29 Nov 2012

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


22 Nov 2012

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)

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- 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)

17 Nov 2012

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)




9 Nov 2012

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)