23-06-15

THIS CLASS I WAS ALONE!!
YOU, MY DEAR LAZY STUDENTS!!!
I THOUGHT I COULD  KISS YOU GOODBYE BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE
YOU REALLY DESERVE YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS,
YOU HAVE WORKED HARD ALL ALONG THE YEAR!!!
I HAVE POSTED ON THIS BLOG THE PRESENTATION FOR OUR PROJECT FOR DFC. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!!

HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!

15-06-15

THIS WEEK  WE HANDED IN THE REPORTS,
 JAVIER AND LUCIA  MADE THE REVISION FOR THE TERM.
WE CHECKED THE HOMEWORK ABOUT ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST.
WE INTRODUCED THE USE OF COMPARISONS. WE COMPARED THREE CITIES: MILAN. BARCELONA AND BUENOS AIRES. WE TALKED ABOUT THE COLDER, HOTTER AND MORE POPULATED  CITY.
ON THE SECOND PART WE REHEARSE ONCE AGAIN THE PLAY THE SWORD OF GRIFFINDORG. THIS TIME WE  HAD ONLY THREE PARTICIPANTS. WE COULD REHEARSE PARTIALLY. THE REST OF CHARACTERS ARE STILL TO COME. FOR HOME WORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO STUDY BY HEART THE DIFFERENT ROLES FOR THE PLAY.

09-06-15

THIS CLASS WE STARTED BY DOING YOUR END OF TERM-EXAM.
WE HAD A LISTENING TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION TALKING ABOUT  DIFFERENT  FREE TIME ACTIVITIES THE FREQUENCY FOR PEOPLE TO PRACTISE THEM AND YOU ALSO LISTENED TO SOME PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR LAST HOLIDAYS.
THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER EXERCISE TO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER BY MATCHING THE WORDS WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS.
AFTER THAT THERE WAS  OTHER EXERCISE TO TALK ABOUT  PROFESSIONS THROUGH A CROSSWORD.FOR THE READING COMPREHENSION PART,, YOU WERE GIVEN TWO PICTURES AND YOU HAD TO ANSWER SOME SENTENCES BY YES OR NO. THEN YOU WERE  TO COMPARE THE  SAME PICTURES TO FIND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM.
FOR THE WRITING, YOU WERE ASIGNED TO WRITE A POSTCARD TO A FRIEND TO TELL HIM ABOUT YOUR NEXT HOLIDAYS.YOU EVEN DREW A PICTURE OF YOUR FRIEND!!!!!!
 AS FOR THE SPEAKING PART YOU WERE FIRST QUESTIONED INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS WE HAD STUDIED ALONG THE COURSE AND FINALLY YOU  HAD TO IMPROVISE A DIALOGUE AMONG THREE PEOPLE( SINCE  YOU WERE ONLY THREE IN CLASS THAT DAY) USING  DIFFERENT STRUCTURES/VOCABULARY/ PHRASES WE HAD PRACTISED ALONG THE YEAR. YOU DID IT VERY WELL.

ON THE SECOND CLASS WE WERE PRACTISING THE PLAY, MAKING CHANGES ONCE AGAIN WITH THE CHARACTERS SINCE IVAN IS NOT TAKING PART IN THE PLAY .
FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED TO STUDY BY HEART YOUR ROLES FOR THE PLAY- YOU ARE VERY LAZY!!!

02-06-15

THIS WEEK WE STARTED BY  TALKING ABOUT THE WEEKEND TO PRACTISE SIMPLE PAST. THEN WE  CHECKED  HOMEWORK.  YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR LAST HOLIDAYS. AFTER THAT YOU  ASKED YOUR PARTNER ABOUT THEIR HOLIDAYS.

WE HAD A LISTENING A  GIRL CALLED MARIA  AND HER DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AT THE WEEKEND. WE REVISED THE PAST FORM OF THE  VERBS; GET;HAVE BREAKFAST, GO TO BED ;GO SWIMMING /SHOPPING.

