17/06 Wednesday. Class 11

Hello

Our course is almost over. We´re looking forward to a great final of it on Tuesday, 24th and Thursday, 26th! The students from our centre are going to represent  their small performances!

I´m very happy to announce a winner of the Olympic Games! This trimester it´s again Silvia Ramos! You can get your small prize at the centre. The rest of the students can pick up their evaluations and folders from the centre.

Summer is coming! Let´s play English games in summer too! They´re fun and help to practise English. So, I´m leaving some links with funny games.
Have a good holiday! Learn and Enjoy!

Games to learn English
English for kids
Learn English Kids
English Fun Games
Fun English Games

10/06 Wednesday. Class 10

Hello

Today we revised our vocabulary on the topic "Clothes" and decoded a secret message: "On the planet Uranus winter lasts for forty-two years"!
We also checked our spelling in especially difficult words: sweater, cardigan, dungarees, baseball cap, trainers etc. You were really great at it!

We were describing some fashion models. What are they wearing?
He´s wearing black jeans and a blue shirt.
She´s wearing a colourful dress and white sandals.

Do you remember why we say "a" sweater, but black jeans (no article)? 
"A" means "one", we use it with singular objects. It´s not used in plural!
 
We checked two previous extra tasks, which were two short videos. Here are the results of two Olympic Games:

Player 1 - 3 points
Player 2 - 0 points
Player 3 - 0 points
Player 4 - 3 points
Player 5 - 3 points
Player 6 - 5 points
Player 7 - 3 + 5= 8 points

Your homework is to do the rhyming task in the copy. What is a rhyme? When two words have the same sound: cat - fat, kill - hill. Sometimes they can spell differently, but have the same sound:
tie - sky (ai), mode - road (ou) etc.

Today´s extra task (2 points for each word you choose) is the following - in this link "Word of the Week" choose three words you like and be ready to explain them.
Make up three sentences with these words.

For example: I choose a word "awesome". It means something very good, great. 
I like this film, it´s awesome!

Now, it´s your turn! Which words do you like?

04/06 Wednesday. Class 9

Hello

Today we tried to rehearse our play and it was wonderful. You´re real actors! The only last thing we need is to learn the roles. So, next class try to learn the most of it.

Your group has a performance on Tuesday, 24th of June. We have to be in the library at 9.30 a.m.

Also don´t forget about extra tasks that I put here, this will give you points.We´ll check your task next class and you´ll get your extra points!!!


Extra task (5 points): watch the video "The Lucky Envelope"and do the task below. Fill in the gaps with the words you hear.

Write the missing words in the sentences.

a. One day, an envelope arrived. Inside it said “You’ve won a free _________”

b. Dalia wanted to go to the _______________. Dad wanted to go camping.

c. Ahmed wanted to go on a _______________. Mum wanted to go to a big city.

d. But really the holiday was to visit their _______________ – she had tricked them!

e. Ahmed got his nice food and Dad got his fresh _______________.

f. Mum went _______________ and Dalia swam in the sea.

g.Everybody was _______________! 

 

Where would you like to go on your perfect holiday? Why? What can you do

there? Write about it and draw a picture!

 

28/05 Wednesday. Class 8

Hello
Today we´ve revised the clothes vocabulary and played A Bomb game.
We also did some listening where we had to find people described in the picture.

This was our Olympic Games task:

Player 1 - 3 points
Player 2 - 4 points
Player 3 - - points
Player 4 - 4 points
Player 5 - 2 points
Player 6 - 5 points
Player 7 - 5 points

 Now let´s play a game "Big Describer". How many points did you get?

And now extra task (3 points): watch a video "Clothes and Weather" and answer the questions:
What are they wearing when it´s sunny and hot?
What are they wearing when it´s cold?
What are they wearing when it´s raining?
Where are they going?

We also rehearsed our play, next class we´ll try to do it without reading. So, start learning your part.

Next class we´re going to do the rehearsal.

21/05 Wednesday. Class 7

Hello!

Today we started a new topic "My Friend". We revised how to describe the appearance:
Donna has got long brown hair and green eyes.
Michael is wearing a blue shirt and white trousers.

We revised and learnt some new words of clothes: a scarf, a jacket, trousers, shoes, a skirt, a jumper, a sweater, slippers, a dress etc.

Now it´s time to play a game! 
Let´s see how many words do you remember. Clothes Memory Game!

Our Olympic Games results:

Player 1 - 8 points
Player 2 - 6 points
Player 3 - 4 points
Player 4 - 5 points
Player 5 - 7 points
Player 6 - 6 points
Player 7 - 8 points

Let´s sing a song about clothes! Listen to the song, watch a video and sing along! Clothes Song.

Your homework is to mark and read well all your remarks in the performance. Think about your costume and things you´ll need for a play.

Extra task (2 points): play a game "Clothes Wordsearch", write out all 10 words you find in the wordsearch.

14/05 Wednesday. Class 6

Hello!

Today we went for a "visit" to our favourite singers and actors/actresses! How do they live? What daily routine do they have? You were very creative and imaginative!!!

We talked about Malú, Melendi and Katy Perry! We learnt how to ask about another person´s daily routine!

What time does Katy Perry get up? - She gets up at 11 a.m.

What time does she have a concert? - She has a concert at 2 p.m.

What does she do before dinner? - She plays the guitar, sings and makes a TV programme.






What does Malú do in the morning? - She gets up and has breakfast.

What time does she go to bed? - She goes to bed at 12 o´clock.

What time does she have lunch? - She has lunch at 2 p.m.






What does Melendi do in the evening? - She plays with his children.

What time does she compose music? - She composes music in the afternoon.

What time does she have dinner? - She has dinner at 10 p.m.





And now it´s time to play a game! Let´s play a Slow Click! How many words do you know? Choose a catagory and play to check! Good luck!

Attention! 
We´re planning to make a theatre performance at the end of the course. It´s called "The Wizard of Oz". We have already the roles (there could be some changes).
Please, confirm that you´re available the last week of June (the exact date and time are not decided yet). Don´t forget to tell me next class!

Your homework is to make up 5 questions about daily routine that you would ask your favourite actro or actress! (see example above).

07/05 Wednesday. Class 5

Hello

Today we did many things and had lots of fun!
We were talking about daily routine of other people and practised s/es. You were making your own stories and acting them out! They were real fun! You all get 10 points for your work!               (I´ll upload video in the next blog page).

Also we learnt how to make questions about somebody´s daily routine. We learnt the verb "does":
What time does Ana wake up?
When does she go to school?
Where does she study?

Do you remember that a greedy verb "does" robs the ending from a verb?

Let´s check how you remember it! Play a Basketball Grammar Game! How many points can you get?

Here´s one more game for you - Hangman. Play a game and save a man!

Extra task (3 points): Do you have a favourite singer or actor? Write about his/her daily routine. What does he/she do during the day? (7 sentences).