Communicative activity to practice possessive adjectives (p. 100 and p. 106)

HOMEWORK:
- Worksheet on classroom language
- Worksheets to practice verb "to be"

Remember:
QUESTION WORDS -- what (que), where (on), when (quan), why (porque), how (com), how much (quan val), how many (quants)

19th to 27th September (Summary & Homework)

- Introducing each other:

What’s your name? My name is….

Where do you live? I live in…

What do you like? I like…..

- Listening and speaking (p. 4)

My name is = I’m

Hello = Hi

Very well = Good

Thank you = Thanks

Goodbye = Bye

- Grammar Bank 1A and Grammar Bank 1B: verb to be (ser o estar) (p. 124)

I am = I’m – I am not – Am I?

You are = You’re – You are not = You aren’t– Are you?

He is = He’s – He is not = He isn’t – Is he?

She is = She’s – She is not = She isn’t – Is she?

It is = It’s – It is not = It isn’t – Is it?

We are = We’re – We are not = We aren’t– Are we?

You are = You’re – You are not = You aren’t– Are you?

They are = They’re – They are not = They aren’t– Are they?

- Vowel Sound (p. 5 and p. 166) – listen and repeat

- Vocabulary (p. 148) – DAYS and NUMBERS

. Days of the week always go in capital letters (majúscules):

Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday – Friday – Saturday – Sunday

. Numbers:

one – two – three – four – five – six – seven – eight – nine – ten

elven – twelve – thirteen – fourteen – fifteen – sixteen – seventeen – eighteen – nineteen – twenty – twenty-one – twenty-two, etc.

thirty – forty – fifty – sixty – seventy – eighty – ninety – a hundred

a hundred and one

a hundred and ten

two hundred and twenty-six, etc.

a thousand …

- Listening and Speaking (p. 5) – Where are they?

- Vocabulary: the World (p. 149)

Countries, Nationalities and Languages always go in capital letters

- World Quiz in pairs (p. 6)

- Grammar: dialogues (p. 7) – Listen, complete and repeat

- Song: “All Over the World”

HOMEWORK: Worksheet verb "to be"