YOU PRACTISED QUESTIONS SUCH AS: DID YOU MEET ANY PEOPLE? WHAT KIND OF FOOD DID YOU EAT? WHAT SOUVENIRS DID YOU BUY? DID YOU TAKE ANY PHOTOS? ETC. THEN YOU HAD TO ROLEPLAY A SITUATION WITH A FRIEND ON THE STREET USING THOSE QUESTIONS

ON THE SECOND PART, WE WERE REVISING THE TEXT FOR  THE  PLAY WE  ARE PREPARING FOR THE SPECIAL CLASS. WE HAD TO CUSTOMIZE THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN CLASS. YOU DID THE READING TO ANALISE THE TEXT, SCENERY,

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO WRITE A DESCRIPTION OF MARIAS´ACTIVITIES DURING THE WEEKEND.

26-05-15

THIS CLASS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES LAST WEEKEND. YOU ASKED AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS TO YOUR COLLEGUES. WE PRACTISED VERBS IN THE PAST.
THEN  YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE YOUR OWN DIALOGUES TALKING WITH A FRIEND ABOUT LAST HOLIDAYS. SOME OF YOU DIDNT DO IT AND YOU HAD TO IMPROVISE IT.WE PRACTISED VERBS: GO TO THE BEACH,TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, RENT A CAR,VISIT A MUSEUM, VISIT RELATIVES.
IN THE SECOND PART, WE CHECKED SOME PLAYS FOR THE SPECIAL CLASS.
 FINALLY YOU CHOSE: THE ROBBERY.
WE HAVE TO  MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE DIALOGUES. ALL THE GROUP WILL TAKE PART.
 FINALLY, WE HAD A SPECIAL ACTIVITY  ABOUT SUMMER HOLIDAYS.YOU HAD TO LISTEN TO A SONG AND FILL IN SOME BLANKS:" ENDLESS SUMMER"
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE A SPEECH ABOUT YOUR LAST VACATION AND DO SOME WRITING ABOUT IT.

19-05-15

WE CHECKED HOMEWORK. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE 2 EXAMPLES ABOUT 2 FAMOUS PEOPLE IN THE PAST.YOU TALKED ABOUT PABLO PICASSO,JUANA LA LOCA,PABLO NERUDA , BEETHOVEN, ETC. YOU DID A VERY GOOD REPORT

. THEN YOU COMMENTED ABOUT YOUR WEEKEND, USING THE PAST TENSES.YOU PRACTISED THE QUESTION: WHO DID YOU GO WITH?

WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT TWO FRIENDS TALKING ABOUT THEIR HOLIDAYS.

THEN YOU ROLE PLAYEDIT WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS.

WE LEARNT SOME EXPRESSION WHEN TALKING ABOUT HOLIDAYS SUCH AS GO SHOPPING/ TO THE BEACH, VISIT RELATIVES,BUY SOUVENIRS,STAY HOME,RENT A CAR, GO AWAY,VIST A MUSEUM.

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE TO WRITE YOUR OWN DAILOGUE USING THOSE EXPRESSION TO ACT  IN CLASS.

FINALLY WE TALKED ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT CLASS FOR THE FLIPPED CLASS. WE SEARCHED SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES  ABOUT SUMMER TIME ON THE INTERNET. YOU DECIDED ON THE GAMES AND EXERCISES.

12-05-15

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS WE REVIEWED THE USE OF TO BE IN THE PAST. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT TWO PEOPLE NO LONGER ALIVE, YOU ADMIRE.SOME OF YOU TALKED ABOUT PABLO NERUDA, MICHAEL JACKSON, MARIE CURIE AND AMY WINEHOUSE. YOU DID IT VERY WELL. WE ALSO PRACTISED A GUESSING GAME; YOU CHOSE A FAMOUS PERSON AND THE REST OF THE CLASS WAS SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT THE NAME OF A PERSON BY PRACTISING THE QUESTION: WAS SHE, HE.....? AND THE SHORT ANSWERS.

THEN WE INTRODUCED THE PAST TENSES FOR OTHER VERBS MAKING REFERENCE TO REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS.

YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE ACTIVITY DURING SUMMER TIME.WE INTRODUCED THE PAST FOR OF VERBS. VISITED,WENT,STUDIED,TOOK, BOUGHT,CAME, ATE, ETC. 

THEN WE PRACTISED THE QUESTION: WHAT DID YOU DO.....? AND INTRODUCED ADVERBS FOR PAST TENSE:YESTERDAY, LAST MONTH/WEEK. YOU ALSO  PRACTISED THE QUESTION: DID YOU.....? AND THE SHORT ANSWERS.

FINALLY WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT 4 PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR HOLIDAYS THE PREVIOUS SUMMER.THE EXPRESSIONS: STAY AT HOME, GO TO..., GO TO THAILAND/ TO THE BEACH/SKIINGAND VISIT RELATIVES WERE INTRODUCED.

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR HOLIDAYS USING THE VERBS WE LEARNT IN CLASS.

05-05-15

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED PRACTISING THE SIMPLE PASTOF  VERB TO BE
YOU STARTED BY COMMENTING ABOUT  AN IMPORTANT PAST  EVENT IN YOUR LIFE. YOU HAD TO DESCRIBE  THE KIND OF EVENT, WHERE YOU WERE AT THE MOMENT OF THE EVENT, WHO WAS WITH YOU,WHY YOU WERE HAPPY, ETC.
THEN WE  INTRODUCED A GUESSING GAME TO PRACTISE THE QUESTIONS: WAS SHE/HE..? YES, HE/SHE WAS/NO, HE/SHE WASN´T.YOU HAD TO THINK ABOUT A FAMOUS PERSON WHO NO LONGER EXISTS.THROUGH THE PREVIOUS QUESTIONS YOU HAD TO GUESS WHO THE PERSON WAS.
WE ALSO CHECKED VOCABULARY  TO DESCRIBE THOSE CHARACTERS: GOD/SAILOR/SCIENTIST/ ARTIST/PAINTER/MUSICIAN/ ACTOR, ETC
FOR HOMEWORK, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DESCRIBE 3 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE BY WRITING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION MAKING REFERENCE TO THE NAME OF THE PERSON,THE PLACE THEY WERE FROM,WHERE THEY WERE BORN, WHAT KIND OF OCUPATION THEY HAD AND THE REASON WHY YOU ADMIRE THEM.
LOOKING FOWARD TO SEE THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE CHOSEN!!

28-04-15

ON THE FIRST PART WE CHECKED HOMEWORK
YOU HAD TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE  ABOUT AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN YOUR LIFE. ON THE BASE OF THATYOU HAD TO COMMENT  ABOUT THE KIND OF EVENT,WHO WAS WITH YOU AT THAT MOMENT,WHERE THE EVENT WAS, HOW OLD YOU WERE,WHY YOU WERE SO HAPPY, ETC. YOU ALL COMMENTED  ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS: A TRIP ABROAD, A HOLY COMUNION, A PLAY BOX  AS  PRESENT, A BITHDAY PARTY, A HOLIDAY TRIP. AFTER THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO INTERVIEW A PARTNER AND THEN REPORT ABOUT THEIR EVENT.
THEN WE COMMENTED ABOUT FAMOUS PEOPLE IN THE PAST. WE HAD A GUESSING GAME TO DEDUCE WHO THEY WERE  TO USE THE VERB TO BE IN THE PAST.

ON THE SECOND PART, WE VISITED THE PARK IN THE NEARBY( CAMPO DE TIRO) TO FIX THE BANNERS YOU HAD PREPARE FOR THE DUSTBINS( ACCORDING TO OUR PROJECT FOR DFC)- IT WAS A SUNNY DAY AND YOU FIXED THEM ON DIFFERENT CONTAINERS . WE TOOK PHOTOS OF ALL OF YOU.YOU WERE VERY HAPPY!

