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!!

09-12-14

THIS CLASS WE STARTED BY COMPARING 2 PICTURES OF THE SAME HOUSE WITH  SOME DIFFERENCES. YOU FOUND A LOT OF DIFFERENCES!!!
THEN WE REVISED CARDINAL AND ORDINAL NUMBERS, WE PRACTISE  TALKING ABOUT OUR FAMILY´S BIRTHDAYS.WE HAD AN EXERCISE TO COMPLETE BETWEEN 2 GROUPS.WE ALSO HAD A LISTENING ABOUT ORDINAL NUMBERS.
WE PRACTICED  A DIALOGUE  TO REVIEW PREPOSITIONS. IT WAS  A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS. YOU HAD A GREST TIME!
WE COMMENTED ABOUT THE SPECIAL CLASS BEFORE CHRISTMAS! WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT!

02-12-14

THIS CLASS WE CHECKED YOUR WRITING DESCRIBING THE HOUSE AND A ROOM IN THAT HOUSE  AS REGARDS THE PICTURE  I GAVE YOU FOR HOMEWORK  . WE ADDED SOME VOCABULARY: HI- FI SYSTEM,PLAYBOX , ETC AND THE NEGATIVE THERE ISN´T / THERE AREN´T. THEN  I GAVE YOU ANOTHER PICTURE WITH A SIMILAR HOUSE AND YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PICTURES. YOU DID IT QUITE WELL!!
TO CONTINUE WITH PREPOSITIONS, YOU HAD AN ACTIVITY FOR TWO GROUPS IN WHICH YOU HAD TO TELL THE OTHER GROUP WHERE CERTAIN OBJECTS WERE IN A LIVING ROOM ,BY ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS.IN ITS TURN,THE FIRST GROUP TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WAS SUPPOSED TO  ASKED ABOUT THEIR OBJECTS.WE ALSO ADDED SOME MORE VOCABULARY:PURSE,BASKET,SLIPPERS,TEAPOT,COMB,RECORD,SOCKS.
FINALLY, WE COMPLETE YOUR STORY FOR THE SEPECIAL CLASS AT THE END OF THE TERM . LUCIA AND JORGE GAVE IDEAS FOR THE STORY AND JAVIER AND IVAN WILL MAKE DRAWINGS TO ILUSTRATE THE STORY.

AND THE STORY GOES(AFTER THE CORRECTIONS):

ON SUNDAY, IN THE PARK, MARTA AND CLAUDIA ARE WALKING WHEN SUDDENLY, THEY SEE A MAP NEXT TO A TREE.THEY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE MAP, BUT A BOY IS LOOKING FOR THE MAP, TOO.THE BOY MEETS THE GIRLS WITH THE MAP.HE DECIDES TO FOLLOW THE GIRLS TO STEAL THE MAP.MARTA AND CLAUDIA SUSPECT THAT THE BOY IS FOLLOWING THEM AND THEY GO HOME TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH THE MAP.THE BOY SLEEPS ON A TREE IN A PARK OPPOSITE THE GIRLS´ HOUSE.THE NEXT DAY THE GIRLS GET UP EARLY TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MAP.AFTER SOME TIME, THE GIRLS ARE VERY TIRED AND DECIDE TO SIT ON A BENCH TO REST.
THE MAP FALL OUT OF MARTA´S POCKET. THE BOY TAKES THE MAP. THE GIRLS GO BACK TO THE BENCH BUT THE MAP IS NOT THERE.THEY SEE THE BOY WITH THE MAP AND THEY RUN BEHIND THE BOY.MARTA HAS AN IDEA: THE THREE CHILDREN CAN FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TOGETHER AND FIND THE TREASURE.THEY FIND THE PLACE OF THE MAP.THEY DIG ON THE PLACE FOR THE TREASURE......... THEY DISCOVER THAT THERE IS NO TREASURE!!!!.IT IS A GAME FROM A HAMBURGUER RESTAURANT!!!! CLAUDIA, MARTA AND JOHN ARE FRIENDS NOW.