21-04-15

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS, WE CONTINUED REVISING THE PAST OF BE.FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED  TO WRITE 5 SENTENCES DESCRIBING WHAT PEOPLE USED TO DO BE IN THE PAST AND WHAT THEY DO  TODAY IN .
YOU ASK YOUR  PARTNER THE QUESTION; WHAT WERE YOU DOING....? FOR YOUR PARTNER TO ANSWER.
THEN THERE WAS  A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS TALKING ABOUT  THEIR ACTIVIES.THEN YOU HAD TO ROLE PLAY IT WITH A PARTNER TALKING ABOUT OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PEOPLE.
WE WROTE A MESSAJE TO PARENTS ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO VISIT THE PARK NEXT CLASS TO FIX THE BANNERS CONCERNING OUR PROJECT WORK FOR DFC.

13/04/2015

ON THE FISRT PART OF THE CLASS, WE REVISED THE SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERB TO BE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE WEATHER LAST WEEKEND AND THUS, PREACTISED THE QUESTIONS: WHAT WAS THE WEATHER LIKE?. YOU ALSO REVISED THE QUESTIONS WHERE WAS DANINE/ WERE YOU...? THERE WAS AN ORAL EXERCISE IN WHICH, TROUGH DIFFERENT PICTURES YOU HAD TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST AND THE DIFFERENT OCUPATIONS FOR PEOPLE. YOU PRACTISED THE EXPRESSIONS: "LAST YEAR HE/SHE WAS... NOW, HE/SHE IS..."  YOU APPLIED THIS KIND OF EXERCISE TO YOUR OWN ACTIVITIES: "YESTERDAY I WAS AND TODAY I AM..."
DURING THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS, WE FINISHED WIRTING THE CARDBOARDS WE WILL FIX IN THE DUSTBINS IN THE PARK. WE WILL VISIT THE PARK NEXT CLASS. I HOPE YOU LIKE THE EXPERIENCE!
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE REVISING VOCABULARY ABOUT THE WEATHER AND THE PAST OF THE VERB TO BE.

07-04

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS, YOU COMMENTED ABOUT YOUR EASTER HOLIDAYS. YOU WERE VERY EXCITED!!
WE INTRODUCED THE  SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERB TO BE. WE  STARTED BY THE QUESTION WHERE WAS HE ....?-YOU DESCRIBED DAVIDE´S ACTIVITIES BY REPORTING THE PLACES WHERE HE HAD BEEN THE PREVIOUS WEEK:  AT SCHOOL, AT THE CINEMA, CAFETERIA,THE TENNIS COURT, ETC. THEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES THE WEEK BEFORE. WHERE WERE YOU...? THEN YOU HAD A LISTENING ABOUT TWO FRIENDS AND YOU HAD TO INFER WHERE THEY HAD BEEN.

ON THE SECOND PART, WE CONTINUED WITH THE PROJECT FOR DFC. STUDENTS DECIDED ON THE PHRASES TO WRITE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE´S ATTENTION IN THE PARK. THEY STARTED  WRITING ON THE CARDBOARDS. YOU WROTE THE SPAISH VERSION AND I ADDED THE ENGLISH ONE. NEXT CLASS WE WILL FINISH THE  WRITING AND THE NEXT STEP WILL BE THE VISIT TO THE PARK!!!
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE A DIALOGUE WITH A PARTNER TO TALK ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEKEND.

24/03/2015

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS, WE REVISED VOCABULARY ABOUT SHOPPING. WE PRACTICE EXPRESSIONS: HOW MUCH IS IT? IT'S... OPINIONS: IT'S CHEAP/EXPENSIVE. CAN I PAYCASH/BY CREDIT CARD? HERE YOU ARE/ AND YOU ARE WELCOME. YOU ROLE PLAYED DIFFERET SITUATIONS FOR SHOPPING. THE IDEA WAS TO PRACTISE VOCABULARY FOR THE FLEA MARKET WE WERE GOING TO CARRY OUT THE NEXT HOUR.
THE FINAL SCORES FOR THE TEST WERE:
IVAN 92%
ALEX 88%
JORGE 92%
JAVIER 60%
LUCÍA 92%
I ALSO HANDED IN YOUR WRTTIEN REPORTS. YOU HAVE WORKED VERY HARD THIS TERM, AND YOU DESERVE TO REST FOR EASTER! HAPPY EASTER!
THIS MONTH'S  WINNER FOR THE OLIMPICS WAS JORGE!! HE GOT A T-SHIRT WITH THE NAME OF THE ACADEMY AS A PRESENT.

17-03-15

ON THE FIRST PART  OF THE CLASS  YOU HAD AWRITTEN REVISION ABOUT THE TOPICS WE HAVE JUST WORKED ON PARTICULARLY DURING THIS SECOND TERM: THERE /IS,THERE ARE, GIVING INSTRUCTIONS, PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE,USE OF GOING TO, VOCABULARY, ETC. YOU DID IT WELL

ALEX GOT  8.8, IVAN  9.2,JORGE 9.2, JAVIER 5.2,LUCIA WILL DO IT NEXT CLASS.

 ON THE SECOND PART WE TALKED ABOUT PHRASES FOR OUR PROJECT  FOR DFC.

THOSE  PHRASES  REFER TO THE ONES WE WILL CHOOSE TO PRINT ON BANNERS TO BE DELIVERED/ FIXED IN THE DUSTBINS OF THE PARK WE ARE GONING TO VISIT.  YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO INCLUDE SOME RHYMES TO MAKE THEM DIFFERENT. YOUR RHYMES WERE OK AND FUNNY! WE MADE A LIST AND NEXT CLASS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO VOTE FOR THE MOST APPEALING FOR OUR CAMPAIGN.

 

 

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10-03

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED REVISING THE FUTURE WITH GOING TO. WE TALK ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR EASTER WE HAD A GUESSING GAME TO DISCOVER OTHER PEOPLE¨S PLANS.
YOU ALSO YOU ROLE PLAYED A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS USING EXPRESSIONS: NOT MUCH,SOUNDS LIKE FUN, ETC.
THEN WE REVISED VOCABULARY ABOUT THE WEATHER, HAD A LISTENING TO FILL IN USING THAT VOCABULARY.
WE COMMENTED SOME QUESTIONS SUCH AS: WHAT´S THE WEATHER LIKE IN YOUR TOWN IN......? WHAT DO YOU DO............... WHEN IT´S HOT AND SUNNY?.......IT´S RAINING?........IT´S SNOWING? WHAT´S YOUR FAVOURITE WEATHER? WHAT DO YOU DO?.
AFTER THAT WE STARTED AN ORAL EXERCISE TO FILL IN  ABOUT DIFFERENT CITIES AROUND THE WORLD AND THEIR WEATHER.WE STILL HAVE TO FINISH IT.

ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS, WE CONTINUED TALKING  ABOUT OUR PROJECT FOR DFC.YOU HAD INTERVIEWED SOME PEOPLE TO ASK THEM ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT-  YOU GAVE YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT THE ACTIONS TO TAKE  TO KEEP OUR PARKS CLEAN. SOME OF YOU SUGGESTED  CLEANING THE RUBBISH, SOME OTHERS THOUGHT ABOUT  EXPLAINING PEOPLE WHY THEY SHOULDN´T THROW RUBBISH.
 FINALLY YOU DECIDED TO PREPARE SOME BANNERS TO STICK ON THE DUSTBINS IN A PARK (YOU HAVE NOT DECIDED YET ON THE PARK WE WILL BE VISITING).
.FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO COME UP WITH SOME FUNNY PHRASES TO WRITE ON THE  BANNERS.
WE´LL SEE YOUR PHRASES!

03/03

WE REVISED THE USE OF INNMEDIATE FUTURE BY TALKING ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR EASTER HOLIDAYS. WE CHANGED THE DIALOGUES YOU WERE SUPOSSED TO WRITE. IT WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS TALKING ABOUT FUTURE PLANS. YOU HAD TO ROLE PLAY THE SITUATION. THEN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE WEATHER. YOU REVISED ADJECTIVES  BY FOR NOUNS

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ON THE SECOND PART, WE CONTINUED DEVELOPING OUR PROJECT FOR DFC. AMONG ALL THE IDEAS, WE SORTED THEM OUT AND FINALLY WE DID THE VOTING. WE SELECTED THE MAIN IDEA; RUBBISH IN THE PARK.

FOR NEXT CLASS YOU HAVE TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE TO GET THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. THERE ARE THREE QUESTIONS TO ASK:

·         WHY ARE PARKS SO DIRTY?

·         WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT?

·         WHAT CAN WE DO TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

NEXT CLASS WE WILL SEE YOUR TASKS!

26- 02- 2015

FIRST OF ALL; WELCOME TO OUR GROUP ÁLEX!!

ON THE FIRST PART, WE HAD A LISTENIG TO NUMBER PICTURES ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIALOGUES. PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR PLANS. THEN, WE IMPROVISED A DIALOGUE. YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND TALKING ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR HOLIDAYS. WE PRACTICED EXPRESSIONS AND INTONATIONS FOR THE CONVERSATIONS. WE REVISED EXPRESSIONS: NEXT YEAR/ WEEKEND/ MONTH/ TOMORROW MORNING.

ON THE SECOND PART, WE INTRODUCED MORE VOCABULARY TSLK ABOUT FUTURE PLANS: MEET FRIENDS/ STAY HOME/ VISIT A MUSEUM, STUDY FOR AN EXAM, ETC. WE ALSO ADDED THE EXPRESSIONS: DOING ANYTHING SPECIAL? FABULOUS/ SOUNDS LIKE FUN!

FOR HOMEWORK, YOU HAVE TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE ABOUT DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEKEND YOU HAVE TO PREPARE SOME QUESTIONS.

17/02/2015

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS WE CHECKED HOMEWORK YOU WEERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE A COUPLE OF DIALOGUES ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS TO GET TO A PLACE. YOU PRACTISED THAT WITH YOUR PARTNERS AND THEN WE TURNED THE GAME JUST THE OTHER WAY ROUND: YOU EXPLAINED HOW TO GET TO A PLACE USING THE EXPRESSIONS GO UP/DOWN, ON THE CORNER OF, TURN RIGHT/LEFT AND THE OTHER STUDENTS HAD TO GUESS THE PLACE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.AFTER THAT WE INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF 'GOING TO' TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE. YOU GAVE SOME EXAMPLES.
YOU WERE ASSIGNED NO WRITTEN HOMEWORK THIS TIME.

ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS WE STARTED WORKING ON THE PROYECT WORK. YOU BEGAN BY GIVING IDEAS ABOUT THE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL, NEIGHBOURHOOD AND LEGANÉS. THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE A LIST OF THE THINGS YOU CAN CHANGE. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ONLY THREE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS, MANY IDEAS CAME UP. YOU WROTE THOSE IDEAS ON A POST-IT AND STICK THEM IN A BIG PAPER ON THE BOARD. THEN YOU REORGANIZED THOSE IDEAS IN GROUPS ACCORDING TO THE TOPICS. NEXT CLASSWE WILL SORT OUT THOSE IDEAS AND WILL DO THE VOTING TO SEE THE ONES YOU CAN CARRY OUT. 

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO FILL IN SOME EXERCISES ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF CONDITIONALS

10-02-15

THIS WEEK WE HAD A FLIP CLASS.
FIRST WE REVISED THE VOCABULARY TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS WHEN ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS.
YOU PRACTISED USING A MAP AND ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS TO PARTNERS.THEN WE ADDED THE PREPOSITIONS BEHIND, NEXT TO, BETWEEN TO LOCATE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.
ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS WE VISITED TEACHER ANGELE´S CLASSROOM: THE STUDENTS IN THAT CLASS  PLAYED PICTIONARY ABOUT SAN VALENTINE´S VOCABULARY. THEN THEY TALK ABOUT  CARNIVAL: ORIGIN, COSTUMES, ETC. FINALLY THEY ASKED THE OTHER STUDENTS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPEECH TO CHECK THEIR UNDERSTANDING. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND ENJOY OURSELVES!

03-02-15

THIS WEEK, WE STARTED BY CHECKING HOMEWORK.YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE SOME SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES PEOPLE WERE DOING. YOU TEND TO FORGET TO USE THE VERB TO BE!. ALL OF THEM WERE VERY IMAGINATIVED AND WE FINISHED THE REVISION BUY PLAYING A GAME IN WICH YOU HAVE TO GUESS WHAT THE OTHER PERSON WAS DOING. THAT WAS FUNNY!
THEN, WE INTRODUCED VOCABULARY TO GIVE DIRECTIONS: GO UP/ DOWN,TURN RIGHT/ LEFT, IT´S OPPOSITE / BEHIND/ BETWEEN,IT´S ON THE CORNER OF....ETC.
WE PRACTISED WITH A MAP TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO DIFFERT PLACES. AFTER THAT YOU PLAYED A GAME; BASED ON THE SAME MAP, YOU HAD TO ASK FOR INSTRUCCIONES TO GET TO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND YOUR PARTNER, IN HIS TURN, ASKED  YOU TOO.
FOR HOMEWORK, AND USING ANOTHER MAP, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR PARTNERS.YOU SHOULD ALSO REVISE THE NEW VOCABULARY!
REMEMBER NEXT CLASS WE HAVE THE FLIP CLASS FOR VALENTINE`S DAY!

27-01-15

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED PRACTISING THE PRESENT CONTINUOS. WE STARTED BY REVISING VOCABULARY THROUGH MIMIC.SOME OF YOU WERE VERY GOOD AT DRAMATIZING ACTIONS!!
THEN WE CONTINUED TALKING ABOUT A BOY:DAVIDE. YOU COMMENTED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES  HE WAS PERFORMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING HIS DAY.HIS FAMILY WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ACTIVITIES.
THERE WAS AN EXERCISE TO GUESS DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THROUG QUESTIONS: IS SHE/ HE.......?WE INTRODUCED THE WORDS OUTDOORS/INDOORS.
FINALLY YOU WERE GIVEN FOUR PICTURES ABOUT DIFFERENT PLACES FOR YOU TO CHOOSE YOUR FAVOURITE ONE. YOU HAD TO TALK ABOUT THE PICTURES DESCRIBING THE ACTIVITIES YOU COULD DO THERE. THE IDEA WAS TO REVISE THE VERB CAN.
YOU ALSO COMMENTED ABOUT THE SPORTS YOU CAN PLAY,THE LANGUAGES YOU CAN SPEAK, THE FOOD YOU CAN COOK, THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS YOU CAN PLAY, ETC-
LASTLY, WE PRACTICEd AN INTERVIEW WITH AN EXAMINER: WE REVISED ORDINAL NUMBERS, PRESENT CONTINUOS AND  THE VERB CAN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB!

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20-01-15

THIS WEEK WE INTRODUCED THE USE OF PRESENT CONTINUOS.
WE LEARNED SOME NEW VOCABULARY: TAKING A SHOWER, GOING TO WORK, STUDYING, DRIVING, DRINKING,ETC.WE PLAYED MIMIC TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU HAD LOT OF FUN. WE ALSO PRACTISED THE QUESTIONS: IS SHE/HE......? FOR YOU TO USE THE SHORT ANSWERS.
THERE WAS A LISTENING ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES  THEY WERE DOING IN THAT MOMENT. IT WAS YOURN TURN TO ASK OTHER STUDENTS QUESTIONS BASED ON  PICTURES.YOU PLAYED THE ROLE OF TEACHERS!
THEN YOU ROLE PLAYED A DIALOGUE ABOUT TWO FRIENDS ASKING ABOUT THEIR ACTIVITIES.
FINALLY YOU DESCRIBED A PICTURE EXPLAINING WHAT PEOPLE WERE DOING . THEN YOU WERE GIVEN A SIMILAR PICTURE BUT YOU HAD TO FIND THE  DIFFERENCES WITH THE FIRST PICTURE.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING YOUR OWN PICTURES TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE PERFORMING  DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
WELL SEE THE RESULTS!

13-01-15

OUR FIRST CLASS AFTER HOLIDAYS!

YOU WERE EXCITED ABOUT YOUR WINTER HOLIDAYS.YOU TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITES, PRESENTS, ETC. BUT IT WAS TIME TO RETURN TO WORK.
ON THE FIRST PART, WE REVISED,REINFORCED,  THE IDEA OF TELLING THE TIME. YOU HAVE IMPROVED A LOT. YOU ASKED EACH OTHER ABOUT YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES USING THE TIME.
THEN WE TALKED ABOUT SUBJETS AT SCHOOL :HISTORY,SPANISH;RELIGION,MATHS,GEOGRAPHY,ETC. YOU COMMENTED ON THE ONES YOU LIKE AND THE ONES YOU DON´T LIKE. YOU IMAGINED THE IDEAL TIMETABLO FOR CLASSES FOR A PERFECT SCHOOL DAY : SOME OF YOU ASKED FOR TWO HOURS TO PLAY FOOTBALL. OTHERS TO DO GYM, SOME OTHER ASKED FOR LONGER HOURS TO REINFORCE MATHS.THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION..
FINALLY WE MADE AN EXAM PRACTICE: WE PRACTICED DIFFERENT SHORT INTERVIEWS TO USE ALL THE STRUCTURES, VOCABULARY WE LEARNT THE LAST CLASSES: CARDINAL /ORDINALNUMBERS, TIME TABLES,SUBJETS AT SCHOOL,ACTIVITES IN YOUR FREE TIME, ETC. YOU ALL DID IT QUITE WELL!!

16-12

THIS WEEK WAS THE LAST CLASS BEFORE WINTER HOLIDAYS.
ONTHE FIRST PART WE  HAD A LISTENING TO REVIEW  ORDINAL NUMBERS.
WE REVISED THE TIME. SOME OF YOU WERE NOT VERY SURE ABOUT HOW TO TELL THE TIME.WE DREW A CLOCK ON THE BOARD AND PRACTISED TELLING THE TIME. WE HAD ANOTHER LISTENNING REVIEWING THE NAME OF DAILY ACTIVITIES AND THE TIME THE CHARACTER ON THE LISTENING CARRIED ON THOSE ROUTINES.WE CONMMENTED ABOUT YOUR OWN TIMETABLES AT SCHOOL, AT HOME, ETC.

ON THE SECOND PART OF THE CLASS WE WELCOMED YOUR PARENTS INTO OUR CLASS. WE EXPLAINED THEM THE STORY YOU  MADE UP FOR THE SPECIAL CLASS AND SOME PICTURES YOU DREW TO ILLUSTRATE THE STORY,( ALTHOUGH  YOU HADN´T FINISHED  ILUSTRATING THE COMPLETE STORY!!).
 WE ALSO EXPLAINED PARENTS HOW OUR CLASSES WORK: THE MATERIAL WE HAD, YOUR FOLDERS,AND WE EVEN PLAYED A HANGMAN .WE COMMENTED ABOUT THE OLIMPICS AND OUR FIRST WINNER WAS ; LUCIA!. SHE RECEIVED A BEAUTIFUL PRESENT: A CUP WITH  THE PICTURE OF THE DRAGON FOR THE ACADEMY.
 I ALSO SHOWED PARENTS OUR BLOG AND HOW TO USE IT.I WAS VERY HAPPY BECAUSE I GOT TO KNOW YOUR PARENTS  AND THEY SEEMED VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OUR TEACHING METHOD AT THE ACADEMY.
FINALLY, I HANDED IN YOUR REPORTS AND I EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENT SCORES TO PARENTS. I THING THEY WERE ALL VERY HAPPY WITH YOUR MARKS!.

 MY DEAR STUDENTS: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! ENJOY YOURSELVES!!